Geneva’s Stories
Our mission is telling Geneva’s stories. Whether its race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, nationality, class and physical abilities and disabilities, the people who are part of these stories come from a variety of backgrounds. The Historical Society can, however, do a better job of telling all of these stories, including those that are difficult and uncomfortable. Ensuring that our programs, exhibits, collections and digital content reflects our community will be an on-going process but it is one that we are committed to.
Gathered below is our digital content that explores Geneva’s diverse stories.
Blog Articles
Deaf artist Francis Tuttle
Alice Seward and World War I- Part One, Two and Three
Celebrating African American Freedom
Curriculum Project Results in Student Mural
Everything Is Coming Up Bloomers (Elizabeth Smith Miller)
Geneva and the Civil Rights Movement
Just A Piece of Wood? (A Club 86 story)
Kidnapped! (The kidnapping of Daniel Prue and John Hite)
Likes to Draw Pictures: Mary Flanigan Gauerke
Marching Into Victory: A Timeline of the Suffrage Movement in Geneva
Hobart and Williams Smith students protest social restrictions in 1967.
Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church Serves the Community
Mrs. Ricord’s Geneva Female Seminary
Segregated Schools in Geneva’s Past
St. Patrick’s Cemetery: A Story of Immigration in Geneva
The Landscapes of Francis Tuttle
The Louisa May Alcott of Geneva: Sarah Bradford
Podcasts
Music in the Key of Geneva: The Boys Wouldn’t Know Enuf to Quit
Music in the Key of Geneva: Pablo Falbru
In 1970 Herb Sellers breaks ground for an addition to Mount Olive Church while Rev. Elijah Miles, Deacon Leroy Carter, Gladys Williams, and Mayor Michael Simeone look on. The church would be expanded again in 2006.
Videos
A Brief History of African Americans in Geneva
A Brief History of Women in Geneva
Alger Adams in Geneva, 1928-1932
Holiday Memories and Traditions
The Women’s Rights Movement in Geneva, 1897-1917