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A very large classroom showing one teacher in the front and over 80 teenage girls wearing long skirts and white blouses sitting in rows of desks.

Sarah Bradford and the History of Geneva, Part 6

Excerpt from Sarah Bradford’s 1862 history of Geneva, New York.
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Engraving of a view down a dirt street with the three early buildings of Hobart College on the right side.

Sarah Bradford and the History of Geneva, Part 5

Excerpt from Sarah Bradford’s 1862 history of Geneva, New York .
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Coins in plastic sleeves found in the time capsule

Bicentennial Time Capsule

Opening of a time capsule created in 1976 by a 5th grade class at Prospect Ave School.
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This large multistory brick building with two towers and lawns and trees around it was the Classical and Union School.

Geneva’s Classical and Union School

Brief history of Geneva's Classical and Union School (Geneva High School).
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Black and white photo of Fanny Wheat standing in front a blackboard with her YMCA English as a second language all male class.

Bridging the (Language) Gap

Profiles of local women who have helped teach English and Spanish to adults and children to bridge language gaps in Geneva.
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Black and white photo of Florence Stewart

Florence Stewart

Biography of Florence Stewart, a pioneer in the education of children with disabilities and the founder of Lochland School.
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William Smith Students sitting on a couch

William Smith and Seven Sisters Style from the 1940s-1970s

Overview of the Seven Sisters fashion style from the 1940s to 1970s and its influence on William Smith students
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Nathan Tappan Condol, Teacher

Nathan Tappan Condol, Teacher
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The Recent Past in Photos

In 2003 Historic Geneva gave disposable film cameras to fifth graders and asked them to take photos of their surroundings.
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Roman Athenaeum in Bucharest Romania

A National Reading Club Comes to Geneva

A short history of the Bay View Reading Circle in Geneva.
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A diverse class of elementary students weave baskets in school.

The Community Response to the (Geneva) Princeton Plan

The community response to Geneva’s attempts to address racial imbalance in its schools.
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The cafeteria of Prospect Ave School

The (Geneva) Princeton Plan: 56 Years Later

A look back at Geneva’s attempts to address racial imbalance in its schools.
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Geneva High School students staging a protest.

The Rest of the story: 1972 Geneva High School Student Walkout

A continuation of the Finger Lakes Times Looking Back article about the March 1972 Geneva High School (Geneva, New York) student walkout. 
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wooden sign for the Loomis Wildlife Preserve being hung by two unidentified girls.

Over the River and Through the Woods: Loomis Wood

A history of the Loomis Woods.
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paddling of Hobart freshman by upper classmen

The Rite of Passage for Hobart Freshmen in the 20th Century

Overview of the social rules followed by Hobart College freshmen during the 20th century
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A headshot of a man with a white high-collared shirt and tie under a dark-coat.

Was Charles Bean a Conman?

Was Charles Bean's school for young men real or figment of his imagination?
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Brightly colored room with books shelves, tables and chairs.

Lifelong Learning

Overview of lifelong learning opportunities from around the community.
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Ella Cripps: “Hobby and Occupation – Music”

Brief biography of Ella Cripps
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Teenager Speaking By Computer Monitor

Vocational Education Through the Years

A brief overview of vocational education.
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DeSales High School: The Early Years

A look at the early history of DeSales High School
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26 students standing by a blackboard or sitting in old-fashioned desks in rows with a teacher looking on.

Geneva School Expansion and Reform

A review of the period of school expansion and reform in Geneva during the late 1800s.
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When You’re Shut Out of a Club…Start Your Own

A brief history of the College Club of Geneva.
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William Smith College Athletics, 1972 – Present

Part two of a brief history of William Smith College athletics
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William Smith College Athletics, 1908-1971

Brief history of William Smith College athletics.
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List of classes for logic, moral, and intellectual philosophy in 1853

From Zoology to Metaphysics: College Courses in 19th and 20th Centuries

Overview of courses offered schools and colleges in Geneva during the 1800s and 1900s.
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Panthers & Saints: High School Sports in Geneva

New exhibit explores 120 years of high school athletics in Geneva.
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Gossip is Not a 21st Century Thing

Overview of publications from Geneva High School
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What We Learned In School: 19th-Century Schoolwork

What was 19th-century schoolwork like?
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Exploring Cemetery Stories with School Children

What can you learn from a cemetery? Every autumn Geneva's second and fifth grade students get to find out.
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Back to School

Overview of school buildings using photos and floor plans from "Report of [New York] State Superintendent of Public Instruction" (1897) including Cortland Street and Lewis Street Schools in Geneva, New York.
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Segregated Schools in Geneva’s Past

Many Americans are familiar with the segregated schools of the Jim Crow South, however, officially segregated schools existed in most 19th-century communities in the North, including Geneva. It took the concerted efforts of Geneva's African-American community to advocate for improved education and eventual integrated schools for their children.
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Curriculum Project Results in Student Mural

Geneva Middle School students create a mural recounting Geneva High School boycotts of the 1970s.
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A large open city lot with a group of about 20 men shoveling and moving dirt or placing playground equipment while a crowd of people watches.

Images from the Collection

Stories behind six images from our photo collection
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A one-room brick schoolhouse with two teachers and a group of children sitting and standing in the yard.

Free Schools for Geneva

Free public schools appeared in Geneva in the mid-19th century.
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Youth and Music in Geneva

Excerpts from the Historical Society's zine about youth and music in Geneva.
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Founding of the Geneva School District

The Geneva City School District can trace its birth to 1839, the year that the village’s Districts No. 1 and No. 19 merged to form the state’s first union school district. By the 1830s, the community had a College, dozens of private schools, and two public schools for the basic instruction of children of all classes. Yet schooling in the antebellum period here and throughout New York was far from satisfactory. The unification of Geneva’s districts was part of a statewide movement in the mid-19th century to improve public schooling.
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Modern Medicine

I recently had an opportunity to experience some hand surgery and thought what a different experience citizens of Geneva years ago must have had compared to mine.
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The 1960s at Hobart & William Smith Colleges

A quick view of Hobart & William Smith Colleges during the tumultuous 1960s.
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Remembering the Days of the Neighborhood School

In 1960 I was 8 years old. Back then everyone attended the neighborhood elementary school, either public or parochial.
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Early Schools of Geneva

The recent debates over Geneva’s school budget and national arguments about the Common Core curriculum have had me thinking and reading a lot about the history of education this past spring. Education and schooling have been part of life in Geneva from its early settlement, though not in a form most modern Genevans would recognize.
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Mrs. Ricord’s Geneva Female Seminary

Biography of educator and author Elizabeth Stryker Ricord
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