Helen Hosmer, Chair of the Music Department (which later became the Crane School of Music) conducts students in the Crane Chorus in this photograph. Hosmer Hall on the SUNY Potsdam campus is named after her. 1950s. Potsdam, NY.
Teaching is a major profession of many of SUNY Potsdam’s graduates. Thomas Stowell teaches an early class of college students at the Potsdam Normal School, predecessor to SUNY Potsdam, in the late 1800s. Stowell Hall on the current campus is named for him. 1890-1900. Potsdam, NY.
A SUNY Potsdam student works at her part-time job in Lehman dining hall. 1980-2000. Potsdam, NY.
SUNY Potsdam librarian Selma Foster helps a student find materials for research back in the old card catalog area of Crumb Library. 1970s. Potsdam, NY.
The Potsdam Normal School (SUNY Potsdam) had a School of Practice, later called the Campus School. College students majoring in teacher education were able to observe experienced classroom teachers to learn instructional techniques and to assist in teaching at the school. Young students listen to their teacher intently in this photograph. Circa 1930. Potsdam, NY.
Computing Services staff work on under-floor wiring as part of the installation of the new mainframe computer for SUNY Potsdam. 1975. Potsdam, NY.
Employees of the Potsdam Knitting Company assemble in front of the company’s Mill No. 1, located on Fall Island. The business offered “dying, washing, finishing, knitting, and drying.” Constructed in 1892 as the Potsdam Sugar of Milk (condensed milk) factory, the structure was one of many that burned down in 1900. At the time of […]
The ladies’ lingerie business Sweetser (sic) & Son opened in 1901 by Thomas M. Greig and developed into the Greig Muslin Underwear Co. The factory was located at 5-7 Maple Street, in the Manley Block on Fall Island. Some years later, G. E. and J. Sweetzer opened their men’s shirt manufacturing business at the same […]
Ed LaVine of Potsdam drove this rig that carried “the largest load of pulp wood ever drawn out of the woods by a single team of horses.” The 12-cord load of 4-foot logs was 10 feet wide, 10 feet high, and 18 feet long. The load was hauled 10 miles to the Racquette River, where […]
America’s first trained nurse, Linda Richards (1841-1930), was born Melinda Ann Judson Richards, the daughter of an itinerant preacher. The family moved from Potsdam to Wisconsin and eventually to Vermont when Linda was very young. In 1873, she received her diploma from the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Roxbury, Massachusetts, becoming the […]
