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SUNY Potsdam Oral Histories
Description
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A collection of transcribed audio recordings of oral history interviews related to the history of SUNY Potsdam. Complete audio for oral histories are available through the SUNY Potsdam College Archives (email: archives@potsdam.edu).
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SUNY Potsdam College Archives & Special Collections
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English
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Transcribed Audio
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Collection CA-30003
Oral History
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Interviewer
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Ehrlich, Joel
Interviewee
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Burns, Robert
Location
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Robert Burns' home (Potsdam, New York)
Transcription
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[Transcript of clip]
RB: Crane was a challenge, a very significant challenge, they were building the whole new thing all at one time. It was just like Maxcy Hall for health and Phys. Ed, it was one big complex that was going to serve all of the purposes for music education. Two performing areas: the concert hall and music theater, all the practice rooms, all of the special areas, and had to be acoustically treated. As you go in you’ll find so many rooms they did not have parallel walls, you would have one room that looked like this and the next room would look like that. (hand gestures showing oddly angled walls) so if you go into a lot of the faculty offices, because they also served as performance areas, the students would come in one on one with the faculty member and they would be playing. Well they could not have the sound bouncing off the walls the wrong way so they all had to be the same thing as the performance areas.
Duration
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1 minute : 7 seconds.
Time Summary
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0:00-2:24 Introduction to Potsdam, life after college, work before Potsdam
2:25-4:55 First job at Potsdam, how construction planning worked, architects, higher authorities for construction
4:56-8:05 Choosing building contents, faculty input on contents, architect input, architects preferences on design
8:06- 12:40 Mason shortage at SUNY Canton, building constructed before coming to Potsdam, expansion of campus and increase of students, issues with increasing student body
12:41-17:40 Typical day working for physical plant, changing the buildings during construction, choosing the contents of a building, getting the contents of a building
17:41-21:55 Power outages, solving construction problems, doors and paving brick, issues with contractors, last minute issues
21:56-24:28 Travel and reasons to travel, meeting with people from other SUNY colleges about construction
24:29-26:06 Favorite building Maxcy Hall, complexity of Maxcy Hall
26:07-34:42 Dormitory buildings, The Crane complex construction issues, design problems, acoustics problems for concert hall and solution, air conditioning and heating
34:43-36:00 Contractor issues, change orders, time spent working.
36:01-36:50 Narrator pauses to get water
36:51-42:50 Building constructed, physical plant expansion, steam tunnels connecting older buildings, power outages, local response to power outages, contractors and problem solving
42:51-47:37 Job title change, equipping the buildings, problems with Brainerd Hall windows, issues with large windows in Kellas and Timerman, opinion of how the newer buildings looked
47:38-50:38 Architect’s decisions about design, leeway given to architect, other potential architects
50:39-53:20 Work for the office of Alumni Relations, leaving SUNY Potsdam, Village Administrator
53:21-58:48 Problems with students, sit-ins and protests on campus, graffiti on the fence around the college union construction site, rumors about construction
58:49-1:02:45 Relations between students faculty and the town, Town and Gown Committee, beer blasts, final comment
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Oral History - Robert Burns
Description
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Clip from oral history interview with Robert Burns (Former Facilities Program Coordinator, Director of Facilities, and Director of Alumni Relations at SUNY Potsdam), interviewed by Joel Ehrlich on November 9, 2012.
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Burns, Robert. Interviewee.
Ehrlich, Joel. Interviewer.
Publisher
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SUNY Potsdam. College Archives & Special Collections.
Date
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November 9, 2012
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The oral history was conducted as a part of SUNY Potsdam's Fall 2012 "Oral History" course (ANTH 364/HIST 450).
Language
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eng.
Type
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Sound
ANTH 364/HIST 450 Fall 2012
Campus Construction
Campus Expansion
Crane School of Music
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First Building St. Lawrence Academy 1816
Description
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A sketch of the first building of the St. Lawrence Academy established in 1816.
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Sketch
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SUNY Potsdam Bicentennial Timeline
Description
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Historical photos and documents relating to the development of the SUNY Potsdam Campus, Faculty, Students, and village of Potsdam. An interactive timeline of the college's development is available <a href="http://www.potsdam.edu/about/bicentennial/timeline%20">here</a>.
Creator
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Jane M. Subramanian
Virginia Rose Cayey
SUNY Potsdam College Archives
Source
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The Campus History Series: State University of New York at Potsdam
Date
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1816 - 1967
Language
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English
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Sketch
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St. Lawrence Academy circa 1816
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A sketch of the first building of the St. Lawrence Academy established in 1816.
Description
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This is the only known rendition of the first building of the St. Lawrence Academy, since it was replaced by the North Academy building in 1826 before photography was available. The new building was needed because of increased enrollment. As matriculation increased students enrolled locally, from nearby counties, and also from Canada.
The St. Lawrence Academy opened with an enrollment of 42 pupils. Nahum Nixon was hired as principal and teacher. A local Board of Trustees oversaw the curriculum, finances, and personnel of the Academy. By-laws were adopted that included conduct, curfew, and reference to the Sabbath Day. Tuition was determined and paid each quarter with the amount calculated according to which courses were taken: Reading and Writing were each $2.50, English Grammar, Cyphering, and Mathematics were $3.00, Dead Languages were $3.50, and the most expensive courses were Logic, Rhetoric, Composition, Philosophy, and French, each course cost $4.00. Students also paid about $2.50 per week for room and board in local homes.
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The Campus History Series: State University of New York at Potsdam
Date
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1816
Language
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English
1816
Campus Construction
Campus Expansion
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Cyphering
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English Grammar
First Building
French
history
Logic
Mathematics
Nahum Nixon
Philosophy
Reading
Rhetoric
Room and Board
Sketch
St. Lawrence Academy
Student Housing
SUNY Potsdam
SUNY Potsdam Bicentennial Timeline
SUNY Potsdam college history
Tuition
Writing
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Presbyterian Church, St. Lawrence Academy, and the Village of Potsdam public square.
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A drawing of the Presbyterian Church, flanked by the North and South Academies of the St. Lawrence Academy, and the public square of the village of Potsdam.
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Drawing
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SUNY Potsdam Bicentennial Timeline
Description
An account of the resource
Historical photos and documents relating to the development of the SUNY Potsdam Campus, Faculty, Students, and village of Potsdam. An interactive timeline of the college's development is available <a href="http://www.potsdam.edu/about/bicentennial/timeline%20">here</a>.
Creator
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Jane M. Subramanian
Virginia Rose Cayey
SUNY Potsdam College Archives
Source
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The Campus History Series: State University of New York at Potsdam
Date
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1816 - 1967
Language
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English
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Presbyterian Church, St. Lawrence Academy, and the Village of Potsdam public square
Description
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This drawing shows the Presbyterian Church flanked by the North and South Academies. In addition to classrooms, the North Academy had a chapel, library and dormitory space. The new buildings were placed on the public square between Elm Street and Main Street across from what is now the Civic Center.
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The Campus History Series: State University of New York at Potsdam
Language
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English
Campus Expansion
history
Presbyterian Church
public square
St. Lawrence Academy
SUNY Potsdam
SUNY Potsdam Bicentennial Timeline
SUNY Potsdam college history
Village of Potsdam
Village of Potsdam Public Square
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South Academy Building
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A photograph of the South Academy Building, circa 1850.
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Photograph
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SUNY Potsdam Bicentennial Timeline
Description
An account of the resource
Historical photos and documents relating to the development of the SUNY Potsdam Campus, Faculty, Students, and village of Potsdam. An interactive timeline of the college's development is available <a href="http://www.potsdam.edu/about/bicentennial/timeline%20">here</a>.
Creator
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Jane M. Subramanian
Virginia Rose Cayey
SUNY Potsdam College Archives
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The Campus History Series: State University of New York at Potsdam
Date
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1816 - 1967
Language
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English
Still Image
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Original Format
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Drawing
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South Academy Building
Description
An account of the resource
This is the first known photograph of the South Academy building of the St. Lawrence Academy, circa 1850. The South Academy building opened in 1837. The first floor was used primarily for the teacher department classrooms while the upper three floors were dormitories and a recitation room.
State aid for teacher training led to an increase in enrollment and the need for additional classrooms and more dormitory space. The South Academy Building was constructed to accommodate those needs.
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The Campus History Series: State University of New York at Potsdam
Date
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1837;1850
Language
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English
1837
1850
Campus Expansion
Classroom
Dormitory
history
South Academy Building
St. Lawrence Academy
Student Enrollment
SUNY Potsdam
SUNY Potsdam Bicentennial Timeline
SUNY Potsdam college history
Teacher Training