SUNY Potsdam faculty members Rebekah Covell, John Upchurch, and John Schorge test valve oil for the Crane School of Music brass players to play in the cold in Lake Placid Winter Olympics in 1980. A local Potsdam supermarket allowed them to use one of their meat freezers for their experiment. 1979-1980. Potsdam, NY.
A SUNY Potsdam employee, Walter Newtown, delivers boxes on the college campus. 1980-2000. Potsdam, NY.
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.
Campus Security, now called University Police, not only use their patrol cars, but also have bicycles to patrol through many areas of the campus, including those than cannot be patrolled by car. Here an officer uses a bicycle to descend the long ramp leading from the Crane Center patio area. Circa 1980-1990. Potsdam, NY.
Coach Jerry Welch gives his basketball team instruction for their successful win in Division III. 1986. Potsdam, NY.
Two digs from Archeology students at SUNY Potsdam were done at the Wilder Homestead in Burke, NY. The homestead was the boyhood home of Almanzo Wilder, husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder and is owned by the Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder Association. Wilder was the author of the Little House on the Prairie series of […]
