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Shenendehowa School District, formed in 1950, is a public school system located in Saratoga County, New York. It is the largest school district in its county. Serving parts of Clifton Park, Halfmoon, Malta, Waterford, Ballston, and Stillwater, it is made up of thirteen schools and continues to grow.
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The physical collection, housed in the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library’s Local History Room, contains documents from the 22 small schools in the surrounding area that were consolidated into the Shenendehowa Central School District and also includes minutes, annual reports, grade books, photographs, school census forms, books, and other documents.
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The Preacursor is the annual yearbook of Clinton Community college and has been published every year since the College was opened in 1969. The College is located near Lake Champlain in the town of Plattsburgh, New York. It was constructed on the grounds of the former Hotel Champlain, and has since expanded to incorporate former Plattsburgh Air Force Base.
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This collection contains several issues of the Praecursor, dating between 1970 and 1996.
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Clinton Community College
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In 1928, the famed astronomer, George Ellery Hale, had a vision. He wanted to build the world’s largest telescope at Palomar Mountain in California—a research instrument that would allow scientists to view the skies as never before. The creation of the largest single piece of glass ever made was entrusted by Hale in 1929 to Corning Glass Works using their signature Pyrex®, a special glass designed to resist heat expansion. George V. McCauley, a Corning physicist and engineer, set about achieving what engineers at other companies had failed to do: casting a 200-inch mirror blank. In March 1934, Corning poured a 200-inch disk, but part of the mold broke loose during the pouring, ruining the blank. McCauley decided to continue with annealing (a process required to slowly cool the glass) as an experiment. That imperfect disk has become an iconic object in the collection of The Corning Museum of Glass. It has been suspended in the same spot for 60 years, since the Museum opened to the public in 1951. The second attempt at pouring was successful, and after a year’s annealing time, the disk was finished and taken by train to California. The disk was finally installed in 1948 in the Palomar Observatory, where it remained the world’s largest effective telescope until 1993, aiding in the discovery of quasars and the first known brown dwarf star. The telescope is still in use.
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A small collection of photographs and blueprint diagrams which document the casting and annealing processes for the 200 inch disk.
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Potsdam is located in St. Lawrence County, New York and was founded in 1806 and was the site of both the St. Lawrence Academy (Now SUNY Potsdam) and Clarkson University.
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The photographs in this collection detail the history of rail travel in Potsdam, New York from the construction of the first rail depot in 1854 to the 1980s. Images of the rail depots that have serviced the town and steam locomotive engines are included. Additionally, there are numerous images of train wrecks and accidents, most notably of the 1889 Barnum and Baily circus train, as well as a 1910 bridge collapse along the Hannawa Railroad.
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St. Lawrence academy was founded in 1816 in Potsdam, New York. In 1867, by act of the legislature it became the Potsdam Normal School, now a part of SUNY Potsdam.
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This collection consists of decorative tableware with engraved and printed images of the Potsdam normal school on it.
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The Potsdam Normal Magazine was published by the Potsdam Normal School Administration and Faculty for distribution to alumni of the college. It was published between 1897 and 1942.
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This collection consists of issues of the Potsdam Normal Magazine published between 1897 and 1902.
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Potsdam is located in St. Lawrence County, New York and was founded in 1806 and was the site of both the St. Lawrence Academy (Now SUNY Potsdam) and Clarkson University.
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This collection contains photographs of the Potsdam area during the decade of the 1940s, as well as pamphlets detailing goings-on in the town during that period. The images include photographs of the 1940 U.S. Military Wargames held in St. Lawrence County, as well as images of the interiors and exteriors of local businesses and local civic events, such as the 1943 Ice Carnival.
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Potsdam is located in St. Lawrence County, New York and was founded in 1806 and was the site of both the St. Lawrence Academy (Now SUNY Potsdam) and Clarkson University. The Potsdam fire department has been in service since 1857.
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This collection contains photographs which pertain to the history of the Potsdam fire department, covering the time between the department’s founding in 1857 through to the 1990s. Included in the collection are photographs of both fires and the aftermaths of fires, as well as firefighters in action. Also included are group portraits of firehouse members, as well as pictures of fire carriages and trucks which have been employed over the department’s history.
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The St. Lawrence-Lewis School Library System collection consists of yearbooks from area PreK-12 schools. The Sandstoner is the annual high school yearbook of Potsdam Central School.
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This collection consists of every issue of the Sandstoner between 1947 and 2020.
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The City of Syracuse, New York, was incorporated in 1847 and functioned as a major midpoint along the Erie Canal between 1825 and 1918, for New York Central Railroad until 1963, and currently on the New York State Thruway. Syracuse has been known for salt springs; connections to abolitionism and the Underground Railroad; typewriter manufacturing; being home to headquarters or major oparations for General Motors, Chrysler, General Electric, and Carrier Corportion; hosting the New York State Fair first in 1841 and annually since 1890; and educational institutions such as Syracuse University, Upstate Medical University, and Le Moyne College.
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The Onondaga County Public Library Postcard Collection contains both mailed and unmailed postcards of buildings, scenes, and activities in and around Syracuse, New York.