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Monday, Apr. 30th, 2018

Hallie Bond and her daughter Maggie Smith inspect a quilt from the Potsdam Public Museum's Collection. Ms. Bond is documenting quilts as part of the  Northern New York Quilt Project. This quilt design is called Roman Wall, was hand made in the late 1800's. It was donated to the museum by Mary Ellen Putnam in 1978.

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              HISTORY OF CLARKSON UNIVERSITY  AND
                        THE CLARKSON FAMILY                                                                                                                                                                                
   Left: 'Old Main' Clarkson University's first building, c. 1896. Clarkson University   was started in honor of Thomas S. Clarkson (1837-1894) by his sisters and
  niece Annie Clarkson. Thomas died at age 58 in a quarry accident.
  
                          
St. Lawrence Academy to SUNY Potsdam:  
 200 Years of Education    Curated by: Erin Cheney                 
                          
   Right: The State Normal School was built in 1867 across from the Civic Center on Park Street, Potsdam. www.shoess.ru It was constructed of Potsdam Red Sandstone.  In 1917  it was torn down and replaced with a new building which stands there today. 

 


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  Sometimes a family file contains just  one obituary from a newspaper, other files may contain dozens of folders, personal letters, etc... 
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