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Tales from the Archives: Who was Neil Hellman?

Neil Hellman was this guy! A true Albanian, Hellman was born in 1908. Maybe you are thinking why does this name sound familiar? The name same as the Saint Rose Library, Neil Hellman donated $500,000 in 1981 to Saint Rose and expanded the library by 17,600 square feet. Now maybe you’re wondering how did Hellman make all this money? Hellman…

Tales from the Archives: The First Week

  What today is called Week of Welcome was once called Freshman Week. About sixty years ago students had a rigorous schedule, of teas, get-togethers, campfires and songfests. Today new students enjoy activities like bingo and bowling. There is even a trip to Yankee Stadium. Back in 1954 the College was still a Catholic school and throughout the week students…

Tales from the Archives: Boost!

When visiting an archives, researchers often get pleasantly lost in the many letters, photographs, journals, and publications related to their subject. Archivists are not immune to this! While doing research the other day, I became reacquainted with several issues of Canary Trills. This was the first student publication at Saint Rose. I’d like to share a poem that gives a…

Tales from the Archives: The Archives

Saint Rose has an archives? Yes, we do! My name is Maria McShane and I am the College’s archivist. If you haven’t visited the Archives, we (myself and usually an intern) are located on the 3rd floor of the Neil Hellman Library. By the way, if you’re wondering: “archives” is the noun, “archive” is the verb. Why do we have…

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