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Volume 14, Numbe 1 Sp ing 2003

A NOTE FROM THE CHAIR By Owe S. Irela d

Preside t Yu has gra ted me a full year sabbatical leave to pursue a umber of scholarly projects. For the ext 15 mo ths Dr. Ly Parso s, as acti g chair, a d Dr. Kathy Kutolowski, as associate chair, will lead the departme t, at least as much as o e ca lead this extraordi ary assemblage of tale ted teacher-scholars. Good luck to both Ly a d Kathy.

My wife, Susa , a d I will travel a fair amou t i the ext 15 mo ths. We ow pla about two mo ths i New York City, some additio al time i Philadelphia a d Washi gto , DC, a d the some research i Lo do a d Berli . We hope also to visit a umber of Irish u iversities to begi to develop my u dersta di g of Irish wome i the 18th ce tury world, a d to explore the possibilities for scholarly-teachi g li ks betwee Irela d a d Brockport. Dr. Leslie, who has spe t the past year at the U iversity of Cambridge i the UK, has laid the grou dwork for this with his ow traveli g i Irela d. If you are i a y of these wo derful places, from New York City to Berli , let us k ow, a d maybe we ca re ew some old acquai ta ces. [oirela d@brockport.edu].

I Ju e of this year I will joi Mary Kay Bishop, vice preside t for I stitutio al Adva ceme t, i visiti g with some alum i, first i New York City a d the here i the upstate area. I the ext ewsletter, I will let you k ow how that worked out.

I cide tally, for those of you with lo g memories, let me k ow if you fi d a y passive voice co structio s here.

HISTORY FORUM TO MEMPHIS

O Wed esday, April 2, the History Forum se t a delegatio of six SUNY Brockport stude ts to the Orga izatio of America Historia s A ual Meeti g i Memphis, TN. O this trip, Eric Sterli g, James Walli gto , Catheri e Cavicchio, Ia Li e felser, Emily Root a d Meli da Cater had the opportu ity to i teract with professio al historia s a d see their origi al research. Duri g the co fere ce

sessio s, historia s from all over the cou try prese ted work to their colleagues. The theme of this year's co ve tio was Social Justice a d America History - a fitti g topic co sideri g the fact that Marti Luther Ki g Jr. was assassi ated i Memphis 35 years ago o April 4, 1968.

The History Forum is a stude t-based orga izatio that promotes i terest i history through a umber of extracurricular activities. This year's programmi g has i cluded movie ights, guest lecturers, a history-themed Hallowee party, a d our a ual Christmas a d graduatio parties. We also traveled to Se eca Falls, the Royal O tario Museum a d Medieval Times.

REMINDER FOR STUDENTS INTENDING TO TEACH

The ext applicatio deadli e for seco dary certificatio programs is September 15. If you i te d to begi your educatio courses i the spri g '04 semester, you must apply this September. The requireme ts for both seco dary ( ow adolesce t) a d eleme tary ( ow childhood a d early childhood) certificatio , as well as the co te t of the programs, have cha ged, so be sure to co sult with the Departme t of Educatio a d Huma Developme t as early as possible.

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HAIL AND FAREWELL, PROFESSOR HERLAN!

Dr. Ro ald Herla retires this year after 33 years of service to SUNY College at Brockport, though fortu ately for all, he will retur to teach two courses i the fall term. The Departme t’s a ual graduatio festivities allowed faculty a d stude ts to bid a fo d farewell to Herla , but this ewsletter gives us a cha ce to share highlights of his productive career with the Departme t’s exte ded commu ity.

Herla took his bachelor’s degree from Houghto College a d his PhD from the U iversity at Buffalo (aka SUNY Buffalo). He came to Brockport i 1970, alo g with 12 other ew history faculty. Herla ’s research a d publicatio focused o early moder British history, particularly the applicatio of the E glish Poor Law i 17th

ce tury Lo do parishes. I rece t years Herla tur ed his atte tio to local history, directi g a I stitute of Local Studies at Brockport from 1986 to 1991 a d co tributi g his gra t-writi g, research a d writi g expertise to the Orlea s Cou ty Historical Society’s programs a d publicatio s.

Brockport stude ts be efited from a wide ra ge of courses taught by Herla , i cludi g Ancient and Modern World, British History, Renaissance and Reformation, a d the History Seminar. I the semi ar, Herla utilized family history a d ge ealogy to ho e research skills, i troduci g scores of Brockport stude ts to their ow place i time. Herla twice served as associate chair of the Departme t, for seve years filled the post of summer chair, a d represe ted the Faculty Se ate as observer i umerous searches. Twice, he traveled to E gla d as reside t co-director of the Lo do Social Scie ce Program.

Herla has do ated cou tless hours to the larger commu ity as a board member of the Albio -Easter Orlea s Cou ty Red Cross, as a member of the Free Methodist Church, a d i helpi g local historical societies with their preservatio a d i terpretatio efforts. He a d his wife, Shirley, e joy buyi g a d selli g collectibles a d memorabilia—a hobby they will co ti ue i retireme t.

The Departme t will miss Ro Herla ’s co scie tious ess, his calm demea or, his searchi g questio s—a d his u faili g archive of importa t departme tal docume ts. We wish him all the best i retireme t!

Student Research

Opportunity:

"The Voice of Betty

Crocker"

Graduate stude ts i terested i doi g prelimi ary research o a project i wome , the history of America radio a d busi ess history should co tact Dr. Arde Bucholz. This exciti g

opportu ity stems from the remarkable career of Betty Bucholz, a pio eer a d popular 20th ce tury America radio broadcaster as “the voice of Betty Crocker.”

Bor Ag es Barbara Lutz o May 4, 1903, i Pri ceto , NJ, Betty Bucholz was the eldest child of A e a d Jacob Lutz who had emigrated from Bodelshause , Germa y, i 1900. Whe she we t to ki dergarte she reportedly k ew o ly Germa , a d her earliest memories were of deliveri g bread to Pri ceto professio al families i her father's horse draw wago . Later, she worked as a babysitter i several of these families, a d this proved to be her educatio i middle class ma ers, dress codes a d speech patter s.

I 1923 Betty Lutz moved to Gree wich Village i New York City to become the greeti g hostess at ewly ope ed radio statio WEAF. Her boss Margaret Cuthbert's mai job was to book famous pia ists, si gers a d lecturers to talk o the ewfa gled machi e. O e day, whe a Speaker's Bureau guest failed to show up because the East River tu el had flooded, Betty herself gave several readi gs betwee musical i terludes. She was a i sta t success, projecti g a perso ality a d speech patter , elocutio a d sou d reso a ce that i time made her o e of the most famous radio voices of the first half of the 20th ce tury. As WEAF's regular mor i g a ou cer a d later hostess of the Women's Hour, her reso a t a d welcomi g "Good Mor i g, Everyo e" galva ized a d held liste ers with its charmi g a d crisp coloratura sopra o voice, perfect dictio a d poised ma er.

Mea while, i Mi eapolis, Marjorie Child Husted, director of home services for Ge eral Mills, was creati g "Betty Crocker," the first atio al America "homemaker" media figure. Husted set out to raise social co scious ess about the value of wome worki g at home. She i troduced the Ge eral Mills Test Kitche s i Mi eapolis, which allowed the advertisi g sloga "Kitche Tested" to be promi e tly displayed o various Ge eral Mills products, a d brought out the best-selli g Betty Crocker Cook Book, arguably the first illustrated (continued page 10)

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PHI ALPHA THETA INDUCTION

The Departme t of History's chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the i ter atio al history ho orary, held its a ual i ductio of ew members o April 11 at the historic Morga Ma i g House o Mai Street i Brockport. D . John Daly i ducted the ew members

i to the chapter a d the joi ed 11 faculty members i i troduci g each stude t.

Phi Alpha Theta is o e of the oldest discipli ary ho or societies a d spo sors a scholarship program a d the scholarly jour al The Historian. To qualify for membership, u dergraduates must have completed 18 credits i history with a mi imum 3.3 GPA i history courses a d 3.25 overall. Graduate stude ts must have fi ished 12 credits i history with a mi imum 3.5 GPA. Co gratulatio s to the followi g stude ts o their i ductio : Colleen D. Beh ndt, Daniel Bell, Todd Bensley, Jennife Bi dsong, Lily Boa d, Steven Calhoun, And ew Cook, Stua t Cook, Kaitlyn Cox, Beve ly Demma, Chad De ock, B ian Detweile , En ique Diaz, Michael Fauche , Michael Fe o, Diane Fulke son, B ian G een, Amybeth G ego y, Lisa Gue nsey, K isten Huey, Ambe Humph ey, Michael Huntz, Jaime Kea ney, Ad ienne Lattin, Sa a Ma tin, Susan Mastowski, Sean McLaughlin, Jane Oakes, B ian Pacino, Jonathan Peone, Elizabeth Pluta, Holly Raube , Ve dis Robinson, Lau en She idan, Jasmine Smith, Ch istian Speedling, Melanie Thompson, Tina Visalli, Nicole Wilkinson and Michael Yates.

PHI ALPHA THETA NEWS CONGRATULATIONS! ALPHA CHI INDUCTEES

O April 12 Dr. Joh Daly a d three SUNY Brockport stude ts - se ior Verdis Robi so

Co gratulatio s to the followi g stude ts a d graduate stude ts Chris Ar old a d Leigh-

who were i ducted i to Alpha Chi Natio al Ho or Society A e Fra cis - traveled to Fredo ia for the Phi

o April 5. Alpha Chi is SUNY Brockport’s highest Alpha Theta Regio al Co fere ce. Robi so

recog itio for outsta di g academic achieveme ts by a d Fra cis had bee i itiated i to Phi Alpha Theta the

stude ts i all discipli es, majors a d programs. ight before while Daly a d Ar old are lo g-time

Membership is offered o ly to college ju iors a d se iors members. The SUNY Brockport pa el was the star of the

i the top 10 perce t of their class (this year, the mi imum eve t, attracti g a large audie ce a d a lo g a d lively

Brockport GPA was 3.61 for ju iors a d 3.65 for se iors). discussio . Daly drove a mi iva with 108,000 miles o it

The ew i ductees are: Ambe Humph ey, Sean (a d the whole pa el i it) from Brockport to Fredo ia i

McLaughlin and Adam Rissew. 1.57 hours. The pa el was e titled "Race a d Culture i America History" a d was chaired by Daly. Ar old prese ted a paper e titled "Beauty a d the Beast: Race a d

O April 2, stude ts a d Ge der i America Mo ster Movies, 1926-2003," which

professors from the Departme t i cluded visual aids a d was writte for a Dr. James Spiller

of History participated i Scholars semi ar. Robi so prese ted "George Washi gto a d the

Day 2003. Dr. Aliso Parker Lege d of a Relucta t Slaveholder," which he wrote i a

moderated a pa el of papers o i depe de t study with Daly. Fra cis prese ted "Hear No

ce sorship, i cludi g Julie Keller o comic books, Evil: Ce sorship a d Prejudice agai st Easter Europea s

graduate stude t Leigh-A e Fra cis o political speech Duri g World War I," writte i a Dr. Aliso Parker

duri g WWI a d Carlos Wallace o Rap lyrics. U der the semi ar a d wi er of a u iversity-wide writi g

leadership of Dr. Thomas Crima do, Tracey Beecher award. Departme t stude ts will co ti ue to participate i

prese ted o “The Stali Phe ome o ” a d Dia e the regio al co fere ce each year.

Fulkerso gave a talk o Britai a d Fra ce duri g the Great Depressio . Dr. Wa da Wakefield a d her stude t James Caswell prese ted their work o sports history. Wakefield discussed her participatio as a judge a d historia at the 2002 Wi ter Olympics, while Caswell i vestigated local golf pro Sammy Urzetta a d the Italia -America commu ity of East Rochester.

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2003 DEPARTMENTAL AWARD WINNERS

The Chair a d Gover a ce Committee of the Departme t of History take great pleasure i a ou ci g the 2003 recipie ts of departme tal ho ors, prese ted at the College’s a ual Spri g Ho ors a d Awards Ceremo y o April 2. We co gratulate the followi g stude ts o their fi e academic records, a d we tha k them for their co tributio s to the departme t a d the College.

JACK CRANDALL AWARD JACOB A. PIORKOWSKI

W. WAYNE DEDMAN AWARD LISA GURNSEY & JANE OAKES

KEMPES SCHNELL AWARD MARY KAY MASLANKA

DEPARTMENTAL SCHOLAR DEANNA M. HALQUIST

GEORGE S. QUEEN AWARD JAMES CASWELL

ROBERT GRISWOLD HISTORY AWARD KERRY A. BLOCKER

ARTHUR LEE HISTORY AWARD ADRIENNE LATTIN

SYNNESTVEDT LECTURE

The Departme t’s a ual Sig Sy estvedt Memorial Lecture attracted a large crowd of stude ts, faculty a d commu ity members to the New York Room of Cooper Hall o April 17 to hear Dr. Mauree Elgersma Lee speak o "Productio , Reproductio , a d Resista ce: Black Slave Wome i British Ca ada a d Jamaica.” Professor Lee is director of the Africa America Archives a d a member of the Departme t of History at the U iversity of Souther Mai e. She is the author of Unyielding Spirits: Black Women and Slavery in Early Canada and Jamaica (Garla d, 1999), amo g other publicatio s. Lee atte ded a umber of classes earlier i the day, a d her talk sparked a spirited questio a d a swer sessio .

Dr. Aliso Parker orga ized the lecture a d precedi g receptio , at which the Departme t was pleased to welcome Mrs. Nadi e Sy estvedt, widow of Dr. Sig Sy estvedt. The late Dr. Sy estvedt chaired the Departme t of History from 1969 through 1974.

GRADUATE PROGRAM

Dr. Je y Lloyd has take over as director of the history graduate program o the retireme t

of Dr. Robert Strayer. Dr. Aliso Parker a d Dr. Joh Daly joi her o the graduate committee, with Parker taki g respo sibility for supervisi g graduate assista ts, a d Daly worki g with stude ts i terested i public history.

The graduate program is flourishi g, with 35 active graduate stude ts, i cludi g seve full-time. Altogether graduate stude ts are taki g 235 credit hours i history courses, a d almost all seats are take .

Extra-Departmental Kudos for

our Students!

KERRY BLOCKER BA '03 was amed the 2003 Se ior Scholar i the Educatio al Opportu ity Program. Blocker has take a full-time teachi g positio with the Rochester City School District.

JESSICA BOWMAN BA '03 received atio al recog itio as a 2002-03 NCGA (Natio al Collegiate Gym astics Associatio ) All-America for her performa ce i the vault. Bowma a d teammates brought Brockport a eighth place fi ish i the atio al champio ships i March.

JAMES CASWELL BA '03 ear ed third place ho ors for o -fictio i the College’s first a ual “Celebratio of Writi g” co test. His paper, writte for Dr. Wa da Wakefield’s 390 semi ar, was o Sammy Urzetta, Rochester's premier pro golfer i the early 1950s.

MICHAEL CONDELLO BA '03 has bee amed Brockport’s male athlete of the year after leadi g the College’s football team to its most successful seaso ever, culmi ati g i the NCAA Divisio III quarterfi als. Co dello, a co se sus All-America , was amed to every existi g All-America team, i cludi g the Associated Press a d Football Gazette teams. His play ear ed him a place i the Aztec Bowl, the DIII all-star game. Co dello curre tly plays for the Rochester Brigade are a football team.

JESSE DOTY BA '03 wo All-America recog itio (NCAA Divisio III) i outdoor track for his performa ce i the hammer throw. Doty captured the state champio ship i the eve t i May, alo g with several SUNYAC first place fi ishes duri g the seaso .

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LEIGH-ANNE FRANCIS MA '03 has bee awarded a full fellowship i the doctoral program at Rutgers U iversity, where she will major i U ited States History with a seco dary focus o the Africa Diaspora. Fra cis

wo seco d place i the campus-wide "Celebratio of Writi g” co test for her paper “Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil: The Suppressio of Political Speech Duri g World War I,” which she wrote for Dr. Aliso Parker’s course. As a u dergraduate at the Rochester I stitute of Tech ology, Fra cis majored i Fi e Arts Illustratio . Artmaki g served as a i trospective tool a d activist are a for Fra cis, a d ultimately i spired her to pursue a career i social services. Her work as a youth viole ce preve tio program coordi ator i the South Bro x's most viole t commu ity sparked a i terest i a teachi g career. Fra cis views U ited States' history as the field i which she ca most effectively raise aware ess co cer i g race, ge der a d class oppressio with the goal of eradicati g these problems.

KRISTOPHER HARRINGTON BA '03 also wo All-America ho ors at the 141-pou d weight class i wrestli g (NCAA Divisio III). Harri gto was desig ated the Most Outsta di g Athlete at the Empire Co fere ce Champio ships.

MARY KAY MASLANKA BA '03 ear ed a statewide Cha cellor’s Award for Stude t Excelle ce, o e of seve Brockport stude ts selected for the prestigious desig atio . Masla ka also was amed to the All-SUNYAC team i wome ’s soccer a d to the Horizo District I All-Academic team i soccer.

JANE OAKES MA ‘03 has bee asked by Oxford U iversity Press to write a e try o the history of cakes i America for its Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America to be published i 2004.

FACULTY NEWS

ARDEN BUCHOLZ was a i vited prese ter at the 25th a iversary meeti g of the Royal Military College of

Ca ada's Military History Symposium, March 19-23, i Ki gsto , O tario. His paper, "Lesso s Lear ed or Not Lear ed: Germa y after 1871," will be published alo g with the other co fere ce papers i Lo do by Brassey. Bucholz also read ma uscripts for The Journal of Military History a d The Journal of Strategic Studies a d completed two book reviews apiece for The Journal of Modern History, The German Studies Review and Central European History. His sabbatical project, a biography of Helmuth vo Moltke (1800-1891), has bee solicited by Yale U iversity Press.

THOMAS CRIMANDO participated i the "Cabi ets of Curiosity: Brockport Collects" exhibitio at the Tower Fi e Arts gallery. The exhibitio focused o collectio s of faculty a d staff members. Crima do's collectio co sisted of Roma Imperial coi s from the first to the fifth ce turies A.D. Crima do provided backgrou d comme tary for two movie ights with the History Forum, showi g Zulu i the fall a d Alexander Nevsky i the spri g.

JOHN DALY was o e of five professors selected atio wide to write a d perform a CD-ROM, i ter et a d film course for the seco d half of the US history survey, 1877-2002. The project was for the Global Educatio Network i cooperatio with SUNY a d state u iversities across the cou try. He wrote 16 lectures (1/5th of the course) assembled the course materials, a d spe t a week filmi g i New York last summer at the Car egie Hall Buildi g. Daly loved havi g his ow makeup artist follow him arou d everywhere. He also fou d time to write two book reviews: The Transformation of American Abolitionism: Fighting Slavery in the Early Republic by Richard S. Newma for the Georgia Historical Quarterly a d Noah’s Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery by Stephe R. Hay es for the Journal of Southern History. If that was ot e ough, Daly was also acti g summer chair a d taught two summer courses at Brockport. His History 401/501, "Slavery i the South," gave him a cha ce to work with excelle t local teachers taki g graduate courses a d a great group of u dergraduates. He also taught a 390 o the "Cultural Causes of the Civil War," which was the subject of his rece tly published book.

RONALD HERLAN retires this spri g after 33 years of teachi g at the College. See accompanying sto y.

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STEVE IRELAND spe t the mo th of July 2002 i NEW YORK CITY doi g research at the New York Historical Society a d the New York Public Library. He is curre tly explori g the reactio of Esther De Berdt Reed, the E glish-bor wife of revolutio ary leader Joseph Reed, to the growi g co flict [1770-1776] betwee the la d of her birth a d the la d of her husba d's birth. Amo g the fasci ati g thi gs he discovered was that George Washi gto atte ded the first Co ti e tal Co gress but seldom if ever spoke. He did, however, di e out almost every day with promi e t people i the city, i cludi g the Reeds. Irela d will take a full year sabbatical i 2003-04 to further his research o Esther i New York City, Philadelphia, Washi gto , DC, a d Lo do .

JOHN KILLIGREW prese ted a paper, “The U ificatio of Chi a i 280 AD: The Ji Co quest of Easter Wu,” at the Southeast Co fere ce o Asia Studies at Jekyll Isla d, GA, Ja uary 17-19. He also chaired a pa el e titled “Varieties of Asia Warfare.” I the fall, Killigrew took a group of seve History Forum members to visit a exhibit o “The Lost Civilizatio of Shu” at the Royal O tario Museum i Toro to. Professor Killigrew i troduced the exhibit, explai i g how excavatio s i souther Chi a have revealed a civilizatio that existed simulta eously with the Yellow River civilizatio of Xia-Sha g-Zhou a d have radically cha ged a cie t Chi ese history. I April Killigrew brought Professor Paul Fouraker of St. Joh Fisher College to campus for a lecture o Japa ese Fascism duri g the 1930s.

KATHY KUTOLOWSKI completed the e try o "Freemaso s" for the forthcomi g Encyclopedia of New York State a d a review of Marti Bruegel's Farm, Shop, Landing: The Rise of a Market Society in the Hudson Valley, 1780-1860 for New York History (Wi ter 2003). I September she spoke to the Niagara-Orlea s Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, a i ter atio al ho or society for wome educators, o the Erie Ca al's local impact. Kutolowski was elected i May to the board of trustees of the ew Brockport Commu ity Museum, which curre tly is a wo derful visio a d a series of gra t applicatio s. O e day, alum i may be able to visit the facility, housed i the re ovated ca al-era sto e warehouse o Cli to Street.

BRUCE LESLIE spe t the spri g term as a Visiti g Scholar at the U iversity of Cambridge (UK) where he lectured i several courses o the history of educatio . Leslie also co-wrote, with Dr. Ke O’Brie , e tries o SUNY (for the Dictionary of American History) a d o SUNY Brockport (for The Encyclopedia of New York State) a d completed a book review for the Journal of Southern History. He retur ed to the

America Studies Ce ter at Aarhus U iversity (De mark) for two prese tatio s i April.

JENNY LLOYD published "Collective Memory, Commemoratio , Memory a d History, or William O’Brya , the Bible Christia s, a d Me," i Biography, Wi ter 2002. She prese ted a paper e titled "Four Ge eratio s of Bible Christia Wome Preachers" at the New York State Associatio of Europea Historia s co fere ce a d at the Midwest Co fere ce o British Studies. She also prese ted her most rece t research o wome preachers i i etee th-ce tury Britai at a History Departme t Brow Bag this February.

ANNE MACPHERSON co-edited, with Na cy Appelbaum a d Kari Aleja dra Rosemblatt, Race and Nation in Modern Latin America (U iversity of North Caroli a Press 2003). She also co tributed a chapter, "Imagi i g the Colo ial Natio : Race, Ge der, a d Middle-Class Politics i Belize, 1888-1898." Macpherso also has a article comi g out i 2003 i the Journal of Latin American Studies e titled "Citize s vs. Clie ts: Worki g Wome a d Colo ial Reform i Puerto Rico a d Belize, 1932-45." Macpherso spe t the fall o research leave but retur ed to the classroom i the spri g.

MORAG MARTIN has retur ed to Brockport after a year as a Leverhulme Special Research fellow at the U iversity of Warwick. Duri g that year she was i vited to prese t semi ar papers at the U iversity of Leeds, Oxford U iversity a d the Ce tre Natio al des Arts et Metiers i Paris. She also prese ted a paper e titled "A Taste for Rouge: The Demise of Cosmetics a d the Asce da cy of the Natural i Late Eightee th-Ce tury Fra ce" at the America Society for Eightee th Ce tury Studies co fere ce i Colorado Spri gs, April 2002. These prese tatio s allowed her to put the fi ishi g touches o a article, "Casa ova a d Mlle Clairo : Pai ti g the Face i a World of Natural Fashio ," which was published i the March 2003 volume of Fashion Theory. Marti prese ted a versio of this paper at the NYSAEH meeti g held at Ca isius College, September 21, 2002. Marti also spe t the summer i Paris researchi g a paper o medical i ve tio s duri g the Fre ch Revolutio a d Napoleo ic period that she prese ted at a co fere ce i Paris this May.

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PAUL MOYER received a scholarly i ce tive gra t to co duct research at the Tioga Poi t Museum i Athe s, PA, this summer. He also completed a NEH Fellowship proposal for 2003-04 to support work o his book (te tatively e titled) Wild Yankees: The Struggle for Independence along Pennsylvania's Revolutionary Frontier. He co tributed a essay, “The Wyomi g Dispute a d the Tra sformatio of the Pe sylva ia Fro tier," to be i cluded i Da iel Richter a d William Pe cak, eds., From Native America to Penn's Woods: Colonists, Indians, and the Racial Construction of Pennsylvania (Pe State U iversity Press, forthcomi g 2003).

KENNETH O'BRIEN served the first year of a two-year term as Faculty Se ate Preside t a d wo recog itio as Ho ors Program Teacher of the Year for his sectio of HST 212 i the fall. He co-wrote, with Professor Leslie, e tries o “SUNY” for the Dictionary of American History a d o “SUNY Brockport” for The Encyclopedia of New York State. O’Brie ’s review of At the Picture Show by Kathry Fuller was published i New York History. He co ti ues to serve o the New York State Historical Records Advisory Board.

ALISON PARKER published a article e titled "The Case for Reform A tecede ts to the Woma Suffrage Moveme t," i Votes for Women: A Concise History of the Suffrage Movement edited by Jea H. Baker (Oxford U iversity Press, 2002). This book is aimed at a ge eral history audie ce a d has bee advertised i the New York Review of Books a d the Book of the Mo th Club. Parker spe t the summer at a Natio al E dowme t of the Huma ities Summer Semi ar o "Motherhood a d the Natio -State i Wester Societies" at Sta ford U iversity. She atte ded the semi ar for six weeks (a d lived i the dorms with other professors a d a smatteri g of very loud u dergraduates!). While there she completed a le gthy chapter e titled "Wome Activists a d the U ited States Co gress, 1870s-1920s" to be published i The Reader's Companion to the American Congress, edited by Julia Zelizer. This NEH fu ded summer semi ar was ot just directed at research. It was also desig ed to provide college teachers with i -depth trai i g i a particular field. She retur ed to SUNY Brockport i the fall ready to teach a ew course i family history (HST 358) that utilized much of the material a d i sights that she lear ed from the semi ar o motherhood. Parker has also fi ished a short essay o "Por ography a d Masculi ity," for the Encyclopedia of Masculinity which helped her prepare for her ew u dergraduate/graduate swi g course (401/501) o "Ce sorship a d Por ography." While i Califor ia, Parker prese ted a paper e titled "Sarah Grimke's Theory of Wome 's Political Co-Equality," at the Society for Historia s of the Early America Republic (SHEAR) held

i Berkeley. Parker was promoted a d awarded te ure this year.

LYNN PARSONS fi ished the seco d act of "The Tye More Bi di g," a two-act dramatic readi g based o the letters of Abigail a d Joh Adams. A public performa ce was a huge success i February, with a full house a d lots of laughter. Two weeks later, Act O e was prese ted professio ally (with paid actors) to the Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Rochester. Parso s also co tributed two chapters o the preside tial electio s of 1824 a d 1828 to History of American Presidential Elections and Campaigns, edited by William G. Shade a d published by M.E. Sharpe i March.

JAMES SPILLER completed a essay o “Scie ce i A tarctica” for David N. Livi gsto e a d Ro ald L. Numbers, eds., Modern Science in National and International Context, forthcomi g i 2003 from Cambridge U iversity Press. Spiller spe t spri g break i Texas doi g research fu ded by a $650 gra t from the Bush Preside tial Library Fou datio a d also received a College Scholarly I ce tive Award a d a UUP I dividual Developme t Award to further his curre t research. Alum i may have heard, see or read Spiller’s a alytical i sights followi g the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster i February whe he wrote a “Speaki g Out” colum for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle a d was i terviewed o Rochester’s WHAM radio statio a d o both the ABC a d Fox eve i g televisio ews.

WANDA WAKEFIELD wrote a chapter e titled "NASCAR: Sex, Death a d the Movies" for the ew book Sexual Sports Rhetoric and Violence: Teaming Gender with the Language of Sport, edited by Li da K. Fuller. Wakefield is havi g her stude ts i her Moder America class collect their thoughts, memories a d co clusio s about September 11th. These papers, represe ti g a follow-up to the papers do e by her stude ts last fall, will be added to the Brockport college archives. Wakefield also prese ted talks o her experie ces at the Wi ter Olympics, where she served as a luge judge a d co ti ued to gather material for her curre t research o athletics i the Cold War, to the Departme t’s Brow Bag semi ar series a d at Scholars Day.

ALUMNI NEWS

MARY (MORISSEY) BART BA '90 writes to tha k Dr. Strayer for his e courageme t a d advice about careers outside teachi g for history majors. She has had a successful a d varied career i jour alism i upstate New York a d Washi gto DC. She is ow livi g i Boulder, CO as a accou t executive for a public relatio s firm.

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ROBERT K. BRIGHAM BA '82, a associate professor of history at Vassar College, collaborated with James Blight o a series of oral history co fere ces about the Viet am War held i Ha oi si ce 1997. These co fere ces put key participa ts from both sides of the war together i a room to discuss what actually happe ed. Brigham has collected umerous i terviews o the Viet am War, but sees this form of i teractive oral history as more productive. Brigham is the author of Guerilla Diplomacy: The NLF's Foreign Relations and the Viet Nam War (Cor ell U iversity Press, 1998).

CHRISTINE RIDARSKY DIVERONICA MA '02 prese ted a paper e titled "'Keep Up Good Courage’: Sub-Margi al Farmi g i Upstate New York, 1850-1940” at the Perspectives o Empire State History co fere ce i Alba y, November 21, 2002. Divero ica is a graduate stude t i history at the U iversity of Rochester.

MARTIN DROZDOFF BA '69 has do e a lot of traveli g si ce he left Brockport. He has received two Fulbright gra ts to study i Japa a d Turkey a d is curre tly a special educatio teacher i Tucso , AZ.

ROB DUNBAR MA '01 is at the U iversity of I dia a studyi g Ce tral Eurasia history a d la guage. He is curre tly lear i g Persia , Usbek a d Russia . He ca be reached at 1610 S. Dorchester Dr, No 34, Bloomi gto , IN 47401.

DERAL GIVENS MA '93 works i the Rochester Police Departme t but pla s to retire a d practice law i the ear future.

DAVE GIVER BA '02 is teachi g high school social studies at Harrisville Ce tral School i the wester Adiro dacks. Harrisville is a small school with o ly 420 stude ts, a d Giver teaches Global, America History a d Gover me t, a d AP America history.

WILLIAM M. GOLDRICK BA '82 ope ed his ow law firm i 1996 i Wa tagh, NY, specializi g i plai tiffs' perso al i jury litigatio . He a d his wife, Lisa, had quadruplets i 1999, three boys a d a girl!

DOUG HANSON BS '90 has bee teachi g social studies at Spe cerport High School for the past seve years. U til this year Ha so taught te th grade Global Studies, but he is ow bei g asked to teach the first Adva ced Placeme t US History course to be offered i Spe cerport. It is a year of cha ges for Doug as he a d his wife are expecti g their first child.

RICHARD (RICK) M. JONES BS '74 is curre tly a brokerage ma ager at New E gla d Fi a cial i Jamesville, NY, as well as Vice Preside t of the Jamesville-Dewitt Board of Educatio . He se ds a special hello to Professors Joh Killigrew a d Joh Kutolowski, two great teachers of much loved subjects, Chi ese a d British history.

DANIEL KACZMAREK BA '99 has bee a accou ts ma ager for a steel recycli g compa y for the past three years. He is looki g for more history-related work i the Toro to area a d is e gaged to be married.

TERRY LEHR MA '95 researched a d orga ized a exhibit o the 1902-1903 small pox outbreak for display at Rochester Ge eral Hospital. The exhibit shows the importa ce of the vacci atio campaig s of Dr. George Goler, city public health officer, a d the resista ce of city officials a d the public to his efforts. Lehr is a i structor of adva ced writi g i the Departme t of E glish at SUNY Brockport.

BOB MONTANA BS '72 guided the U io College basketball team to the 2001-2002 co fere ce title (Upstate Collegiate Athletic Associatio ) a d i to the seco d rou d of the NCAA tour ame t. He was also amed co fere ce coach of the year for the seco d time i six years as head coach.

STEVE NEESE MA '93 has just received his PhD i history from George Washi gto U iversity. His dissertatio , "The Last of the Heretics: Alger o S. Crapsey," exami es the most famous heresy trial i Rochester's history, a d his ma uscript is bei g co sidered for publicatio by a u iversity press. Neese has also bee teachi g at Houghto College a d Ge esee Commu ity College.

KERRY SCHAMEL MA '01 co-authored a book e titled Threading Together the Past: Archeology at the Polly Site.

BOB SHERTZER BS '70 is a fifth grade teacher at Dicki so Eleme tary School i East Northport, NY. He writes to co gratulate a d tha k Professor Joh Kutolowski, "the best history teacher I ever had!"

STEPHEN SICKLES BA '01 has retur ed to Brockport to complete a seco d major i commu icatio s.

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Repo t f om England By Morag Marti

I spe t the 2002-03 academic year o leave from Brockport o a research fellowship at the U iversity of Warwick, E gla d. Though the time off was mea t for me to do more research for my book a d to start writi g, I was also u der co tract to teach o e class at the U iversity. I chose to teach a special course called Sweet Ecstasy: The Cultural History of Drugs from 1450-Prese t. It was very popular, a d I will teach it at Brockport i the fall of 2003. I had ever taught i Britai before (though I had bee a stude t ma y years ago at the U iversity of Edi burgh), a d it was quite a eye-ope i g experie ce. I had to adapt to a very differe t way of lear i g, gradi g a d teachi g.

British stude ts o ly take courses i their major (i this case history), the classes last the full year a d the BA is give after three years of study. I lectured to the stude ts o ly o e hour a week, as the professors at Warwick had do e a study a d fou d that the less you meet with stude ts, the more they work. I'm ot sure of this, but it does make the professors' jobs easier. Every other week we also met i small semi ar groups of i e stude ts each to discuss readi g, but there is ot a culture of "talki g" i class i E gla d as there is i the US, so ofte it was like pulli g teeth.

The readi g is very differe t as well. Most professors give huge lists of all the releva t texts for a give subject (up to a page lo g for each semi ar) from which the stude ts are mea t to pick a d choose, readi g as much as possible. There are o graded assig me ts duri g the course of the year, o ly a lo g paper a d three-hour exam i Ju e for which the stude ts get six weeks to prepare. This mea s that overall, the co scie tious stude ts do their work a d are motivated o a weekly basis, but the lazier o es do othi g u til the summer term a d the crackdow . To elimi ate bias, two professors grade the papers a d exams a o ymously. This mea s that professors ca ot mark stude ts dow for abse ces or poor semi ar participatio .

Overall, I i troduced my stude ts to a assig ed text (we could all talk about the same thi g si ce we had all read it) a d a more relaxed lecture style, both i ovatio s they liked. I lear ed to trust stude ts more with their time, expect more broad-based readi g a d grade more fairly. I fou d that the much repeated maxim applies - America stude ts lear very little about a lot of thi gs a d British a lot about very little - yet if both are do e with e ough critical thought the stude ts flourish i to well-educated, well-rou ded i dividuals. A d, whe it comes dow to it, British stude ts spe d just as much time at the pub, procrasti ati g or sleepi g-i as their America peers.

The o e big differe ce is that all British U iversities are public a d practically free, thus very few of stude ts there have to work a full-time job as well as study a d socialize!

"Dr. Leslie, I Presume" By Bruce Leslie

The ew British Library was the u likely sce e for a reu io of a

alum us a d a faculty member. Worki g o the catalogue computer 3,500 miles east of Brockport, I was take aback whe a familiar looki g you g ma came up a d I heard "Dr. Leslie, I presume." Well, at least words close to that. The you g ma tur ed out to be Bob Brow '91.

Iro ically I first got to k ow Bob i Lo do i 1989 whe he was the o ly sophomore admitted to the Lo do Social Scie ce Program based at Bru el U iversity. He retur ed to Brockport to complete his degree, particularly studyi g with Joh Kutolowski. We last saw him at graduatio i 1991.

Brow co ti ued his studies at SUNY Alba y, receivi g a masters i history. His thesis o the social history of radio has bee published as Manipulating the Ether: The Power of Broadcast Radio in Thirties America (McFarla d Press, 1998). It received the Choice Outsta di g Academic Book of 1998 i History of Commu icatio Award.

Next stop for Brow was the Syracuse U iversity doctoral program where he has specialized i moder British history. I additio to his studies, he has taught at SUNY O eo ta a d at LeMoy e College, a d eve directed a graduate semi ar at Syracuse. His dissertatio topic is "Britai a d the Spa ish I flue za Epidemic of 1918-1919." His research has bee facilitated by a fellowship to study at the Wellcome I stitute i Lo do , just arou d the cor er from the British Library. He hopes to begi full-time teachi g i fall 2003, either i Great Britai or the U ited States.

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Student Research Opportunity:

"The Voice of Betty Crocker" (Cont f om Page 2)

"how to do it" America cookbook writte for average middle-brow wome who wa ted to provide healthy a d appetizi g meals for their families. However, the ew medium of radio proved perhaps her most powerful tool.

Husted created the “Cooki g School of the Air,” a 15-mi ute mix of recipes a d homespu philosophy broadcast i itially from half a doze big city radio statio s across the cou try. At the New York City statio of the Red a d Blue Network, Betty Lutz became Betty Crocker i 1927; at that poi t, she was o e of several perso ificatio s of the Ge eral Mills ico .

I 1934, ow married a d amed Betty Bucholz, she was chose to be the si gle voice of Betty Crocker for coast-to-coast broadcasts across the ew NBC Radio Network. For the ext 17 years she broadcast three times a week from Chicago, her lilti g, clear speech patter k ow to wome across America. They se t her up to 5,000 letters a week, a d the Betty Crocker Cooki g School of the Air e rolled more tha a millio members. Bucholz a d her husba d revised a d edited each script the ight before the broadcast, while Betty tried out a d modified the recipes at home. The broadcasts came from her perso al experie ces, a d spoke directly to the mai daily ritual a d respo sibility of her millio s of liste ers. She gave practical, how-to advice a d e dowed the ordi ary task of cooki g with sig ifica ce a d éla d’esprit.

Duri g World War II the Betty Crocker Cooki g School of the Air cooperated with the War Food Admi istratio . Bucholz hosted a radio show with First Lady Elea or Roosevelt which sought to boost America wome 's morale at home a d give them advice o cooki g with ratio ed food supplies. Her daily radio scripts from these broadcasts i corporated war-time values with specific me u suggestio s, such as "Budgeti g the Food Dollar" (Black Mid ight Cake) a d "Food i the Moder Ma er" (Bisquick-Spam combi atio s). Ma y programs quoted specific letters from liste ers, alo g with Betty Crocker's respo se, a d i cluded music from the Ge eral Mills Choir or the playi g of the weddi g march from Richard Wag er's "Lohe gri ."

Duri g her Chicago years, 1934 to 1951, Betty Bucholz was part of the great NBC radio studios i the Chicago Mercha dise Mart. Amo g her a ou cers were Hugh Dow s a d Do Ameche, while her frie ds a d colleagues i cluded the casts of Jack Armstrong: the All American Boy, Betty and Bob, a d Ozzie and Harriet. I 1951 she moved to New York a d took the role of "A e Marshall," Campbell Soup's atio al media voice. She worked for the Eise hower preside tial campaig i 1952, retired from broadcasti g i 1955 a d the devoted herself to the Readi g for the Bli d program o Lo g Isla d a d i Co ecticut. Her radio tale ts co ti ued to serve well; whe the Co ecticut State Library for the Bli d a d Physically Ha dicapped i Hartford evaluated her 1977 auditio tape, the report described her "rich, atural voice timbre, eve cade ce a d clear articulatio ." The auditio report co cluded with the words "do 't lose her"!

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