An Insider’s View of the TR Site
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The Wilcox house at 641 Delaware Avenue is sitting empty. The community is concerned about its fate. But this isn’t the early 1960’s . . . it’s 1936. Mary Grace Wilcox had died in 1933 and the contents of the house had been auctioned off the previous year. In an odd preview of the drive that would, three decades later, successfull...
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Follow this link to watch Dr. Parshall’s Presentation on YouTube The TR Site’s March Speaker Nite featured Dr. Lisa K. Parshall, Associate Professor of History and Political Science at Daemen College. Her presentation, Standing at Armageddon: Roosevelt, Wilson, and the Battle for Democracy in the Presidential Nominating Process, expl...
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Follow this link to watch Dr. Silvestri’s Presentation on YouTube The TR Site’s ongoing Speaker Nite series recently featured Nicholas Silvestri MD FAAN, Associate Professor of Neurology at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Science and longtime history buff. His presentation, “Neurol...
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Follow this link to watch Lenora Henson’s Presentation on YouTube On Tuesday, January 23rd, the TR Site’s own Lenora Henson kicked off the 2018 Speaker Nite series with a talk called “From All Corners of the Earth: Visitors to the Pan-American Exposition.” Although she now serves as the TR Site’s Curator/Director o...
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If you’ve been to the TR Site recently, you know that we’re still decked out in our Victorian Christmas finery (and will be, through December 30th). Victorian Christmas is our biggest annual fundraising event, and we’re very lucky to have a long-standing partnership with the 8th District Garden Clubs, whose members generous...
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Follow this link to watch Dr. Kowsky’s presentation on YouTube. On Tuesday, October 24th, Dr. Francis Kowsky, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus, continued our lecture series with his talk, Buffalo’s First Preservationist: Olaf “Bill” Shelgren. Dr. Kowsky began by mentioning that the TR Site's Shelgren exhibit (open t...
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***Follow this link to watch Dr. Jacoby’s presentation on YouTube*** On Tuesday, September 26th, Dr. Karl Jacoby from Columbia University continued our lecture series with his talk, “Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves & the Hidden History of American Conservation.” Dr. Jacoby began by setting out two purpo...
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**Follow this link to watch Dr. Martinez-Matsuda's presentation on YouTube.** On Tuesday, August 22nd, Dr. Veronica Martinez-Matsuda from Cornell University continued our lecture series with her talk, “Making ‘Unfree’ Labor: From Asian Exclusion to the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall.” This topic is particularly relevant in ...
Full Post**Follow this link to watch Dr. Wendland's presentation on YouTube.** On Tuesday, July 22nd, Dr. Jay Wendland from Daemen College continued our lecture series with his talk, “The Media and the President: Who Shapes Whom?” This topic is always relevant, but particularly so in our current political climate, and this histo...
Full Post**Follow this link to watch Dr. Hochfelder’s presentation on YouTube.** On Tuesday, June 27th, Dr. David Hochfelder from SUNY Albany continued our lecture series with his talk “Thrift in the Progressive Era: Or, Why Teddy & Will Want You to Save Your Nickels”. His discussion of ideas and policies about saving, particularl...
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**Follow this link to watch Dr. Taylor’s presentation on YouTube.** On Tuesday May 23 Dr. Henry Louis Taylor Jr. visited the TR Site to continue our lecture series with his talk “The Evolution of U.S. Cuban Relations”. His discussion of Cuba is particularly relevant to the Site as, for better or worse, Theodore Roosevelt was as s...
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**Follow this link to watch Dr. Hamilton’s presentation on YouTube.** On Tuesday, April 25th, Dr. Trina Hamilton visited the TR Site to continue our lecture series with her talk, “Just Green Enough: A New Ethic for Environmental Cleanup and Industrial Revitalization”. Her discussion of changing trends in environmentalism is parti...
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**Follow this link to watch Dr. Rosenbloom's presentation on YouTube.** Nancy J. Rosenbloom visited the TR Site on Tuesday, March 28th, to continue our speaker series with her talk titled TR’s ‘Little Anarchist’: Sonya Levien’s Journey From the Tenements to the Editor’s Desk. She discussed the relationship between Th...
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**Follow this link to watch Dr. Krieg's presentation on YouTube.** Eric “Luke” Krieg visited the TR Site on Tuesday, February 28th, to continue our speaker series with his talk titled Race, Environmental Justice, and Community: Buffalo’s Curious History. He discussed the relationship between environmental risk and race, as well ...
Full Post“The future of the nation depends on upon the citizenship of the generations to come.” - Theodore Roosevelt, Fifth Annual Message to Congress, December 5th, 1905 - Theodore Roosevelt’s Fifth Annual Message to Congress wasn’t like the State of the Union addresses we’re used to seeing on TV today. In fact, his m...
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