Thursday, August 26, 2021

Conserving the Collection: Ceramic Repair Techniques

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This summer we have been joined at the Alice by Adelaide Steinfeld, the first recipient of the Burke Scholarship established in honor of lon...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Hollywood Comes to Plattsburgh: The Filming of Janice Meredith

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“Marion Davies Edition” of Janice Meredith On February 26, 1924, readers of the Plattsburgh Sentinel opened their morning papers to fin...
Friday, August 31, 2018

Food Will Win the War: Recruiting an Army of Food Savers

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The state and federal agencies formed to tackle the food problem during World War I approached the issue from the perspectives of both the p...
Friday, August 17, 2018

Food Will Win the War: Women, Boys, and Tractors Wanted!

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On April 14, 1917, New York State Governor Charles Whitman issued a proclamation stating that the following Tuesday, April 21, would be Agri...
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Food Will Win the War: The New York State Food Commission

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Last month’s Centennial Summer Fair at Miner Institute gave us the opportunity to learn more about the history of food and farming during W...
Saturday, July 28, 2018

“Seeing Is Not Enough”: World War I Battlefield Tourism

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German Stahlhelm and postcard sent to Louise and Bertha Trainer, 1921 After an unintentionally long hiatus, the Alice News blog is back...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

The Spanish Colonial in San Diego—and Chazy

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Chazy Central Rural School, 1919 The Chazy Central Rural School building which stood from 1916 until 1969 was unusual in many ways. Most...