Recent Talks by the County Historian

• Batavia Explodes: Cold War Anxiety, Civil Defense, and the Preparedness Drill at the Veterans Hospital in 1956(PDF, 65KB)
• Genesee County, the Holland Land Company, and the Fabric of American History(PDF, 66KB)
• Local History: A Brief Historical Overview and Issues Central to its Practice(PDF, 254KB)
• The Notion of History and its Importance for a Community(PDF, 221KB)
• The Ideal of Freedom, the Civil War, and Genesee County, New York, 1861-1865(PDF, 301KB)
• United States/Genesee County Agricultural History Timeline and Exhibit Descriptions(PDF, 235KB)
• What Makes Local History Unique?(PDF, 226KB)
• A Brief Overview of the Civil War from the Perspective of Genesee County(PDF, 248KB)
• Brief Remarks Concerning the Historical Significance of the Holland Land Company Through the Early Nineteenth Century in Western New York(PDF, 98KB)
• Why do Wars Happen? Genesee County and the Problem of Human Conflict, 1775 to the Present(PDF, 296KB)
• A Place of Peace, Play, and Learning: the Genesee County Park and Forest(PDF, 225KB)
• The Services Offered by the Genesee County History Department(PDF, 221KB)
• American Culture and Cookbooks in Genesee County, New York, 1830-1920(PDF, 295KB)
• Genealogical Research at the Genesee County History Department: Opportunities and Resources(PDF, 227KB)
• The Many Contributions of our Local Historians(PDF, 227KB)
• Irish-Americans in Genesee County, New York – A St. Patrick’s Day Reflection(PDF, 212KB)
• Does History Matter? Searching for the Past and the Future of our Nation(PDF, 242KB)
• Remarks for the Legend and Lore Marker Ceremony at the Rolling Hills Asylum(PDF, 180KB)
• Genealogy and History: Are the Two the Same?(PDF, 229KB)
• Remarks in Commemoration for 1stLieutenant Leonard B. Fuller(PDF, 181KB)
• Genesee County, New York: A Brief Historical Overview Stressing its Place in American History's Tapestry of Different Peoples(PDF, 187KB)
• Emory Upton and the Formation of Modern America(PDF, 276KB)
• Remarks at the Dedication Ceremony for the Emory Upton Historical Marker(PDF, 177KB)
• A Special Kind of Scandal(PDF, 201KB)
• Depression Children Go To War: Genesee County, New York, 1941-1945(PDF, 329KB)
• Common Questions About the History of Genesee County(PDF, 187KB)
• In Search of Modern America: Mass Media and Presidential Elections in Genesee County, New York, 1860-1920(PDF, 401KB)
• Becoming American: The Journey of Italians in Genesee County, New York(PDF, 226KB)
• Introduction to For Home and Country: Oakfield, New York During World War II(PDF, 186KB)
• The State of History in Genesee County, New York: Thinking Nationally While Working Locally(PDF, 243KB)
• A Brief Overview of the History of the Genesee County Courthouse(PDF, 924KB)
• Family History Workshop – A Guide(PDF, 291KB)
• Protestantism, Protestant Revolutions, and the Place of Religion in Genesee County History(PDF, 296KB)
• Is it Dangerous to Believe Anything We Want to Believe In?(PDF, 259KB)
• Hoover, Roosevelt, and the New Deal in Genesee County, New York during The Great Depression(PDF, 270KB)
• What We Have Found – Family History Workshop #2(PDF, 201KB)
• Genesee County Children and World War Two(PDF, 195KB)
• Respectable Radicals: Christian Socialism in Early Twentieth Century Upstate New York(PDF, 292KB)
• In Only Six Short Years: Genesee County Reacts to the Assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, Jr.(PDF, 279KB)
• Two Heroes from Genesee County – Ely S. Parker and Charles F. Rand(PDF, 195KB)
• The Upton Memorial – a Tribute to all of Genesee County’s Veterans(PDF, 177KB)
• Our Community’s Need for Memory – Our Community’s Need for History(PDF, 174KB)
• Thanksgiving in Genesee County – A Day of Gratitude, Rest, Play, and Community(PDF, 345KB)
• Public Presence and Secret Injustice: Women in Genesee County, New York, 1802 to the Present(PDF, 470KB)
• The Stafford Bicentennial: Identifying With the Past in Order to Prepare for the Future(PDF, 337KB)
• The Spirit of Liberty and the Right to Self-Expression(PDF, 351KB)
• Addendum to the Timeline of Significant Genesee County Government Events for the Years 1993-2020(PDF, 375KB)
• The Historical Society of the New York Courts: Genesee County Legal History(PDF, 511KB)
• "Chapter Thirteen" In Western New York? The Ku Klux Klan Genesee County in the 1920s(PDF, 454KB)
• "Chapter Fifteen" Too Often Forgotten: Female Slaves and Poor Women in Genesee County(PDF, 423KB)
• Pavilion Talk(PDF, 335KB)