Matthew Ballard
Vol. 4, No. 44 This photograph, from a collection donated to the Department of History from Ruth Webster Howard, shows the rear side of the Administrative Building at the Western…
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[caption id="attachment_1669" align="alignnone" width="640"] Alice McIntyre Bogue and Virgil Bogue[/caption] Vol. 4, No. 24 Ninety-five years ago, the Virgil Bogue Home for Dependent Children opened its doors to young children…
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Volume 4, Issue 4 As we near Black History Month in February, I was researching local African American families in Orleans County and attempting to assemble an understanding of this…
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Matthew Ballard
Volume 3, Issue 48 This photography, taken prior to 1915, shows the main office located within the administration building of the Western House of Refuge (now the Albion Correctional Facility).…
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Matthew Ballard
Volume 3, Issue 47 Following the passing of New York’s amendment that extended voting rights to women in 1917, the subsequent election involving the question of whether Albion would remain…
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