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New Building Planned For Willett Street

1883

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New building planned for Willett Street across from Washington Park at a cost of $125,000. The architect was Frank J. Wright of the firm of Ogden & Wright. For floor plans see The Thirty-Second Annual Report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Albany, Department of Public...

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Edward P. Waterbury

1882 June 22 - 1889 August 8

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Edward P. Waterbury, A.M., Ph.D., assumes office of president. A graduate of Normal School, Class of 1849, Waterbury had served as a faculty member at the Albany Academy, was a local insurance agent, and, at the time of his appointment, was a member of the school’s Executive Committee. Waterbury...

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Kate Stoneman Becomes First Woman Lawyer In New York State.

1886

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Kate Stoneman, faculty member, passes the NYS bar exam, but is denied admission to the NYS Bar by the NYS Court of Appeals. Stoneman & her allies successfully petition the NYS Legislature & Governor to pass a law admitting women to the NYS Bar. Stoneman becomes NYS first woman lawyer, continues...

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Willett Street Building Occupied

1885 September 9

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Willett St. Building occupied and opened for classes. The building was constructed at a cost of $199,647.00. The architect was Frank P. Wright of the Albany firm of Ogden & Wright in a style described by the Executive Committee as "modern renaissance". It was located at 82-96 Willett Street. The...

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Fund Raising For Alumni Memorial Window

1883

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Fund-raising for Alumni Memorial Window commences at President Waterbury suggestion. The assembled graduates engaged in their first fund-raising event. To show their pride in the new Normal School Building being constructed on Willett Street across from Washington Park, they voted to commission...

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A Historical Sketch Of The State Normal School

1884

A Historical Sketch of the State Normal School Established 1844, at Albany, N.Y. and a History of Its Graduates for the First Thirty-Eight Years, 1844-1884 is published on the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the school. The book was written and financed by President Edward P. Waterbury to...

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U.S. President Elect Grover Cleveland Presented Degrees At Commencement

1885 January 23

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U.S. President-Elect Grover Cleveland presented degrees at Commencement. Cleveland had just served as governor of New York.

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President Waterbury Presents A History Of The School To The Annual Meeting

1883

-President Waterbury presents a history of the school to the Annual Meeting. The history was published in 1884 as A Historical Sketch of the State Normal School at Albany, N.Y. and A History of Its Graduates for Forty Years. Albany, N.Y., Brandow and Barton, 1884. The Historical Sketch includes a...

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Evelena Williams Graduates

1884 January 25

Evelena Williams was the first identifiable African-American graduate of the State Normal School. Williams taught and was principal for nine years in a one room school house for African Americans in Jamaica, N.Y. She lost her job when the Jamaica schools were integrated in 1893 or 1894. Nothing...

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The Grand Reunion Of Association Of Graduates

1883 December 27

The Grand Reunion of Association of Graduates -With the support of Normal School Presidents Alden and Waterbury, ‘49, and lead by Secretary Sherman Williams, '71, the Association of Graduates was rebuilt in the 1870s and early 1880s. In preparation for the 1883 reunion 2,000 invitations were sent...

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