Oneonta History Center

GOHS's current exhibition, "Up from the Ashes: Oneonta Shaped by Fire," is open until Saturday, May 1st. Come check it out before it's gone! And for those who missed it, watch this clip from our virtual zoom presentation for the exhibition. In this clip, historian Jim Loudon presents the Oneonta Coal Pocket Fire of 1946.

We close out #WomensHistoryMonth at #GOHS with Oneonta native Jessie Elvira Jenks. Jenks was homeschooled and kept a diary documenting her life in Oneonta from 1885 to 1892, from the age of 12 to 19. In 1896, she entered the Oneonta State Normal School and three years later was certified to teach music at the elementary level. While Jenks expressed her insecurities about entering the world as a working woman, she remained single and independent throughout her life. In this di...ary entry from January 1, 1889, 16-year-old Jenks wrote a list of New Year Resolutions, resolving not to be vain, selfish, or careless, and to overcome her nervousness. Want to learn more? Check out GOHS’s papers of Jessie Elvira Jenks, available online through the NY Heritage digital collections. #OneontaHistory #local #GreaterOneontaHistoricalSociety #WomensHistoryMonth #independentwoman #allthesingleladies See more

In the mid-1910s, female students at the Ward School No. 2 in Norwich performed a suffrage pageant urging #VotesforWomen. The pageant is one of many examples of upstate women's suffrage activism. To learn more, visit the Chenango County Historical Society’s online exhibit, Women of Chenango County. (photo credit: Chenango County Historical Society) #WomensHistoryMonth #localhistory #womenssuffrage #womenshistory #GOHS #chenangocountyhistoricalsociety

Oneonta native, Ethel Scatchard, was a secretary for the local Red Cross during WWI and taught courses in surgical dressing. She was also a member of the Oneonta Women’s Club. In 1919, she died of pneumonia while working at a Red Cross canteen in Paris, where she was buried. She was only 32 years old. That year, Ethel's mother submitted a request for her family to receive an Award of Merit for Ethel's Red Cross service. We don't know if the family received the award, but three years later, in 1922, Mayor C. C. Miller and the women of Oneonta honored Scatchard with a monument and memorial in Neawha Park, which still stands today. Scatchard is one of the many pioneering Oneonta women featured in GOHS's historical collections. #WomensHistoryMonth #OneontaHistory #GOHS #NeawhaPark #fromourcollections #localhistory

The Greater Oneonta Historical Society will be holding a virtual program to coincide with its History Center exhibition, "Up from the Ashes: Oneonta Shaped by Fire". The Zoom program will be held on Wednesday March 24 at 6:30 PM. Exhibition planners Carlene Bermann, Bob Brzozowski, and Laura Santos will discuss exhibition highlights. Present and former Oneonta Fire Department firefighters will participate. This program is free and open to the public. Attend Zoom meeting 826 1327 1273 at 6:30 on March 24. Visit www.Oneontahistory.org for more information. #GOHS #oneontafiredepartment

During December, children visiting the History Center may choose one of four craft activities compliments of GOHS Children and Youth Programming! #GOHS #kidscraft

Here is a sneak peek at the Rockefeller ornament! #GOHS #AlpineAwardsandEngraving #rockefellerowl

Rockefeller the owl ornaments on sale tomorrow at the History Center! #GOHS #rockefellercenter #rockefellerowl

#givingtuesday December 1, 2020 GOHS promotes greater Oneonta’s past. Help us share Oneonta’s history and its importance. Http://www.Oneonta history.org/donate.htm. #GOHS

Tomorrow is Cyber Monday. Shop with AmazonSmile and support the Greater Oneonta Historical Society. #GOHS #cybermonday2020 #amazonsmile