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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Workers at the SUNY College at Oneonta who are
renovating the Tobey Hall residence hall discovered a
time capsule from 1958
when they were removing the building's cornerstone. The time capsule
contained a number of items, primarily publications, that were chosen by
SUNY Oneonta students and staff to represent the College in 1958.
College archivist Heather Heyduk compiled the following list of the
capsule's contents:
- Blueprint map of Oneonta, 1951, drawn by Assistant City Engineer
- Hand drawn map of Oneonta, from Main St. to West St. to East St.,
which includes Old Main, Bugbee, the Heating Plant, Home Economics,
Morris, Denison, Bacon, and New Dorm
- Article: "Are Small High Schools Worth Saving?" reprinted from the
April 1959 issue of Farm Journal
- Catskill Area Project in Small School Design, 1959
- 1958-59 Estimated Expenses for students
- Staff Directory and Addendum, 1958-59
- "You'll Like Oneonta New York" brochure published by Chamber of
Commerce and City of Oneonta
- Panda Prints Valentine's Day card
- College Publications, including the Catalog 1959-1961, Summer
Session Catalog 1959, General College brochure, brochure entitled
"Presenting…State University Teachers College Oneonta, New York"
- Home Economics Program brochure
- The Bell Freshman Handbook
- Student Publications, including Scope Fall-Winter 1957-58
- SUNY Publications, including two versions of "Welcome to our
Campus!" "Do You Know Your State University," "Summary Bulletin
1958-59," and "State University Teachers Colleges"
- In an envelope labeled "From Margaret Baughman" (Assistant Dean of
Students at the time), a Hagen-Renaker ceramic trinket.
The time capsule will be on display during the College's
Reunion
Weekend at the "Celebrate the Past, Present, and Future Exhibit" on
Saturday, June 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Hunt Union International
Lounge.
The College's plans for the time capsule include working with current
students to add new materials to it and then to put it back in Tobey
Hall for future generations. That is tentatively scheduled to take place
during the re-dedication of the building, which may be held in October.
Associate Vice President for Facilities Thomas Rathbone is coordinating
the process of placing the capsule. College archivist Heather Heyduk is
cataloging, preserving, and displaying the contents.
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