Over the past few years, the Greece Historical Society has coordinated the presentation of an extensive series of programs at our museum on Sunday afternoons. Several of these programs were recorded in the museum, some were recorded at the Greece Public Library on Tuesday nights, and a few conducted at the Charlotte Public Library on a Sunday afternoon were recorded. During this time of social distancing, they were done over Zoom. Below are all the programs we have available on our Youtube Channel as well as linked below as embedded videos. More programs will be added as time permits. The Presentations are going to be listed in alphabetical order by the title of the program and under the title will be the date it was recorded and the category of the program which will tell you if it was a Tuesday Program, a Sunday Program or a Zoom Program, followed by the tags that are associated with the programs and then a brief description of each program, and on the left will be the featured image of the program so you can understand what the program topic is on. Some of these topics are linked to some of the bicentennial snapshots and the Living in Greece Newsletter stories so you can see what topics connect and able to find more information that we have in our historical archives to research from and learn more history of the Town of Greece from its beginning to the present and its future.
Please take time to watch some of these enlightening programs. As always, feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss any of these materials.
(These videos are the property of the Greece Historical Society unless otherwise indicated, which retains all right thereto. The contributors to these videos provide them for non-commercial, personal, educational, or research use only. Prior written permission from the Greece Historical Society and the individual presenters must be obtained for any other use; including but not limited to commercial or scholarly publications, reproductions, or redistribution of any video or individual image from the videos.)
September 13, 2022Program Archives,Tuesday Programs978 North Greece Road,Albion,Bicentennial Snapshot 29,Bicetennial Snapshot 28,Cobblestone Masonry,Cobblestone Society,Covert-Brodie-Pollok House,Douglas Farley,Greece Public Library,National Historic Landmark,Orleans County,Welsh Room "Set in Stone: The History of Cobblestone Masonry", by Douglas Farley. Mr. Farley looks at the geological and social factors that created the perfect storm...
Read MoreThe Greece Historical Society (GHS) is sponsoring a survey of Thomas W. Boyde, Jr.'s architecture, who was Rochester's first African-American architect known for his Mid-Century...
Read More"Marilyn Nolte discussed Mt. Hope Cemetery's notable African American figures at the Greece Historical Society Museum on February 10, 2019. Jacqueline Sprague Cooper, a descendant...
Read MoreJuly 2, 2022Program Archives,Tuesday ProgramsAda Ridge,Antell-Whitman House,Brighton,Greece Historical Society,James J. Johnson,Liberty Pole,Mushroom House,Perinton,Phyllis-Wheatley Library,Ridge Road,St. Januarius Church,St. John the Evangelist Church,St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church,St. John’s,Temple Sinai In a 2012 recording, architect James H. Johnson discussed his career and unique architectural designs, such as the Liberty Pole, Temple Sinai, the Mushroom House...
Read MoreMay 14, 2019Program Archives,Tuesday ProgramsAda Ridge,Antell-Whitman House,Brighton,Greece Historical Society,James J. Johnson,Liberty Pole,Mushroom House,Perinton,Phyllis-Wheatley Library,Ridge Road,St. Januarius Church,St. John the Evangelist Church,St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church,St. John’s,Temple Sinai Presented by Katie Eggers Comeau and Christopher Branch at the Greece Public Library on May 14, 2019. Introduction by Gina DiBella. This is post review...
Read MoreJane Grant, author of "The Barns of Greece, N.Y," discussed about Greece Barns and the stories of the farm families at the Greece Museum on...
Read MoreAiša Purak discusses her book, “Bosnian Immigrants: Opportunities and Challenges”, which studies a sampling of 100 Bosnian families who immigrated to Rochester and found a...
Read MoreRalph DeStephano Jr. discusses the history of Buckman’s Dairy, located at Ridge Road and Long Pond Road, from 1950 until its closure in 2005. The...
Read MoreLinda Bartash-Dawley unveiled her work, "Carousels of Monroe County," in a recent presentation. The narrative represents a comprehensive exploration of the historical carousels in Monroe...
Read MoreFebruary 13, 2024Program Archives,Tuesday Programs103.9,103.9 WDKX,African-American,African-American-owned,Andre Langston,Andre Marcel Langston,Andrew A. Langston,Andria B. Langston,Frederick Douglass,Malcolm X,Martin Luther King Jr,Radio Sation,WDKX On February 13, 2024, the History of WDKX, the first African-American-owned radio station, will be presented at the Greece Central School District’s Transportation and Support...
Read MoreOn September 1, 2016, at the Charlotte Branch Library, Marie Poinan delivered a presentation exploring the history of the Charlotte Blast Furnace. The program, which...
Read MoreOn June 10, 2018, Mike Warner from the Rochester Genealogical Society delivered a talk at the Greece Historical Society. He detailed safe and responsible techniques...
Read MoreJack Stecher, a member of the Genesee Valley Bottle Collectors Association, discusses the hobby of gathering antique bottles and explores the historical background of the...
Read MoreStory of the Dobson Farm that eventually became Northgate Plaza. Presented by Marie Poinan...
Read MoreSuperintendent Kathleen Graupman, of GCSD, shared experiences via Zoom about how education has unfolded during the COVID-19 pandemic, outlining specific successes and hurdles faced in...
Read MoreOn April 8, 2018, Dave Shields from the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum conducted a program at the Greece Historical Society. He discussed the...
Read MoreOn February 9, 2021, Karen Dinkle Bunton and Jerry Bunton engaged in a Zoom discussion about Rochester's Black History from the Dinkle family's perspective. The...
Read MoreIn June 2021, Nellie Gardner spoke at the Greece Historical Society giving an insight into the flower industry of Western NY, and presented her own...
Read MoreJanuary 12, 2023Program Archives,Tuesday ProgramsCardbord Box,Christopher Bensch,Colbert Report,Don Riley,Donald J. Riley,Javits Center,National Museum of Play,New York City,Stephen Colbert,Strong,Strong Museum,Strong National Museum of Play,The Stick,Toy Fair,Vice President for Collections Christopher Bensch Stops by the Historical Society and shares activities that are Fun in the sun: Adventures in Outdoor Play with guests that attended the...
Read MoreThis an update on Pioneer Families Volume 2, content chronicles the complexities experienced when researching and documenting pioneer families and their lineage. The details for...
Read MoreOn May 20, 2018, former CEO Lynn Sullivan presented a program at the Greece Historical Society on the history of the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery and...
Read MoreJanuary 23, 2024Program Archives,Tuesday Programs1794,Geneseo Center for Local and Municipal History,Greece,Greece Historical Society,Indigenous Land Rights,Indigenous people,Native American,New York,Professor Michael Oberg,Professor Oberg,SUNY-Geneseo,Treaty of Canandaigua Professor Michael Oberg will discuss Indigenous land rights in western New York, including enduring Native American claims to the land. He is a Distinguished History...
Read MoreMarie Poinan presents an exploration of Irish families from the Mother of Sorrows parish who settled around Latta Road. This presentation features rare photographs sourced...
Read MoreOn November 12, 2017, author Patrick Bynes discussed his recent book at the Greece Historical Society Museum. The book provides a unique perspective on grief...
Read MoreOn November 15, 2015, Brighton Historian Mary Jo Lanphear narrated a tale at the Greece Historical Society Museum about English children from Eastman Kodak being...
Read MoreOn July 14, 2019, at the Greece Historical Society Museum, Don Riley provided an eyewitness account detailing the influence of Lake Greece on the region's...
Read MoreOn November 6, 2016, Ron Carlton shared stories about his family's experiences growing up in the Town of Greece at the Greece Historical Society and...
Read More"Stranger Than Fiction" is a presentation by Rick Iekel focusing on the trials and triumphs associated with running the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport...
Read MoreOn September 11, 2016, World War II veteran Wally Rust gave a lecture detailing the atomic principles behind, the scientists involved in, and design specifics...
Read MoreOn January 12, 2021, a presentation titled "Mark Twain and the Civil War" was delivered by Rosemary Irwin. The event, recorded via Zoom, discussed the...
Read MoreOn March 9, 2021, at the Greece Public Library, Monroe County Historian Carolyn Vacca presented a history of the county's 200-year development through 19 towns...
Read MoreKate Jacus gave a program titled "Museum Quality Storage for Family Heirlooms and Photos," on June 9, 2020. The Greece Public Library and the Greece...
Read MoreOn April 10, 2016, Sherm Safford, a resident of Greece, shared his personal experiences of modeling for the acclaimed American artist Norman Rockwell at a...
Read MoreMay 11, 2021Program Archives,Tuesday Programs,Zoom ProgramsHospital,Kathleen Britton,Park Avenue,Park Ridge,Park Ridge Hospital,Rochester General,Rochester General Hospital,Unity,Zoom On May 11, 2021, Kathleen Britton discussed the evolution of Park Avenue Hospital in Rochester. The institution relocated to Greece, New York, transforming into Park...
Read MoreOctober 13, 2020Program Archives,Tuesday Programs,Zoom Programs8 Brave Civil War Soldiers,Civil War,Fairport Historical Museum,Fourth Graders,Greece Historical Society,Pittsford,Thornell Road Elementary School,Toni Stevens-Oliver,Vicki Masters Profitt,Zoom 8 Brave Civil War Soldiers: Past Meets the Present when Fourth Graders Honor the Fallen in Pittsford, a discussion with Toni Stevens-Oliver, Thornell Road elementary...
Read MoreOn September 21, 2020, Wally Rust discussed public shortcuts and sidewalks, with a particular focus on the Music Box Steps popularized in Laurel & Hardy...
Read MoreA presentation about researching your family in anticipation of the town’s Bicentennial in 2022. With Barb Koehler, JoAnn Ward Snyder, and Marie Poinan...
Read MoreBY Dan SchneidermanGreece Central School District’s Transportation & Support Service Facility, 1790 Latta Road On Monday, April 8, 2024, The Rochester area will be in...
Read MoreIn this Zoom presentation, join James Valenti as he discusses the Rochester court case, Nebbia v. New York, which made its way to the Supreme...
Read MoreExplore the history of Seabreeze Amusement Park through photographs and stories with Kevin Dorey, Seabreeze Park Historian. Seabreeze is the fourth-oldest operating amusement park in...
Read MoreRobert Coomber talks about the Sons of the American Revolution and what the local chapter does to honor those who fought in the Revolutionary War...
Read MoreLearn about the Colonel Patrick O'Rorke Memorial Society by Tom O'Connell...
Read MoreJoann Beck from the Highland Park Conservancy spoke at the Greece Historical Society program, discussing the Frederick Law Olmsted designed Highland Park and the advocacy...
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2009Program Archives,Tuesday ProgramsDeborah Hughes,Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner,Greece,Greece Historical Society,Haudenosaunee,Iroquois,Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation,New York,Susan B. Anthony House The Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Influence on Women's Rights was presented by, Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner Executive Director of Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation. An Introduction to The...
Read MoreCo-authors Marie Villone Poinan and JoAnn Ward Snyder conducted extensive research to create and publish a two-volume work on pioneer families who settled in Greece...
Read MoreTom McShea and Marie Poinan presented a program at the Greece Historical Society and Museum on October 16, 2016, celebrating the heritage of the McShea...
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2023Program Archives,Tuesday ProgramsAIDs Community Health Center,Big Brother Big Sisters,Colgate Rochester Crozier Divinity School,Frederick Douglass,Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport,Greater Rochester Commission,Greece Public Library,Highland Park,Martin Luther King Jr. Greater Rochester Commision,Reverend Julius David Jackson Jr.,RIT,Rochester Institute of Technology,Rochester International Airport,the School of the Arts (SOTA),United Church of Pittsford Rochester’s monument to Frederick Douglass was the first in the country to honor an African American. Reverend Jackson will introduce a locally produced short film...
Read MoreCome visit with descendants of two early settlers – the Volkmar and Cole/Kenyon families. Jo Ann Ward Snyder and Maire Poinan interviewed family members when...
Read MoreOctober 30, 2016Program Archives,Sunday Programs710 Latta Road,710 Lattta Rd.,A Gentleman's Country Estate,Archives,Elm Tree Farm,Greece,Marie Villone Poinan,New York,Pioneer Families,Sunday Program,Yates-Thayer Come explore the history of the Yates-Thayer Farm / Elm Tree Farm presented by Maire Poinan with special guest Sam Thayer. Sam Thayer is a...
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