History in Action

In keeping with this week's theme, Local History, the girls learned about the history that is all around us.  Troy and the Emma Willard School are great locations to explore and expereince some great historical primary sources.  This morning we visited the school Archives and had a lecture from Nancy Iannucci, the archivist here. She reviewed some key points the girls had learned during Week One (Women in American History) and showed them some great letters, books, dresses and diaries from the last two hundred years. The girls then got to put on gloves and explore the archives for themselves. 

Nancy Iannucci discusses some artifacts from the school's collection

A dress that Emma Willard wore!

Ranran and Cindy examine an issue of the
school newspaper from the 1960s

Mayu, Misaki, Tilly, Emily and Cindy pose with a portrait of Ms. Willard

Tilly

Emily

Mayu reads a letter from the 1860s

During our afternoon Photo Scavenger Hunt around the famous buildings and landmarks of Troy, we stopped at a local cemetery to search for the oldest grave.  The girls also did grave rubbings of different dates and decorations they found.