Because we have been doing our work in the Development/Alumni Office, we get to see the various visitors that stop in. On Thursday there were several. One was a man who was a 'chut' in our days at school, but now teaches in Mumbai, had come up for the Mountain Festival. Another was a British couple from Scotland. The man's mother and aunt had gone to Woodstock (though he said that as kids they thought she had made this all up and so his visit was partly to confirm whether it was real or not!). We found both of their pictures in Whispering Pines in the 1940s, and we were able to answer a number of questions for him.
And because we had made a presentation to the staff about the archives, we've had some staff drop by or talk with us regarding material in the archives.
And because we had made a presentation to the staff about the archives, we've had some staff drop by or talk with us regarding material in the archives.
- The choir director wanted to revive singing of Woodstock songs, and to know more about Robert Fleming Sr. who wrote them. We were able to provide him with a copy of the song book and of a short bio. of Fleming written on his death - and we discussed the idea of having a student contest to write a new song for the school to reflect the great change in character and demographics from when the old songs were written in the 1930s and 40s.
- A staff member whose spouse works at the Landaur Community Hospital wanted to see what information we had on it - and we have a couple of folders of miscellaneous materials.
- A history teacher who wants the students to do some oral interviews with staff and student alumni on the hillside, and possibly look at artifacts (we have very few because of space issues) to write about.
