This short biography of William Smith was written circa 1924 by Anna Botsford Comstock. Enjoy!
J. G. Vail was a photographer in Geneva in the second half of the 19th century. The Colleges' Archives has a collection of portraits of local citizens in a format called cartes-de-visite. Through our participation in the Rochester Regional Library Council's Finger Lakes/Genesee River Valley Heritage project, we are able to make them available online using a digital collection solution called CONTENTdm. Each of Vail's cartes-de-visites has been scanned both front and back. In addition, the collection includes a selection of stereographs Vail took of Geneva and Hobart College. The Vail collection of images may be viewed at: http://cdm15109.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/p277601coll11
The Archives will be open on Friday June 5th from 10am-3pm for Reunion. Stop by and take a look.
Summer Hours
| M | 9:00a - 4:30p |
| Tu | 9:00a - 4:30p |
| W | 9:00a - 4:30p |
| Th | 9:00a - 4:30p |
| F | 9:00a - 4:30p |
| Sa | CLOSED |
| Su | CLOSED |
Summer exceptions:
| Thursday, 7/2 | 9:00a - 1:00p |
| Friday, 7/3 | Closed |