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VOLUME LXXXI ISSUE VIII SINCE 1935
U.S. president’s papers preserved
Millard Fillmore’s personal documents remain in Penfield Library archives
Luke Parsnow News Editor lparsnow@oswegonian.com When Traverse City, Mich. native Lillian A. Wells died in 1966, she willed her real estate and residuary personal property to Oswego State. Discovered in part of that estate were two boxes labeled “Millard Fillmore, Buffalo, N.Y.” that she had inherited from a family member who lived just outside of Oswego. A crowbar to the boxes revealed that they contained personal papers, files and manuscripts of Charles De Angelis Marshall, a lawyer in Buffalo in the 1880s, and also papers belonging to former U.S. President Millard Fillmore. For nearly 50 years, President Fillmore’s papers have resided in the special collections and archives section in the basement of Penfield Library at Oswego State. “It definitely brings a lot of attention from the rest of the country and the world,” Elizabeth Young, reference and special collections librarian at Penfield Library, said. “It’s one of the most popular things off-campus people request information on, particularly during his presidency. We got a lot of emails about him about that.” For over 100 years, the president’s papers traveled across the country and passed through generations of families before they arrived at Oswego State, according to “Forgotten Fillmore Papers Examined: Sources for Reinterpretation of a Little-Known President,” a scholarly article written by former Oswego State history professor Charles Snyder that was published in “The American Archivist” in 1969. Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States. He gained the office upon the death of President Zachary Taylor in 1850, who is known infamously as America’s “forgotten president.” Fillmore was the second vice president to ascend to the presidency after a president’s death. He was the second president from the state of New York, the first Whig Party president who didn’t die or be expelled during office, was the last president to be affiliated with the Whig Party and the last president who was neither a Republican nor Democrat. When he left the White House in 1853, he returned to Buffalo, losing a bid for a term of his own when his party rejected him for
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City, college relationship strengthens as alternative BSR concert nears
Oswego government officials collaborate with Student Association in order to prepare for end-of-year events Neeny Phakdeetham Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com
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After three Oswego State student drug overdoses, one of which resulted in a death last year, Oswego State and Oswego city officials have been working together to prepare to handle this year’s annual bar crawl event, Bridge Street Run. Less than a month from now, a large influx of 21-and-over bar crawlers will be participating in this unofficial tradition. “Everybody that has been in Oswego realized that the campus has a great sense of celebration and so does the city,” Oswego
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City Mayor Thomas Gillen said. While many students anticipate the annual bar crawl to be filled with excitement and big crowds, the incidents that occurred last year prompted a collaborative effort between the City of Oswego, the Oswego City Police Department, Oswego State and local businesses to manage this year’s celebration. “It’s not just a city issue,” Gillen said. “It’s now a community issue. We are going to do it together. We’re going to do it productively so the students have fun and local merchants get some business at the sametime, and people can celebrate.” Jordan Harmon is the assistant manager of The Shed in Oswego. He said he agreed with
the mayor and said The Shed has been working with all parties to make BSR fun and safe. “The [New York State] Liquor Authority will be making a presence in this area and will be checking if our exits are clear, if we are serving the proper types of liquors, types of beers, appropriate prices, making sure that everyone is above age,” Harmon said. Harmon stressed that The Shed has a zero tolerance policy for fake IDs. The Shed will always ask for two forms of identification at the door, and double ID when customers order drinks. Harmon explained that fake IDs from out of state are very common during BSR because many students who are underage want to participate.
“We have ways to make sure that people that are actually 21 and from out of state are actually going to be able to drink,” Harmon said. “We have certain questions that we ask them. We have wristbands. We have stamps. We have all sorts of stuff and our bartenders always ID.” Tucker Sholtes, the former Oswego State Student Association president, is one of many students who helped organize Ozfest and the spring concert that will feature B.o.B, Mac Miller, Big Sean and Timeflies. Sholtes explained Ozfest as “a way of the student body to have ownership over the end of the year celebration.” Sholtes also said a big concert has
been something that students wanted, and having it on the last day of class is a great way to celebrate. “A huge misconception about this is that people think that we’re trying to make an alternative to Bridge Street Run, which I guess, in a way, it’s true, but I think it’s more about how can we own the day instead of letting the day be in the hands of others,” Sholtes said. “The college wanted something to be on that last day and then it was a decision that also was made by myself and others... why don’t we all move the concert to be then?”
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