Saint Rose legacy being preserved, returned to families
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Many questions still remain around how the College of Saint Rose will preserve its legacy. One family told NEWS10 how they got their hands on a piece of Saint Rose history that means the world to their family.
As you walk through the campus of Saint Rose the only thing that remains now are the echoes of the past. As wind down operations continue, we caught up with one local woman who recently received a precious family memento.
Caitlin Perry never met her grandmother Angela McCarty. They both graduated from the College of Saint Rose, 84 years apart.
Perry has heard stories about her grandmother and even has her necklace from the College of Saint Rose, but recently she received something that brought tears to her eyes…
“It’s amazing. I’m getting emotional thinking about it but because I never got to meet her, having something to keep the family story going and to be able to show future generations about the family, and having something that was pretty much her’s is special,” said Perry.
She got her hands on a copy of the 1927 yearbook. Perry was emotional as she reflected on her grandmother and all the photos of her in the yearbook she had never seen before.
“I’m incredibly grateful to Jennifer and everybody else who finally got me in contact with her in order to get the yearbook,” said Perry. “I’m forever grateful for that.”
She had reached out to the Vice President of Wind Down Operations at Saint Rose Jennifer Richardson.
“Finally Jennifer and I got in touch. And I kept being a little bit of a nuisance. I kept checking in, checking in, checking in. And I honestly felt like giving up after a little bit and I didn’t wanna keep bothering people,” said Perry.
“We’ve been focused on a lot of things as we have been taking part in these wind operations, but in the last few weeks we were able to locate a copy of the 1927 yearbook and I had reached out to her a couple weeks ago and we were able to connect earlier this week for her to come and pick it up,” said Richardson, who added they are trying to keep the legacy alive.
She said the college has a list of people who have reached out wanting certain items.
“Some things, if they’ve been attached, physically attached to a wall or fixed to something then we have not been taking those down until we have further information on what’s going to happen with the campus,” said Richardson.
According to Richardson, some archives will be housed at UAlbany, while others have already been sent to St. Louis to be with the Sisters of Saint Joseph. She said there’s no timeline for preserving the legacy, at this point, but…
“We are working with different organizations right now, having conversations to see what might be possible,” said Richardson.
The college continues to look for community partners that want to assist, but for now Richardson said they’re happy to assist with what they can.
“It’s things like that that make us feel good that we’ve been able to help individuals,” said Richardson.
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