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Judith Saunders Oral History
Judith Saunders reflects on her schooling experience in California, her job search before Marist, and finally the experiences she has gained from being an English professor at Marist. -
JoAnne Myers Oral History
JoAnne Myers discusses her early life, her interest in politics and feminist issues, and her time teaching political science at Marist. -
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Marists All Esopus Juniors on sidelines during football season 1959 or 1960
From Charles Zoeller FRONT: Woody Duke, Marcos Longoria, Joe Bianco, Ron Kearney, Joe McKenna MIDDLE: Pat Garvey, Vinnie Ciangiola, Steve Daly, Ray Armstrong, Mike McCaffrey, Jerry Callahan KNEELING: Jim Meehan, Dave Cooney, Jim(?) McGovern, Dennis DaRos (tp of head above Jerry Callahan) STANDING: Pete Rooney, ? , Joe Madsen(?) -
Marist College History: Boat House
A view of the Hudson River taken from the Marist campus before the construction of the Marist Boathouse. The two buildings shown in the photo were built by the city of Poughkeepsie for use in the National Crew Regattas and by local high school crew boats. After the Marist boat house was built and property developed, Marist acquired ownership of the two boathouses with the condition that the local high school could continue to use them for their crew activities. -
Marist College History: Marist Brothers as Builders melding of stone and slate with brick
In 1949, Brother Francis Xavier transferred to Esopus where he handled a large renovation to the English Village, adding a huge gym and transforming the village in many ways. The architect was a former brother from Baltimore who respected the character of the English Village by placing the plainer brick additions out of view. This photo (left) shows the melding of the original classic stone and slate with the modern brick addition. -
Marist College History: Marist Brothers as Builders: Test Wheel
There was a lot of ingenuity involved. In order to provide their own water supply, in 1913, the brothers built a water wheel 18 feet in diameter (near where the townhouses on the water works road are now situated.) A dam was built to ensure a constant supply of water for the wheel. The brothers first built a test wheel to be sure the operation was feasible, then built the wheel itself. They were required to lay 900 feet of pipe from the wheel to the Hudson through swampy land. A water tower constructed near the barn in 1914 ensured an adequate water supply and pressure for the farm until 1935. It was decided in 1918 to harness the water wheel to a dynamo to electrify the houses. Good idea, but it never supplied enough power, so the properties hooked up with local utility for electricity and gas. -
Marist College History: Marist Brothers as Builders Champagnat Portrait
The Brothers were founded in the country district outside Lyons, France, in what could only be considered very hilly land where the people eked out a marginal existence. When Saint Marcellin Champagnat decided something needed to be done or get built, he relied first on his available resources not on a fund raising drive. The prime example of this was the mother house at St. Genis-Laval. Except for several skilled masons, this was built almost entirely by the brothers. They carried the rocks, mixed the mortar, and chipped out an enormous rock ledge (sans dynamite) to provide room for the building which was tucked between the river Gier and the ledge. Around 1905, there was a heavy influx into America of French brothers who had been expelled for religious reasons. Champagnat's spirit of independence and resourcefulness carried over to Poughkeepsie after the Brothers purchased the Bech and McPherson properties, both of which were in ramshackle condition. Using their own labor, they added extensions to the McPherson building and to the east and west sides of St. Peter's stone house. They built two long bungalows in 1912 to be used as temporary dormitories and a wood shop, placed an additional third floor on the Bech house, built chicken coops, a silo, and some fruit cellar caves (caveaus). The results were hardly architectural masterpieces - they were the product of unskilled labor and amateur architects - but they worked and stayed within limited budgets. -
Marist College History: Marist Brother Builders Chapel
Innovative at the time of its construction, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel has stood the test of time. Spiritually conceived, it is a work of art. Through its serenity and inspiration, it stands as the core of the Marist College campus and as the crown jewel in the Marist Brothers' building program. -
Marist College History: Marist Brothers Building Adrian Hall
Adrian Hall was built in 1957 by the labor of the Marist Brothers. In his concept for Adrian, Brother Nilus Vincent's design philosophy is evident. Its cantilevered structure melded peacefully into the landscape, as if it were in love with the ground. Brother Nilus designed Adrian so that it was aligned with nature through its sweeping horizontal lines. Adrian was not only an enclosure of space, but it was also a shelter for the spirit of man. -
Marist College History: Marist Brothers Building Donnelly
Donnelly was the culmination of the Marist Brothers' building program. From the hand digging of the foundation pillars to the cement reinforcing rod crews, the army of brother amateurs showed how their building skills had improved. Who can forget Brothers Nilus and Edward "Eddie Mike" Michael marshaling, each day, their army of brothers for a constructive assault on the Donnelly work project! -
Marist College History: Present Day Greystone
The History of Greystone Greystone is one of three Marist buildings that were part of the Rosenlund Estate purchased by the Marist Brothers in 1908. Listed on the state and national Register of Historic Places, Greystone dates to around 1865 when it was built as a two-story carriage house; a hayloft occupied the top floor, carriages and horses the middle floor, and a blacksmith shop the lowest level. Greystone, the name for the renovated carriage house, was made official in 1929 when the normal school, a junior college and a precursor to Marian College, was established. Marian College was the name adopted by the Marist Brothers in 1946 on the occasion of its receiving its provisional charter from New York State. Subsequently, in 1960, the name was changed to Marist College. Through remodeling in 1909, 1928, and 1964, the building served successively as a dormitory, classrooms, science labs and library. In the 1928 renovation the Marist Brothers added the tower and a third floor dormitory. Since 1964 the building has housed the office of the college president, the admissions office, the academic dean and the center for ecommerce business. Greystone closely resembles the gothic architectural style of St. Peter's and the Kieran Gatehouse. When the college was first established and was still known as Marian College, the renovated carriage house was surrounded by wooden structures. The carriage house was nicknamed "Greystone" by the Marist Brothers on campus because of its distinctive stone walls. -
Marist College History: Kieran Gate House
The History of Kieran Gatehouse: The Kieran Gatehouse (circa 1865), had served as the gatehouse to the Rosenlund Estate purchased by the Marist Brothers in 1908. This quaint cottage has remained in constant use, first as a residence for some teaching and working brothers and then as headquarters for the Poughkeepsie Province of the Marist Brothers, a faculty residence and subsequently as office space and a private home. In October 1990, it was dedicated to the memory of Brother Kieran Thomas Brennan who had been the director of student brothers from 1957-1964. A founder and longtime trustee of Marist College (1959- 1974), he was then named a Life Trustee. Brother Brennan died on September 5, 1989. Brother Paul Ambrose Fontaine, the first President of Marist College (1946-1958) lived at Kieran from 1989 to 2000. -
Marist College History: St. Peter's Runners
A line of runners passing by St. Peter's. -
Marist College History: St. Peter's Today-2
As it appears today, this is a side view of St. Peter's taken from the road The wall was repaired and rebuilt after the door from the addition was removed. -
Marist College History: St. Peter's Today
St. Peter's as it stands today. Both additions have been removed. The entrance to the building is from the side facing the field. -
Marist College History: Bech Mausoleum
When Ed.Bech died in 1873, all work on the estate ceased. Thus the mansion was designed but never built. However the family retained Detlef Lienau to design and build a mausoleum to contain the remains of Edward Bech. This was done in the Poughkeepsie rural cemetery where the mausoleum still stands. -
Marist College History: St. Peter's Architectural Drawings
The gardener's house, originally built for the Bech estate, is presently called St. Peters residence. The name comes from St. Peter's school in Poughkeepsie where the Marist Brothers taught. The Brothers who taught in St. Peter's school lived in the gardiner's house and would walk to the school a distance of over a mile. -
Marist College History: St. Peter's
The gardener's house, originally built for the Bech estate, is presently called St. Peters residence. The name comes from St. Peter's school in Poughkeepsie where the Marist Brothers taught. The Brothers who taught in St. Peter's school lived in the gardiner's house and would walk to the school a distance of over a mile. -
Marist College History: Kieran Gate House Architectural Drawings
The original architect drawing below shows several views of the Gatehouse. -
Marist College History: Kieran Gate House
Kieran Gate House was originally built to house a gate keeper. It stands today relatively unchanged. It has been used over the years to house various functions including guests to the college. -
Marist College History: Greystone
The buildings which were built during Edward Bech's life were: a wooden barn for his horses, which was later destroyed, a carriage house now known as Greystone, a gardiner's residence now known as St. Peter's and a gate house now known as the Kieran House. On the top floor of Greystone is the college president's office. The first floor contains the office of the executive assistant to the president and the ground floor houses the ecommerce lab. -
Marist Land History: Marist Brothers Cemetery 1909-1953 -2
The cemetery had two rows of graves on each side of the center aisle. A monument was placed r over each brother's grave. Later, a small concrete rectangular frame was placed over each grave, and flowers planted within each frame. Neat as it looked from above, the coffins were not always aligned. There was considerable rock and some graves had to be completed with a compressor and jackhammer. Others were placed slightly out of line to make use of available dirt and bypass rock. The graves were dug by the novices, with the novitiate building the closest building to the cemetery. I know this because I was one of those assigned to dig several graves! -
Marist Land History: MacPherson Property Barn
The barn included in the purchase of the MacPherson property in 1905, together with additions: a silo and water tank. The worker near the road tends food crops in land between the barn and the acPherson/provincial house. -
Marist Land History: Student Brothers Picking Apples
Student brothers picking apples on a neighboring orchard. The students picked apples for the farmers and were awarded apples (very often the drops from the trees would could not be sold but could be converted into apple sauce or other types of canned apples processed in the cannery near the Novitiate. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Frick Museum
A view of the Frick museum taken from the southwest corner of 70th street along Central Park. The museum entrance is at the right, along 70th Street. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Perrine's Bridge Rafters
The rafters of the bridge roof have been restored -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Perrine's Bridge Interior
The interior of Perrine's bridge shows vehicle paths, but the bridge has been closed to vehicular traffic since 1930. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Brother Linus William Hall
Brother Linus William Hall, first Master of Juniors in Esopus. 1952 photo at St. Ann's Academy by Rich Foy -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Berchman's House
For the past two decades, Brother Stephen Kappes has been photographing the Esopus property when he visits, which is quite often. These pictures are displayed on the walls of the English Village, especially along the corridor of the red brick addition and the recreation room adjacent to the large gymnasium. The photos were digitized by Victor van Carpels, an Esopus resident, and Director of Enrollment Communications at Marist College in November 2003. -
Marist Land History: Provincial House
Rear view of the building showing the extension which was built by the Marist Brothers. It contained bedrooms and offices for the residents. One dining room was for the administration, cook, farmers, printer, laundry and tailor shop personnel and any guests. The other dining room served the students (Scholastics) and the college faculty. This wing also contained the kitchen which served all the residents of the building. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Tulips
For the past two decades, Brother Stephen Kappes has been photographing the Esopus property when he visits, which is quite often. These pictures are displayed on the walls of the English Village, especially along the corridor of the red brick addition and the recreation room adjacent to the large gymnasium. The photos were digitized by Victor van Carpels, an Esopus resident, and Director of Enrollment Communications at Marist College in November 2003. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Mansion Backyard
For the past two decades, Brother Stephen Kappes has been photographing the Esopus property when he visits, which is quite often. These pictures are displayed on the walls of the English Village, especially along the corridor of the red brick addition and the recreation room adjacent to the large gymnasium. The photos were digitized by Victor van Carpels, an Esopus resident, and Director of Enrollment Communications at Marist College in November 2003. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Fox
For the past two decades, Brother Stephen Kappes has been photographing the Esopus property when he visits, which is quite often. These pictures are displayed on the walls of the English Village, especially along the corridor of the red brick addition and the recreation room adjacent to the large gymnasium. The photos were digitized by Victor van Carpels, an Esopus resident, and Director of Enrollment Communications at Marist College in November 2003. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Meneely's Bell
For the past two decades, Brother Stephen Kappes has been photographing the Esopus property when he visits, which is quite often. These pictures are displayed on the walls of the English Village, especially along the corridor of the red brick addition and the recreation room adjacent to the large gymnasium. The photos were digitized by Victor van Carpels, an Esopus resident, and Director of Enrollment Communications at Marist College in November 2003. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Slabsides
Slabsides, build and owned by John Burroughs Slabsides, the rustic cabin built by John Burroughs in 1895, is now a historic site. Land for the area (separate from Riverby) was augmented by transfers from the Gordons. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Brother Mary Anthony Tombstone
Brother Mary Anthony Scheh spent most of his time as a Marist Brother in manual labor, including his years at Marist Preparatory. He also taught at St. Peter's School in Haverstraw NY. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Field Southwest of the Main House
This field southwest of the main house may likely have been part of the original Donaldson farm. Overgrown in the 1940s, it was cleared when the main house became a novitiate in the 1980s under Brother Peter Hilary. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Main House Reservoir
This reservoir was built by either Astor or Russell. In the Payne era it stored water for the firehouse system in the mansion. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Payne Garages in English Village
The Payne garages in the English village were converted to kitchens in 1952.. With the growth of usage of autos, trucks, tractors, both the Ray Rich and the Brothers built simple garages. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Back of the Wiltwyck frame house
This is the back of the Wiltwyck frame house attached to the original second chicken coop, both of which are now used as artists studios. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Novitiate Building
This building now houses a Novitiate for training of candidates for the Marist Brothers. photo taken circa 1995 -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: The Dairy Farm and Horse Barn Footprints
The photos at the left seem to have been taken when the farm was operational. The L-shaped structure at the right was the horse barn. The smaller rectangular building at left was the dairy barn. Note the circle representing the silo. The smaller attached rectangle was a cooler room to store the milk. The rectangular outline at the lower left was the dairyman's house. The smallest rectangle at the far left was a two story building. The lower story contained equipment to pump water from the adjacent Black Creek. The upper floor was for storage. The chicken area and farm superintendent's house was south of this group, (off the bottom of the photo.) -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Esopus Chapel Dining Room-2
The large window replaced the original door for entry and exit of the carriages. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Esopus Chapel Dining Room
Designed as a carriage house for Oliver Payne, the space was used first for dormitory and later for indoor recreation. Ahlers renovated it into a pleasant dining hall. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Esopus Chapel Kitchen-2
The second section was for refrigeration and food preparation. Here Brother Michael Williams, a summer volunteer from Marist College, prepares a salad. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Esopus Chapel Kitchen
The interior of the garage space was converted to a kitchen to handle 200-300 persons. The first section was stoves, backed by ovens. -
Marist Brothers in Esopus: Esopus Chapel Garage Doors in Hallway
The three garage doors were closed in with glass block. The hallway led to the offices in the new addition tacked on to the original Village building at its north end.