Dr. Bruce Venter will be speaking on "Forting Up: Defending the Mohawk Valley through the Artwork of Rufus Grider." Rufus Grider's artistic endeavors relating to New York State history began in 1886. At that time, he came up with the idea of making a "collection of pictures of old” buildings of the Mohawk Valley. He decided he could draw these buildings that "formerly existed" if he could find individuals who could describe them and recognize them when drawn. Initially he drew views of buildings and landscapes, then Indian relics and finally "any object suited for illustration," including documents, which he copied by tracing the original. From 1886 to about 1900, Grider traveled up and down the Mohawk Valley, with occasional excursions to the Cherry and Schoharie valleys and Lake George and Lake Champlain, in search of historic buildings, battlefields, the sites of forts, the relics of Indians, all of which he drew or copied with explanatory notes.
We will be returning to the Westhampton Room in the Heilman Dining Center. Regular dining service will be available beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the meeting will follow at 6:30 p.m.
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THIS IS NOT A ZOOM MEETING, BUT IN-PERSON ONLY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND.
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