Our Java with Joe E. morning presentations are now recorded and placed onto our YouTube channel for all to enjoy. Now there is no reason to fear if you cannot make it to our presentations every fourth Wednesday of the month.

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Thank you to Paul Figlow of Figlow Productions for recording our presentations.

Java with Joe E.: Tyler Angora, “Victorian Era Mourning”
Museum Curator Tyler Angora presented as part of the HLOM Java with Joe E. series. His topic, “Victorian Era Mourning,” detailed the history of the ceremonies and traditions that developed during the 19th century revolving around death and mourning, and how rigid a system that was. He also laid out the differences between mourning then and today with the help of artifacts from the museum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOv1a9WIQoQ

Java with Joe E.: Charlie Boyd & Bernida Scoins, “John C. Gardner”
The Holland Land Office Museum welcomed Charles Boyd and Batavia Town Historian Bernida Scoins for our latest Java with Joe E. presentation. They shared the life and works of Genesee County’s most famous author, John C. Gardner, who grew up in Bethany and graduated from Batavia High School. We were even joined by special guest James Gardner, John’s brother. Gardner wrote a large number of published works from the 1960s to the 1980s while working as an professor in Old English Literature and Fiction Writing. John C. Gardner died in 1982 in a motorcycle accident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ad53q7bw8U

Java with Joe E.: Superintendent Jason Smith, “Superintendent John Kennedy”
The Holland Land Office Museum welcomed for its latest Java with Joe E. presenter, Jason Smith, Superintendent of Batavia City Schools. He shared the life and impact of Superintendent John Kennedy, who ran Batavia Schools over 100 years ago, and became famous for his “Batavia System”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUvPM-JWsjY

Java with Joe E.: Dr. Michael Eula, “The National is Local: Essays of Genesee County History”
The Holland Land Office Museum welcomed for its latest Java with Joe E. presenter, Dr. Michael Eula, the Genesee County Historian, as he shared excerpts from his upcoming manuscript on the history of Genesee County. His new presentation, “The National is Local: Essays of Genesee County History” details the eras of national history and how they affected the local population of Genesee County. One excerpt he shares relates to the Cold War and its affects locally.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8TWtPPNETk

Java with Joe E.: Erica Wanescki, “Shopping Malls of Western New York”
The Holland Land Office Museum welcomes for our next Java with Joe E., Erica Wanecski, a museum volunteer and local researcher, as she details the history of the shopping malls in Western New York, and how they are transforming for the future or dying off as a result of the changing modern society.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPdCwioXPag

Java with Joe E.: Larry Barnes, “Batavias of the United States”
City of Batavia Historian Larry Barnes shares with us the histories, differences and similarities, and current states of the other 8 Batavias that reside across the United States. Batavias can be found in: Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Arkansas, Montana, and California
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnt07Neznpo