In creating this website, I hope some local history regarding SUNY Cortland will become more accessible and enjoyable. The fire ultimately changed the course of the school’s history and future; Perhaps without the fire SUNY Cortland would not have developed into such a largely populated school. With the creation of my group’s website, I hope students, staff, and local citizens can see how the school came to its new location, and even find out about the fire if they never knew it had occurred. I certainly did not know about this fire until I took this class. The process of going to the archive and looking through each and every article/photograph/letter was a lengthy process and the archive isn’t kept at a comfortable temperature if we’re being honest. This website can act as a middle man, relaying the information from the archive to a widespread audience. I hope my website was effective, aesthetically pleasing and as accessible as we hoped!
-Peter McKasty