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Photographic collection images from Lockport’s Gaylord Building will be a highlight of the August 4 “.” The event celebrates the 40th anniversary of President Reagan's signing of legislation to create the I&M Canal National Heritage Area.  

Several ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº students are helping with the event preparations. Mason Wilson, ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº History Center graduate assistant, Diamond Allen, work study student, and Irena Illic, Lockport Women’s Club Intern, scanned images and gathered information that will be used for illustrated presentations during the celebration. 

Barbara Donnelley and Jerry Adelmann will be presenting on the historic preservation of the Gaylord Building and the creation of the National Heritage Area. Their presentation will include images that capture many of the key moments in the work to preserve the Gaylord Building, which is owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the early days of the National Heritage Area. 

Those images are from the Gaylord Building’s photographic collection, which students working in ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº’s Adelmann Regional History Collection digitized in the past year.  

This is one of the many partnerships that preserve local history and place it in the national context. The digital images also make the historic documents more accessible to researchers. 

For more information on the event, contact the Gaylord Building at (815) 838-7400.