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March 17, 2016Schooling the Children of Schenectady’s Polish and Italian Immigrants
On Saturday, March 26 at 2 p.m., the Schenectady County Historical Society is proud to host Robert R. Pascucci, Ph.D to discuss the impact that the large influx of Italian and Polish immigrant families had on the Schenectady schools. He will also examine the extent to which the schools helped assimilate the children and analyze both the achievement and failures of the educational system during these years. This event will take place at the Schenectady Historical Society at 32 Washington Ave in Schenectady.
Dr. Pascucci is a retired educator who received his Ph.D. in history at the University at Albany. His doctoral dissertation is entitled: Electric City Immigrants: Italians and Poles of Schenectady, NY, 1880-1930.
For more information, please call 518.374.0263 or email the Historical Society Librarian at the address below.
librarian@schenectadyhistorical.org
The Schenectady Historical Society is wheelchair accessible, with off-street parking behind the building and overflow parking next door at the YWCA.
