1. Memories Matter! Susan I. Sherwood Executive Director
Center for Technology
& Innovation, Inc.

2. industrial innovations of New York’s Southern Tier.
Center for Technology & Innovation’s
mission is
to document and
present in context
the inventions and
industrial innovations
of New York’s
Southern Tier.
(adopted September 2003)

3. Exploring what’s new in what’s old.
From: The annals of Binghamton of 1840, with an appraisal,
by Tom Cawley, illustrated by John Hart (1967).

4. Automated Sequence Calculating Computer
Victor LaStella
Special Wireman, IBM 1940s
Automated Sequence Calculating Computer

5. When in doubt,
DON'T
throw it out

7. Priority Efforts: Collect the stories Scan documents & photos
Salvage industrial artifacts
Prepare school curricula
Develop Museum Master Plan

8. Tech Works! celebrate creativity & entrepreneurial spirit
in an historic industrial atmosphere
showcase local inventions & industries with
dynamic displays of technology in action
offer opportunities for problem solving
& hands-on craftsmanship
refreshments for the body and mind at
Heavy Metal Café and gift shop

9. Pending successful fundraising, CT&I museum to be located at
Triple Cities Transit Co. Trolley Barn
375 State Street, Binghamton
Image courtesy of
Broome County
Historical Society

10. Southern Poverty Law Center

11. Testing EH Titchener wire bending exhibit
Bend your own
giant paper clip

12. Rolling, Rolling, Rolling
Insert temperature change at key points in coating process
color change
Create dynamic museum displays from Azon paper coating machine
Funded by Hoyt Foundation

13. How Sweet it Was – Candy Making and Wrapping in 20th C. Southern Tier
Image courtesy of
Broome County
Historical Society

14. Image courtesy of
Broome County
Historical Society

15. Everybody has a story & collectively, they make history.
Show Today Show 1964 clip, NASA Alan Sheppard clip

16. Collecting stories is simple 1. Consent Form 2. Photograph
3. Start Recording

17. Telephone recording quality based on phone accoustics
Show recording devices
Digital recorder uploads to PC
via USB port

18. BOB EDWARDS'
INTERVIEW TIPS
Oh?
No?
Really?

19. 60 Minutes is a good start Mary & Don Rex
181 fellows in 41 years; 59 are still active in company
always worked for myself
Mary & Don Rex
60 Minutes is a good start

20. Stuff triggers memories
Joe Vignos, IBM
Stuff triggers memories

21. Conversation among colleagues
Mike Vanuga, Alan Jones, IBM Glendale
Conversation among colleagues

22. Telling stories for future generations Gordon & Michael
Phillips, former
CEO's of Phillips
Foundry, Binghamton
Aluminum castings

23. Oral History Listening Post Partners Trust Bank Washington Avenue
Endicott, NY
Show Today Show 1964 clip, NASA Alan Sheppard clip

24. Southern Tier Technology
Digital Scrapbook of
Southern Tier Technology
Sponsored by
Endicott Branch - Partners Trust Bank, The Gannett Foundation, Hyde Charitable Trust, Johnson City Senior Center, Virginia & Conrad Klee Foundation, Stephen David Ross Fund for University & Community Projects at Binghamton University, Visions Federal Credit Union

25. Saving Your Stuff Saving Stuff (2005) Don Williams & Louisa Jaggar
New York: Fireside

26. Adhesives
Less is more -
nothing is best

31. For more information or
to volunteer, contact
Susan Sherwood at
Thank you.