‘Tuesday: 1919 time capsule opened’

     

Last month, a time capsule installed a century ago inside the cornerstone of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital at the Masonic Care Community in Utica was excavated and opened by the new director of the Livingston Library and Grand Master Sardone. On Tuesday night, the treasures formerly kept and concealed will be shown to the brethren at Masonic Hall. From the publicity:

Chancellor Robert R. Livingston

Masonic Library

Monthly Lecture Series

1919 Time Capsule

from the Soldiers and Sailors

Memorial Hospital Cornerstone

Tuesday, November 19 at 6 p.m.

Masonic Hall, Manhattan

French Ionic Room on 10

Bro. Fellow Craft Alexander Vastola, of Yorktown-Diamond Thistle Lodge 55, director of the library, will reveal the contents of the time capsule, and will discuss the histories of the artifacts and their donors. Prior to becoming library director, Vastola worked as the archives assistant for the Century Association Archives Foundation, as an archives consultant for Jan Hird Pokorny Associates, Inc., and as a researcher for the New York Preservation Archive Project. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Medieval and Renaissance Studies from Vassar College, a Certificate in Museum Studies from SUNY Purchase, and a Master of Library and Information Science Degree, with a Certificate in Archives, from Pratt Institute’s School of Information.

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