Chocolatespoon: Emily’s Musings

Clips from one more article Mom had sent a while back about my great uncle, Eugene Sheffer, the crossword constructor: No Cross Words, Please by Sidney Fields New York Daily News Monday, May 31, 1971 There was really no way of knowing where an expert knowledge of French and French literature could lead a boy [...]

Some other random mentions I’ve found: An adventure in textbooks, 1924-1960, by James M Reid on page 19: p. 20:

Mom sent a fantastic article clipped from the September 15, 1977 Roanoke Times & World News, “The Cruciverbalists” by Mag Roff. Here’s a bit from the article: Cruciverbalist is a 14-letter workd, soon to enter dictionaries, for one who crosses words. It also defines Eugene Sheffer, creator of the puzzle in the morning edition of [...]

As I’m collecting information for our upcoming crossword puzzle tournament, I of course keep coming across mentions of Eugene Sheffer (my grandfather’s older brother) and his puzzles. So here is a bit of information collected about him for future reference. Dr. Eugene Sheffer, 76, Ex-Columbia Professor (NY Times, 5/4/81) Dr. Sheffer, a native of Long [...]

Here are a few more old photos that I found and scanned in: My great grandfathers 75th birthday Doug, Nana Betty, Mom, Uncle Harry (Grandpa’s brother who went out for cigarettes and came back 10 years later), Vera (?), Aunt Isabelle (Grandpa’s older sister) and Cousin Sally Frank (Isabelle’s daughter) Grandpa (in his navy uniform) [...]

Via Research Buzz comes a cool Archive Grid. According to the description: ArchiveGrid is an important destination for searching through historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world. Thousands of libraries, museums, and archives have contributed nearly a million collection descriptions to ArchiveGrid. Researchers searching ArchiveGrid can learn about the [...]

I found a great new source of Siegel Cooper photos and advertisements at the NYPL Digital Gallery. NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 415,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, [...]

I was playing around with the new genealogy databases at the library (available remotely with your SCCL card) and found my great grandfather in The book of New York: forty years’ recollections of the American metropolis by Julius Chambers (Book of New York Co: New York, c1912) From page 430: “Every owner of rentable property [...]

I know, I should be working on my YA paper or sleeping, but I was curious about Captain Greenhut (I believe he’s my mom’s mom’s mom’s dad’s dad) after a conversation at dinner the other night, and since our library is testing a new database that gives access to old NY Times issues, I thought [...]

Borrowed this photo from Aunt Susan’s house today, but Mom will have to tell me again who everyone is. In the middle is my great grandfather Aaron. The Kodak paper stamp on the back says Dec 1964.