Emma Pollard Greer Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 2020-020

Staff Only

Content Description

This collection consists mainly of notes and images for, along with the original typescript of, Emma Pollard Greer's History of Charlotte. A small amount of correspondence is also included. Most of the material is undated; the dated materials range from 1927 to 1936.

Dates

Creation: 1927-1936, undated.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use in any current or future manifestations must be obtained in writing from the Rochester Public Library Local History and Genealogy Division.

Biographical Note

Emma Pollard Greer was born in 1856 to Henry and Eliza Pollard of the then-village of Charlotte. Her father was a blacksmith. Emma graduated from the Rochester Free Academy in 1877 and the State Normal School at Geneseo in 1881, returning to Charlotte to teach school until her marriage to Frederick H. Greer in 1904. She later served as a Greece correspondent for both the Rochester Times-Union and Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. A noted authority on the history of Charlotte, Emma Pollard Greer is best remembered for her History of Charlotte, published in 1930. She passed away on May 30, 1944.