Joseph Thatcher, November 10, 2025
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Title
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Joseph Thatcher, November 10, 2025
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interviewee
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Joseph Thatcher
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interviewer
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Alexander Klindt
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Date
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2025-11-10
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Subject
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Air Force
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Change Over Time
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Civil War Reenactment
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Cooperstown, New York
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Cooperstown Graduate Program
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Fenimore Farm and Country Village
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Military History
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Museum Exhibits
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New York State Parks
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Ohio History
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Technology
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1960s
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Description
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Joseph Thatcher is one of the earliest graduates of the Cooperstown Graduate Program, being part of the class of 1966. Mr. Thatcher recounts his time in the program both in relation to his classmates and his experiences living in the area at this time. Recalling how he got involved in the beginnings of the Cooperstown Graduate Program, Mr. Thatcher details his journey going from University in Ohio and the United States Airforce to upstate New York.
After graduating from the program, Mr. Thatcher shares his career in the museum industry, working in the Ohio museum systems and eventually making his way to the New York State Parks and Historic Sites. Detailing the changing environments in the museum world from the late 1960s to the present day, and all the problems that professionals like himself encountered.
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Time Summary
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Track 1, 8:37 - Air Force
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Track 1, 12:45 - Career
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Track 2, 1:42 - Life in Cooperstown
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Creator
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Alexander Klindt
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Publisher
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Cooperstown Graduate Program, State University of New York at Oneonta
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Rights
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Cooperstown Graduate Association, Cooperstown, NY
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Language
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en-US
