John Daley (1868 – 1935) was the superintendent of the Home from 1913 – 1928. Born and raised in Syracuse, New York, he completed his apprenticeship and worked most of his career on Syracuse newspapers. He also served as president of the Syracuse Typographical Union for several terms, and as an organizer and representative of the International Typographical Union, of which he was a member from 1889 until his death. He married Marie Riley in 1896, and they had a daughter together named Cecilia, born 1899.
During Daley’s tenure as superintendent of the Home, he oversaw quite a bit of expansion to the property – namely most of the significant extensions to the Castle building (in 1914, 1916, 1923, and 1928 especially). Following their retirement from the Home, the Daleys moved to Los Angeles to be closer to Cecilia and her family, and Mr. Daley entered an investment business with their son-in-law, Harry Moffett. After Marie Daley’s death in 1931, John took her ashes back to Syracuse, where he lived out his last few years and died in 1935.
Elena “Ellie” Hinkle was born and raised in Colorado Springs and has had a passion for its history since she was very young. After completing her MLIS in Archives Management at Simmons University (Boston, MA) in 2021, she moved back to Colorado Springs in hopes of finding work in a local history institution. Little did she know that her dream job was awaiting her – and a few months later, she became the Director of History & Archives at the Union Printers’ Home! Ellie managed much of the initial cleanout and preservation of the artifacts found in the buildings on the property, and is now working to preserve and make available to the public the rich and fascinating history of this incredible property and institution.