UAlbany Academic Departments

Collections listed by subject

The Department of African American studies documents the papers and administrative processes of the development and implementation of an African American Studies department at the University at Albany in the late 1960s to the late 1970s.

2.33 cubic ft. (about 2.33 boxes)

Contains inactive records of the Department of Anthropology.

0.33 cubic ft. (about 0.33 boxes)

The collection consists of inactive records from the University at Albany's Art Department.

1 cubic ft. (about 1 boxes)

Consists of discussion papers published by the Asian Studies Program (currently the Department of East Asian Studies).

0.17 cubic ft. (about 0.17 boxes)

Contains the records of the Department of Astronomy and Space Science, which existed from 1964 until 1976.

4 cubic ft. (about 4 boxes)

Biology seminar reports, laboratory manuals, proposals for departmental program development, and staff meeting minutes for the academic biological sciences department.

5 cubic ft. (about 5 boxes)

Memoranda, course descriptions, technical reports, syllabi, and proposals for the academic chemistry department.

0.25 cubic ft. (about 0.25 boxes)

Inactive records from the Department of Classics, including course readings, course schedules, and curricula.

1 cubic ft. (about 1 boxes)

Contains records from the Department of Comparative and World Literature, which existed from 1967 until 1976. Contents include: course planning materials, internal evaluations, meeting records, and annual reports.

0.33 cubic ft. (about 0.33 boxes)

The collection includes memoranda, 1973; reports, 1983; internal evaluations of the M.S. degree in computer science; and publications.

1.0 cubic ft. (about 1.0 boxes)

Contains records from the Department of Counseling and Personnel Services (previously known as the Department of Guidance and Personnel Services). Consists primarily of budget documentation, meeting minutes, and course planning materials.

0.57 cubic ft. (about 0.57 boxes)

Contains records from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, primarily planning documents for various special institutes and programs.

2 cubic ft. (about 2 boxes)

The collection documents the day-to-day work of the Department of Economics.

1.0 cubic ft. (about 1.0 boxes)

Contains inactive records of the Department of English, including syllabi and course materials, annual reports, departmental correspondence, department publications, and administrative records.

9.33 cubic ft. (about 9.33 boxes)

A multidisciplinary program active from 1970-1977 that encouraged the study and research of environmental issues.

1.33 cubic ft. (about 1.33 boxes)

This collection consists of a single folder of records from the Department of French Studies and contains correspondence with Eugene Ionesco.

0.17 cubic ft. (about 0.17 boxes)

Contains records from the Department of Geography and Planning, including conference proceedings and a schedule of courses.

0.17 cubic ft. (about 0.17 boxes)

Contains records from the department of Geological Sciences, which became the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences in 1996. The Geology program was suspended in 2007.

0.17 cubic ft. (about 0.17 boxes)

Contains records from the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, including annual reports and reading lists.

0.5 cubic ft. (about 0.5 boxes)

This collection contains adminstrative memoranda, correspondence with students, course materials, and other adminstrative records from the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies, primarily dated from 1970-1986.

0.66 cubic ft. (about 0.66 boxes)

Contains records from the Department of History and Systematics of Science, a short-lived department within the College of Arts and Sciences.

0.17 cubic ft. (about 0.17 boxes)

The Department of History Records contains documents related to the Bachelor of Arts degree, a Doctor of Philosophy degree, a Masters of Arts Degree, and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Public History. Documents also relate to the changing thematic and geographic focus of various degree tracks.

6 cubic ft. (about 6 boxes)

Documents the administrative, curricular, and social activities of the Department of Information Studies from its establishment as a one year undergraduate school for librarians in 1926 through the early part of the twenty-first century.

18.47 cubic ft. (about 18.47 boxes)

Contains records from the Department of Judaic Studies, which was formed in 1970. Consists primarily of multimedia instructional materials.

12.6 cubic ft. (about 12.6 boxes)

Contains inactive records from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, including faculty research and publications, departmental correspondence, course materials, and planning and policy documentation.

11 cubic ft. (about 11 boxes)

This collection contains records and ephemera from the Department of Music.

2.8 cubic ft. (about 2.8 boxes)

Contains records from the Department of Philosophy, including course bulletins, degree proposals, and related memoranda.

0.33 cubic ft. (about 0.33 boxes)

Records from the Department of Physics from the State College for Tearchers to the University at Albany, SUNY.

2.0 cubic ft. (about 2.0 boxes)

Contains inactive records from the Department of Political Science, including correspondence, course materials, and planning documents.

1 cubic ft. (about 1 boxes)

Contains the inactive records of the Department of Psychology, primarily published reports with a small volume of additional administrative records.

2 cubic ft. (about 2 boxes)

Contains inactive records from the Department of Public Administration and Policy, a department within the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy.

5 cubic ft. (about 5 boxes)

Contains records from the Department of Reading, including instructional materials, faculty publications, and coursework.

1 cubic ft. (about 1 boxes)

Contains departmental copies of German dissertations submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

3.0 cubic ft. (about 3.0 boxes)

The Department of Sociology was created in 1966 as UAlbany evolved into a large public research university.

2 cubic ft. (about 2 boxes)

Contains records from the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, including budget files, schedules, and materials that document the department's phase-out in 1979.

1 cubic ft. (about 1 boxes)

Originally the Department of Speech and Dramatic Art, it encompassed the disciplines of Dramatic Art; Rhetoric and Public Address; Radio, Television and Film; and Speech Pathology and Audiology. The Department is responsible for the operation of the State University Theatre, is closely affiliated with the Northeastern New York Speech Center, and is the sponsor of a number of course-related student organizations

7.167 cubic ft. (about 7.167 boxes)

Consists of cassette recordings and transcriptions of interviews documenting the creation of the Women's Studies Program at the then State University of New York at Albany in the 1970's. The interviews were conducted, with one exception, by Judith Hudson, retiring University Libraries bibliographer for Women's Studies.

0.17 cubic ft. (about 0.17 boxes)

This collection contains materials relating to the founding and administration of the Women's Studies Program, including course descriptions, meeting records, and ephemera.

0.33 cubic ft. (about 0.33 boxes)