Students study in Hawley Library at the New York State College for Teachers (now the University at Albany) downtown campus. The library in Hawley Hall was dedicated as the Thomas E. Dewey Library for Public Affairs and Policy on September 8, 1988, named after the former New York State Governor.
Students meeting outdoors for an art class at the State University of New York at Albany. The area is surrounded by blossoming trees and there is a Richard Stankiewicz sculpture nearby.
In this image from the 1986 Torch yearbook from the State University of New York at Albany, students demonstrate at the State Capitol against apartheid and racism in South Africa.
Students play the game musical chairs during Guinness Day, April 20, 1985 on the uptown campus at the University at Albany. They are attempting to get into the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest game of musical chairs. The photograph is courtesy of the Albany (NY) Times Union newspaper.
Faculty member Albert N. Husted in his military uniform. Husted was an 1855 graduate of the New York State Normal School. He was a Lieutenant and subsequently promoted to Captain in the Union Army during the Civil War. Husted served in the Normal School Company of the 44th New York Volunteers, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps.
A picture of two baseball players who are at the end of a play with one trying to tag the other out at a base. There are crop marks on all sides of the photograph. In the top margin is written "REDUCE TO 18_'S" (between arrows); in the bottom margin is written "A 42.4% CROPS ON SLANT" (between crop marks); and in the left margin is written "REDUCE TO 11 1/4_'S" (between arrows).
A portrait of Kenneth T. Doran, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1939. Doran held the position of Assistant Vice Chancellor at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio.
A group portrait of members from the New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1916 on the occasion of its 50th year reunion, State University of New York at Albany, Alumni Day, 1966. There are crop marks on all sides of the photograph.
A photograph of the 1922-1923 New York State College for Teachers men's basketball team. The emusification is torn in the upper right corner of the photograph. The bottom right corner is embossed with the letter "K."
Unidentified students walking toward and away from the Dutch Quadrangle at the State University of New York at Albany on the uptown campus. There are crop marks on all sides of the original.
A portrait of Lillian C. Lowell, New York State Normal School, Class of 1888. In the bottom margin is the photographer's stamp, "Brown" and "Albany, N.Y." Written on the reverse is "Hawpe."
The Carillon tower and the Campus Center at the State University of New York at Albany. There are crop marks on all sides of the original. Written in the top margin is "To 29 [square]s" between two arrows. Written between to arrows in the left margin is "TO 44 [square]s."
Two unidentified couples sitting on benches in the formal garden behind the campus center at the State University of New York at Albany on the uptown campus.
Phoebe Ann Barnard (Mrs. Fred Gale), New York State Normal School, Class of 1847, (standing) and her younger sister. Barnard was an army nurse in a Civil War hospital in Frederick, MD. Reproduced from photograph (itself a reproduction) in possession of her daughter Mary A. Gale, 18 1/2 Grant Ave. Auburn, NY, June 1944 for College Library files (with permission of owner) by Prof. Floyd Henrickson. Negative in files of audio-visual office. Information was transcribed from the reverse of the original.
A portrait of James A. Conway, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1954 (BA) and 1963 (CAS and EDD). He was the college's first doctoral degree candidate. Conway was Professor Emeritus in Educational Organization, Administration and Policy at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
A picture of two volleyball players, one just receiving or releasing a ball. They may be playing a match or just practicing. In the bottom margin is written the name "David Asher," the photographer who made this picture and member of the State University of New York at Albany, Class of 1983 (BS) and University at Albany, SUNY, Class of 1987 (MS) and 1997 (MBA).
An unidentified female student attending class at the State University of New York at Albany. There are crop marks in the left and right margins of the original.
Two unidentified students at the State University of New York at Albany looking at what appears to be a contact sheet. The original is mounted on a piece of matte board.
An unidentified student using a computer in the School of Business at the State University of New York at Albany. A telephone receiver is resting on the machine to allow a connection to other terminals. Written in the top margin between two arrows is "reduce to 14 picas." In the left margin is written "138% of original Photo J P.78" and in the right margin, written between to arrows, is "reduce to 19 picas."
Unidentified students at the State University of New York at Albany studying at tables, possibly in the library. The original is mounted on a piece of matte board and there are crop marks in theright and bottom margins.
A picture of an illustration of the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York. The view is that of east to west. In the background are the state office towers designed by Wallace K. Harrison and Max Abramovitz. The tallest building in the group is the Corning Tower (also a state office building and designed by Harrison and Abramovitz), named after the Albany mayor Erastus Corning II. Some of the elements in the rendering were not realized in the actual construction project.
A portrait of Richard C. Lonsdale, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1939. Lonsdale was a Retired Professor of Educational Administration at New York University.
A portrait of William J. Milne, M.S., Ph.D., LL.D., President of the (New York) State Normal School (then renamed the New York State Normal College and again renamed New York State College for Teachers) from October 29, 1889 - September 4, 1914. In the bottom margin is the caption, "WILLIAM J. MILNE, President 1889-1915."
A contact sheet displaying images of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan delivering a speech. Moynihan served in the U.S. Senate from New York as a Democrat from 1977-2001. The speech was delivered in the Performing Arts Center.
A portrait of David Perkins Page, Principal of the New York State Normal School from December 13, 1844-January 1, 1848. In the top margin are the words, "served as institute conductors, and as teachers in academies and city schools. The intent of the legislature in establishing this first normal school seems to have" and in the bottom margin, "DAVID P. PAGE FIRST PRINCIPAL OF THE NORMAL SCHOOL AT ALBANY." The incomplete sentence may be part of running text to and from other pages.
A portrait of Bentley Glass, Academic Vice President at what is now known as the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Mr. Glass came to the institution to deliver a speech.
A portrait of Colin T. Eisler, a visiting speaker at the university and the Robert Lehman Professor of Fine Arts, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
A portrait of David H. Cochrane, A.M., Ph.D., Principal of the (New York) State Normal School from February 25, 1856-December [2?], 1864. There are crop marks on all sides of the photograph and beneath the image in the bottom margin is noted, "DAVID H. COCHRANE 1856-1864" and handwritten notes ".46 pg 4" and an uppercase "F" enclosed in a circle.
A portrait of Edward P. Waterbury, A.M., Ph.D., President of the (New York) State Normal School from June 22, 1882-August 8, 1889. Waterbury supervised the construction of the Willett Street building and wrote the School's first published history. In the bottom margin is the photographer's stamp, "SEMPLE & STEIN" and "ALBANY, N.Y."
A picture of John M. Sayles at his desk. Sayles was Acting President of the New York State College for Teachers from 1939-March 1, 1943 and President from March 1, 1943-March 10, 1947.
A picture of William J. Milne, M.S., Ph.D., LL.D., President of the (New York) State Normal School (and then the New York State Normal College) from October 29, 1889 - September 4, 1914. In the background, there are two young girls also posing for the camera.
A portrait of Zilpha Redfield, New York State Normal School, Class of 1848. The reverse states that Zilpha Redfield married William Dowie. The image is a reproduction from the original, in possession of her son, Robert Dowie, in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 1944.
John A. Green, a faculty member in the Regional Education Center at the State University of New York at Albany, lecturing students about marketing. Written in the top and left margins between two arrows is "reduce to 29 pc." Written in the bottom margin is "Photo L 81% of original."
A portrat if Jeff Silverman, State University of New York at Albany, Class of 1977 and member of the baseball team, 1975. Written in the bottom margin is "Reduce to 70 wide."
A contact sheet containing two images of H. David Van Dyck, a faculty member in the Community Relations Department at the State University of New York at Albany.
Donald F. Arnold, State University of New York at Albany faculty member in the School of Business, writing on a blackboard during a class. There are crop marks on all sides of the original. Written between two arrows in the top margin is "reduce to 29 pi" and in the left margin between two arrows is "reduce to 24 pi." Written in the bottom margin is "Photo M P.10 73% of original."
Two unidentified students lounging on the lawn and reading at the State University of New York at Albany. There are crop marks in all margins of the original.
A portrait of John R. Lucas, State University of New York College of Education at Albany, Class of 1961. Lucas is Lecturer Emeritus in Theatre, Speech and Dance Design, Lighting, Opera and Musical theatre, and Theatre management at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
A sepia-toned portrait of eight unidentified male students at the New York State Normal School from the 19th century. Duplicate of # 17518 and # 17517. The negative for this photograph is also # 17518. The original is in the Alumni Association collection.
Unidentified students sitting on the Academic Podium and by the small fountain outside of the Campus Center at the State University of New York at Albany.
Unidentified students sitting on benches in the formal gardens behind the Campus Center on the Uptown Campus at the State University of New York at Albany.
A portrait of Clara S. Jones, New York State Normal School, Class of 1887. A photographer's stamp for Sterry of Albany, N.Y. is in the lower margin of the original. There is a small hole, possibly from a pin, in three corners of the original.