A portrait of Verne Jeffers, who may have attended the New York State College for Teachers, but he graduated from what is now known as the State University of New York, Potsdam College in 1949. He was a Professor Emeritus at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania in Mansfield, Pennsylvania.
A portrait of Donald P. Ely, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1951. Ely was the founding director of the Information Institute of Syracuse. He was also a visiting professor of education at Florida State University and the University of Twente (Universiteit Twente) in The Netherlands. His advanced degrees (M.A. and Ph.D.) were obtained from Syracuse University. There are crop marks on three sides of the photograph.
A portrait of James E. Allen, Jr., the gentleman after which the Allen Collegiate Center at the State University of New York at Albany was named. The center was an experimental senior year of high school and freshman year of college combined, providing a Bachelor of Arts degree in three years. The center closed in 1976. Allen was the New York State Commissioner of Education and U.S. President Richard Nixon's Commissioner of Education with the rank of Assistant Secretary in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
A portrait of Dr. Paul Tillich, a German American theologian, educator, author, and faculty member of the Union Theological Seminary. He was a visiting speaker to the university.
A portrait of Lizzie Putnam, who attended the New York State Normal School during the 1870s. Orphaned as a child, she was adopted by the Grace Putnam family of Albany and renamed Lizzie Putnam.
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.
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.
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.