Construction of Service Building "B" for the State University of New York at Albany Uptown Campus. A crane lifts a portion of the building into place while construction workers make sure the job is done correctly. This photograph is fixed with a canvas back. On the back there are date stamps showing that the photograph went from the Photographer: E. M. Weil to an unidentifiable company, possibly the Architect Edward Durell Stone's office; then finally into the hands of the New York State University Construction Fund. Writing in the left margin includes "Project: SUCF #01-11 - #290B Service Bldgs.," "Owner: State UNIV.Const.Fund," "Architect: Edward Durell Stone," "Contractor: MLB & DAC - Joint Venture Contractors," "Date Taken: 9/30/63," "Photographer E. M. Weil," and "View Looking: Service Bldgs., Bldg. "B", West Side".
President Louis T. Benezet (viewer's left) meeting with Monsieur Robert Davril (center) and Mme. Davril. M. Davril was Recteur (Vice Chancellor) of Académie de Nice (France), site of a State University of New York at Albany International Program. Benezet was President of the State University of New York at Albany from July 1, 1970-June 30, 1975.
President Louis T. Benezet (viewer's left) meeting with Monsieur Robert Davril (center) and Mme. Davril. M. Davril was Recteur (Vice Chancellor) of Académie de Nice (France), site of a State University of New York at Albany International Program. Benezet was President of the State University of New York at Albany from July 1, 1970-June 30, 1975.
President Louis T. Benezet (viewer's left) meeting with Monsieur Robert Davril (center) and Mme. Davril. M. Davril was Recteur (Vice Chancellor) of Académie de Nice (France), site of a State University of New York at Albany International Program. Benezet was President of the State University of New York at Albany from July 1, 1970-June 30, 1975.
A picture of State University of New York at Albany football players performing blocking exercises during a practice session on the Uptown Campus. The photograph appeared in the University News, September 5, 1979. There are crop marks on all sides of the photograph.
A picture of a State University of New York at Albany football player kicking a football during a practice session. The photograph appeared in the University News, September 6, 1978. There are crop marks on all sides of the photograph.
A "Moroccan" belly dancer associated with the State University of New York at Albany International Student Association and performing on Community-University Day, 1974 as spectators look on. The performance is taking place in one of the buildings of the uptown campus.
A photograph of a "Moroccan" belly dancer associated with the State University of New York at Albany International Student Association and performing on Community-University Day, 1974 as spectators look on.
A picture of Vincent O'Leary, Acting President from 1977-1978 and President from 1978-July 31, 1990. During O'Leary's administrations, the institution was named State University of New York at Albany from August 1962-Fall 1986 and the University at Albany, SUNY starting in the fall of 1986 and continuing.
A picture of Vincent O'Leary, Acting President from 1977?1978 and President from 1978?July 31, 1990, with K. (Kirkland) Leroy Irvis, who received an honorary degree at the pictured commencement ceremony. Irvis graduated from the New York State College for Teachers in the Class of 1938. He was the 130th Speaker of the House of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania -- the first African American speaker in both Pennsylvania and in the United States. He is also renowned as an artist, poet, and scholar. During O'Leary's administrations, the institution was named State University of New York at Albany from August 1962?fall 1986 and the University at Albany, SUNY starting in the fall of 1986 and continuing. There are crop marks on all sides of the photograph. In the top margin is written "to 14_'s" (between arrows); in the bottom margin is written the letter "U" and "46%;" and in the left margin is written "to 13_'s" (between arrows).