Photograph of image of the New York State Normal College (now the University at Albany's downtown campus). The school was named the New York State Normal College from 1890-1914. Pictured are the three initial buildings on the campus which opened in 1909. From left are Husted Hall, Draper Hall, and Hawley Hall.
Photograph of postcard of the New York State Normal College (now the University at Albany's downtown campus). The school was named the New York State Normal College from 1890-1914. Pictured are the three initial buildings on the campus which opened in 1909. From left are Husted Hall, Draper Hall, and Hawley Hall.
New York State College for Teachers (now the University at Albany) students Dorothy De Cicco, '52 (representing Gamma Kappa Phi), Joan Reilly, '53 (representing Chi Sigma Theta), John Stevenson, '51 (representing Sigma Lambda) and David Wetherby, '51 (Potter Club) follow student tradition and meet at the statue of Minerva, then in Draper Hall. Minerva is one of the symbolic figures of the school.
Photograph of the stained glass window created in memory of Francesca Martinez, teacher of Romance languages at the New York State College for Teachers (now the University at Albany), and donated by the Spanish Club. The Chapman Glass Company in Albany designed and built the window.
Photograph of an 1884 architectural drawing of the New York State Normal School's (now the University at Albany) Willett Street building. The building served as the School's home until it burned to the ground on January 6, 1906.
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.
Photograph of an etching of the home of the New York State Normal School (now the University at Albany) from 1849-1885, which stood at the corner of Lodge and Howard Streets.
Vincent O'Leary, Acting President from 1977?1978 and President from 1978?July 31, 1990, poses for a portrait. 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.
New York State Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller talks to State University of New York at Albany students on the uptown campus. Surrounded by a crowd, including students and reporters, Governor Rockefeller holds a bullhorn to be heard. Nelson A. Rockefeller was Governor of New York State from 1959 to 1973 and ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968.