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Type:: Image
Date Created:: Undated
Collection:: University Photograph Collection
Collecting Area:: University Archives
Collection ID:: ua390
Description:: 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.
Subject:: Minerva, Statues, and Buildings, Draper Hall

Type:: Video
Date Created:: 1951
Collection:: Office of Communications and Marketing Records
Collecting Area:: University Archives
Collection ID:: ua391
Description:: This video features student attending orientation at the University at Albany in 1951, on the downtown campus. There are two separate orientation camps depicted, one for the women and one for the men. Students are depicting canoeing, student bonding activities at a campground. There are many scenes of students studying, working on projects and interactions between students and faculty. Many different sports are depicted, such as, archery, basketball, baseball, wrestling, and tennis. There are shots of students eating dinner, playing bridge, and socializing in front of the fire. Also "moving up day" is featured.
Subject:: College student orientation and State University of New York at Albany

Type:: Video
Date Created:: 1986 May 18
Collection:: Office of Communications and Marketing Records
Collecting Area:: University Archives
Collection ID:: ua391
Description:: This video contains the May 18, 1986 commencement address given by New York state Governor Mario Cuomo at SUNY Albany.
Subject:: Commencement addresses and Cuomo, Mario Matthew

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