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.
Vincent O'Leary, Acting President from 1977-1978 and President from 1978-July 31, 1990, stands in front of the large fountain on the Uptown Campus. The small fountain and the Campus Center are in the background as well as some students. 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
Graduates of the Educational Opportunities Program from the Class of 1974 from the State University of New York at Albany pose in Assembly Hall at the Campus Center.
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.
Aerial photograph of the University at Albany's downtown campus. On the back of the photograph the following is written: "Taken for the World's Fair exhibit."
Residents who lived in Alumni Residence Halls during the 1936-1937 school year pose for this photograph reproduced from the 1937 Pedagogue, the yearbook of the New York State College for Teachers (now the University at Albany) .
Construction of the University at Albany's academic buildings on the uptown campus, part 1. University Library interior being inspected by R. Morris Dean.
Construction of the University at Albany's academic buildings on the uptown campus. An aerial view of the main campus, featuring an unfinished fountain in the center.
Construction of the University at Albany's academic buildings on the uptown campus. An aerial shot of the Main Campus amidst the on-going construction of the mid-1960s.
Construction of the University at Albany's academic buildings on the uptown campus. The Residence Hall, Dutch Quad incompleted sometime around 1964, featuring the a completed Beverwyck and incpmpleted Schyler buildings, South of Western Avenue.
Beulah Bailey Thull served as the 11th president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) from 1934 until 1935. Under her presidency the first chapter of the Association was formed in New York City. Thull was a major proponent of the Group Accident and Sickness Plan.(8 x 10 in. photograph)
William M. Thomas served as the 1st president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) from 1910 until 1918. Thomas urged lawmakers to provide state employees tenure protection, appropriate salaries, and adequate retirement benefits.(8 x 10 in. photograph)
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members demonstrate outside Ogdensburg City Hall against the state correctional facility's proposed closure.
Ruby Mims, center, of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County Local in the Western Region is PEOPLE recruiter for the month of December, 2009.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) was a proud major sponsor of the WPBS-TV "All Star Auction" in Watertown in 2009. Dozens of CSEA volunteers from around the North Country helped the TV station answer phones, sell auction items, and work behind the scenes to make the magic happen and raise money for the last night of the annual television auction.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) state Department of Taxation and Finance activist Willie Terry speaks at a Capital District labor group meeting. Terry, a past president of the state Department of Taxation and Finance Local in New York City and a CSEA member for 28 years, received the Coalition of Black Trade Unionist's (CBTU) Capital District Chapter's 2009 Nadra Floyd Membership Award.
Bronx Children's Psychiatric Center Local activist Rosemarie Richards is all smiles after purchasing raffle tickets Friday afternoon at the PEOPLE table during the 2009 annual Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Spring Workshop. CSEA's PEOPLE program protects and improves jobs, benefits, and pensions in Washington, D.C., Albany, and local communities.
From left, Bess Watts and Pat Martinez, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the Monroe County Community College Unit, Todd Plank of the Empire State Pride Agenda, and union member Neil Kirby of the New York City State Employees Local participate on a panel on marriage equality. The workshop, held during the 2009 annual Spring Workshop in Rochester, focused on marriage equality, domestic partnership, civil unions, and the movement toward equality for everyone.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Amy Simmons, St. Lawrence County Local Secretary, attended the 2009 annual Spring Workshop in Rochester.
?Sally MacDougal, right, of Steuben County, and other Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, listen to presenters during a workshop on preventing workplace violence at the 2009 annual Spring Workshop.
Mental Health Therapy Aide Sandra Martine tells Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) OSH Project Developer Matt Kozak about her assault by a patient at Bronx Psychiatric Center as part of a DVD CSEA is producing to help CSEA leaders and activists reduce the risk of violence at their work sites.
Original recording consists of Peter Seeger teaching and playing music for children to Camp Woodland campers and counselors at Camp Woodland, Phoenicia, N.Y., circa 1950s. This recording includes two unknown songs; "All My Trials"; "Delia's Gone" ; "Dig My Grave"; "Run, Come See Jerusalem"; "Bimini"; other unknown songs. Side 2 [72]
Original recording consists of Peter Seeger talking and playing music for children to Camp Woodland campers and counselors at Camp Woodland, Phoenicia, N.Y., circa 1950s. This recording includes "Midnight Special"; "Sixteen Tons"; "Kisses Sweeter than Wine"; "Poor Little Turtle Dove"; "The Foolish Frog." Side 1 [72]
Downtown Community School (DCS) recording of Harry Siemson and other unidentified speakers during a school field trip to the Catskills. Founded in 1944, the Downtown Community School was an experimental, cooperative, racially integrated school located in Greenwich Village, New York. [55]
Downtown Community School (DCS) recording. Founded in 1944, the Downtown Community School was an experimental, cooperative, racially integrated school located in Greenwich Village, New York. Includes Eliot Skinner, [23]
Downtown Community School (DCS) recording. Founded in 1944, the Downtown Community School was an experimental, cooperative, racially integrated school located in Greenwich Village, New York. Includes Eliot Skinner, [23]
Children's songs and stories gathered as background material for an unspecified film on campers and camp experience at Camp Woodland, Phoenicia, N.Y., [66]
Original recording of Camp Woodland's Twentieth Annual Folk Festival of the Catskills, Phoenicia, N.Y., August , 1960. Elwyn Davis tells a story and sings "Gone To Hell Now." [148]
Original recording of Camp Woodland's Thirteeth Annual Folk Festival of the Catskills, Phoenicia, N.Y., August 14, 1960, Side 2. Ernie Sager does "Puttin on The Style", which later became a well-known folk music song. [130]
Original recording of Camp Woodland's Thirteeth Annual Folk Festival of the Catskills, Phoenicia, N.Y., August 14, 1960, Side 1. Ernie Sager does "Puttin on The Style", which later became a well-known folk music song. [130]
Original recording of Camp Woodland's Eleventh Annual Folk Festival of the Catskills, Phoenicia, N.Y., August 15, 1953, consisting of a native of Nigeria speaks to children about culture and life in Nigeria. American traditional music is performed. [85]
Original recording consists of Peter Seeger talking and playing music for children to Camp Woodland campers and counselors at Camp Woodland, Phoenicia, N.Y., July 31, 1960. Side 2. [142]
Original recording consists of Peter Seeger talking and playing music for children to Camp Woodland campers and counselors at Camp Woodland, Phoenicia, N.Y., July 31, 1960. Side 1. [142]
Downtown Community School (DCS) recording of Florence Shoenfeld who directed the DCS tutoring assistance program. Founded in 1944, the Downtown Community School was an experimental, cooperative, racially integrated school located in Greenwich Village, New York. [33]
Downtown Community School (DCS) recording of Florence Shoenfeld who directed the DCS tutoring assistance program. Founded in 1944, the Downtown Community School was an experimental, cooperative, racially integrated school located in Greenwich Village, New York. [33]
Original recording of Camp Woodland's Twenty-Second Annual Folk Festival of the Catskills, Phoenicia, N.Y., July 15, 1962. The recording consists of Peter Seeger singing to Camp Woodland campers and counselors at "Oh What A Beautiful City"; "The Farmer is the Man (Who Feeds Us All)"; "We Shall Not Be Moved"; "Deportee"; "This Land is Your Land"; "Abiyoyo"; encore of "We Shall Not Be Moved." Camp Woodland counselor Hector Angula teaches Seeger "Guantanamera" for the first time and they discuss the lyrics of the song. [63]
