Images taken on the occasion of Louis Benezet's inauguration as President of the State University of New York at Albany (President from July 1, 1970-June 30, 1975). Evan R. Collins and Allan A. Kuusisto also are featured prominently. Collins (to the viewer's right of Benezet) was President from July 1949-June 30, 1969. Kuusisto (to the viewer's left of Benezet) was Acting President from July 1, 1969 - June 30, 1970. This contact sheet holds various photographs mostly of the inauguration. There are also three images of protest posters, all with the words,"Dear (first line) Mom and Dad, (second line) Your silence (third line) is killing me. (forth line) In Southeast Asia, on campus, in the streets." (fifth line). These words are surrounded by what appear to be casualty and financial statistics related to the Vietnam War. There is also an image of an unknown young man, most likely a student Vietnam War protester.
Evan R. Collins, President of the State University of New York at Albany (the name of the university at the time of this photograph and was so from August 1962 until the fall of 1986) from July 1949-June 30, 1969 at the Uptown Campus.
A picture of students engaging in a baseball game on the lawn, which borders the traffic circle of the uptown campus. The traffic circle was renamed Collins Circle on June 8, 1991 in honor of Evan R. Collins, former President of the institution.
A picture of a student, who appears to be selling flowers. There are crop marks and words written in the margins, which read, "to 29.5 PICAS" in the top margin of the photograph; "to 48 PICAS" in the margin on the viewer's right; and "JULY (RIGHT)" in the margin on the viewer's left.