A portrait taken by photographer Jerry Bauer of Joseph E. Persico, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1952. Persico is an author, researcher, and former speechwriter for Nelson A. Rockefeller. There are crop marks and wording at the bottom of the photograph, which reads, "Joseph E. Persico, author of THE SPIDERWEB." (first line); "$10.00 oil cloth from Crown Publishers, Inc." (second line); "Photo by Jerry Bauer." (third line).
A portrait of William J. Milne, M.S., Ph.D., LL.D., President of the (New York) State Normal School (then renamed the New York State Normal College and again renamed New York State College for Teachers) from October 29, 1889 - September 4, 1914.
A portrait of Dr. Louis Rabineau, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1945 and, at the time of this photograph, a special assistant to the president of the New York Institute of Technology.
A portrait of Donald P. Ely, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1951. Ely was the founding director of the Information Institute of Syracuse. He was also a visiting professor of education at Florida State University and the University of Twente (Universiteit Twente) in The Netherlands. His advanced degrees (M.A. and Ph.D.) were obtained from Syracuse University. There are crop marks on three sides of the photograph.
A portrait of John M. Sayles, Pd.B., Acting President of the New York State College for Teachers from 1939-March 1, 1943 and President from March 1, 1943-March 10, 1947. In the lower left corner appears to be a photographer's stamp of "AMERICAN FOTO NEWS."
A collection of portraits featuring (left to right, top to bottom) Abram (also Abraham) Roy (also Royer) Brubacher, President of the New York State College for Teachers from February 1, 1915-August 23, 1939; John M. Sayles, Pd.B., Acting President of the New York State College for Teachers from 1939-March 1, 1943 and President from March 1, 1943-March 10, 1947; and Milton G. Nelson, Ph.D., Acting President of the New York State College for Teachers, from March 1947-July 1949. Each of the three photographs have the following descriptive information in the bottom margin(s): the gentleman's name, his title, and his dates of service.