Attending the State College for Teachers Centennial Celebration are, left to right: Dr. John Erskine, author; Regent Leland Thompson; Dr. George D. Stoddard, U.S. Commissioner of Education; Judge Newton B. VanDerzee, Chairman of the College Board of Visitors; and Dr. John M. Sayles, Acting President of the New York State College for Teachers from 1939-March 1, 1943 and President from March 1, 1943-March 10, 1947.
A group portrait taken in Buffalo, N.Y. John 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, is the second gentleman from the right in the back row. The other men are listed front row, left to right: President Gregory, Dr. Cooper, President DeGroat, President Rockwell, President Hunt (President of airplane factory in Buffalo); and back row, left to right: President Van Denburgh, President Hartwell, Mr. Mooney (Education Department), President Swetman, President Ward, President Sayles, and President Welles. Unless otherwise noted, these men are associated with other New York State colleges.
A picture 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. Sayles is on the steps of one of the buildings of the downtown campus. In the right margin is written (and crossed out) "NOT USE - REIMHERR - W-Z."
A picture 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.
A picture of John M. Sayles, Pd.B. (viewer's right), 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. (viewer's left), Acting President, New York State College for Teachers from March 1947-July 1949. They are greeting students at a President's Reception.
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 bottom margin is the caption, "JOHN M. SAYLES, President 1939-1947."
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 picture of John M. Sayles at his desk. Sayles was Acting President of the New York State College for Teachers from 1939-March 1, 1943 and President from March 1, 1943-March 10, 1947.
A picture of John 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, with Professor Barnard Sawyer Bronson. Along the right margin are the words, "REIMHERR" and "PROFS. SAYLES + BRONSON." The buildings in the background show that the gentlemen are on the downtown campus.
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.