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. In the bottom margin are the words, "WILLIAM J. MILNE, President (first line) 1889-1915" (second line). There are crop marks on all sides and a note of "C 41%" written at the bottom.
Photographed are, left to right: Hattie E. Boyd, New York State Normal School, Class of 1888; Lizzie Jaycox, New York State Normal School, Class of 1889; Mildred Graham, New York State Normal School, Class of 1889; Rebecca C. Forman, New York State Normal College, Class of 1888; Lillian C. Lowell, New York State Normal School, Class of 1888; and Lillian C. Lowell, New York State Normal School, Class of 1888. Written in the bottom margin is "Boyd Jaycox Graham Forman Lowell Moore." On the reverse is written "Boarded at 23 Dove Street," "Later also at 130 South Swan St," and "Hawpe."
A picture of a page from the Daily Graphic, January 27, 1885, pg.630. A collage of sketches, one depicts President-elect Cleveland at the closing exercises of the New York State Normal School, and another is a sketch of Edward P. Waterbury, President of New York State Normal School from June 22, 1882 to August 8, 1889. Sketches by R.Sheridan. Original is in flat file.(3 Copies: 1 in Sesquicentennial Binder and 2 in Photofile)
A collection of portraits featuring (left to right, top to bottom) David Perkins Page, Principal of the (New York) State Normal School from December 13, 1844-January 1, 1848; George R. Perkins, Principal of the (New York) State Normal School from January 1, 1848-July 8, 1852; Samuel B. Woolworth, LL.D., Principal of the (New York) State Normal School from September 20, 1852-February 1, 1856 and Acting Principal from Febrary 19, 1867-April 3, 1867; and David H. Cochrane, A.M., Ph.D., Principal of the (New York) State Normal School from February 25, 1856-December [2?], 1864. Each of the four photographs have the following descriptive information in the bottom margin(s): the gentleman's name, his title, and his dates of service. Perkins' image is rendered in a sculpted bust in the classical tradition.
A portrait of David H. Cochrane, A.M., Ph.D., Principal of the (New York) State Normal School from February 25, 1856-December [2?], 1864. In the bottom margin is the caption, "DAVID H. COCHRANE 1856-1864."
A picture of Louis J. Wolner, Jr., State University of New York College of Education at Albany, Class of 1961 and 1962, standing next to a portrait of Samuel B. Woolworth, LL.D., Principal of the New York State Normal School from September 20, 1852 until February 1, 1856.
A portrait of Mabel Greene, New York State Normal School, Class of 1887. A photographer's stamp for Sterry of Albany, N.Y. is in the lower margin of the original. There is a small hole, possibly from a pin, in the top corners of the original.
Phoebe Ann Barnard (Mrs. Fred Gale), New York State Normal School, Class of 1847, (standing) and her younger sister. Barnard was an army nurse in a Civil War hospital in Frederick, MD. Reproduced from photograph (itself a reproduction) in possession of her daughter Mary A. Gale, 18 1/2 Grant Ave. Auburn, NY, June 1944 for College Library files (with permission of owner) by Prof. Floyd Henrickson. Negative in files of audio-visual office. Information was transcribed from the reverse of the original.
A portrait of Lillian C. Lowell, New York State Normal School, Class of 1888. In the bottom margin is the photographer's stamp, "Brown" and "Albany, N.Y." Written on the reverse is "Hawpe."