Graduating class of 1910 in their academic gowns on the steps of Hawley Hall. This is the oldest extant photograph of graduates at the new downtown campus. Clara Springstead, row 3, first on left, was later a New York State College for Teachers faculty member. 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.
Group of women students dressed in costumes including Miss Marion Lyddum Van Liew in the middle. Donated by Laura Summer Oppenheim who is wearing boy's clothes in the photograph.
Class of 1907 in graduation gowns outside the Trinity Methodist Church at Lark and Lancaster Streets where temporary classes were held after the fire of 1906. In the center of the photograph are Mrs. Margaret Mooney, Miss Anna Pierce, Drs. William J. Milne, William B. Aspinwall, and William Jones; on the left are Miss Hyde and Harriet Bishop. Charles Wurthman, the janitor, is on the steps to the right.
A portrait of William D. Van Auken, New York State Normal College, Class of 1906. In the lower righthand corner of the frame board is the Albany Art Union mark.
A group portrait of the members of the Psi Gamma sorority of the New York State Normal College. It is the oldest sorority on campus, founded February 15, 1898. The picture dates from 1900 and the photo is reportedly taken from a 1900 Neon. "PSI GAMMA" is noted in the lower margin of the photograph.