Collections : [University Archives]

In this series are manuscripts and drafts of articles and book chapters written by Rienow, both alone and in cooperation with his wife. In many cases there are multiple drafts of the same article. Many of the drafts include handwritten corrections and annotations by Rienow. These files also include clippings and handwritten notes used in the creation of drafts and manuscripts, as well as occasional correspondence with publishers. Most of the writings relate to Rienow's political science or environmental interests. These include articles on the American standard of living and nuclear fallout, and contributions to the Book of Knowledge and the World Book Encyclopedia on United States government. A number of manuscripts, many of which were co-authored with Leona Train Rienow, are satirical looks at American and European society, including travel articles such as "What! No Lather?" Also found in this series are several drafts of Leona Train Rienow's 1970 novel The Year of the Last Eagle, to which Robert Rienow contributed, as well as a draft of her 1948 novel The Bewitched Caverns.

The bulk of the records consist of faculty meeting minutes and agendas from 1965-1996 with a gap in records from 1972-1976. Also included are copies of minutes and agendas that are annotated by the current dean. Minutes and agendas include supporting documents used in the meetings, as well as correspondence and memoranda from the dean relating to issues raised in meetings or to be considered at future meetings. Other materials include yearly faculty activity reports that outline scholarship and service completed by faculty as well as materials related to summer faculty retreats including correspondence, planning documents, and materials generated at the retreat.

Series 3 contains musical scores for many of Kastle's works. The series is broken down into subseries according to the six major instrumental compositions found in this collection. Each subseries usually contains a manuscript score, while some contain a published score. Subseries 3, Concerto No. 1, is the only subseries to contain Musicians' parts and tissues of parts.

This series is made up of documents collected and created by James M. Lewis, Assistant to the President of the Univerisity. Items in the series include correspondecne, profiles on faculty, plans for university initiatives, and invitations for the President to other University functions.

This series contains records created by Edgar Flinton, who served as Director of Graduate Studies starting in 1953, and then as Dean of Graduate Studies from 1964 until 1971. Included in this series are correspondence with the State Education Department regarding program registration and evaluation, materials from meetings of the Graduate Faculty, planning documentation, memoranda to Deans and Department Chairs, budget documentation (including allocations for graduate fellowships and assistantships), and other assorted correspondence, reports, and meeting minutes.

Contains brochures, The Conjugator, flyers, photographs, and articles relating to the institute's three conferences: "Helios: From Myth to Solar Energy", 16-18 March, 1978; "Apollo Agonistes: The Humanities in a Computerized World", 19-21 April, 1979; "Asclepius at Syracuse: Thomas Szasz, Libertarian Humanist", 17-19 April, 1980. There are four scrapbooks in all, one for each individual conference, and the last one contains material on all three conferences.

This series is made up of documents collected and created by Wendell Lorang, Associate Director of Institutional Research and Chair of the Space Management Committee. The documents in this series include correspondence, memoranda regarding space allocations, renovation and alteration requests, classroom move requests, and committee meeting minutes.

This series consists of issues of the university publication University News.