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This is an alphabetical letter series of the General Reference collection. The General Reference Collection was created by archivists to hold information on campus history that is not part of any organic record group. The collection contains material from a variety of outside sources, excepts from newspapers and other publications, press releases and promotional materials, and loose university records.

This is an alphabetical letter series of the General Reference collection. The General Reference Collection was created by archivists to hold information on campus history that is not part of any organic record group. The collection contains material from a variety of outside sources, excepts from newspapers and other publications, press releases and promotional materials, and loose university records.

This is an alphabetical letter series of the General Reference collection. The General Reference Collection was created by archivists to hold information on campus history that is not part of any organic record group. The collection contains material from a variety of outside sources, excepts from newspapers and other publications, press releases and promotional materials, and loose university records.

This series contains course materials from the School of Nursing. Files include course descriptions and objectives, blank tests and exams, handouts, and syllabi. Faculty and administrators created all the materials. Please note that sometimes the school retained course materials for different academic years in the same file. Other times, materials were separated by year. The archivist retained both types of original order. In addition, see Series 2 for files on R.N. Challenge Exams and transitional courses.

This series consists of administrative materials, the majority created by the office of the Dean of the School of Nursing. This includes various committee meeting agendas and minutes, faculty meeting minutes, and files about the phase-out of the School of Nursing in the late 1970s. There are also twenty files documenting relationships with local area clinical agencies through which nursing students obtained field experience. In addition, the file "Hudson Valley League for Nursing" contains papers on this ad hoc committee's 1964-1965 investigation and formal study on the need for additional baccalaureate and/or master's nursing education programs in the geographic area. The study recommended the establishment of both a baccalaureate and a master's program in nursing at the State University of New York at Albany. The file "Program Development Materials" includes course descriptions.

This series is divided into two subseries, one containing curricula of workshops and the other information about registrants. Please note that Series 2 of this collection also includes a general administrative file on continuing education and one on tranferring the continuing education program to Russell Sage College in 1979 upon closure of the School of Nursing.

This series documents the political activism of Michelle Crone and includes efforts that were primarily political in nature.

This series primarily consists of personal correspondence between Michelle Crone and her friends and personal acquaintances. Crone's personal life often overlapped with her professional and political life, and thus, many letters discuss topics from other series. Postcards and greeting cards were retained only when they possessed informational content. Additionally, the "Resumes" folder contains several version of Crone's resume, documenting a number of events and activities that she was involved with until 1996.

This series contains unassociated material organized by subject. This includes event fliers, ephemera, political literature, news clippings, notes, and some photographs.

This series consists of material relating to specific activities of Citizens' Environmental Coalition (CEC). The records in each activity subseries document research, plans, and actions taken to advance an environmental issue in New York State. The subseries dates are not always inclusive. The bulk of the activities date from the late 1980s to the late 1990s, but several folders within each activity subseries contain older information that CEC activists used as background research material.

The records in this series consist of posters, artwork, photographs, and copies of cartoons and illustrations collected by CEC that depict environmental issues.

This series contains information about environmental issues that interested CEC. CEC was not active in every environmental issue represented in this series. The records show that CEC collected information about environmental science, environmental problems and their solutions, and environmental movements in which they did not become involved. The records include reports, correspondence, guides, news clippings, publications, notes, and photographs. These files were collected by CEC and for the most part the folder titles have been preserved from the list that accompanied them (see Box 1 Folder 1).

The files in this series pertain to the creation and work of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and to the various political groups and legislative bills which supported or opposed the creation of the Agency. The series includes publications by the APA and other groups, legislative files, correspondence, maps, memoranda, and news clippings. The bulk of the series covers the years 1967-1978 and 1990-1997, with some materials dating from 1956-2002. Legislation pertaining to the Adirondack Park Agency can also be found in Series 9 of this collection.

This series contains material related to the various commissions and committees created to prepare for and host the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Such groups include the Lake Placid Olympic Bid Committee, the Temporary State XIII Olympic Winter Games Commission, and the New York State 1980 Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games Commission. Materials represented include reports, correspondence, appointments, memoranda, minutes, finances, and clippings. Where the original order identifies the specific committee responsible for a record, this order has been maintained. Many folders, however, contain papers involving the records of more than one committee, and sometimes the specific committee responsible for a record cannot be identified. In these cases, folders are identified with the generic title of "Olympic Winter Games Commissions." In addition, the heading "Olympic Organizing Committee" designates records pertaining to the Lake Placid's 1980 Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee and its subcommittees, which include Transportation, Security and Public Affairs. This series contains materials used for Lake Plaid's Olympic bid. Proposals and agreements with architects and contractors can also be found in this series as well as Olympic pins, programs, tickets, and employment information.

This series contains records related to Ronald Stafford's campaigns for office from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s. It includes election results, as well as letters of support and campaign buttons. Records are organized chronologically by campaign. Letters of congratulations sent to Senator Stafford and thank-you letters sent by Senator Stafford can also be found in this series. Posters and pins can be found in oversized boxes and artifact boxes.

This series contains materials pertaining to the Board of Directors and the administration of the Alumni Association, including founding documents, such as the charter and constitution. The earliest Board of Directors meeting minutes are bound volumes. By the end of the 1970s the minutes are loose notes belonging to specific individuals. The minutes may also include such supplemental materials as correspondence, agendas and financial papers. The annual report was available for the Annual Meeting, which was open to all Alumni Association members. Financial records for the Alumni Association are found in this series in ledgers, financial statements and Treasurer's reports. Loose items from bound volumes have been removed and stored in separate, appropriately labeled folders.

Series 2 contains records related to Alumni Association fund-raising activities. Please note that the bulk of the series is from the years 1963-1983 with the further majority of this within the decade of the 1970s.

This series document various events and subsidiary organizations of the Alumni Association. It is the largest series and records from the 1970-1980s comprise the bulk of the material. Two of the major annual events represented in this series are the Alumni Day/Weekend and Homecoming. There are materials documenting Alumni Day/Weekend for the majority of years between 1919 and 1996. The earlier years may only contain a program, while later year may contain correspondence, RSVPs, planning notes and photographs. Other events and symposiums are also included in the series. There are photographs, correspondence, and planning materials of clubs, committees and local branches. Correspondence and day files of Alumni Association staff, awards and scholarships processed by the Alumni Association, student directories and tributes to University Presidents comprise a substantial portion of the series. The Alumni Association offered group travel specials, discounts on insurance and commemorative memorabilia. Please note that some of the photographs are oversized.

This series contains correspondence pertaining to book club business, organizational history, laws, and membership information.

This series consists of calendars of events, newspaper clippings, histories of the village of Menands, meeting schedules and annual programs. Initially these programs were bound volumes listing such information as the meeting dates, book to be discussed, hostess for each meeting and presenters and topics. Eventually they became less elaborate and frequently were one sheet of paper featuring a typed meeting schedule.

The Administrative series contains: an account book, budget and financial reports, by-laws, charters, correspondence relating to the administration of the Club, and meeting minutes. The materials provide information regarding the structure of the Club, how meetings were conducted, and the election of officers.

The Subject series contains materials relating to the Club's history, member directories, photographs, conference and seminar materials, correspondence (thank you notes), and programs. The series also contains flat files and oversize boxes which house scrapbooks one of which documents the Clubs' involvement with the Memorial Chapel at Albany Memorial Hospital (now named Samaritan Hospital, Albany Memorial Campus), banners, and a sash. This series provides information about how the Club worked within the local community as well as with other area clubs.

The Publications series includes both local and international materials such as: The Dope Sheet, The Albany Zontian, and Zontian, The Zontian Biennial Issue, Zonta International Program Issue, Zonta International Foundation Biennium Highlights, and Zonta International Newsletter. These publications highlight the activities of the Zonta Club of Albany as well as those associated with international Zonta Clubs.

The Administration Series includes records created by the Club during the operation of its usual activities and programs include committee reports, newsletters, and meeting minutes, which compose the bulk of the series. There is a small amount of correspondence as well as versions of the Club's constitution and by-laws..