Collections : [University Archives]

Series is made up of basic administrative records from the Assistant to the President. Items include correspondence, meeting minutes, documents on University protocol, Radio and television programs from local stations, and information on faculty.

This series contains materials related to the presidency of Evan Revere Collins, who held the position from 1949-1969. The origin of these materials trace to both Evan Collins himself, as well as the Presidential office from this time. These cover the important changes occurring on the campus at this time, including expansion of the downtown dormitories at Alumni Quadrangle, as well as the construction of the Uptown Campus, and the change of the New York State College for Teachers, into a University Center. Specific materials in the series include reports from individual departments, correspondence with staff and contractors, and annual reports form Collins, as well as those sent to the office of the president such as the Milne School annual report. There are some materials that date to after Collins presidency, and were most likely part of the records keeping of the Office of the President after the move to the uptown campus.

This series is made up solely of materials kept in the Office of the President. While the items date from 1948-1977, the majority of the materials date from after the construction of the uptown campus, with many pieces dating from the presidency of Louis Benezet. The subject of the materials vary greatly, and cover important events in the University history such as the construction and relocation to the uptown campus and campus unrest in 1970. The president covered in this series are Nelson, Collins, Kuusisto, Benezet, and Fields. Many boxes contain papers related to multiple presidents, connected by a common subject at times. Others are dedicated to a single president and subject. Specific materials in the series include blueprints of new construction, annual reports, master plans for the University, and reports from individual departments.

This series is made up of press releases issued by the Office and its predecessors. The vast majority of this series is made up of chronological files maintained by the office of press releases, with some of these files also containing press clippings.

This series contains materials relating directly to the activities and programs of the School of Education. Topics of interest include administrators and in-service education, adult basic education, Albany Public Schools, the Argentine Nationals Programs, the Behavior Research Program, the Bennington Project, Black Studies, the Center for Executive Development, co-operative community college programs, courses, curricula, the Doctor of Arts Program, the Doctor of Education Program, educational administration, educational media, educational research, the Experimental College, the Milne School, National Defense Education Act, Peace Corps training program in India, the Regional Education Laboratory, reading teachers, school psychology, special education, summer institutes, training of teachers, the Training Program for Subject Supervisors, the Two-Year College Consortium, vocational rehabilitation, and workshops.

Subject Files contain the day-to-day working files of the School of Social Welfare. Correspondence and memoranda, primarily from the dean at the time relating to various topics within the files, are interspersed throughout. Included among the materials are enrollment and admissions data, three and five year plans on the development and management of the school, publications, bulletins, commencement programs and speeches, grant proposals, committee membership and reports, and year-end reports from programs within the School of Social Welfare. Grant proposals include information relating to the proposed Social Work Research Development Center. School Bulletins range from 1965 through 1979. Materials relating to the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) include statistical reports and the involvement of Lynn Videcka-Sherman as a board member on the council. Also included are scrapbook materials containing newspaper clippings, information on alumni and student achievements, and a few photos, primarily taken of faculty members. General files from the Continuing Education Program (CEP) are included within this series as well. Please note that not all dates are inclusive.