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This series consists of departmental accounting reports, memoranda on claims and billing procedures, departmental expense reports, manuals for travel procedure, reports and memoranda from the Office of Sponsored Funds, and the annual Chart of Accounts, 1971-1980.

This collection contains administrative correspondence and memoranda, policy manuals, planning documentation, salary schedules and rosters (1948-1969), budget files, employee benefits documentation, and other records related to personnel and human resources. Most of the paper records in the collection were created by the Office of Personnel Administration, although there are also relevant subject files that were moved to this collection from the collections of other offices at an unknown point in time.

The collection consists of materials relating directly to the operations of the Environmental Decisions Commission including meeting minutes, agendas, correspondence, reports and memoranda. Issues considered included the dredging and stocking of the campus pond, traffic control, parking, the use of road salt and pesticides, recycling of paper, composting, and energy conservation.

This series contains administrative and subject files for the Phi Delta Sorority. It includes such materials as constitutions, initiation ceremonies and traditions, membership lists, newsletters, financial records and more, documenting the sorority's activities throughout its history. There are also similar materials relating to Phi Delta alumnae.

This series consists of scrapbooks kept by the sorority to document activities as well as objects used by the sorority and bearing the Phi Delta seal.

This series includes the various reports which the University at Albany submitted to the Phi Beta Kappa organization between 1950 and 1974, as well as the memorandums, correspondence, and notes related to the generation of those application materials. Also included are some printed materials about Phi Beta Kappa used as reference material during this process. This series also contains similar records relating to the establishment of the Alpha Alpha chapter once the application was accepted.

This series contains documents related to the activities of the Alpha Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, beginning with its installation in 1974. It includes contracts and correspondence related to planning initiation dinners; programs and photographs from initiation dinners; and lists, correspondence, information cards and certificates relating to the selection of students for membership in Phi Beta Kappa.

In addition to containing the 1942 Charter for the Beta Eta Chapter, this series also includes documents for governance, financial information and meeting minutes. There are files about the Dr. Edward Cooper scholarship, newsletters and general correspondence as well as materials from social functions, such as an initiation sign-in book and initiation programs.

This series consists of eight scrapbooks, covering select years from 1953 to 1983, the late 1970s and early 1980s most strongly represented. Therefore the overall dates are not inclusive. Most scrapbooks contain photographs, though some include mixed materials and paper ephemera.

This series contains correspondence between Dr. Newman as Dean with faculty and prospective faculty as well as with students, former students, friends, and colleagues about their careers and projects. The files on individuals often contain correspondence that dates before his appointment as Acting Dean in 1977. Included are correspondence with famed criminologist Marvin E. Wolfgang (1961-83) and the former Dean of the School of Criminal Justice and School President Vincent O'Leary (1968-77). The bulk of the material dates between 1968 and 1983.

Consist primarily of retained records of the Council of Deans (1980-81), SCJ Faculty Meeting minutes (1977-1981), as well as files relating to faculty merit increases, recruitment, salaries, work load. See also the Donald Newman Papers School of Criminal Justice File for his collection of SCJ faculty meeting minutes (1968-, 1984-89), and committee minutes. Additional records in this series include:

Contains letters, proposals, and background information pertaining to various projects Dr. Newman and the School of Criminal Justice was involved in over the course of his career. Subjects include the creation of a Criminal Justice Institute, a state-wide organization (1983), Work for the Institute for Public Policy Alternatives (IPPA), 1974-75, a SUNY-institute, including "Community Alternatives to Maximum Security Institutionalization for Selected Offenders", (1975), studies of juvenile delinquency (1963-65) (includes documents dating back to 1913), and research on police and prisons (1959-1966).

This series contains videotaped interviews conducted by Maureen Didier with graduates from the Master's of Social Welfare (MSW) classes of 1967 and 1977. Mary McCarthy also conducted interviews with current students in the master's program in 1991. According to the School of Social Welfare Records, attendees of the School's 25th anniversary Convocation on April 11, 1991 informally viewed these interviews during the reception portion of the event.

This series contains audio cassette interviews conducted by Maureen Didier with Deans of the School of Social Welfare.

This series contains audio cassette interviews conducted by Maureen Didier with faculty, administrators, graduates, a librarian and interested parties of the School of Social Welfare.

Series 1 contains materials Dr. Blanchard published while at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and the State University of New York at Albany as well as after his retirement. The topics covered by these publications include the history of science, water-to-air transfer, aerobiology, sea salt aerosols, volcanic electricity, and surface charge. There are also materials covering his studies of bubbles, water droplets, and rain. Along with his scientific publications, Dr. Blanchard also wrote letters to editors, comments and replies to articles, book reviews, obituaries, and autobiographical articles. Dr. Blanchard published materials from the early 1950s to the early 2000s but the majority of materials in are from 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

Series 2 documents the research Dr. Blanchard conducted while he was working at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and the State University of New York at Albany. The work that he did while at General Electric is mentioned but not specifically covered. The main focus of Dr. Blanchards research was on the nature of bubbles and water drops but he also conduct studies on volcanic electricity and its effects. To conduct this research, he travelled throughout the Northeast and Hawaii. Along with the research he did in the United States, Dr. Blanchard also traveled internationally to collected data. A large part of his international research was done around Surtsey Volcano in Iceland.

Series 3 focus on Dr. Blanchards personal and professional correspondence while he was working professionally as well as when he retired. The majority of correspondence was exchanged between Dr. Blanchard and his colleagues and discusses manuscripts or research. The series contains handwritten and typed letters, postcards, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, journal articles, brochures, memos, handwritten notes, figures, photographs, and reports. Please note that not all of the files contain correspondence directly between Dr. Blanchard and the person the folder is named after. Some folders contain letters sent to Dr. Blanchard from the persons family members or letters sent to that person from another source.

Series 4 documents Dr. Blanchards professional activities from his time at the University of New York at Albany. While materials from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute are also included, they make up a smaller part of the series. The focus of the materials is on grant applications, meetings and Conferences, and classes Dr. Blanchard taught.

The first series in the Fausold Collection consists of interviews conducted by Fausold for the Oral History of SUNY project from 1988 to 1997. Fausold's colleague Wayne Mahood, a Distinguished Professor of Education at SUNY Geneseo, helped conduct some of the interviews as did others. The archivist noted interviews not conducted by Fausold in the inventory below as well as the titles held by the interviewees in the SUNY System or within New York State government. This series includes both the recorded interviews on audio cassettes as well as paper transcripts. A small number of interviews, however, are not transcribed. A majority of the interviews transcribed feature multiple versions, as both Fausold and the interviewee edited them. Interview files typically contain interview transcriptions, a clearance form signed by the interviewee, and background information. Fausold kept lists of interviewees, potential interviewees, and the status of each interview.

The second series of this collection consists of Fausold's research and subject files. A majority of this series are research materials for the Oral History of SUNY Project. These materials include a large number of dissertations, newspaper articles, and multiple finding aides to archival collections, some annotated by Fausold. There are also multiple copies of Fausold's Draft History of the State University of New York as well as executive committee meeting minutes and membership lists. Fausold's applications and acceptance letters into the Research Foundation and Visiting Professorships' GRI Program can be found in this series. Fausold also kept records of Research Foundation expenses, correspondence, and funding possibilities. This series also contains Fausold's correspondence from the 1980s to the 2000s about the Oral History of SUNY Project.

Series 3 consists of Fausold's records during his time as Vice President and President of the Faculty Association of the State University of New York (FASUNY). FASUNY's purpose was to promote unity within the SUNY System faculty. The organization was concerned with not only improving the general welfare of SUNY faculty, but with improving education opportunities in the State of New York as well. FASUNY informed members of its efforts through its newsletter. This series contains copies of the Association's newsletters from 1957-1968 as well as mailing lists. FASUNY hosted a biennial conference where members of the Association met to discuss problems of public higher education and conduct Association related business. This series also includes FASUNY meeting minutes, membership information and Fausold's 1960s professional correspondence. Fausold also kept records of the SUNY budget, payroll, and salary reports.

The fourth series of the collection contains papers from The Coming of SUNY Conference hosted at SUNY Brockport in 1991. This conference is particularly important as it was one of the first efforts to gather historians and archivists to discuss the founding and history of the SUNY System. The conference program as well as a list of participants is included in this series. Papers and abstracts listed in the program are also included in this series as well as some of Fausold's personal notes on each.

This series consists mainly of letters and postcards. Also included are some war department press releases, newspaper clippings and photographs of former students of the New York State College for Teachers at Albany who were serving in the armed services. The papers also contain a card index listing the names and service addresses of all former State College students serving in the armed services from 1941 to 1945. Though for the most part the files contain correspondence relating to the activities of fellow students, they also include observations about fellow servicemen from the greater Albany area and about the social conditions where the correspondents were stationed. There are few observations about combat conditions.

This series contains press releases associated with Louis C. Jones' career as well as drafts and off prints of his works on folklore. The publications and press releases were taken from the University Archives Faculty Vertical File and relate to Jones' career and his interest in folklore.

This series is made up Hopkins' correspondence and scrapbooks, as well as correspondence belonging to other members of her family. Collection includes scrapbooks, correspondence, and press clippings. The correspondence includes exchanges between Hopkins and her former student, the Japanese poet Naoshi Koriyama. Series also includes a framed 1842 marriage certificate likely belonging to one of Hopkins' ancestors.

This series includes research materials maintained by Hopkins related to articles, monographs and book reviews that she published, as well as proposed manuscripts. Series focuses on several literary figures and topics that were of particular interest to Hopkins, including Dewitt Clinton, Delia Bacon, Francis Adrian Van Der Kamp, Francis Bacon, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the portrayal of Satan in literature. Included are materials related to her works Prodigal Puritan: A Life of Delia Bacon (1940), Spires of Form: A Study of Emerson's Aesthetic Theory (1951), as well as a number of articles. Series includes typescripts, handwritten and typed notes, copies of scholarly journal articles by Hopkins, publications containing the work of her former student Naoshi Koriyama, and correspondence.

This series contains contains records of the Albany Gravel Company up to its liquidation in 1980. John B. Hopkins, father to Vivian Hopkins, had served as President of the company and Vivian Hopkins later served on the Board of Directors as well. Series includes meeting minutes, correspondence, stock certificates, and correspondence.

This series contains papers pertaining to Robert Rienow and his family. Included are Rienow's military records from his World War II service in the United States Army and from the New York National Guard. These include discharge papers, appointment papers, immunization records, correspondence and memos. Also found in this series are legal documents and financial records from the estate of Rienow's uncle in Wisconsin, Fred Rienow. Rienow's education is documented through class notes and papers from West Point and from Columbia University, where he completed his Ph.D. There are several folders of brochures, news clippings, and souvenirs from Rienow's travels, including trips to Europe and the Midwest.

This series contains files on courses taught by Rienow in the School of Public Policy and Affairs and the Department of Political Science at the State University of New York at Albany. The materials in this series include syllabi, lecture notes, examinations, and student papers. Related correspondence and clippings are also included. Files are arranged by course number, when known. There are several folders of final examinations not sorted by course number, as well as two folders of lecture notes and miscellaneous materials with no course number identified.

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.

This series contains scripts and supporting materials for broadcasts conducted by Rienow. Two lecture series predominate. The first, Living Patterns of Government, was a televised political science course broadcast in early 1958. The second, Man Against His Environment, was a 28 part radio lecture series which addressed a variety of environmental concerns. Topics include air and water pollution, overpopulation, deforestation of the wilderness, and overcrowding in cities. There are also files on other broadcasts by Rienow, such as "The Politics of Survival: The Image of the President.".

This series contains drafts of speeches and lectures presented by Rienow at various public functions as well as notes taken on the topic of the speech and occasionally clippings regarding the speech. There is also occasional correspondence between Rienow and the person or group for whom he is presenting. The majority of these speeches relate to Rienow's environmental interests. Topics include pollution, land use and nuclear fallout. A few speeches are on topics in political science and teaching, such as those presented to the Symposium on Citizenship Education.

The majority of the correspondence in this series relates to Rienow's environmental activism. Included is correspondence with members of various environmental organizations, such as the Defenders of Wildlife and the Nature Conservancy, as well as letters written to policy makers such as New York State and United States Senators. Additional correspondence relates to Rienow's writing career, including correspondence with publishers, fan mail, and letters to Rienow asking him to speak at a variety of engagements. The series also contains personal correspondence between Rienow and family members as well as other friends or acquaintances such as Erastus Corning II, Mayor of the City of Albany, and Lady Bird Johnson.

This series is comprised of files on organizations and subjects that were of interest to Rienow. Groups include Defenders of Wildlife, Zero Population Growth, the Nature Conservancy, and Citizens to Save the Adirondack Park. Topics include deforestation and land use, wildlife protection, overpopulation, national wealth, nuclear fallout and the problems of atomic energy, and various forms of pollution. The files contain mostly notes, news clippings, articles, mailings, and publications. There are also files related to government agencies, such as the Department of the Interior and the United States National Treasury. These files consist mainly of government publications on environmental policies and issues, as well as some publications on the structures of the agencies. A few files relate to political science topics.

This series consists of magazine and journal issues with articles by Rienow. Also included are teachers' manuals for Rienow's textbooks, American Problems Today and American Government in Today's World.

This series contains audio tapes of Robert Rienow's lectures, which were produced and distributed by the Center for Cassette Studies. Many of the cassettes are from the Man Against His Environment lecture series. Some were part of other Center for Cassette Studies series, including The Ecological Spectrum. Each tape has a running time of approximately thirty minutes. Also included are case inserts and library cards that were included with each cassette, as well as catalogs of tapes offered by the Center for Cassette Studies. For preservation reasons, the tapes are stored separately from this supplementary material.

This series contains papers that were written by Joe Norton, including early research, published and unpublished materials, book reviews, and materials relating to research that led to written work.

Joe Norton was an active member of professional organizations and committees within those organizations. Materials here include his communication within committees, publications produced by organizations, and subscriptions.

This series contains budget files, reports, organizational charts and information, downtown campus planning information, and meeting notes of various departments, councils, and committees. Correspondence between the Provost, Assistant to the Provost, other University Administrators and outside parties are interspersed throughout these files.

This series contains information related to University events such as Commencement and Convocation, Alumni dinners, dedications of various rooms and buildings on the downtown campus (including the Dewey Library), a history of the downtown campus, its buildings, and the graduate schools incorporated into Rockefeller College, as well as information and inventories of the Rockefeller College Art Collection. This series also includes a number of promotional and informational publications created by Rockefeller College, including the Colleges' newsletter—RC Report. Additionally there are a number of photographs (prints, contact sheets, and negatives), as well as newspaper clippings related to events held at Rockefeller College and one audio cassette tape.

This series contains correspondence, meeting minutes, annual reports, memoranda, enrollment statistics, inventories, and other records that pertain to the administration and faculty of the Department of Information Studies and its past iterations. This series documents routine activities such as internal and external faculty and departmental correspondence, faculty meetings, admission information, curriculum development, annual reports, grants and fellowships offered through the department, special projects conducted, and enrollment statistics. Prominent dates include the foundation of the Library School (1926), the development of the Master's Program (1949-1950) and later the Doctorate Program (1968-1971), the school's union with Rockefeller College (1986).

This series consists of both bound volumes (1927-1954) and folders (1963-1992) that each contain syllabi, assignment sheets, handouts, examinations, and other class material related to the courses taught by the Department of Information Studies and its various incarnations.

This series contains correspondence and information provided to and from the various national, regional, state, and local organizations and associations in which the Department of Information Studies was involved as well as records pertaining to committees and other groups involved with the State University of New York (SUNY) in general. Of particular note is the large amount of records to and from the American Library Association (ALA), a professional organization whose function, among others, is the accreditation of all the information science and library schools in the nation.

This series contains the personnel files of a number of former faculty members in the Department of Information Science. This series contains transcripts, applications for employment, correspondence with the various deans and chairs, material related to tenure review and promotions, student evaluations, newspaper clippings and news reports, photographs, retirement documents, and the curriculum vitae of the faculty. Because of the large amount of private information included, this series has been restricted.

This series contains records that do not fit into the other series, this includes a scrapbook, biographical histories of the department as well as certain members of the faculty, and accession and circulation records from the now defunct Hawley Library.

This series consists of records of the Board of Directors relating to the governing of the CWG and is arranged in four subseries: Board Members, Executive Committee, Board of Directors Meeting Reports, and Board Correspondence. These records were created and maintained by the Administrative Office of the CWG for Center and Board operations.

This series contains the retained records of the first President of the Board of Directors and co-founder of the CWG, Linda Tarr-Whelan and consists of correspondence (letters and memoranda's for 1977-6/79), agendas, proposal notes, photocopies of news clippings, Board and other reports. Topics 'included are sex discrimination in public employment, career mobility, and establishment of the CWG, affirmative action, funding and career planning. Some of the information contained in these files predate the founding of the CWG in 1978.

Contains 1979-83 day files preceded by general incoming and outgoing correspondence files. This series consists of the central day files of the CWG. It includes letters, form letters, memoranda, project proposals, and project updates. Topics covered in this series includes career ladders, career mobility (1979-85), sex discrimination and discrimination of the handicapped, women and minority advancement, comparable worth/pay equity 1979-86), child care, and sexual harassment (1979-83), as well as Center training programs, and funding.

The series includes documents relating to the creation of the center, by-laws, Board of Director notices, minutes and agendas, and the Director's report to the Board. Also included are the Executive Committee agenda minutes and notices, budgets, financial records, fellowship programs, conferences held and activity summaries. Also included are proposals for reports, studies, and programs; bibliographies, brochures from Center programs, a news release file and news articles relating to the Center.

This series includes the working papers and reports published by the CWG.

This series contains files relating to the creation of specific programs and certificates including the Nursing Home Ombudsman Program and Elderhostel Senior Seminar, day files, faculty searches, memos and correspondence of Evelyn Newman and Susan Sherman.

This series contains financial records that include funding proposals, grant applications and budgets.

This series contains newsletters and brochures, materials developed for conferences and seminars and faculty research publications.

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 as well as pamphlets and other materials distributed to alumni, predominantly for reunions and other key events. The earliest materials are from 19th Century jubilees and reunions of all classes on Alumni Day. Later alumni held reunions only for specific classes or campus organizations, such as the Potter Club or Pep Band, and this is reflected in the more targeted correspondence. Please see Series 1 and Series 3 for more materials related to Alumni Day, and Series 1 for communication to members of the Eastern Branch of the Alumni Association. The correspondence was retained with the group's meeting minutes and is therefore located in Administration.

This series consists of Alumni Association records related to building dormitories for students and the Alumni House Conference Center. Beginning in 1921 the Alumni Association created a Dormitory Committee/Residence Hall Building Fund with the goal of raising funds to purchase land and build dormitories, especially for women. In 1921 the College's only residential building was Syddum Hall, housing 29 female students. The great majority of students commuted from home, lived in boarding houses throughout the City of Albany, fraternity or sorority houses or at the YWCA. In 1935 Pierce Hall opened to house female students and in 1941, Sayles Hall opened for men.

The Benevolent Association of the New York State College for Teachers was incorporated in 1926 and its Board of Directors first met in Albany in August 1927. While the organization's constitution stresses that its main purpose is to "heighten and enrich the physical, mental, social and moral life of the students," the Benevolent Association was closely connected to the Alumni Association and an outgrowth of the original Dormitory/Residence Hall Building Committee. The Benevolent Association acquired property for dormitories and operated the College (and later University) resident halls until 1967 when they were sold to the State of New York. The Alumni Association also helped nominate the Benevolent Association Board which carried out the policies and recommendations of the Alumni Association. Both groups held their annual meetings at approximately same time.

The Theatre Alumni Association of the New York State College for Teachers formed in 1932 to bring alumni together through dramatics and debating. Initially, members were required to have been part of the advanced dramatics class in college, must have taken part in sufficient plays to satisfy the membership committee or have participated in at least two intercollegiate debates. However there are no subsequent records of this group and in June 1954 alumni of State College proposed an organization of former dramatics student to allow alumni greater opportunity for continued participation in the College's theatre activities. The Theatre Alumni Association officially requested affiliation with the Alumni Association of the State University of New York at Albany in 1963. The Theatre Alumni Association dissolved in 1974 with the goal of forming a new organization that brought together faculty, alumni and students in the Theatre Department.

This collection includes thousands of files previously maintained by the Alumni Association about individual graduates from the 20th Century. The contents of the files vary and range from simply housing an obituary to holding newsclippings, correspondence and other materials detailing a graduate's professional life. This often includes a ca. 1969 all alumni survey, class notes submissions and questionnaires targeted to specific graduating classes or campus organizations. At present time there is no master list of files, but they may be accessed by archives staff. Please contact the department with any questions.

Types of material include letters, carbon copies, journal articles, photographs and scientific research. Correspondence arranged chronologically pertaining to Woodcock's work aboard the research vessel Atlantis, 1930-1939, and work with the Navy on the smoke screens at sea project, 1944-45. Research into atmospheric sea salts and sea salt nuclei 1947-1986; Project Shower research into warm rain in Hawaii, 1954-1957; and Hawaiian cloud physics, 1952-1965. Also included is correspondence pertaining to Woodcock's study of Hawaiian rainfall, 1967-1972; atmospheric studies at the volcano Mauna Kea, 1965-1977; permafrost at Mauna Kea, 1969-1977; "mountain breathing" at Mauna Kea, 1976-1979; and Lake Waiau, 1965-1985. Correspondence dealing with Woodcock's research into sea salt, and studies of canal fog, 1979-1986. Other topics of correspondence include: physalia, 1944-1970; soaring gulls, 1937-1938; wave riding dolphins, 1946-1953; sargassum, 1947-1949; bursting bubbles, 1976; hail, 1976; Woodcock's research into his CIA file, 1977; hurricanes, 1985; slush and ice on lakes and ponds, 1987; rain droplet formation in clouds, 1990, study of Hawaiian trade winds, 1991; Woodcock's reception of the American Meteorological Society's lifetime achievement award, 1994; and budgetary matters. Correspondents include Columbus Iselin, director of the Atlantis research project, 1930-39, atmospheric scientist and meteorologist Duncan Blanchard, 1955-1995; U.S. Navy atmospheric scientist James Hughes, 1955-1984; chemist James Lodge, 1955-1965; meteorologist and atmospheric scientist E.G. "Taffy" Bowen 1955-1965; and atmospheric researcher Erik Erikkson, 1955-1965; oceanographer Robert Duce 1965-1977; researchers Jack Warner and Sean Twomey, 1969-1977; Charles Penn, 1981-1985; Irving Friedman, 1977-1979; Charles Knight, 1989-1991; as well as Vincent Schaefer, Allen Faller and Irving Friedman. See the box and folder list for a detailed description of the contents of the containers.

This series collects journal articles, correspondence, data, record books, photographs, notes, monographs, diagrams and tables. Alfred H. Woodcock's research into a variety of topics including Lake Waiau, 1965-1970, 1978, 1982; salt spray in hurricanes, 1956-1958, 1962-1968, 1974; mountain breathing, 1974-1978; sea salt, 1959-1966; soaring flight data, 1937-1938, 1945, 1952, 1966; porpoise and wave riding dolphins, 1940, 1946-1953, 1960; glacier studies, 1960, 1962, 1969-1976, 1979; ice melt patterns, 1961, 1981-1982; ice melt data, 1946-1950, 1959, 1962, 1965; fog studies, 1981; Mauna Kea/Lake Waiau studies, 1965-1975; telescope studies, 1974, 1982; atmospheric research, 1946-1956, 1971-1982; deuterium, 1951, 1961-1963; sargassum, 1947-1949; physalia, 1944-1970; volcano steam cloud, 1960; smoke screen at sea, 1944-1946; declassified, 1973. See the box and folder list for a detailed description of the contents of the containers.

This series is made up of index cards with former students names and addresses on them.

Series is made up of material collected by Dr. Fossieck related to class reunions, as well as obituaries for former students and faculty.

This series is made up of Bricks and Ivy Yearbooks donated by Dr. Fossieck.

Contains the website for the annual conference along with the published conference proceedings.

This series is made up of files related to the founding, organization and management of the Society. It includes the society's bylaws, meeting minutes, programs for conferences organized by the Society, various contracts with the University at Albany, SUNY, budget documentation, the Society's song, and documentation on various conferences and proposed conferences organized by the Society. There are also several files containing correspondence between members of the society and outside individuals. Additionally, this series contains instructions, promotional material and a board for the society's "Beer Game," a board game designed to introduce people to general concepts in system dynamics.

This series is made up of the membership lists maintained by the System Dynamic Society. It contains membership lists for every year between 1984 and 2002, excluding 1994.

This series is made up of marketing materials created for and distributed by the society. This includes promotional mailers, conference brochures and schedules, and commemorative pens.

This series is made up of copies of the Society's newsletter, called the President's Newsletter. Over its history, the newsletter was generally published either annually or biannually depending on society activities. It covers past and upcoming conferences, publications by members and society sponsorship information.

This series is made up of the collection's photographs and negatives. They appear to have been taken at various System Dynamics International Conferences. Also included are several photographs of Jay Forrester, a pioneer in the field of system dynamics.

This series consists of the collection's video materials. Includes video recordings of conference proceedings and Jay Forrester's Ph.D Seminar Series. Also includes VHS and DVD copies of the Society's Beer Game.

This series contains born-digital materials managed on external media, such as CDs and DVDs. Contains materials documenting various conferences that the Society has organized throughout the world, as well as backups of the websites maintained for each year's conference. Materials include recordings of speeches, backups of conference websites, conference proceedings, images, file listings, dissertation copies, and conference brochures.

This series contains records created by various Deans and administrators within the Office of Graduate Studies. Materials include: annual reports (1969-1980), admissions and enrollment data, dissertation and thesis abstracts and approvals, correspondence with academic departments and adminstrators, policy documentation covering a variety of subjects (including program review, dissertation transmittal, and graduate assistantships), official descriptions of graduate programs, budget records, and other administrative documentation.

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.

This series contains records created by J. Fredericks Volkwein who served in a number of administrative positions at the University, including Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies. Materials include reports, meeting minutes, and correspondence. Topics covered by this series include evaluation and review of graduate programs, graduate grading policies, cross-registration, and other administrative functions of the Office of Graduate Studies.

This series consists of records created by Robert McFarland, who served in various positions at the University, including Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies. Topics addressed in the series generally relate to the administration of graduate programs. Materials include daily correspondence with students, Deans, and academic departments, graduate thesis and dissertation abstracts and transmittals, correspondence with the State Department of Education regarding program registration and review, and materials from search committees for various Deanships and other administrative positions.