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University Archives

University Archives

Records that document the history of the University at Albany, SUNY and its predecessor schools.
The University Archives documents the history of the University at Albany, SUNY from its origin in 1844 as the New York State Normal School to train teachers for New York State to its present status as a comprehensive research university. The department collects, manages, and provides access to permanent university records for research use. This includes the administrative records of the university, student groups, faculty, alumni, and affiliated organizations. Collecting and preserving university records documents our history and promotes transparency and accountability.

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Office of Summer Sessions, 1919-1975

1.4 cubic ft.
Contains the records of the Office of Summer Sessions (currently known as the Office of General Studies and Summer Sessions), including annual reports, budget materials, and enrollment data.
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Contains the records of the Office of Summer Sessions (currently known as the Office of General Studies and Summer Sessions), including annual reports, budget materials, and enrollment data.

Office of the President Records, 1827 - 2017 July 17

427 cubic ft.
Administrative records from the Office of the President, which guides the overall direction and leadership of the school. This collection documents major university initiatives and trends since it's beginning in the 19th century.
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Office of the Registrar Records, 1900-2016

57.33 cubic ft.
Contains student transcripts and the official schedule of classes and academic calendar.
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Office of the Senior Vice President For Academic Affairs And Provost Records, 1845 - 2017 May 17

92.29 cubic ft.
Includes the records of the Office of the Provost which oversees the academic mission of the University. Materials in this collection address all aspects of academic policy at the University: program planning and review, faculty policies and salary practices, grading policies, long-range planning, and budgeting.
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Organizational Charts Collection, 1930-2017

85 Digital Files
Contains University-wide, divisional, and departmental organizational charts produced between 1930 and the present day.
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Payroll Office Records, 1916-1986

1.2 cubic ft.
This collection contains payroll records (salary schedules, payroll guidelines, and other materials from different offices at the University.
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Vivian C. Hopkins Papers, 1842-1980, bulk 1930-1978

23.5 cubic ft.
This collection consists of the papers of Dr. Vivian Constance Hopkins, documenting both her career in academia and her personal correspondence.
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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.

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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.

Phi Delta Kappa, Epsilon Omicron Chapter Records, Undated

0.2 cubic ft.
Professional Fraternity for Men in Education. Includes scrapbook of initiation programs, membership lists, film negatives.
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Psi Gamma Sorority and Alumnae Association, Inc. Records, 1898-1997

12.66 cubic ft.
Psi Gamma was founded in 1898 at the New York State Normal College for Teachers and the Alumnae Association in 1922. The sorority split in 1991 over whether to abandon local status or become a chapter of a national sorority.
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This series consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, invitations, newspaper articles, constitutions and by-laws, brochures, directories, poems, workshops, evaluations, skit and music lyrics, questionnaires, newsletters, inventories, bills, receipts, contracts, and rush handbooks.

Robert W. Frederick Papers, 1927-1973

3 cubic ft.
This collection contains the files on Robert W. Frederick's career as an education, with a focus on his lectures.
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