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This collection consists mainly of the records of the Office of the Director, records of the Library's divisions and departments, and the University Library Faculty. Includes accession and withdrawal records, 1929-1957; book circulation records, 1929-1960; correspondence, reports and minutes of bibliographers' meetings, 1966-1979; and bound volumes of the University Libraries newsletter, 1972-1976; announcements, schedules of events, memoranda, newspaper clippings, and brochures relating to Community University Day, 1972-1983; memoranda and pamphlets about access policy, 1979-1983; and annual reports, 1979-1987.

This artificial collection documents the history of the University at Albany, SUNY and its predecessors through photographs and moving images. Images often depict the school's campus, university events, students, or faculty and staff.

This collection is made up of various pubilcations from the University at Albany, and groups within the institution.

The University Senate is a legislative arm of the faculty comprised of 78 faculty, professional, and student senators (78 positions are currently filled out of 89 possible positions). Records include legislation, meeting records, and Council Records.

Includes minutes, committee reports, correspondence and by-laws of the Faculty Council. Bound with the minutes of the Faculty Council, 1944-47, are minutes of the Faculty-Administration Council. Committees of the Faculty Council included the Committee on Academic Freedom, the Community Liaison Committee, the Faculty Welfare and Obligations Committee, the Social Affairs Committee, the Elections Committee, and the Policies of Promotion, Tenure and Dismissal Committee (Faculty Handbook, 1962, p. 16). The functions of the Faculty Council and its committees were transferred to the Faculty Senate in 1966.

This artificial collection documents university students who served in the military during armed conflicts, particularly during World War II.

This collection contains Vicki Baum's correspondece related to publishing between 1929 and 1959 and notes and synopses of four of her manuscripts.

The Victor Streib Papers contain research materials and legal case files on the death penalty in the United States with a focus on how it has been applied to women and juveniles.

This collection contains material related to Walther Lederer and his family.

This collection includes writings on regional political affairs of Siberia and China in the 1920s by U.S. Department of War representative William G. Bannon.

William Abramowitz Hyman was born on July 29, 1893 in Baltimore. Hyman was a partner of Hyman & Harris and served as special deputy attorney general of New York under Governor Alfred E. Smith. Hyman is best known for his legal theories on the use of space which he propounded in his 1961 book, The Magna Carta of Space. This collection contains records relating to his career in law and politics.