Yearly reports submitted by the school to the New York State Legislature. Consists of four volumes, with the first three (1844-1852, 1853-1859, 1860-1868) submitted by the Executive Committee of the State Normal School, and the final volume (1869-1871) submitted by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Regents of the University. The final volume also includes a Catalogue of Graduates listing alumni from 1844-1870. To learn more, visit the University Council Records Collection Page.

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The members of the first members of the Executive Committee were appointed by the Board of Regents in June of 1844. They were charged with the administration of this new state run school and oversaw the macro levels of running the school such as budget approval, naming of professors, and creation of annual reports ot be sent to the Board of Regents. To learn more, visit the University Council Records Collection Page.

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From the founding of the New York State Normal School in 1844, the school maintained records of all students who attended. Each book records the name of the student, year enrolled, hometown, county, and parent or guardian. Later volumes also include their religion. To learn more, visit the New York State Normal College Registration Books Collection Page.

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This collection is made up of photographic prints, slides, contact sheets, and other pre-digital photographic materials as well as digitized photographs. The materials in this collection were artifically assembled by the University Archives to provide a visual documentation of the University's history. To learn more, visit the University Photograph Collection Page.

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The Echo was first published by the students of the State Normal College in June of 1892. It original purpose was as a monthly newsletter or newspaper for the student s of the school. This collection consists of the twenty-seven volumes of The Echo dating from 1892 to 1918. To learn more, visit the The State College Echo Collection Page..

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This collection is made up of reference material related to the history of the University at Albany and its earlier iterations. To learn more, visit the University Historical Reference Collection Page.

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The content of this collection is made up of twelve autograph books from the New York State Normal School dating from 1857-1890. Each book is made up of autographs from students at the school, often accompanied by photographs, small tokens of friendship, and heartfelt notes. To learn more, visit the Autograph Book Collection Page.

The collection consists of books containing the grades, classes taken, name of every student that went through the Normal School in a thirty year period. It gives great insight into the curriculum of each student, and what subjects were taught to future teachers in this period. To learn more, visit the New York State Normal College Grade Books Collection Page.

This collection includes: cash books and ledgers; correspondence with State agencies; budget planning documentation; payroll information; Special Fund receipts and disbursements; scholarship data and related correspondence; and other finance-related reports and correspondence. To learn more, visit the Financial Secretary Records Collection Page.