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University of Rochester: University Archives

University of Rochester: University Archives

Rush Rhees Library
755 Library Road
Rochester, NY 14627, United States
The University of Rochester Archives is housed within the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation at the University of Rochester and is located in Rush Rhees Library. The Archive's material documents the history of the University from its founding in 1850 to the present, including administrative records, official publications, and collections that record student life. Formats include prints, maps, architectural drawings, photographic media, visual and audio recordings, and artifacts.

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University of Rochester. Dean of Student Life

Two notebooks and several subject folders. The notebooks contain mimeographed minutes (1955-1965) and financial records (1962-1965) of the College Cabinet Financial Board. The folders contain material on the Graduate Living Center (mimeographed committee minutes, 1961-1964), the Towers Dormitories (1962-1964), student activities (1958-1964), and rules and regulations for campus parties (1940's and 1950's).

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Delta Upsilon International Fraternity. Rochester Chapter

The collection includes chapter minutes (1911-1934) and six scrapbooks from the 1930s to the early 1950s, with a letter from Brother David Levy Reiner (Class of 2003) entrusting the scrapbooks on behalf of the chapter. The scrapbooks were compiled in part by Brother Robert Elwell (Class of 1950), and they contain pictures, clippings, and captions covering subjects such as class pictures, football and other sports, social events, pledging, and Delta Upsilon involvement at the University of Rochester.

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University of Rochester. Department of Mathematics

Department of Mathematics Papers contain correspondence and other files of Arthur Sullivan Gale, chairman of the Department of Mathematics and dean of the College for Men. Correspondence organized alphabetically by subject appears first, followed by chronological correspondence (1927-1943). Additional files relate to faculty candidates, committees, organizations, examinations, the department's Stoddard Prize, and other subjects. Stoddard Prize material includes problems and students' answers, by year. The collection also contains some photographs.

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University of Rochester. Department of Romance Languages

Departmental material of Neil Cole Arvin (1889-1953), Chairman of the Department of Romance Languages. Includes correspondence (to and from students, faculty, and administrators), material on the Honors Division (of which Arvin was chairman), and material on the Library Survey of 1938.

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Fauver, Edwin

Material of Edwin Fauver, Professor of Hygiene and Physical Education, who was on the University of Rochester faculty from 1916-1945. Includes correspondence; annual reports, 1920-1944 (incomplete); and printed, mimeographed, and typescript material relating to athletics, health, and physical education, especially at the University.

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Mills, Henry C. (Henry Christopher)

The Henry C. Mills Vice President for Educational Administration Papers contain materials for the academic years 1958/1959 through 1963/1964. The collection is organized by year, and each year consists of three sections: staff folders, folders corresponding to schools and colleges at the University, and subject folders.

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University of Rochester. Hopeman Memorial Carillon

Box 1 of the Hopeman Chimes and Carillon Papers contains material from various bellfoundries related to the purchase of the original chimes from 1926 to 1929. Boxes 2 and 3 deal mostly with the purchase, installation, and dedication ceremony for the carillon, while boxes 4-8 include information on the Bellman Society, the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, and concerts, as well as objects, brochures, and audio recordings. Box 9 and Box 10 include ephemera and publications related to concerts performed on the Hopeman Memorial Carillon. Box 11 and Box 12 contain administrative material related to maintaining the carillon and planning concerts. The collection also contains oversize materials such as posters and signs.

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University of Rochester. Library

Three manuscript volumes of library circulation records. The first volume records the accession number of the books charged out to each library user (circa 1856-1862); the second volume records circulation statistics, 1911-1925 (and also periodical check-in statistics, 1909-1910; and catalog department statistics, 1910-1925); and the third volume records circulation statistics for the Catherine Strong Hall reading room.

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Sigma Xi papers, 1926-1961 2.04 Cubic feet

Society of the Sigma Xi. University of Rochester Chapter

The papers include correspondence, meeting minutes, membership information, financial documents, printed ephemera, and other materials related to the first thirty-five years of the Rochester chapter's history.

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The collection consists of two series: General Correspondence and Subject Files. Correspondence is mostly that of Annette Gardner Munro, who was Dean of Freshman and later the first Dean of Women at the University of Rochester. There is also correspondence of Katherine Bowen, Registrar of the College for Women, and other administrators. General correspondence relates to topics such as student applications and requirements for admission. It includes letters between Dean Munro and high schools regarding students' courses, grades, and recommendations; letters notifying students whether they have been accepted to the University; and letters in which students already enrolled inquire about courses and requirements for various degree programs. Additional correspondence with students relates to topics such as reserving rooms, certificate programs, scholarships, and tutoring. There are letters from alumnae applying to graduate school who request catalogs, lists of courses they have taken, and transcripts as well as some letters with correspondents outside the University community that discuss possible memberships and jobs for students. Subject Files contain mimeographed material and correspondence on topics ranging from alumnae associations, to nursing, to student government.

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Delta Kappa Epsilon. Beta Phi Chapter (University of Rochester)

The Delta Kappa Epsilon (Beta Phi Chapter) papers include minutes, a history of the chapter, material relating to the alumni organization, material relating to the 150th anniversary of the chapter and other events, publications, various three-dimensional objects, a songbook, scrapbook, and guest books.

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University of Rochester. Department of Biology

The collection contains subject folders and comprehensive examination papers. Subject folders include, among other subjects, material about the merger of the College for Women and College for Men in 1955 and about collections in the University's Museum of Natural History. Comprehensive examination papers consist of undergraduate examinations from 1950-1959.