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The Academic Regalia collection contains robes, hoods, and caps worn by University of Rochester administrators, faculty, students, and trustees at formal events. Descriptions of regalia include the name of the manufacturer (Cotrell and Leonard, for example) when this information is known. Each set of regalia has been assigned a number, which appears before the title of the item(s).
The ADAM International Review Papers contain records from the University of Rochester's affiliation with the literary magazine ADAM. These materials date from 1968 to 1973. The papers also include photocopied manuscripts that the magazine's founder-editor, Miron Grindea, donated to the University. The collection is organized into five series: 1) correspondence, 2) distribution, 3) finances, 4) publicity, and 5) manuscripts.
Correspondence, programs, membership lists, etc., of Administrators Anonymous, a group of junior level University administrators who met regularly for a luncheon and speaker.
This collection includes Adviser's Handbooks from the 1971/1972 academic year to the present. Handbooks are organized alphabetically and cover topics such as academic honesty, grades, majors, and studying abroad. The last few pages of some handbooks provide advisers with examples of paperwork such as "add/drop" forms, requests for an incomplete grade, and approval forms for concentrations and minors. The collection also includes some copies of handbooks that have been annotated. In addition to the handbooks themselves, some folders contain correspondence, notes, and information about University programs. Starting in the 2015/2016 academic year, handbooks were produced in electronic form only; printed copies have been included in the collection.
African Students Center records (University of Rochester), 1946-circa 2014, bulk 1964-1967 9.69 Cubic feet
The African Student Center Records contains five series: Administration Files, Correspondence, Finances, Student Files, and Photographs.
Ethics, geology, physics, and religion notebooks of Albert Bowen, Class of 1906.
Material of Alice Harriet Colby (1881-1950; U of R Class of 1904; M.A., U of R, 1908) relating to the University of Rochester. Includes material on the girls' basketball team and many photographs of faculty members and campus scenes. Non-University material consists of some photographic albums of summers at Georgian Bay, Pt.-au-Baril, Ontario, Canada, 1907-1909. There is also material on the Y.W.C.A. and its camp at Silver Bay, New York.
Includes minutes of the chapter's meetings (1859-1938, 1947-1960); correspondence relating to the history of the chapter as collected by Harvey F. Morris (class of 1902) and a typescript history of the chapter which he wrote (1936); brief records of members of the chapter (Class of 1883 through Class of 1959); correspondence, 1915-1959; minutes and reports of the Genesee Graduate Chapter; 1911-1940; 1946-1948; 1953-1959; newspaper clippings; and other material related to the fraternity and its Graduate Chapter.
Correspondence (incoming and outgoing) of Hugh A. Smith, Alumni Association Secretary. Subjects of correspondence include the awarding of local alumni association scholarships in Rochester, New York, Buffalo, and Chicago; arrangements for the annual meetings of the Schoolmaster's Club (alumni in the field of education); and fraternity housing on the Oak Hill Campus.
Letters (1942-1946) of University of Rochester servicemen to Chuck Dalton, who edited the News Letter to University of Rochester Men in the Service .
Manuscript constitution and minutes (1854-1913) of the Alumni of the University of Rochester (362 pages of which pages 221-362 are blank).
Alumni: Buffalo Association papers (University of Rochester), approximately 1912-1940s 1 box and 1 5 x 8" file case
Includes a card file with information on Rochester alumni in the Buffalo area. Also some correspondence and processed material. Correspondents include University of Rochester graduates, and Presidents Rush Rhees and Alan Valentine.
Mimeographed agendas and minutes of the Board of Governors of the Alumni Federation. Includes minutes of the Board's Executive Committee, as well as reports and correspondence.
Correspondence and summary statistics of the Alumni Gymnasium Committee fund drive of 1897 to raise money for a gymnasium on the Prince Street campus.
Alumni lists (University of Rochester), 1908-1913 0.19 Cubic feet
Contains a manuscript alumni directory compiled by Herman K. Phinney in 1887; and address list of the men graduates and non-graduates, classes of 1908-1913.
Specifications and records of payments for the construction of Anderson Hall, 1859-1861. Also a "Sketch for proposed luthern windows", by Alex. R. Esty, Architect, Boston.
Architectural plans for several University buildings, most of which were on the Prince Street campus. The box also includes plans for a few non-University buildings.
Typescript minutes of the Board of Managers of the Associated Alumni of the University of Rochester from June 1938 to April 30, 1947.
Mainly correspondence to and from Hugh A. Smith, Alumni Secretary from 1922-1936. The correspondence deals with activities of the Associated Alumni such as publishing the Rochester Alumni Review, fund raising, and planning reunions at commencement. The correspondence reveals alumni news, reminiscences, and opinions.
The Atlantic Slave Trade Conference Collected Papers is organized in the order in which the papers were presented. Please note that some papers are drafts. The finished papers (with the exception of Fenoaltea's "Europe in the African Mirror") were published in the book The Atlantic Slave Trade: Effects on Economies, Societies, and Peoples in Africa, the Americas, and Europe, edited by Joseph E. Inikori and Stanley L. Engerman.
Contents include scripts, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials relating to the twelve radio programs, entitled Background of the War News, that Professor Arthur J. May of the University of Rochester Department of History gave over WHAM radio station in 1943. Script no. 11 is missing.
Betty Bullen Kendall (Class of 1938) scrapbook, 1930s-1940s 0.23 Cubic feet
Photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, programs and other ephemera.
Board of Control papers (University of Rochester), 1921-1955 2.41 Cubic feet
Various correspondence files (1921-1955); minutes (1921-1952); subject folders; and material for Metzdorf's History of the Board (1933).
Miscellaneous papers of the Board of Trustees including a list of gifts to the U. of R., rough notes of some of the Board of Trustees' meetings, several letters relating to the admission of women, material relating to David Jayne Hill, etc.
Minutes of various official University groups. The volumes also include some relevant correspondence and processed material.
The Boar's Head Dinner Collection contains materials about the planning of the event, speeches by University faculty and administrators, music, formal invitations and posters, and some historical background. Much of the material about planning and speakers dates from the mid-1990s to the early 2010s.
Consists of the correspondence and subject files of Clarence A. Livingston, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds at the University of Rochester from 1921-1950.
Buildings and Grounds: Facilities Archives and Record Center Data Books collection, 1920s 0.74 Cubic feet
The Facilities Archives and Record Center Data Books Collection consists of various data/records, photographs, and architectural drawings relating to River Campus, Prince Street Campus, and Eastman School of Music buildings and facilities.
Buildings and Grounds: Gavett Hall renovation, 1962-1966 0.37 Cubic feet
This collection contains material related to the last phase of the College of Engineering expansion plan, the renovation of Gavett Hall, carried out between 1962 and 1966. Items include requisitions, order forms, correspondence, reports, photographs, and floor plans.
Burton S. Fox (Class of 1889) scrapbook, 1885-1889 .10 Cubic feet
Clippings, programs, etc., 1885-1889.
Cabinet of Deans and Directors: minutes and related material (University of Rochester), 1966-1973 0.37 Cubic feet
Agendas and minutes of the Cabinet of Deans and Directors (incomplete). Also related material that may have been passed out at the meetings or accompanied the minutes, etc.
Ledgers (1953/54 to 1955/56; 1957/58 to 1962/63), correspondence, etc., dealing with advertising and revenue of the student paper, the Campus-Times.
This collection contains photographs of Browning and her classmates at the University of Rochester's College for Women. Most of these were taken during Browning's freshman year, and many show locations on the Prince Street Campus. The names of students written on the backs of photographs are tentative.
Centennial Committee papers (University of Rochester), 1948-1950 0.37 Cubic feet
Correspondence, mimeographed material, programs, etc. relating to the planning and events of the Centennial Year (1950) at the University of Rochester.
The contents of the collection relate primarily to the University of Rochester and include many photographs and clippings. There is also material relating to George Eastman and Kodak.
Charles W. Coit (Class of 1899) and Robert B. Pattison (Class of 1899) scrapbook, 1895-1899 1 volume
Contains clippings, programs, etc., 1895-1899.
Charles William Watkeys papers, 1920s-1940s 1.85 Cubic feet
Includes material on the University's Ten-Year Plan, the Educational Policy Committee, comprehensive examinations, and material reflecting Watkeys's interest in orientation courses, including student papers and exams.
Typescript and mimeographed reports of the Child Development and Parent Education Project. Material covers the years 1931-1932 through 1933-1934, the third through the fifth (last) years of the project, which was jointly sponsored by the University of Rochester and the Rochester Board of Education directed by Hazel Cushing.
Clarence Granger Carr (Class of 1880) papers, circa 1880 1 Envelope (1 autograph album)
Mr. Carr's autograph album contains the signatures of the President of the University, Martin Brewer Anderson, various faculty members, and his classmates.
General records; individual student folders of the C.A.P.P. which was run by the University of Rochester to provide guidance, counseling, and tutoring for disadvantaged Rochester school students.
College for Men: historiography, 1851-1863 .23 Cubic feet
A listing of graduates of the classes of 1851-1863; for some graduates lists where and when born, where prepared for college, when entered and graduated, and professional training and position since graduation. Apparently filled out in the middle 1860s.
Contains correspondence, notes, and processed material of the Committee on Educational Policy, also some subject folders. Most of the material relates to the curriculum of the College of Arts and Science.
Folders apparently removed from other files, on the Committee on Educational Policy. Includes correspondence, reports, minutes, etc.
Committee on Educational Policy folders, 1942-1957 0.74 Cubic feet
Minutes, correspondence, and subject folders of the Committee on Educational Policy as collected by Professor Willson Coates, a member of the committee.
Correspondence and minutes, of the Committee on Honorary Degrees
Computer Science papers, 1969-1973 1.67 Cubic feet
This collection is organized in four series: 1) search committee, 2) candidates, 3) research documents, and 4) inquiries.
Clippings, photographs, programs from the 1880s and 1890's. Also contains some non-University clippings and memorabilia.
Dean of Student Life: miscellaneous records, 1946-1965 0.74 Cubic feet
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).
Subject folders, most of them from the 1950's and 1960's, covering such topics as the Committee on Academic Policy, the Committee on Educational Policy, Dean's Fund, faculty meeting minutes, and staff meeting minutes of the Dean of Students.