The 1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration Collection, c. 1901-2009, contains materials and souvenirs associated with the commemorative celebration. The Hudson-Fulton Celebration commemorated the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of the Hudson River and the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton’s first successful commercial application of the paddle steamboat. The collection was created by Allen Fink and Susan Bette Fink (nee Budson). They devoted years to researching and collecting Hudson-Fulton Celebration items to create a comprehensive collection of materials telling the event's story.

Scenic Hudson, Inc., formerly Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference, was founded in 1963 to oppose the Consolidated Edison Company’s proposed pumped storage facility at Storm King Mountain, near Cornwall, New York. Alexander Saunders served on the Executive Committee of the Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference as Co-Chairman of the organization. The records consist of legal documents, notes and publicity materials, printed matter, and clippings.

The Annia F. Booth Papers contains the journal of Annia Booth, which details her life starting in January 1904 through 1905.

Arthur Glowka was a US Naval aviator from 1952 - 1957 and later became a pilot for Eastern Airlines. Glowka was particularly concerned with protection of the environment. Glowka partcitpated in many environmental groups and movements to encourage policy regulation and change to protect the environment. He proved to be an effective citizen-scientist and found errors in various government and science articles and played a significant role in improving the water quality of the Sound for the wildlife in the water and humans surrounding it.

The Blaise Pascal Collection contains sources, notes and drafts of Mara Vamos’ works on Blaise Pascal. The collection contains already published works on Pascal, such as “Pascal and the Enlightenment,” as well as Mara Vamos’ thesis for her Doctorate degree at Brown University. Through her vast previous studies on Pascal and his theories, Mara Vamos attempted to convince the MLA to revive the Port-Royal edition of Pascal’s Pensées because of its great historical importance and its impact on 18th century thought. The collection contains materials used in the publication process, leading to the final work, “Pascal’s Pensées and the Enlightenment” by Mara Vamos.

This collection contains materials from Brother Russell's time in the US Army during World War II and his time as a Novitate and Marist Brother. John J. Russell was born on February 29, 1920 to Joseph Russell and Genevieve Toner in Manhattan, New York. John was drafted into the Air Force during World War II. At the end of John’s Army career in 1946, he heeded his late calling to join the Order of Marist Brothers. Brother Cornelius was a humble person who lived by the Marist Principle to “do good quietly.”

The Weiss Papers is the documentation by Brother Gerard Weiss of his family from 1879-1964. The collection includes correspondence, mortgage deeds, insurance policies, newspaper clippings, diaries and photographs pertaining to the Weiss family.

Cameron Stewart Reynolds, at the age of 26, began his military career in training at Fort Dix, New Jersey in 1953 and stationed in Germany through 1956. Reynolds wrote dozens of letters from abroad to his parents and sister back in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., which are featured in this collection. Reynolds’ travels brought him to England, Spain, Switzerland, and France at points, as can be seen in the letters and photographs. Reynolds was promoted to Corporal and later to specialist rankings during his military service, but did not re-enlist, completing his duties in Europe in November of 1956. On February 2nd, 1958, Reynolds married Dianna Wright. Cameron Reynolds went on to work for Ring Real Estate in Hyde Park and for his father’s business, S.J. Reynolds Inc., a Poughkeepsie Chrysler Dealership. This collection contains materials created or saved by Cameron Reynolds and family throughout Cameron Reynolds’ life, most notably during his time stationed overseas in 1950s Germany.

The History of Cathedral College’s Class of 1924 consists of various items which depict the years spent at Cathedral College by the class of 1924. The collection contains a book describing the members of the class, the professors, and what happened during the years, with some photographs. There are also newsletters printed by the members of the class describing the latest occurrences as well as jokes, and a few postcards.

The Catholic Studies Collection consists of both local materials pertaining to the state of New York and Dutchess County, as well as general materials on Catholicism throughout the United States and abroad. The collection contains parish histories, the papers and preparation notes of Louis Zuccarello, videos, photographs of local churches, audio tapes, materials on education, essays, and various newspapers and newspaper clippings on issues pertaining to Catholicism.

The Clove Spring Iron Works papers cover the day to day business operations of the company between the years 1870-1904. The papers include a variety of materials including business correspondence, telegraphs, contracts, legal documents, bills, receipts, checks, vouchers, deposit slips, balance sheets, payments, postcards, construction blueprints, paychecks, order records, invitations, tax receipts, weights of coal, price lists, account statements, lease agreements, insurance, and annual reports.

The Coffin Family Papers contains bills, promissory notes, receipts, account ledgers, bonds, deeds and other documents relating to the business and personal transactions of Robert Coffin of Dutchess County, NY.

This collection contains documents, photographs, slides, negatives, newspaper clippings and performance programs covering the history and productions of the Community Experimental Repertory Theatre (C.E.R.T.) collected by the members and C.E.R.T. executive board.

The Cornwall Collection documents the issues surrounding the Pumped-Storage Project at Cornwall-on-Hudson by the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. The collection includes various scientific studies in the Hudson River Estuary, specifically fish studies in the Indian Point area. It also includes legal documents from the Storm King Case, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

The Cunneen-Hackett Papers consists of materials from the estate of Charlotte Cunneen-Hackett. Various belongings include family bibles, books concerning religious and nature themes, personal journals, diaries and photo albums. Additionally, there is another section dedicated to correspondence of New York State Senator Hatfield and information regarding Senate Bills he was influential in forming.

Stephen Duggan was a born in White Plains, NY. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard University and Columbia University. At Columbia he met Beatrice Abbott, whom he married in 1936 and had four children with. Stephen graduated from Columbia Law School and began working at the Wall Street firm of Simpson, Thatcher and Bartlett where he became partner. In 1963-64 both Stephen and Smokey Duggan helped found the Scenic Hudson Preservations Conference – an organization whose mission was the prevention of Consolidated Edison’s plan for a pumped-storage power plant at Storm King Mountain. The case was an important founding moment in the development of environmental law and Stephen Duggan himself is often credited as a pioneer of the concept of environmental interest law. In 1970 Stephen and Smokey Duggan founded the Natural Resources Defense Council, a public interest law firm dedicated to the protection of natural resources. Smokey Duggan was appointed as the NRDC’s representative to the nongovernmental organization of the United Nations. The Duggan Family Papers is a collection of letters, legal documents, financial records, administrative correspondence, published information, newspaper clippings and photographs relating to the lives of Stephen and Smokey Duggan and their involvement in the Storm King Case and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Also included is the collected research and notes of Mary Vance Duggan resulting from her screenplay on the Duggans and the campaign against the Con-Ed plan for Storm King Mountain.

This collection depicts the live of Edvard Bech, who born in Denmark in 1812 moved to New York in 1838 where he formed a trading firm that he would run for forty seven years. In 1863 he purchased a sixty-five acre farm along the Hudson River which he named “Rosenlund” and hired Danish architect Detlef Lineau to design the estate. This collection contains papers concerning the Bech family history and businesses, materials compiled by Viggo Bech Rambusch for his monograph, and materials pretaining to the Roselund estate.

This collection consists of a single letter written by Elizabeth Titus Sweet of Dutchess County, New York on March 20th and March 21st, 1864, regarding Maggie Sweet’s diagnosis of smallpox. This letter is addressed to Elizabeth Titus Sweet’s brother Stephen Titus and sister-in-law Margaretta Titus living in Meigs County, Ohio.

The Fred Crawford Papers consists of the research material gathered by Central Michigan University Professor Fred Crawford from 1991 to 1998 for a biography on Lowell Thomas.

"Banjo Fred" Starner was a Professor of Economics at Drew University in New Jersey, but was dismissed due to his political activism. He was heavily involved in the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, a project conceived by Seeger in which a ship would be constructed through community funding and sponsor environmental and folk education programs. He helped with the initial fundraising and was on the ship’s maiden voyage in 1969 as a crew member. Starner was involved in a number of other projects as well. Starner was fascinated by hobo culture. A significant amount of effort towards the end of his life was focused on producing the documentary film "That’s the Ticket Road Hog: The Hobo’s Song", released in 2009,

Geraldine Geller, 1987 Marist alumni, took an interest in the ephemera of fashion and collected various paper advertisements and articles from newspapers and magazines. The collection consists of advertisements and articles from 1920s, 1930s and 1940s Harpers Bazaar, Vanity Fair, and Vogue. There are also various newspaper clippings from the 1940s and 1950s of historical interest.

A fore-edge painting can refer to any decoration on the fore-edge of the leaves of a book, such as was not uncommon in the 15th and early 16th centuries, especially in Italy. The term is most commonly used, however, for an English technique that was quite widely practiced in the second half of the seventeenth century in London and Edinburgh. The collection consists of 54 volumes (44 titles) that were published between 1798 and 1909 in England, the United States, and France.

Northeast Biologists, Inc. conducted tests on the Hudson River and it’s fisheries between the years of 1965 and 1968. The collection consists of the findings of Northeast Biologists, Inc., including reports and studies the company compiled over the three-year period.

The collection consists of programs and promotional material for concerts and other music-related events which took place in the Hudson Valley between 1930 and 1984. Many of the programs come from performances by college bands and choirs in the area including Vassar College and Middlebury College as well as from performances by the Hudson Valley Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Hudson River Conservation Society was founded in 1936 in order to preserve and protect scenic and historic landmarks in the Hudson Valley and seek regulation when necessary to achieve this. The Hudson River Conservation Society Collection documents the history and continued efforts of the Society as a non-profit agency, fighting for the conservation and protection of the Hudson River, its surroundings, and its environment. The Hudson River Conservation Society collection consists of correspondence, office records, reports, memoranda, newsletters, brochures, maps, newspaper clippings, press releases, opinion polls, financial records, scrapbooks, photographs, books, and other printed material.

The Hudson River Environmental Society Collection documents the research, actions, and legal cases involving environmental issues surrounding the Hudson River Valley. Various interests include Storm King Mountain, Con Edison’s Cornwall Pumps, Indian Point, Dredging, Transportation, Danskammer, and many others. The collection also contains communication and records of cooperation with other environmental groups such as Scenic Hudson and the Hudson River Valley Greenway Council.

The Hudson River Environmental Society (HRES) was founded in 1970 to foster research on the Hudson River environment and related coastal areas, provide a forum for communication and cooperation among researchers, and make the results of environmental research available and accessible to concerned citizens and public officials. The Hudson River Environmental Society Library contains approximately 12 linear feet of records and 1,226 monographs. The records consist of field notes, meetings minutes, research papers, memorandum, and newspaper and article clippings. The monographs consist of scientific reports generated by government agencies and private organizations concerned with the environmental condition of the Hudson River.

There is a rich history of nautical travel along the Hudson River by the means of steamboats, sloops, and barges. This collection chronicles some of the many vessels that made their way up and down the Hudson River during the 1800s and through documents pretaining to their the business transactions.

The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Collection consists of studies, reports, correspondence, and clippings documenting the society’s interests in local environmental issues. The collection also includes office materials, litigation, and Clearwater events.

The Hudson River Valley Commission (HRVC) was formed by Governor Rockefeller and his staff to regulate development along the Hudson River in 1966. This collection primarily consists of the findings from a series of surveys conducted by the HRVC between 1965 and 1970.

The Hudson River Valley Commission was a New York State Agency, established by the Legislature in 1966, to coordinate planning along the Hudson River and to encourage the balanced development of the Valley’s land and resources. The HRVC collection consists of testimony, exhibits, legal briefs, opinions & orders, publicity materials, and stenographer’s reports concerning the Storm King decision.

The Hudson River Valley Greenway Council Collection documents the development and growth of the Greenway Council. The collection consists of handouts and minutes of meetings and clippings gathered and collected by the Greenway Council. The meetings cover a variety of topics, from local environmental hearings to expansion of the Council, to protecting the Hudson Riverbanks, parks, and hiking trails. The clippings cover topics of environmental importance in and around the Hudson River Valley.

The Hudson Valley GREEN (Grass Roots Energy & Environmental Network) Collection documents the development of the environmental group and their constant vigilance in protecting the environment in the Hudson River Valley Area. This collection includes printed material, environmental magazines and newspapers, Hudson Valley GREEN Times, background material, business files, slides and film, as well as a variety of other documents and reports funded by the New York State Government and other Federal organizations. Also included in the collection are files dealing with specific topics such as Indian Point, James Bay, 765 Power Line Controversy, Con Edison v. Mid Hudson Nuclear Opponents and the Town of Red Hook as well as variety of other topics.

The James T. Cox Collection consists of plays, both professional and amateur (student), musicals, and screenplays. Also included are several videotapes of the Marist College Council on Theatre Arts productions. The portion of the collection consisting of student written plays was developed by Gerard A. Cox.

John Roberts was born on March 16, 1914, in Massachusetts. During World War II, John was assigned to the Signal Corps Photo Center on Long Island. Once discharged, John was sent to the Near East by Lowell Thomas to make a complete film for the Near East College Association. In 1948, John covered the Winter Olympics and met Clayton Ballou, who would be his business partner for the next 50 years. Together they released a 30-minute color short of Andrea Mead Lawrence, and titled it “Born to Ski”. John also worked on several assignments for Lowell Thomas in Persia, Tibet, Calcutta, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Macaoe, Japan, Hawaii, and Alaska. In 1954, Clayton Ballou and John Roberts formed Associated Film Producers Inc., and produced 19 travel documentaries and commercials. This collection consists of materials created or saved by John Roberts and contains documents from his trip to the Middle East on behalf of Lowell Thomas, the correspondence of John Roberts, and materials from the production of travel films, including film proposals, scene outlines, film scripts, and the associated promotional materials, programs, and booklets. There are also a significant number of photographs in this collection.

John Tillman was a long-time reporter, anchor and announcer for WB 11 WPIX News in New York from its start-up in 1948 until 1967. This collection contains records of news reports, original 16mm film cores, and quarter inch audio news reels, all pertaining to the reporting and news casting of John Tillman for WPIX New York through the years of 1948 to 1967.

The Jonah Sherman Collection is a compilation of local business records, government documents, city planning materials, local histories and ephemera. Gathered by local businessman Jonah Sherman, the Collection is extremely valuable to those seeking information on the modern history of Poughkeepsie and Greater Dutchess County.

Joseph McHugh was both a student and crew coach at Marist College. His collection covers Marist men’s crew team history as well as some of his own personal history.

The Lowell Thomas Film Collection encompasses a wide range of materials documenting the travels of Lowell Thomas and Lowell Thomas Jr. These materials include 35mm motion picture prints and negatives, 16mm motion picture film and ¼ inch audio tape.

Lowell Thomas Jr. was born on 6 October 1923 in London, England, to Lowell Jackson Thomas (1892-1981) and Frances Ryan Thomas (1893-1975). His early childhood was spent in New York City and would spend weekends at the family home in Quaker Hill. In 1949, he and his father, Lowell Thomas Sr. became two of the few Westerners allowed entry into Tibet. In 1958, he and his wife, Mary “Tay” Pryor flew to Alaska with their toddler Anne and fell in love with the territory where they would remain residents for the rest of their lives. Soon after moving to Anchorage, Lowell Thomas Jr. began his many years of public service. Lowell Thomas Jr. devoted much of his time and money to conservation issues and public service, and he and Tay aided many charitable causes. This collection consists of materials created or saved by Lowell Thomas Jr. including various documents and memorabilia. Materials on his political career include newspaper clippings correspondences, and a book. This collection also contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and notes on Lowell Thomas Jr.’s environmental involvement, personal life, as well as materials on his travels to Tibet, Turkey, and Persia.

Lowell Jackson Thomas was born in Woodington, Ohio on 6 April 1892. Thomas showed an interest in journalism from a young age, and it was through this interest that Thomas planned a "See America First" campaign in which he planned to film and photograph the lands of America and share his experiences with the people back home. But with the declaration of war in 1917, Thomas had credentials arranged for him to travel to the war fronts in Europe so that Thomas could gather information and return home to create presentations to rally the American people to the war effort. When World War I ended, Thomas went to Germany where he spent several weeks gathering information about the revolt that followed the war. By the late 1920s, Lowell and his wife, Francis, finally settled down. In 1927, Thomas signed a contract with Doubleday and Company to write six books. Realizing he needed assistance, Thomas entered into what turned out to be a lifelong partnership with Prosper Buranelli who wrote and edited numerous books, articles and scripts with him. On 29 September 1930 Lowell Thomas became a radio broadcaster who for fifteen minutes Monday through Friday highlighted the daily news for the American public. Thomas's distinctive voice and ease and comfort behind the microphone made him a natural. He would broadcast "Lowell Thomas and the News" for 46 continuous years, first on the NBC and then on the CBS radio network. The Sun Oil Corporation and then Procter and Gamble were to become major sponsors of Thomas's broadcast. It was not long before Thomas was asked to become the voice of the Fox Movietone News. Thomas began to join private clubs where men of power and influence met and was often asked to become President or a member of the Board of Directors. Among the influential clubs Thomas belonged to in his lifetime were The Explorers Club, Adventurers' Club, Advertising Club, Dutch Treat Club and the Bohemian Club where Thomas would attend Caveman Camp with his good friend of many years, former President Herbert Hoover. In 1949, Thomas became one of the few Westerners allowed entry into Tibet. By the end of the 1950s Thomas turned to a much smaller medium, television. Similar to his early travelogue days, Thomas traveled to exotic places in the world and created entertaining and informative one hour long television shows about where he had been. Thomas led a full and active life into his eighties. Despite the death of Frances in 1975 and the end of his regular news broadcast in 1976, Thomas continued writing drafts of his autobiography with the help of his editor, Lawrence Elliott. The Lowell Thomas Memorabilia Collection consists of 5 mediums containing personal items, memorabilia and published works: textual materials, graphic materials, objects, moving images, and sound recordings.

The Lowell Thomas Papers encompasses a wide range of materials documenting the life, family, and professional career of Lowell Thomas. These materials include correspondence, administrative and financial documents, manuscripts, printed materials, photographic materials, motion picture films, audio recordings, and memorabilia.

The Lowell Thomas Papers encompasses a wide range of materials documenting the life, family, and professional career of Lowell Thomas. These materials include correspondence, administrative and financial documents, manuscripts, printed materials, photographic materials, motion picture films, audio recordings, and memorabilia.

Lowell Thomas was a renowned broadcaster, writer, and world traveler who made a significant impact on journalism. The Lowell Thomas Papers: Periodicals Collection consists of various periodicals that Lowell Thomas collected during his lifetime.

The Lowell Thomas Papers encompasses a wide range of materials documenting the life, family, and professional career of Lowell Thomas. These materials include correspondence, administrative and financial documents, manuscripts, printed materials, photographic materials, motion picture films, audio recordings, and memorabilia.

The Lowell Thomas Papers encompasses a wide range of materials documenting the life, family, and professional career of Lowell Thomas. These materials include correspondence, administrative and financial documents, manuscripts, printed materials, photographic materials, motion picture films, audio recordings, and memorabilia.

This collection showcases the activities of the Student Government Association at Marist College from 1983 to present day. Materials included in this collection encompass documents produced by the SGA for meetings, SGA legislation, clubs, events, allocations to clubs, reports, correspondence, and other related materials.

The collection contains diary excerpts of Matthew Vassar, Jr. printed in the Poughkeepsie Eagle, covering the tumultuous years before the Civil War, during the war, and afterwards. Matthew Vassar details Poughkeepsie history and the countrywide events that influenced Poughkeepsie, during the almost 40 year period of 1841 through 1880. There are also small pamphlets from the 1930s, of Public Officers and Boards in Poughkeepsie and the rules of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Home Club and the Poughkeepsie Police Manual.

The McCann Postcard Collection consists of a series of postcards from the friends and family of the McCann’s around the world from the years 1901- 1908 as well as a book on a car’s transcontinental journey.

Published in 2017, The Voice of America: Lowell Thomas and the Invention of 20th Century Journalism by Mitchell Stephens is the first completed biography ever written on Lowell Thomas, an innovative journalist of the 20th century. The Mitchell Stephens Papers Collection includes research materials and drafts for the biography.

The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dain Papers contains documents and clipping related to the Hudson River Environmental Society, underground transmission lines, and the proposed Cornwall Storage Pump.

The Nelly Goletti Collection documents portions of the career of the popular and classical composer, performer and pianist. Born in Algiers, North Africa, Goletti was considered a child prodigy by the age of six. She completed her musical education by the age of fourteen and went on to become a popular and critically acclaimed composer and performer throughout Europe and the United States.Included in this collection is the music for many of the over 300 songs and compositions by Goletti. Also included are sound recordings, photographs and newspaper clippings.

"On the River" was a documentary TV series concerning the Hudson River and its surroundings. It was developed to inform people about the River as an economical and a recreational resource.

Peter Bekker Sr. entered the air force in 1944 and became involved in the Far East Network (FEN), an internal radio and television programming station for the U.S. Military. Over the course of 1944 and 1945, Senior toured Europe with his platoon, documenting the destruction of the war for the FEN. After World War II, Bekker continued his work for the FEN. Over the course of his time in the military, and rose to the rank of Major.mWhile enlisted, Bekker Sr. and his wife had two sons, Peter Bekker Jr. and Fred Bekker. Junior grew up to become a radio personality himself. Junior wrote, produced, and hosted “On Record” and hosted “Between the Lines”. In the 1990s Junior transitioned his focus and began writing and publishing for magazines on computers. Junior opened a small consulting company, Computer Management Advice, where he helped develop client facing websites, continued to write articles promoting new technologies, and began to write technical manuals for software and hardware. Junior continued this work until the early 2000s. This collection contains materials from both Peter Bekker Sr. and Peter Bekker Jr. These materials encompass both Senior’s and Junior’s careers, and highlight key facets of their professions. The highlight of Junior’s materials is the 163 Open Reel Tapes and the hundreds of cassettes from his radio career.

Postcard production and popularity in the U.S. erupted in the 1890s and early 1900s. This is demonstrated in the collection, with a majority of the postcards hailing from the first half of the twentieth century. Postcards served as a fast and easy way to communicate with peers and loved ones at the time.This collection consists of postcards and some flyers from the Hudson Valley region of New York with most depicting places and things in Poughkeepsie, New York. The collection includes both blank and used postal cards, the bulk of which are from the first half of the twentieth century (1904-1944). Undated postcards in the collection are also presumably from the twentieth century.

The Raymond A. Rich Papers document the professional life of Mr. Rich. Mr. Rich was a leader in corporate America for over five decades and held multiple positions as CEO or chairman of companies in the following industries: oil, gas exploration and production, publishing, glass, banking, environmental engineering, and production facilities.

The papers of Reese family document the professional and personal lives of several of the ancestors of Frances Gallatin Stevens Reese and her husband, Willis Livingston Mesier Reese. The papers contain indentures, personal, political, and business correspondence, military documents, manuscripts, scrapbooks, invoices, promissory notes, canceled checks, financial ledgers, diaries, passports, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

Rick Whitesell turned a childhood passion into a diverse musical career. His love of music led him to assemble a collection of records, or more appropriately, a collection of music, spanning five decades, dating back to the late 1920s. The collection consists of over 3,500 records and follows the development of music for more than fifty years. Also included in the collection are issues of "Goldmine" magazine, where Rick served as an editor and feature writer, as well as some audio and video tapes containing interviews and performances.

Scenic Hudson, Inc., formerly Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference, was founded in 1963 to oppose the Consolidated Edison Company’s proposed pumped storage facility at Storm King Mountain, near Cornwall, New York. The records consist of correspondence, legal documents, transcripts of hearings, agenda and minutes of meetings, memoranda, studies, reports, publicity materials, printed matter, clippings, photographs, and audiovisual materials.

Scenic Hudson was created in 1963 and became well known through its fight to save Storm King Mountain. In 1963, Con Edison developed a proposal to build the world’s largest pumped-storage hydroelectric plant. The Hudson River Conservation Society Collection features the EPA, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System hearings. These hearings span over 3 years, containing information on the legal dispute and the efforts that were made to fight against Con Edison.

The Scenic Hudson, Inc. Administrative History Collection documents the development of the environmental group from their landmark achievement of preserving historic Storm King Mountain to their present day efforts of protecting and preserving the environmental integrity and beauty of the Hudson River and its surrounding areas. The collection consists of administrative records and files, newspaper clippings, still photographs, correspondence, Scenic Hudson News and Annual Reports, legal materials, agenda and minutes of meetings, as well as a variety of other printed materials. Also included in the collection are files dealing with such topics as dredging, air pollution, Danskammer, the Marcy-South transmission lines, as well as a variety of other subjects.

This collection consists of scrapbooks of various print media highlighting concert and baseball programs.

As advocates of the environment and members of Scenic Hudson, Inc., founded in 1963, Senator and Mrs. Seymour dedicated their time and efforts to the preservation of Storm King Mountain, directly confronting the Consolidated Edison Company’s proposed pumped storage facility at Storm King Mountain, near Cornwall, New York. The records consist of correspondence, clippings, legal documents, agenda and minutes of meetings, memoranda, studies, reports, publicity materials, printed matter, and maps.

Stanley Becchetti entered Marist College as a freshman in 1962 and graduated in 1966. The Stanley Becchetti collection consists of memorabilia from his years as a student at Marist, such as newspapers, admissions material and student resident handbook. Also included in the collection are a Marist College beanie and a rock to be carried at all times as a requirement for freshman by upperclassmen as a form of hazing. The collection includes materials spanning from the years 1962 to 1977.

Although Stewart International Airport was originally an air force base, it was deactivated in 1970 and began running commercial airlines in 1989. This called for changes and an administration to oversee the running of the airport; thus the Stewart Master Plan and Stewart Airport Commission were born. This collection contains various papers, reports, correspondence, and clippings from these two areas.

Gerard A. Cox worked with students as a theatre advisor and director since the late 1960s, teaching the history of theatre and performance arts, writing, and working with students on theatrical projects. He served as the director of student theatre programs, conducting the college's annual student playwriting competition, organizing Marist's annual festival of student written plays and serving as the faculty advisor to the students' theatre organization (MCCTA). The Student Theatre Collection consists of plays, both amateur (student) written plays and professional theatre productions.

This collection contains various mementos collected by Thomas Steininger throughout his years with the Marist Brothers in St. Ann’s Hermitage. Included in the collection are pamphlets, letters and various religious mementos from the Marist Brothers.

U.S. Hoffman was the successor company to what started out as the Hoffman Pressing Machine Company in Syracuse, NY in 1904. By the 1930s, the U.S. Hoffman Machinery Corp was one of the largest producers of a full line of laundry and dry cleaning machinery in the United States. In 1936, U.S. Hoffman opened a new plant in Poughkeepsie, NY, while maintaining their main plant in Syracuse. The U.S. Hoffman Machinery Corporation Records consists of production and promotional documents, letters, photographs, audiovisual material, U.S. Navy and government correspondence, an Army-Navy “E” Award pennant, and munitions relating to the business of the U.S. Hoffman Machinery Corporation once located in Poughkeepsie,

This collection contains documents, letters, newspaper clippings and audio cassette tapes covering the history of Capital Cities Broadcasting for use in Walt Hawver’s published book, Capital Cities/ABC, the Early Years: 1954-1986, How the Minnow Came to Swallow the Whale.