Field notebook for RPI's Junior Class Hydrographic and Topographic Survey, kept by Adolph Kohlhofer, Class of 1912. The notebook includes sketches of surveys, tide gage readings, level notes, notes on the Hudson River, various computations, and related information. Kohlhofer also listed the surnames of other students who worked on both surveys with him.

This collection contains miscellaneous memorabilia from the Albany Female Academy, including multiple class pictures from the 1870s, a bound 52nd Annual Report, dated 1893, and a copy of the 60th Annual Alumni Hospitality Committee meeting, circa 1901.

Handwritten notebook on philosophy and alchemy signed by the writer, only known as Chaudes. The entire notebook is written in French, except for some drawings at the end, which are described in Latin. The drawings appear to depict how water and oil droplets respond to different materials, like dirt, coal, sulfur, and ash.

This collection contains memorabilia related to Alexander R. Colyer (RPI Class of 1923). Items include student grade cards, a Senior Hop dance card, a 1923 commencement invitation, two letters from RPI President Palmer C. Ricketts to Colyer's father, Charles, and a 1926 letter admitting Alexander to the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.

Materials pertaining to Alfred Krehbiel, Rensselaer Class of 1917, include a panoramic photograph, and a photocopied section identifying Alfred, a 1917 RPI commencement program, a 1956 obituary, and the Class of 1917 Fiftieth Anniversary Memoirs book, including a letter from Wynkoop Kiersted, Jr. to Theodore Krehbiel, 1967.

This collection contains a handwritten letter from Rensselaer student Alfred Tredway White (RPI Class of 1865) to his uncle "Gus" regarding President Lincoln's assassination, with an addendum regarding fishing gear. Accompanying the original is a transcription of the letter.

Ambrose V. Powell's (RPI Class of 1868) diary, dated 1865. Powell describes his college experience as a student at Rensselaer, and writes about news of the Civil War. The most noteworthy diary entries describe Powell's reaction to President Lincoln's assassination, how the city of Troy mourned the passing of the President, as well as mentioning his visit to Albany to view President Lincoln's casket.

Contained are three copies of an article reprint from Nation's Heritage, regarding RPI and the accomplishments of its alumni, dated 1949.

This collection contains microfilm copies of 21 diaries kept by Asa Fitch, scientist and entomologist. The diaries reflect in considerable detail Fitch's life and thoughts from early adolescence through his education at the Rensselaer School (Class of 1827) and the Vermont Academy of Medicine in Castleton, his career as a scientist and state entomologist in New York, and his retirement. Also included are papers and genealogical materials relating to other members of the Fitch family.

RPI Professor Edward R. Cary's "A Short Lecture Course on the Construction of Diagrams for The Div. B - C.E. Students at R.P.I." Cary was RPI Professor of Surveying and Railroad Engineering, and his typescript lists the kinds of diagrams presented in the course, such as comparison and conversion diagrams, alignment diagrams, and logarithmic diagrams.

Log book containing records of the Port Henry Blast Furnace in Mineville, Essex County, New York (1840-1859) and the Sisco Furnace in Westport, New York (1857-1859).

This collection contains "Resolution of the Board of Trustees of Deep Listening Institute, LTD, In Lieu of a Meeting" in which the corporation is dissolved. Also included is a cover letter addressed to Mary Simoni, Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at RPI, from the law firm of Sharon C. Fletcher, PLLC.

This leather bound notebook, kept by Burton Lowther, Rensselaer Class of 1901, titled "Level and Transit," contains student survey notes and level charts about various places in Troy, New York, such as Congress Street, the Post Office, and 8th Street.

Original ink drawing by Randy Rumpf depicting two RPI students with the following caption: "The Prof. said, 'Use the computer to get the trajectory,' right?" The students are shown with a computer and sling shot next to a dump.

Contains a set of nine student grade cards for Charles A. Suppe, RPI Class of 1941. The cards span the years of 1936 to 1941, except for the first term of the 1937-38 school year.

This student notebook, kept by Charles D. Curtiss, Rensselaer Class of 1855, contains lectures in spherical trigonometry, compass surveying, and notes on Curtiss' investigation of logarithms. This notebook also includes financial accounts of the Potsdam Watertown Railroad in 1853, and notes regarding RPI's 1853, 1854, and 1855 commencements.

This collection contains two notebooks from Charles Sibbald, Rensselaer Class of 1912. The first notebook, titled, "Notes on Checking," includes directions on needle checks, grades of sewers and sanitation, dimensions of items such as laundry washers, and notes on contract drawings. The second notebook contains a note from Sibbald to Rensselaer, stating that this notebook is the byproduct of years of construction work with the New York State Public Works Department. The notebook includes information such as rainfall and run-off data, manhole cover frame dimensions, water consumption, and dimensions of flow drains.

This collection contains several items pertaining to Charles W. Sherrerd, who was a member of the RPI Class of 1903, including two of Sherrerd's laboratory notebooks, four newspaper accounts of his death by drowning, and two letters from Rensselaer's President, Palmer C. Ricketts. One letter, written to Reverend Roger Israel, discusses Sherrerd as a student and the specifics of the casket, and the other is a copy of a letter that Ricketts wrote to Sherrerd's father, expressing his sympathy over Sherrerd's passing.

This collection contains one 12" x 9.5" engraving of professor Chauncey A. Goodrich by J.C. Buttre for 1858 Yale Literary Magazine, and a small album containing photographs of Goodrich, his wife Elizabeth (Webster) Goodrich, and other family members.

Included in this collection are black and white photographic prints and negatives depicting RPI Civil Engineering students conducting summer surveys for course requirements. Photos depict Warrensburg, N.Y., Poestenkill, N.Y., Poultney, VT, and other locations. RPI Professor Edward James Kilcawley is identified among one group of photographs.

Ten short Cine-Kodak Super-X and Super-XX 16mm films created by C. Monroe Van Ness during the Spring 1951 semester at RPI. A wide variety of campus activities and events were filmed in preparation for a WRGB television program that aired on May 10 of that year, including students studying, parts of lacrosse games against Cornell and Virginia, the Annual Festival of Music, GM Week, ROTC drills, Soiree, in addition to other local events.

This collection includes two oversize color plates depicting steam engines, designed by Richard Norris & Son Locomotive Builders, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the plates shows a freight locomotive, and the other shows an express passenger locomotive, both dated 1856.

This photo album, kept by David E. Reader (RPI Class of 1927) depicts Reader and his college classmates, campus scenes and buildings, and RPI events, such as tug of war and the Push Ball Rush.

Plaques and certificates presented to RPI professor David Gisser, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and professional associations.

Manuscript minute book of the Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter of Troy University. The book contains no covers.

This item, from the U.S. Naval Station in New Orleans, Louisiana, was designed under specification of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Dept. It was constructed under the direction of Rear Admiral Mordecai T. Endicott (RPI Class of 1868, U.S.N. Chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks) and tested under the supervision of Civil Engineer A.C. Cunningham, U.S.N. (RPI Class of 1885).

Memorabilia of Donald Somers (RPI Class of 1947) contains miscellaneous documentation related to the Rensselaer campus and dormitory buildings during World War II. Also in this collection are miscellaneous Institute publications, such as Somers's calculus lesson list, and a letter to the student body from Rensselear President Livingston Houston.

The Dora P. Crouch Papers, 1955-1989 (bulk 1965-1989), chronicle her academic and professional activities at several California colleges and universities, and at RPI in Troy NY. They are divided into four series: I. Correspondence 1982-1989 (.4 cu.ft.); II. Curriculum/Course Material 1969-1989 (2 cu.ft.); III. Publications and Papers 1955-1988 (.8 cu.ft.); and IV. Subject Files, in nine subseries, 1959-1989 (2.9 cu.ft.). Series I, Correspondence, arranged chronologically, contains exchanges with colleagues, as well as material related to her membership in RPI committees (Faculty Council, Curriculum, Honors, Graduate Program), and to her publication efforts. Series II, Curriculum/Course Material, is arranged chronologically, then alphabetically by subject per semester. It includes handwritten notes, mimeograph and xerographic handouts, overhead transparencies, examples of student work, and a set of cassettes, chronicling twenty years of Professor Crouch's teaching and efforts at curriculum development. Series III, Publications and Papers, begins with class notes taken by Ms. Crouch while a student at Michigan and UCLA. Next there are drafts and reprints of some of her articles, excerpts from her two books, a project description for Volume One of the Art and Architecture Thesaurus, and drafts and copies of book reviews. Finally, there are flyers related to art exhibits and prizes which she sponsored, and to her public lectures. Series IV, Subject Files, consists of nine subseries. A: Curriculum Vitae, 1974-1988. B: Grant proposals arranged chronologically. C: California Chapter AIP membership material, 1959-. D: Society of Architectural Historians files, arranged chronologically, reflecting in part her presidency of two chapters and her editorship (1972-80) of the Society newsletter. E: Dominguez Hills, concerning proposals for an external degree program, and for a College of Life Studies. F: RPI Committees, including Women Faculty at RPI, Architectural Library, Library Advisory, Curriculum, and student advising committees. G: RPI Job Files, 1979-1989, containing materials supportive of her annual performance assessments. H: Unity House 1981-1985 service project notes. I: Miscellaneous.

This collection consists of magazines published by Electronic Arts Performance, or EAR. EAR ran from 1973 to 1991 and was devoted to new music, feminism, politics, and the environment. It was also notable for its extensive listings of new music events in the San Francisco Bay Area, and later, New York City.

A signed letter from geologist Ebenezer Emmons, RPI Class of 1826, to a potential assistant on the Geographical and Agricultural survey of North Carolina. The letter discusses the politics of appointing an assistant and the nomination of Dr. Thompkins.

Contains 3 items: The Keepsake, a journal edited by Edmund Yardley (RPI Class of 1856); one drawing by Nicholas Chamberlain, Yardley's classmate; and one letter from Yardley to Professor Dwinel F. Thompson.

This collection contains Edward Jay Kemp's diploma (RPI Class of 1898), a gold and enamel RPI watch fob, and an undated photograph album. Most of the album images are of unidentified young men wearing theatrical costumes for both male and female characters. Kemp appears in at least three of the photos. Several pages are embossed with the words "SHRODER TROY, N.Y."

Notebook kept by Edward M. Grant (RPI Class of 1860) on a series of lectures by Professor William Elderhorst, compiled circa 1859.

This item is a letter to RPI student, Edward Root Kellogg, Class of 1841, from his father, regarding a request for money while at Rensselaer, dated June 27, 1840. Edward asked his father for twenty five dollars, and in the letter, his father says that he's sent twenty six dollars for him.

This collection contains a bound copy of Knowles' Master's thesis from 1929, titled, "The Synthesis of Some Substituted Phenylacetonitrile Derivatives." Also included in this collection are patent materials for aerosol foam, a bibliography of Knowles' publications, 1950's Texaco Tattler newsletters from Beacon, NY, and a slide rule in a leather case.

This collection contains a scrapbook of Rensselaer memorabilia, including correspondence, grade cards, and other mementos of extracurricular activities. Also included is a copy of the constitution of Theta Delta Chi fraternity, and responses to Gillette's questionnaire regarding the whereabouts of fraternity brothers from earlier class years.

Correspondence and reports - alpha. subjects. Alpha correspondence and collected material regarding the dismissal of Professor Granville Hicks.

This collection contains photographs of the Whiteface Mountain weather station and the U.S. Navy floating automatic weather station. Also included are articles regarding the stations.

This collection contains a variety of research materials created by Strategic Communications and External Relations staff member Ellen Katzman. Included are research notes on the Rensselaer Union, the Big Red Freakout, the Castle (Pi Kappa Phi) fraternity house; interviews with Union directors Frank McNeil and Rick Hart (1990); research materials regarding the use of the Castle during filming for "The Age of Innocence" (1993); and RPI commencement citations, 1990-2011.

Certificate for the "Loyal Order of the Bath Towel," dated 1951, which honors Emil (Pagie) Page's service to the '87 Gymnasium and Rensselaer's athletes. The certificate is signed by various alumni.

Contents include early documentation, planning, and specifications for the development and construction of the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as well as EMPAC official seasonal programming, notices, and events.

This collection contains an autobiographical sketch and memorials for Ernest F. Livingstone. Also included are photocopies of correspondence, articles, and programs relating to Livingstone's coaching of Rensselaer's 1961 G.E. College Bowl Team.

This photograph album, created by Ernesto J. Balbin, RPI Class of 1882, documents the construction of the Canal de Albear Aqueduct in Havana, Cuba. Balbin was the chief engineer on the aqueduct project.

Copies of testing forms which Hall, as Union Bridge Co. Inspector, completed while testing steel parts.

A pamphlet, entitled "An Abridged Summary of the Rational Theory of Relativity," written by F. Harrison Stamper, RPI Class of 1921.

Field survery notebook by Barnes & Jenks, which was possibly kept by an RPI alumnus. The notebook contains graphs, mathematical equations, latitude and longitude coordinates, and numerous other scientific and mathmatics tables.

Two posters promoting events sponsored by FOCUS - A Forum of Contemporary Ideas. Included are "Strategy & Tactics of Communism in S.E. Asia" by Tran Van Dinh, and "Confrontation Over Vietnam" by Oliver E. Clubb.

This collection contains colored floor plans, with furniture arrangements, for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Folsom Library.

This collection includes personal and work related papers, journal articles, and other publications by Fred Billmeyer, who was a Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Rensselaer.

Laboratory notebook, correspondence, notes, and reports from work on electrical hazards of carpeting with embedded conductors by Frederick J. Norvik. Norvik was a member of the RPI Class of 1940 and later served as Professor of Electrical Engineering.

Notebook from 1918 consisting of information on military bridge building, and different military bridge types and styles, written by Fred W. Ryder.

This small collection, from Fred W. Schwartz, Class of 1905, contains typed loose notes from a course titled, "Division A. Topics in Electrodynamics." Included in this collection is a class topic schedule, homework list, a blueprint drawing of a brush arc light machine, and a table used to determine machine power and torque.

Contains multiple letters and two reports from Gabriel Leverich (RPI Class of 1857) about the inspection of railways and bridges in New York City. One inspection report details the transportation methods by railroad through Manhattan and Brooklyn, called "Rapid Transit," and the other, a blueprint titled "Changes in Position of the Saddles," describes cable movements of the Brooklyn Bridge.

This landscape design, titled "On the Hill," details the topography and grounds of the home of R.C. and G.R. Reynolds in Wynantskill, New York. The landscaping was designed by Garnet D. Baltimore, RPI Class of 1881, who was Rensselaer's first Black graduate.

This collection contains photographs of the General Electric Company, from Schenectady, NY and Lynn, MA. Most of the photos are mounted, taken for company use. The majority of the photographs depict large pieces of machinery and parts. Some photos show interior and exterior shots of the company building in Schenectady. A few of the interior photographs show flooding inside the GE plant.

Bound autograph album signed by members of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Classes of 1859 to 1862.

Scrapbook of George F. Caney, RPI Class of 1912, contains student memorabilia and photographs of the Rensselaer campus, Caney and his friends, and class reunions. Also included are Caney's 1912 diploma, and Wheeler Caney's 1932 diploma from the Pingrey School.

One photostatic copy of a letter from George Horton to Hendrick B. Wright, dated 1827. The letter describes the method of education at the Rensselaer School. Also includes a typed transcription.

This collection contains an array of materials from George Mahe Jr., RPI Class of 1942. Included are various drawing instruments, such as slide rules and pencils, a t-shirt, a faded Renssealer banner, a diploma, a field book, grade cards, and class pins.

Bound volume labeled "Manuscript Catalog of Library and Inventory of Apparatus in the Handwriting of Dr. George H. Cook and Prepared by him when Director - Presented by his son Paul Cook in 1890 to Library of R.P.I." The volume is divided into three sections: Catalog of Books in the Library of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, including columns for the number of volumes, original cost, and the then current value of each book; Mathematical and Philosophical Apparatus, including original cost and then current value; and Memorial Services for George Hammell Cook from the Rutgers Targum, circa 1889.

Bull & Witham's specifications for construction of Smith Reservoir Dam (Costilla County, CO), 1913; photographs of dam construction; and general instructions for field engineers.

Seventeen color printed pages showing the text and artifacts in the George M. Low Gallery in the Jonsson Engineering Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Includes three photographs showing Astronaut John Swigert Jr., with accompanying biographical information, and an image of Kevin Bacon, who played John Swigert in the movie "Apollo 13," which was released in 1995.

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This collection is comprised of student notes and reports by George Baltus (RPI Class of 1940), including a notebook titled "Problems in Kinematics" (1938), two reports from 1939: "Department of Mechanical Engineering" and "Otto Diesel Engine and Air Compressor," and "Department of Hydraulics Engineering" and "Reaction Turbine and Triplex Power" (Spring 1940). Also included is Baltus's thesis titled "Design for an Automatic Wire Tension Device" (1940).

The papers of George Callahan Wallace, RPI Class of 1925, include applications for employment, train tickets, grade cards, felt letters "'21" and a pocket-size notebook.