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).
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.
Manuscript constitution and minutes (1854-1913) of the Alumni of the University of Rochester (362 pages of which pages 221-362 are blank).
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.
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.
Bound volumes of manuscript papers which were read before the Delphic Society, an undergraduate literary society. Does not include volume 5.
Minutes of meetings, etc. of the Delphic Society, an undergraduate literary society.
An autograph album kept by John Schenck Higgins, Class of 1858, which contains autographs of his classmates.
Two large volumes of heavy brown paper with manuscript entry slips pasted in.
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.
