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Correspondence of Richard Osburn, Jr. (Class of 1846) documenting his time at Union College and initial post-graduate years.

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Typescript of a fictional story by Rita Weiman to be published in Good Housekeeping. This manuscript was presented to Mrs. Sadie Stein representing, The Schenectady Chapter of Hadassah, by the Schenectady War Finance Committee as first prize for selling the most War Bonds. It was presented on November 10th, 1943 at Union College's Memorial Chapel.

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The collection contains the professional papers and publications of Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics, Robert Baker. The materials cover his academic career in Bioethics and contain various course materials, writings as well as underground newspapers covering his involvement in the protest movement during the Vietnam War. Publications include monographs, reports and articles that Baker authored, edited or contributed to.

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The papers include correspondence, planning records, legislative and agency reports, photographs, postcards, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings related to the approval process, planning and environmental impacts of the Olympics.

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Postcards of the Union College campus and its vicinity, including postcards of student activities, individuals, and off-campus sites associated with prominent College alumni collected by Robert N. Michaelson (Class of 1972).

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Photographs of the Union College campus taken by student Russell A. Orr (Class of 1915).

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The Ruth Anne Evans papers primarily document her tenure as a librarian at Union College. Files include correspondence, reports, minutes, committee records, research, ephemera, and deatils about the Audubon theft in 1972. Additional materials relate to her personal life, including her upbringing in Schenectady and education at Smith College.

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Photocopies of photographs of Union College scenes found by S. Bruce Franklin (Class of 1952) in the attic of the Civil Engineering Building in 1951. The originals were filed in the Picture File.

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Notebook of three sermons with some annotations.

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Notebook used by Union College student Samuel Van Vechten (Class of 1818) for student work and as a diary. Brief biographical sketch by his granddaughter inserted in front.

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Photographs of the Adirondacks and Schaefer Family activities.

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Financial and membership records from Dixon Ryan Fox's tenure as President of the Schenectady Philharmonic Orchestra Society.

Content Description The collection consists of the records of the Schenectady Wintersports Club and documents skiing and other outdoor activities in New York's Capital District and Vermont. Administrative records consist of meeting minutes, financial records, membership lists, agreements, constitutions, bylaws and lists of officers. General records include newsletters, printed materials, historical files, information on ski lodge construction, photographs and miscellaneous materials from the years 1929 to...

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Notes, certificates, and notices relating to Schuyler Strong's career as a lawyer, as well as several items relating to Union College.

Content Description Sheldon Jackson was a Presbyterian minister and missionary as well as a political leader, and he was involved in establishing government agencies and Presbyterian community throughout the territory that became Alaska and the Western portions of the United States. The Sheldon Jackson Collection provides evidence of his work in Alaska and Colorado, including the establishment of the First Presbyterian Church of Sitka and the Museum of Alaskan Natural History and Ethnology. In addition,...

Content Description The Sherret S. Chase Papers consist primarily of organizational records from the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks (AfPA), Catskill Center for Conservation and Development (CCCD), Friends of the Catskill Interpretive Center (FCIC), the Olive Natural Heritage Society, and other Adirondacks and Catskills related groups.Olive Natural Heritage Society records include meeting minutes, bylaws, correspondence, an inventory of plant life on Tan Eyck Mountain, and...

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Typescripts of six humorous essays for the New Yorker.

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Records of the Sigma Chi fraternity. At present, collection consists of one issue of the Union Sig publication from 1928.

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Buildings are mostly custom houses, post offices, and courthouses in the Eastern United States. Sketches are photographic copies, probably intended for publication.

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This collection was created in response to the global pandemic known as COVID-19, or Novel Coronovirus, beginning in March, 2020. The Department of Special Collections at Schaffer Library have started this collection as an ongoing effort to collect responses of the Union College community, as well as those local to it, who have been affected by the pandemic in one way or another.

Content Description The Society of the Descendants of Norman Fox records contains historical records collected by the Society, as well as the Society's own records. Historical records include the papers of the descendants of Norman Fox (1792-1863) and genealogical information. Materials date from 1800 to 2007 but the bulk of it dates to the mid to late nineteenth century. Part of the collection sustained water damage and photocopies have been made for preservation purposes. Oversized materials include...

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The Sports Information Department Records include clippings, press releases, photographs, statistics, and artifacts relating to Union College sports teams.

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12 individual leaves taken from disbound religious and antiquarian books. Each leaf is mounted on a sheet of paper which also includes a facsimilie of the title page from each respective volume.

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Meeting minutes, memos, reports, and other documents from Student Affairs Council Chair Ruth Anne Evans.

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Contains Student Council meeting minutes from 1932-1938, Student Forum meeting minutes and correspondence from the 1998-1999 school year, and the results of the Trimester-Semester Referendum from 2003, with information on what proportion of each class voted.

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Meeting minutes, publicity, finances, lists of married students and other records of the Student Wives Association of Union College dating from 1965 to 1976.

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Two boxes containing scrapbook materials, disassembled for conservation purposes, with ephemera such as corsages, newspaper clippings, commencement pamphlets, and brochures from sports events. Scrapbooks were assembled by Marget Carey Taormina, Union College employee and wife of Frank Taourmina, UC Class of 1950.

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Copy of Crane's introduction to "The Education demanded by the People of the U. States" by Francis Wayland with footnotes added.