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Essays and addresses by Edward Payson White on topics including Union College, the English language, and African-Americans. Also includes several photographs.

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Notebook containing "A Synopsis of Lichens, especially English, but also some American" (in Latin) and minutes of the short-lived Union College social group Symsmokium Speciale.

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The Edwin W. Rice, Jr. papers include his writings and speeches, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera. Material documents his work in electrical engineering (culminating in his appointment as president of the General Electric Company) and his service as a trustee of Union College.

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Bulletins of the Electric Power Club and National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) materials.

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Letters from former Union College President Eliphalet Nott Potter to Judge James M. Smith written while Potter was President of Hobart College.

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Black and white postcards of the Union College campus collected by Elizabeth L. Taylor, daughter of Civil Engineering Professor Warren Crosby Taylor. They include a particularly rich representation of early campus fraternity houses.

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Organ recital programs featuring Union College Music Director Elmer A. Tidmarsh collected by John W. Van Laak.

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The Engineering, Science, and Management War Training (ESMWT) Program records include enrollment reports, course outlines, class experiments, certificates awarded, budgets and accounts, statistics, correspondence, and other materials relating to the program.

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Account book maintained by Ernest A. Lewald (Class of 1885) while a student at Union College.

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The Ernst F. W. Alexanderson Papers document his pioneering electrical engineering work in radio and television at the General Electric Company. Files include reports, correspondence, notes, patent information, photographs, publications, and ephemera.

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The Ernst J. Berg Papers document Berg's electrical engineering research and teaching at Union College, the University of Illinois, and General Electric. The collection primarily consists of correspondence, technical reports, technical notes, lectures, and writings.

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The Facilities Services Records contain construction and maintenance records created by Facilities Services and its predecessors (Campus Operations and Physical Plant), including drawings, reports, correspondence, proposals, and photographs.

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Meeting minutes and related material recorded by Carl Niemeyer, Secretary of the Faculty Advisory Committee on Salary, Promotions, and Tenure.

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Drafts, notes, memos, and other materials relating to the committee's final report "Faculty Effectiveness in Governance."

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Minutes of faculty meetings (1805-1968) and a "Record of Discipline by the Faculty of Union College" (1799-1805). Also includes born-digital minutes for the years 1998-2021. Minutes are incomplete for the early 1970s and 1990s.

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Incoming letters and expense reports relating to Felix Schwermer's engineering work in Brazil on behalf of the General Electric Company. Most letters are routine, but some personal letters from Samuel B. Fortenbaugh are included.

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Entries and related correspondence for the Florence E. Rich Prize (also known as the Mrs. Edwin L. Rich Prize) for the student with the best personal library.

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Publications and ephemera relating to Francis E. Townley's (Class of 1937) time at Union College.

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Collection consists mostly of Class of 1885 records (Frank E. Bradley, Treasurer), but also includes information about work done in the Jackson's Gardens.

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The Frank Gado Papers consist of an assortment of letters, memos, and reports on faculty governance and related issues. Also included is an example of an manuscript marked-up by Gado as editor of the Union College Press.

Content Description Notebooks, correspondence, reports, and photographs relating to the distinguished medical career of Frank Hastings Hamilton (UC 1830). Includes notebooks of his studies at Union College, as well as his service in the United States Army during the Mexican and Civil Wars. Correspondence tends to focus on military and medical matters, and letters towards the end of his life reflect exchanges with other physicians showing a lack of interest in advances in the field of medicine, particularly...

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Appointment books, correspondence, ephemera, and other materials created by or relating to Frank Parker Day's Union College Presidency (acting president, 1928-1929; president, 1929-1933). Correspondence from 1933 deals confusion from Day regarding his forced and contentious resignation.