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Family correspondence and other letters of Union College student Horatio Wildman (Class of 1817).

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Minutes, constitution, and membership listing of a student organization acting as a mock United States House of Representatives.

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Correspondence, ephemera, scrapbooks, photographs, artifacts, and audiovisual materials documenting Hugh Allen Wilson's tenure as a Professor of Performing Arts at Union College.

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Book of minutes with various related papers inserted.

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This collection consists of three bound artifacts which contain pressed wildflowers and plants of the Colorado and Rocky Mountain areas. One is dated 1896, gathered by Dr. H.G. Pershing, in Denver, Colorado, another is titled "Wildflowers of the Rockies," and the third it titled "Flora Alpina" with George T. Stevens named as the collector. Dates are approximate.

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Photographs, publications, papers, and ephemera from Irving Langmuir. The collection also contains business correspondence of his father, Charles Langmuir. Eight albums of photographs document travels throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.

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Receipts (1856-1858) for payments by Isaac I. Truax and his son Edgar I. Truax (Class of 1859) to Union College and programs for the annual exercises of the Union Classical Institute (1877, 1882).

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The Isaac W. Jackson Collection measures .89 cubic feet and span the years 1832-1878. The collection consists of diaries, notebooks, an account ledger, genealogical information, writings, newspaper clipping, and printed materials detailing the life and career of Issac W. Jackson at Union College.

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Student diaries of Jabez P. Dake (Class of 1849) covering his studies at Madison University and Union College.

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The contents of this collection consist of an illustration, promotional materials for various events, a postcard, facsimile documents, an exhibition catalogue, a calendar, a small booklet, a theatre program, and a monthly publication.

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Ephemera of James P. Barford (UC 1940) including commencement exercises, ReUnion materials, articles about Union College, and Union Gridiron magazines.

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153 page manuscript entitled "Incidents in the Life of James R. Boyd," written by a 1822 graduate of Union College. The memoir includes reminiscences of being a student at Union and impressions of Eliphalet Nott. A trip to Scotland is documented in detail. The 1832 cholera epidemic is mentioned on page 94. Boyd also talks about life in Albany and his work as a minister.

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Manuscript account by James R. Truax of a discussion he had with Robert G. Ingersoll on religion in the early 1880s. Also includes an explanatory typescript and some notes, probably from Walter J. Reagles.

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The Jeanne Robert Foster Collection measures .95 cubic feet and was created during the years 1896-2004, with the bulk of materials falling between 1921-1970. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, poetry, photographs, and other records.

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Diary of Jennie Livingston, a student in the former Schenectady Female Academy founded by Urania Nott, beginning when she was a student and ending with the election of Abraham Lincoln.

Scope and Contents The papers consist mainly of mimeographed International Voluntary Services, Inc. newsletters which take the form of letters sent by Porter to friends and family. The newsletters describe Porter's travel accounts and impressions of teaching chemistry abroad in Laos during the Second Indochina War. The accounts describe being challenged by the language barrier and lack of infrastructure to carry out his teaching according to western standards. In addition, there is one photocopied postcard...

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Eight letters pertaining to his writing and other business matters.

Scope and Contents The John Bigelow Papers consist of the extensive correspondence of Bigelow and his family, his scrapbooks and his writings, records and correspondence detailing his professional activities, diaries and journals belonging to Bigelow and other family members, genealogical documents and records of the Bigelow family, and a variety of photographs.The Correspondence series includes around 24,000 letters from noteable figures, including Andrew Carnegie, Charles Dickens, John Jay, J.P....

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Physical Laboratory experiment results and notes from other courses taken by John E.Cunningham (Class of 1927).

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Sheet of 70 Audubon stamps, mounted on cardboard with signature of postmaster general

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This collection consists of the papers of John L. Bourquin IV, alum of the Union College Class of 1945. Bourquin was a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and studied in the Department of Engineering. His papers consist of photographs, ephemera, and records of his life as a student and alum of Union College. Additional accession added which is comprised of a porcelain ashtry and cup, both depicting the Union College seal and motto, with a golden edging.

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Student notes from Chemistry Department classes.

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Handwritten journal describing events in New York City and a trip to Niagara Falls.

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Scrapbook and diary kept by John R. Bauchille (Class of 1923).

Scope and Contents Papers from UC Class of 1799 John Savage, which the website of the Bibliographl Directory of the United States Congress tells us "...a Representative from New York; born in Salem, Washington County, N.Y., February 22, 1779; attended the common schools; was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1799; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced practice in Salem, N.Y.; district attorney for the fourth New York district 1806-1811 and 1812 and 1813; member of the...

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Contains records from administration of President John Morris. One folder contains records regarding Exchange Students during the years of 1979-1989. Other accession contains messages of congratulations from various institutions on his inauguration as Union College president.