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Publications, correspondence, teaching materials, and other papers of Union College Physics Professor Ralph A. Alpher.

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This collection is comprised of documents made by architect Jacques Ramee between 1812 and 1814. President Eliphalet Nott hired Ramee as to design the campus of Union College 1812 and 1814, and much of the design remains intact today. Many of the folders in this collection contain reproductions of these documents created during research by Paul Turner for his publications on the creation of the campus.

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These are photographs of Union College alumni class reunions taken by year of graduation of each class from 1955 through 1978. Black and white photographs found in collections, gift of Robert Trumbull. Date of gift is unknown but possibly in the 1980s.

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Minutes of the Revolutionary Committee of Safety in Schenectady during the American Revolutionary War.

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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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Sheet music of African-American spirituals from Louisiana.

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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.

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Account book labeled as being from a Schenectady tavern.

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...