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The Merrimack Valley College began as a branch of the University of New Hampshire in 1967, providing continuing education programming to the residents of the Merrimack Valley area, the largest population center of the state. In 1977, the state legislature established Merrimack Valley College as a separate educational entity within the University System of New Hampshire, which would "provide the people of the greater…

The Merrimack Valley College began as a branch of the University of New Hampshire in 1967, providing continuing education programming to the residents of the Merrimack Valley area, the largest population center of the state. In 1977, the state legislature established Merrimack Valley College as a separate educational entity within the University System of New Hampshire, which would "provide the people of the greater…

The Merrimack Valley College began as a branch of the University of New Hampshire in 1967. This collection contains a handbook, correspondence, and annual reports from the Merrimack Valley College Library. It also contains minutes from the Library Policy Committee.

The Merrimack Valley College began as a branch of the University of New Hampshire in 1967, providing continuing education programming to the residents of the Merrimack Valley area, the largest population center of the state. In 1977, the state legislature established Merrimack Valley College as a separate educational entity within the University System of New Hampshire, which would "provide the people of the greater…

The Merrimack Valley College began as a branch of the University of New Hampshire in 1967. This collection contains the student newspapers of Merrimack Valley College.

For 22 years, Dick Merritt was both instructor in the arts and university photographer at UNH. This is a collection of letters written by Richard Merritt to Drew Sanborn.

Middleton is a small town in Strafford County, N.H. The population in 1900 was 300. This collection consists of two small volumes listing the state, county, town, and school taxes in Middleton taken for the years 1904 and 1906. They were kept by Warren H. Whitehouse and Lewis F. Young.

Mildred E. Doherty from Derry, NH graduated from the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts with a degree in Home Economics in 1919. She went on to teach elementary schools. This scrapbook contains memorabilia collected by Mildred Doherty during her college career.

Mildred Helen McAfee Horton (1900-1994) served on the University of New Hampshire's Board of Trustees from 1963-1974, and was the Board's Chair from 1972-1974. Previously she had been the first director of the US Navy's WAVES program, and after UNH she became president of Wellesley College. The Horton papers consist of two series: one reflecting social issues of the late 1960s-early 1970s such as UNH's Gay Student…

During WWII, the US Department of Agriculture turned to the public for assistants to find mature milkweed pods to provide fiber for filling life jackets. Farmers were asked not to mow the roadsides and fields where the plants (long regarded by them as a pest) grew until the pods were ready for harvesting. William W. Smith, a member of the Horticulture Department at UNH since 1936, was given leave from his duties at…

The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was incorporated in 1866 by the state legislature as was one of the early land-grant institutions of public higher education established under the Morrill Act. Orignally located in Hanover, NH, it was removed to Durham in 1893 and became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. This collection consists of various documents from the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts while located in Hanover, NH and concerning…

This series contains the meeting notes, agendas, and correspondence of various Board of Trustees' Ad Hoc Committees, including committees on the Child Development Center, Collective Bargaining, Municipal Services, Student Residence Facilities Planning, credit transfer, and public higher education policy.

These materials include programs and individual items from mostly non-collegiate hockey programs.

This series contains videotapes covering a variety of subjects associated with the university.

The Monadnock Folklore Society was founded in 1980 and incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1982. The original purpose was to increase the visibility of folk dance and music events in southern New Hampshire, provide new venues for performers, and provide educational services in the folk arts to the community. For a number of years, the society published a bimonthly newsletter containing listings of music and…

Harold Paul Monica (1920-2006) was a member of the UNH Class of 1942. This account, written in 1995, documents Monica's US Army involvement in World War II, 1941-1945.

The Moran Era Photograph Collection is a compilation of images from various sources which spans the 26 years for which Clement Moran was University of New Hampshire Photographer. This collection visually tells the story of early campus life during the last decade of New Hampshire College through the transition to and first seventeen years of the University of New Hampshire.

Folklorist Linda Morley was active in New England and specifically New Hampshire from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. In addition to collecting and supporting community involvement in folklore and folklife, she spearheaded the creation of RSA-19, which established the New Hampshire Commission on the Arts. She served as NH’s Folklorist-in-Residence from 1979 through the late 1980s. A wide cross-section of folklore…

Morris Cotton (1827-1921) was the son of Jonathan Cotton and Abigail C. Hobbs of North Hampton, NH. His occupation is listed as farm laborer in younger life, and later as "own income". The Cotton notebook contains extensive genealogy information on the Leavitt and Cotton familes between 1753-1908, Roberts family births 1838-1908, and a mixture of book citations (mostly musical), addresses, and misc. other…

Morris Leopold Ernst (1888–1976) was an American lawyer and co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union. The manuscript of So Far So Good is the second typed draft and dates from 1944. The novel was eventually published under the title So Far So Good in 1948. The draft runs to 532 pages and, according to a bookplate included with it, was donated to the University of New Hampshire Library by the residents of…

Resident of Sharon, New Hampshire This 1847 dance caller’s 40 page manuscript book contains many well-known old dances, including Portland Fancy, Fishers Hornpipe, Tom and Jerry, Chorus Jig, and Hull’s Victory.

Moses Humphrey, son of Moses Leavitt and Sarah (Lincoln). Humphrey was born in Hingham, Mass., October 20, 1807, and died in Concord, N. H., August 20, 1901. He was a businessman, Mayor of Concord, N.H., state representative, and President of the N.H. Board of Agriculture, largely responsible for the introduction of both horse-drawn and electric streetcars into the city of Concord. Two letters Moses Humphrey wrote to Adaline Clark Humphrey. Both the letters are personal in nature. The first,…

Minutes of the directors and officers of the failed Mt. Belknap Railroad Corporation comprise 26 pages of the volume. They pertain to the corporations financial matters, the election of officials, and the proceedings of annual meetings. There is no evidence that the railroad was ever built.

Resident of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The initials "P.F." do not match current documentation of residents of Portsmouth at that time. Four letters to Mrs. P. F. Harrington, Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH, one from her daughter Ethel and one from her daughter [-in-law?] Helen Nelthropp Harrington, both written from New York City on the 18th of February 1902 to reach their mother on her birthday the following day, and two letters from her son Samuel Milby Harrington, written from Phillips Exeter…

Amanda Elizabeth Homiston (Mrs. E.E.) Thompson was born in 1864 and married Elmer Ellsworth Thompson in 1885 and they had two children, a daughter, Ethel Elizabeth, in 1886 and a son, Sereno Wright, in 1889. In 1896 they adopted another daughter, Ina. By 1921 they were in Durham, New Hampshire at Highland House. This collection consists of correspondence from the Thompson family, photographs, financials of Highland…

The mission of the University of New Hampshire Department of Music is to advance the art of music and its related disciplines, promoting opportunities for creative and scholarly innovation, while preserving diverse repertories and cultural traditions. The Department of Music offers programs leading to the degree of master of arts with options in music studies and music education. This series contains the final projects or thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the…

Musical programs have been sponsored by the University from its earliest years. The academic department of music was established in 1920. The bulk of this series contains programs for musical entertainment.

Nancy Doe (1798-1880) was a resident of Durham, N.H. Letter written by Nancy Doe April 29, 1825 to the Congregational church in Durham. In the letter, Doe confesses that she had “criminal connexions with the man who is since my husband” and she asks for the forgiveness of the church. Also included on the same letter is a reply from Rev. Federal Burt.

The National Abortion Rights Action League of N.H. (NARAL-NH) was founded in 1977 as a branch of what is now NARAL Pro-Choice America, eventually gaining more than 2,500 members state-wide. The organization was "dedicated to developing and sustaining a constituency that uses the political process to guarantee every woman the right to make personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices, including…

Businessman, Adjutant General of New Hampshire, state senator, and one-time Governor of New Hampshire. Letter to William Schouler, Adjutant General of Massachusetts from Adjutant General’s Office, Concord [N.H.], congratulating Schouler for his promotion to Major General.

Prior to the start of each college hockey season the National Intercollegiate Athletic Association publishes an annual NCAA Ice Hockey Guide. In addition to a recap of the previous season, the publication includes rules and regulations that will govern the coming season. The material in this collection was donated by Sid Watson, former Bowdoin College hockey coach and Athletics Director, Bill Cleary, …

Nehemiah George Ordway (1828-1907) was born in Warner, NH. He went on to become a Republican Legislator in NH 1875-1880, Merrimack County sheriff, US Post Office General Agent for New England, and the 7th Governor of Dakota Territory. Ordway's 1858-1863 letterbook covers NH state Republican politics, investigations into U.S. postal fraud, appeals to his position as sheriff, aprehension and imprisonment of specific…

Lt. Col. Nelson Cross (1824-1897) was born in Lancaster, N.H., and lived in Brooklyn New York by 1860. He was married to Mary (Whetten) Cross (1832-1911) and they had one daughter, Amy Cross (1856-1939). Nelson Cross was the half brother of Edward Cross, who commanded the 5th New Hampshire until his death in July 1863. Cross's letters, dated 1861-1864, commence with his mustering in and progress through the war, often with vivid descriptions of battles fought and commentary on fellow military…

The town of Nelson is situated in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire. The population was 699 in 1860. Two school registers for District 1 in the town of Nelson, NH. Listed are names, ages, dates abscent from school, and visitors to the school during the school year. Typical names include Stoddard, Richardson, and Osgood. There were 23 boys and 32 girls in the 1862-3 school year, and 22 boys/22 girls for the 1863…

Nettie Ardell Davis (1867-1913) of New London NH was the daughter of Edmond Davis (1825-1901) and Emeline C. Young (1834-1971). She married Arthur Walter Holmes (1864-1946) in 1894. Their four children were Shirley Edward (1898-1971), Marjorie Emeline (1900-1987), Gladys Elizabeth (1903-1981), and Dorothy Ardell (1905-1988). The family lived in what the Ottertown area of New London, between Otter and Goose Ponds…

Founded in 1971, the Boston-based New Black Eagle Jazz Band plays traditional-style jazz. Their prolific career has produced thousands of concerts and over 40 recordings. The New Black Eagle Jazz Band Collection contains concert materials, correspondence, contracts, publicity, reviews, internal band memos, photographs, and a small amount of ephemera documenting the band’s 1971-2016 activities. Approximately two…

The New England Brick Company was founded in 1897, becoming the New England Brick Yards Co. 1929. The brickyard at Gonic NH was operational by 1925 and closed in 1950. This collection consists of 22 copy negatives with accompanying prints, taken from the original glass negatives. The photos depict surrounding buildings, brickworks, all stages of brick making and kiln building, horses, men working. The Maine Central Railroad and the Boston & Maine Railroad are pictured. There is a glass negative…

The New England Center for Continuing Education was established in Durham, NH in 1966. Its mission was to support continuing education programs at the six universities, sponsor seminars and research on issues of regional importance, and serve as a conference site for all New England. Major funding for the New England Center was provided by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The New England Center closed its doors in July 2010. The material in this collection was gathered by Cliff Hodgdon, the NEC…

The New England Folk Festival Association, Inc. was founded in 1944 and incorporated in 1950. Founders included Ralph Page. The festival has been held yearly since then; since 1988 NEFFA has also sponsored the annual Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend (RPDLW) at UNH. The collection consists of three cubic feet of materials relating to the RPDLW from 1988 until 2000. The remainder is committee minutes, correspondence,…

TThe New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference (NEIGC) began in 1901 with a field trip led by William Morris Davis to the terraces of the Westfield River in south-central Massachusetts. The conference has met annually since, with exceptions during World Wars I and II, and a two-year gap during 1913 and 1914. This collection is the Robert Balk Collection of the original New England Intercollegiate Geological…

The New England Organization for Nursing (NEON) was established in 1983 to foster collaboration for improved nursing practice and patient care, address the specific needs, issues and problems of New England's nursing community, and to provide a mechanism to stimulate ideas. NEON is expressly devoted to promoting communication between nursing education and nursing practice and to advancing research in areas directly…

The Hatch Act, passed by Congress in 1887, established agricultural experiment stations around the country. It provided $15,000 a year for research and experimentation. The Act was amended in 1955. These funds were used to conduct the New England Region Projects. This series contains the correspondence and reports which pertain to each of the research projects which deal with economic and agricultural topics relative to New Hampshire.

The album contains photographs taken during two four-day road trips in New England taken by two couples, Edgar and Emily, Bob and Annis in 1925 and 1926.

The Booklets were donated by S. Lawrence Dingman, Prof. emeritus of Hydrology, Fluvial processes earth science A collection of 8 publications about New England weather events such as Hurricanes, Flooding and Winds in 1927, 1936, 1937 and 1938

The New Hampshire Academy of Science was founded May 24, 1919 as a result of a plan by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The primary objectives of the Academy included advancing “the cause of pure and applied science and of scientific research with emphasis on their relation to practical affairs,” co-operating “with educational institutions of the state for the improvement of scientific…

The New Hampshire AFL-CIO was created in 1955 after the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations were combined into one organization. This national organization issued a charter to the NH branch on October 27, 1957. The New Hampshire AFL-CIO collection includes executive board meeting notes, applications for affiliation from various unions, correspondence, notes from constitutional…

The New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station was established as a department of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1887. George H. Whitcher, professor or Agriculture in the college, became the first Director of the Station. The College was located in Hanover, NH from 1868 until 1893 when it was removed to Durham. This series contains two volumes of carbon copied letters written by various people associated with the business of running the Agricultural Experiment…

The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was founded in Hanover, NH in 1866. The school moved to Durham, NH in 1893 and became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The Alumni Association began publishing an alumni bulletin in 1922. This series contains issues of the Alumni Association publication "The New Hampshire Alumnus". It was also called "The New Hampshire State Alumnus" and the "New…

The photographer is anonymous. The album is 7"x10" leather bound and contains 25 pages of black construction paper. It contains photographs taken at Hampton Beach, the New Hampshire Beaches and Rye Beach that are glued to the pages. The locations and buildings in the photos are identified in neatly printed white ink; unfortunately, the people in the photos are not identified. The first page is dated July 1905.

Established on June 3, 1812, the New Hampshire Bible Society was created with the purpose of extensive distribution of the Bible. It was one of the earliest Bible Societies incorporated in the United States; its founding preceded the establishment of the American Bible Society by four years. The New Hampshire Bible Society has worked since its inception to promote the widespread dissemination of the scriptures to…