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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…

Although the specific creator of this scrapbook is not known, individuals whose work appears in it include Nathaniael Appleton Haven (1790-1826) and Oliver William Bourn Peabody (1799-1848). Scrapbook pertaining to exercises held in Portsmouth, NH on May 21, 1823, “the two hundredth anniversary of the settlement of New Hampshire by Europeans.” It includes two receipts from Reverend Nathaniel A. Haven and a printed copy of his bicentennial oration, a holograph manuscript of Oliver W.B. Peabody’s…

This collection consists of 2 scrapbooks assembled for the New Hampshire Chapter of American Ex-Prisoners of War, Inc. from the years 1982 thru 1994.

Eight page typed pamphlet and original minutes documenting the proceedings of the New Hampshire Christian Conference held at Durham, May 25, 1832. Also included is an 1839 resolution of the Conference to establish “an Academy of a strictly literary character” in Durham.

The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was established in Hanover in order to share the resources of Dartmouth College. Each institution, however, was to retain their separate identities. The act of establishment provided for a board of nine trustees, five to be appointed by the governor and council and four by the trustees of Dartmouth. They were also to appoint a secretary, a treasurer, and…

The University of New Hampshire was founded in 1866 by the state legislature as the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. First situated in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College, the NHCAMA was removed to its Durham campus in 1893 after Benjamin Thompson, a prosperous farmer, bequeathed land and money to the state for educational use. In 1923, the state legislature granted it a new…

The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was founded in 1866 in Hanover, NH and affiliated with Dartmouth College. The school moved to Durham, NH in 1893 and became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings about the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts.

The minutes of the meetings of the faculty of the NHCAMA were recorded by secretaries, C. H. Harrison, 1906-1908; E. R. Groves, 1908-1911; Mabel Hodgkins, 1911-1914; Florence Trimmer, 1914-1915; and Conda J. Ham, 1915-1916. They include printed materials pasted and laid in.

The University of New Hampshire was originally founded in Hanover, NH in 1866. At the time it was called the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. The college moved to Durham, NH in 1893 and became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. This series contains two volumes of student records maintained by various college administrators. Information included in the books is student's name, address, date of birth, parents' names, place of previous study and entrance exams…

This series contains the history of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts written by Ralph H. Rollins of the Class of 1903. The essay also includes information about the history of the Land-Grant colleges in the United States.

The New Hampshire College Photograph consists of images of buildings from the Hanover campus and separately from the Durham campus until the New Hampshire College for Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The collection consists primarily of images that were printed by the University department of Media Services after the discovery of hundreds of glass plate negatives on…

In 1938 the state of New Hampshire celebrated the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Constitution of the United States. The sesquicentennial festivities included an educational program, which included an oratorical contest for college-level students and an examination on the Constitution for high school and elementary school students. In June the Sesquicentennial Commission staged a pageant and other…

The New Hampshire Council of Churches (NHCC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1945. It works to promote Christian Unity, ecumenical and interfaith dialogue, and prayer throughout the state. It has a strong commitment to social justice and the promotion of spiritual growth. The New Hampshire Council of Churches archive, which has been minimally processed, includes minutes and annual reports, office records, correspondence, and records of educational programs presented by the organization…

Milne Special Collections is located at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA. The New Hampshire Diary Collection consists of approximately 40 diaries from men and women writing between 1856-1951. Predomenant subjects include farming, domestic life, weather, granite trades, and social life and customs.

The first resurrected New Hampshire Folk Festival – an event with that name had previously been held from 1946-1964 – was held at Pat’s Peak Ski Area in Henniker on August 15, 1976. The New Hamsphire folk community felt that it was time that serious consideration be given to musicians in New Hampshire instead of the talent from Boston or New York which was always being showcased. The Folk Festival continued on an…

Philip M. Marston was a professor of History at the University of New Hampshire from 1939 to 1966. Philip Mason Marston lived from 1902-1966. The collection contains papers from the administrations of fifteen New Hampshire governors, spanning the years 1826-1923.

The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization founded in Illinois in 1866 for veterans of the Union Army and their family members. The GAR ceased operations in 1956. This collection consists of three volumes: one from the Louis Bell Post No. 3 of Manchester and two from the Senator Grimes Post No. 23 of Hillsborogh NH. Included are the incorporation volumes of each post.

The High School Underground Newspaper Collection includes the first ten issues of what was initially called The Concord Union Leader (from January-December 1969, issues 1-6), and then The Bane (issues 7-10, February-May 1970) produced by students at Concord High School, St. Paul’s, and Bishop Brady High School; the first four issues of The Barnacle, produced between Dec. 1968 and sometime in 1969 by students at Manchester Memorial High School; The Bosheeto produced by New London High School in…

The Engineering Experiment Station was formed by the Board of Trustees of the University of New Hampshire in 1929 as a non-teaching division of the College of Technology. It was established to provide professional engineering and scientific assistance to industry in New Hampshire. In 1971, the Engineering Experiment Station became part of the newly formed Center for Industrial and Institutional Development. This…

Valerie Cunningham, award-winning historic preservationist and Portsmouth native, has spent more than forty years researching and writing about northern New England’s Black history. An energetic community activist, she is the founder of the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc., and directs the African American Resource Center. In 1999 New Hampshire became the last state in the US to designate Martin Luther King Jr. Day a state holiday. The designation was largely due to the efforts of…

The New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association was organized on April 10, 1976. It was incorporated as a voluntary association with the New Hampshire Secretary of State on April 12, 1977. The Association’s mission is “to discover, restore, maintain, map and record inscriptions in the old burial places before they become completely lost.” The collection consists of documents concerned with the …

The New Hampshire Outing Club is the oldest and largest club on campus and is run entirely by UNH students. Since its beginnings in 1911, the NHOC has been providing outdoor experiences, education, and activities to the UNH community. This series contains slides and photographs of Outing Club trips and activities, taken by members of the outing club. The paper files for the Outing Club can be found at UA 7/1/7.

The New Hampshire Outing Club is the oldest and largest club on campus and is run entirely by UNH students. Since its beginnings in 1911, the NHOC has been providing outdoor experiences, education, and activities to the UNH community. This series contains records of the New Hampshire Outing Club including, cabin logbooks, scrapbooks, office files, minutes and newsletters. Photographs and slides are filed under UV 7/1/7.

The New Hampshire Plant Growers Association is a non-profit organization with a mission to grow and nurture the interests of horticulture and horticultural allied trades in New Hampshire.

During the elections of 1812 and 1814 feelings ran high in Federalist New England on the subject of President James Madison’s imposition of an embargo on American shipping and Congress’s declaration of war against Great Britain. The governors of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts refused to allow the federalization of their state militias in order to fight outside their state borders. Many Congressional…

The provenance of this collection is unknown. 87 mid-20th century postcards from across New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Public Television first aired July 6, 1959, and was owned by the University of New Hampshire until 2011. It became New Hampshire Public Broadcasting System in 2017. This series contains reports of the New Hampshire Public Television's Board of Governors to the Board of Trustees of the University System of New Hampshire. (Earlier reports are filed with the Presidents' papers.)

An unidentified artist. Two notebooks of sketches done in pencil by an unidentified artist. The sketches, some of which are identified, primarily detail scenes in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

The New Hampshire Soil Conservation Services were initially part of the Extension Service under the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 1994 the national name was changed to the National Resources Conservation Service. This collection consists of ca. 400 black and white photographs and negatives documenting the work of the Soil Conservation Services across the state of New Hampshire. The dates are approximately 1950…

Richard Whoriskey graduated from Harvard in 1897 and secured a position as language professor at the New Hampshire College of Agricuture and the Mechanic Arts in 1899. He served the College in this capacity until his death in 1922. He was active in the many organizations on campus as well as off. He was a member of the Modern Language Association; Chairman for the New Hampshire War Records Committee; Chief of the…

The New Hampshire State Survey Committee was a statewide committee formed in 1923 by leaders in business, education, government, and industry to survey and catalog the resources of New Hampshire, establishing a program to achieve maximum statewide development. Progress was very slow and finally, in December of 1925, Ralph D. Hetzel, President of the University of New Hampshire and general chairman of the committee, recommended that the data collected by the group be turned over to the New…

The NH and Durham Vertical Files were collected over ca. 30 years and contain materials accumulated mostly by subject rather than creator. The New Hampshire and Durham vertical files contain historical information and publications covering a very wide array of New Hampshire's history. Areas include social, racial, women's, academic, agricultural, and governmental history.

The University of New Hampshire's Special Collection received the negatives and prints of New Hampshire writers from the University of New Hampshire's Media Services in 1982. The collection consists of 86 copy negatives and 64 prints of photographs of New Hampshire writers and scenes made for use in the 1981 Media Services film, "New Hampshire Writers View the Small Town."

The University of New Hampshire's Special Collection received the negatives and prints of New Hampshire writers from the University of New Hampshire's Media Services in 1982. The collection consists of 86 copy negatives and 64 prints of photographs of New Hampshire writers and scenes made for use in the 1981 Media Services film, "New Hampshire Writers View the Small Town."

This series contains the commencement address of the Hon. Edwin Willets to the graduates of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1894.

This booklet contains descriptions of new curricula available to students at UNH for the fiscal year 1942-42. The programs are Art Education, Meteorology, Nursing, Occupational Therapy and Secretarial Studies.

The Newfields Methodist Church was established in 1836. In 1935 it joined with the Newfields Congregational Church and the Newfields Universalist Church to form the present Newfields Community Church. This small collection consists of a book of trustees meeting minutes dated 1901-1916 and several loose papers dated 1912-1939. Topics include finances, electrification, and a April 29 1935 letter establishing …

The job of the News Bureau is to tell the university's story to internal and exernal audiences and to work with the media on behalf of the university. The Bureau collected the "Good News" for the consumption of the University community.

The UNH News Bureau is responsible for generating stories for both university and extra-university consumption. This series contains press releases which were sent to outside media the UNH News Bureau.

The University of New Hampshire Library was housed in Hamilton Smith Library from 1907 until 1958 when Dimond Library was built. This series contains the newsletter produced by the Library to provide the campus with information about new developments, policies and accessions in the library.

The first meeting of the Alumni Association of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was held on March 23, 1880. This series contains the minute books of the Alumni Association of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, 1880-1918. There are also three account books with information on financial dealings and dues of the Alumni Association. There are also a few loose…

The Christian Fraternity was formed in 1881 at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in Hanover, NH. in 1893, when the College moved to Durham, the Fraternity dissolved and formed the New Hampshire College Young Men's Christian Association. This series contains three ledger books of the records of the Christian Fraternity at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Two of the books contains the minutes for the meetings. The third book contains a…

Nicholas Durso (b. 1950) graduated from Notre Dame in 1977 and taught English at Hebron Academy near South Paris and Norway, Maine in the late 1970s and early 1980s, directing a number of play productions there. Tidewater is a play about Sarah Orne Jewett and was originally performed in Norway, Maine at the Norway Memorial Library on October 8, 1981 as part of a project sponsored by the Maine Women Writers Collection at Westbrook College and was funded by the Maine Council for the Humanities…

Nina Glick-Schiller is a social anthropologist whose research focuses on migration, nationalism, and refugee resettlement. She is a graduate of NYU, Columbia and Rutgars. She is a professor emerita of the University of New Hampshire. This collection consists of Glick-Schiller's research materials related to the resettlement of refugees in New Hampshire. It includes papers, conference drafts, correspondence,…

Nonny Hogrogian started her career as a designer of children’s books but soon began illustrating and writing. She twice won the Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished picture book for children, in 1966 for Always Room For One More and in 1972 for One Fine Day. She married David Kherdian in 1971, poet, author and anthologist. Kherdian’s best-known book is The Road From Home, an account of his mother’s…

British artist and illustrator, who lived for a time in the home of Elizabeth Yates and William McGreal in Peterborough, N.H. Three Christmas cards (1950-1960) from Nora Spicer Unwin, Elizabeth Yates and William McGreal to Thelma Brackett, U.N.H. Librarian. The cards primarily express good wishes for the Christmas season and upcoming year. Also includes a postcard advertising an Unwin exhibit at Holman’s Print Shop in Boston, Mass.

Norman Stevens is a retired librarian, library historian, and has collected and researched extensively on various folklore and folklife topics. He is a member of the University of New Hampshire’s Class of 1954. This collection consists of history, research and memorabilia related to Old Home Day/Week in New England, New York, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Old Home Day was started by New Hampshire Governor Frank…