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The Nu Sigma Mu local fraternity was established at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1922. They were installed as the Epsilon chapter of Theta Kappa Phi national fraternity in 1924. In 1959, Theta Kappa Phi united with another national fraternity, Phi Kappa, to make Phi Kappa Theta. The Epsilon chapter lost membership during the 1970's and its charter was revoked in 1976. However, a…

The local sorority known as Pi Delta at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts began in 1916. This local then petitioned and was established as the Beta Gamma chapter of the national Phi Mu Sorority in 1919. The College became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. This series contains files from the Greek Advisor's Office pertaining to the history and activities of the Phi Mu Sorority at…

Philip Batchelder from Durham, NH graduated from the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts with a degree in Arts and Sciences in 1918. He was a member of Gamma Theta Fraternity, a reporter for the school newspaper and played baseball. He married Helen Florence Tilton, class of 1917. This scrapbook contains memorabilia collected by Philip Batchelder during his college education.

Philip M. Marston was a professor of History at the University of New Hampshire from 1939 to 1966. He was appointed as the University Historian in 1962 and was working on a history of the University. The manuscript was never finished due to his death on November 11, 1966. This collection contains notes and drafts for the history of the University of New Hampshire that was being written by Prof. Marston. It also contains his personal papers relating to courses he taught and various articles that…

This scrapbook was created by Philip Sawyer, Class of 1923. He was a two year Agricultural student from Madbury, N.H.. While at UNH he was a member of the Alpha Tau Alpha fraternity; the Poultry Committee; the Agricultural Club; the Rifle Team; and the Interfraternity Society called the Casque and Casket. He was awarded the Davis Prize which was the medal for the Cattle Judging Contest. He also served as Class President for 1921-22 and 1922-23. This scrapbook contains items relating to the time…

Philip A. Wilcox was the manager of the UNH Poultry Farm from 1931 to 1966. Upon his retirement from UNH, he was appointed curator of the Office of Historical Records and Museum Pieces. His tenacious effort was instrumental in unearthing many of the lost treasures from the University's past and the provenance that go with them. This series contains several folder of information from his work on the poultry farm …

Dr. Richard J. Phillips (30 May 1861-30 March 1927) was the son of Harvey Phillips (1810-1876) and Anne B. Bailey (1820-1887). He married Lydia R. Meridith (1868-1927) in 1890. The family was longtime residents of south-eastern Pennsylvania. Richard J. Phillips's commonplace book, dated 1894-1901, contains flyfishing lore, fishing accounts, topographical information, and Phillips family genealogical information local to the Chester and Delaware Counties of Pennsylvania. An assortment of…

Phineas Press was a letterpress and graphic design company established in 1979 in Portsmouth, NH. The owners were Susan Kress Hamilton and Bill Hamilton. The press was operational until ca. 2021. This collection consists of organizational files, art and printing ephemera, and 13 boxes of uncatalogued volumes related to the history and operation of Phineas Press. There is also a substantial amount of material related…

Phyllis Killam Abell, member of the class of 1950, studied chemistry and served as president of the Association of Women Students at UNH. She began teaching and research at various institutions including UNH. She was a strong advocate for women and people of color. She taught Women's Studies courses and served on the UNH Women's Commission. She was co-coordinator of UNH's Race, Culture, and Power program and also helped coordinate the "A Century of Progress: The History of Women at UNH." The…

The paper was prepared by the chairs of the Physical Education for Women and Men in response to the Educational Policy Committee's specific recommendation suggesting elimination of the basic physical education requirement.

The Department of Physical Education for Women was established in 1916. It was compulsory for three years and optional during the senior year. This series contains a description of the World War II conditioning program and the publicity that the program generated. It also contains information on other programs sponsored by the Physical Education for Women and the Women's Recreation Association.

Prior to 2007, the Ph.D. students in the Physics department were required to pass the written Ph.D. qualifying exams in order to reach candidacy status. This collection contains examples of the physics qualifying exams.

Pinewoods Camp in Plymouth, MA has been in operation since 1919 as a dance camp; before that it was a Girl Scout camp. The camp is owned by the Country Dance and Song Society, and has worked to promote Anglo-American traditional dance and music since its founding. This collection contains legal/real estate materials from the early Girl Scout camp, as well as correspondence, photos, financials, publications, and…

The Isaiah Piper family lived in Factory Village (Belmont), New Hampshire from 1836. Isaiah’s first wife Elisabeth died in 1864 aged 35 years leaving two children, Ahira Barney (born 1856) and Elmer Isaiah (born 1861). His second wife, Sarah Emeline Kilburn, gave birth to Ernest Kilburn (born 1871) and Fred Herbert (born 1873). Both Isaiah and Fred H. Piper were active in town government and affairs. All the Piper…

The Piscataqua Pioneers are descendants of the Piscataqua River basin’s original settlers. Families who moved to and helped develop any of the towns from Kennebunk to Dover Point and the Massachusetts border qualify. Across the United States, the Pioneers now number more than 2,000. The collection contains materials documenting the memberships, the administration of the group and member created genealogies.

The Department of Plant Science was founded in 1964, being formerly the Department of Agronomny and Department of Horticulture. This series contains a collection of articles on plant growth regulators written by members of the UNH Plant Science Department. The book was used during the short course for commerical growers that was presented by the Plant Science Department at the New England Center for Continuing Education.

The “Plymouth Press” was a community newspaper published with a typewriter and mimeograph machine) once a week by the Plymouth Press Publishing Co. This collection contains one year’s worth of “Plymouth Press”, beginning with vol. 1, No I, May 16, 1942 until Vol. 3, No. 10, Dec. 27, 1942. It is not known if this is a full run of the newspaper or if it continued to be published beyond this date.

This series contains the minutes of the Policies Committee of the College of Liberal Arts.

The Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail was incorporated in 1995 as a non-profit organization. The Trail researched and created a self-guided walking tour and resource book emphasizing black heritage in Portsmouth and the New Hampshire seacoast area. The organization also published the "Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail Resource Book" (1996) and "Black Portsmouth: Three Centuries of African American Heritage" (2004). This collection consists primarily…

The Portsmouth Council of Defense was part of the federal hierarchy for civilian defense during World War II. Each state had its own council to coordinate civilian defense within its borders. The Civil Defense Corps, run by the Office of Civilian Defense, organized approximately 10 million volunteers who trained to fight fires, decontaminate after chemical weapon attacks, provide first aid, and other duties. The…

The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS), often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard located in Kittery on the southern boundary of Maine near the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It is used for remodeling and repairing the Navy's ships. Established on 12 June 1800 during the administration of President John Adams, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is the oldest continuously-operating shipyard…

The photographer of these images is anonymous at this time. Eighteen copy negatives and thirty three contact prints of Portsmouth buildings, landscapes, and people copied from originals in the collection of the Portsmouth Athenaeum, from whom permission must be obtained for reproduction purposes.

The creator of this register is anonymous. A register from an unidentified Portsmouth, N.H.-based shipping company which serviced both the Appledore and Oceanic Hotels on the Isles of Shoals. The register, which covers from July 2 to September 3, 1912, documents the movement of people and cargo between Portsmouth and the Isles of Shoals. In particular, it notes the names of guests and records supplies taken to the hotels over the course of the summer season.

The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts moved from Hanover to Durham, NH in 1893. The first president of the college in Durham was Charles Sumner Murkland. He was inaugurated on August 30, 1893. This series contains the published inaugural address of President Charles Murkland along with correspondence with the New Hampshire State Board of Agriculture. The Board took issue with Murkland's…

The President's Cabinet was created in 1990 by President Dale F. Nitzschke and consists of the Directors of the major segments of the University. This series contains the agendas with attachments of the Cabinet meetings.

The UNH President's Commission on the Status of Women was established February 15, 1972, to explore conditions and attitudes within the University of New Hampshire, relating to the mobility and functional equality of women, and to encourage movement toward the goal of full participation of women. Today, the UNH President's Commission on the Status of Women continues in its mission to create equal educational and…

This series contains the report issued by the president's office each year. The reports pertain to the activities and progress of the University.

This series contains the agendas with attachments for the President's Staff. The Staff was started in 1990 by President Dale Nitzschke and consists of all the Vice Presidents of the University.

The Professional, Administrative and Technical (PAT) Staff Council, established in 1975 as a standing council of the UNH administration, serves the president in an informational and advisory capacity, provides for the election of staff senators, and recommends staff personnel policies. It also concerns itself with matters affecting the welfare of the professional, administrative and technical staff, including the rights and responsibilities of the group, promotion, salaries, educational…

The Program and Services committee recommends policies and procedures for evaluating, approving, and terminating educational programs. In collaboration with the chancellor and institutional leaders, committee members are responsible to plan and respond strategically to New Hampshire's current and prospective needs for a highly educated and skilled citizenry and workforce. This series contains the meeting reports of…

The Office of Institutional Research collects statistics and other information concerning the University of New Hampshire. This series contains the project files of the University of New Hampshire Institutional Research Office.

This series contains the meeting agendas, attachments, and minutes of the Board of Trustees' Property and Physical Plant Development Committee.

This series contains promotional videotapes produced for the University. Include UNH Close-Ups, a series of short videos produced by the Instructional Services to air on NHPTV staff that focus on the work being done by University faculty and students 1991-1992.

Founded in 1959 by the University of New Hampshire System, New Hampshire Public Television (Channel 11) provides educational, local, and more recently also national broadcast content to residents of New Hampshire. In 2011 it became a community organization separate from UNH. Its flagship broadcasting station is in Durham N.H., with stations in Keene and Littleton as well. The New Hampshire Public Television Papers…

The Purnell Act was passed by Congress in 1925. It provided federal money to state Agricultural Experiment Stations for research on agriculture as well as the related economic and sociological factors. The University of New Hampshire took full advantage of the funds and has conducted hundreds of experiments on a whole range of topics. This series contains the files on the various research projects performed using…

The Hillsborough Methodist Church was founded in 1839, and continues today as the United Methodist Church of Hillsborough. In 1875 the building was moved to its present location on Hennicker St. Activities included worship, outreach, and community care. The minutes for the Quarterly Conference between 1887-1897 are contained in a single small handwritten volume, and include membership, finances, missionary activities, prayers, notes on the care of individuals in the community, and employment of…

Frederick Solomon was born in Berlin, Germany in 1899, fled the Nazis to England, and emigrated to the United States in 1955. He died in 1980. He was a German Expressionist artist and a rabbi. The collection consists of correspondence, essays, lectures, newspaper articles, and legal documents. The bulk of the material relates to Solomon’s claims for reimbursement for his exile from Germany and his work in Cuba…

Radcliffe B. Pike (1903-1979) was a professor of botany at the University of New Hampshire. The Radcliffe Pike Papers consist of a single folder of correspondence dated 1969-1971, and three undated field notebooks.

Author, economist, political activist and theorist. Ralph Borsodi (1888-1977) was a major figure in community living and homesteading movements in the United States during the Great Depression. He was responsible for creating the School for Living in York, Penn. The Ralph Borsodi Collection consists of correspondence, much of which concerns the imminent visit to the United States of Jayaprakash Narayan in 1966;…

Ralph Dorn Hetzel graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1906. He taught English and public speaking at Oregon State College and became a full professor there in 1910. In 1912 he was asked to organize a political science department and in 1913 was made the director of the extension services at Oregon. Hetzel left Oregon to become President of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1917. The College became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The Ralph D…

The Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend celebrates the legacy of New Hampshire dance caller Ralph Page (1903-1985) with an annual 3 day festival of New England music and dance. It was established in January 1988 as a branch of the New England Folk Festival Association (NEFFA). Syllabi, schedules, promotional material, and workshop material for 1988-2020. Accruals will continue.

Frank Wiggen Randall of Portsmouth (1885-1968) graduated from the New Hampshire College in 1907, and married Jennie Vida Whittier (1885-1965) in 1909. This collection consists of nine certificates dated 1936-1964 appointing Randall as a member of the Board of Trustees, including one dated 1944 which appoints him to the commission to make a study of trust funds.

Raymond Charles Swain (1912-1982) and his wife Virginia Anne Addis (dates unknown) were writers and amature poets from New Hampshire and Florida. One folder contains the poetry of Virginia Ann (Addis) Swain. The rest of the collection consists of poetry, essays, short stories, and unpublished novels by Raymond Swain. All materials are undated.

This survey and report were prepared by students at the University as part of regular course work in Administration 762, Marketing Workshop of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics.

The University of New Hampshire, incorporated in 1866 by the state legislature as the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, was one of the early land-grant institutions of public higher education established under the Morrill Act. First situated in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College, the New Hampshire College relocated to its Durham campus in 1893 after Benjamin Thompson, a prosperous farmer, bequeathed land and money to further the development of the College…

Rebecca Peabody was a widow with six young children who lived in Franklin, N.H. Letter to Mr. Horace Chase, Judge of Probates, Hopkinton NH, May 1, 1848 in which Rebecca details her desperate plight. Her husband, who has recently left her - though whether she means that he died or that he abandoned her is unclear - was in debt to a Mr. Pike by having signed a promissory note with another man. As a result, she is…

The Recycling News newsletter was begun in October of 1992 to report of the progress of the recycling program on the University of New Hampshire campus.

The Reference Department in Dimond Library is responsible for the majority of teaching and advanced resource location for the library's patrons and staff. The UNH Reference Department Collection contains annual reports, English 401 teaching materials, and inter-library loan statistics. The majority of the collection is made up of monthly calendars detailing the day to day operation of the department (especially classes serviced).

This series consists of a pamplet which contains the report of the committee appointed by the Governor and Council in 1863 to study the subject of an agricultural college. It also contains the bill passed by the New Hampshire Legislature, in 1864, establishing the college and the proposition of Gen. David Culver to give his land to the state for the purpose of the agricultural college.

The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was established in 1866 in Hanover, NH and affiliated with Dartmouth College. Problems arose in the relationship between the two schools and it became necessary to explore alternatives for the agricultural college. The Governor and Council appointed a committee to research the removal of New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts from…