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The School of Health and Human Services was established as the Division of Health Studies in 1969. The following year it was renamed the School of Health Studies. In 1990, it was reorganized as the School of Health and Human Services. Prior to 1969 health studies courses were part of the College of Liberal Arts curriculum. This series contains the annual reports from the Department of Occupational Therapy.

This series contains viedeotapes produced for the Department of Recreation Management and Policy. Northeast Passage, a service program of the University of New Hampshire's Department of Recreation Management and Policy that provides recreational opportunities for people with disabilities.

The first student theater productions at the Univeristy of New Hampshire were performed in 1923. In 1973, the department was expanded and renamed the Department of Theater and Communications. The Communications division became a separate Department in 1988 and the Theater Division was renamed the Department of Theater and Dance. This collection relates to the history of the UNH theater and dance groups from 1923…

This series contains videotapes of performances by the Department of Theater and Dance.

Office of Institutional Research collects and maintains statistical and other evaluative information about the University of New Hampshire and its faculty, staff and students. Departmental Profiles contain a wide variety of demographic data about each department within the University. This data includes budget information comprised of faculty salaries and travel expenses as well as student information including the number of credits generated, and major populations.

This proposal was submitted to the National Science Foundation requesting funding for the expansion of the programs in the department of psychology.

Derby Department Store of Peterborough, New Hampshire, was one of the many businesses across the nation affected by the regulations of the Office of Price Administration. The collection is largely made up of business records and invoices.

In 1998, President Joan Leitzel organized the first annual tour of New Hampshire for new faculty members, many of whom had lived in the state for only a few years. During the three day event, planned by the office of Public Programs and Events, the faculty and the president visited many businesses throughout the state that have benefitted by work done at the university. This series contains the agenda and handouts…

In 1969 Dick opened the Dick Surette Fly Fishing Shop in North Conway and later published his Trout and Salmon Fly Index book of fly patterns. The book was printed in a loose-leaf binder which allowed the owner to add additional updates as they came along. In 1978 he published the first issue of Fly Tyer Magazine, a publication continued by Dick Stewart of North Conway until it was purchased by Joe Migliore and continued as American Angler, the founding publication of Abenaki Publishing. He…

The Diversity Student Coalition (DSC) serves as an umbrella organization for the following student groups: UNH Alliance, Black Student Union (BSU), Hillel, MOSAICO, Native American Cultural Association (NACA), and the United Asian Coalition (UAC). This collection contains materials related to membership, events, advocacy, finances, and cultural backgrounds shared by LGBTQIA+, Black, Jewish, Latino/Latina/Latinx,…

The Division of Continuing Education (DCE) was established in 1969-70 to offer an associate’s degree program specifically designed for the part-time, adult student. This collection contains a small sampling of the types of courses offered through DCE from 1969-1988.

Donald C. Babcock was a professor of History and then Philosophy at the University of New Hampshire from 1937 to 1956. Prof. Babcock worked with Philip Marston, Harold Scudder and Henry Stevens to produce a history of the University for its 75th anniversary celebration in 1941. The University was originally founded in 1866 in Hanover, NH at which time it was called the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the…

Donald Babcock was a philosophy professor at the University of New Hampshire. He joined the history department of New Hampshire College (as it was then known) in 1918 and in 1944 created the UNH Philosophy Department, for which he served as chairman and sole professor for most of his remaining tenure. He retired in 1956. The Donald Campbell Babcock papers include correspondence, mostly relating to Babcock’s poetry…

Donald Hall was born in 1928 in Hamden, Connecticut, and attended Phillips Exeter, Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford Universities. He taught for 19 years at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor before moving in 1975 to the family farm on Eagle Pond in Wilmot, New Hampshire with his wife, the poet Jane Kenyon. Hall is the author of sixteen books of poetry, memoirs, essay collections, children’s books, among them the…

Donald Morison Murray (1924-2006) was a Pulitzer Prize winnning journalist, writing teacher, and newspaper columnist. He was a veteran of WWII, professor of the University of New Hampshire, and husband of Minnie Mae (Emmerich) Murray (1920-2005). Donald Murray's collection consists primarily of drafts of written materials related to teaching English rhetoric: textbooks, poetry, newspaper columns, articles, seminar…

The first Summer School of Biology was held at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1894. Classes met from July 5 to August 4. The program was designed in cooperation with the State Department of Public Instruction especially for secondary school teachers who wished to improve their knowledge of biology and zoology. Dorothy Coleman, from Newington, NH, attended the Summer School of Biology in 1894. This series contains the notes Dorothy Coleman took during her…

Dorothy Prescott Ruth Cooke (1921-1988) was born in Everett, MA. Her respect for jazz musicians manifested itself in 1978 when she formed the New Hampshire Traditional Library of Jazz (NHLTJ). In 1979, Prescott collaborated with the UNH music department to establish the NH Traditional Jazz Series of live concerts. The Dorothy Prescott Papers document the formation and operation of the New Hampshire Library of…

The Dover Children’s Home's mission is “to provide for the reception, care and education of destitute children.” It is located at 207 Locust Street in Dover, New Hampshire. Over the years the Dover Children’s Home has reflected many of the changes in the character and condition of Dover’s (and New Hampshire’s) society and culture. Organized to ease the plight of children and families who suffered due to the…

In 1989, a group of people from Maine called the TrainRiders Northeast, began a grassroots movement to restore high-sped passenger rail service from Boston to Portland. In 1991, TrainRiders, through its political action committee, RailVision, spearheaded the passage of Maine’s Passenger Rail Service Act, the first citizen-initiated bill ever approved by the Maine Legislature, leading to the creation of Amtrak’s…

The Dowst family lived in Allenstown, near Manchester, New Hampshire. They included various generations of men named Henry Dowst (beginning in 1784) and Frank Dowst (-1905). Contents of this collection were kept by the men of the family. The collection includes 37 pocket diaries and one larger dairy for the calendar years 1839-1866 (except for 1853 and 1863), 1870-1875, and then 1877, 1890, 1896 and 1902-03.

The Drake-Aldrich Family Papers are from Frank James Drake (Pittsfield NH 1842-1891) and family, as well as Frank’s brother, Nathaniel Seavey Drake (1851-1936) and his family. Charles Spaulding Adrich married Frank's daughter Helen ca. 1898, and their daughter was named Adeline. Frank was a local and state politician and superintendent of the C.B. Lancaster Shoe Company factories located in Pittsfield and Barnstead,…

Lucie Jones Harris graduated from the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in the class of 1920. Driftwood is a self-published book of poems (many are limericks), the proceeds of which went to charity.

John W. Dudley was born 7 April 1841 in Flemming, Kentucky, and died 9 Oct. 1921 in the same place. His parents were John Dudley (Sr.) and Adalin Ringo. Four letters from Dr. J.W. Dudley to his mother that span a three-week period, June 3-24, 1906. The letters describe Dudley’s convalescence from tuberculosis at the Barlow Sanatorium in Los Angeles, CA.

From 1912 to 1930 the Durham Cooperative Company offered its members alternatives in reducing the cost of living in Durham. This collection contains the accounts of the Durham Coop Co. from 1915-1917

Started in 1947 by Priscilla Rabethge, the recreation specialist for the physical education department, UNH's folk dance club was named after a dance called the Durham Reel. The scrapbook includes documents and photographs from the early club dances as well as many photos taken at the reunions.

The town of Durham was settled in 1635 at the mouth of the Oyster River on Great Bay, and incorported in 1732. It is situated within Strafford County. The town government consists of a town council, town administrator, and annual town meetings. This collection consists materials relating to the town of Durham New Hampshire. Documents included are selecment's records, club records, records pertaining to Durham's…

The Durham (NH) League of Women Voters was founded in 1926 and functioned on a local, state, and national political level to bring non-partisan political information to voters regardless of gender. The Durham/Dover L.W.V. Papers include internal organizational papers and minutes, publications, a newsletter called "The Voter", town voter guides, and other material promoting civic engagement on a local, state, and…

Author, printer, and illustrator Letter with envelope written June 4, 1945 by W.A. Dwiggins to Thelma Brackett, U.N.H. Librarian. In the letter Dwiggins thanks Brackett for mentioning his book, Millenium I, in one of her radio broadcasts. Also included with the letter are the pamphlets, The Crew of the Ship Earth and A Technique for Dealing with Artists, both written and illustrated by Dwiggins,…

East Hall was a UNH dormitory built prior to 1926. This series contains the visitors register for East Hall, a dormitory at the University of New Hampshire, for the years 1953-1969. Visitors registered when they came for events such as Mother's Day, Father's Day, Homecoming and various dances.

This series contains the publication "The Economy of Giving" produced by the Office of University Development at the University of New Hampshire. The publication's purpose is to solicit donations from alumni. It also provides information on tax laws relating to monetary donations.

Edith Dorothea Savithes, from Somersworth, NH was a member of the Class of 1926 at the University of New Hampshire. She pledged Chi Omega Sorority and was an R.O.T.C. Sponsor. This scrapbook was compiled by Edith Dorothea Savithes. It contains mementos from her years as a student at the University of New Hampshire. There are many dance cards, athletic and theater programs and newspaper clippings about football games.

Edith Nelson was born in Malden, Mass. in 1894. An experienced secretary, Nelson became a field clerk in the U.S. Army Intelligence Section during World War I. She was charged with investigating German nationals and subversives in the Boston area. She married Major Edwin Hyland Cooper, U.S Army, at the close of the war. When Edith Nelson Cooper died in 1972, she was buried with full military honors at Arlington…

Author and poet who was born in Henniker, N.H. and wrote "Mountain Maid and other Poems of New Hampshire" A letter sent from Framingham, MA to Amos R. Wells in which Proctor expresses appreciation for Wells’ work in the Authors Club and promises to attend the Club’s meeting whenever she is in Boston.

This booklet gives a description of the mission and curricula of each department in the college of Liberal Arts and how they prepare the students for life work.

This series contains meeting minutes, reports, proposals, and correspondence of the Board of Trustees' Educational Policy Committee.

Edward D. Eddy served the University of New Hampshire from 1949 to 1960, mostly in various administrative duties. These included terms as Administrative Officer, Vice President, and Provost. This collection contains his university files during the period of his employment.

President Edward Fairchild was president of the University of New Hampshire between 1912-1917. In this letter, Pres. Fairchild complements Harold Scudder on an article he wrote concerning beans.

Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860-1908) was the first American composer to achieve international recognition. The Edward MacDowell Papers primarily contains musical works by MacDowell in both manuscript and printed form. However, the collection also includes correspondence from Robert MacDowell to his mother, a notebook, a sketchbook, letters from Marian MacDowell to Robert Manton, magazine articles and newspaper…

Edward Morgan Lewis served as president of the University of New Hampshire from September 1, 1927 to May 24, 1936. Lewis received both his undergraduate and graduate education from Williams College. He came to UNH from Massachusetts Agricultural College where he was serving as president. Lewis died in office on May 24, 1936 Letters written by well-known individuals to Edward Morgan Lewis, including: Richard Evelyn…

Edward Morgan Lewis served as president of the University of New Hampshire from September 1, 1927 to May 24, 1936. Lewis received both his undergraduate and graduate education from Williams College. He came to UNH from Massachusetts Agricultural College where he was serving as president. Lewis died in office on May 24, 1936 The Edward "Ted" Lewis Papers include material from the Association of Land Grant Colleges,…

Edward Rowe Snow (1902-1982) was an American author who wrote about adventure and American history, mostly to do with the New England coast. Ca. 10 letters to/from Snow and between others. Topics are historical in nature, including several accounts of the 1845 wreck of the Isadore on Cape Neddick and the wreck of the Nottingham Galley at Boon Island, Maine (1710).

Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935), American poet, was born in Head Tide, Maine. He attended Harvard University without taking a degree and later moved to New York. He gained national recognition when President Theodore Roosevelt reviewed the second edition of The Children of the Night in 1905 and began promoting Robinson’s poetry. He won a total of three Pulitzer Prizes over the course of his career. The…

Edwin F. Bristol was a 1881 graduate of the New College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. This series contains a book produced by Edwin F. Bristol. It contains free drawings in a progression from simple to more complicated. There are also figures accompanied by their mathematical representation.

Edwin Francis Edgett (1867-1946) was an author, literary editor of the Boston Evening Transcript and a journalist. Thirteen letters (1918-1934) and published materials sent to Edwin Francis Edgett from various N.H. authors and educators, including Charles Townsend Copeland, Bertha Clark Damon, William Stearns Davis, and Thomas Dreier. The correspondence primarily relates to Edgett’s work for the Boston Evening Transcript, although some of the letters are personal in nature.

Edwin Jay Roberts was born in Gilford, New Hampshire on February 2, 1885. He graduated from New Hampshire College in 1902 and attended Yale University for graduate work on rare earths, receiving his PhD in 1911. Roberts married his hometown sweetheart, Grace L. Moore (d. August 22, 1949) on October 6, 1909. He was a professor at Colby College and Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. After 1918, he returned to Laconia to…

American Poet, whose most famous poem was "The Man With The Hoe" which highlighted laborer's hardships. Two broadsides inscribed in 1929 by Edwin Markham to the Book and Scroll Club of U.N.H.: “Lincoln, the Man of the People” – a poem read at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922 – and “The Man With the Hoe.” Included is a copy of a letter from Ellen F. Adams to William Ewert that explains why she donated these two broadsides to the Dimond Library.

Edwin Scheier (1910-2008) and Mary Goldsmith (1908-2007) met and married 1937. They became travelling puppeteers, designing and building their own puppets, and in 1938 the Scheiers worked with the Federal Art Project in Norris, Tennessee where they learned about ceramics. In 1941, they began work at the University of New Hampshire teaching ceramics. After they retired from UNH in 1960, the Scheiers lived in Mexico for ten years before finally settling in Arizona. The collection contains 38 pots…

Edwin Terry was a peddler from Granby, Conn. He was born in Harford 22 Oct. 1832, married Maryette Allen in June 1856, and died 6 Aug. 1893 in Springfield MA. His parents were Harmon Terry and Emeline Ellis. Account book kept by Edwin Terry between 1841 and 1878. Terry frequently travelled to New Hampshire with his wares. The book primarily documents his business in Concord, N.H. and other surrounding towns.

Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872-1958) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, studied at Radcliffe, worked as a secretary and teacher at Lowell State Normal School, and wrote poems and short stories. The Eleanor Hallowell Abbott collection primarily contains typescripts of a number of Abbott’s short stories.