University Archives

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    Composer John E. Rogers was an early pioneer in electronic music and dodecaphony. He studied with Milton Babbitt, Elliot Carter, and Robert Sessions, and established the computer music department at the University of New Hampshire in 1967. The John…
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    The UNH Centennial Development Fund was established in 1964 as the university’s first capital campaign to be conducted in connection with the forthcoming centennial observation. The scrapbook was compiled by George Bamford.
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    The UNH President's Commission on the Status of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues was established in 1992 as a Task Force; in 2002, then-President Joan Leitzel authorized the commission. This collection contains the files of Paul Cody and Cari…
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    Jean Brierley (1908-1986) graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1930 with a baccalaureate degree in Zoology. The first Brierley Award was presented in 1991 to Lester A. Fisher of the Department of English. In the years since then each winner of the…
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    This collection contains files that cover the policies and procedures that must be followed to host a political candidate in the MUB.
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    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…
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    The UNH Cooperative Extension was founded in 1915. In 1938, as the Cooperative Extension Service approached 25 years since the signing of the Smith-Level Act, a Committe on Extension History was form and a member from each county was assigned the duty of writing a…
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    Founded in 1972, the mission of the Friends of UNH Hockey is to promote, support and enhance the UNH Hockey program. The goal may be fundraising, but the Friends are really about family and fun. This collection contains two newsletters by the Friends…
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    Arthur Borror is a professor emeritus of Zoology at the University of New Hampshire. He began teaching at UNH in 1961 and taught a variety of classes from introductory biology to advanced honors course in marine biology. This collection is made of…
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    This collection contains files that cover the policies and procedures that must be followed to host a political candidate in the MUB.
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    The Graduate Student Senate (GSS) was founded in 2011 as the official representative body of UNH graduate students. For several decades prior to the creation of the GSS and its representative structure, the interests of graduate students at UNH were…
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    The Office of Academic Affairs spearhead the university's progress in academic programming, faculty development, and student academic affairs. These files contain support materials for the 1983 University Accreditation process, minutes and reports…
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    The Office of Academic Affairs spearhead the university's progress in academic programming, faculty development, and student academic affairs. These files contain support materials for the 1983 University Accreditation process, minutes and reports…
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    In 1985, Gov. John Sununu signed into law a bill making the Merrimack Valley College the sixth college of the University of New Hampshire. Renamed the University of New Hampshire at Manchester (UNHM), the college provides access to UNH associate,…
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    Zoology professor, C. Floyd Jackson was appointed the first university health officer in 1920, but until 1932 students were expected to look out for their own health needs. In 1931, Charles H. Hood, Class of 1880, presented the university with $125,…
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    Frank McCann, Ph.D., Indiana U., Bloomington, is a professor emeritus of history at the University of New Hampshire. His research focuses on Brazilian and Spanish-American history, U.S. relations with Latin America, and native peoples of the Americas…
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    The University of New Hampshire Occupational Therapy program was initiated in 1942 as a major program offered by the Art Department of the College of Liberal Arts. This collection contains memorabilia and artifacts compiled as part of the 50th…
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    The Board of Trustees' Executive Committee includes the Chair and Vice Chair of the Board and typically includes Committee and Subcommittee chairs. It is responsible for development and coordination of long range planning, collective bargaining, Board…
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    The Financial Affairs Committee coordinates policy and planning for all financial matters of USNH. It shall consider all recommendations of the Chancellor and the Administrative Board of a fiscal nature that board policy directs to this Committee.…
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    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…
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    Professor Stuart Dunn worked for the University of New Hampshire from 1926 to 1970. He taught courses in plant physiology in the Department of Botany and at the Agricultural Experiment Station. He wrote a text book and lab manual in 1949 entitled…
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    This series contains the report of the instruction trip through northern New Hampshire taken by the senior forestry students. It includes their daily itenerary, a detailed account of what they saw and did, and photographs.
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    Henry Corrow was the publications editor for the Cooperative Extension Services. This series contains the biographical forms voluntarily filled out by cooperative extension staff members. Some files also include items such as resumes,press releases, articles or obituaries.
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    This series contains the records of the University of New Hampshire Women's Softball team.
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    This series contains information about the UNH Women's Ice Hockey team that was collected by the Friends of UNH Women's Hockey. It includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, rosters, game programs, videotapes and photographs.
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    The Works Projects Administration (WPA) was created under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program in 1935. It was designed to provide relief for the nation's unemployed through public work programs and was responsible for employing an…
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    The Chancellor's Office is the executive arm of the Board of Trustees and is organized to assist the Board in meeting its obligations to prudently govern the operations of a well-coordinated system of public higher education. The "Chancellor's…
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    This series consists of "Library Fax", which was a publication produced by a committee within Dimond Library.
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    This series contains 3 issues of The Liberal, the monthly publication of the Liberal Club at the University of New Hampshire. The Club and its publication were against United States involvement in the Second World War.
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    Robert Flint Chandler was appointed Dean of the College of Agriculture at UNH in 1947. He served as president of UNH from 1950-1954. During Chandler's administration, the drive for the Memorial Union Building was completed. In 1951, Sawyer and…
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    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.
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    The Accreditation Steering Committee oversaw re-accreditation processes at the University of New Hampshire from 1983-1994. This series consists of records maintained by the Steering Committee for UNH Regional Accreditation by the New England…
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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…
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    In 1985, Gov. John Sununu signed into law a bill making the Merrimack Valley College the sixth college of the University of New Hampshire. The University of New Hampshire at Manchester (UNHM) provides access to UNH associate, bachelor and graduate…
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    This series contains the address delivered by Charles H. Burns in favor of the Leach Bill. The Bill proposed that a two-year course in practical and theoretical agriculture, a department of horticulture, and a system of practical instruction and manual training be added to the curriculum at the New…
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    Asa Dodge Smith was born in 1804. He was president of Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH from 1863 until his death in 1877. He was also the first president of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts from 1866-1877. This series…
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    Ruth G. Stimson graduated from UNH in 1940 with a degree in Home Economics. She joined the Cooperative Extension as a Home Demonstration Agent-at-Large. Shortly after, she was assigned to the Rockingham County Office where she worked until she retired in 1982. The information contained in these 28…
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    The Office of Institutional Research collects statistical information about the University of New Hampshire. At the end of each semester, students are given the opportunity to evaluate the teaching methods of their instructors. These evaluations are…
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    The Campus Planning Office is responsible for the allocation of and planning for the University's landed holdings. This series contains the records from the office of Campus Planning and Real Property Management at the University of New Hampshire.
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    The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was founded in Hanover, NH in 1866. The College moved to Durham, NH in 1893 and became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. This manuscript, written by the Alumni Association Committee…
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    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…
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    Delta Sigma Chi local fraternity was founded at the University of New Hampshire in 1929. It was installed as the Alpha Nu chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon national fraternity in 1932. This series contains files from the Greek Advisor's Office pertaining…
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    This series contains general information about the Greek System at the University of New Hampshire. Historical information relating to Greek life, judicial issues, and philanthropic events are included as well as a few photos of Greek houses and…
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    This scrapbook was created by Arthur Grant Davis from Peterborough, NH, Class of 1912. He received a B.S. in Agriculture and was very active in campus activities. He was a member of Gamma Theta, Alpha Zeta and the Rifle Team. He served as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Agricultural Club and was the…
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    This series contains the results of the student questionaire conducted in 1930 on the course of study at UNH. It includes student evaluations of deparmental courses and policies.
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    This series contains one booklet produced by University students challenging their peers to become active participants in the world they inherit.
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    Leon W. Hitchcock taught Electrical Engineering at the University of New Hampshire between 1910 and 1956. This collection consists of files kept by Leon W. Hitchcock during his career at the University of New Hampshire, the bulk of which concerns student war training during World Wars I and II.
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    This folder contains information on the development of an experimental program called Life Studies. The Progam was designed as an alternative path to general education in the first two years of the student's college career. The program was dropped after two years.
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    This series is composed of one box of folders containing notes on the Browne Center, the Rec Center, the New England Center, and the MUB. Included are also 7 high -8 video tapes of these buildings. These tapes were used in developing a video presentation.
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    This series contains the photographs for University of New Hampshire winter sports, primarily the Ski teams, used for sports media purposes.