University Archives

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    This series contains videotapes produced for the Computer and Information Services.
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    In 1861, the United States federal government approved the Morrill Act which set aside land in each state for the founding of public higher education. In 1862, the New Hampshire state legislature accepted the grant of 80,000 acres of public lands on…
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    This series contains the meeting reports of the Board of Trustees' Long-Range Capital Planning Subcommittee.
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    In 1963, the University System of New Hampshire (USNH) was created when the teacher’s colleges at Plymouth and Keene were brought under the same Board of Trustees as the University of New Hampshire. This collection contains the minutes of the meetings of the Administrative Board which deals with…
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    This series contains the files for the research projects conducted by the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. Support for the research came from various funds: the Hatch Act, Bankhead-Jones Fund, Purnell Act and the Adams Fund. The series contains research reports, budget reports and…
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    The Society of American Foresters was founded in 1900 by Gifford Pinchot and is the largest society for professional foresters in the world. This booklet contains the Program of Field Excursions taken during the summer meeting of the Society of American Foresters New England Section which was…
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    The graduate school at UNH was formally created in 1928, though graduate studies date back to the university founding. This series contains the correspondence and minutes of the Graduate School Research Council.
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    The Yankee Conference was a collegiate sports conference in the eastern United States. It was formed in 1938 as the New England Conference and became the Yankee Conference in 1947. It once sponsored competition in many sports, but it dropped support…
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    This series contains the records of the University of New Hampshire Wrestling Team.
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    The small number of Universtiy faculty and Durham residents who were interested in the arts in the 1930s, joined forces in promoting musical and dramatic events. This scrapbook was compiled by Helen Funkhouser, who played the lead female role in many…
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    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…
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    This series contains issues of the periodic newsletter produced by the Teaching and Learning Council at the University of New Hampshire. Its purpose was to look more closely at how people teach and learn and report University activities relating to this topic.
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    The Feminist Newsletter was produced by graduate and undergraduate students in the English Department at the University of New Hampshire. The newsletter contains articles regarding all aspects of women in literature.
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    Charles Sumner Murkland was the first to be elected President of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts following the college's move to Durham from Hanover, NH. After a few years serving as pastor in Chicopee, MA and Manchester, NH, he was elected president of UNH. During…
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    Harry Carroll held the post of Administrative Assistant in the Office of the President of the University of New Hampshire from 1952-1956. This collection contains his files while he was Administrative Assistant in the Office of the President.
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    The Faculty Caucus at the University of New Hampshire is one of the committees which make up the Academic Senate. The Academic Senate is the legislative body at the University. The Faculty Caucus brings the issues of the faculty members to the Senate for consideration. This series contains the…
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    The Merrimack Valley Branch of the University of New Hampshire was established in Manchester in September 1967. This collection contains a Facilities history and plan, Reports on Energy Studies, and a report on the buildings of Merrimack Valley Branch…
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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 pamphlet Agricultural Education Historically Considered, by Charles W. Scott. Scott was a professor at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts and he covers the history of agricultural education in his essay.
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    Richard A. Morse graduated from UNH in 1951 where he majored in government. In 1971, he was elected to the Board of Trustees and served until 1985. He served as chairman of the Board from 1977-1985. When Richard Morse retired from the Board of…
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    The minutes of the Meetings of the Council of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station were recorded by Clarence M. Weed, Sec.
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    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.
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    In October 1989, M. Daniel Smith of the Dept. of Education received a grant from the USNH Innovation and Opportunity Grants program to conduct a project he called “Outcomes/Antecedents Assessment Inquiry” that would assess cognitive outcomes of the…
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    The Connecticut Branch of the Alumni Association of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was formed in November 1920. The original purpose was "to get Connecticut men behind the drive for a Memorial Field". The first meeting was held at Bond Armex Hotel with fourteen…
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    The Women's Center originated in 1973 to fulfill the need for woman space: a place to congregate, share resources, support, and ideas. In the fall of 1976, the Women's Center received funding from the Student Activity Tax. This series contains the records of the Women's Center, 1973-1986. Also…
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    Alpha Tau Alpha, a fraternity for men in the two year program, was formed in 1906 at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (later known as the University of New Hampshire). The fraternity disbanded in 1932. This series…
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    The Gamma Theta local fraternity began at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1907. This local fraternity was established as the Delta Delta chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega national fraternity in 1917. This series contains…
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    This scrapbook was created by Florence E. Hall, Class of 1927. She majored in modern languages. While at UNH, she was active in Sigma Omicron sorority, Pi Eta Phi honorary educational fraternity, the Glee Club, the YWCA, and the field hockey team. Florence Hall married Argyle Proper, UNH Class of…
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    The Dean of Student Affairs position was reclassified in July of 1991 and made the Vice President for Student Affairs. This series contains the files of Student Affairs office under both the Dean of Student Affairs and the Vice President for Student…
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    Irene M. Hall, from Rochester, NH, graduated from UNH with the class of 1922. This collection contains the diary of Irene M. Hall for the dates of January 1, 1917 through December 31, 1917. It covers the second semester of her sophomore year and the fall semester of her junior year. She talks…
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    Charles James was born in Earl's Barton, Northhamptonshire, England in 1880. He was educated at University College in London from 1899-1904. He came to the United States in 1906 and was asked to join the faculty at the New Hampshire College of…
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    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.
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    The International Studies Council was a committee of professors from the University of New Hampshire. The primary founders were David Larson and John Holden, both professors of political science at UNH, who were later joined by Donald Vincent, the…
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    This series contains photographs of the University of New Hampshire Swim and Dive Team. Included are prints, negatives and contact sheets. This series is arranged chronologically. For further information on the Swim and Dive Team see series UA 16/1/2
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    Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, the University of New Hampshire's marine research and education laboratory, was dedicated on May 30, 1970. The laboratory is named in honor of Professor Emeritus C. Floyd Jackson, who established a summer program for marine biology and zoology students on the Isles of…
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    The University System of New Hampshire is directed by a 27-member Board of Trustees. The Chancellor is the chief executive officer of the University System. This series contains the minutes for the meetings of the Board of Trustees for the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanical…
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    This series contains the minutes for the meetings of the Board of Trustees' Capital and Strategic Planning Committee.
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    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…
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    The Hatch Act, passed on March 2, 1887, authorized establishment of the land-grant college agricultural experiment stations. The New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station was formed in August of 1887 as a department of the New Hampshire College of…
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    Clark Stevens was a faculty member at the University of New Hampshire from 1920 until his retirement in 1964. He served as chair of the Forestry Department from 1938-1958. This collection contains the history of Forestry at UNH by Clark L. Stevens. It starts in 1893 with the move of the New…
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    The Cooperative Extension of the University of New Hampshire has an office in each county in New Hampshire. The Carroll County Forestry Division kept records about the Forestry Cooperators in that county. This series contains the records of the Carroll County Forestry department. They include the…
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    The University of New Hampshire 100 Club, begun in 1947, is a charitable organization whose prime purpose is to raise money for student athletic scholarships. In 1982, the Hall of Fame wasformed by the 100 Club to honor those people who have supported UNH athletics either through their athletic…
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    The Sports Information Office is responsible for the gathering and dissemination of all UNH sports information through-out the nation. This includes preparation of press releases related to athletics, recreational sports and/or individual athletes for the media, preparing informational materials…
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    The Faculty Tennis Club began in 1894 at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. The Club was for the male members of the teaching staff at the College. This collection holds the records of the Club.
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    Freshman Week at the University of New Hampshire was first held in 1924. The purpose of the week was to acquaint the new students with each other and with the college. Lectures were given on such topics as How to Study, Personal Hygiene and the…
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    This series contains issues of the newsletter produced in-house by the staff at the University of New Hampshire's Dimond Library. The newsletter reports on the internal news of the library as well as university events and information which effect library employees. The name of the newsletter has…
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    This series contains issues of the magazine "Catalyst" produced by the Student Press at the University of New Hampshire. The magazine reports on issues pertinent to the campus and the region.
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    Arthur Stanton Adams was born on July 1, 1896 in Winchester, Massachusetts. He received degrees from Norwich University, The University of California and the Colorado School of Mines. He served as president of UNH from June of 1948 through 1950. The Papers of Arthur Stanton Adams cover the years…
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    Herbert J. Moss worked in the President's Office as Secretary of the University from 1950-1952. Afterwards, he served as Dean of the Graduate School until 1954. This collection contains his files while employed in the President's Office at the…
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    The University Resources Task Force was created in February 1975 to study the use of the University's resources and to make recommendations to the President which would result in savings and reallocation of these resources. This series contains the…