University Archives

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    In 1941, President Engelhardt organized six committees to formulate a “New Hampshire Charter” that would further elaborate the roles of the faculty. The collection includes the committees’ files as well as the original and revised copies of its report.
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    The Merrimack Valley Branch of the University of New Hampshire was established in Manchester in September 1967. The branch started as an extension center. There were thirty-one credit courses, taught almost entirely by regular faculty members from the…
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    The Merrimack Valley College began as a branch of the University of New Hampshire in 1967. This collection contains a handbook, correspondence, and annual reports from the Merrimack Valley College Library. It also contains minutes from the Library…
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    This series consists of one pamphlet containing the address given by Congressman Justin S. Morrill in the Vermont State House of Representatives. Senator Morrill discusss his role in the creation of the Land-Grant Colleges and their success.
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    Jeremiah W. Sanborn started at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1876 as farm superintendent. He continued in that position until 1883 when he left for a job in Missouri. This series contains the report of Jeremiah W. Sanborn to the Secretary of the Board of…
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    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…
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    Hamilton Ford Allen was a professor of French and Spanish at the University of New Hampshire from 1922 to 1929. He conducted summer educational tours in France for American students starting in 1926. He was married to Dorothy Allen and had two children, Harriet and Sam. This series consists of…
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    The Library Staff Council consisted of Operating Staff representives from each of the departments within the library. The Council brought the concerns of the staff to the Administration office. This series contains the files of the Library Staff Council.
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    In 1933 the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association established the Alumni Meritorious Service Award as a way of recongizing outstanding alumnae. A committee of alumni, appointed by the Association president, is charged with selecting the recipients of these awards. This series contains the…
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    L. Franklin "Frank" Heald born and raised in Littleton, NH. Heald graduated from UNH in 1939 with a B.A. degree in political science. During his senior year, he served as UNH correspondent to The Union Leader (Manchester, NH). In 1940, he was selected…
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    The Phi Mu Delta fraternity was established in 1918. It began with 3 chapters one of which was the Nu Beta chapter at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. This fraternity lost recognition from their national headquarters…
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    The Mu Alpha chapter of the Chi Omega sorority was established at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1915. This series contains files from the Greek Advisor's Office pertaining to the history and activities of the Chi…
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    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…
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    Gov. Frederick Smyth was a Trustee and the Treasurer for the Board of Trustees of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts from 1866 to 1897. Smyth started and funded a competition known as the Smyth Prize for writing, reading…
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    The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was founded in Hanover, NH in 1866. It moved to Durham, NH in 1893 and became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. This series consists of the minute book of the Class of 1897. The first entry is September 20, 1893, and the final…
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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 series contains the minutes for the Executive Committee of the Student Government at the New Hampshire…
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    Edwin P. Dewey was a member of the Class of 1882. He was the first president of the University's Christian fraternity in 1881 and a vice president of the Alumni association in 1885. This series contains an article by Edwin P. Dewey, Class of 1882, which he presented to the UNH Library in 1934. It…
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    The Art Department at the University of New Hampshire used space in Hamilton Smith Library and Hewitt Hall to show art exhibits until 1960. The Paul Creative Arts Center was constructed that year to house the Art Department and provide two galleries:…
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    This series contains the photographs of the University of New Hampshire Lacrosse team. Also available are press releases, rosters, schedules, programs, player and game statistics. These are filed under UA 16/1/1.
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    This series contains photos of the University of New Hampshire Wrestling Team, individuals and action shots. Records and other files are also available, filed under UA 16/1/9.
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    The Student Television Network began as the Student Videotape Network in 1974. The purpose of the STVN was to provide interested students with an opportunity to gain practical and educational experience with small format television. The STVN attempted to provide UNH with quality television…
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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 the meeting notes, letters of recommendation, and resumes of honorees, of the Board of Trustees' Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee.
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    The University of New Hampshire Administration Committee consisted of the President and the senior faculty members. The Committee made decisions about most of the problems and concerns that arose on the campus. Among other functions, the committee…
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    This series contains the minutes of the Executive Committee of the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, 1972-1980.
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    Dr. Clark L. Stevens, Class of 1917, was the Chairman of the Department of Forestry at UNH from 1938-1958. A pioneer teacher of forestry and wildlife, he was instrumental in the expansion of the forestry instructional program at UNH and carried on…
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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…
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    This series contains the records of the University of New Hampshire Men's and Women's Tennis Teams.
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    This series contains the records of the University of New Hampshire Football Team.
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    The Luella Pettee Fund was established during 1939-40 as a memorial to Mrs. Charles H. (Luella) Pettee. The fund generates small gifts to needy and worthy women undergraduates of the University of New Hampshire. This series contains the records of the…
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    Oren "Dad" Vittelius Henderson worked for the University of New Hampshire from 1915 to 1939. He started as the Business Secretary for the college and was also the Purchasing Agent for the Experiment Station. In 1920 he was promoted to Executive…
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    Everett B. Sackett served the University of New Hampshire from 1938 to 1969 as a professor, Registrar, Dean of Student Administration and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. He was commissioned by the University to write a history of the institution…
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    The Isles of Shoals Marine Laboratory is a cooperative venture between the University of New Hampshire and Cornell University. The State University of New York was a member until 1976. The laboratory is located on Appledore Island in the Isles of Shoals off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire. The…
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    This series contains issues of the magazine "Celestial Vision" produced by the Student Press at the University of New Hampshire. The magazine contains stories of science fiction, fantasy, horror and science fact.
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    William Gibbs was born in Winchester, Illinois in 1869. He received his BS and MS degrees from the Agricultural College of the University of Illinois. He then worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and later taught at Ohio State. In 1902, he became a professor of agriculture at NHC, then…
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    The Affirmative Action Office reports directly to the President on all matters relating to the diversity of the university. This collection, compiled by the Affirmative Action Office, contains documents significant to the university's diversity…
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    The Merrimack Valley Branch of the University of New Hampshire was established in Manchester in September 1967. The branch started as an extension center. There were thirty-one credit courses, taught almost entirely by regular faculty members from the…
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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 report made by Raymond Osgood Kendall (MA 1930) concerning the correlation of aptitude tests and intelligence tests. He used the Iowa Placement Tests in English and Mathematics and the Psychological Examination taken by students entering the University of New Hampshire in…
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    Professor Ezekiel Webster Dimond was born in Warner, NH in 1836. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1865. He became the first professor of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1868 where he worked until his death in 1876. For detailed information about Dimond's…
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    Leon W. Batchelder was the son of Lyman Batchelder who was in charge of construction at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts from 1915-1919. During World War I, the college housed and trained men in the…
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    Professor Joseph D. Batcheller (d. 1988) taught in the English Department and served as the Director of Theater at the University of New Hampshire. This collection contains his papers while employed at the university.
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    Charlotte K. Anderson worked for the University of New Hampshire Library for 37 years. She was hired as a reader consultant in 1943, but quickly assumed the duties of the documents librarian. In 1946, she was promoted to assistant librarian and held that position until she retired in 1980. This…
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    The Alumni Association was responsible for initiating a fund drive to build the Memorial Union Building. This series contains some of the materials used in soliciting funds for the memorial union building. It also contains names of veterans who served in the wars, obtained in 1953 from the office…
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    The Student Television Network began as the Student Videotape Network in 1974. The purpose of the STVN was to provide interested students with an opportunity to gain practical and educational experience with small format television. The STVN attempted to provide UNH with quality television…
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    The Iota Sigma chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity was installed at the University of New Hampshire in 1976. This series contains files from the Greek Advisor's Office pertaining to the history and activities of the Sigma Nu fraternity at the University of…
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    The Alpha Chi Omega sorority began as the first women's group at the University of New Hampshire in 1913 and was called Pi Alpha Phi. It was a local organization until it became the Alpha Tau chapter of Alpha Chi Omega in 1924. This series contains…
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    Argyle Burrill Proper from Warner, NH was a member of the Class of 1926 at the University of New Hampshire. He was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, the Aggie Club and the Phi Sigma Honorary Biological Society. He also served on the Y.W.C.A…
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    The Interscholastic Prize Speaking Contest was organized each year by the Alumni Association for high school students in New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts beginning in 1912. The prize money was provided by the class of 1911. This series contains programs for the prize speaking contest. Some of…
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    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.