University Archives

  • University Archives
    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 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…
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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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    Governor Huntley N. Spaulding of New Hampshire presented a gift to UNH in 1934 of $15,000. The money was set up as a revolving loan to be given to needy students for anything from tuition to books or living expenses. The president of the University was in charge of the fund. This series contains…
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    Eugene H. Leaver graduated from UNH in 1944 with a degree in Architecture. He worked as the Assistant Director of Development and Planning at the Colorado School of Mines before returning to UNH in 1949 as the Assistant to the Superintendent of…
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    The minutes of the meetings of the faculty of the NHCAMA were recorded by secretaries, C. H. Harrison, 1906-1908; E. R. Groves, 1908-1911; Mabel Hodgkins, 1911-1914; Florence Trimmer, 1914-1915; and Conda J. Ham, 1915-1916. They include printed materials pasted and laid in.
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    The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment is responsible for compiling data and surveys about the University. This series contains a selection of files from their office for the years 1970-1986.
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    The Whittemore School of Business and Economics of the University of New Hampshire operated two hotels in the White Mountains region in order to give young people job training and skills in the hotel-motel industry. This series contains the program's…
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    The Alumnae Council at the University of New Hampshire sent out letters to fifty "Interesting Alumnae" to gather information about their lives since graduation. Of the fifty women on the list, 31 responded. As a result of the letters, the Alumnae Council compiled the information and produced the…
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    In 1930, a radio station was constructed on the third floor of Thompson Hall and students from the Speech and Drama Department formed the Mike and Dial Club, producing live dramatic plays and a variety of other shows. In 1952, a new transmitter allowed the campus to send radio signals through…
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    The New Hampshire Gamma chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon was installed at the University of New Hampshire in 1984. This series contains files from the Greek Advisor's Office pertaining to the history and activities of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity at…
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    The New Hampshire chapter of Delta Chi fraternity was installed at the University of New Hampshire in 1986. This series contains files from the Greek Advisor's Office pertaining to the history and activities of the Delta Chi fraternity at the…
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    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…
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    The Student Organizations Committee is a standing committee of the UNH Administration reporting to the Vice President of Student Affairs. This series contains the files of the Student Organizations Committee.
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    The Alpha Zeta fraternity, composed exclusively of agricultural students, was founded in 1897 at Ohio State University. The Granite Chapter of the fraternity was founded at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1903. The history of the fraternity was introduced and…
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    Dr. Cecil J. Schneer worked at the University of New Hampshire from 1954 to 1988 as a professor in the Department of Earth Science. This series contains the files of Dr. Cecil J. Schneer.
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    The Student Committee on Educational Policy (SPEC) was composed of 18 members of the student body with the goal of improving student-faculty relations. Gathering complaints and comments from the students, as well as feedback from faculty advisors, they submitted their report to the administration…
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    This series contains postcards pertaining to the University of New Hampshire. The majority are campus buildings, but there are also some group photos. Most were never mailed.
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    This series contains the photographs of the Cheerleading Squads at the University of New Hampshire.
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    This series contains videotape created for the Office of the Vice President for Research and Public Service, which is the focal point for advocacy and support of the complementary research and public service missions of the University.
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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 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…
  • University Archives
    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…