University Archives

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    Professor Clarence W. Scott worked for the University for 54 years. He served as first librarian of the college, instuctor and professor of English, 1878-1886, and professor of history and political science, 1879-1930. A short time before his death, Dr. Scott had undertaken the writing of a history…
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    Instructor's Reports were written and filed for first (spring) and second (fall) semester, and summer session courses at the University of New Hampshire. These reports were required of every person holding a University appointment who conducted…
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    The UNH undergraduate writing requirement was instituted in 1995. This collection contains the files of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program.
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    The Agricutural Alumni Association organizes and sponsors the annual Homecoming Barbecue. This series contains the correspondence and records of the treasurer of the Agricultural Alumni Association.
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    The Christian Fraternity was formed in 1881 at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in Hanover, NH. in 1893, when the College moved to Durham, the Fraternity dissolved and formed the New Hampshire College Young Men's Christian Association. This series contains three ledger…
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    Delta Kappa local sorority was established at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1919. The sorority then became a charter member of Kappa Delta national as the Alpha Sigma chapter in 1929. This series contains files from…
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    Alpha Sigma Phi was recognized on the UNH campus in December 2008. Currently and the fraternity is in the process of expansion. This series contains files from the Greek Advisor's Office pertaining to the history and activities of the Alpha Sigma Phi…
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    Clyde Quimby, from Claremont NH, graduated from UNH in 1933. While at college he was active in Delta Chi (Honorary Mathematics Society), the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Track and Cross Country teams. This series contains the…
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    The Dean of Student Affairs position was reclassified in July of 1991 to create a Vice President for Student Affairs. This series contains the agendas, atttachments and minutes for the Staff Meetings of the Vice President for Student Affairs…
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    Stephen H. Boomer received a bachelor's degree in forestry from NHCAMA in 1921. He was an instructor in forestry at UNH for two years prior to becoming the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's blister rust control officer for Carroll County. He worked for the USDA from 1923 to 1959. He lived in North Conway…
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    The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was formed in 1866 in Hanover, NH. The college moved to Durham, NH in 1893. This series contains inventories taken of the stock and apparatus of the Mechanic Arts Department. The…
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    This series contains the minutes of the Policies Committee of the College of Liberal Arts.
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    The Department of Physical Education for Women was established in 1916. It was compulsory for three years and optional during the senior year. This series contains a description of the World War II conditioning program and the publicity that the…
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    This series contains photographs of New Hampshire's Women's Softball Team.
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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…