Committees & Councils
- University ArchivesJoan R. Leitzel earned her bachelor's degree from Hanover College in 1958, her master's degree from Brown University in 1961, and her doctorate from Indiana University in 1965, all in mathematics. Dr. Leitzel was appointed seventeenth president of the…
- University ArchivesThe Professional, Administrative and Technical (PAT) Staff Council, established in 1975 as a standing council of the UNH administration, serves the president in an informational and advisory capacity, provides for the election of staff senators, and recommends staff personnel policies. It also…
- University ArchivesThe University of New Hamsphire Library records date back to the first catalog of books belonging to the New Hampshire state college. This collection chronicles the Library's growth through correspondence, records, minutes of meetings, acquisitions,…
- University ArchivesThe 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…
- University ArchivesThis series contains the meeting reports of the Board of Trustees' Long-Range Capital Planning Subcommittee.
- University ArchivesThis series contains the minutes of the Executive Committee of the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, 1972-1980.
- University ArchivesRalph Dorn Hetzel graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1906. He taught English and public speaking at Oregon State College and became a full professor there in 1910. In 1912 he was asked to organize a political science department and in 1913 was made the director of the extension services…
- University ArchivesThe President's Cabinet was created in 1990 by President Dale F. Nitzschke and consists of the Directors of the major segments of the University. This series contains the agendas with attachments of the Cabinet meetings.
- University ArchivesThe 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.
- University ArchivesThis series contains videotapes produced for the Office of Finance and Administration.
- University ArchivesThis series contains the minutes for the meetings of the Board of Trustees' Capital and Strategic Planning Committee.
- University ArchivesThe 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…
- University ArchivesEdward Morgan Lewis served as president of the University of New Hampshire from September 1, 1927 to May 24, 1936. Lewis received both his undergraduate and graduate education from Williams College. He came to UNH from Massachusetts Agricultural…
- University ArchivesThis series contains the agendas with attachments for the President's Staff. The Staff was started in 1990 by President Dale Nitzschke and consists of all the Vice Presidents of the University.
- University ArchivesThe Office of Parent Programs is the culmination of the UNH Parents’ Association. The Parents’ Association was created in 1976 in order to facilitate parent involvement in the University’s education and student life activities, and to improve…
- University ArchivesThe 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…
- University ArchivesThe 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.…
- University ArchivesThe graduate school at UNH was formally created in 1928, though graduate studies date back to the university founding. This collection contains files from the graduate school including minutes of the graduate faculty meetings, campus correspondence,…
- University ArchivesRoy Deneale Hunter was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the University of New Hampshire in 1916. He then became president of the Board in 1931 until his death in 1944. Hunter also acted as Chief Executive Officer of UNH twice, following the death of President Lewis in 1937 and President…
- University ArchivesThe Operating Staff Council at the University of New Hampshire was founded in February of 1975. The purpose of the Council is to provide better communication between the administration and the operating staff. This series contains the minutes, agendas…
- University ArchivesThe Publications Office produces pamphlets, brochures, maps, posters, and invitations for the University. This series contains a collection of their products.
- University ArchivesThis contains contains meeting minutes, reports, and correspondence of the Board of Trustees' Personnel Committee. This collection contains meeting minutes, reports, and correspondence of the Board of Trustees' Personnel Committee from 1951 through…
- University ArchivesThis series contains the meeting agenda materials and reports of the Board of Trustees' Finance and Budget Committee.
- University ArchivesThe graduate school at UNH was formally created in 1928, though graduate studies date back to the university founding. This series contains the minutes of the Graduate Council meetings and its subcommittees.
- University ArchivesDr. Fred Engelhardt was chosen as president of UNH on December 1, 1936, assuming office the following April. He served as president until his death on February 3, 1944. The Fred Engelhardt Papers include topics such as library alterations, the WPA, the National Defence, and the military department.
- University ArchivesThe University Senate at the University of New Hampshire was begun in 1937. The Senate consisted of faculty members from each of the departments on campus. Student representation was approved in 1968 and 25 students took their seats in January of 1969…
- University ArchivesThe 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.
- University ArchivesThis series contains the minutes for the meetings, agendas, and addendums of the Board of Trustees' Student Affairs Committee, and the Board of Trustees' Student Affairs Subcommittee.
- University ArchivesNew Hampshire Public Television first aired July 6, 1959, and was owned by the University of New Hampshire until 2011. It became New Hampshire Public Broadcasting System in 2017. This series contains reports of the New Hampshire Public Television's Board of Governors to the Board of Trustees of the…
- University ArchivesThe graduate school at UNH was formally created in 1928, though graduate studies date back to the university founding. This series contains minutes from the meetings of the Executive Committee of the Graduate School of the University of New Hampshire.
- University ArchivesHarold Walter Stoke served as President of UNH from 1944-1947. After three years at the University of New Hampshire, Dr. Stoke resigned (August 1947) to become president of Louisiana State University. The Papers of Harold Walter Stoke cover the years 1944-1947 and include materials such as post war…
- University ArchivesThe 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…
- University ArchivesThe MUB Board of Governors was created to enhance the learning experience and participation of students as well as increase their involvement in the governance of the Memorial Union. Topics concerned in the Board of Governors purposes include space…
- University ArchivesThis series contains the minutes of the Board of Trustees' Academic Affairs Committee.
- University ArchivesNew Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was founded in 1866 in Hanover, NH. The school moved to Durham, NH in 1893 and became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The Board of Trustees resolved in 1891 that written reports to the Board and other documents deemed of value…
- University ArchivesThe graduate school at UNH was formally created in 1928, though graduate studies date back to the university founding. This series contains the minutes of the Graduate Faculty Committe meetings.
- University ArchivesFollowing the resignation of President Harold W. Stoke in August of 1947, the Board of Trustees spent the fall semester choosing a successor. During this period the President of the Board of Trustees, Frank W. Randall, served as Interim Executive Officer. However, because Randall was active in…
- University ArchivesThe 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…
- University ArchivesThis series contains the records of the Associated Student Organizations. They include financial data and information about individual student organizations on campus.
- University ArchivesThis series contains the meeting agendas, attachments, and minutes of the Board of Trustees' Property and Physical Plant Development Committee.
- University ArchivesThe original Board of Trustees of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts consisted of five members chosen by the State of New Hampshire and four members chosen by the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College. While sharing location and Trustee members, New Hampshire College…
- University ArchivesThe 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.
- University ArchivesHarry 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.
- University ArchivesThe 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…
- University ArchivesThe Commuter/Transfer Center, formerly called Off-Campus Housing, opened in 1979. Its purpose was to provide a wider range of support and services for the transfer and commuter students at UNH. Located in the Memorial Union Building, the center…
- University ArchivesThis series contains meeting minutes, reports, proposals, and correspondence of the Board of Trustees' Educational Policy Committee.
- University ArchivesThe 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 in 1893 after Benjamin Thompson, a prosperous…
- University ArchivesThe Commission on Contemporary Issues was appointed in academic year 1967-68. The Commission was unable to meet until September 1968. The goal of the Commission was to find ways to create dialogue at UNH with respect to social crisis (civil rights and…
- University ArchivesHerbert 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…
- University ArchivesThe 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…
