Faculty & Personnel

  • University Archives
    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. This series contains his lecture notes of American literature and personal notes…
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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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    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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    Philip M. Marston was a professor of History at the University of New Hampshire from 1939 to 1966. He was appointed as the University Historian in 1962 and was working on a history of the University. The manuscript was never finished due to his death on November 11, 1966. This collection contains…
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    The Animal Husbandry Department was part of the Agricultural Division of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. The college became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. In 1958 the Animal Husbandry Department was renamed the Department of Animal Sciences and in 1969 it…
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    Henry Corrow was the publications editor for the Cooperative Extension Services. This series contains the biographical forms voluntarily filled out by cooperative extension staff members. Some files also include items such as resumes,press releases, articles or obituaries.
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    The Weekly Letter was produced by the Office of the Recorder to keep the faculty informed on the academic status of students (warnings, withdrawals, name changes, etc.). It was also used to announce university deadlines, upcoming events, items for…
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    Following 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…
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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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    Wilfred A. Osgood was a 1914 graduate of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in Durham, NH. Osgood returned in 1925 to the University to work in the Entomology Department. He was the State Moth Worker from 1928 to 1938 at which time he was hired as the Assistant to 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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    Zoology professor, C. Floyd Jackson was appointed the first university health officer in 1920, but until 1932 students were expected to look out for their own health needs. In 1931, Charles H. Hood, Class of 1880, presented the university with $125,…
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    Phyllis Killam Abell, member of the class of 1950, studied chemistry and served as president of the Association of Women Students at UNH. She began teaching and research at various institutions including UNH. She was a strong advocate for women and people of color. She taught Women's Studies…
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    The Purnell Act was passed by Congress in 1925. It provided federal money to state Agricultural Experiment Stations for research on agriculture as well as the related economic and sociological factors. The University of New Hampshire took full…
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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. In this volume, Ruth Stimson has…
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    The Revolver was written and distributed by students at the University of New Hampshire. This series contains 5 issues of the Revolver. The contents provide critical commentary from students about the University of New Hampshire and its administration.
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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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    In 1998, President Joan Leitzel organized the first annual tour of New Hampshire for new faculty members, many of whom had lived in the state for only a few years. During the three day event, planned by the office of Public Programs and Events, the…
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    William H. L. Brackett was born August 27, 1892 in Greenland, NH. He graduated from UNH in 1914. While a student, served as president of his class for three years, as well as president of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He excelled in sports, playing football for four years, his fourth year as…
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    Oren V. Henderson served in various bureaucratic positions at the University of New Hampshire, on the Durham board of selectmen, and in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. This collection contains both his personal and professional papers.
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    Professor Fredrick W. Taylor (1876-1963) of Ohio State university was appointed professor of agriculture and head of the department of agriculture at UNH in 1903. In 1908 he became professor of agronomy. In 1915 he was made dean of the agricultural division. This series contains two midterm exams…
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    Musical programs have been sponsored by the University from its earliest years. The academic department of music was established in 1920. The bulk of this series contains programs for musical entertainment.
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    Professor Stuart Dunn worked for the University of New Hampshire from 1926 to 1970. He taught courses in plant physiology in the Department of Botany and at the Agricultural Experiment Station. He wrote a text book and lab manual in 1949 entitled…
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    This series contains cassette tapes and slides given to the UNH Archives by Maynard C. Heckel, Director Emeritus of UNH Cooperative Extension and Professor Emeritus of Adult Education. The tapes contain inverviews with former Cooperative Extension Professionals from 17 states from Maine to Wyoming…
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    This series contains issues of the leaflet Strike Daily which was produced by students at the University of New Hampshire during the student strike in the spring of 1970. The leaflets give information on how to get involved in anti-war work 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 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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    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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    Helen Fitch McLaughlin began working at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1917 as a Home Demonstration Agent. She was promoted to Instructor in Home Economics in 1920 in which position she stayed until her retirement in 1953. This series contains one diary which…
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    The Engineering Experiment Station was formed by the Board of Trustees in 1929, as a non-teaching division of the College of Technology. It wasn't until 1932 that the station began operation. It was established to provide professional engineering and…
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    In 1928 a Marine Zoological Laboratory was established under the leadership of UNH Professor C. Floyd Jackson on Appledore Island, one of the Isles of Shoals off Portsmouth. Students flocked to the island each summer to engage in field research until…
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    C. Floyd Jackson joined the university in 1908 as an assistant entomologist and before retiring in 1952 served as assistant professor of zoology and entomology professor, professor of zoology, chairman of the department and dean of the College of…
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    J. Donald Silva, a professor of English in the Thompson School of Applied Science, filed suit in federal court against the University of New Hampshire and some of its officials charging they had violated his academic freedom and free speech rights by…
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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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    The post of Executive Secretary, and later that of the Assistant to the President, was organized to assist the President of the University of New Hampshire in his duties. This collection contains the files of the Executive Secretary from 1926 to 1937, and those of the Assistant to the President…
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    The Merrimack Valley Branch of the University of New Hampshire was established in Manchester in September 1967. This collection contains correspondence and papers from the various directors and deans of Merrimack Valley Branch. The list of names…
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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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    The Faculty Club was established in 1920. It continued in operation for 38 years until 1958 when the club building was torn down. In 1978, the Faculty Center was established in Grant House; and in 1993 the University club was established in Hood House. This series contains correspondence concerning…
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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 series contains videotapes concerning Whittemore School of Business and Economics.
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    This 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…
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    This series contain the files relating to the Greenhouses and papers by several members of the Department of Plant Biology. Included is information on greenhouse operations and general department information.
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    The University of New Hampshire Chapter of the AAUP came into existence in the Spring of 1923 when thirteen faculty members from the University of New Hampshire were elected to membership in the National Association. The Association aims to be a…
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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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    Lillian F. Curtis served the University of New Hampshire for almost two and half decades, largely in secretarial work in the upper echelons of the University's leadership. This collection contains the files Lilliam F. Curtis kept while employed at the University of New Hampshire.
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    The Merrimack Valley Branch of the University of New Hampshire was established in Manchester in September 1967. This collection contains miscellaneous papers and handbooks from the library of Merrimack Valley Branch.
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    C. Floyd Jackson taught zoology at UNH from 1908-1952. This series contains several drafts of a manuscript on "The Fishes of the Northwest Atlantic" written by Jackson. He does not appear to have found a publisher for his manuscript.
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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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    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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    This series contains films created by the UNH Office of Public Information. Many of them were shot by Clement Moran using 16mm film. They have been converted onto VHS. They cover a variety of campus events from the 1930's and 1940's. There are…