University of New Hampshire

  • University Archives
    Conrad F. Peterson graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1932. While at school he was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity and editor of the 1932 Granite Yearbook his junior year. This scrapbook was created by Conrad F. Peterson and contains mostly photographs. Many of the photos were…
  • University Archives
    Leon W. Hitchcock taught Electrical Engineering at the University of New Hampshire between 1910 and 1956. This collection consists of files kept by Leon W. Hitchcock during his career at the University of New Hampshire, the bulk of which concerns student war training during World Wars I and II.
  • University Archives
    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.
  • University Archives
    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.
  • University Archives
    This series contains videotapes of programs and exhibits in the University Art Gallery.
  • Special Collections
    Ormond Armstrong Roberts (1913-2005) was a First Lieutenant in the 168th Infantry, 34th Infantry Division when he was captured in February 1943 at the battle of Sidi Bou Zid in Tunisia and taken via Naples and the Brenner Pass, initially to a British grand blessé camp for a while and eventually by…
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    Hockey East is a collegiate hockey league that was founded in 1983 by five institutions: Boston College, Boston University, the University of Maine, the University of New Hampshire and Providence College. Since then the league has expanded to include…
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    Dr. Stephen Hardy played as a defenseman for the Bowdoin College hockey team in ECAC Division II in the late 1960s. He and his twin brother Erland were co-captains in the 1969-1970 season and were the only twins playing collegiate hockey in the country. They helped Bowdoin’s 1968-1969 squad win the…
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    John Arthur Hogan was born in Idaho in 1909 and educated at the University of Washington and Denver University. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1952. In 1947 he came to work at the University of New Hampshire, retiring in 1974. Hogan…
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    Lewis Stark (1908-2004) began collecting bookplates as an undergraduate at UNH in the late 1920s and later used this collection as the basis for his master’s thesis, “English Literature as Reflected in Bookplate Design.” The collection contains more…
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    Mining engineer, a summer resident of Durham, N.H., and benefactor of U.N.H. Copies of Hamilton Smith’s business correspondence. Many of the letters pertain to Smith’s numerous investments, which included mining operations in California, Alaska, South Africa, and South America, and the Central…
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    Professor of English and Director of the Center for New England Culture, University of New Hampshire, Durham. Includes correspondence from Carolyn Chute and Maxine Kumin. The Chute letters talk about the logistics of readings at the University of New Hampshire and thanks Watters for his favorable…
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    Edwin Jay Roberts was born in Gilford, New Hampshire on February 2, 1885. He graduated from New Hampshire College in 1902 and attended Yale University for graduate work on rare earths, receiving his PhD in 1911. Roberts married his hometown sweetheart…
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    The New Hampshire State Survey Committee was a statewide committee formed in 1923 by leaders in business, education, government, and industry to survey and catalog the resources of New Hampshire, establishing a program to achieve maximum statewide development. Progress was very slow and finally, in…
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    Mekeel McBride (1950-) is a writer who studied under Samuel Yellen, as well as going on to teach at Harvard, Princeton, Wheaton, and UNH (1979-present). Her books include A Change in the Weather (Chowder Chapbooks, 1979), No Ordinary World (1979), The…