Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Abstract The papers of Allan A. Kuusisto, President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges from 1970 to 1982, contain materials from 1969 to 2000. The majority of these materials originating during his presidency, they include correspondence, biographical information, Colleges related documents, published materials, photographs, and personal files. The collection covers a variety of professional as well as personal matters during Kuusisto's presidency, including the Tommy the Traveler incident, the...

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A collection of materials created to support several of the colleges' Self-Studies prepared for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. It includes committee reports, surveys of faculty and students, departmental reports as well as miscellaneous items.

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This collection contains informational student files created by the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Alumni and Alumnae Relations office. The files in this collection cover Geneva College, Hobart College, and William Smith College students who graduated between 1826 and 1930. Materials include newspaper clippings, articles, correspondence, information sheets, photographs, and some publications.

There are also a couple files on faculty and staff.

Abstract This collection contains materials related to the tumultuous events of 1968-1970, inspired primarily by student opposition to the Vietnam War. These events include the flag-washing incident, the sit-in protesting the Air Force R.O.T.C. program, the firebombing of the R.O.T.C. office in Sherrill Hall, and the campus drug raid and subsequent standoff with police. Additional materials cover the arrests and trials which followed. Thomas Tongyai (a.k.a. Tommy the Traveler) is a primary figure in...

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Hobart and William Smith Colleges has embarked on many capital campaigns throughout its history. The campaigns are typically designed to raise money for the endowment, for scholarships, and for specific building and renovation projects. This record group contains materials from the 1984, 1994, and 2006 capital campaigns.

Scope and Contents The materials in this collection document a number of campus events and initiatives from the period of Don Woodrow's tenure as a faculty member in the Geoscience Department. Many of the documents relate to the geoscience program and its evolution and growth over time, including reports, memos, grant proposals, and planning studies. A sizeable portion of the collection, however, deals with larger campus issues such as the resignation of President Albert E. Holland in 1968, the tussle...

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Documents and photographs relating to the Durfee Family: Elizabeth Racao Durfee (Registrar and faculty member), Walter Hetherington Durfee (Dean, Provost, Acting President and faculty member), William Pitt Durfee (Dean, Acting President and faculty member), and Horton K. Durfee, Hobart class of 1949 and World War II Veteran.

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This collection contains the memorabilia and college papers of Elizabeth Willcox Thomson, a 1937 graduate of William Smith College. Materials include photographs of campus events, lyrics and music for the 1937 class song, William Smith College Alumnae Bulletins, a collection of poetry by William Smith alumnae, a 1987 50th reunion booklet, and more.

Abstract Elon Howard Eaton, 1866-1935, was a faculty member in the Hobart and William Smith Colleges' Biology Department from 1908-1935, author of Birds of New York, and winner of the 1992 Distinguished Faculty award. This is a collection of his papers compiled over the course of his life and after, which includes correspondence, biographical information, family information, material related to his publications, bird lists and research, bird photography, news...

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Collection of papers belonging to or regarding Geraldine Oyen Steindler WS '45. One box containing nine items, including two photograph albums, a scrapbook, two copies of "Stage Whispers", an article from The Herald, two articles from The Geneva Times, and an article on the publishing of Geraldine's book "The Game Cookbook".

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This collection contains materials covering the United States Air Force R.O.T.C. at Hobart College, which existed from 1951-1970. The materials consist primarily of photographs and newspaper clippings removed from five scrapbooks and several files of correspondence.

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The Collection on John Lydenberg includes documents from 1931 to 2000 that pertain to John Lydenberg, Professor of English and American Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges from 1946-1980. These documents are organized into four boxes, which include lecture notes, supplementary teaching materials, publications, and biographical information.

Scope and Contents This Record Group contains the records of the library at Geneva College, Hobart College, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Materials include accession registers, account books, catalogues, library guides and rules, Library Associates records, correspondence, annual reports, gift and donation materials, and other various records related to the library from 1823 to the present.The largest part of this collection (boxes 5-9) contains building and construction records. ...

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Papers and items belonging to or regarding Marianna MacKay Wilkins, WS '28. Includes 83 items in 14 folders, all contained in one box. Materials in this collection date from 1924 to 1987.

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Pro Patria was printed for remembrance of those Hobart and William Smith students who died in World War II. This collection has documentation of the process of the making of the Pro Patria publication and includes receipts, correspondences, associated texts, and edited copies of the publication.

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This collections contains the papers of Professor of Religion Richard "Doc" Heaton.

Series I contains papers related to his work at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, including course materials, study abroad, departmental communication, and campus events.

Series II contains papers related to social and religious organizations, including FIGHT, the General Ordination Examinations of the Episcopal Church, and assorted local groups.

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This collection contains the papers of Romana Lashewycz-Rubycz, most of which relate to her time as a professor of inorganic chemistry at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The collection includes research grant proposals, student presentations and papers, publications, course notes, and handouts.

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A collection of papers from 1910-1975 belonging to or regarding Rosalind A. Daniels WS '18, in one box. Contains 42 items in three folders, including event programs, miscellaneous papers, and photographs. Also included in the collection are three textbooks and three handwritten composition notebooks, all belonging to Daniels. There are 48 items in total.

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The SAGA Corporation Records collection contains correspondence, employee handbooks, SAGA collectibles, SAGA publications, newspaper articles, health care documents, job descriptions, management materials, photographs, films, audio cassettes, and slides from the SAGA Corporation, a food service organization in operation from 1948 to 1986. SAGA was founded at Hobart and William Smith Colleges by three students in 1948.

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This collection contains scapbooks by individual students and scrapbooks by or for college presidents and their families. Also included are scrapbooks of news clippings, of college history, of college records, of college organizations, of class reunions and news clippings from World War I.

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This Record Group contains Hobart and William Smith Colleges student publications. Many of these publications were short-lived, only producing a handful of issues. A few publications, however, had longer runs. Some issues have been bound and are shelved in the Geneva Collection. The call number for these bound copies has been noted.

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This collection contains the personal files and work of Toni Flores. Flores was a professor of Anthropology, Women's Studies, and American Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The majority of the documents in the collection, excluding the personal files, fall under one of the above topics. Most of the papers included in this collection were completed during the time she was at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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This is a small collection containing items from Wilson Hinsdale Faude's time at Hobart College including newspaper clippings, photographs, and programs from performances. Of particular interest may be the materials covering the resignation of President Holland and the President Selection Committee, which included students, that was formed to select the next President.