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UA. University Archives

 Record Group
Identifier: UA
The Colgate University Archives is the official repository for the non-current permanent records of enduring value for Colgate University. Its collections document the history of the university from the 1810s to the present and the activities of students, alumni, faculty, and staff.

Found in 326 Collections and/or Records:

Adelphian Society records, A1022

 Collection
Identifier: A1022
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of records from Colgate's Adelphian Society dating back to 1840. It contains meeting minutes and schedules, financial records including donations and purchases for the society Library, as well as the society's Constitution and correspondence.

Dates: 1840-1883

Colgate University Committee on Admissions and Student Aid records, A1274

 Collection
Identifier: A1274
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a report drafted with the purpose of addressing Colgate's efforts in the recruitment of new students.

Dates: 1981

Aeonian Society records, A1023

 Collection
Identifier: A1023
Scope and Contents

This collection contains several volumes of the Aeonian Casket. It is a collection of writings by members of the society.

Dates: 1843-1871

Affirmative Action Committee records, A1232

 Collection
Identifier: A1232
Scope and Contents

This collection includes correspondence, questionnaires sent to departments, the 1974 Five-Year Affirmative Action Plan, and the Committee's 1980 report.

Dates: 1974 - 1980

All-University Council records, A1088

 Collection
Identifier: A1088
Collection Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, reports presented to the Council, various drafts of reports created by its sub-committees, and the final All-University Council report that was presented to Colgate's Board of Trustees.

Dates: 1943-1961

Allen family scrapbooks, A1101

 Collection
Identifier: A1101
Scope and Contents The Allen family scrapbooks consist of seven scrapbooks. Six belonged to Lloyd C. Allen, a 1925 graduate of Colgate University, and one to his brother Clyde. The scrapbooks mostly document Lloyd and Clyde's early years in Wellsville, New York and Lloyd's college years at Colgate, with the bulk of the material dating from the late 1910s and early 1920s. A much smaller amount of material related to their adult lives is also included. The scrapbooks include a significant number of photographs...
Dates: 1897 - 1966

Alpha Psi Omega records, A1299

 Collection
Identifier: A1299
Dates: 1940 - 1958; Existence: December, 2022; Existence: 1928

Colgate University alumni magazines, A1283

 Collection
Identifier: A1283
Scope and Contents

The format and name of Colgate University's alumni magazine has changed frequently over the years. The content generally includes news stories covering major events and changes on campus; feature stories on current students, faculty, and alumni; and updates on accomplishments and significant life events of alumni.

Dates: 1904 - 2021

Newton Lloyd Andrews papers, A1068

 Collection
Identifier: A1068
Scope and Contents

This collection contains writings, lectures, sermons, teaching material, lists of slides, and a small amount of correspondence.

Dates: 1861 - 1970

Colgate University Department of Athletics records, A1020

 Collection
Identifier: A1020
Scope and Contents

The Colgate University Department of Athletics records contain meeting minutes, newsletters, programs, clippings, and photographs. The bulk of the material covers either football or track and field. It also contains a large number of VHS tapes.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1874 - 2019

Colgate University Ernest Hamlin Baker collection, A1291

 Collection
Identifier: A1291
Scope and Contents

This collection contains newspaper clippings of Ernest Hamlin Baker cartoons, drawings, correspondence, and photographs. It mostly dates from the 1910s, but material from as late as the 1950s is also included.

Dates: 1908 - 1955