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The Vice President for Administrative Service records contain correspondence, meeting minutes, and other long and short term planning documents. Most relate to the physical campus at Colgate University.

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The collection contains labels from many countries in addition to Japan, including Russia, Sweden, Estonia, Belgium, England, and the United States, among others. But the Japanese section is both the largest and most visually interesting and may have been Prentice von Wettberg's personal favorite, since he appears to have given it more care and arrangement.

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One photograph album containing carte de visite photographs (many signed) of members of the Madison University faculty and class of 1873.

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This collection consists of ten nineteenth century photographs of Colgate University's campus. Most are stamped "A.H. Wheeler, Photographer, Landscape and Viewing" on the back. Descriptions of the images were mostly taken from notes on the back of photographs that appear to have been made by Colgate University Archivist Howard Williams several decades after the images were taken.

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Seth Whitman's diary contains brief descriptions of Whitman's travels and what appears to be the text of an address to a Baptist convention. The commonplace books contain notes, poems, images, and excerpts from other works. Seth's also contains notes on Hebrew.

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This collection includes articles, books, and materials relating to his radio show and cartoon strip, “Millions of Years Ago!” which Whitnall shared with the Colgate community, in addition to his personal correspondence. Manuscripts relating to his geological studies and a memory book from Mu Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon are included as well.

Scope and Contents The William E. Edmonston, Jr. papers cover many aspects of his professional life as a founder of the Neuroscience program at Colgate University and active researcher in the field of hypnosis. A large portion of the collection is correspondence related to his work as both a student and a professional. The collection also contains information regarding his Fulbright scholarship in Germany, a Neuroscience post doctorate program, and his writings on hypnosis, as well as weekly planners, grade...

Scope and Contents This collection consists mostly of financial and legal records documenting gifts to Madison University in the nineteenth century. The majority date from the 1850s-1880s. Also included are detailed notes created by University Archivist Howard Williams in the early 1950s. Williams' notes consist of note cards and worksheets describing contributions of individual donors. They appear to draw on many of the nineteenth century records in the collection as well as other sources, such as...

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This collection, which appears to have been assembled by former University Archivist Howard Williams, contains photographs, clippings, and a letter. All address women who taught at or attended Colgate University before it officially became coeducational in 1970.

Content Description "Through the guidance of Black feminist theory, this archive was created by a Woman of Color who was unable to identify the stories of the Women of Color before her in the University Archives. This archive was made to give voice to the Women of Color who lived and experienced this institution on a day to day basis. This is in the hopes that one day, other Women of Color will have access to the herstories that are so easily erased by the dominant narrative." - Women of Color Archive at...

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This is a collection of newspaper articles, photographs, service statistics, equipment records, and press releases related to the experiences of Colgate alumni and the Colgate campus during World War I. Many of the photographs are from E.H. Stone, a prominent local photographer in Hamilton, New York during this time.

Scope and Contents The Colgate University World War II records document the experiences of Colgate's campus and alumni during the second world war. The first series, Military Program records, contains records from several of the military training programs that took place on the Colgate campus during the war. It includes curriculum information, such as schedules, course lists, and examinations; enrollment lists; rules and regulations; information for instructors; correspondence and administrative...