Collections and Finding Aids

Introduction and Historical Sketch

In 1978, Hartwick College received a grant from the Comprehensive Education and Training Act (CETA) to conduct a folklore research project in Delaware County, New York. The project was based at the College’s Pine Lake campus with Pine Lake Director Bob Doyle as supervisor.

From January 1978 through March 1979, Margaret Stumpf, Tom Buckner and 30 students interviewed older adults throughout the county, recording their stories about a variety of topics including hunting bobcats and panthers, ice fishing, home and herbal remedies, quilt making, song and dance, old-time recipes, doctors, acid factories, bathtub whiskey, and personal histories. In addition to the rich stories, the collection offers excellent examples of local speech patterns.

The collection is composed of 62 tapes and accompanying transcripts which are arranged by town and cross-referenced by topic and interviewee. The entire collection has been annotated and coded by topic for easy retrieval of information. A list of interviewees and detailed information about each interview is available here.

This scrapbook contains historical papers, letters, and photographs pertaining to the history of France’s second Empire and the early days of the Third Republic. Included are such famous autographs as Count von Moltke, Frederick William, Count von Bismarck, and many others. It is entitled “Autographs – The Franco German War and the Third French Republic,” with a volume number “19,” and appears to be from a set of scrapbooks originally belonging to Henry Bicknell of Cavendish House, Clapham Common.

The scrapbook was found in December 1975 in the Arnold Hall vault at Hartwick College and transferred to the College Archives.

Introduction

The collection documents the land transactions of substantial tracts in upstate New York which were once part of the two million-acre Hardenburgh Patent. It also includes wills, diaries, scrapbooks and some photos from the Gerry, Harriman, Livingston and Kane families. The Gerry family donated this collection to the Hartwick College Archives in November of 1998.

Biographical and Historical Sketch

The Gerry family traces its heritage back to Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814), revolutionary leader from Marblehead, Massachusetts, signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation, and Vice-President of the United States under James Madison; and to the Livingston family through the marriage of Louisa M. Livingston to Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry in 1867. They are also related to E.H. Harriman by the marriage of Cornelia Harriman to Robert Gerry in 1908.

The Lake Delaware Property, situated in the Towns of Bovina and Delhi in Delaware County, New York, can be traced back to the two million acre Hardenburgh Patent of 1708, Robert Livingston of Clermont owning more than 460,000 acres on the west side of the Hudson. A portion of this tract came in to the Gerry family in 1891 when Robert J. Livingston died, leaving his real estate in Delaware County to his only daughter, Louisa M. (Livingston) Gerry.

Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry, one of the founders of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in 1874, and Louisa M. Gerry had two sons, Peter Goelet and Robert Livingston, and two daughters, Angelica and Francis. Robert Livingston Gerry married Cornelia Harriman (daughter of railroad tycoon E.H. Harriman) in March 1908, and in 1912 built an estate, known as Aknusti, designed by the Olmstead Brothers, on their 2,000 acre property in Delaware County. They had four sons – Elbridge T., Robert L., and twins Henry and Edward. The eldest, Elbridge T.(Ebby), born in 1908, held general partnerships in the banking firms Brown Brothers Harriman & Company, and Gerry Brothers & Company, and was a well-known philanthropist, notable polo player, avid participant in harness racing, and breeder of champion horse racers. In 1932 he married Marjorie Kane, daughter of John P. Kane. They had two sons, Elbridge T. Jr. and Peter G. II, and a daughter Marjorie. Elbridge Gerry died February 26, 1999. His wife, Marjorie, died just one week later on March 4, 1999.

Scope and Content Note

The Gerry Family Papers encompass several generations, and certain series are extremely well documented and rich with historical significance. The searches, land deeds and correspondence are of particular interest to scholars of land development in upstate New York. The majority of these properties are pieces of the original Hardenburgh Patent granted to Robert Livingston in 1749. It was the largest single patent ever granted in the American Colonies. Memorabilia has notable research value in Cornelia Harriman’s diaries of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the four-volume scrapbook of Cornelia’s son, Elbridge T. Gerry II, which documents his achievements as a polo player as well as the culture of this sport in the early 20th century. The collection demonstrates the prestige of well-known and powerful families from the Early American Republic to the mid-twentieth century, offering glimpses into their elite culture and society.

The collection is arranged into the following series which are described in more detail here:

I. Land Deeds, Legal Papers, Maps
II. Lake Delaware
III. Family Wills
IV. Memorabilia

Introduction

This collection documents the history of Hartwick College from its beginning in 1927 as a successor of Hartwick Seminary (founded in 1797) to its present-day status of approximately 1200 students and 130 faculty members. Records reflect the approaches of various administrations, the break with the Lutheran Church and resulting cultural changes to the school, evolving student and faculty demographics, fiscal challenges and achievements, as well as the College’s interactions with the local community and other external groups and partners.

A more detailed finding aid is available here, allowing the user to browse some popular record types including publications, photographs, some audio-visual materials, and memorabilia.

Historical Sketch

In 1927, Hartwick Seminary and the New York Synod conducted a $500,000.00 campaign for a “Greater Hartwick” which included a goal of expanding its collegiate courses into a four-year college. The Oneonta Chamber of Commerce offered to guarantee $200,000 and a piece of land if the college would be located in their city. The Seminary Board of Trustees accepted this offer and 16 days later Oneonta’s pledge had been fulfilled.

On Sept. 26, 1928, classes began in the temporary quarters of the Walling Mansion with Rev. Charles R. Myers (former President of Hartwick Seminary) as President and Dr. Olaf M. Norlie as Dean. The anticipated 25 students for opening day in actuality was over a hundred, and by the end of the semester the enrollment was 235.

In the Spring of 1929, Rev. Charles W. Leitzell resigned as President of the Seminary and the College Board of Trustees and replaced Dr. Myers as President of the College. In December of that same year, the first building on Oyaron Hill was completed. Despite facing major hurdles including the Depression, a proposed merger with Wagner College in 1936, and an $8,000 deficit in 1938, the College managed to survive in large part due to Leitzell’s energy, faith, and optimism.

Henry James Arnold became president from 1939 to 1953. He saw the College through the war years when enrollment dropped to as few as 150 students, most of whom were nursing students. The end of the war brought a flood of veterans to swell the student body to 600 and provided government financing for four new buildings: an arts building (1946), men’s dormitory (1946), temporary cafeteria (1946), and the Field House (1948). Hartwick was accredited by the Middle States Association of College and Secondary Schools in 1949.

Miller A.F. Ritchie was president from 1953 to 1959. During his administration enrollment went from 315 students to 553. He reduced the College’s debt from more than $100,000 to less than $25,000 while expanding educational facilities and growing endowment funds.

Frederick M. Binder became president in 1959 and led the College for 10 years. It was a period of academic growth with the introduction of intercultural exchange and interdisciplinary studies programs. It was also a period of physical growth with the construction of eight new buildings. In 1969, Hartwick ended its formal affiliation with the Lutheran Church and became an independent liberal arts college.

From 1969 to 1976 Adolf G. Anderson was president. Under his administration the Individual Student Program option and the Living/Learning Center were initiated. He encouraged the expansion of off-campus study opportunities and oversaw the development of the Center for the Arts and the acquisition of Pine Lake. With President Anderson’s death in the Spring of 1976, Dr. Earl Deubler became acting President until Philip S. Wilder, Jr. was appointed in 1977.

Philip Wilder was president from 1977 to 1992. His administration was marked by a period of financial stabilization for the College and an increase in the endowment. In 1988, Curriculum XXI was initiated, providing new educational experiences designed to prepare students for the twenty-first century.

In 1992, Dr. Richard A. Detweiler assumed the presidency of Hartwick College. He instituted modernization of Hartwick’s technological facilities, integrating computers into everyday life by providing all students with a notebook computer, printer, modem and software. Under Detweiler the Sondhi Limthongkul Center for Interdependence was established, giving students an opportunity to study abroad during their first year. Detweiler’s Five Plus Plan dedicated the College to educating people “who will thrive in and contribute to the world of the future.”

President Richard P. Miller was inaugurated as Hartwick’s ninth president in 2003. During his tenure the College acquired $35 million in new gifts and commitments and increased its endowment by nearly fifty percent. Miller’s efforts to improve the campus led to the renovation of several existing dormitories and other campus buildings in addition to the completion of Golisano Hall, Hartwick’s first green, LEED certified building. Under President Miller, student enrollment increased, even as he advocated to preserve a low student to faculty ratio.

President Margaret L. Drugovich took office on July 1, 2008, becoming Hartwick’s first female president and also its longest-running. Under her leadership the college introduced its 3-year program, offered new accelerated and graduate programs in nursing, opened the Center for Craft Food and Beverage, and launched Flightpath.

Hartwick’s eleventh president, Darren Reisberg, took office in August of 2022 as the campus worked to resume normal operations after disruptions due to the Covid19 pandemic. During President Reisberg’s time at Hartwick, the College increased new enrollment by nearly 10% year-over-year, introduced new majors and minors, and launched the Hartland Promise, the new DEIB Center, and the Institute for Public Service.

In December of 2023 Dr. James H. Mullen, Jr. was named interim president of the College.

Scope and Content Note

The documents in this record group span the years 1928 to the present. They are divided into five series:

Office Files
Publications
Bibliographical and Historical
Photos, Maps, Graphics, Audiovisual
Memorabilia, News Articles, Artifacts

A systematic records management program for the retention and disposition of all College records was not begun until 1987. Because of this, many of the earliest records of the College were not preserved. Old records continue to be processed as they are discovered and transferred to the Archives. In addition, departmental records are very sparse. This is due in part to the fact that many departments have no central record keeping office. The department chairperson often maintains the records, sometimes intermixing department records with personal files.

Although there are some gaps in the publications series, there is a strong representation of student, faculty and alumni publications over the years. The biographical and historical series includes publications by or about faculty, staff, students, alumni, or the College itself. The photos, maps, graphics and audio-visual series are extensive until about 2000, when digital formats came into use. The audiovisual series contains recordings of some well-known speakers who visited the campus. The news article collection is the strongest aspect of the Memorabilia Series. The articles were compiled in scrapbooks but are available on microfilm. Overall, the collection provides a solid record of the College during its first 75 years.

Series Descriptions

I. Office Files
1928-Present. 300 c.f.

These are the files that have been accessioned from departments and offices around campus. The boxes were originally arranged and numbered according to the organizational structure of the College, starting with the Board of Trustees. Files include operational records such as invoices, correspondence, personnel matters; and functional records, such as minutes, policy decisions, reports, etc. The series includes 24 boxes of “Administrative” files that were not accessioned by department, but were sorted and refiled alphabetically. It was deemed impossible to recreate their original order and so they are maintained as an artificial collection and arranged in alphabetical order.

II. Publications
1928-Present. 30 c.f.

This series includes student publications such as newspapers, yearbooks, literary magazines, and handbooks; administrators, faculty and staff publications, including constitution and bylaws, campus newsletters, department newsletters and journals, faculty journals, and manuals and handbooks; alumni publications including newsletters and magazines, correspondence publications; admissions and development publications; College reports including annual reports, self-studies, recruitment studies, College Center of the Finger Lakes reports, department reports, and facilities evaluations; and calendars and directories.

III. Bibliographical and Historical
1928 – Present. 3 c.f. HC02

This collection contains books, articles, and papers by or about Hartwick College faculty, staff, students, alumni or the College itself. The finding aid is in standard bibliographical format. Senior Theses are maintained in a separate database and may be searched by author, title, or department.

IV. Photos, Architectural Plans, Maps, Audio-Visual
1927-Present. 20 c.f.

The College Photographic Collection ranges from formal portraits to casual drinking parties. The largest number of photos are in the areas of portraits, sports, and post-1960s candids. There are fewer photos of the 1930s and 40s – with the majority being formal group shots. Negatives are filed separately in the same arrangement. In addition, there are approximately 14,000 slides.
Architectural plans include blueprints, sketches, drawings, plot plans, and floor plans. In addition, there are maps of Hartwick College properties, including early maps of Davenport Center and Pine Lake. The audio-visual collection is also included in this series and includes reel-to-reel, cassette, VHS, film and LP. There are recordings of campus events such as commencement, Honor’s Day, guest speakers, Music Camp, etc. Some of the speakers include Jerry Rubin, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Angela Davis, Dr. Richard Leakey, Ralph Nader, Daniel Moynihan and Kitty Carlisle Hart.

V. Memorabilia, News Articles and Artifacts
1928 – Present. 40 c.f. HC03

This collection includes memorabilia and scrapbooks containing baccalaureate and commencement announcements and programs; inaugural programs; announcements for musical, dance, and museum programs; sports publications and schedules; dedications and groundbreakings; fliers for films and other campus events; and a collection of class memorabilia with items reminiscent for each class. In addition, there are special memorabilia collections from former College presidents, news clipping scrapbooks compiled by the College, Hartwick’s 175th Anniversary files, and a collection from “The Cardboard Alley Players” – 1960 – 1969, with history, photos, programs, and dates of performances. Also included in this series are a number of artifacts. All items in this collection, except the news clippings, are listed on box inventories.

Introduction

This collection includes the papers of or relating to Rev. John Christopher Hartwick and the establishment of the Hartwick Seminary. Documents reflect the life of John Christopher Hartwick, his work with the Lutheran Synod, his land dealings, the problems of executing his will and establishing the Seminary, the relationship of the Lutheran Synod with the Seminary, the academic and social life of the Seminary and its eventual division into Hartwick Academy, Hartwick Seminary and Hartwick College.

Hartwick College received many of the records directly from Hartwick Seminary including a ten volume series compiled by Rev. John H. Dudde. There have been numerous accessions from alumni and friends, including two major collections, one from Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Day, and the Rev. John Kunze Papers from Yale University.

Biographical and Historical Sketch

John Christopher Hartwick (1714-1796) was born in Molschleben, in the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha, Germany and educated at the University of Halle. He arrived in America in 1746, an ordained Lutheran minister. He was a very eccentric man with a rigid personality and little tolerance of people’s vices. He frequently required his parishioners to sign a covenant that “they would forswear shooting, horse-racing, boozing, and dancing.” His inability to find a congregation willing to submit to his strict dictates only confirmed Hartwick’s belief that American society needed to be reformed by regulating settlement patterns and enforcing a disciplined code for each community. To this end he made numerous land deals and eventually was successful in obtaining the majority of a 24,000 acre patent from the Indians in Otsego County, New York.

He died in 1796 without having fulfilled his dream for a “New Jerusalem” but left complete instructions in his will for the organization of a seminary. However, the executors of his will, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer and Frederick A. Muhlenberg had difficulty enacting Hartwick’s wishes because he had designated Jesus Christ as his heir. The executors did manage to get through numerous legal problems and founded Hartwick Seminary, the first Lutheran Seminary in America, in September 1797 but postponed the decision on the final location of the school. Dr. John Christopher Kunze was named director and taught theology at his home in New York City, Rev. Anthony Braun taught sciences and languages at Albany, and Rev. John Frederick Ernst taught elementary school on the Hartwick Patent.

There was great debate about the permanent location of the seminary but, due to the persistence of the residents of the Hartwick Patent, the first seminary building was established there in 1815, and Rev. Ernest Lewis Hazelius became the first principal. The seminary offered an academy and a theological department. In 1816 it was incorporated with 12 trustees appointed, the majority of whom were to be Lutheran clergymen. During the first 20 years the school averaged between 60 and 70 students. The enrollment dropped nearly in half in the late 1830’s and 1840’s. Women were admitted for the first time in 1851 bringing the enrollment to 89 and in the 1880’s it was over 100.

In 1888 the Classical Department introduced the Freshman year of a Collegiate Course and in 1927 it expanded to a 4-year college and was moved to Oneonta, New York. The Theological Department took the name Hartwick Seminary when it moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1930. The Seminary closed in the spring of 1940 and consolidated with Hartwick College in 1947. The Academy remained on the original location until 1934 when classes ceased.

Scope and Content Note

This record group spans the years 1739 through 1940. The records were not received in a specific order and many were accessioned at different times. Thus, they have been arranged to best reflect the organization and history of the seminary. They are divided into eleven series.

The first four series contain related letters and land deeds during John Christopher Hartwick’s years in America and the establishment of the institution after his death, with the bulk of the material dating between 1796 and 1878. The remaining series document life at the seminary. Although the records are not always complete, they offer a look at the struggles and growth of the seminary and the flavor of campus life.

A searchable database of items is available for the first four series (those with links). The first series, the Dudde Collection, contains links to digitized images.

Series Descriptions

I. Dudde Collection
1739-1878. 10 Volumes. Chronological. Fair condition. HS I-X

Rev. John H. Dudde, graduate of the seminary and professor 1920-1924 compiled these volumes to constitute the original Archives of Hartwick Seminary. They include the business papers of John Christopher Hartwick, papers of the executors and agents of the Hartwick estate, and records of the Seminary Board of Trustees. A microfilm copy of the collection is available through interlibrary loan.

II. HC Collection
1750-1927. 70 documents. Chronological. Good condition. HS XI

These documents are part of a collection of materials found in former Hartwick attorney Arthur E. Seybolt’s safe deposit box at Wilber National Bank, Oneonta, and donated to Hartwick College in the Fall of 1999. It includes contracts, deeds, indentures, correspondence, and bonds relating to John Christopher Hartwick; and proposals, plans and agreements for building and expanding the Seminary. Of particular importance are the 1750 deed from the Mohawk people to John Christopher Hartwick, the 1752 license to purchase 24,000 acres, and the 1755 land grant to Hartwick.

III. Day Collection

1741-1829. 70 documents. Chronological. Good Condition. (Purchased from Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Day). HS 11 & 12

This collection includes letters, deeds, account sheets, petitions and maps relating to John Christopher Hartwick and Hartwick Seminary. The majority of the documents deal with property rights, negotiations and sales between John Christopher Hartwick, William Cooper, F.A. Muhlenberg, and Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, and correspondence regarding Hartwick’s estate after his death. Included are several maps of Hartwick’s patent. Some transcripts are available in the repository.

IV. Yale Collection

1796-1808. 71 documents. Chronological. Good Condition. (Accessioned from Yale University) HS 13-15

The Yale Collection is composed of letters, accounts, and legal briefs relating to the estate of John Christopher Hartwick. The papers are dated from 1796 to approximately 1808. Most of the documents seem to have belonged at one time to the Rev. John C. Kunze, the first director of the Seminary. The papers document early problems the executors and curators encountered in establishing the institution and in defining the role of the trustees. Also included in the collection are two long briefs relating to a legal conflict between Jeremiah VanRensselaer, a former lieutenant governor of the State of New York and a trustee of Hartwick’s estate, and Rev. Kunze’s widow, Margaret and his assistant Rev. Anthony T. Brown. Some transcripts are available in the repository.

V. Board of Trustees
1816-1947. 17 in. Chronological. Good Condition. HS 16-22

This record series includes the minutes from the regular, annual, and special meetings of the Board of Trustees. The minutes contain policy and procedural decisions as well as detailed reports on the seminary buildings, list of library holdings and value of books, information on departments, teachers, subjects and textbooks, and financial statements. There are also Reports of the Agent to the Board dating from 1828-1877, audit reports of Hartwick Seminary, New York City 1929-1942, and miscellaneous reports and letters to the Board.

Included in this collection are the constitution, minutes and correspondence, and news clippings of the Women’s General League of Hartwick Seminary (1913-1933). They were organized to aid the trustees in furnishing funds for Hartwick Seminary and to increase the enrollment of the institution.

There is also a special collection of copies of the Board of Trustees minutes and news clippings regarding the Student Strike of 1924 demanding the resignation of President Reitz. A history of the strike written by Rev. John Kisselburg in 1971 is included in this collection.

VI. Course Records
c. 1815-1940. 24 in. Topical and Chronological. Good Condition. HS 23-27

Included are a school journal and a Tabular Church History by Dr. Hazelius (c. 1815) and notes on Greek Grammar by Rev. Dr. George Miller, (c. 1830); Regents Examination records 1880-1930; Theological Department records 1881-1931; a student roll indicating subjects accomplished and student financial records 1848-1940. Also in this collection is a library catalogue listing the books in the theological library and the Philophronean library (no date), and two volumes of 1920 Library Accession Books. Also, there is a report of the value and transfer of books to Hartwick College. These records are very fragmented.

VII. Societies
1816-1920. 34″ Chronological. Good Condition. HS 28-38

Hartwick Seminary had four debating societies – Philophronean, Clionian, Zetasophian and Theological. The Philophronean collection includes the constitution and bylaws from its founding in 1816, minutes from 1824-1920 (not complete), treasurer’s books 1822-1911 (not complete), librarian’s records 1823- 1833 and 1855-1865, list of members to 1868 and miscellaneous programs and handbills. The Clionian Society, an offshoot of the Philophronean, was only in existence from 1860 to 1874. The collection includes minutes from 1866-1872 and a list of its members. The Zetasophian Society was organized in 1881 as the women’s debate society. Our collection includes the constitution and bylaws, history, and memorabilia of the society. The Theological Society was established in 1822. The collection includes constitution and bylaws, minutes 1822-1862, a library catalogue, and an 1846 inventory of the books in the theological library- titles and number of volumes, a letter book 1823-1838, and a list of members.

There are single holdings for the Girl’s Athletic Association – Minutes 1912-1921 and the YMCA – Minutes 1900-1919.

The Philophronean Society ranks second only to the societies of Yale University as the oldest literary society in America. In 1860 a schism occurred with the formation of the Clionian Society. After 14 years of rivalry, they reunited in 1874. The minutes of the debating societies do not record the actual debates but do list the various topics. Some of the issues debated were: “Which has the greatest influence on the mind of man — women or money?” , “Which enjoys the most pleasure – a king or a farmer?”, “Does the actor deserve more honor than the poet?”, “Are the Scriptures authentic?”, and “Is the Old Testament Important to the Christian?”

VIII. Publications
HS 39-50

Catalogues. 1827-1930 (incomplete). Chronological. Good Condition. Contains lists of Board of Trustees, faculty, students, graduates, and courses of study and information on the location, buildings, societies, examinations, rules, study hours, expenses, scholarships of the seminary.

Hartwick Seminary Monthly. 1880-1928 (incomplete). Chronological. Good condition.Contains seminary and neighborhood news, society notes, alumni notes and poetry. Throughout its history the paper changed its name three times. Available on microfilm.

Hartwick Seminary Bulletin. February 18, 1927 – June 3, 1927. Chronological. Good Condition. Weekly story of Hartwick Seminary’s Appeal to raise the necessary funds to establish the college in Oneonta.

The Hartwickian. 1923-1932. Chronological. Good condition. There were actually three different types of publications bearing this title. The Class of 1923 published a yearbook under this name; a newspaper published every two months between 1928 and 1930 bore the name; and in 1931 and 1932 it was a monthly magazine of Hartwick Academy.

The Blotter. December 1929 issue only. Unknown source.

IX. Memorabilia
41 in. Topical. Good condition. HS 57 – 72

This collection includes signature scrapbooks, alumni scrapbooks, oral interviews with Seminary alumni, a scrapbook of the Hartwick Seminary Appeal, Commencement invitations (1885-1936), Commencement Programs (1881 – 1939), a tape of seminary songs, miscellaneous programs and promotional pamphlets, class rings, pins, etc. Also included are the following collections:

• Wells, Dr. Laurent D. (1838-1916) Seminary graduate. Personal diary 1905-1906.
• Rev. Chester H. Traver Papers. Hand written manuscripts by Rev. Traver on a “Quintette of Manor Churches.” It includes the history of regional Palatine Lutheran Churches and their pastorates dating from 1806 to 1905.
• Rev. Louis F. Wagschal Papers. A 1915 graduate of Hartwick Seminary, Rev. Wagschal was a prominent pastor in numerous Lutheran Churches around New York State. The collection includes correspondence, sermons, essays, poetry, and memoirs.
• Andrew B. Saxton Papers. Mr. Saxton was a student of Hartwick Seminary in the 1870s, the editor of the Oneonta Herald and then of the Oneonta Daily Star from 1890 to 1934. The papers include his diary, correspondence, news clippings, and a large collection of his poetry.
• Hartwick Seminary Association Files. 1929-1982. Constitutions, bylaws, minutes, and miscellaneous papers and reunion news articles.
• Former Student and Faculty Files. An artificial collection of news clippings and memorabilia about former students and faculty.

X. Hartwick Academy
1929-1941. 10 in. Topical order. Good condition. HS 73 and 73A

This record series includes minutes 1929-1941, catalogues 1929-30 and 1932-33, reports of the Headmaster, report of the faculty committee, reports of the treasurer 1929-39, audits, account book, papers of the Board of Trustees, letters regarding the closing of the Academy, the Hartwick Academy Charter revocation, and memorabilia.

XI. Photographs, Maps, Graphics and Artifacts
c. 1880-1929. Topical. Good condition. Three file cabinet drawers, oversize photographs and framed articles.

Photographic files consist of several hundred black and white photographs of seminarians, professors and seminary buildings. The files are divided by subject into 17 sections. Portraits, photographs of buildings, special interest groups, sports, and student groups are among the largest sections in the files. Also included are photographs of the 175th Anniversary and photographs of the Hartwick Seminary Association reunions. Of special interest are: 1) a photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt at one of the seminary buildings, 2) a photograph of an aircraft accident behind the seminary in 1919 and 3) many amusing candid shots taken in the 1920s. There is also a special historical picture exhibit 1895-1929. (HS 74)

There are numerous artifacts including the Hartwick Seminary bell, a trunk used in the 1830s, and class rings and pins.

Introduction

This collection was donated to Hartwick College in 2016 as stipulated in Cooper’s will. In February of 2017, at Dr. Cooper’s home near Cooperstown, New York, the collection was removed from four filing cabinets, boxed and transported to the Archives at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. Cooper was a fifth-generation descendant of novelist James Fenimore Cooper, and a sixth-generation descendant of Judge William Cooper, founder of Cooperstown. The Judge William Cooper Papers are also housed in the Archives at Hartwick College, having been donated by Dr. Paul F. Cooper, Jr. and for whom the Archives is named. Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr. received an honorary doctorate from the College in 1992.

This collection documents Dr. Cooper’s research and writings over his long career with The New Yorker magazine, as he covered the U.S. and Soviet space programs, as well as numerous articles on a variety of topics and exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History.

Historical Sketch

Henry Spotswood Fenimore Cooper, Jr. was born in Manhattan, NY on November 24, 1933. His father, Henry Sage Fenimore Cooper, was a surgeon, and his mother was Katherine Lemoine Guy. He had a brother, James Fenimore Cooper IV, and two sisters, Susan and Katherine.

Cooper attended the Buckley School in Manhattan, and four years at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Yale University in 1956, and then served two years in the Army. He married Mary Luke Langben, and they had three daughters, Elizabeth, Hannah and Molly.

In 1958, he joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine as a writer for the “Talk of the Town.” He admitted that “although he had never shown much interest in science at college, he found himself, during the pre-Apollo decade, caught up in the excitement of the moon trips, and he began writing lunar related articles” for the magazine. His first long piece, which appeared in January of 1969, was a description of the Lunar Module, based on a visit to the Grumman Aerospace Corporation’s plant in Bethpage, NY. With all the publicity surrounding the spacecraft and the astronauts, however, Mr. Cooper felt that “the object of the trip – the moon itself – was being lost in the shuffle.”

In April 1969, The New Yorker published a two-part series in which Mr. Cooper discussed his interviews with NASA officials and detailed “what the astronauts would find on the moon and what they would do when they got there.” These articles were later published in his first book Apollo on the Moon (1969) which appeared just two months before the first manned landing. Cooper spent the summer of 1969 at the Johnson Spacecraft Center writing a series of articles for The New Yorker, entitled “Letters from the Space Center,” in which he described the work and activity at the Center before, during, and after the Apollo 11 mission. Focusing on the lunar geologists, these articles were published in his second book entitled Moon Rocks (1970).

Cooper was in New York at the time of the Apollo 13 accident. Having already decided to document the Apollo program, he was encouraged by his editor at The New Yorker to write about the anatomy of a space flight, and delve into the role of the flight controllers and their responsibility for the safe return of the astronauts. The result was “Annals of Exploration: An Accident in Space,” published in The New Yorker in November 1972, and as a book in March 1973, titled Thirteen: The Flight That Failed. Mr. Cooper always regarded the book as “recounting a victory of men over machines.” He was called in as a consultant for the 1994 movie Apollo 13.

A House in Space (1976), Cooper’s fourth book, is the culmination of extensive research about the Skylab space station missions and space colonies, and numerous interviews with and about Gerard K. O’Neill – a writer and designer of space habitats.

In 1979, Cooper wrote two articles on Mars for The New Yorker – “The Search for Life on Mars I: Important, Unique and Exciting Things,” and “Mars II: A Residue of Doubt.” These became the foundation for The Search for Life on Mars (1980) covering the Viking missions. Just two years later, Cooper’s sixth book Imaging Saturn (1982), documented the long ten-year Voyager 1 and 2 flights which passed by and photographed Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

In 1981, and the beginning of NASAs Space Transportation System (STS), Cooper capitalized on this radically new design and system for space travel by documenting the first four shuttle missions STS 1-4. By 1982, he began writing regular articles about the space shuttle missions in The New Yorker, once again under the heading “Letter from the Space Center.” In his coverage of STS 9-16, his comment that flights were “coming thick and fast” might even be understated.

Cooper did in-depth research along with STS 41G crew interviews in preparation for writing Before Lift-Off: The Training of a Space Shuttle Crew (1987). Two months after completion of this book the Challenger explosion of 1986 occurred. Suddenly, the excitement of space travel and the vast number of shuttle launches in a few short years came to a halt. Cooper turned his attention to writing about the investigation of the accident and its effect on the astronauts and those around them, the doubts surrounding the continuation of NASA’s planetary program, and the debate of Mars exploration versus a Moon Base.

Cooper’s trips to Moscow in the late 1980s facilitated his writing about the Soviet space program, the failure of the unmanned Soviet spacecraft to Phobos – one of Mars’ two moons, and the U.S./Soviet Cooperation in Space. With the Magellan mission and its circumnavigation of Venus in 1992, Cooper published his final book, The Evening Star: Venus Observed (1993).

Cooper once commented, “I have really been writing one story, one long book, about the first generation of man’s exploration of space – for twenty-five years.” He wrote over 100 “Talk of the Town” stories for The New Yorker between 1958 and 1992 and 40 long articles about the exploration of space between 1967 and 1993 under the title “Letter from the Space Center.”

Cooper received the Robert Ball Memorial Award, Aviation/Space from the Writers Association in 1973, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 1976, the Science Writers’ Award from AAAS/Westinghouse in 1981, the Eugene Emme Astronautical Literature Award, from the American Astronautical Society in 1987, an Engineering Journalism Award from The Engineering Foundation in 1992, and an Honorary Doctorate from Hartwick College in 1992. He was a member of The Century Association and The Explorers Club of New York. In Cooperstown, New York he founded and led the environmental organization Otsego 2000.

Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr. died on January 31, 2016.

Scope and Content Note

This nearly 30 c.f. collection reflects key areas of Cooper’s research interests, as well as his flexibility to report on the ever-changing programs and events of the Space Program from the 1970s through the 1990s. The collection’s strength is in the numerous unique interviews Cooper conducted with both American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts, as well as the eight audio recordings documenting his conversations with Maxime Faget. Additional research possibilities lie in the series covering the “Future of Space Operations/Labs/Colonies/Space Industrialization” which dominated the space-conversation of the 1970s and 1980s. The manuscript drafts of his articles and books will also be of interest to researchers.

Although box inventories were created and will be maintained for this collection in the order in which the materials were found, it was necessary to rearrange files into appropriate groupings in order to facilitate research of the papers. Within each series, there was an attempt to maintain the original order as much as possible.

This collection is organized into twelve series:

I. Lunar Research/Apollo 13/NASA 1973-1994

II. Future of Space Operations/Labs/Colonies 1975-1980

III. Space Industry/Space Research 1987-1991
IV. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 – Jupiter/Saturn/Uranus/Neptune 1979-1989

V. Space Transportation System – STS 1-61C 1975-1987

VI. Space Program in Question – Challenger Accident/Planetary Science/Moon Base 1985-1989

VII. Mars/Space Station – Mir 1984-1999 (bulk)
Moscow Soviets in Space/Phobos/U.S.-Soviet Cooperation 1984-1999 (bulk)

VIII. Magellan Project – Venus 1990-1994

IX. Research/Articles 1993-1998
Research/Articles – American Museum of Natural History 1981-2002(bulk)

X. Speeches/Reviews/The New Yorker/Ideas

XI. Correspondence/Memorabilia/Personal

XII. Audio Tapes

Introduction

Hartwick College received the James M. Hanley Papers on Indian Affairs in December of 1980. Hartwick’s reference librarian, Mrs. Carolyn Wolf, had been in contact with Congressman Hanley’s office on a number of occasions regarding a book she was writing on New York Indian Affairs. Hanley subsequently chose to donate his papers on Indian Affairs to Hartwick College. Mrs. Wolf arranged the material and compiled an inventory divided into three categories: letters, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items. Each category is organized alphabetically, both by author and subject. The collection was transferred to the College Archives in August of 1989.

Historical Sketch

James M. Hanley, born in Syracuse, New York in 1920, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1965 to 1985. During his term he was a member of the Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee; the Post Office and Civil Service Committee; the Small Business Committee, and the ad hoc Committee on Irish Affairs. Throughout the majority of his twenty years in his office he was active in helping Indigenous New Yorkers in land claim settlements with the U.S. government.

Scope and Content Note

The collection includes letters, newspaper clippings, lawsuits, legislation, meeting notes, periodicals, and reports dealing with such issues as land claims, acculturation, adoption, citizenship, and government relations of the Cayuga, Iroquois Mohawk, Oneida, and Onondaga Indians.

A computer printout inventory has been compiled dividing the files into three categories: letters, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items. Each category is in alphabetical order, both by author and subject. This inventory is stored with the collection.

Restrictions

In using correspondence the researcher must preserve the identity of the private citizen or government official. No correspondence may be reproduced.

Introduction

This collection is an assortment of a few items that were received by Hartwick College along with the library of Miss Ethelwyn Doolittle in 1955.* Miss Doolittle was a good friend of John Burroughs. This collection includes a few of Burroughs’ published works, as well as articles and poems written about him. Also included are photographs, postcards, memorabilia items from the John Burroughs Memorial Association, and a replica of the Tablet on the Boyhood Rock.

Historical Sketch

John Bourroughs was born April 3, 1837 in the Catskill Mountains near Roxbury, New York. His love of nature and his impulse to write made him one of America’s great naturalist authors. His keen sense of the natural “wealth of the universe” – the trees, flowers, animals, and birds, is clearly revealed in his poetry and his life. He was close friends with such notable men as Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, Walt Whitman, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Burroughs’ homestead, Woodchuck Lodge, and the boyhood Rock, where he is buried, receive thousands of visitors each year. John Burroughs died on March 29, 1921.

Scope and Content Note

This small collection is arranged into three series:

• John Burroughs as an author,
• works written about John Burroughs, and
• memorabilia.

Items in this collection give only a peripheral view of different aspects of Burroughs’ life. Arguably the most interesting item included is a photo of John Burroughs sitting in his Ford, a gift from Henry Ford, which Burroughs learned to drive at the age of 75.

Related Archival Resources

Life at Hartwick (February 1955)

Introduction

The Judge William Cooper Papers were donated to the Hartwick College Archives in June 1990 by his great-great-great grandson, Dr. Paul Fenimore Cooper, Jr.

The collection documents the land transactions for the area south of the Mohawk River near Otsego Lake in New York State, beginning in 1769 with the land grant from the King of England to George Croghan, and chronicling the numerous land deals during the next 16 years. It documents William Cooper and Andrew Craig’s purchase of a portion of that land in 1786, the settlement of Cooperstown, and William Cooper’s powerful role as land agent for over twenty large patents in upstate New York in the 1790s and early 1800s.

In addition, the collection sheds light on politics in upstate New York in the 1790s, elucidating the hard fought Congressional elections, the respect and allegiance Cooper enjoyed from Otsego County residents, and the eventual demise of his political power.

Historical Sketch

William Cooper was born in Byberry, Pennsylvania on December 2, 1754, on the plantation settled by his great- grandfather. He married Elizabeth Fenimore on December 12, 1775 and lived in Burlington, New Jersey as a merchant until 1789 when he settled his family on the shores of Otsego Lake and named his village Cooperstown.

Cooper was a major land developer for upstate New York. He bought land both in the northern and western parts of the state and became the land agent for such patents as Hartwick, Hillington, Jew, and Schuyler as well as numerous others. To encourage settlement, he frequently accepted payments in maple sugar, wood ash, or cattle. His success is exemplified by his own claim, “I have settled more acres than any other man in America. There are forty thousand souls holding directly or indirectly under me.” After Cooper’s death in 1809, his sons – Isaac, William, and Richard – continued their father’s business as land agent with markedly less success.

Cooper became the first judge in Otsego County in 1791, made four bids as a representative to Congress, and was elected twice (1795-97 and 1799-1801). He was an ardent Federalist, but his political leadership was challenged both by his own party and by the Jeffersonian democrats. Cooper was unable to secure New York’s electoral votes for the Federalists in the presidential election of 1800 and was never to regain his political power in Otsego County.

William and Elizabeth Fenimore Cooper had twelve children born between 1775 and 1792: Richard Fenimore, Hannah, Ann, Abraham, Isaac, Abraham, Ann (Pomeroy), Elizabeth, William, Samuel, James Fenimore, and Henry Fry.

Scope and Content Note

This collection, containing over 5,000 documents, includes William Cooper’s business papers (patents, indentures, deeds, accounts, waste books, etc.), 1688-1892 (inclusive) 1712-1892 (bulk); his correspondence, 1704-1809 (inclusive) 1786-1809 (bulk); over 170 maps and land surveys, c. 1755-1829; business and estate papers of William Cooper’s sons, Isaac, William, and Richard, 1801-1851 (inclusive) 1810- 1830 (bulk); Richard and Isaac Cooper correspondence and personal papers 1810-1817; and a small group of miscellaneous Cooper Family papers, 1800’s.

The papers have been largely maintained in the arrangement in which they were received from the Cooper family. There are detailed calendars and the collection has been microfilmed and some of it digitized. A searchable database of items is available for five of the seven series (those with links).

William Cooper Business Papers
William Cooper Correspondence
Maps and Land Surveys
Isaac, William, and Richard Cooper Business Papers
Richard and Isaac Cooper Correspondence and Personal Papers
Cooper Family Papers, Miscellaneous
Collection Inventories, Printouts, Notes

Introduction

This collection of stenographer’s minutes records the testimony of claimants displaced or otherwise adversely affected by the construction of the Pepacton and Cannonsville Reservoirs. It documents more than 1,400 people and businesses impacted as well as the social and economic impacts on several communities in upstate New York as a result of decisions made by the Board of Water Supply of New York City. The collection spans 50 years and records the experiences of Delaware County residents who fought to receive fair compensation for their losses. The majority of these proceedings were held in Margaretville, New York with Herman E. Gottfried and his associates acting as attorneys for the claimants.

The collection was donated to the Paul F. Cooper, Jr. Archives at Hartwick College in December of 1993 by Richard and Debra Harlem. Richard Harlem, an Oneonta attorney, acquired the documents when he took over the law practice of Gottfried. The collection has been maintained in the arrangement in which it was received and includes an alphabetical index of claimants’ names.

Historical Sketch

In the 1930s the City of New York began discussing plans to increase its water supply by building two reservoirs in Delaware County, New York. The Pepacton Reservoir, constructed between 1947 and 1955, is built on the East Branch of the Delaware River. It is 18.5 miles long, 180 feet deep, and sends more than 335,000 gallons of water a day through a thirty mile tunnel to the Rondout Reservoir, then 85 miles through the Delaware Aqueduct to the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers, and finally to New York City. The construction of this reservoir forced 943 people from the towns of Arena, Pepacton, Shavertown and Union Grove to evacuate their homes.

In 1950, the New York State Water Power and Control Commission gave approval to dam the West Branch of the Delaware at Cannonsville. The residents that would be affected by this decision offered the city an alternative: the Hudson River. The mayor of New York City, William O’Dwyer, approved a special panel of engineers to study the idea of the Hudson as water supply source. Early in 1951, the panel recommended the Hudson Plan. They also encouraged the city to improve its water conservation methods by implementing universal metering and by repairing leaks. The Board of Water Supply objected to the report and all discussion of the Hudson Plan ended in the summer of 1952, when Mayor Vincent Impellitteri ordered the Board of Water Supply to proceed with its plans for the Delaware.

The Cannonsville Reservoir and 44 mile long underground aqueduct cost 140 million dollars to build. When the water filled the valley in 1966, it consumed 19,910 acres of Delaware County; eliminating 94 farms, destroying five settlements – Cannonsville, Granton, Rock Rift, Rock Royal and Beerston, and displacing 941 people.

The residents affected by the building of these dams had few organized protests. Instead, the battle was fought in the courtrooms and in government offices by lawyers, politicians and engineers.

In November of 1936, the Delaware Water Supply Commissioners of Appraisal Board was established to settle land claims related to the construction of the Neversink, Roundout, Cannonsville and Pepacton Reservoirs. Under normal procedures New York City served notice of condemnation to a property holder and took possession upon payment to the owner of one half the assessed value. If the amount was disputed, the resident hired an attorney and the case was brought before three commissioners – one from Delaware County, one from New York City and one from the 6th judicial district. Both local and New York City assessors submitted property value estimates, and the claimant and witnesses from both sides testified. The appraisal commission then viewed the property and fixed an award.

During its 57-year tenure the Delaware Commissioners of Appraisal settled 6,700 claims totaling $26,806,168.

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains a total of 399 volumes. The bulk are stenographer’s minutes of the legal proceedings (1940-1990), 17 volumes contain information on organizational meetings (1947-1974), and general testimony (1956-1973), and four contain miscellaneous settlements, hearings on witness fees, calendar calls, reports on special meetings, hearings and conferences, and an aggregate of statistical information from the settlements. One weakness of the collection is the lack of settlement and award information on the individual cases.

For further information on the reservoirs, please see the historical reference files maintained in the Archives.

Introduction

This small collection of memorabilia is part of a larger collection donated to the Archives in 1999 by Dr. Eugene Milener. Both this collection and material from the City of Oneonta Collection (which was deaccessioned and returned to the Greater Oneonta Historical Society) were used by Milener in writing his book, Oneonta: Development of a Railroad Town. The maps, photos and memorabilia in this collection relate to the counties of Otsego, Delaware and Chenango; and the villages of Milford, Stamford and Cooperstown.

Inventory
Maps
Otsego County 1903
Otsego County 1829 & 1840
Town of Milford (undated)
Cooperstown Township (half map, undated)

Business Documents
Description of Lefyetta Township Lot 5-Otsego County 1820
Otsego Brewery receipt 1871

Memorabilia
Walking Tour of Historic Cooperstown – 1983
Old Chenango County in postcards – booklet – 1983
Old Delaware County in postcards – booklet – 1983
Postcard portrait – The Queen of the Catskills Grand Hotel Era, 1883-1942, Stamford, NY

Photos – Delaware & Otsego Counties
Milford
Milford Dairy Bar
Davenport Bridge
Mt. Vision Depot
Cooper Park, Cooperstown (postcard)

This is an artificial collection of approximately 200 postcards, primarily from places within New York State. Most date to the early twentieth century. The collection has been compiled through gifts by alumni and friends of the College. There are many Hartwick College postcards and a few Seminary ones containing correspondence from Seminary attendees. There are postcards from other states including several midwestern states, California and Vermont. Also included are a few Christmas-themed postcards.

The collection documents the following locations in New York, among others: Albany, Ashokan, Binghamton, Buffalo, Canajoharie, Colliers, Cooperstown & Otsego Lake, Davenport Center, Gilbertsville, Hartwick College, Hartwick Seminary, Pine Lake (Sherman Lake), Portlandville, Richfield Springs, Saratoga Springs, Schenectady, Schuyler, Sidney, Stamford, Syracuse.

Roland B. Hill (1905 – 1971) was an acclaimed amateur archeologist and the first to conduct scientific archeological excavations in the vicinity of Oneonta, New York. In conjunction with the Rochester Museum he excavated the workshop at the head of Prosser Hollow and the Indian summer camp at the head of Oneonta Creek. He published monographs in scientific journals and edited several books on Indian archeology, including two written by Willard Yager.

This small collection (.15 cubic feet) includes photographs and notes of excavations in New York State, a paper given at the annual meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology in 1938 entitled, “The Oneonta, New York Hilltop Workshop Site,” and a “Report of the Discovery of a Pioneer Cemetery Near Oneonta” written in 1937. The collection includes over 80 photographs of archeological digs and artifacts.

Introduction

Hartwick College received this collection from Roy Rowan in the fall of 2002. As a member of the Hartwick Board of Trustees from 1986-1994 and serving on numerous committees, Rowan became involved with admissions, enrollment management, financial aid, education, finances, investment, student life, institutional advancement, and buildings and grounds. Dr. Rowan introduced the College to Sondhi Limthongkul, a Thai publisher, whose financial backing helped establish Hartwick’s Center for Interdependence; to Henry Luce III whose foundation donated $150,000 to Hartwick; and to Gilbert Maurer, a member of the board of the Hearst Foundation which donated $100,000. The Rowan’s fourth son Marcus graduated from Hartwick in 1984, and Dr. Rowan received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from the College in 1995.

Biographical Sketch

Born in New York City, February 1, 1920, Roy Rowan was raised in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. At the age of 12, he began writing, editing, and publishing a four-page, mimeographed neighborhood newspaper, a venture that sparked an ambition to become a journalist.

Rowan graduated from Dartmouth College in 1941, and earned his MBA from Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School of Business in April 1942. Drafted into the US Army the following month, he underwent Signal Corps basic training and then attended the Engineers Officers Training School in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. One of his first duties was to escort Italian prisoners of war back from North Africa on an Army Liberty ship. He then spent two years in New Guinea and the Philippines. During his four years with the Army he held all ranks from Private to Major.

In 1946, unable to secure a job as an overseas journalist, he joined the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in civil-war torn China where he served first as a transportation officer in Shanghai, and then ran a trucking operation in Kaifeng that distributed food and clothing to peasants in Henan Province. Rowan also began photographing and writing freelance articles about the conflict between Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek, sending his pictures and articles back to major magazines in the United States hoping to establish himself as a journalist. Frustrated by the lack of response, Rowan decided to return to the United States. Shortly before leaving Shanghai the Time-Life bureau chief approached him and informed him that Life magazine had just printed “The Stadium of Skulls” – his photograph of 5,000 skulls of massacred Chinese, stacked head-to-head on a hillside – and asked if Rowan could write an article on the war in Henan Province. By January of 1948, Life had hired him as its China and Southeast Asia correspondent. Rowan traveled throughout China, Indo-China (Vietnam), Thailand, Malaysia and Burma covering the major battles and local Communist uprisings. Previous reports on China’s civil war had undergone drastic editing by Time-Life’s founder and editor-in-chief, Henry Luce, who used his magazines to help shape U.S. opinion in favor of Chiang Kai-shek. Rowan and photographer Jack Birns, however, worked as a team and produced articles and photographs documenting “the sham battles being fought by the Nationalists,” helping Luce face the reality of the war. Despite these challenges to his editor-in-chief, Rowan not only kept his job, but developed a close friendship with Luce. Rowan’s first major exclusive stories – “The Fall of Manchuria” and “Ambush in Malaya” – were published in 1948. Following the Communist takeover of Shanghai in 1949, Rowan moved the Life bureau to Hong Kong, was transferred to Rome in January of 1950, but soon moved to Tokyo to cover the Korean War. After a brief time back in New York in 1951, Life sent him to Germany to cover both Western and Eastern Europe from the Bonn bureau. On May 19, 1952 in Frankfurt, Germany, Rowan married Helen Rounds, a photo researcher for Life whom he had met in New York. They lived in Bad Godesberg on the Rhine until late 1953 when Life transferred Rowan back to the New York office. The Rowans’ first son, Dana, was born in New York in June 1954. The following year, Rowan was appointed the Time-Life bureau chief in Chicago. Two more sons were born in Chicago – Douglas in 1956 and Nicholas in 1958. In September, 1959, Rowan was transferred back to New York as a Life senior editor, and in 1961 he was appointed Life’s Assistant Managing Editor in charge of news. The Rowans’ fourth son, Marcus, was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1961.

As Assistant Managing Editor, Rowan frequently filled in as Managing Editor. For the November 29, 1963 issue of Life, which was to feature Navy’s all-American quarterback, Roger Staubach, Rowan suddenly found himself in charge of re-making the entire magazine. On the cover of the original issue was a photograph of Staubach dropping back for a pass, with the headline – “The Greatest College Quarterback.” The “madeready” copies of the issue were completed on November 20th, two days before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. On Friday, November 22, two hours after the assassination, Rowan flew to the printing plant in Chicago and spent the next 48 hours re-making the magazine (using the now famous Zapruder film, the only photographic record of the President being shot) which was almost entirely dedicated to the assassination, John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby, and President Lyndon B. Johnson. Nearly a million copies of the Staubach magazine had to be thrown out, and the replacement issue went to press early Sunday morning, November 24th.

In 1969, Rowan began working with Time Inc. on his proposal for a new waterfront magazine. When Time’s financial backing of the magazine fell through, Rowan left Time Inc., and joined by nine other investors founded Seascape Publications in 1970. Rowan served as both President of the newly-formed company and Editor of On The Sound magazine. For two years Rowan was able to articulate his passion for the sea through this publication, which featured the region surrounding Long Island Sound. On The Sound and the company’s second magazine, On The Shore, focused on helping people appreciate this “wilderness” on the edge of America’s largest city and protecting it from oil slicks and hazardous waste.

In November 1972, Universal Publishing acquired On The Sound, and Rowan returned to Time as its bureau chief in Hong Kong – covering China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand. While in Southeast Asia, Rowan wrote over fifty articles covering the Vietnam War, and was aboard one of the last helicopters leaving Saigon on April 30, 1975. He wrote his first book, The Four Days of Mayaguez, that spring in Hong Kong, in which he relates the dramatic events of May 12-18, 1975, when the American cargo ship Mayaguez was seized by the revolutionary government forces of Cambodia, the subsequent U.S. attack, and the recovery of the ship. In addition to his book, Rowan continued to write a variety of articles, including: “The Black Spot,” on his first bout with cancer (published by The Atlantic and then Readers’ Digest); an interview with Billy Graham; Imelda Marcos as a “Prime Mover in Manila;” Mao’s widow “Called the Lady MacBeth of Peking;” and “Those Business Hunches are More than Blind Faith.”

In 1977, Rowan left Time and joined the Board of Editors of Fortune Magazine. Between then and his retirement in 1985, as a senior writer, he wrote more than 65 major articles for the magazine.

He “retired” in 1985 and became a member of the Century Association, the most prestigious club in the US for artists, writers, and musicians. Rowan was elected president of the Time-Life Alumni Society from 1985-1987 and continued to write two or three Fortune articles a year, as well as his second book, The Intuitive Manager, in 1986. Published in ten languages, with audio and video cassettes and training manuals, Rowan drew from his numerous interviews with American CEOs to explain how to turn a “hunch” into a well-calculated intuitive step that could be used as a powerful management tool. The book sold 350,000 copies in hardcover and paperback editions.

Just before turning 70, Rowan spent two weeks on the streets of New York as a homeless man to write “Homeless Bound,” a ten-page article for the magazine People. He used his instincts as a war correspondent to ally himself in the “trenches” with the homeless – experiencing the harshness of January, and listening to the stories of men and women who found themselves in the desperate situation of living on the street.

Also in 1990, Rowan was project director and co-editor of A Day in the Life of Italy. One hundred photographers, shooting at different locations around Italy, documented the 24 hour period of April 27, 1990. In 1992, he wrote the controversial Time cover article disputing the U.S. government’s conclusions regarding the bombing of Pan Am 103.

In 1996, Rowan wrote his fourth book, Powerful People – From Mao to Now, in which he portrays world leaders he interviewed, observed and wrote about during his 50 years as a foreign and national correspondent. Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek, General MacArthur, Marshal Tito, Jimmy Hoffa, Henry Luce, Imelda Marcos, Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan, and Ross Perot are just a few who fell under Rowan’s scrutiny as he explored the most influential people who helped shape the twentieth century.

Published in 1997, Rowan’s fifth book, First Dogs: American Presidents and Their Best Friends, was a move to a light-hearted look at the history of American Presidents through their dogs. The book, co-authored with Brooke Janis, was made into a Discovery Channel documentary film in 1998, for which Rowan wrote the narration for actor Kelsey Grammer.

A year later, the sixth book, Surfcaster’s Quest, was a return to Rowan’s passions: the waterfront, fishing, and nature of Block Island. Not only does he describe the intricate habits of Atlantic ocean fish and give suggestions for more successful surfcasting, but he shares historical and thought-provoking information about this lovely island off the Rhode Island coast.

From 1998 to 2000, Rowan served as president of the Overseas Press Club of America, during which time he revitalized and moved the club into new headquarters on 45th Street in New York. At the end of his term, the Club established a Roy Rowan Scholarship for aspiring young journalists. From 2000-2002 Roy was president of the Dutch Treat Club, a century-old New York City Tuesday luncheon club for artists, writers and musicians.

In 2003, in his first published work of fiction, Rowan chose to “swim in the dangerous waters of a fable” in Solomon Starbucks Striper – A fish story about following your dreams. Combining his belief in intuition and his knowledge of the sea, Rowan uses sea creatures to demonstrate the importance of allowing ourselves to be guided by our own internal compass in the search for a deeper meaning in life.

Chasing the Dragon, published in 2004, is Rowan’s memoirs of the final two years of China’s civil war, 1947-1949, when he observed, photographed and reported on the Communist takeover of China. Rowan vividly details his work with the United Nations Relief program, the fall of Mukden, the Battle of Xuzhou, the struggles of the peasants, and nightlife of Shanghai, as well as the dangers and difficulties he faced as a reporter.

In 2006, Rowan published Throwing Bullets: A tale of two pitchers, a book about minor league baseball, in which he writes about the careers of two pitchers, Francisco Liriano and Justin Olson, who begin as teammates but end up competing with one another for a spot on the same team.

Rowan received the prestigious Henry R. Luce Award in 2006 for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism. He continued to write, updating First Dogs in 2009, which featured the Obamas’ dog “Bo.” In 2011, Rowan published his tenth book, Never Too Late: A 90 Year Old’s Pursuit of a Whirlwind Life. And in 2012, on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary, Roy wrote Letter to Helen, a reminiscence of their marriage for friends and family. Helen Rounds Rowan died a year later, and in 2015 Rowan self-published his final book, Keeping Love Alive. On September 13, 2016 Roy Rowan’s long-lived, “whirlwind,” and remarkable life peacefully came to an end.

Scope and Content Note

This collection comprises 36 cubic feet and is divided into ten series:

UN Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and early freelance (1943-1947)
Life foreign and national correspondent/editor (1948-1970)
Seascape Publications/On the Sound magazine (1970-1972)
Move to Fortune magazine/corporate America )1976-1979)
Author (1980-1990)
Author (1990s-2003)
China revisited (1997-1999)
Author 2004-2011
Personal papers (bulk 1975-1999)
Published books, audio tapes, photographs, slides and negatives (1946-2015)

The overall arrangement of the collection is in chronological order, although an effort has been made to group together all items relating to a specific topic or publication. The bulk of the collection reflects Roy Rowan’s life and work, beginning with his Army years in Africa, his work with UNRRA in China, the earliest stages of his career as a journalist and photographer, and his first publications with Life Magazine.

The collection clearly documents Rowan’s skill and dedication as a war correspondent and editor, as well as his imagination and compassion for others as an author of social concerns and justice. His books reflect a tremendous diversity – from historical analysis, to corporate management, to world leaders, to presidential dogs, to ocean fishing. Each project is accomplished with careful research, articulate prose, and personal enthusiasm. Rowan’s ability to interview some of the most powerful people in the world, as well as some of the least powerful (the homeless) is indicative of his extraordinary ability to put people at ease.

The collection offers research possibilities in politics, management, journalism, photography, sociology and history. Certainly some of the richest primary source material in the collection resides with the over 70 audio and video tapes – for example, interviews with notables such as Mario Cuomo, Ross Perot, Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos; and Rowan as a guest on the NBC Today Show, CBS Morning Show, and Nightwatch. Rowan’s reports on the Mafia and his unpublished manuscript “Connections,” offers an opportunity to study controversial and challenging material now open to public domain. In addition, his detailed notes written as a “homeless” person in New York City are a potential source for further study and interpretation.

Certainly Rowan’s fifty-nine vintage black and white photographic exhibition of “China’s Civil War – 1947-1949” is a powerful documentation of the conflict between Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek. The over 1,000 slides which he took in China in 1981 elucidate the historical changes of twentieth century China.

Introduction

This small collection of assorted items was given to Hartwick College by Dr. Elizabeth (Betty) Lamphere (’38), a friend of the Telfer family. The archival collection includes correspondence to William Telfer and James Telfer, assorted postcards, photographs and memorabilia.

Historical Sketch

William Telfer, a farmer, immigrated to the United States from Scotland in 1838 and settled in the Town of Burlington, NY, County of Otsego.

James Telfer, son of Samuel and Isabel (Lunn) Telfer, along with wife Grace (Michaels) settled and became a prominent family in Hartwick, NY, County of Otsego. James and Grace had one daughter, Mary.

Mary Telfer, a 1934 Hartwick College graduate, taught elementary school in the Town of Hartwick, NY. The Telfer family befriended Steffie Baker, MD, a woman of German descent who spent 6 years practicing medicine in Bolivia before settling in Hartwick, NY as the only general physician. [A collection of souvenir items from Steffie Baker’s 6 year practice in Bolivia was donated to the Hartwick College Yager Museum in the Fall of 1999. See tickler file in Archives – “Baker, Steffi.”]

Scope and Content Note

The eclectic items from the Telfer family is most extensive in its collection of over one hundred postcards, which supplement the New York Regional postcard collection also held in the archives. Although there are only a dozen letters of correspondence, some of them make reference to farming both in America and in Scotland. Grace (Michaels) Telfer’s eccentric scrapbook depicts the turn-of-the century culture in art and advertising.

The collection is organized into four series:

I. Correspondence and business papers

• Letters (1834 to 1879 incl.) to William Telfer and James Telfer.
• Postcard correspondence (3 files) – majority to Grace or Mary Telfer, one to Steffi Baker; 1948 – 1955 (bulk dates).
• Legal documents – copy of citizenship papers of William Telfer, 1838; cemetery plot deed, 1907; death certificate of James, 1938; death certificate of Grace, 1954; certificate of vaccination for Elizabeth Lamphere signed and stamped by Steffie Baker, M.D., 1967.
• Misc. business receipts – bank deposit from first bank in Hartwick, NY, Kinne, Bush & Co., Bankers dated 1900; Otsego & Delaware Telephone Co., 1911; Patent Cheese Factory, 1911; Hartwick Cemetery Association, 1938.
• Memorabilia of Mary Telfer 1900 through 1983 incl.
• Assorted family photographs.
• Telfer Family Genealogy

II. Over 100 postcards (1903 – 1949 inc.) to Mrs. James (Grace) Telfer, Belle Telfer, and Mary Telfer. Although the majority of postcards depict areas of New York State and the east coast, some originate from as far away as The Grand Canyon and Hawaii.

III. Family photographs – subjects and dates unknown

IV. Scrapbook of Grace Michaels (1884): 51 pages containing local memorabilia, Cooperstown shops, bible verses, picture cut-outs, and turn-of-the century advertising.

Introduction and Historical Sketch

This is an artificial collection of the numerous minute books, proceedings and journals of the United Lutheran Church that were found in the College Archives. The donors are unknown.

Jacobus Fabritius organized the first Lutheran congregation in New York in 1669. For the next thirty-five years Lutheran parishes in America struggled to maintain their cohesion due to the very small number of ministers that were sent from Europe. However, by 1800, Lutheranism had become the third leading religion in the United States, with over 600,000 practitioners, and the most popular among immigrants from Dutch and German- speaking countries.

The New York Synod – or New York Ministerium – began inauspiciously in 1786 with only three pastors, but by 1828 had grown to 26 pastors representing 29 congregations. As the Synod grew, communications became difficult with its constituency west of Albany. In 1826, a Western Conference of the Ministerium was formed, and four years later separated from the New York Synod and established themselves as the Hartwick Synod. A schism occurred in the Hartwick Synod as well, when in 1837 four pastors, citing opposition to the Synod’s position on temperance, slavery, revivals and confessional questions, formed the Franckean Synod, named for August Hermann Francke, the noted eighteenth century leader of German Pietism.

The New York, Hartwick, and Franckean Synods all guided the development of Hartwick Seminary throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. The New York Synod supported the expansion of Hartwick Seminary to a College in 1927, and continued to assist with the College’s growth and development until 1968 when the College became a nondenominational liberal arts college.

Scope and Content Note

The collection includes Synod constitutions, proceedings, convention minutes, and yearbooks. Notable items in the collection include the Franckean Constitution of 1849; the March 1927 New York Synod proceedings approving the establishment of Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York; and the minutes of the 1969 New York Synod Convention reporting on Hartwick College’s disaffiliation with the Lutheran Church. This collection has been divided into the following twelve series:

Franckean Evangelic Lutheran Synod 1849-1908
Hartwick Synod 1853-1869, 1905
United Lutheran Church in America 1918-1978
Evangelical Lutheran Church 1867
United Lutheran Synod at New York 1929-1952
New York Synod 1962-1966
Upper New York Synod 1967 & 1969
Metropolitan New York Synod 1967-68
Lutheran Historical Conference 1970
Synod of New York 1908-1929
Synod of New York and New England 1953-1962
The Lutheran 1966-1969, December 1949, April 1951

Introduction

The Willard E. Yager manuscript collection is part of a larger collection of Indian lore that Hartwick College received in 1929 following Yager’s death. The Indian relics collection is housed in the College Museum.

The archival collection reflects the life of Willard E. Yager, the quality of his historical research, and his exhaustive study of the American Indian. Through family histories, correspondence, sightseeing maps, journals, travel postcards, personal notes and unpublished hand-written and typed manuscripts, one can discover the exacting methodology of a man who became an authority on the Indian way of life.

Biographical and Historical Sketch

Willard E. Yager, son of David J. and Emogene (Shepherd) Yager, was born in Oneonta, New York on December 19, 1855. He attended Cornell University, Phillips-Exeter Academy and Harvard Law School, before returning to Oneonta. Yager was an active community leader. In 1882 he collaborated with George W. Fairchild in the publication of the Oneonta Herald and in the late 1800s he was influential in the foundation of the Oneonta Normal School. In 1890, he gave up his association with the Herald to devote himself to his long time interest in American archaeology. He traveled extensively, taking copious notes on Indian life and collecting Indian relics. The relics he housed in “The Long House” – a fire-proof structure adjoining his home at 19 Ford Avenue. Before his death on March 4, 1929, he had published three books: Medicine in the Forest (1911), The Red Man as Soldier (1912), and Non-Combatants (1927).

[For further information on Willard E. Yager, please ask to see the historical reference files maintained in the Archives.]

Scope and Content Note

The Willard E. Yager Collection has been arranged into four series:

Personal and Business Life 1874-1928
Archaeological Endeavors c. 1900-1928
Manuscripts and Publications c. 1900-1929
Artifact c. 1928

Throughout the collection there is overwhelming evidence of Mr. Yager’s eccentric personality, pensive life-style, and meticulous work habits.

The first series, reflecting Yager’s personal and business life, is weak and by no means tells a clear story. Nevertheless, it contains some very interesting correspondence to his parents during his college years and to his friends in later years. There is also a good collection of material on the Oneonta Normal School, including the original draft of the Oneonta Normal School Bill written March 14, 1887. However, the strength of this first series lies with the travel postcards of the Southwestern United States Indians and Yager’s sightseeing maps and journals. The latter often indicate exact travel routes and detail Yager’s observations.

The large collection of personal notes found in the second series is very tedious and frequently so brief as to be unintelligible. In addition, Yager’s handwriting is small and difficult to decipher. Once again, however, the notes and their organization reflect his meticulous research habits.

Willard Yager was a prolific writer and published three books: Medicine in the Forest, 1911; The Red Man as Soldier, 1912; and Non-Combatants, 1927. The Manuscripts and Publications series reflects his work on these publications as well as what appears to be his ultimate goal in writing a book to have been entitled, The Forest in War Time. The manuscript for this work is outlined as follows:

Introduction: The Forest in Peace
Book One: Of Preparedness
Book Two: Custom of War
Book Three: How a War Was Fought

A more detailed outline is included with the box inventories. Non-combatants and The Red Man as Soldier are sections of this lengthy manuscript.

Douglas Earl Bailey edited some of Yager’s hand-written manuscripts and published them in 1961 as The Oneota. Orite – A Journal of Johannes Van Dyck, 1634-35 was also published after Yager’s death. However, the majority of both the hand-written and typed manuscripts that comprise The Forest in War Time are unpublished.

Although the Yager Collection is not an easy collection to work with, it has its gems and can be extremely rewarding as it reveals the depths of this extraordinary man.

Series Descriptions

I. Personal and Business Life. 1874-1928. 18″ Good Condition. SC14 1-7

This series includes family histories, correspondence – both personal and business, and memorabilia. The majority of the collection is travel postcards, photos, sightseeing maps, and journals. Many of the postcards are related to Willard Yager’s interest in the Indians of the Southwest United States.

II. Archaeological Endeavors. c.1900-1928. 11 feet. Fragile Condition. SC14 8-61

The majority of this collection is newspaper clippings and personal notes. These were originally divided into 181 individual packets with topic headings. Although they have been removed from the packets for more appropriate storage, the divisions created by Mr. Yager have been maintained. The clippings and notes appear to be part of Yager’s research for his books. Also included are a dictionary of the Mohawk Language, Indian Language notes taken by Mr. Yager and three books with photos of Indian artifacts with accompanying descriptions.

III. Manuscripts and Publications. c.1900-1929. 7 feet. Fragile Condition. SC14 62-84

This collection includes hand-written manuscripts, typed and carbon copy manuscripts, book proofs and published books. The majority reflects the preparation for The Forest in War Time.

Book One, Part III of this manuscript was published as The Red Man as Soldier in 1912.

Book Two, Part V of the manuscript was published as Non- Combatants – A Comparison of Christian Custom and that of the Red World, in 1927.

Also included are: Medicine in the Forest which was published in 1911; the manuscript Orite of Adequentaga – The Journal of Johannes Van Dyck, published in 1953 by Hartwick College; and the manuscript and book proofs of The Oneota, which are a group of Yager’s manuscripts edited by Douglas Earl Bailey and published in 1961.

IV. Artifact. c.1928 Good Condition. SC14 85

This is a leather manuscript case which apparently belonged to Willard Yager.

Introduction

This manuscript collection was donated to the Archives in June of 1995 by Richard Wandersee, the brother of Winifred Wandersee and the executor of her estate. It documents her career and professional life from her graduate days in the late 1960s to her death in 1994. This collection does not include Wandersee’s research work on Frances Perkins, which has been deposited at the Labor-Management Documentation Center, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University; nor does it include materials related to her activities on the Oneonta City Council.

Historical Sketch

Winifred D. Wandersee was born on February 18, 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her married name between 1960 and 1979 was Winifred Bolin. She had three children – Weston, Benjamin and Andrea.

Wandersee received her B.S. degree from Iowa State University in 1963, her M.A. in 1969 and Ph.D. in 1976 from the University of Minnesota. Wandersee’s Masters thesis was the “Northeast Neighborhood House: The Process of Americanization in a Midwestern Urban Community,” and her dissertation title was, “Past Ideals and Present Pleasures: Women, Work and the Family, 1920-1940.” The latter was published by Harvard University Press in 1981 as, Women’s Work and Family Values: 1920-1940.

Dr. Wandersee’s teaching experience began well before she received her Ph.D. Between 1967 – 1969, she was a History Instructor at the Metropolitan State Junior College (now the Metropolitan Community College) in Minneapolis. In 1973, she taught American History at the University of Minnesota, as well as numerous courses between 1971 and 1976 through the University’s Continuing Education and Extension Program.

After receiving her Ph.D, Wandersee taught at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, where she was an Instructor in 1976-77 and an Assistant Professor in 1978-79.

In 1979, Win moved to Syracuse, New York and was an Assistant Professor of History at Syracuse University during the 1979-80 year, and again as a Visiting Professor in the Spring of 1989. She began teaching at Hartwick College as an Associate Professor in 1980, and became a full Professor in 1987.

Wandersee’s involvement and contributions to the Hartwick College community were remarkable. She helped found the Women’s Studies Program and was the first Coordinator between 1985-88. She was the Dewar Chair of History from 1989 until her death, and she was Chair of the Faculty between 1990 and 1994. She received Hartwick’s three most prestigious awards given to a faculty member: the Meritorious Service Award, in 1983, the Margaret Bunn Award for Excellence in Teaching, in 1990, and Hartwick’s Teacher-Scholar of the Year Award in 1994. This is a feat yet to be achieved by any other faculty member.

A consummate scholar and a prolific writer, Wandersee’s research included American women, the American family, labor history, the 60’s, Frances Perkins, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Besides her dissertation, she also published On the Move: American Women in the 1970’s, numerous articles, conference papers, essays and chapters – including, “‘I’d Rather Pass a Law Than Organize a Union’: Frances Perkins and the Reformist Approach to Organized Labor,” (1993), “American Family in the 1930’s,” (1991), “A New Deal for Women,” (1986) and “Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Vision Included the Poor of America,” (1984). At her death, “Be Ye Stedfast”: Frances Perkins and the Ambivalent Legacy of Gender Politics, was in progress.

Throughout her professional life she was a member of numerous historical organizations: Women’s Historians of the Midwest (WHOM), American Historical Association (AHA), Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Profession, Organization of American Historians (OAH), Phi Alpha Theta, and Upstate New York Women’s History Conference.

Dr. Wandersee was also very active in the Oneonta Community. She was a member of the Oneonta City Council from 1988 – 1991, and involved in both the Unitarian Universalist Church and the local Democratic Party.

Scope and Content Note

This manuscript collection documents Wandersee’s career and professional life from her graduate school days of the late 1960’s to her death in 1994. Although the collection had some general organization imposed on it, the files were not in a definable order. It appears that, for the most part, Dr. Wandersee would group files together by topics for projects as she was working on them, but would frequently create duplicate files as needed. In the interest of expedient research the collection has been partially rearranged to completely reflect this topical organization, and the following series were created to reflect major periods in her life and work.

Graduate School to 1979
Courses: Syracuse University and Hartwick College 1980 – 1994
Research and Scholarship
Administrative Files

Series Descriptions

I. Graduate School to 1979. 1963 – 1979. Topical order. 4 c.f.

This series includes graduate school course notes, exams, papers and book reviews organized by topic. At some point in time, Wandersee apparently arranged these in topical order for future reference. Also included, are research notes and drafts of Wandersee’s Masters’ thesis: “Northeast Neighborhood House: The Process of Americanization in a Midwestern Urban Community,” and research, articles, conferences and drafts of, or relating to, her Doctoral Dissertation: “Past Ideals and Present Pleasures: Women, Work and the Family, 1920-1940.” There are also articles on Minnesota history and lecture notes from courses taught by Wandersee at St. Cloud State University.

II. Courses: Syracuse University and Hartwick College – 1980-1994.
Topical order. 4 c.f.

The majority of this collection contains syllabi, lecture notes, resource information, and exams of courses taught by Dr. Wandersee between 1980 and 1994 both at Hartwick College and Syracuse University. They include courses on Women’s History, the 1960’s, New Deal, Watergate, the Depression, American Public Policy, Foreign Policy, Social and Cultural History, Ethnic History, Latin America, and Labor History. There is also a collection of articles that she kept on reserve for her classes, as well as student evaluations of her teaching.

III. Research and Scholarship. Topical order. 8 c.f.

This series includes notes, research, articles and drafts on Wandersee’s book, On the Move: American Women in the 1970’s, research on Eleanor Roosevelt – including copies of speeches and articles by E. Roosevelt between 1935 and 1942, the National Youth Administration and the American Youth Congress. This collection also includes Wandersee’s papers – such as “Women in Social Work,” “Who Should Work – Government Policies Toward the Employment of Women and Youth During the Great Depression,” and “From Flapper to Feminism.” There are also numerous other projects, book reviews, professional correspondence, resumes, annotated bibliographical cards, cassette tape interviews and computer floppies.

IV. Administrative Files. 1990 – 1994. Topical order. 2 c.f.

These files document Dr. Wandersee’s time as Faculty Chair of Hartwick College, as well as agendas, minutes and issues from faculty meetings, Faculty Council, ATP, COIN, Gender Committee, Board of Trustee Committees and Administrative Communications Group.