Individual Items
Alumni and University Relations
(UA 6/5)
Alumni Association
Connecticut Branch
(UA 6/5/1)
1920-1930; 1 volume (152 p.).
The Connecticut Branch of the Alumni Association of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was formed in November 1920. The original purpose was "to get Connecticut men behind the drive for a Memorial Field". The first meeting was held at Bond Armex Hotel with fourteen present "including a few wives and sweethearts".
This series consists of the minute book of the Connecticut Branch of the New Hampshire College Alumni Association, 1920-1930.
Letters From Interesting U.N.H. Alumnae; as Compiled by the Alumnae Council
(UA 6/5/2)
1936-1937; 1 folder
The Alumnae Council at the University of New Hampshire sent out letters to fifty "Interesting Alumnae" to gather information about their lives since graduation. Of the fifty women on the list, 31 responded. As a result of the letters, the Alumnae Council compiled the information and produced the booklet Who's Who Among Alumnae of the University of New Hampshire.
This series contains the letters written by 31 alumnae in response to the Alumnae Council's request for information about their lives. There is also a copy of the booklet Who's Who Among Alumnae of the University of New Hampshire.
Why the name of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts should be changed to University of New Hampshire
(UA 6/5/3)
1910-1911; 22 p. ; 28 cm.
The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was founded in Hanover, NH in 1866. The College moved to Durham, NH in 1893 and became the University of New Hampshire in 1923.
This manuscript, written by the Alumni Association Committee, argues for changing the name and status of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts to the University of New Hampshire. The arguments draw heavily on Senator Justin Morrill's philosophy relating to the Land-Grant Act of 1862.
Stories of old UNH by Harry W. Evans, Class of 1901
(UA 6/5/4)
1 folder
This folder contains letters written by Harry Evans to various members of the faculty who were collecting stories of UNH in the early years for historical purposes. It also includes notes taken during an interview by George Whitcher. Some of the letters have been transcribed.
UNH Alumnus Readership Survey
(UA 6/5/5)
September 1984; 1 folder
This survey and report were prepared by students at the University as part of regular course work in Administration 762, Marketing Workshop of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics.
George E. Coleman, Jr.
Appreciation Scrapbook.
(UA 6/5/6)
1960; 1 folder
George E. Coleman, Jr. "Jim" graduated from UNH in 1928 with a BS in Agriculture. While in school, he was a member of the Delta Pi Epsilon fraternity and the Agriculture Club. In 1952, he was elected to the Board of Trustees by the Alumni Association. He was presented with the Alumni Meritorious Service Award in 1958. When he retired as Alunmi Trustee in 1960, he was presented with this memorial scrapbook. The scrapbook contains photographs of campus buildings that were built during his terms of office and of Jim involved in board activites. There are also letters from President Eldon Johnson, the speach given by Coleman at the dedication of Lord Hall and several photos from his undergraduate years. The collection was given to the University Archives by Mrs. Jim Coleman in 2001.
| F. 1 | Scrapbook contents |
| F. 2 | Correspondence from Eldon Johnson to Coleman, 1956-61 |
| F. 3 | Talk given by G. E. Coleman, Jr. at the dedication of Lord Hall, April 24, 1960 |
| F. 4 | Misc. photographs |
After the War Was Over
by Henry E. Lynch, Class of 1950
(UA 6/5/7)
1 folder
Henry Lynch was called to active duty in the Army during his senior year of high school in February 1945. Before he had finished his training as an airplane mechanic, the war ended. He didn't have enough points to be discharged, so he was shipped overseas to take the place of a soldier who did. This is the story of his army career, afterwhich he attended UNH.
My War Years, February 18, 1941 to March 23, 1946.
Eugene F. Nute: An Autobiography.
(UA 6/5/8)
November 1994; 1 folder
Eugene F. Nute graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1941. Nute went to Artillery Officer's Candidate School, but "fate stepped in and pushed me into a desk job for the rest of the war".