M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives
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[edit] Address and Contact Info
Address: University at Albany, SUNY, Science Library LE-352, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222 USA
Telephone & fax: (518) 437-3935; (518) 437-3930
Website: http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/
Principal contacts for the collection: Contact the Department
[edit] Hours and Usage Restrictions
Hours and Directions: http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/directions.htm
[edit] Online Catalogs and Finding Aids
Collections are arranged by collecting area, subject area, and alphabetically. Finding aids for all processed collections are available online as HTML documents searchable through the website and entries are also available in the library's online catalog. See http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/collections.htm for further information and assistance.
[edit] Collection Summary
[edit] Usage Discussion
Suggestions for approaching the material:
Housing and getting by for less in the area: Travel and housing information is available at the bottom of the Hours and Directions page.
[edit] Fellowships and Funding Opportunities
[edit] Major Topic Areas
Archives of Public Affairs and Policy: The Archives of Public Affairs and Policy (APAP) was established in 1982 to document the work of individuals and private interest groups concerned with New York State public policy issues in the 20th century. The collection began as an initiative to collect, preserve, and make available original research materials pertaining to New York State public affairs and policy, and now includes the personal papers of members of the gubernatorial administrations of Nelson A. Rockefeller; papers of 20 former New York Congressional members and 41 elected officials who served in New York State Legislature; and the official records and personal papers of more than 200 private groups, professional associations, individuals, public-sector labor unions, community groups, and other organizations concerned with Empire State public-policy issues. The Archives of Public Affairs and Policy consists of over five thousand cubic feet of historical records, photographs, film, audiotapes, microfilm, and other record forms. Archival materials are available in a number of subject areas including: African Americans and Civil Rights Organizations; Conservation and the Environment; Criminal Justice and Prisons; the Death Penalty; Education; Human Sexuality and Gender Identity; Labor; Neighborhood Associations; Public Servants and Politicians; Social Activists and Public Advocates; Women; as well as other emerging public policy issues.
German and Jewish Intellectual Emigre Collection: The German and Jewish Intellectual Émigré Collection is comprised of over 95 collections (approximately 750 cubic feet) of personal papers, organizational records, tape recordings, photographs, and related research materials documenting the German intellectual exodus of the 1930s and 1940s. To complement the successful collecting efforts of other libraries and archival repositories in the United States and the German Federal Republic, the Émigré Collection has focused on the careers and accomplishments of social scientists (economists, sociologists, anthropologists, and political scientists), humanists (historians, philosophers, sinologists, and musicologists), writers (novelists, poets, journalists, critics, political writers, and publishers), creative artists (composers, musical performers, and artists), and others. One of the principal focal points of the Émigré Collection is papers of former faculty members at the University in Exile, now the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School University in New York City.
University Archives: The University Archives was established in 1971 to document the history of the University at Albany, SUNY from its origin in 1844 as the New York State Normal School to train teachers for New York State to its present status as a comprehensive research university. Administered as an integral part of the M.E. Granander Department of Special Collections and Archives, the University Archives are available to patrons for research and study. The University Archives consists of the Official Records of the University at Albany and its predecessor institutions from its origins in 1844 to the present. Includes presidential papers, trustees and senate minutes, theses and dissertations, photographs, building plans, student and alumini records, publications, and other documentation. Also includes records of the Milne School, the University Teaching School from 1845 - 1977.
Business, Literary, and Miscellany Collections: Chiefly 19th-century New York and New England local history manuscripts and business records, primarily for craftsmen and railroads; papers of children's book writer and illustrator Marcia J. Brown and two original manuscripts by Maud and Miska Petersham; papers of Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy; papers of Anthony Ashley Cooper, the 19th century social reformer; and papers of Benito Perez Galdos, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Evengi Zamyatin, and other writers.
