Utica University Library Special Collections

New! Guide to the Utica Collection Archives

College Archives are considered part of the Library. The College Archives contain:

• Photographs & video
• College historical
• Publications about the College's history
• Administrative records, minutes, curricula, reports, etc.
• Artifacts & realia
• Newspaper stories and clippings

The Archives are open to students, faculty, staff and alumni as well as those outside the College community by appointment.  

UC Library Guide to the Archives.

Contact Anne Flynn at 315.792.3273 | aflynn@utica.edu for further information.

 Child Life Council Collection Finding Aid

On deposit from the Child Life Council. the collection consists of various materials covering 1955 to 2003. Early photographs of the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital taken in the 1920’s, as well as a 1937 report on Child Life (said to be an early statement of the Child Life profession) are part of the collection, casting light on the developing  profession.

For the most part the collection consists of printed material, articles, publications, conference materials, and professional journals. There are also scrapbooks, photographs, videotapes, a few audiotapes, and ephemera (a collection of puppets).

Much of the material was collected by the Child Life Council’s History Committee and is useful in gaining a perspective on the development and growth of the Child Life profession, from its inception as a “play program” to the independent and recognized profession that it is today.

The Child Life Council Collection is housed in the UC Library Special Collections and coordinated by the UC Psychology-Child Life Department. 

• Special Collections materials are restricted
• Access is governed by the UC Library Special Collections Policy

The Jocelyn Romano Candido Rare Book Collection houses UC Library's General Special Collection and the Harry F. Jackson Welsh Collection.

 

Located on the second floor of the library, the General Special Collection contains a small, but fine, library of upstate New York literature.

 

The materials in the UC Library General Special Collection are cataloged and bibliographic information is available in the Library Catalog.

 

Materials housed in the UC Library General Special Collection form part of the UC Library Special Collections:

 

• Special Collections materials are restricted use
• Access to UC Library Special Collections materials is governed by the UC Library Special Collections Policy

The Walter D. Edmonds Collection houses the study library and the personal papers of Walter D. Edmonds. 
 

Walter Dumaux Edmonds is the author of Drums Along the Mohawk (1936) and many other popular classics. Born at his family's summer retreat, Northlands, on the Black River near Boonville NY, Edmonds depicted life in upstate New York State from the War of Independence to the building of the Erie Canal. 
 

A 1926 graduate of Harvard University, Edmonds' historical fiction chronicles the lives and times of ordinary citizens in upstate New York's rich history.  At the 1993 Utica College Commencement, Syracuse University conferred on him the degree of Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. 
 

Located on the second floor of the library, the Walter D. Edmonds Room was opened to the public in July, 2003. Access to archival material is restricted and by application. 
 

Mr. Edmonds' study library, housed along the back wall of the Edmonds Room, is a browsing collection, available for in-library use only. 
 

Mr. Edmonds' personal papers and other rare materials form part of the UC Library Special Collections: 
 

• Special Collections materials are restricted use
• Access to UC Library Special Collections materials is governed by the UC Library Special Collections Policy 

Most books that are part of the Walter D. Edmonds Collection are cataloged and bibliographic information is available in the Library Catalog.
 

See this pdf file for the Index of WDE Materials for the papers.  See this pdf for the full register (arranged by Box and Folder numbers)

Note that both Princeton and Harvard Universities also have Edmonds material.

Henry DiSpirito was Utica College's sculptor-in-residence from 1963-1995. Born in Italy, DiSpirito came to the US in 1921 where he received his first job as a stone mason. From this work, he developed his talents in painting and sculpture with an emphisis on animals and nature.

 

Learn more about ... The Life and Works of Henry DiSpirito

 

UC Library's Henry DiSpirito Sculpture Collection owes its nine piece collection to the generous donation of several families:

• The family of Henry DiSpirito donated the bust and plaster model of Ralph Strebel. The bronze bust was crafted by Argos Art Foundry in Brewster, NY.
• The family of the late Paul Coonradt donated three pieces: Snail, Dignity, and Scarabe Sacre. Coonradt was an author and owner of a North Country logging business. The three sculptures were created in the 1950s.
• The family of Dr. Ferdinand D'Esopo donated two art pieces: Skunk and Head. D'Esopo, a dentist with a Utica practice, was an active member of the Lions Club. Dr. D'Esopo was a close friend of DiSpirito and his family.
• The family of Dr. Stuart Flack donated a landscape painting in oil to the Library's Collection. Flack, a dentist, taught at the University of Rochester and served on Utica College's Health Sciences Advisory Committee.
• The wife of Harry Jackson donated a bust and plaster model of her husband. The broze bust was crafted by Argos Art Foundry in Brewster, NY.
• Mrs. William Palmer donated a reproduction of the Turtle. 

 

View Gallery Selections from the UC Library DiSpirito Collection

The Welsh Collection at Utica College Library contains an extensive collection of 19th and early 20th century Welsh language imprints, many printed in Central New York which was home to one of the largest and oldest Welsh communities in the United States.

The UC Library research guide to the Welsh Collection provides more information about the collection.

The materials housed in the Welsh Collection are cataloged and bibliographic information is available in the Library Catalog.

Large parts of the collection were microfilmed in the late 1980's. A guide to this film is available in the library guide to the collection.  The original film project relied on photocopied shelf list cards from the 1980's and so may not represent current holdings.

The UC Welsh Collection contains one of the more complete collections of the Y Drych, the Ninnau, Y Cyfaill and Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd.  The collection also contains many 
monographs -- sermons, biographies, catechisms, theological works -- most of which were included in the microfilm project.

A  Welsh Imprints of Central New York Bibliography was prepared in 1998 by Eugene Nassar with information about titles in the library, some of which may may no longer be held or represented only in microfilm. 

Please note:

• Special Collections materials are restricted use
• Access to UC Library Special Collections materials is governed by the UC Library Special Collections Policy