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Williams Proudfit Memorial Laboratory

Description

Front and side view of the Proudfit Laboratory on the RPI campus.

Type of Resource

Photograph

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Pittsburgh Building

Description

Front/side view of the Pittsburgh Building at RPI looking north, up the hill, from 8th Street.

Type of Resource

Photograph

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Pittsburgh Building

Description

Front view of the Pittsburgh Building at RPI in summer.

Type of Resource

Photograph

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87 Gymnasium

Description

87 Gymnasium, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Type of Resource

Photograph

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Hunt Dormitory

Description

Hunt Dormitory located on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus. View is from 15th Street looking northwest. A car and a person are in front of the dorm.

Type of Resource

Photograph

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Campus View

Description

RPI's Carnegie Building and the Walker Labratory looking east and up the hill from 8th Street.

Type of Resource

Photograph

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Campus View

Description

View of Proudfit, Walker and Carnegie buildings on the RPI campus; Ranken House and the University Building are in the background.

Type of Resource

Photograph

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Armory

Description

Armory Building on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus along 15th Street.

Type of Resource

Photograph

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The Approach

Description

View of the Approach staircase connecting Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and downtown Troy.

Type of Resource

Photograph

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RPI Campus Aerial

Description

Aerial view of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Type of Resource

Photograph

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Alma Mater (Here's to Old R.P.I.)

Description

Lyrics are unattributed and the music was written by Edmund Fales (RPI special student, 1899); first published in the 1913 songbook "Songs of Rensselaer."

Type of Resource

MusicRecording

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Unknown

Hail, Dear Old Rensselaer

Description

Words and music by Charles S. Root (RPI Class of 1934); first published in the 1939 songbook "Songs of Rensselaer."

Type of Resource

MusicRecording

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Unknown

Now and Forever

Description

Lyrics by Cora Hardy Jarrett were first published in the 1939 songbook "Songs of Rensselaer"; music is attributed to an old French air.

Type of Resource

MusicRecording

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Unknown

The Hills of Troy

Description

Words by R. (Richard W.?) Schmelzer and music by Joel Dolven (RPI's music director); lyrics first appear on the 1952 "Songs of Rensselaer" album cover.

Type of Resource

MusicRecording

Rights

Rights presumably belong to RPI.

Old Rensselaer

Description

Lyrics by Edwin S. Jarrett (RPI Class of 1889); music is identified as an old Welsh air in the 1913 songbook, "Songs of Rensselaer."

Type of Resource

MusicRecording

Rights

Public domain

Loyal to Rensselaer

Description

Lyrics and music by LeRoy W. Clark (RPI Class of 1906). First published in the 1913 songbook "Songs of Rensselaer."

Type of Resource

MusicRecording

Rights

Public domain

Ah Me - My Poor Freshie

Description

The lyrics and music to this song are unattributed; it first appeared in print in the 1913 songbook "Songs of Rensselaer."

Type of Resource

MusicRecording

Rights

Public domain

Can You Spell Rensselaer?

Description

Words and music by E.M. Frost (RPI Class of 1911); first published in the 1913 songbook "Songs of Rensselaer."

Type of Resource

MusicRecording

Rights

Public domain

Drink a Highball

Description

Music and lyrics by G.B.Brigham (adapted from "The Glorious Highball" song of 1903).

Type of Resource

MusicRecording

Rights

Public domain

A Son of Old R.P.I.

Description

Written by a member of the RPI Class of 1898, this song was first published in the 1913 songbook "Songs of Rensselaer."

Type of Resource

MusicRecording

Rights

Public domain

When the Evening Shades Are Falling

Description

Lyrics by Thomas Messer (RPI Class of 1912) and music by Strickland Kneas (Class of 1880) and C. Stewart Ferguson (Class of 1918); this song first appeared in the 1921 songbook under the title "Rensse...

Type of Resource

MusicRecording

Rights

Public domain

Stephen Van Rensselaer

Description

First published in the 1913 songbook "Songs of Rensselaer," the words and music to this song were written by E.M. Frost (RPI Class of 1911).

Type of Resource

MusicRecording

Rights

Public domain

Songs of Rensselaer

Description

"Songs of Rensselaer" is a digitized version of a phonograph LP (long play) album recorded at 33 1/3 RPM. Directed by Joel Dolven; processed and pressed by RCA Victor.

Type of Resource

CreativeWorkSeries

Rights

Most songs are either in the public domain or the rights belong to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and its affiliates. The copyright status of a few songs is unknown (see rights statements for individual songs for details).