Air Force ROTC photograph collection, 1955-1956

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

Arranged by type of material.

• Air Force ROTC:

Description

Summary

The collection comprises a large Proof Album with multiple photographs (circa Spring 1955). This album contains several pages of proofs that were used in the Thunderbird 1955 yearbook. The proofs were also made available to the AF ROTC cadets to order photographs as indicated on the order page near the back of the album. Also, some snapshots and more formal photographs of peole in the Columbia Air Force ROTC.

• Air Force ROTC:

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William Daniel Clark Papers; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2012.2013.M013: Source of acquisition--Kathleen Hanrahan. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--7/17/2012.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers processed, PTL 07/16/2012.

Revision Description

2012-08-01 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

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Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Edward B. Hanrahan was a cadet with the Columbia University Air Force ROTC. He graduated from Columbia in 1956, although he originally entered Columbia in the Fall of 1951 as a member of the Class of 1955. He served over twenty years as an officer in the Air Force. After retiring from the military, he was the registrar for, and member of the faculty of, Hampton University. Hanrahan passed away in December 2002.

Hanrahan loved photography and took quite of number of pictures during his university years, including events involving Columbia's Air Force ROTC program. There are a number of photographs and related that relate to Columbia University.