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		<title>Mystery Image #19</title>
		<link>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/mystery-image-19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amythearchivist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[unidentified photographs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mystery image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPI athletics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a photo of an athletic team, but I&#8217;m not sure which one or when it was taken (1960s?).  I think it may be the tennis team, because I&#8217;ve seen the coach in other pictures.  Do you know?  Can you identify the coach or any of the team members?

Posted in unidentified photographs Tagged: mystery [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rpiarchives.wordpress.com&blog=2357991&post=870&subd=rpiarchives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>flu pandemic retrospect</title>
		<link>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/flu-pandemic-retrospect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amythearchivist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1918 Spanish flu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1957 Asiatic flu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1968 Hong Kong flu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flu pandemic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infirmary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[influenza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPI students]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/?p=833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is not surprising to find that flu pandemics have impacted the RPI community in the past.  In 1918, the Spanish flu hit campus at a most inopportune time.  It was October and 650 students conscripted into the Student Army Training Corp were about to move into temporary barracks on campus.  The flu ripped through [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rpiarchives.wordpress.com&blog=2357991&post=833&subd=rpiarchives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>vintage reunion photos</title>
		<link>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/vintage-reunion-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amythearchivist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reunion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPI alumni]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/?p=814</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s busy here on campus with Reunion &#38; Homecoming in full swing.  Here are a few old reunion photographs to mark the occasion.  Enjoy!


Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History Tagged: reunion, RPI alumni      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rpiarchives.wordpress.com&blog=2357991&post=814&subd=rpiarchives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>sports history quiz</title>
		<link>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/sports-history-quiz/</link>
		<comments>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/sports-history-quiz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amythearchivist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RPI Trivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homecoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reunion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPI athletics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPI football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPI Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPI lacrosse]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/?p=782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reunion &#38; Homecoming weekend is coming up and sports will be a hot topic with all the excitement surrounding the dedication of the new East Campus Athletic Village.  With this in mind, I&#8217;ve prepared a little trivia quiz to engage you in some sports history.  I&#8217;ll post the answers on Thursday, October 1st [check the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rpiarchives.wordpress.com&blog=2357991&post=782&subd=rpiarchives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mystery Image #18</title>
		<link>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/mystery-image-18/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amythearchivist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[unidentified photographs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mystery image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPI Faculty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/?p=771</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re new to this blog, let me explain what the mystery images are all about.  We have a large photograph collection that contains images of RPI people, subjects and events.  When photographs arrive in the Archives from various sources, we file them into the collection.  This all works great &#8212; when the photos are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rpiarchives.wordpress.com&blog=2357991&post=771&subd=rpiarchives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>at the beginning of the Hockey Line</title>
		<link>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/at-the-beginning-of-the-hockey-line/</link>
		<comments>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/at-the-beginning-of-the-hockey-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amythearchivist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Low]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hockey tickets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Houston Field House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPI athletics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPI history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPI Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Student Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[student traditions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/?p=744</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Hockey Line is a long standing (no pun intended) tradition at RPI.  When and why did it start?  Before 1972, student tickets rotated through sections on the North and West sides during the season so that everyone had a chance to sit in the best seats on the North side.  Brace poles, in place [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rpiarchives.wordpress.com&blog=2357991&post=744&subd=rpiarchives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>college bound</title>
		<link>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/college-bound/</link>
		<comments>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/college-bound/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amythearchivist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrance exams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freshmen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving in]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[student orientation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/?p=709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting students to college usually involves parents with cars packed to capacity.  The cars line up in front of residence halls and multiple trips are made to haul in the accouterments that make a dorm room comfy.  The admissions process and student orientation sessions are in the past; room assignments, meal plans and registration for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rpiarchives.wordpress.com&blog=2357991&post=709&subd=rpiarchives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a walking status symbol</title>
		<link>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/a-walking-status-symbol/</link>
		<comments>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/a-walking-status-symbol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amythearchivist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cane rush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freshemen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Marshal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John F. Winslow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrimack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monitor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPI students]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/?p=684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The cane, a fashion accessory popular in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was also a college status symbol.  Canes or walking sticks were once commonly &#8220;worn&#8221; by men during this time period.  At many colleges, freshmen had to earn the right to carry a cane on campus.  Cane rushes or cane contests involved a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rpiarchives.wordpress.com&blog=2357991&post=684&subd=rpiarchives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mystery Image #17</title>
		<link>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/mystery-image-17/</link>
		<comments>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/mystery-image-17/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amythearchivist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[unidentified photographs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blaw Knox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mystery image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Lot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vintage cars]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/?p=675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The mystery of this image is not what is it or who is it, but when is it?    The photograph pictures a parking lot east of Blaw-Knox and north of the academic campus.  The location looks more like a military base than a college campus!  The paved area is only half the size of what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rpiarchives.wordpress.com&blog=2357991&post=675&subd=rpiarchives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ask AmytheArchivist</title>
		<link>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/ask-amythearchivist/</link>
		<comments>http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/ask-amythearchivist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amythearchivist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reference questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPI history]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rpiarchives.wordpress.com/?p=665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my primary duties is answering people&#8217;s questions &#8212; we call this reference.  They may be quick questions &#8212; when did my great-grandfather attend RPI? &#8212; or they may be in-depth research questions &#8212; what were the origins of American human space flight? For in-depth research, I help people access collections where they search [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rpiarchives.wordpress.com&blog=2357991&post=665&subd=rpiarchives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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