This collection contains a variety of research materials created by Strategic Communications and External Relations staff member Ellen Katzman. Included are research notes on the Rensselaer Union, the Big Red Freakout, the Castle (Pi Kappa Phi) fraternity house; interviews with Union directors Frank McNeil and Rick Hart (1990); research materials regarding the use of the Castle during filming for "The Age of Innocence" (1993); and RPI commencement citations, 1990-2011.

Compendium of factual information regarding the Institute, its leadship, the faculty, students, academic programs, research, the campus, athletics, and the Rensselaer Plan.