Content Description From the Collection: Professional papers of William Otis Hotchkiss, President of RPI, from 1935-1943. The records depict RPI's concern and need to prepare for World War II through the numerous files dealing with the various Defense Programs at RPI. Three files labelled "Albany Medical College" discuss the c. 1938 proposed, but rejected, merger of RPI with Albany Medical College. This early anticipation of a possible collaboration in a biomedical program was later fulfilled in 1963. The records also include...