Guide to the Records of the President, Howard Edwards Office of the President, Howard Edwards 1880-1937 (bulk 1927-1928)

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Guide to the Records of the President, Howard Edwards Office of the President, Howard Edwards 1880-1937 (bulk 1927-1928)

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The Records of the President, Howard Edwards, span the years 1880-1937, and document Edwards' tenure as President of Rhode Island State College.

8 box(es); (3.5 linear feet)

eng,

University of Rhode Island Library Special Collections and Archives Unit

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Edwards, Howard

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Univesity of Rhode Island. Office of the President.

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Professor of English and modern languages; third president of the University of Rhode Island. Assuming the presidency of the then Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1906, Edwards oversaw its growth from a small agricultural program into a full fledged college. At the time of his death in 1930 the renamed Rhode Island State College had expanded its curriculum to include such programs as home economics and ROTC, awarded its's first Master's degree, doubled its enrollment and ...