Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) President, Harry Means Crooks 1905-1915

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Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) President, Harry Means Crooks 1905-1915

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This collection is made up of materials relating to the administration of Albany College (Oregon) during the administration of President Harry Means Crooks, who served as College President from 1905-1915.

.1 cubic feet; 1 box

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Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives

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Albany College (Albany, Or.)

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The first literary society at Albany College was a men's organization called Sigma Phi organized in the fall of 1867. Sigma Phi had the responsibility of managing the College's library, which was donated to the College by the city of Albany's Library and Literary Institute. In 1880 Sigma Phi re-organized under the new name, Albany College Literary Society. For a short time in the early 1880s, the Albany College Literary Society merged with Albany's women's literary society, the Erodelphians. The...

Crooks, Harry Means

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Harry Means Crooks was a graduate of Wooster College in Ohio (1899). Prior to being hired as Albany College's President in 1905, Crooks had been employed as a public school superintendent. During Crooks' ten years at Albany College, he was responsible for building the existing $3,000 endowment up to $250,000. He also eliminated the college prep academy to help focus faculty energies on the college curriculum, and ensure that Albany would maintain its accredidation. Crooks left Alban...