University of New Mexico Records 1889-1927

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University of New Mexico Records 1889-1927

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=nmu1unma001.xml

This collection contains early records of the University of New Mexico, including Board of Regents' correspondence, land lease andinventory information, building construction and architectural materials, department files, faculty files, financial data, scattered committee minutes and policy information, fraternity/sorority, Associated Students, and ROTC files, athletics files, official publications, and diaries.

19 boxes (18 cu. ft.)

eng,

The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch

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SNAC Resource ID: 6404456

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University of New Mexico. College of Engineering

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University of New Mexico. President.

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University of New Mexico. College of Arts and Sciences

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University of New Mexico. College of Education

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University of New Mexico. Board of Regents.

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Although the archive is listed as belonging to the University Secretary, that office was not established until 1948 by President Tom Popejoy. Prior to that time the responsibility for the records rested with the Office of the President. John Durrie, who was named the first Secretary of the University, was responsible for gathering most of the materials from the early years and saving them from destruction. Despite his best efforts, however, he could not always control events. As the records aged...

United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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The Department of Military Science was established at the University of Oregon in 1919. The school had sponsored military training through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program before the creation of a Military Science department. In January 1916, then University of Oregon, (UO) president Prince Lucien Cambell, established a ROTC curriculum led by LTC John Leader, a retired British officer. Over 100 students participated in the first drill in March 1916, le...

University of New Mexico. Associated Students

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The first constitution of Associated Students was drafted and approved in 1920. This constitution calls for a president, vice president, treasurer, and student council which will be elected by the student body in order “to oversee matters of general importance to the students.” In 1950, ASUNM adopted a constitution which provided for the establishment of a Student Senate and a Student Court, in addition to the Student Council and officers established by the 1920 document. From the gu...

University of New Mexico.

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The University of New Mexico was established by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico in 1889. It was to be located in Albuquerque. Elias Stover was appointed the first president. The new institution opened in rented rooms as a summer normal school, June 15, 1892, beginning regular instruction on September 21st in the first building erected on the campus. In 1901 Dr. William G. Tight became president. He introduced the "Pueblo Style" architecture for the University buildings. U...