Office of the Vice President for Academic Administration papers 1932-1963

University of Minnesota

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The West Bank Union at the University of Minnesota was established in 1967 to offer services to students. It took until 1980 for the union to have its own space in Willey Hall, including an auditorium and lounge spaces for students. Student services and facilities were established in the newly constructed West Bank Union skyway, which connected Willey and Blegen Halls. From the guide to the West Bank Union papers, circa 1970s-1980s, (University of Minnesota Libraries. University Arch...

Coffman, Lotus Delta, 1875-1938

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Lotus Delta Coffman came to the University of Minnesota in 1915 as Dean of the College of Education. He became president of the University in 1920, serving until his death in 1938. From the description of Lotus Delta Coffman papers, 1907-1939. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63314350 Lotus Coffman was born in Salem, Indiana in 1875. He graduated from Indiana University (AB 1905), (MA 1910) and Columbia University (Ph.D. 1911). He was a professor o...

United States. Works Projects Administration.

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Coffey, Walter Castella, 1876-1956.

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Walter Coffey was an educator at the University of Illinois and the University of Minnesota, and president of the University of Minnesota and of Hamline University in St. Paul MN. From the description of Walter Castella Coffey papers, 1909-1956. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63300701 Walter Castella Coffey, B.S. (1906), M.S. (1909), University of Illinois. Dean, Department of Agriculture (1921-1940), President (1941-1945), Universit...

James Ford Bell Library

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Eurich, Alvin Christian

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Tweed Gallery

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University of Minnesota. Department of Concerts and Lectures

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Willey, Malcolm M. (Malcolm Macdonald), 1897-1974

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Malcolm M. Willey came to the University of Minnesota in 1927 as an instructor in sociology. He became a full professor in 1929, Dean and Assistant to the President in 1934, and Vice President of Academic Administration in 1943, retiring in 1963. Dr. Willey next headed a Ford Foundation team at the University of Calcutta (1963?-1968), and then joined the faculty of Maryville College (Tennessee), working as academic executive officer (1969-1971). From the description of Malcolm M. Wil...

United States. Army. Reserve Officers’ Training Corps

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University of Minnesota. Press.

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The University of Minnesota Press was established by the Board of Regents on July 16, 1925. The Regents' resolution created the Press to publish all books, bulletins, studies, syllabi, outlines, papers and other materials which were to be produced by the University of Minnesota and sold to the public and academic community. The Press was to be run by a director and a committee of five faculty members appointed annually by the president of the University. The first book p...

Buffington, L. S. (Leroy Sunderland), 1847-1931

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Leroy Sunderland Buffington was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1847 and received all of his formal education there. His first employment was with the architectural firm of Hannaford and Anderson, whom he left in 1871 to move with his wife of two years to St. Paul. He entered partnership with Abraham Radcliffe, an established architect, which lasted until 1874 when he moved to Minneapolis and opened an office that he continued to maintain until 1931. He had no partners.In 1880, he was appointed the...

James Ford Bell Collection

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University of Minnesota. Library

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University of Minnesota. Senate

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University of Minnesota. Office of University Relations

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University Relations is the central communications office of the University of Minnesota. Established by the Board of Regents in 1945, University Relations was created to bolster the communication avenues with people both inside and outside of the University. Currently, University Relations is comprised of five units: Government and Community Relations, News Service (Media Relations), Marketing Communications, Internal Communications, and Office of Business Relations. In addition, U Relations ma...

University of Minnesota, Duluth

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University of Minnesota. University Gallery

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The University Gallery, originally known as the Little Gallery, was established at the University of Minnesota on April 5, 1934. The gallery's function was to increase art appreciation by students, faculty, staff, and the general public. In January 1990, Los Angeles businessman and art collector, Frederick R. Weisman gave $3.5 million to the University for the construction of a new art museum overlooking the Mississippi River. The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum opened in November 1993. ...

University of Minnesota. Office of the Vice President for Academic Administration

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The Office of the Vice President for Academic Administration was established by the Board of Regents on June 12, 1943. Created along with the Office of the Vice President for Business Administration, the positions were to relieve the President of the University from some of the administrative duties that had been assigned to the Presidents Office over the years. The Board of Regents meeting minutes state the vice presidents were to "perform such duties and undertake such responsibilities in the ...

Snyder, Fred Beal, 1859-1951.

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Fred Beal Snyder was a lawyer, and city councilman for Minneapolis, a Minnesota State representative and senator, and a member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. From the description of Fred Beal Snyder papers, 1912-1950. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63291663 Fred Beal Snyder was born on Feb. 21, 1859 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Snyder enrolled in the University of Minnesota preparatory school (forerunner of the Univer...

Gray, James, 1899-1984

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James Gray, B.A. (1920) University of Minnesota. Professor of English at the University of Minnesota and author of the University of Minnesota' centennial history. James Gray was born in Minneapolis in 1899. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota’s School of Journalism in 1920 and was awarded an honorary degree, Doctor of Literature, by Hamline University in 1939. Gray joined the staff of the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch in ...

May, William James, 1861-1939

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Ford, Guy Stanton, 1873-1962

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Historian; university president. From the description of Reminiscences of Guy Stanton Ford : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309737315 Guy Stanton Ford was an historian, educator and president of the University of Minnesota. From the description of Guy Stanton Ford papers, 1885-1962. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63313982 Guy Stanton Ford was born on 9 May 1...

United States. National Youth Administration

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