James Marion Farr Manuscripts 1935-1939

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James Marion Farr Manuscripts 1935-1939

http://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/archome/MS28.htm

Typescripts of three works by Farr, including a history of the Florida Agricultural College and the University of Florida, along with documentation on Farr's Special Status.

0.01 Linear feet; 2 folders

eng,

Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

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University of Florida

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The original campus plans for the University of Florida at Gainesville were developed by the firm of Edwards & Walter. Edwards & Walter were contracted to design and layout the campus buildings in 1905. Additional plans were developed by the firm's successor, Edward and Sayward. In 1925, Rudolph Weaver, Director of the University's School of Architecture, assumed the position of Architect for the Board of Control and was responsible for campus planning throughout the state. ...

Farr, James Marion, 1874-

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James Marion Farr was appointed head of English instruction at the Florida Agricultural College at Lake City in 1901 and later served as head of the Department of English at the University of Florida. He became the University's first vice-president and served as acting president upon the death of President A. A. Murphree in December 1927. He resigned from the faculty in 1934 and was placed on Special Status. As part of his Special Status duties he was requested to write several pieces: "The Sout...