Minutes, 1893-1919.

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Minutes, 1893-1919.

This series contains the minutes of the faculty of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. They are complete through academic year 1919. Minutes after 1919 can be found under Archives LD 3779 .N392.

2 ledgers.

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UNH Durham, Dimond Library

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University of New Hampshire. Faculty.

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In 1861, the United States federal government approved the Morrill Act which set aside land in each state for the founding of public higher education. In 1862, the New Hampshire state legislature accepted the grant of 80,000 acres of public lands on which to set up a university. It was not until 1866 however, that the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was incorporated by the state legislature. They started the process of creating the By-laws and the Charter in 1862 and t...