Scrapbook, 1917-1924.

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Scrapbook, 1917-1924.

This scrapbook contains photos, postcards, newspaper clippings and personal memorabilia dating from the time Lawrence Melbern True spent at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. The school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923, the year Lawrence graduated.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7265192

UNH Durham, Dimond Library

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True, Lawrence Melbern.

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This scrapbook was created by Lawrence Melbern True from Hampton, NH, Class of 1923. He and his wife, Marion D. Williams, were both members of the first class to graduate from the University of New Hampshire. Before 1923 the school was called the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. His activities included Phi Mu Delta and the Students' Army Training Corps. They moved to Cleveland, OH after graduation, where Lawrence worked as a mechanical engineer. While in Ohio, he becam...

University of New Hampshire

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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...

New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts

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The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was established as a Land-Grant College in 1866 in Hanover, NH. The school moved to Durham, NH in 1893 and changed its name to the University of New Hampshire in 1923. The federal government required each Land-Grant institution to send an annual report of its activities and finances. From the description of Annual Reports, 1893-1958. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 29015821 To met military need for...