Letter, State College, Pa., to General James A. Beaver, president, Board of Trustees, Pennsylvania State College, 1878 March 29.

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Letter, State College, Pa., to General James A. Beaver, president, Board of Trustees, Pennsylvania State College, 1878 March 29.

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C. Alfred Smith, professor of chemistry and physics, William A. Buckhout, professor of natural sciences, John F. Downey, professor of mathematics and astronomy, and A. Grabowskie, professor of modern languages, write to James A. Beaver protesting faculty salary reductions required by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, and offer other solutions.

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Smith, C. Alfred (Cades Alfred)

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C. Alfred Smith was professor of chemistry and physics at the Pennsylvania State College. He asked for and received permission in 1877 to take charge of the campus grounds. From the description of Letters to the Pennsylvania State College Board of Trustees Executive Committee, 1878 December 10-1881 June 29. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 33195510 A member of Penn State's first graduating class in 1861, C. Alfred Smith was the recipient of Penn...

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Downey, John F. (John Florin), 1846-

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John Florin Downey, who served as a drummer boy with the Union forces in the Civil war, came to the University of Minnesota as professor of mathematics in 1880, and was Dean of the College of Science, Literature, and the Arts from 1903 until his retirement in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 he taught in universities at Nanking and Peking, China. From the description of John F. Downey papers, 1864-1936. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63314360 John Florin ...

Beaver, James A. (James Addams), 1837-1914

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Colonel, 148th Pennsylvania regiment, Civil War; brevet brigadier general of volunteers, 1864; governor of Pennsylvania, 1887-1891; judge of Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1895-1914. From the description of Letter : Bellefonte, Penn[sylvani]a, to Mrs. John A. Logan, Washington, D.C., 1893 April 21. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27045475 Lawyer, thrice wounded Colonel of the 148th Pennsylvania; Governor of Pennsylvania; Judge in the Superior Court o...

Grabowskii, Arthur, 1836-1930

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