Presidential Records, 1947-1965.

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Presidential Records, 1947-1965.

Collection contains office files of Auburn University President R.B. Draughon. Covers campus, state, national, and international subjects that impacted the administration of the university.

37 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7401767

Auburn University.

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Alabama

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East Alabama Male College, sponsored by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was chartered in May 1856. Classes opened in 1859 in Auburn, Alabama, but the college closed during the Civil War. Reopening in 1866, the college became a land-grant institution in 1872 and changed its name to Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. The college was known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1899 to 1960, when it became Auburn University. From the description of Founders Day collec...

Draughon, Ralph B. (Ralph Brown), 1899-

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Draughon became president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) in 1947. He guided the university through significant changes such as a building boom, financial crises, unprecedented growth, modernization of the athletic programs, upgrading of mission and name, and desegregation. From the description of Presidential Records, 1947-1965. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 38292596 Born in Hartford, Alabama, 1899. Earned B.S. degree in 1922 and M.S. in ...

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