Administrative policy records, 1928-1947.

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Administrative policy records, 1928-1947.

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Series P7 contains the administrative records of John James Tigert, third president of the University of Florida. The series contains correspondence, memoranda, building construction records, reports, committee minutes, and other records. Included in the series is Tigert's correspondence with the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities' Executive Committee and the Joint Committee on Accrediting. Tigert's relationship to the Florida Board of Control is well documented as are the university's academic and administrative units. Of particular note are the extensive files related to military training at the University of Florida during World War II. Also of interest are Tigert's files on the construction of several campus buildings, the development of radio station WRUF, and Tigert's influence on the university's sports programs.

35.3 linear ft. (85 boxes)

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University of Florida. Office of the President.

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James M. Farr served as the University of Florida's vice president from 1905 to 1935. After the death of Albert A. Murpree on December 20, 1927, Farr acted as university president until the arrival of James J. Tigert in September, 1928. From the guide to the Administrative Policy Records of the University of Florida Office of the President (James Marion Farr, Acting President), 1928, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida) ...

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. ...

Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities

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WRUF (Radio station : Gainesville, Fla.)

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Florida. Board of Regents

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In 1965, the Board of Regents (Ch. 63-204; Ch. 65-138, Laws) assumed the duties of the Board of Control, which had been in existence since 1905 (Ch. 5384, Laws). The Board of Regents is a corporate entity holding all the powers of a body corporate and elects a corporate secretary. Its Regents are the Commissioner of Education plus twelve members appointed by the Governor. The Board acts as the Director of the Division of Universities in the Dept. of Education (Ch. 69-106, Laws). The...

Tigert, John James, 1882-1965

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John James Tigert was born February 11, 1882, the third child of John James Tigert III (1857?-1906) and Amelia McTyeire Tigert. Amelia Tigert was the daughter of Bishop Holland Nimmons McTyeire, first president of the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University. Her mother, Amelia Townsend McTyeire, was a cousin of Cornelius Vanderbilt. John James Tigert III was a member of Vanderbilt's faculty and a bishop in the Methodist Church. John J. Tigert received his secondary educa...