Administrative policy records, 1955-1967.

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Administrative policy records, 1955-1967.

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Series P14 contains the administrative records of J. Wayne Reitz, fifth president of the University of Florida. Included in the series are his correspondence files, memoranda, building project files, and biennial reports to the Florida Board of Regents. In addition to extensive files on the development of the colleges, the series documents alumni relations, student affairs, and campus planning and development. Several key events and controversies are recorded. These include desegregation, football controversies, academic freedom, and the early stages of student protest in the 1960s.

33.3 linear ft. (80 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. ...

Reitz, J. Wayne (Julius Wayne)

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J. Wayne Reitz was fifth president of the University of Florida. J. (Julius) Wayne Reitz was born on December 31, 1908 in Olathe, Kansas. In 1930, after being editor of the university's yearbook, freshmen class president, student body president, and winner of the Rocky Mountain Oratory Award, he received his Bachelor's degree from Colorado State University. He worked as an extension economist, first at Colorado State, and then with the University of Illinois, where in 19...