Theodore Christian Blegen papers 1918-1969.

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Theodore Christian Blegen papers 1918-1969.

Collection contains correspondence, biographical materials, clippings, information on committees and societies, and writings completed by Theodore Blegen, professor of history and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Minnesota.

30 boxes (30.0 cubic feet).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7483335

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota. Graduate School

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Graduate education has been offered at the University of Minnesota since 1875, cumulating in the first Master's Degree being awarded in 1882 to Robert Henry Crafts, and the first Ph.D. in 1888 to Charles Burke Elliott. In 1885, the graduate department was organized within the College of Science, Literature and the Arts and on December 12, 1905, the Board of Regents established the Graduate School as an autonomous unit at the University. The following faculty have served as dean of the Graduate S...

Blegen, Theodore Christian, 1891-1969

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Theodore C. Blegen, B.A. (1910) Augsburg College, M.A. (1915), Ph.D. (1925) University of Minnesota. Appointed the faculty at the University of Minnesota in 1927 and served as dean of the Graduate School from 1940 until 1960. Theodore C. Blegen was born in Minneapolis on July 16, 1891. He received his bachelor's degree from Augsburg College in 1910 and his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Minnesota in 1915 and 1925. Before joining the staff of the University of Minnesota in 1...