Miscellaneous archives, 1863-1969 1900-1950.

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Miscellaneous archives, 1863-1969 1900-1950.

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The material in the collection traces the development of the University of Rhode Island from its inception as the state's agricultural school to its attainment of university status. The collection is strongest on the first half of the twentieth century and deals exclusively with the main campus in Kingston. Material includes: records relating to the Morrill Land Grant Act; other federal and state laws relating to the University; financial records, including reports to the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and the Interior and the R.I. Commissioner of Finance, an invoice ledger book, student fee receipts and payroll lists; service contracts; blueprints and specifications for campus buildings; a journal thought to be the official office diary of the University's first president, John H. Washburn; registers of alumni, honor students, scholarship recipients, and students involved with World War I; a scrapbook of school history; correspondence; news clippings; plaques; printing plates; seals; pennants. Of particular interest are materials relating to the acquisition of the Oliver Watson Farm, site of the school, a Pathe news film on the school's varsity basketball team coached by Frank Keaney, and transcripts of newspaper articles detailing the controversial dismissal of Dr. Burt L. Hartwell, head of the R.I. Agricultural Experiment Station.

6.5 linear ft. (13 boxes)

University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston, University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7570142

University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston, University Library

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