Records : Howard Edwards, 1880-1937 bulk 1927-1928.

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Records : Howard Edwards, 1880-1937 bulk 1927-1928.

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Records include: corespondence; financial records; proposals, petitions; resoultions; biographical material; letters of recommendation for positions held by Edwards prior to his coming to Rhode Island; speeches and writings of Edwards during his tenure at Rhode Island. Of note is material relating to the construction program which was the hallmark of his presidency and which includes bills, contracts, and specifications and correspondence and news clippings relating to the controversial dismissal of Burt Hartwell as Director of the College's Agricultural Experiment Station in 1928.

3.5 linear ft. (7 boxes)

University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston, University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7574632

University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston, University Library

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Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Office of the President

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Edwards, Howard, 1854-1930

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Bliss Hall (University of Rhode Island)

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Hartwell, Burt Laws, 1865-1939

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University of Rhode Island

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The University of Rhode Island was chartered as the state's agricultural school in 1888. It became the Rhode Island College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts in 1892 and the first class was graduated two years later. The name was changed in 1909 to Rhode Island State College and in 1951 the college became the University of Rhode Island. From the description of Miscellaneous archives, 1863-1969 1900-1950. (University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston). WorldCat record id: 46802187 ...

University of Rhode Island. Agricultural Experiment Station

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The Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station was established in 1888 by an act of the state legislature which also provded for the creation of a state agricultural school, both in Kingston, R.I. The school eventually became the University of Rhode Island. During its more than one hundred of service the Station's original mission of agricultural research and experimentation for the benefit of Rhode Island farmers has been expanded to meet the changing needs and demands of agriculture both at ...

Rhode Island State College. Office of the President

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University of Rhode Island. Office of the President.

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Professor of English and modern languages; third president of the University of Rhode Island. Assuming the presidency of the then Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1906, Edwards oversaw its growth from a small agricultural program into a full fledged college. At the time of his death in 1930 the renamed Rhode Island State College had expanded its curriculum to include such programs as home economics and ROTC, awarded its's first Master's degree, doubled its enrollment and ...