Papers, 1872-1938 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1872-1938 (inclusive).

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Contains correspondence with family, colleagues, faculty, administrators, publishers, and donors; lecture notes; speeches; manuscripts on Old Testament studies; and notebooks. Correspondence with Frederick Gates, Thomas Goodspeed, and Harry Pratt Judson relates to the founding, organization, and early years of the University of Chicago. Also includes correspondence relating to departments, faculty appointments, and Harper's death. Notebooks relate to University administration and research. Also includes business correpondence between Harper and his secretary, Francis Wayland Shepardson.

12.5 linear ft.

University of Chicago Library

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University of Chicago Library

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Goodspeed, Thomas Wakefield, 1842-1927

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Baptist educator. Secretary, Board of Trustees, University of Chicago, 1890-1913. Registrar, University of Chicago, 1897-1913. University historian, 1916-1927. From the description of Papers, 1865-1927 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 55818990 Clergyman, educational leader and extraordinary fundraiser, Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed (4 Sept. 1842-16 Dec. 1927) conceived the modern university and saw its fruition in the University of ...

Harper, William Rainey, 1856-1906

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Noted academic who helped to organize the University of Chicago and Bradley University, and served as the first President of both institutions. From the description of William R. Harper letter to Prof. H. H. Boyesen [manuscript], 1891 Feb 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 420487062 Born in New Concord, Ohio; graduated from Muskingum College at age 14; earned a Ph. D. at Yale; teacher, Hebraist, and educator; became first president of the University of Chicago...

Gates, Frederick Taylor, 1853-1929

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Gates (Rochester Theological Seminary, 1880) was Baptist clergyman, business executive, and administrator of Rockefeller philanthropies. He served as president and trustee of the General Education Board and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. From the description of Papers of Frederick Taylor Gates, 1913-1955 (inclusive), 1913-1930 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281437113 Frederick Taylor Gates (1853-1929) was a Baptist minister, businessman, a...

Judson, Harry Pratt, 1849-1927

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Harry Pratt Judson was Professor, Department of Political Science, and head dean, the Colleges, University of Chicago,1892 to1894; professor and head, Department of Political Science, and dean of the Faculties of Arts, Literature, and Science, 1894 to1907; acting president of the University of Chicago, 1906-1907; and president, 1907-1923. From the guide to the Judson, Harry Pratt. Papers, 1889-1901, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Str...

University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...

Shepardson, Francis Wayland, 1862-1937

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