Records, 1889-1925 (inclusive).

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Records, 1889-1925 (inclusive).

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Contains primarily administrative correspondence of the first three presidents of the University of Chicago: William Rainer Harper (1891-1906), Harry Pratt Judson (1906-1923), and Ernest DeWitt Burton (1923-1925). The collection documents the founding of the University prior to its opening in October, 1892, the creation of its institutional structure, and the roles of key figures in its establishment, including John D. Rockefeller, Sr.; Thomas W. Goodspeed; Frederick W. Gates; and William Rainey Harper. Records include faculty appointments, memoranda, reports, petitions, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia. Topics relate to admissions, financial matters, funds, buildings, academic departments, libraries, curriculum, faculty terms of employment, the professional schools, trustees, the University's relationship with the city of Chicago, the impact of World War I on the University, and student life. Correspondents include John Dewey, Albion Small, George Vincent, Charles Henderson, Marion Talbot., and many others.

35.5 linear ft.

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Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960

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John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist, and the only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was involved in the development of the vast office complex in Midtown Manhattan known as Rockefeller Center, making him one of the largest real estate holders in the city. Towards the end of his life, he was famous for his philanthropy, donating over $500 million to a wide variety of different causes, including educati...

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...

Dewey, John, 1859-1952

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John Dewey was born on October 20, 1859 in Burlington, Vermont and graduated in 1879 from The University of Vermont. After graduation Dewey taught high school and published in the Journal of Speculative Philosophy. In 1884 Dewey resumed his studies and earned a Ph. D. from John Hopkins University. Although he taught and remained primarily at Columbia University, he also taught or lectured at the University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of California, Imp...

Talbot, Marion, 1858-1948

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B.A., Boston University, 1880; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1888. Instructor in domestic science, Wellesley College, 1890-1892. Assistant professor of sanitary science, University of Chicago, 1892-1895; associate professor of sanitary science, 1895-1904; associate professor of household administration, 1904-1905; professor of household administration, 1905-1925. Dean of undergraduate women, 1892-1899; dean of women in the University, 1899-1925. President of Association of Collegi...

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...

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...

Henderson, Charles Richmond, 1848-1915

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Charles Richmond Henderson (1848-1915), Baptist clergyman and sociologist, was educated at the old University of Chicago (A.B. in 1870, A.M. in 1873) and at the Baptists Union Theological Seminary (B.D. in 1873, D.D. in 1883). He received his Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig in 1901. In 1892, Henderson joined the University of Chicago faculty. During his career at the University, he held the following academic and administrative positions: University Chaplain, a position which he retained un...

Alliance française.

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Chicago theological seminary

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Small, Albion W., 1854-1926

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Albion Woodbury Small (1854-1926) was educated at Colby College, then Colby University, (B.A., 1876), Newton Theological Institution, the Universities of Berlin and Leipzig, and Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D., 1889). He taught history and political economy at Colby from 1881 to 1888, becoming president of that institution in 1889. From 1892 to 1925, he was Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago, the first department of its kind, and was also Dean of the G...

Vincent, George E. (George Edgar), 1864-1941

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George E. Vincent was born in Rockford, Illinois. He was associated with the Chautauqua system from 1886 to 1915, and became honorary president of Chautauqua from 1915 to 1937. In addition, he taught at the University of Chicago from 1892 to 1911, and served as Dean of the University of Chicago Faculties of Art, Literature and Science from 1907 to 1911. He was president of the University of Minnesota from 1911 to 1917, leaving to become president of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1917 until 192...

Arnett, Trevor, 1870-1955

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University and college administrator and trustee. A.B., University of Chicago, 1898. Personal auditor to the President, University of Chicago, 1896-1899; chief accountant, 1899-1901; auditor, 1901-1922; trustee, 1916-1922, 1926-1928, 1937-1941; vice-president and business manager, 1924-1926. Secretary, General Education Board, 1920-1924; president, 1928-1936. President, International Education Board, 1928-1936. From the description of Papers, 1893-1955 (inclusive), 1920-1940 (bulk). ...

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 ...

Butler College

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Burton, Ernest DeWitt, 1856-1925

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Born 1856 Granville, Ohio. Died 1925 Chicago, IL. A.B., Denison University, 1876; D.D., 1897. D.D., Oberlin College, 1912. D.D., Harvard University, 1920. Professor and Head, Department of New Testament and Early Christian Literature, University of Chicago, 1892-1925; Director of University Libraries, 1910-1925; Acting President, 1923; President, 1923-1925. Oriental Educational Investigation Commissioner, 1908-1909. From the description of Papers, 1875-1969 (inclusive). (University o...

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...

University of Chicago. Board of Trustees

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Secretaries of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees included Thomas W. Goodspeed (1891-1912), J. Spencer Dickerson (1913-1926), John F. Moulds (1927-1944), Wilbur C. Munnecke (1945-1948), Lyndon H. Lesch, (acting, 1948), R. W. Harrison (acting, 1949), and Howard H. Moore (1950-1962). From the description of University of Chicago Board of Trustees Correspondence of the Secretary records 1890-1960 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 608326494 ...

University of Chicago. Office of the President

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Lawrence A. Kimpton (1910-1977) completed his Ph.D. in philosophy at Cornell University in 1935. He worked in California and Nevada throughout the late 1930s, teaching at the experimental Deep Springs College and working as a cattle rancher. He came to Chicago in 1943 to work as Chief Administrative Officer of the Metallurgical Laboratory, associated with the Manhattan Project. University Chancellor Robert Maynard Hutchins hired Kimpton as Dean of Students in 1944. In 1947, Kimpton returned to S...