President's Office fonds. 1891-2002.

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President's Office fonds. 1891-2002.

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The fonds consists of records that reflect the myriad activities included under the auspices of the President's Office. Materials include correspondence, subject files, and financial and personnel records. Significant subgroups and series within the fonds include: Klinck/Wesbrook Presidential papers (1891-1920), microfilmed office records (1913-1970), annual reports (1929-1969), subject files (1891-1980), President's office correspondence/subject files (1970-1985), Deputy President William Armstrong's files (1969-1974), V.P. William White's files (1964-1981), V.P. Erich Vogt's files (1975-1980), V.P. Michael Shaw's files (1975-1983), miscellaneous committee records (1947-1984), financial records (1956-1981), and, faculty and staff personnel records. In addition, the fonds includes some personal files created by Presidents J.B. MacDonald, Walter Gage and D.T. Kenny.

120 m of textual records.496 microfilm reels.

University of British Columbia Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7781517

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Shaw, Michael, 1956-

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Armstrong, William Park, 1874-

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Born in Fremont, NE. Attended Tulane University and University of Minnesota. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1963 and the Colorado Senate in 1965. Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1973; served as a United States Senator from 1984-1991. From the description of Papers, 1980-1989. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 70046717 William Armstrong was a 2nd Lieutenant of Lewis' Pennsylvania Battalion of the Flying Camp (or mobile ...

White, William B., 1953-

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Kenny, Douglas T.

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Wesbrook, F. F. (Frank Fairchild), 1868-1918

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Frank Fairchild Wesbrook, the first president of the University of British Columbia, was born in Brant County, Ontario, on July 12, 1868. In 1887, he graduated from Manitoba University. Wesbrook received his M.D. in 1890. Subsequently, he spent a year at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin and in 1892, he was elected John Walker student in pathology at Cambridge. He was appointed Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Minnesota in 1895 and in 1906 became the first full-time Dean of Medicine the...

Macdonald, John B.

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Gage, Walter Henry, 1905-1978.

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Walter Gage began his career at the University of British Columbia as a student, graduating with a B.A. in 1925. In 1926, he earned an M.A. with a mathematics major and physics minor. Gage taught mathematics at Victoria College (1927-1933) and also served as registrar for the institution (1929-1933). In 1933, he returned to UBC's Dept. of Mathematics, rising to professor in 1943. Gage served as Dean of Administrative and Inter-Faculty Affairs in 1948 and later as Dean of Inter-Faculty and Studen...

University of British Columbia. President's Office.

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The president, who is also vice-chancellor of the University of British Columbia, has general supervision and direction over the academic work of the University, the teaching staff and all officers and employees of the University. The president is chair of Senate, a member of the Board of Governors, a member of each faculty, and a member of all standing committees of Senate, except the standing committee on appeals. The president has the power to recommend appointments, promotions and the remova...

Voght, Erich.

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Klinck, Leonard Sylvanus, 1877-1969.

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Born in Victoria Square, Ontario, Leonard Klinck developed an early love of the land. He completed his first degree at the Ontario Agricultural College in 1903 and continued his studies at Iowa State College (M.S.A.,1905). Klinck then assumed responsibility for the cereal husbandry department at Macdonald College in Quebec. He first visited Vancouver in 1914 to consult with University of British Columbia President Wesbrook in planning the future UBC and was forthwith invited to become Dean of th...