University of Chicago Office of the President, Harper, Judson and Burton administrations records 1869-1925 (inclusive).

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University of Chicago Office of the President, Harper, Judson and Burton administrations records 1869-1925 (inclusive).

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This collection contains records of the University of Chicago Office of the President, covering the administrations of the first three presidents of the University: William Rainey Harper (1891-1906), Harry Pratt Judson (1906-1923), and Ernest DeWitt Burton (1923-1925). Included are administrative records such as correspondence, memoranda, and reports.

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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...

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...

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...

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...