Central Files records

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Central Files records

1851-1991

This large collection consists of the administrative files of the University of Minnesota, with the bulk of the records dating from the 1920s-1970s. Large collections of building files, legal records, records regarding salaries and benefits of staff, funding materials and requests, legislative records, and records and information regarding various departments and colleges at the University are contained in this collection. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, informational files regarding past University presidents and administrative units, reports, funding requests, speeches, research materials, conference papers, bills, bank statements, materials regarding staff salaries and benefits, and information regarding various athletic programs and fraternal organizations at the University. Much of the material is in regards to the Twin Cities campus, but building files and other records can be found in this collection regarding the University of Minnesota campuses at Duluth and Morris as well as the Experiment Stations at Grand Rapids and Waseca. Most files relating to patents and funds were maintained as separate Central Files collections. Upon transfer of the Central Files to the University Archives, this original arrangement was maintained. Researchers many want to consult this collection in conjunction with the funds and patents collections.

172 boxes (172.0 cubic feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7966410

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota

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The West Bank Union at the University of Minnesota was established in 1967 to offer services to students. It took until 1980 for the union to have its own space in Willey Hall, including an auditorium and lounge spaces for students. Student services and facilities were established in the newly constructed West Bank Union skyway, which connected Willey and Blegen Halls. From the guide to the West Bank Union papers, circa 1970s-1980s, (University of Minnesota Libraries. University Arch...

Middlebrook, William T.

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Lake Itasca Forestry and Biological Station.

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University of Minnesota. Vice President for Business Administration.

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Central Files served as an early records management system for the University of Minnesota. The office maintained the University's legal, building, and funding files, along with information regarding the Board of Regents, educational programs and departments, reports of studies carried out, and miscellaneous materials regarding the activities of the departments and administration of the University. From the description of Central Files records, 1851-1991 (bulk 1920s-1970s). (Universi...

Morrill, J. L. (James Lewis), 1891-1979

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James Lewis Morrill was a President of the University of Minnesota. From the description of Papers, 1945-1964. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63291883 President of the University of Wyoming and then the University of Minnesota. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1944. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122594975 Acting President of The Ohio State University (1938-1940); Vi...

Minnesota Alumni Association

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The University of Minnesota Alumni Association was established on January 30, 1904, when more than 350 alumni gathered in the Armory. This constituted the founding and first meeting of the General Alumni Association (GAA). E. Bird Johnson served as the first Executive Secretary from 1905-1920, followed by E.B. Pierce from 1920-1948. Edwin Haislet served as director from 1948-1976, followed by Vincent Bilotta, 1976-1978, Stephen Roszell, 1979-1984, and Margaret Sughrue Ca...

University of Minnesota. Mayo Memorial Building.

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University of Minnesota. Southern Experiment Station (Waseca, Minn.)

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University of Minnesota. West Central School of Agriculture (Morris, Minn.)

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The West Central School of Agriculture opened on October 3, 1910, on the Morris campus with 103 students and the stated purpose of "training of young men and women for the profession of farming." The School's administrative home was the Department of Agriculture (College of Agriculture), and the School would remain a part of the College's administrative structure until 1960. In 1960, when the high school became the University of Minnesota - Morris, a four-year liberal arts college, the campus re...

University of Minnesota, Morris

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Willey, Malcolm M. (Malcolm Macdonald), 1897-1974

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Malcolm M. Willey came to the University of Minnesota in 1927 as an instructor in sociology. He became a full professor in 1929, Dean and Assistant to the President in 1934, and Vice President of Academic Administration in 1943, retiring in 1963. Dr. Willey next headed a Ford Foundation team at the University of Calcutta (1963?-1968), and then joined the faculty of Maryville College (Tennessee), working as academic executive officer (1969-1971). From the description of Malcolm M. Wil...

University of Minnesota. General Extension Division

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In Minnesota, 4-H grew out of the boys and girls clubs movement. Theodore (Dad) Erickson, introduced the first agricultural club in 1904, focusing on teaching boys about corn-growing and culminating in growing competitions. In 1912, Erickson was appointed as the first 4-H club leader in Minnesota, a position he held until 1940. Conservation education was added to programming in the 1920s, with the center of activity at the Leadership Camp at Itasca State park. The public face of 4-H historically...

Jackson, Dunham, 1888-1946

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Skinner, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1891-1983

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Moos, Malcolm, 1916-1982

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Author, educator; interviewee d. 1982. From the description of Reminiscences of Malcolm Charles Moos : oral history, 1972. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451895 Malcolm C. Moos, B.A. (1937), M.A. (1938) University of Minnesota; Ph.D. (1942) University of California, Los Angeles. Professor of political science, Johns Hopkins University (1942-1961), associate editor of the Baltimore Sun (1945-1948), speechwriter and administrative aid to ...

Wilson, O. Meredith, 1909-1998

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O. Meredith Wilson was born on 21 September 1909 in Chihuahua, Mexico, to Guy C. and Melissa Stevens Wilson. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1934 and received his Ph.D. from the University of California in 1943. He was named president of the University of Oregon in 1954, then became president of the University of Minnesota in 1961. From the guide to the O. Meredith Wilson papers, 1961, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) Owen Meredith Wilson (1909...

University of Minnesota, Duluth

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Coffman, Lotus Delta, 1875-1938

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Lotus Delta Coffman came to the University of Minnesota in 1915 as Dean of the College of Education. He became president of the University in 1920, serving until his death in 1938. From the description of Lotus Delta Coffman papers, 1907-1939. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63314350 Lotus Coffman was born in Salem, Indiana in 1875. He graduated from Indiana University (AB 1905), (MA 1910) and Columbia University (Ph.D. 1911). He was a professor o...

Griggs, Richard Leslie, 1886-

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Coffey, Walter Castella, 1876-1956.

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Walter Coffey was an educator at the University of Illinois and the University of Minnesota, and president of the University of Minnesota and of Hamline University in St. Paul MN. From the description of Walter Castella Coffey papers, 1909-1956. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63300701 Walter Castella Coffey, B.S. (1906), M.S. (1909), University of Illinois. Dean, Department of Agriculture (1921-1940), President (1941-1945), Universit...

Andersen, Elmer L., 1909-2004

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Andersen is a former governor of the state of Minnesota, 1961- 1963. From the description of Oral history interview with Elmer L. Andersen, 1978 Feb. 9. (Minnesota Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 32747905 Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1928. He studied commercial art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, graduating in 1949. After graduation, Warhol went to New York where he worked as an illustrator for magazines such as ...

Popovich, Peter S., 1920-

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University of Minnesota. North Central Experiment Station (Grand Rapids, Minn.)

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The Minnesota State Legislature and the University Board of Regents created the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station in 1885 near the University’s Minneapolis campus. The 1897 Biennial Report of the Board of Regents explained how the subsequent experiment sub-stations were established, “A law, enacted at the last session of the state legislature, required the regents to purchase and equip two substations, each to contain not less than 320 acres, and appropriated $20,000 for tha...

Ford, Guy Stanton, 1873-1962

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Historian; university president. From the description of Reminiscences of Guy Stanton Ford : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309737315 Guy Stanton Ford was an historian, educator and president of the University of Minnesota. From the description of Guy Stanton Ford papers, 1885-1962. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63313982 Guy Stanton Ford was born on 9 May 1...