Alfred Atkinson correspondence files, 1914-1940.

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Alfred Atkinson correspondence files, 1914-1940.

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Correspondence files of President Alfred Atkinson's administration at Montana State College (and earlier, the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts) include all correspondence for the period 1919 to July 1937 with the exception of material from the following files that were missing: College correspondence 1927/28, 1928/29 and 1928/30; general correspondence 1928/29, 1929/30 and 1930/31; and annual reports of administrative and educational departments which were removed at some time prior to 1989. Files may contain enclosures including reports, legal and legislative documents, brochures, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and announcements, etc. related to that correspondence. Major correspondents and/or subjects are: the Chancellor's Office and State Board of Education; Land Grant College Association; academic and college administrative departments and divisions including Experiment Stations and Extension Service; faculty and faculty issues including tenure, appointments, financial and occupational problems, and organizations; students lives and conditions on campus, their finances, problems created, and their organizations; the alumni including Alumni Association, Collegian and occupations pursued; the University System, Governors of Montana, Montana Legislative Assembly, citizenship statements required of all employees of MSC by House Bill #474 of the Montana state legislature in 1935; the Federal Government including: appropriations, Depression programs including the National Youth Administration, Works Progress Administration, Civil Works Administration, Federal Emergency Relief Administration and other work relief programs; agricultural and land use agencies including the U.S.D.A.; state, regional and national agricultural organizations and their programs including the Montana Association (Montanans Incorporated), Farm Bureau, Farm Foundation and Farmers Union; schools of Montana and associated programs including High School Week, Future Farmers of America, and basketball tournaments; and other educational institutions and higher education programs. Also includes Alfred Atkinson's correspondence with or about noted Montanans and educators including E.L. Currier, W. M. Cobleigh, E. C. Elliott, F. B. Linfield, R. R. Renne, A. M. Ryon, and M. L. Wilson. There are extensive files on instructional programs and problems, planning during the Depression, and financing the University System and its institutions.

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Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). Library

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Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). Library

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