A Guide to the Papers of the President of the University of Virginia, Office Administrative Files, 1943-1945 President's Papers, University of Virginia RG-2/1/2.541 I & II

A Guide to the Papers of the President of the University of Virginia, Office Administrative Files, 1943-1945

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Accession number

RG-2/1/2.541

Title

Papers of the President of the University of Virginia, Office Administrative Files 1943-1945

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of ca. 10,500 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Access restrictions may apply to specific student records under the terms of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (F.E.R.P.A.).

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of the President of the University of Virginia, Office Administrative Files, Accession #RG-2/1/2.541, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was transferred on 22 March 1954.

Scope and Content Information

These files constitute the major record series generated by the president of the University of Virginia. The records consist chiefly of correspondence, but also include reports, minutes, clippings, memoranda, and related papers concerning all areas of business of the president's office.

Organization

SUB-SERIES I: General Files, 1943-1944 Boxes 1-12
SUB-SERIES II: General Files, 1945 Boxes 13-21

Contents List

SUB-SERIES I: General Files, 1943-1944

Box 1
"A" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 1
Aeronautics 1943-1944
Box 1
Alumni Board--Class Managers 1943-1944
Box 1
Alumni Board--General Correspondence 1943-1944
Box 1
Alumni Board--Office 1943-1944
Box 1
American Council on Education 1943-1944
Box 1
Ancient Languages 1943-1944
Box 1
Annual Reports 1943-1944
Box 1
Applications for Positions 1943-1944
Box 1
Architects and Engineers 1943-1944
Box 1
Art and Architecture 1943-1944
Box 1-a
Art Commission--Bolivar Portrait; Alderman Bust--Keck 1943-1944
Box 1-a
Association of American Colleges 1943-1944
Box 1-a
Astronomy 1943-1944
Box 1-a
Athletics 1943-1944
Box 1-a
"B" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 1-a
Biology 1943-1944
Box 1-a
Biology--Blandy Farm--contains monthly reports 1943-1944
Box 1-a
Biology--Mountain Lake 1943-1944
Box 1-a
Buildings and Grounds--Cafeteria and Dining Hall--Commons 1943-1944
Box 1-a
Buildings and Grounds--Several 1943
Box 1-a
Building Program--(general sites of future buildings discussed) 1943-1944
Box 2
Building Program--Nurses Home 1943-1944
Box 2
Building Program--Site Plan 1943-1944
Box 2
Bursar's Office 1943-1944
Box 2
"C" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 2
Carnegie Corporation 1943-1944
Box 2
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 1943-1944
Box 2
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1943-1944
Box 2
Catalogues 1943-1944
Box 2
Chemistry 1943-1944
Box 2
Cocke's Biography 1943-1944
Box 2
Church Society for College Work 1943-1944
Box 2
Committees 1943-1944
Box 2
Committee--(emergency) Displaced Foreign Students 1943-1944
Box 2
Committee--Local Building 1943-1944
Box 2
Committee--New Buildings 1943-1944
Box 2
Committee--on Non-Virginia Fees 1943-1944
Box 3
Commons (includes correspondence with the Navy concerning use of commons) 1943-1944
Box 3
"D" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 3
Dean Ferguson (correspondence re--curriculum reorganization and the acceleration of programs) 1943-1944
Box 3
Dean Finley 1943-1944
Box 3
Dean Lewis (information re--V-12 program, repayment of Honor Loan Fund, reopening of fraternities with new rules--concerning women, absences from class, rushing, and appointment of policemen and night-watchmen) 1943-1944
Box 3
"E" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 3
Economics 1943-1944
Box 3
Education--General 1943-1944
Box 3
Education--Graduate 1943-1944
Box 3
Education--Nursing 1943-1944
Box 3
Endowment--including Alumni Board of Trustees Records 1943-1944
Box 4
Engineering 1943-1944
Box 4
English 1943-1944
Box 4
Extension Division--General (P.O.W. correspondence school program; history of the extension division) 1943-1944
Box 4
"F" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 4
Faculty 1943-1944
Box 4
Faculty--Instructors and Assistants 1943-1944
Box 4
Fellowships and Endowments--William A. Smith Memorial 1943-1944
Box 4
Finals (2 folders) 1943-1944
Box 4
Foreign Affairs 1943-1944
Box 4
Forestry 1943-1944
Box 4
Forestry (Seward Forest) 1943-1944
Box 5
Founder's Day--speech--"Thomas Jefferson--in Memoriam," by C. A. Beard; portrait of Simon Bolivar presented 1943-1944
Box 5
"G" Miscellaneous (Wilson Gee summarizes his ideas concerning the service of the U. of VA to the State of Virginia) 1943-1944
Box 5
General Education Board 1943-1944
Box 5
Geology 1943-1944
Box 5
Geological Survey 1943-1944
Box 5
Germanic Languages 1943-1944
Box 5
Gifts to the University 1943-1944
Box 5
Governor's Office (2 folders) 1943-1944
Box 5
"H" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 5
History--Corcoran School of 1943-1944
Box 5
Honor System (receives $10,000 bequest from a student who had been expelled) 1943-1944
Box 5
Honors Courses 1943-1944
Box 5
"I" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 5
Insurance--TIAA, Travelers 1943-1944
Box 5
International Cooperative Commission 1943-1944
Box 6
Invitations 1943-1944
Box 6
Institute of Public Affairs--Revival 1943-1944
Box 6
Institute of International Education 1943-1944
Box 6
"J" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 6
Jefferson Memorial Foundation 1943-1944
Box 6
Jefferson Bicentennial--Alvin Barkley Speech 1943-1944
Box 6
"K" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 6
"L" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 6
Law Department (2 folders) 1943-1944
Box 6
Lectures--Religion 1943-1944
Box 6
Lectures--Page-Barbour 1943-1944
Box 6
Legal Matters (W. A. Perkins, atty) 1943-1944
Box 7
Library (2 folders) 1943-1944
Box 7
McIntire Fund 1943-1944
Box 7
McGregor Library 1943-1944
Box 7
Library--Taylor Room 1943-1944
Box 7
"M" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 7
Madison Hall 1943-1944
Box 7
Mary Washington College 1943-1944
Box 7
Mathematics 1943-1944
Box 7
Medical Department 1943-1944
Box 7
Medical Department--Hospital 1943-1944
Box 8
Medical Department--Ward Patients 1943-1944
Box 8
Medical Department--Student Health 1943-1944
Box 8
Military Government, School of 1943-1944
Box 8
Museum of Science 1943-1944
Box 8
Music 1943-1944
Box 8
"N" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 8
National Association of State Universities 1943-1944
Box 9
Noell Bill 1943-1944
Box 9
"O" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 9
"P" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 9
Personnel 1943-1944
Box 9
Personnel--Retirement Plan 1943-1944
Box 9
Philosophy 1943-1944
Box 9
Physics 1943-1944
Box 9
Political Science 1943-1944
Box 9
Post-War Education Committee (not local) 1943-1944
Box 9
Post-War University (College) Committee Reports 1943-1944
Box 10
Psychology 1943-1944
Box 10
Public Administration--Bureau of (includes Annual Report) 1943-1944
Box 10
Public Speaking 1943-1944
Box 10
Publicity 1943-1944
Box 10
"Q" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 10
Questionnaires 1943-1944
Box 10
"R" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 10
Recommendation, Letters of 1943-1944
Box 10
Religion 1943-1944
Box 10
Requisitions 1943-1944
Box 10
Research--Bureau of Population and Economic Research 1943-1944
Box 10
Research--Institute for Research in the Social Sciences 1943-1944
Box 10
Research--League of Virginia Counties--County Government Clinic 1943-1944
Box 11
Romance Languages 1943-1944
Box 11
Rural Social Economics (Fulmer, John L.) 1943-1944
Box 11
"S" Miscellaneous (2 folders) 1943-1944
Box 11
Senate (Minutes) 1943-1944
Box 11
Sigma Xi 1943-1944
Box 11
Sociology 1943-1944
Box 11
State Board of Education 1943-1944
Box 11
Statistics 1943-1944
Box 11
Stettinius, Edward 1943-1944
Box 11
Summer Session 1943-1944
Box 11
Surplus Property 1943-1944
Box 11
"T" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 11
Taylor, Mrs. R. C. 1943-1944
Box 11
Town Meeting of the Air 1943-1944
Box 12
Tunstall, Robert B. 1943-1944
Box 12
"U" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 12
University in the War 1943-1944
Box 12
"V" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 12
Veterans Administration 1943-1944
Box 12
Virginia Quarterly Review 1943-1944
Box 12
Visitors--Correspondence (2 folders) 1943-1944
Box 12
Visitors--Dockets, Minutes, and Memorandum 1943-1944
Box 12
"W" Miscellaneous 1943-1944
Box 12
Women, Dean of 1943-1944
Box 12
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation 1943-1944
Box 12
"X-Y-Z" Miscellaneous 1943-1944

SUB-SERIES II: General Files, 1945

Box 13
"A" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 13
Alumni Office 1945
Box 13
Alumni Office--Alumni Fund, Class Managers, Bulletin 1945
Box 13
Alumni Office--Alumni Fund--Council 1945
Box 13
Alumni Office--Alumni Fund--Gifts 1945
Box 13
Annual Reports 1945
Box 13
Applications for Positions 1945
Box 13
Art and Architecture 1945
Box 13
Art Commission 1945
Box 13
Association of American Colleges 1945
Box 13
Association of American Universities 1945
Box 13
Astronomy 1945
Box 13
Athletics 1945
Box 13
"B" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 13
Biblical History and Literature 1945
Box 13
Biology 1945
Box 13
Biology--Blandy Farm (contains a history of the farm) 1945
Box 13
Buildings and Grounds--General 1945
Box 13
Buildings and Grounds--General--Cemeteries 1945
Box 13
Buildings and Grounds--General--Commons 1945
Box 13
Buildings and Grounds--Emergency Housing--General 1945
Box 14
Buildings and Grounds--Emergency Housing--Federal Public Housing 1945
Box 14
Buildings and Grounds--Fraternity Houses 1945
Box 14
Buildings and Grounds--Fuel 1945
Box 14
Buildings and Grounds--Hospital 1945
Box 14
Buildings and Grounds--Naval Housing 1945
Box 14
Buildings and Grounds--Sewage Disposal 1945
Box 14
Building Program--Architects and Engineers 1945
Box 14
Building Program--Cafeteria and Dining Hall 1945
Box 14
Building Program--Contracts 1945
Box 14
Building Program--Mary Washington Building 1945
Box 14
Building Program--Medical Buildings 1945
Box 14
Building Program--Men's Dormitories 1945
Box 14
Building Program--Natural Resources Building 1945
Box 14
Building Program--Naval Armory 1945
Box 14
Building Program--Nurses Home 1945
Box 14
Building Program--Rotunda Restoration 1945
Box 14
Building Program--Site Plans 1945
Box 15
Building Program--Student Activities Building 1945
Box 15
Building Program--Women's Dormitory 1945
Box 15
Bursar's Office--General (contains annual report) 1945
Box 15
Bursar's Office--Fellowships and Student Assistantships 1945
Box 15
Byrd, Senator H. F. 1945
Box 15
"C" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 15
Catalogues 1945
Box 15
Carnegie Corporation for the Advancement of Teaching--General Correspondence 1945
Box 15
Carnegie Corporation for the Advancement of Teaching--Minutes of Meeting 1945
Box 15
Carnegie Corporation 1945
Box 15
Chemistry Department 1945
Box 15
Church Society for College Work 1945
Box 15
Committee--Local Building 1945
Box 15
Committee--Medical School and Hospital 1945
Box 15
Committee--Miscellaneous 1945
Box 15
Committee--New Buildings 1945
Box 15
Committee--University of VA Press 1945
Box 15
Commons (contains Navy material) 1945
Box 15
Conservation Commission (information re--new natural resources building to be built at U.Va. and to house the Forest Service and the Geological Survey) 1945
Box 15
"D" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 15
Darden, C. W. 1945
Box 15
Dean Ferguson (reorganization of school since Military departed) 1945
Box 15
Dean Finley 1945
Box 15
Dean Lewis 1945
Box 15
Dean Manahan 1945
Box 16
Dean Newman 1945
Box 16
Dean of Women (attempts to have age limit for admissions changed) 1945
Box 16
"E" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 16
Economics 1945
Box 16
Education--General 1945
Box 16
Education--Graduate (Endowment) 1945
Box 16
Education--Graduate (Denny School) 1945
Box 16
Education--Nursing 1945
Box 16
Endowment--Alumni Board--Contingent Fund 1945
Box 16
Endowment--Alumni Board--General Correspondence 1945
Box 16
Endowment--Alumni Board--Investments 1945
Box 16
Endowment--Alumni Board--Meetings 1945
Box 16
Endowment--Alumni Board--Treasurer 1945
Box 16
Engineering 1945
Box 16
English--Lyndon Kent School of English Literature 1945
Box 16
English--Poe School of English 1945
Box 16
Extension Department 1945
Box 16
Extension Division--Radio Uses 1945
Box 16
"F" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 16
Faculty 1945
Box 16
Faculty--Instructors and Assistants 1945
Box 16
Fellowships and Scholarships--General 1945
Box 16
Fellowships and Scholarships--Rhodes 1945
Box 16
Fellowships and Scholarships--William A. Smith Memorial Scholarships 1945
Box 16
Finals 1945
Box 17
Foreign Affairs (material concerning opening of school of foreign affairs) 1945
Box 17
Forestry (Seward Forest) 1945
Box 17
Forms and Form Letters 1945
Box 17
Founder's Day 1945
Box 17
Fraternities 1945
Box 17
"G" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 17
General Education Board (discussion of desegregation of police force) 1945
Box 17
Geography (dept. established) 1945
Box 17
Geology 1945
Box 17
Geological Survey 1945
Box 17
Germanic Languages 1945
Box 17
Gifts to the University 1945
Box 17
Governor's Office 1945
Box 17
Graduate Dept. 1945
Box 17
"H" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 17
History 1945
Box 17
"I" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 17
Institute of International Education 1945
Box 17
Institute of Public Affairs 1945
Box 17
Insurance--TIAA and Blue Cross 1945
Box 17
"J" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 17
Jefferson Memorial Foundation 1945
Box 17
Jefferson Memorial Foundation--Park Commission 1945
Box 18
"K" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 18
"L" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 18
Law Department (discussion of needs include library, housing, a Professor of International Law, Legal Medicine course) 1945
Box 18
Legal Matters 1945
Box 18
Library--General 1945
Box 18
Library--Board of Alderman 1945
Box 18
Library--McGregor Library 1945
Box 18
Library--Taylor Room (building of room) 1945
Box 18
"M" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 18
McIntire Fund 1945
Box 18
Madison Hall 1945
Box 18
Mary Washington 1945
Box 18
Mary Washington Dockets 1945
Box 18
Mary Washington Reports 1945
Box 18
Medical Department--Hospital 1945
Box 19
Medical Department--Medical Compensation 1945
Box 19
Medical Department--Medical Compensation--Copies of Papers 1945
Box 19
Medical Department--Medical School 1945
Box 19
Medical Department--School of Nursing 1945
Box 19
Medical Department--Student Health 1945
Box 19
Medical Department--Ward Patient Reports 1945
Box 19
National Association of State Universities 1945
Box 19
National Association of State Universities--Committee on Accrediting 1945
Box 19
National Education Association 1945
Box 19
Naval ROTC 1945
Box 19
Naval ROTC--printed and mimeographed communications 1945
Box 19
"O" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 19
"P" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 19
Patent Infringements 1945
Box 19
Personnel 1945
Box 19
Phi Beta Kappa 1945
Box 19
Philosophy 1945
Box 19
Physical Education 1945
Box 19
Physics 1945
Box 20
Political Science 1945
Box 20
Post-War Education Committee 1945
Box 20
Psychology 1945
Box 20
Publications and Clippings 1945
Box 20
Public Speaking 1945
Box 20
"Q" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 20
"R" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 20
Radio Committee 1945
Box 20
Recommendation, Letters of 1945
Box 20
Rent Control 1945
Box 20
Requisitions 1945
Box 20
Research--General 1945
Box 20
Research--Bureau of Population and Economic Research 1945
Box 20
Research--Bureau of Population and Economic Research (Miscellaneous printed bulletins) 1945
Box 20
Research--Bureau of Administration 1945
Box 20
Research--Bureau of Administration (printed reports, etc.) 1945
Box 20
Research--League of Virginia Counties 1945
Box 20
Research--Institute for Research in the Social Sciences 1945
Box 20
Research--Richmond University Center 1945
Box 20
Romance Languages 1945
Box 21
Rural Social Economics 1945
Box 21
"S" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 21
Scholarships (see Fellowships and Scholarships) 1945
Box 21
Sigma Xi 1945
Box 21
Sociology 1945
Box 21
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools 1945
Box 21
Southern University Conference 1945
Box 21
State Board of Education 1945
Box 21
Statistics 1945
Box 21
Summer Session 1945
Box 21
Surplus Property 1945
Box 21
"T" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 21
Taylor, Mrs. R. C. 1945
Box 21
Tunstall, R. B. 1945
Box 21
"U" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 21
United States Office of Education 1945
Box 21
University in the War (letters from Alumni and State members) 1945
Box 21
University Houses--Applications for 1945
Box 21
"V" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 21
Veterans 1945
Box 21
Veterans (printed and mimeographed material) 1945
Box 21
Virginia Education Association 1945
Box 21
Virginia Quarterly Review 1945
Box 21
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Correspondence 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Mr. Anderson 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Mr. Black 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Senator Bustard 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Mrs. Calcott 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Mr. Carrington 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Mr. Corbitt 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Dr. Emmett 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Mr. Garnett 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Mr. Goolrick 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Mr. Laneaster 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Mr. Stettinius 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Dr. Trout 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Mrs. Wailes 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Mr. Lewis C. Williams 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Mr. R. Gray Williams 1945
Box 21
Visitors--Mrs. Willis 1945
Box 21
"W" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 21
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation 1945
Box 21
"X-Y" Miscellaneous 1945
Box 21
"Z" Miscellaneous 1945