A Guide to the Papers of the President of the University of Virginia, Office Administrative Files, 1937-1938 President's Papers, University of Virginia RG-2/1/2.491 III

A Guide to the Papers of the President of the University of Virginia, Office Administrative Files, 1937-1938

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RG-2/1/2.491, III

Title

Papers of the President of the University of Virginia, Office Administrative Files 1937-1938

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 6,000 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Papers of the President of the University of Virginia, Office Administrative Files, Accession #RG-2/1/2.491, III, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

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.

Contents List

General Files, 1937-1938

Box 1
"A" Miscellaneous (Albemarle Agriculture Society meetings; Department of Agriculture Celebration; Wallace speech; Mrs. Alderman correspondence-- re: Life of Alderman ; American Council on Education--minutes of meetings; Associated Clubs for Virginia--Billboard Bill; Lady Astor -correspondence re: gift of squash courts) 1937-1938
Box 1
Alderman, Life of 1937-1938
Box 1
Alumni Board--Correspondence of Tunstall re: founding of Alumni Board 1937-1938
Box 1
Alumni Board--Investments 1937-1938
Box 1
Alumni Board--Meeting 1937-1938
Box 1
Alumni Board--Treasurer 1937-1938
Box 1
Alumni Board--Presidents Contingent Fund 1937-1938
Box 1
Alumni Fund (1 of 2) 1937-1938
Box 2
Alumni Fund (2 of 2) 1937-1938
Box 2
American Society of Civil Engineers 1937-1938
Box 2
Art--Annual Report 1937-1938
Box 2
Art--Bayly Art Museum (Indian Collection Gift; Annual Report) 1937-1938
Box 2
Art--Hammarstrand Affair 1937-1938
Box 2
Articles on UVa. ( Cavalcade articles; Life pictures and article; statistics) 1937-1938
Box 2
Association of American Colleges 1937-1938
Box 2
Association of American Universities 1937-1938
Box 2
Astronomy (Cut in McCormick money; Report on Work of Department; Expedition with National Geographic Society; Enderberry Island Eclipse) 1937-1938
Box 2
Athletics (Resigns from Southern Conference; correspondence of Beverley Tucker) 1937-1938
Box 2
"B" Miscellaneous (1 of 2) (UVa. Band--lack of support; A. Balz--semester calendar recommended; Stringfellow Barr--why he goes to Annapolis) 1937-1938
Box 3
"B" Miscellaneous (2 of 2) (Harry Byrd and J. S. Bryan--correspondence of 2 University Presidents) 1937-1938
Box 3
Biblical History and Literature 1937-1938
Box 3
Biology--Blandy Farm 1937-1938
Box 3
Biology--Mountain Lake (new buildings) 1937-1938
Box 3
Buildings and Grounds 1937-1938
Box 3
Buildings and Grounds--Rotunda 1937-1938
Box 3
Bursar (2 folders) (Report on investments of the Centennial Fund and Jefferson Memorial Fund of the University of Virginia, 1935) 1937-1938
Box 4
Bursar--Rotunda Restoration 1937-1938
Box 4
"C" Miscellaneous (2 folders) (Cemetery--Report of Committee; Society of the Cincinnati--Report on Medal; College Topics--Petition; Committees of the Faculty--Administrative lists; College-- Committee Report; Corbitt, James H.--Correspondence--official and personal) 1937-1938
Box 4
C.W.A. and P.W.A. 1937-1938
Box 4
Carnegie Foundation and Carnegie Corporation 1937-1938
Box 4
Chemistry 1937-1938
Box 4
Church Society for College Work (call for meetings) 1937-1938
Box 4
Commerce and Business Administration 1937-1938
Box 5
Commons (should buy pasteurizing plant if possible) 1937-1938
Box 5
Convocations--(1937: speaker--W. A. Pott; 1938--speaker: Sir Wilmont Harsant Lewis) 1937-1938
Box 5
"D" Miscellaneous (Dobie, Armistead--Program for Recovery) 1937-1938
Box 5
Dean (Ferguson and Lewis)--General Agenda 1937-1938
Box 5
DuPont Trust 1937-1938
Box 5
"E" Miscellaneous 1937-1938
Box 5
Education 1937-1938
Box 5
Engineering 1937-1938
Box 5
English (Sadlier Collection of Gothic Romances and Tales of Terror) 1937-1938
Box 5
Extension 1937-1938
Box 5
"F" Miscellaneous 1937-1938
Box 6
Fellowships and Scholarships 1937-1938
Box 6
Finals (1937--Stettinius Speech; 1938--Dumas Malone) 1937-1938
Box 6
Finances 1937-1938
Box 6
Forestry (outline of plans for school on grounds of UVa.) 1937-1938
Box 6
Forestry (Seward Forest) 1937-1938
Box 6
Forms 1937-1938
Box 6
Founder's Day (Ernest M. Hopkins) 1937-1938
Box 6
"G" Miscellaneous 1937-1938
Box 6
General Education Board (Rockefeller Fund--reports) 1937-1938
Box 6
Geological Survey 1937-1938
Box 6
Geology 1937-1938
Box 6
German 1937-1938
Box 6
German Scholars--Emergency Committee on Aid of 1937-1938
Box 6
Gifts 1937-1938
Box 6
Governor's Office (correspondence concerning salary scale) 1937-1938
Box 6
Graduate School (need of rooms) 1937-1938
Box 7
"H" Miscellaneous (Hampton History--recordings of ex-slaves; Sidney B. Hall--cooperation of state colleges, reciprocal relations with Havana; Oskar Hansen--Film Library service, desire to carve T.J. memorial; J.E.N. Hume--Memorial Fountain) 1937-1938
Box 7
High School Visitations 1937-1938
Box 7
History (suggested Commission on British Colonial Documents; Stringfellow Barr and his relationship to University of Chicago; re-grading final exams; resignation of R.H.Dabney; Reorganization of Dept. of History) 1937-1938
Box 7
Honor Courses--Committee report 1937-1938
Box 7
Honor System 1937-1938
Box 7
Hospital--Addition 1937-1938
Box 7
Hospital--UVa.--Ward Patient Statistics 1937-1938
Box 7
"I" Miscellaneous 1937-1938
Box 7
Institute of Public Affairs (2 folders)--correspondence of the Assistant Secretary of State--criticism of the Administration and the Institute; Death of Maphis; Gooch appointed as Director; Memorial to Maphis; Spencer Miller--speech, 1937) 1937-1938
Box 8
Insurance (Fine Arts for UVa.) 1937-1938
Box 8
Interracial Cooperation--Virginia Commission (annuities; space in Library for Negro people; L. R. Reynolds correspondence) 1937-1938
Box 8
Invitations to be represented 1937-1938
Box 8
Invitations to be represented (2 folders) (Centennials, conferences, interracial meetings) 1937-1938
Box 9
"J" Miscellaneous 1937-1938
Box 9
Jefferson Memorial Foundation (report to Board of Governors) 1937-1938
Box 9
Jefferson--portrait 1937-1938
Box 9
Jefferson School of American Government (letters from supporters in Congress) 1937-1938
Box 9
"K" Miscellaneous 1937-1938
Box 9
"L" Miscellaneous 1937-1938
Box 9
Latin 1937-1938
Box 9
Law Department (Munford Boyd's recommendation; Alger Hiss to speak) 1937-1938
Box 9
Law School--General 1937-1938
Box 10
Law School--statistics 1937-1938
Box 10
Lectures--Page-Barbour 1937-1938
Box 10
Lectures--Richard 1937-1938
Box 10
Legal Papers (W. A. Perkins, attorney--annexation proceedings) 1937-1938
Box 10
Legal Papers (W. A. Perkins, attorney--"Estate of Conrad Hubert") 1937-1938
Box 10
Legal Papers (W. A. Perkins, attorney--Lizzie Miller Farm) 1937-1938
Box 10
Legislative Program (statement of certain urgent needs of UVa. to be presented to Governor Peery) 1937-1938
Box 10
Library--Alderman (contracts and specifications) (1 of 3) 1937-1938
Box 11
Library--General (2-3of 3) (Dumas Malone--speaker at dedication of Library; lists of dedication ceremony guests; Library Committee meeting minutes) 1937-1938
Box 11
Library--McGregor Library 1937-1938
Box 11
Library--Stone Collection 1937-1938
Box 12
"M" Miscellaneous (Chapin W. Maupin--gift of grandfather clock) 1937-1938
Box 12
McIntire Fund--list of securities 1937-1938
Box 12
Mathematics 1937-1938
Box 12
Medical Department (outline of Student Health Service; Death of Dr. Neff and replacement suggestions) 1937-1938
Box 12
Medical Department 1937-1938
Box 12
Medical Department--Hospital Addition funds 1937-1938
Box 12
Medical Department--Hospital, general 1937-1938
Box 12
Medical Department--Student Health Service (report of Dept. of Student health; 1st Annual Budget) 1937-1938
Box 12
Medical School (information for Ms. Lape, American Foundation) 1937-1938
Box 12
Mellon Trust 1937-1938
Box 12
Music 1937-1938
Box 12
"N" Miscellaneous (National Research Council--fellowships; National Association of State Universities; Hutchins-Dewey Clash) 1937-1938
Box 13
National Youth Administration (placement statistics; Student Aid Program) 1937-1938
Box 13
National Association of State Universities 1937-1938
Box 13
National Association of University Presidents (criticisms of accrediting agencies) 1937-1938
Box 13
Negro Admissions and Scholarship Fund 1937-1938
Box 13
"O" Miscellaneous 1937-1938
Box 13
"P" Miscellaneous 1937-1938
Box 13
Patents Committee 1937-1938
Box 13
Personnel (survey papers) 1937-1938
Box 13
Phi Beta Kappa 1937-1938
Box 13
Philosophy 1937-1938
Box 13
Physical Education 1937-1938
Box 14
Physics (memorandum of work of department) 1937-1938
Box 14
Political Science 1937-1938
Box 14
Prospective Donors 1937-1938
Box 14
Psychology 1937-1938
Box 14
Public Administration, Bureau of 1937-1938
Box 14
Public Administration, Bureau of (Committee: Kincaid, Snavely, Ribble, Spicer, Egger) 1937-1938
Box 14
Public Speaking 1937-1938
Box 14
"Q" Miscellaneous 1937-1938
Box 14
Questionnaires 1937-1938
Box 14
"R" Miscellaneous (Raven Society--election speakers; Richardson, Eudora Ramsey--Charlottesville Manuscript, folklore, W.P.A.) 1937-1938
Box 14
Recommendations 1937-1938
Box 15
Religion 1937-1938
Box 15
Research, Committee on (Ivey Lewis, Chair; report) 1937-1938
Box 15
Rhodes Fellowships and Scholarships (statistics; letters from Gooch) 1937-1938
Box 15
Rockefeller Foundation 1937-1938
Box 15
Romance Languages 1937-1938 1937-1938
Box 15
Ryan Estate (portraits bequeathed to UVa.) 1937-1938
Box 15
"S" Miscellaneous (3 folders) (Schwartz, A.--song "Virginia"; Seal of Virginia--records; Sigma Xi--President's and Visitors' prize; Slaughter, Jane--Letter about John Page; Slemp, C. Bascom-- collection of pictures and prizes; Southern Historical Association Quarterly--articles; Stettinius, E.--boxbushes) 1937-1938
Box 15
Salaries 1937-1938
Box 15
Scholarship (Ryan--conditions) 1937-1938
Box 15
Senate (Roads; elections) 1937-1938
Box 15
Social Sciences, Institute for Research in (agenda) 1937-1938
Box 15
Sociology 1937-1938
Box 16
Southern University Conference 1937-1938
Box 16
Speeches and Clippings 1937-1938
Box 16
Statistics (conditions of UVa.) 1937-1938
Box 16
Sullivan Foundation Award (history and description) 1937-1938
Box 16
Summer Session (Maphis, Gooch--letters, registration) 1937-1938
Box 16
"T" Miscellaneous (Bernard P. Taylor--Stone Collection; Tome School--reorganization recommendation; H. Trout--Rotunda restoration; Beverley Tucker--interest in students, Nuckols Scholarship; Robert Tunstall--Stone Library, McGregor Library) 1937-1938
Box 16
"U" Miscellaneous 1937-1938
Box 16
University Houses 1937-1938
Box 16
"V" Miscellaneous 1937-1938
Box 17
Virginia Quarterly Review (financial reports; change in editor [Davis to Lee]; Conditions of position offered; Annual reports) 1937-1938
Box 17
Visitors--General (cement problem, Barnes Lumber contract) 1937-1938
Box 17
Visitors--meetings (James L. Minor--scholarship; New library; Honor System--Meisel case; R. H. Dabney resignation; "Pantop") 1937-1938
Box 17
"W" Miscellaneous (William H. White--report to President on effect on Salaries of Supreme Court decision; J. E. Williams--"Preparation for College"; Frances M. Williams--Rembrandt Peale portrait of Jefferson; Jennings S. Wise--help for UVa. from Mr. Mellon; Wood, R. H.--moving Tablet) 1937-1938
Box 17
White, William H.--Foundation Lectures 1937-1938
Box 17
"X-Y-Z" Miscellaneous (Yale University--street traffic research) 1937-1938