Guide to the University of Chicago Office of the President Scrapbooks 1889-1943


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Table of Contents

• Descriptive Summary
• Information on Use
• Access
• Citation
• Historical Note
• Scope Note
• Related Resources
• Subject Headings
• INVENTORY
• Series I: News Clippings
• Series II: Communications

Descriptive Summary

Information on Use

Access

The collection is open for research.

Citation

When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: University of Chicago. Office of the President. Scrapbooks, Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.

Historical Note

On September 18, 1890, William Rainey Harper was elected by the Board of Trustees as the first President of the University of Chicago. President Harper assumed office on July 1, 1891. The University has had 13 presidents in total:

• William Rainey Harper – 1891-1906

• Harry Pratt Judson – 1907-1923

• Ernest DeWitt Burton – 1923-1925

• Max Mason – 1925-1928

• Robert Maynard Hutchins – 1929-1951

• Lawrence Kimpton – 1951-1960

• George W. Beadle – 1961-1968

• Edward Hirsch Levi – 1968-1975

• John Todd Wilson – 1975-1978

• Hanna Holborn Gray – 1978-1993

• Hugo F. Sonnenschein – 1993-2000

• Don Michael Randel – 2000-2006

• Robert J. Zimmer – 2006-present

Scope Note

The collection is divided into two series.

Series I, News Clippings, contains scrapbooks full of clippings of newspaper articles about the founding and development of the university, its beginnings, its faculty and administrators, its affiliates (e.g. Yerkes Observatory), its funding, athletic and cultural events, and scholarly findings and reports. Many articles are duplicates pulled from multiple newspapers. Of particular interest are articles on the Foster controversy, women at the university, and university scientists' research.

Series II, Communications, contains scrapbooks of pieces of official written communication from the Office of the President. Included are invitations to formal events, announcements and memos to faculty and students, death and funeral notices, commencement materials, event programs, blank cards and forms, and other official bulletins. There is also one book of undated stationary samples. The collection does not contain correspondence with particular individuals. Both series of scrapbooks are ordered chronologically.

Related Resources

The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections:

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/select.html

University News Office. Records

University of Chicago Scrapbooks. Collection

University of Chicago. Office of the President. Harper, Judson and Burton Administrations. Records

University of Chicago. Office of the President. Mason Administration. Records

University of Chicago. Office of the President. Hutchins Administration. Records

Subject Headings

• University of Chicago. Office of the President
• University of Chicago – History

INVENTORY

This series contains 15 scrapbooks of news clippings, arranged chronologically.

This series contains 20 scrapbooks of mailings and announcements, arranged chronologically.