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Collection Overview

Title: Edmund J. James Addresses and Publications, 1886-1920

ID: 2/5/802

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Office of the University President

Extent: 0.6 cubic feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Business Education, Chicago, Illinois, Extension Education, Land Grant Universities, Municipal Government, National University, Political Science, World War I - Diplomacy and Politics, World War I - Service and Training

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Published reprints and separates including addresses, remarks and articles by Edmund J. James on municipal gas supplies and charters (1886, 1894), schools of finance (1890) and commercial education (1904), university extension (1895), Chicago (1899-1903), Rev. Colin D. James and genealogy (1914-16), banking, proportional representation, functions and relations of a state university, the case for sending an educational commission to China (1906), history of the Land Grant Act, a national university, state tax reforms, arts and sciences, military training, naval policy, residence halls, Lincoln and war activities.

Biographical Note

The President is the principal administrative officer of the University and a member of the faculty of each college, school, institute and division.¹ The original charter designated the chief executive officer of the university as regent but this title was changed to President in 1894.² The President is elected by the Board of Trustees and is responsible to them for the operation of the university.³ The President prepares budgets for presentation to the board, recommends persons to the Board for appointment to University positions, and is responsible for the enforcement of the rules and regulations of the University.⁴ On recommendation of the appropriate Senate and by authority of the Trustees, the President issues diplomas conferring degrees.⁵

This unit covers:

2/0 Reports of the President

2/1 John M. Gregory, April 1, 1867 - June 9, 1880 (Effective September 1,1880)

2/2 Selim H. Peabody, July 27, 1880 (Pro tempore) March 9, 1881 - June 10, 1891 (Effective September 1, 1891)

2/3 Thomas J. Burrill, August 7, 1891 - 1894 (Acting) April 1, 1904 - August 26, 1904 (Acting)

2/4 Andrew S. Draper, April 13, 1894 (Took office August 1, 1894) - April 1, 1904

2/5 Edmund J. James, August 26, 1904 - March 3, 1920 (Effective September 1, 1920)

2/6 David Kinley, September 1, 1920 - July 1, 1930

2/7 Harry W. Chase, July 5, 1930 - January 25, 1933 (Effective July 10, 1933)

2/8 Arthur H. Daniels, July 11, 1933 - June 30, 1934 (Acting)

2/9 Arthur C. Willard, July 1, 1934 - June 30, 1946

2/10 George D. Stoddard, July 1, 1946 - August 31, 1953

2/11 Lloyd Morey, September 1, 1953 (Acting) February 1, 1954 - August 31, 1955

2/12 David D. Henry, September 1, 1955 - August 31, 1971

2/13 John E. Corbally, Jr., September 1, 1971 - August 31, 1979

2/14 Stanley O. Ikenberry, September 1, 1979 ?

1. University of Illinois Statutes, July 18, 1979, Section 2, p. 3.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 17th Report, August 1, 1894, p. 269.

3. University of Illinois Statutes, July 18, 1979, Section 2, p. 3.

4. Ibid.

5. Ibid., p. 3-4

Subject/Index Terms

Business Education
Chicago, Illinois
Extension Education
Land Grant Universities
Municipal Government
National University
Political Science
World War I - Diplomacy and Politics
World War I - Service and Training

Administrative Information

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 9/63

Other Note: 3 Pages

PDF Box/Folder List

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/0205802.pdf

PDF finding aid for Edmund J. James Addresses and Publications (2/5/802)

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Folder 1: 1886-1896

Item 1: Reprinted An Early Essay on Proportional Representation by Edmund J. James, 1896
Item 2: The Elements of a Model Charter for American Cities, An Address by Edmund J. James, 1894
Item 3: Newspaper Clipping on National Association of Bankers Talk Invite
Item 4: A Review of Bryce’s American Commonwealth by Edmund J. James, 1896
Item 5: Review of the Work of the American Society for the Extension of University Teaching for the Four Years 1891-1894 by Edmund J. James, 1895
Item 6: The First Apportionment of Federal Representatives in the United States by Edmund J. James, 1896
Item 7: The Relation of the Modern Municipality to the Gas Supply by Edmund J. James, 1886
Item 8: An Address Before the Convention of the American Bankers’ Association by Edmund J. James, 1890

Folder 2: 1898-1899

Item 1: The Place of the Political and Social Sciences in Modern Education, And Their Bearing on the Training for Citizenship in a Free State by Edmund J. James, 1898
Item 2: The Charters of the City of Chicago by Edmund J. James, Part II The City Charters, 1838-1851, 1899
Item 3: The James-Stites Genealogy by Edmund J. James, 1898
Item 4: A Biography of Newspapers Published in Illinois Prior to 1860 Prepared by Edmund J. James, Number I, 1899

Folder 3: 1901-1902

Item 1: Chicago Record Heralds by Edmund J. James, 1902
Folder 2: L’Amérique et La France

Folder 4: 1903-1904

Item 1: Reprinted State History in the Public High Schools by Edmund J. James, 1903
Item 2: Reprinted The Opportunity of Chicago to Become a Great City 1901-1903 by Edmund J. James
Item 3: Monographs on Education in the United States by Edmund J. James and Edited by Nicholas Murray Butler, 1904

Folder 5: 1905

Item 1: Reprinted Some Considerations on the Function of the State University, Inaugural Address of Edmund J. James, 1905
Item 2: An Address to the People of Illinois by Edmund J. James, 1904

Folder 6: Memorandum Covering the Sending of an Educational Commission to China by Edmund J. James, ca. 1906-1907

Folder 7: 1910

Item 1: In Memoriam Edmund Janes James 1855-1925, 1925
Item 2: The Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota, Inauguration of Frank LeRond McVey, 1910
Item 3: The University Studies, The Origin of the Lad Grant Act of 1862 (The So-called Morrill Act) and Some Account of its Author Jonathan B. Turner by Edmund J. James, 1910

Box 2

Folder 1: 1911

Item 1: Indiana University Bulletin, Commencement Number, 1911
Item 2: Reprinted The Economic Significance of a Comprehensive System of National Education by Edmund J. James, 1911
Item 3: Reprinted The Relation of the University of Illinois Medical Education by Edmund J. James, 1911

Folder 2: 1912

Item 1: American Association of Public Accountants Annual Banquet Twenty Fifth Anniversary, 1912
Item 2: The National University Address by Edmund J. James, 1912
Item 3: Reprinted The Royal Engineering College at Charlottenburg-Berlin, 1912
Item 4: Necessary Reforms in the System of State Taxation in Illinois, 1912

Folder 3: 1913-1915

Item 1: Abstract of Address at the Reopening of the Medical School of the University of Illinois by Edmund J. James, 1913
Item 2: Reprinted In Memory of Anna Margarethe Lange James, 1915
Item 3: Reprinted New Jersey Families in Illinois, The Casad and Stites Families by Edmund J. James, 1914
Item 4: Forward for the Welfare of Illinois, The Arts and Sciences in Illinois an address by Edmund J. James, 1915
Item 5: Reprinted New Jersey Families in Illinois, The Casad and Stites Families by Edmund J. James, 1914
Item 6: Rev. Colin D. James and Genealogy, 1914-1916

Folder 4: 1916

Item 1: Military Training in Our Land Grant Colleges, An Abstract of Address by Edmund J. James, 1916
Item 2: Our and Grant Colleges as Centers of Military Training, An Abstract of Address by Edmund J. James, 1916
Item 3: Our Naval Policy by Edmund J. James, 1916
Item 4: Proof Sheets, Abstract of Address at the Rally of Foreign-Born Citizens in the Coliseum by Edmund J. James, 1916
Item 5: An Argument Before the Illinois Legislature in Favor of the Acquisition of the Property of the College of Physicians and Surgeons by the University of Illinois by Edmund J. James, 1916
Item 6: Military Training in Land-Grant Colleges by Edmund J. James, 1916
Item 7: Proof Sheets, Abstract of Address at the Rally of Foreign-Born Citizens in the Coliseum by Edmund J. James, 1916

Folder 5: 1917

Item 1: An Open Letter to the Graduating Classes of the High Schools of the State of Illinois by Edmund J. James
Item 2: In Re George Washington University, A Memorial Drafted by Edmund J. James
Item 3: An Open Letter to the Graduating Classes of the High Schools of the State of Illinois by Edmund J. James
Item 4: The Beginnings of Representative Government by Edmund J. James
Item 5: The Journal of Home Economics, March 1917
Item 6: Reprinted Reverend Colin Dew James, A Pioneer Methodist Preacher of Early Illinois by Edmund J. James, 1917

Folder 6: Abraham Lincoln Today, A War-Time Tribute by William Chauncy Langdon

Folder 7: Sixteen Years at the University of Illinois, A Statistical Study of the Administration by Edmund J. James, 1920

Folder 8: 1918

Item 1: University of Illinois Bulletin, What the United States Has Achieved in War Activities and Moral Leadership by Edmund J. James, May 1918
Item 2: Address Before the Illinois Bankers Association by Edmund J. James

Folder 9: 1918 Commencement Address “The College Man and the War”, 1918

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