Finding Aid for Legislative Campaign File, 1921-1929 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Legislative Campaign File, 1921-1929

ID: 2/6/3

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

Extent: 3.6 cubic feet

Arrangement: Box 1 chronologically, Boxes 2 & 3 numerically by legislative district.

Subjects: Alumni, Legislature

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Legislative campaign file or records of biennial legislative "campaigns" for University of Illinois appropriations, including correspondence with alumni, parents of students, legislators and friends of the University, primarily from David Kinley, George O. Huff, and Clarence Roseberry, executive manager of the Alumni Association. The detailed University records were on attitudes and voting records of individual assemblymen and included a comprehensive report each year indicating the activity and results of individual efforts at lobbying. A card file contains biographies of state legislators (1921) and a resume of Illinois newspaper editors favorable to the University (1921).

The series also contains a card file of alumni and friends willing to lobby for the University, arranged by legislative district.

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

Alumni
Legislature

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: September 1963

Other Note: 2 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/0206003.pdf

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