Subject Files, 1904-1918

Collection Overview

Title: Subject Files, 1904-1918

ID: 2/5/5

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

Extent: 12.5 cubic feet

Arrangement: Alphabetically by subject

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Correspondence, reports and working papers of President Edmund J. James on university and private subjects of both a unique or a continuing nature, including material for Biennial Reports (1914-1918); university budget material (1909-1919); Council and Senate (1909-1912); Deans' Reports (1908-1911); Geology Survey (1905-1910); Graduate School (1904-1910); John M. Gregory Reunion (1914); Historical Material on the University; biographical material; addresses and publications of President James; legislative campaigns (1908-1917); Medical School (1894-1912); National University (1906-1910); Burt E. Powell (1910-1911) and Edward J. Filbey (1912-1915); Rhodes Scholarship Committee (1907-1917) and the Veterinary School (1906-1908).

Less significant files contain folders on agricultural education (1906-1907); American Economic Association (1910); Auditorium (1907-1910); Chemistry Professorship (1907); Disloyalty Hearings (1917); Jamestown Exposition (1907); George A. Kemp (1908); Proposed lectures at the University (1905-1908); North Central Association (1907-1910); Nutrition Investigation (1906); School of Railway Engineering (1907); Rural School Conference (1905); Summer Sessions, 1911 and 1912 and similar subjects.

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

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: Agricultural Education, 1906-07
Folder 2: Agricultural Reports, 1912-13
Folder 3: American Economic Association, 1910
Folder 4: Announcements, Invitations and Programs, 1900-1914
Folder 5: Announcements, Invitations and Programs, 1906-1908

Box 2

Folder 1: Announcements, Invitations and Programs, 1909-12

Box 3

Folder 1: Announcements, Invitations and Programs, 1913-1925
Folder 2: Athletics Report, 1906
Folder 3: Auditorium, 1907-10
Folder 4: Biographical Material, 1896, 1904, 1909, 1924-25: Item is currently unavailable. Please contact an archivist for more information.
Folder 5: Budget Material, 1909-10

Box 4

Folder 1: Budget Material, 1913-14

Box 5

Folder 1: Budget Material, 1914-16

Box 6

Folder 1: Budget Material, 1916-18

Box 7

Folder 1: Budget Material, 1918-19

Box 8

Folder 1: Building Dedication, Lincoln Hall, 1912-13
Folder 2: Buildings, Survey of University, 1909
Folder 3: Cannon, Joseph G., 1913
Folder 4: Chemistry Professorship, 1907
Folder 5: Commencement, 1905
Folder 6: Constitution of the University, 1915
Folder 7: Council and Senate, 1909-12

Box 9

Folder 1: Deans' Reports, 1908-11

Box 10

Folder 1: Departments, University of Illinois, 1905
Folder 2: Disloyalty Hearings, 1917 Early Matriculants' Reunion, 1912

Box 11

Folder 1: Entrance Requirements, College, 1915
Folder 2: Faculty Publications Reports, 1911
Folder 3: Forms, ca. 1893-1920
Folder 4: Form letters and circulars, 1901-14

Box 12

Folder 1: Geological Survey, 1905-08
Folder 2: 1907-10

Box 13

Folder 1: Graduate School, 1904-10

Box 14

Folder 1: Graduate School Opening, 1908

Box 15

Folder 1: Gregory Reunion, 1914

Box 16

Folder 1: Hahnemann Medical College, 1904
Folder 2: Hazing, 1908
Folder 3: High Schools, 1906-07
Folder 4: University History Material, 1916
Folder 5: Historical Material on Founding of the University Honorary Degrees, 1908-20

Box 17

Folder 1: Hospital, Blueprint of McKinley, 1918
Folder 2: Hospital, Veterans, 1918
Folder 3: Hospitals, Chicago, 1917-20
Folder 4: Illinois Statehood Centennial, 1918

Box 18

Folder 1: James, Edmund, J., Biographical Material, Addresses, Publications

Box 19

Folder 1: Jamestown Exposition, 1907
Folder 2: Journalism at University of Illinois, 1909-11
Folder 3: Kemp Affair, 1908
Folder 4: Law Professorship, 1907
Folder 5: Lectures, Proposed, 1905-08
Folder 6: Legislative Askings Survey, 1911
Folder 7: Legislative Membership lists, 1905-14

Box 20

Folder 1: Legislative Campaigns, 1908-12

Box 21

Folder 1: Legislative Campaigns, 1913-17

Box 22

Folder 1: Lincoln Centenary Program, February 12, 1909
Folder 2: Medical School
Folder 3: P and S (Physicians and Surgeons) 1905 Legislative Campaign Correspondence, 1905
Folder 4: Physicians and Surgeons - Contracts
Folder 5: P and S Early Correspondence
Folder 6: Med. School Finances, 1898-1904
Folder 7: P and S Campaign - Bills, Circulars, 1905
Folder 8: Med. School Finances, 1904-07
Folder 9: Med. School Finances, 1907-08
Folder 10: Med, School Legislative Campaign, 1907
Folder 11: Med. School Finances, 1908-09
Folder 12: Med. School Finances, 1909-1910
Folder 13: Med. School Finances, 1910-11
Folder 14: Med. School Campaign, 1911
Folder 15: Med. School Campaign, 1913

Box 23

Folder 1: Medical School, Acquisition, Reorganization, Curriculum, Hospitals, 1907-15
Folder 2: Memoranda re: P and S (Physicians and Surgeons) Acquisition, 1907
Folder 3: Medical Curriculum, 1914-15
Folder 4: Med. Education, 1907-08
Folder 5: Medical Education, 1910
Folder 6: Med. School Reorganization and Injunction, Summer 1911
Folder 7: Med. School Applications, 1911-12
Folder 8: College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1913
Folder 9: Relations of Hospitals to Medical College, 1915

Box 24

Folder 1: Medical School, 1910-12
Folder 2: Med. School Correspondence, 1910-12
Folder 3: Med. School General, “Extra Carbons”, 1910-1915
Folder 4: Budgets, 1911-12
Folder 5: Med. School General, 1910
Folder 6: Med. School Memoranda, 1911-12

Box 25

Folder 1: Medical School, 1910-12
Folder 2: Abbot
Folder 3: William H. Brown, 1910-12
Folder 4: N.P. Colwell, A.M.A.
Folder 5: Gov. Deneen, Gov. Dunne, 1911-13
Folder 6: Wakefield vs. U. of I., 1911
Folder 7: Dr. Charles H. Davison
Folder 8: Frank B. Earle, 1910-12
Folder 9: O.A. Harker
Folder 10: Roland H. Harris
Folder 11: Homeopaths
Folder 12: Elias P. Lyon
Folder 13: Charles M. McConn
Folder 14: Med. School Staffing, 1911
Folder 15: William A. Pusey
Folder 16: D.A.K. Steele
Folder 17: Suspended Juniors
Folder 18: William E. Quine
Folder 19: Robert Unzicker
Folder 20: General Correspondence

Box 26

Folder 1: Military Education, 1907-10
Folder 2: Muensterberg Survey, 1911
Folder 3: National University, 1906-10

Box 27

Folder 1: National University, 1910-11

Box 28

Folder 1: North Central Association, 1907-10
Folder 2: Nutrition Investigation, 1906
Folder 3: Progress Report, 1909
Folder 4: Railway Engineering, School of, 1907
Folder 5: Reports, Material for Biennial, 1904-06

Box 29

Folder 1: Reports, Material for Biennial, 1914-18
Folder 2: Reports, Information for, 1905

Box 30

Folder 1: Rhodes Scholarship Committee, 1907-09

Box 31

Folder 1: Rhodes Scholarship Committee, 1910-11

Box 32

Folder 1: Rhodes Scholarship Committee, 1912-17

Box 33

Folder 1: Rhodes Scholarship Committee, 1912-17
Folder 2: Rural School Conference, 1905
Folder 3: Schiller Festival, 1905

Box 34

Folder 1: Secretaries, Powell, Burt E., 1910-11

Box 35

Folder 1: Secretaries, Powell, Burt E., 1910-11
Folder 2: Secretaries, Filbey, Edward J., 1912-15

Box 36

Folder 1: Significant letters to Edmund J. James
Folder 2: Student Petition, 1908
Folder 3: Summer Session, 1911, 1912

Box 37

Folder 1: Veterinary School, 1 of 4, 1906-09
Folder 2: Veterinary School Trip to Europe, 1 of 2, 1908
Folder 3: Visitors Day, 1904

Box 38

Series 1: January 2022 Addition (Alphabetical)

Folder 1: Alumni Record by the University of Illinois, 1913
Folder 2: Birthday Calendar (German) and Card