Alternate title: | Board of Trustees meeting files after the Great Fire of 1912 |
Summary: | Maryland Agricultural College Board of Trustees meeting files, 1912-1916. The files detail the Board's meetings immediately following the Great Fire of 1912, which swept through the Maryland Agricultural College and destroyed most of campus. The minutes also capture the election of President H.J. Patterson in 1913, the decision to admit women students to the college in 1914, the construction and opening of Calvert Hall in 1914, and the gradual transition of the college from private to public institution. |
Provider: | Maryland Agricultural College |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Maryland |
Place of origin – Settlement: | College Park |
Temporal subject: |
1911-1920
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Maryland |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | College Park |
Topical subjects: | Maryland Agricultural College. Board of Trustees |
Events |
Fires |
ArchivesUM location: | University Archives
- series 1
- box 1
- item P30:A:110A
- accession 2013-81
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Repository: | University Archives |
Browse terms: | University of Maryland |
University AlbUM Browse terms: | Events |
Copyright holder: | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) |
Collection: | University AlbUM |
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