James E. Talmage and Joseph T. Kingsbury presidential records, 1893-1915

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Utah. President's Office
Title
James E. Talmage and Joseph T. Kingsbury presidential records
Dates
1893-1915 (inclusive)
Quantity
4 linear feet
Collection Number
Acc0002
Summary
James E. Talmage was the President of the University of Utah from 1894 to 1897. Joseph T. Kingsbury was the President of the University of Utah from 1892 to 1894 and from 1897 to 1916. This collection contains correspondence, reports, budgets, and scrapbooks pertaining to the administrative, departmental, and financial affairs of the Kingsbury and Talmage administrations. Included in this material is a scrapbook of clippings regarding the 1915 Academic Freedom Controversy.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains correspondence, reports, budgets, and scrapbooks pertaining to the administrative, departmental, and financial affairs of the Kingsbury and Talmage administrations. Included in this material is a scrapbook of clippings regarding the 1915 Academic Freedom Controversy.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: James E. Talmage and Joseph T. Kingsbury presidential records, Acc. 002, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 002.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

A to Board of RegentsReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
A
2
B
3
Bids - Miscellaneous
1896-1906
4-5
Board of Regents
1905; 1912-1915
6
Board of Regents - Biennial Report
1913-1914
7-20
Board of Regents - Building Committee
1898-1900

Board of Regents to Department of LanguagesReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-6
Board of Regents - Building Committee
1900-1901; 1907; 1913-1914
7
Board of Regents - Committee of School of Arts and Sciences
1913-1915
8
Board of Regents - Committee of School of Education
1914-1915
9
Board of Regents - Committee on Medical School
1913-1915
10
Board of Regents - Committee of the School of Mines
1913-1915
11
Board of Regents - Normal School Committee
1913-1915
12
Budget
13
C
14
Commission to Investigate the Work of the Agricultural College and the University of Utah
1906
15
D
16-17
Departmental Estimates
1906
18-21
Departmental Reports
1900; 1904
22
Department of Anatomy - Voucher Lists
1907-1909
23
Department of Art - Voucher Lists
1906-1909
24
Department of Biology - Voucher Lists
1906-1907
25
Department of Botany - Voucher Lists
1907-1909
26
Department of Chemistry - Voucher Lists
1906-1909
27
Department of Economics - Voucher Lists
1906-1909
28
Department of Elocution and Physical Culture - Voucher Lists
1906
29
Department of English - Voucher Lists
1906-1909
30
Department of Geology - Voucher Lists
1906-1909
31
Department of History - Voucher Lists
1906-1909
32
Department of Languages - Voucher Lists
1906-1909

Department of Latin to I-KReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 3

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Department of Latin - Voucher Lists
1906-1909
2
Department of Mathematics - Voucher Lists
1906-1909
3
Department of Pathology - Voucher Lists
1907-1909
4
Department of Philosophy - Voucher Lists
1906-1909
5
Department of Physics - Voucher Lists
1906-1907
6
Department of Physiology - Voucher Lists
1908-1909
7
Department of Physical Education - Voucher Lists
1908-1909
8
Department of Zoology - Voucher Lists
1907-1909
9
E
10
F
(Folder 10 includes a football contract with Stanford University from 1902.)
11
Faculty By-Laws,
1895
12-13
Financial Receipts and Disbursements
1905-1916
14-20
Financial Receipts and Disbursements - General Maintenance Reports
1907-1915
21-22
Financial Receipts and Disbursements - Special Maintenance Reports
1909-1911
23
Financial Report - State Audit of the University
1908-1913
24
Funds
1899-1914
25
G
26
H
27
I-K

L to SReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 4

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
L
2
Land Grant
1894-1906
3
M
4
N
5
O-Q
6
Questionnaires - Duties of Deans
1902
7-8
Questionnaires - Legislative Appropriations, A-Z
1912
9
Questionnaires - Professors Hours
1903
10-14
Questionnaires - Salary, A-Z
1897; 1900-1901; 1904
15
Questionnaires - Salary - Agricultural Colleges
1905
16
Questionnaires - Salary - Normal School
1905
17
Questionnaires - Salary - School of Mines
1905
18
Questionnaires - Salary, A-Z
1915
19
Questionnaires - Tenure
1915
20
R
21
Registrar
22
S

Salary Lists to Y-ZReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 5

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-2
Salary Lists
1896-1914
3
School of Arts and Science
4
School of Education
5
School of Law
6
School of Medicine
7
School of Medicine - Financial Reports
1908-1909
8
School of Mines
9
School of Mines - Financial Reports
1907-1909
10
School of Mines - Financial Reports for Departments
1906-1907
11
School of Mines - Papers Relating to Establishment
12
Normal School
1896-1906
13
Normal School - Branch Normal Maintenance
1909-1911
14
Normal School - Financial Reports
1906-1909
15
Speeches and Papers of John T. Kingsbury
16
State Board of Education
17
Statements of Needs of the University
1903-1905
18
Students
19
Summer School
1912
20
T
21
Toronto, Joseph B. - Letter to Kingsbury
1878 May 21
22
U-W
23
Waters, Leon L. - Correspondence to Kingsbury - Includes Academic Freedom Controversy
1900-1915
24
Y-Z

1915 Academic Freedom Controversy (Scrapbook of Newsclippings) Located - Oversize A1Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Academic freedom--Utah--History--Sources
  • Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources

Personal Names

  • Kingsbury, Joseph Thomas, 1853-1937
  • Kingsbury, Joseph Thomas, 1853-1937 (contributor)
  • Talmage, James Edward, 1862-1933
  • Talmage, James Edward, 1862-1933 (contributor)

Corporate Names

  • University of Utah--Administration
  • University of Utah--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Budgets
  • Correspondence
  • Reports
  • Scrapbooks