Archival Record Groups
President, Office of the
1868-1988 (1029 lin. ft.)
The Office of the President was established in 1859 with the appointment,
by the Board of Trustees, of Benjamin Hallowell as the first president
of the Maryland Agricultural College. The records document the tenure
of eleven presidents of the Maryland Agricultural College, Maryland State
College of Agriculture, and the University of Maryland system. They are
comprised of correspondence; publications; reports; minutes; invitations;
legislation; legal and financial records; photographs; newspaper clippings;
conference materials; class schedules; and committee files.
The University Archives also holds a major unprocessed addendum to the
records of the
Office of the President, consisting of two series documenting the administrations
of Harry Clifton Byrd and Wilson H. Elkins. These files primarily include
correspondence, reports, budgetary materials, minutes, committee files,
photographs, maps, and blueprints. Among the topics covered are student
life; facilities construction; relations with local, state, and national
government; employment; academic departments and programs; and alumni.
A preliminary inventory of these unprocessed materials has been prepared;
requests to examine these records will be considered on a case by case
basis.
Researchers are encouraged to review the Introduction
to the finding aids for further information on the processed series, the
records of Harry Clifton Byrd, and the records of Wilson H. Elkins.
