Official documents, including Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of Lawrence University, 1964

File — Box: 2, Folder: 10

Identifier: Folder 10

Staff Only

Articles of Consolidation of Lawrence College of Wisconsin and Milwaukee-Downer College forming Lawrence University of Wisconsin

The collection contains records documenting the 1964 consolidation of Milwaukee-Downer College with Lawrence College to form Lawrence University. Official and legal documents, correspondence between the two institutions regarding the logistics of transferring people and materials, financial records, and publications describing the consolidation, including newspaper articles, are included. The bulk of the records date from 1963 to 1965, but materials discussing the future of Milwaukee-Downer that pre-date the consolidation, as well as materials documenting anniversaries of the consolidation, are also included.