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Education, Higher -- Administration

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Faculty Subcommittee on Administration Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-RG01-042
Scope and Contents This collection consists of records of the Faculty Subcommittee on Administration dating from 1922 to the present. Records include meeting minutes and correspondence.

Henry Merritt Wriston Presidential Papers

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG03-005
Abstract This collection is composed of the papers that document the presidency of Henry Merritt Wriston, president of Lawrence University from 1925 to 1937. Materials include both incoming and outgoing correspondence, speeches and statements Wriston gave while at Lawrence University, and publications he wrote during his presidency. Correspondence between Wriston and Lawrence after his presidency is also included. The inauguration of Wriston is documented through programs and correspondence from other...

Jill Beck Presidential Papers

 Collection — Box 4
Identifier: LU-RG03-019
Scope and Contents This collection is composed of the papers of Jill Beck, President of Lawrence University from 2004 to 2013. The collection primarily documents Beck's presidency from her selection through her departure. Materials are in both paper and digital format and include articles and biographical information, documentation of Beck's installation, correspondence, and speeches and writings.

Lawrence College Administrative Offices plaque

 Digital Record
Identifier: LU-OBJ-310

Lawrence College and Milwaukee-Downer College Consolidation Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-RG01-015
Scope and Contents 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...

Lewis M. Alexander Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-MS-166
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials documenting Lewis M. Alexander's service on the Lawrence University Board of Trustees, 1894 to 1931. The bulk of the collection contains correspondence with President Wriston regarding the building of the Alexander Gymnasium. Other materials document the building of Peabody Hall (the Conservatory of Music) and the Schneller-Whiting Gate. The collection also includes newspaper clippings regarding Alexander's death and the October 1934 issue of ...

Lucia R. Briggs Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MDC-MS-002
Scope and Contents This collection includes the correspondence of Lucia R. Briggs, the second President of Milwaukee-Downer College, along with articles written about and by her. It also contains photographs documenting Briggs’s 30 year tenure at Milwaukee-Downer College.

Merton M. Sealts, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-173
Scope and Contents The collection includes materials documenting the tenure of Merton M. Sealts as an English professor at Lawrence University, 1948 to 1965. Contents include correspondence, newspaper clippings, faculty meeting minutes, photographs, as well as articles written by Sealts.

Milwaukee-Downer College Records

 Collection
Identifier: MDC-RG-003
Scope and Contents This collection contains the administrative, financial, and historical records of Milwaukee-Downer College, primarily dating from 1895 to 1964. Records of its predecessor institutions, Downer College and Milwaukee College, dating back to 1848 are also included, as well as records documenting the activities of Milwaukee-Downer alumnae since the consolidation with Lawrence College in 1964. Materials include correspondence, financial records, and subject files of the Board of Trustees, Office of...