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Brown University Million Dollar Endowment Fund records (MS-1D-F1)

Brown University Library

John Hay Library, Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2148
Fax: 401-863-2093
email: archives@brown.edu

Scope & content

The Brown University Million Dollar Endowment Fund records contain correspondence (including form letters) and reports detailing efforts to obtain donations from alumni in support of special projects and faculty retention. The date range of the collection is 1911 to 1921 but the bulk of the records is from 1912. Correspondents include University President William H.P. Faunce, Treasurer Cornelius S. Sweetland, and members of the Endowment Committee.