Records of the President, Howard Edwards (Rec.Gr. 1.4)

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Inventory

Series I. Subject Files
5 box(es)
(2.25 linear feet)

The Subject Series consists of correspondence, financial records, proposals, petitions, newspaper clippings, and resolutions. The series also includes biographical material, correspondence, and recommendation letters for the various positions Howard Edwards was considered for before his tenure at Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The files labeled "Construction Program" relate to the building program that was the hallmark of President Edwards' tenure. The records consist of bills, contracts, specifications for the building and furnishing of Rodman, Edwards, Bliss and Lippitt Halls. The records relating to the construction of the Alumni Gateway and Home Economics Practice House are included.

Of note are the correspondence files and news clippings relating to the dismissal of Burt Hartwell, Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, in 1928 and the resulting controversy. The news clippings were not organic to the Edwards papers. The clippings were given to the College in 1947 by an officer of the Industrial Trust Company and were originally part of the probate records of a Mr. [unive?] Helme. (See office memorandum in folder 29.)

Arrangement: Folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically by date.

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 1	Academy at Tuscumbia, Alabama: Appointment Recommendation Letters	1884
Box 1, Folder 2	Adams, Dean George: Correspondence	1922-1928
Box 1, Folder 3	Adams, James Truslow: Correspondence & Biographical Sketch	1923
Box 1, Folder 4	Agricultural Experiment Station: By Laws	1911
Box 1, Folder 5	Agricultural Experiment Station: Correspondence	1906-1928
Box 1, Folder 6	Agricultural Experiment Station: Minutes of Board of Managers	1902
Box 1, Folder 7	Agricultural Experiment Station: Policy	undated
Box 1, Folder 8	Agricultural Experiment Station: Receipts and Expenditures	1925-1926
Box 1, Folder 9	Agricultural Extension Service: Budget, Correspondence, Activities and Projects	1915,1925, 1927,1928
Box 1, Folder 10	American Association of Agricultural Colleges & Experiment Stations:Correspondence	1909
Box 1, Folder 11	Annual Report Summary	1927
Box 1, Folder 11A	Appreciation, Letters of	1913-1929
Box 1, Folder 12	Arkansas Industrial University: Appointment Recommendation Letters	1885
Box 1, Folder 13	Arkansas Industrial University: Appointment as President- Recommendation Letters	1893
Box 1, Folder 14	Artesian Well and Supply Co.: Correspondence	1929
Box 1, Folder 15	Athletics: Applications and Resolutions	1923-1929
Box 1, Folder 16	Barnard Club: Correspondence	1928
Box 1, Folder 17	Bethal Academy (VA): Recommendation Letters	1881
Box 1, Folder 18	Bills: Printing Expenses for the Catalog and Bulletin	1911-1912
Box 1, Folder 19	Bingham School (NC): Recommendation Letters	1880
Box 1, Folder 20	Bond Issue	1926
Box 1, Folder 21	Brown University: Springfield Rifles	1917
Box 1, Folder 22	Budgets, Departmental	1929
Box 1, Folder 23	Burt Hartwell: Correspondence with Board of Managers	1923-1926
Box 1, Folder 24	Burt Hartwell Dismissal: Correspondence- Board of Managers, J.C. Hopkins & C. Palmer	1928
Box 1, Folder 25	Burt Hartwell Dismissal: Correspondence- Edwards & Chief, Office of Experimental Stations	1928 Jan-Feb
Box 1, Folder 26	Burt Hartwell Dismissal: Correspondence	1928
Box 1, Folder 27	Burt Hartwell Dismissal: Correspondence Hartwell & Chief, Office of Experimental Stations	1927-1928
Box 1, Folder 28	Burt Hartwell Dismissal: Memoranda, Responses to Editorials	1928
Box 1, Folder 29	Burt Hartwell Dismissal: Newspaper clippings	1928
Box 1, Folder 30	Burt Hartwell Dismissal: Protests & Resolutions from State Granges	1928 Jun 4
Box 2, Folder 31	Burt Hartwell Dismissal: Protests & Resolutions from State Granges	1928 Jun 5-14
Box 2, Folder 32	Burt Hartwell Dismissal: Protests & Resolutions from State Granges	1928 Jun 15-Jul 23
Box 2, Folder 33	Burt Hartwell Dismissal: Resolutions of Support for Edwards	1928
Box 2, Folder 34	Burt Hartwell Dismissal: Statements of Board of Managers	1928
Box 2, Folder 35	Christmas Greetings	1926-1927
Box 2, Folder 36	College Horse Barn Fire	1924
Box 2, Folder 37	Construction Program: Bids, Contracts, Bills, Correspondence	1927 Nov 1
Box 2, Folder 38	Construction Program: Bids, Contracts, Bills, Correspondence	1928 Jan-Apr
Box 2, Folder 39	Construction Program: Bids, Contracts, Bills, Correspondence	1928 May-Jul
Box 2, Folder 40	Construction Program: Bids, Contracts, Bills, Correspondence	1928 Aug-Sep
Box 2, Folder 41	Construction Program: Bids, Contracts, Bills, Correspondence	1928 Oct
Box 2, Folder 42	Construction Program: Bids, Contracts, Bills, Correspondence	1928 Nov
Box 2, Folder 43	Construction Program: Bids, Contracts, Bills, Correspondence	1930 Jan-Apr
Box 2, Folder 44	Construction Program: Bids, Contracts, Bills, Correspondence	1928 Dec
Box 2, Folder 45	Construction Program: Bliss Hall-Bids	1926-1928
Box 3, Folder 46	Construction Program: Bliss Hall-Correspondence	1926-1928
Box 3, Folder 47	Construction Program: Bliss Hall-Correspondence	1926-1927
Box 3, Folder 48	Construction Program: Bliss Hall-Correspondence	1928-1929
Box 3, Folder 49	Construction Program: Bliss Hall-Equipment Correspondence	1927
Box 3, Folder 50	Construction Program: Dormitory and Assembly Hall	1908
Box 3, Folder 51	Construction Program: Home Economics Practice House-Bids, Contracts, Bills Correspondence	1923-1924
Box 3, Folder 52	Construction Program: Lippitt Hall	undated
Box 3, Folder 53	Construction Program: News clippings	undated
Box 3, Folder 54	Construction Program: Science building	1917
Box 3, Folder 0	Correspondence	1908-1930
Box 3, Folder 55	Cruickshank, George A.	1927
Box 3, Folder 56	Dickinson, Edward	1989-1909
Box 3, Folder 57	Doe, Albion N.: Correspondence with Edwards & others	1922-1923
Box 3, Folder 58	Dunlop, R.W.: Correspondence	1929
Box 3, Folder 59	Edwards: Biographical Forms and Correspondence, news clipping	1937
Box 3, Folder 60	Edwards: Biographical Sketch of Life	1900
Box 3, Folder 61	Edwards: Daughter's death, sympathy acknowledgement	1924 Apr 20
Box 3, Folder 62	Edwards: Eulogies & Resolutions	1930 Apr 10
Box 3, Folder 63	Edwards: Life & Professional Certificate	1925
Box 3, Folder 64	Edwards: Memorial Booklets	1930 May 19
Box 3, Folder 65	Edwards: Memorial Service Programs	1930 May 19
Box 3, Folder 66	Edwards: Newspaper Clippings	1930 Apr 10-11
Box 3, Folder 67	Equipment Loan Agreement: Standard Oil	1929 Feb 28
Box 4, Folder 68	Expenditures: Adams Fund	1929
Box 4, Folder 69	Expenditures: Bacteriology, Department of	1914-1926
Box 4, Folder 70	Expenditures: Bond Issue	1929
Box 4, Folder 71	Expenditures: Buildings, Power, Water, & Sewerage	1929
Box 4, Folder 72	Expenditures: Capper Ketchum Fund	1929
Box 4, Folder 73	Expenditures: Current Fund	1929
Box 4, Folder 74	Expenditures: East Hall and South Hall Meals	1928 Jan-Feb
Box 4, Folder 75	Expenditures: Experiment Station	1929
Box 4, Folder 76	Expenditures: Farm Fund for Eastern, Northern, Southern RI	1927
Box 4, Folder 77	Expenditures: Federal Extension	1929
Box 4, Folder 78	Expenditures: Hatch Fund	1929
Box 4, Folder 79	Expenditures: Hatch, Adams, and Purnell, Miscellaneous funds	1929-1930
Box 4, Folder 80	Expenditures: Morrill Fund	1928
Box 4, Folder 81	Expenditures: Purnell Fund	1929
Box 4, Folder 82	Expenditures: Smith Lever Fund	1928
Box 4, Folder 83	Expenditures: State Feeding Stuffs Inspection	1927-1929
Box 4, Folder 84	Expenditures: State Fertilizer Control	1927-1929
Box 4, Folder 85	Expenditures: State Maintenance	1928-1929
Box 4, Folder 86	Expenditures: Trust Fund	1928
Box 4, Folder 87	Explanation of Estimates	1930
Box 5, Folder 88	Faculty Proposals and Petitions	1908-1924
Box 5, Folder 89	Farm Census, Expense Incurred	undated
Box 5, Folder 90	Harrington, Ida M., State Leader	1921
Box 5, Folder 90A	Kingston Inn	1923 Aug 13
Box 5, Folder 91	Land Grant College Survey	undated
Box 5, Folder 92	Livestock	1915
Box 5, Folder 93	May, Dr. Henry: Eulogy, Correspondence With Widow	1927
Box 5, Folder 94	Michigan Agricultural College: Appointment Recommendation Letters	1890
Box 5, Folder 95	Military Inspection of the College	1914
Box 5, Folder 96	Narragansett Pier & Seaview Railroad Consolidation Proposal	1920
Box 5, Folder 97	Oatley, Lincoln N.: Land Lease	1919 Sep 15
Box 5, Folder 98	Prohibition: Enforcement Letter to Town Council	1925
Box 5, Folder 99	Report for the Scholastic Year	1909
Box 5, Folder 100	Rhode Island Sheep Industry: Correspondence & Discussion	undated
Box 5, Folder 101	Testimonials, miscellaneous	1886
Box 5, Folder 102	Weldin, Dr. John C.: Appointment, Correspondence	1927
Box 5, Folder 103	West Virginia University: Appointment as President, Correspondence	1900

Series II. Speeches and Writings
3 box(es)
(1.25 linear feet)

This series consists of Edwards' editorials, speeches, and writings. His writings include manuscripts for essays on subjects that interested him, articles, and editorials. The manuscripts are arranged in alphabetical order by subject or title. Most are undated. The editorials and published articles are in chronological order within the folders. The folder "List of Addresses, Speeches and Speakers" consists of a typescript list of baccalaureate addresses given by Dr. Edwards and a handwritten list of commencement speakers for the years 1903-1926.

Arrangement: Folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically by date.

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 1	Editorials	1890-1928
Box 1, Folder 2	List of Addresses, Speeches and Speakers	1908-1929
Box 1, Folder 3	Manuscripts A-C	undated
Box 1, Folder 4	Manuscripts D-L	undated
Box 1, Folder 5	Manuscripts M-S	undated
Box 1, Folder 6	Manuscripts T-Z	undated
Box 1, Folder 7	Manuscripts, incomplete-On Better Worldliness	undated
Box 1, Folder 8	Manuscripts, incomplete-Concerning Gold, Silver and the Monetary Question	undated
Box 2, Folder 9	Manuscripts, incomplete-Idealism in Our History	undated
Box 2, Folder 10	Manuscripts, incomplete-On Societies and Individualism	undated
Box 2, Folder 11	Manuscripts, incomplete-Soils and Forests	undated
Box 2, Folder 12	Manuscripts, incomplete-Concerning Soldiers	undated
Box 2, Folder 13	Manuscripts, incomplete-Use of Dialect	undated
Box 2, Folder 14	Manuscripts, On the Future of the College & its Needs	undated
Box 2, Folder 15	Published Articles	1892-1927
Box 2, Folder 16	Speeches	1888
Box 2, Folder 17	Speeches	1907
Box 2, Folder 18	Speeches	1908
Box 2, Folder 19	Speeches	1909
Box 2, Folder 20	Speeches	1910
Box 2, Folder 21	Speeches	1911
Box 2, Folder 22	Speeches	1912
Box 2, Folder 23	Speeches	1913
Box 2, Folder 24	Speeches	1914
Box 2, Folder 25	Speeches	1915
Box 2, Folder 26	Speeches	1916
Box 2, Folder 27	Speeches	1917
Box 2, Folder 28	Speeches	1918
Box 3, Folder 29	Speeches	1919
Box 3, Folder 30	Speeches	1921
Box 3, Folder 31	Speeches	1922
Box 3, Folder 32	Speeches	1923
Box 3, Folder 33	Speeches	1924
Box 3, Folder 34	Speeches	1925
Box 3, Folder 35	Speeches	1926
Box 3, Folder 36	Speeches	1927
Box 3, Folder 37	Speeches	1928
Box 3, Folder 38	Speeches	1929
Box 3, Folder 39	Speeches, A-E	undated
Box 3, Folder 40	Speeches, F-N	undated
Box 3, Folder 41	Speeches, O-Z	undated
Box 3, Folder 42	Speeches, Untitled	undated

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