This is a folder from the collection of papers of William Watts Folwell. Documents include: “Prof. Jas. A. Dodge Statement of Receipts and Disbursements [?] Chemical Laboratory”; correspondence, “Special Requisition” forms in areas of engineering and physics, chemistry, astronomy, and the library.
Creator:
Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
This folder from the collection of papers of William Watts Folwell includes: a sketch of Calvin and Charlotte M. Tuttle and Taylor and George deed lands; summary of Morrill Agricultural Act of 1862; William R. Marshall, Governor of Minnesota, petition to give construction to ""Existing Laws Granting Lands for the use of a State University""; sum...
Creator:
Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
This folder from the collection of papers of William Watts Folwell includes: book request slips; a proposal from the Minneapolis Athenaeum Library Association for university students and faculty to have access to their library for an annual fee; handwritten notes about the need for a librarian; November 1886 ""Notes for talks to new students on ...
Creator:
Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
This is a folder from the collection of papers of William Watts Folwell. Items include: a comparison of the states as to square miles, population trends, etc.; notes for a talk to graduates (circa 1876); an 1883 flyer for summer school for teachers from the State department of public instruction; statistics regarding the number of instructors, s...
Creator:
Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
This is a folder from the collection of papers of William Watts Folwell, which includes two early sketches of campus: ""Approximate site of the University School Building"" drawn circa 1909, of the original site of the university near Central and University Avenues; and a sketch of campus with the Manitoba Railway tracks highlighted and penciled...
Creator:
Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
This folder from the collection of papers of William Watts Folwell contains various histories of the university: handwritten ""Although the actual development of the University of Minnesota has chiefly taken place within the last twenty years, its inception as a [unclear] dates back almost to the territorial organization.""; handwritten ""It is ...
Creator:
Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
This is a folder from the collection of papers of William Watts Folwell. It includes: handwritten fragment regarding building a drill hall; handwritten statement about selecting nonsectarian officers of the University; typed document ""Some recollections of Charles R. Chute regarding the opening of the State University of Minnesota in the latter...
Creator:
Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
This is a folder from the collection of papers of William Watts Folwell. Multiple documents related to Folwell's Plan of Organization for the university: ""Miscellaneous papers relating to what Professor E.J. Thompson called the, ""magnificent defense"" of Folwell to his plan of organization""; ""letter of 23 pages dated July 15, 1872 was prepar...
Creator:
Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
This folder from the collection of papers of William Watts Folwell includes a seal drawing, and list of attributions for original idea and motto, first sketch, and first drawing.
Creator:
Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
This folder from the collection of papers of William Watts Folwell includes: Board of Regents resolutions, documentation, and correspondence about university organization; handwritten ""Organization of the Geological and Natural History Survey""; faculty recommendations; suggestions to the Regents August 1872; 1874 correspondence to the Regents ...
Creator:
Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
This folder from the collection of papers of William Watts Folwell includes: Bryan Prize papers on Party Allegiance in Municipal Elections by Paul Adams, O.F. Hawkins, and third unknown author.
Creator:
Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
