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Description:: This is a folder from the collection of papers of William Watts Folwell. It includes: sketch of Drill Hall, Gymnasium, and Skating Rink (undated); sketch of Agricultural Building (August 1873); Regent Gilfillan's draft of a Resolution regarding building; ""Memorandum of work on old building"" and other information regarding Old Main, Folwell Hal...
Creator:: Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Page Count:: 76
Last Updated:: 2025-01-07

Description:: This folder from the collection of papers of William Watts Folwell includes: diagram of plan for Collegiate Department; Grid of courses given by faculty for 1878-1879; “The Latin School” summary of enrollment in the “College of Science, Literature, and the Arts” and the “Collegiate Department” and by “Gentlemen” and “Ladies” for 1871-1872; Handw...
Creator:: Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Page Count:: 45
Last Updated:: 2025-01-07

Description:: 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.
Page Count:: 14
Last Updated:: 2025-01-07

Description:: 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.
Page Count:: 51
Last Updated:: 2025-01-07

Description:: 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.
Page Count:: 48
Last Updated:: 2025-01-07

Description:: 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.
Page Count:: 60
Last Updated:: 2025-01-07

Description:: 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.
Page Count:: 3
Last Updated:: 2025-01-07

Description:: 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.
Page Count:: 141
Last Updated:: 2025-01-07

Description:: 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.
Page Count:: 35
Last Updated:: 2025-01-07

Description:: 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.
Page Count:: 98
Last Updated:: 2025-01-07