File #4951: "1949-1950 Catalog, V.U. History, Library, Organizations."

1949-1950 Catalog, V.U. History, Library, Organizations.

Indiana-History; Vincennes (Ind.)-History; College Publications

Pg. 12-13. Left page: HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY, cont.: Describes Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury; the land grant; the incorporation and naming of the university in 1906; the first Board of Trustees: William Henry Harrison, John Gibson Sr., Waller Taylor, Henry Vanderburgh, John Badollet, Nathaniel Ewing, John Rice Jones, Jacob Kuykendall, Elias McNamee, Samuel Gwathney, John Johnson, Luke Decker, Francis Vigo, William Bullett, James Johnson, George Wallace, Jr., General Washington Johnston. Describes the beginning of instruction in 1810 with the Rev. Samuel Scott as the first president; makeup of the Board, election of trustees, Knox County financial appropriations; the establishment of the public status of Vincennes University. Right page: HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY, cont. Describes the Indiana State Teachers Retirement Fund, State Fund appropriations, and the present status of Vincennes University as unique in the educational world. LIBRARY: Describes the collection, cataloguing, access to the Carnegie Library of Vincennes, research, and reference material. SOCIAL LIFE & STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: Describes Publications, University Choir, Alpha Iota Upsilon.

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

1949-1950

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

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