Samuel Avery, University Correspondence, Chancellor
Records
Title: Samuel Avery, University
Correspondence, Chancellor Records
Creator: Avery, Samuel,
1865-1936
Dates: 1908-1928
Quantity: 7
boxes (3 linear feet)
Collection Number: RG
05-10-03
Language: English
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Preferred Citation: Samuel Avery, University Correspondence, Chancellor Records (RG 05-10-03). Archives &
Special Collections, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries.
Biography:
Samuel Avery served as Chancellor of the University from 1908-1928. He attended the University
of Nebraska and received a B.A. in 1892, and his M.A. in 1894. He studied for his Ph.D. in
Heidelberg, receiving his diploma in 1896. Avery began teaching at the University in 1897 as an
adjunct professor of chemistry. From 1899-1901 he taught at the University of Idaho. He returned
to Nebraska in 1901, teaching classes on organic analytical chemistry and agricultural
chemistry. In 1905, he became Professor of Chemistry. While born in Illinois, within a year of
his birth, the Avery family moved to Saline County, Nebraska. Avery died on January 25, 1936, in
Lincoln, Nebraska.
For more information, please visit the Office of the Chancellor, Samuel Avery.
Scope and Content:
This correspondence includes letters to and from individuals associated with the University of
Nebraska, organized alphabetically by last name.
Subjects:
Avery, Samuel, 1865-1936
University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus). Office of the
Chancellor
University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus) -- Administration
Universities and colleges -- Administration -- Nebraska
College administrators -- Nebraska
University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus) -- Administration --
History -- Sources
Container List:
Box 1. Folder 1. Correspondence, Adjutant General, U. S. Army, 1916-1926
Box 1. Folder 2. Correspondence, Alexander, H. B., chair, Philosophy, 1918-1926
Box 1. Folder 3. Correspondence, Allen, C. S., Regent, 1909-1920
Box 1. Folder 4. Correspondence, Andrews, E. B., Chancellor Emeritus, 1915-1917
Box 1. Folder 5. Correspondence, Avery, Samuel, Chancellor, 1923-1927
Box 1. Folder 6. Correspondence, Barber, G. E., chair, Roman History, Literature, 1911-1916
Box 1. Folder 7. Correspondence, Barbour, E. H., Curator of Museum, State Geologist, 1910-1926
Box 1. Folder 8. Correspondence, Bessey, Charles E., dean, Industrial College, 1908
Box 1. Folder 9. Correspondence, Bolton, T. L., professor, Philosophy, 1909
Box 1. Folder 10. Correspondence, Bouton, Rosa, chair, Home Economics, 1912
Box 1. Folder 11. Correspondence, Bradford, H. E., Principal, Agricultural School, chair, Vocational
Education, 1912-1913
Box 1. Folder 12. Correspondence, Brownell, Herbert, chair, Secondary School Sciences, 1910-1917
Box 1. Folder 13. Correspondence, Brownell, Herbert Jr., Alumnus, U. S. Attorney General, 1924-1925
Box 1. Folder 14. Correspondence, Bruner, Lawrence, professor, Entomology, 1922-1927
Box 1. Folder 15. Correspondence, Bryan, Charles W., Governor, 1914-1924
Box 1. Folder 16. Correspondence, Bryan, William J., Secretary of State, 1915-1925
Box 1. Folder 17. Correspondence, Buck, O. O., Secretary, Nebraska Press Association, 1921-1926
Box 1. Folder 18. Correspondence, Buck, P. M., dean, Arts & Sciences, 1910-1921
Box 1. Folder 19. Correspondence, Buck, P. M., dean, Arts & Sciences, 1922-1926
Box 1. Folder 20. Correspondence, Burnett, E. A., dean, Agricultural College, 1909-1915
Box 1. Folder 21. Correspondence, Burnett, E. A., dean, Agricultural College, 1916-1917
Box 2. Folder 1-2. Correspondence, Burnett, E. A., dean, Agricultural College, 1918
Box 2. Folder 3. Correspondence, Burnett, E. A., dean, Agricultural College, 1919-1920
Box 2. Folder 4. Correspondence, Burnett, E. A., dean, Agricultural College, 1921
Box 2. Folder 5. Correspondence, Burnett, E. A., dean, Agricultural College, 1922
Box 2. Folder 6. Correspondence, Burnett, E. A., dean, Agricultural College, 1923
Box 2. Folder 7. Correspondence, Burnett, E. A., dean, Agricultural College, 1924
Box 2. Folder 8. Correspondence, Burnett, E. A., dean Agriculture College, 1925
Box 2. Folder 9. Correspondence, Burnett, E. A., dean, Agricultural College, 1926-1927
Box 2. Folder 10. Correspondence, Burr, W. W., chair, Agronomy, 1916-1922
Box 2. Folder 11. Correspondence, Caldwell, H. W., professor, History, 1913-1926
Box 2. Folder 12. Correspondence, Candy, A. L., chair, Mathematics, 1917-1927
Box 2. Folder 13. Correspondence, Chase, L. W., professor, Agricultural Engineering, 1919
Box 2. Folder 14. Correspondence, Clapp, R. G., professor, Physical Education, director,
Athletics, 1909-1926
Box 2. Folder 15. Correspondence, Cline, Earl, Regent, 1926
Box 3. Folder 1. Correspondence, Condra, G. E., director, Conservation & Survey
Division, 1912-1926
Box 3. Folder 2. Correspondence, Cutter, Irving S., dean, Medical School, 1909-1915
Box 3. Folder 3. Correspondence, Cutter, Irving S., dean, Medical School, 1916
Box 3. Folder 4. Correspondence, Cutter, Irving S., dean, Medical School, 1917-1920
Box 3. Folder 5. Correspondence, Cutter, Irving S., dean, Medical School, 1921-1926
Box 3. Folder 6. Correspondence, Dales, J. S., Secretary, Board of Regents, 1912-1926
Box 3. Folder 7. Correspondence, Dann, W. F., chair, Fine Arts History & Criticism, 1919
Box 3. Folder 8. Correspondence, Dawson, F. T., chair, Physical Education, Dean of Men, Football
Coach, 1922-1925
Box 3. Folder 9. Correspondence, Dentistry, College of, 1918-1924
Box 3. Folder 10. Correspondence, Doane, G. H., director, University Libraries, 1925-1926
Box 3. Folder 11. Correspondence, Engberg, C. C., Executive dean, 1909-1928
Box 3. Folder 12. Correspondence, Evans, H. A., Purchasing Agent, 1915-1920
Box 3. Folder 13. Correspondence, Ferguson, O. J., dean, Engineering, 1912-1926
Box 3. Folder 14. Correspondence, Fling, F. M., professor, History, 1918-1926
Box 3. Folder 15. Correspondence, Fogg, M. M., director, Journalism, 1917-1926
Box 3. Folder 16. Correspondence, Fordyce, C., dean, Teachers College, 1913-1936
Box 3. Folder 17. Correspondence, Fossler, Lawrence, chair, Germanic Languages, 1915-1926
Box 3. Folder 18. Correspondence, Foster, H. H., dean, Law College, 1920-1926
Box 3. Folder 19. Correspondence, Frandsen, J. H., chair, Dairy Husbandry, 1912-1919
Box 3. Folder 20. Correspondence, Frye, P. H.; professor, Rhetoric, 1914-1918
Box 4. Folder 1. Correspondence, Graham, Mary C., Dean of Women, 1917-1926
Box 4. Folder 2. Correspondence, Grummann, P. H., director, Fine Arts, 1912-1924
Box 4. Folder 3. Correspondence, Grummann, P. H., director, Fine Arts, 1925-1926
Box 4. Folder 4. Correspondence, Gray, L. H., chair, Philosophy, 1923
Box 4. Folder 5. Correspondence, Grubb, G. A., dean, Dentistry, 1923-1924
Box 4. Folder 6. Correspondence, Hall, P. L., Regent, 1920
Box 4. Folder 7. Correspondence, Hayden, Sara, Associate professor, Drawing &
Painting, 1916
Box 4. Folder 8. Correspondence, Heppner, Amanda, Dean of Women, 1917-1925
Box 4. Folder 9. Correspondence, Hastings, W. G., dean, Law College, 1919-1920
Box 4. Folder 10. Correspondence, Hodgon, Charles, University Architects, Chicago,
Illinois 1913-1925
Box 4. Folder 11. Correspondence, Holtz, Harold, Secretary, Alumni Association, 1922-1929
Box 4. Folder 12. Correspondence, Hopt, Erwin, professor, University Farm, 1918
Box 4. Folder 13. Correspondence, Hoover, Herbert, 1917-1926
Box 4. Folder 14. Correspondence, Haller, F. L., Regent, 1914-1920
Box 4. Folder 15. Correspondence, Howard, G. E., chair, Political Science & Sociology, 1914-1923
Box 4. Folder 16. Correspondence, Howell, Alice, Fine Arts, University Players, 1919-1927
Box 4. Folder 17. Correspondence, Hrbkova, Sarka, chair, Slavonic Languages, 1909-1919
Box 4. Folder 18. Correspondence, James, H. G., dean, Arts & Sciences, 1925-1926
Box 4. Folder 19. Correspondence, Johnson, Frank M., professor, 1909-1911
Box 4. Folder 20. Correspondence, Jones, Guernsey, chair, History, 1912-1928
Box 4. Folder 21. Correspondence, Judson, F. W., Regent, 1926
Box 4. Folder 22. Correspondence, Keegan, J. J., dean, Medical College, 1925-1926
Box 4. Folder 23. Correspondence, Kiesselbach, T. A., chair, Experimental Agronomy, 1915
Box 4. Folder 24. Correspondence, Kimball, Willard; director, Music, 1912
Box 5. Folder 1. Correspondence, Landis, H. D., Regent, 1917-1928
Box 5. Folder 2. Correspondence, Lees, J. T., Provost, chair, Ancient Languages, 1919-1926
Box 5. Folder 3. Correspondence, LeRossignol, J. E., dean, Business Administration, 1911-1925
Box 5. Folder 4. Correspondence, Luckey, G. W. A., dean, Education, 1913-1919
Box 5. Folder 5. Correspondence, Luehring, F. W., chair, Physical Education, director,
Athletics, 1920
Box 5. Folder 6. Correspondence, Lyford, V. G., Regent, 1911-1922
Box 5. Folder 7. Correspondence, Lyman, R. A., dean, Pharmacy, 1914-1926
Box 5. Folder 8. Correspondence, MacGahey, Florence I., Registrar, Secretary of Faculty, 1917-1926
Box 5. Folder 9. Correspondence, McKelvie, S. R., Governor, 1919-1922
Box 5. Folder 10. Correspondence, McMullen, Adam, Governor, 1925-1926
Box 5. Folder 11. Correspondence, Mac Lean, J. A., Chancellor, Idaho, 1912-1925
Box 5. Folder 12. Correspondence, Marvin, H. H., chair, Physics, 1922-1925
Box 5. Folder 13. Correspondence, Metcalfe, Richard, Editor, Omaha, Nebraska, 1917-1918
Box 5. Folder 14. Correspondence, Mickey, Clark, Assistant professor, Mechanical Engineering, chair,
Civil Engineering, 1919-1925
Box 5. Folder 15. Correspondence, Morey, Lloyd, Comptroller, Illinois University, 1921-1926
Box 5. Folder 16. Correspondence, Miller, J. E., Regent, Mayor of Lincoln, 1917-1920
Box 5. Folder 17. Correspondence, Morrill, C. H., 1914-1926
Box 6. Folder 1. Correspondence, Neihardt, John G., 1916-1926
Box 6. Folder 2. Correspondence, Neville, Keith, Governor, 1917-1918
Box 6. Folder 3. Correspondence, Newbranch, H. E., Editor, Omaha World
Herald, 1912-1920
Box 6. Folder 4. Correspondence, Norris, G. W., U. S. Senator, 1916-1917
Box 6. Folder 5. Correspondence, Pershing, J. J., 1910-1923
Box 6. Folder 6. Correspondence, Persinger, C. E., professor, History, 1915-1917
Box 6. Folder 7. Correspondence, Pool, R. J., chair, Botany, 1917-1926
Box 6. Folder 8. Correspondence, Pound, Roscoe, 1915-1925
Box 6. Folder 9. Correspondence, Powers, J. H., professor, Zoology, 1909-1916
Box 6. Folder 10. Correspondence, Pugsley, C. W., Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, President, South
Dakota State, 1921-1926
Box 6. Folder 11. Correspondence, Pritchett, Henry S., President, Carnegie Foundation, 1911-1922
Box 6. Folder 12. Correspondence, Reavis, C. F., Congressman, 1916-1918
Box 6. Folder 13. Correspondence, Reed, A. A., Acting director University Extension, Inspector of
Accredited Schools, 1915-1926
Box 6. Folder 14. Correspondence, Roosevelt, T., 1917
Box 6. Folder 15. Correspondence, Scott, R. D., professor, English, Athletics Board
Member, 1918-1926
Box 6. Folder 16. Correspondence, Sealock, W. E., dean, Teachers College, director Summer
Session, 1918-1926
Box 6. Folder 17. Correspondence, Seaton, L. F., operations super, purchasing agent, chair, Mechanical
Engineering, 1918-1921
Box 6. Folder 18. Correspondence, Seaton, L. F., operation super, purchasing agent, chair, Mechanical
Engineering, 1922-1926
Box 6. Folder 19. Correspondence, Seavey, W. A., dean, Law College, 1920-1926
Box 6. Folder 20. Correspondence, Seymour, G. N., Regent, 1920-1926
Box 6. Folder 21. Correspondence, Sheldon, A. E., director, Legislative Reference Bureau, 1911-1917
Box 6. Folder 22. Correspondence, Sherman, L. A., dean, Graduate College, 1909-1926
Box 7. Folder 1. Correspondence, Sjogren, O. W., chair, Agriculture Engineering, 1918-1928
Box 7. Folder 2. Correspondence, Somers, A. B., chair, Obstetrics, Medical College, 1915
Box 7. Folder 3. Correspondence, Stepanek, Orin, Assistant professor, English, 1920-1923
Box 7. Folder 4. Correspondence, Steihm, E. O., director, Athletics, 1916
Box 7. Folder 5. Correspondence, Stout, O. V. P., dean, Engineering, 1912-1920
Box 7. Folder 6. Correspondence, Stuff, F. A., chair, English, Teachers College, 1922-1926
Box 7. Folder 7. Correspondence, Swezey, G. D., professor, Astronomy, 1911-1920
Box 7. Folder 8. Correspondence, Taylor, C. W., Principal, Teachers College High School, 1918-1926
Box 7. Folder 9. Correspondence, Taylor, W.G. L., chair, Political Economy, 1911-1916
Box 7. Folder 10. Correspondence, Thompson, T. J., Dean of Men, 1921-1924
Box 7. Folder 11. Correspondence, Van Es, L., chair, Animal Pathology, 1917
Box 7. Folder 12. Correspondence, Upson, F. W., chair, Chemistry, 1913-1923
Box 7. Folder 13. Correspondence, Wallace, C. W., professor, English Language &
Literature, 1910-1919
Box 7. Folder 14. Correspondence, Warner, W. P., Regent, 1923-1924
Box 7. Folder 15. Correspondence, Warshaw, J., professor, Modern Languages, 1921
Box 7. Folder 16. Correspondence, Weatherly, Arthur, Nebraska Peace Society, 1915-1917
Box 7. Folder 17. Correspondence, Webster, J. R., Scholarship, 1911
Box 7. Folder 18. Correspondence, Wilcox, E. M., professor, Botany, 1908-1921
Box 7. Folder 19. Correspondence, Williams, C. V., Superintendent, Curtis Agricultural
School, 1917-1918
Box 7. Folder 20. Correspondence, Williams, Hattie Plum, chair, Political Sciences, 1915-1925
Box 7. Folder 21. Correspondence, Wolcott, R. H., Acting dean, Medical Colleges, chair,
Zoology, 1913-1919
Box 7. Folder 22. Correspondence, Wyer, M. G., Librarian, 1924-1925
Box 7. Folder 23. Correspondence, Whitmore, W. G., Regent, 1911-1914
Box 7. Folder 24. Correspondence, Whitmore, W. G., Regent, 1915
Box 7. Folder 25. Correspondence, Whitmore, W. G., Regent, 1916-1921
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