Samuel Avery, Subject Correspondence, Chancellor
Records
Title: Samuel Avery,
Subject Correspondence, Chancellor Records
Creator: Avery, Samuel, 1865-1936
Dates: 1909-1926
Quantity: 3 boxes (1.5 linear
feet)
Collection Number: RG 05-10-04
Language: English
Restrictions: None
Access and Use: For information on access or copyright, please see our guidelines
or email archives@unl.edu.
Historical Records Statement: Please see our statement on historical records and materials.
Preferred Citation: Samuel Avery, Subject Correspondence, Chancellor Records (RG 05-10-04). 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:
These Chancellor records include subject files associated with university
departments, programs, and associated campus activities.
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 1-3. Absence, leave of, 1909-1927
Box 1. Folder 4. Agricultural College, 1913-1925
Box 1. Folder 5-7. Appointment, assignment forms, 1925-1926
Box 1. Folder 8. Arts College, deanship, 1924-1925
Box 1. Folder 9. Athletics, 1923-1925
Box 1. Folder 10. Carnegie Foundation, pensions 1909
Box 1. Folder 11. Cornhusker, 1921-1923
Box 1. Folder 12. Dean of Colleges, 1910-1926
Box 1. Folder 13. Educational associations, 1918-1927
Box 1. Folder 14. Faculty, committees, 1910-1926
Box 2. Folder 1. Memos, to instructors, 1914-1925
Box 2. Folder 2-3. Inaugural invitations, 1921-1926
Box 2. Folder 4. Joshi, D. Samuel, lectures, 1922-1923
Box 2. Folder 5. Law College, deanship, 1920
Box 2. Folder 6. Medical College (Omaha), 1909-1921
Box 2. Folder 7. Ku Klux Klan, 1921
Box 2. Folder 8. Legislature, 1923-1925
Box 2. Folder 9. Librarian position, 1924
Box 2. Folder 10. Missouri Valley Conference, 1915-1922
Box 2. Folder 11-14. Military Department, 1918-1926
Box 2. Folder 15. Morrill Hall, 1925
Box 3. Folder 1. Petitions, 1914-1916
Box 3. Folder 2. Resignations, 1909-1926
Box 3. Folder 3. Resignations, 1909-1926
Box 3. Folder 4. ROTC, special training, War Department, 1918-1919
Box 3. Folder 5. ROTC, special training, War Department, 1918-1919
Box 3. Folder 6. Scholarships, Rhodes, 1919-1926
Box 3. Folder 7. Seymour, George N. regent reports, 1925
Box 3. Folder 8. Student organization, 1915-1926
Box 3. Folder 9. Teachers College, 1920-1922
Box 3. Folder 10. Teachers College, deanship, 1921
|