General Correspondence | University of Illinois Archives

Description: General correspondence or subject file of President George D. Stoddard including correspondence, reports, memoranda, publications and files received from or sent to trustees, deans, other university administrators, faculty and the public concerning admissions policies and enrollment statistics; reports of colleges, schools, institutes, bureaus and departments; alumni activities; American Council on Education, Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities and other associations of universities and university administrators; athletic boards, relations and contests; budgets; audits and financial reports; building program; Chicago and Galesburg branches; Chicago professional Colleges; commencement; committees; relations with trustees, provost, comptroller and deans; extension work and Allerton Park; high school relations; housing; state departments and federal agencies; inaugurations at other colleges and universities; invitations and engagements to speak at public meetings; non-academic personnel; physical plant; recommendations for purchase and vouchers; University Foundations; General Assembly visits and sessions and legislative bills; gifts and estates; monthly trustees meetings; sabbatical leave requests and reports; military training; state natural resources surveys; scholarships; University Senate; summer session; public information and similar administrative affairs. This general subject file contains significant material on educational policy changes, trustees meetings and the 1950-51 College of Commerce controversy.