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Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Committee Reports and Correspondence, 1852 - 1970

UPA 1.51

4 Cubic ft., one oversize package

 

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Oversize Box 1   A package of miscellaneous notes and designs for the University seal, including the design of the University seal that began to be officially used July 1, 1930 and formally approved by Trustees June 20, 1932.
Oversize Box 2   Guide to the Use of the Seal and Arms of the University of Pennsylvania (4 copies);
   

Statutes of the Corporation (revised Dec. 1904) by Rev. Jesse Young Burk;

Notes by Professor Charles E. Dana, William H. Horstman, Co., etc.

Designs for the proposed flag for the University of Pennsylvania by Professor John Nioms;

Old Penn, Vol. 8, #35, June 18, 1910;

The origin and seal of the University of Pennsylvania (reprint from the General Magazine and Historical Chronicle, April 1930, 6 copies);

Report of the Committee on Seal and Coat of Arms, June 1932 (2 copies);

Proposed flag designs, miscellaneous photographs and articles dealing with the flag and seal;

Report of the Committee Appointed by the Trustees to Consider a New Seal, a Coat of Arms and Flag, May 1931

Oversize 3   (package) Seal and shield (on wall plaque), 1905
Box R1    
  FF 6 Professor Allen’s remarks on the letter and by-laws reported 3 Nov. 1852
  FF 7 Trustee report, 1866
  FF 8 "A Report on the Constitutional Relations," 1879
  FF 9 Committee report, re resignation of Herman V. Hilprecht, 1911
  FF 10 Committee of the Medical Department, confidential report, 1859
  FF 11 Special Committee on the Medical Department, 1876
  FF 12 Charles P. Krauth’s letter re a Trustee committee report, 1880
  FF 13 John Stewardson Memorial Scholarship, 1897, 1904
  FF 14 Findings of Trustees against Herman V. Hilprecht, 1908
  FF 15 Committee report and resolutions, 13 Apr. 1914
  FF 16 Fine Arts report, 1920
  FF 17 Committee of Faculty Representatives on University Policy, report 1920
  FF 18 Committee on University Policy, report, 1920
  FF 19 Informal Conference on University Policy, memorandum, 1920
  FF 20 Committee on University Policy, report, 1921
  FF 21 Research Committee, report, 1930
  FF 22 Committee on Seal and Coat of Arms, report, 1932
  FF 23 Committee for the Physical Development of the University, report, 1948
  FF 24 Financial Aid Study Committee, report, 1970
Box R2  
  FF 1 Committees on Hygiene, Education, Graduate School, Physical Education, Towne Scientific, Veterinary, Wharton, and Dental Schools, 1912 May 31-1916 May 24
  FF 2 Minutes of the stated meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University, Nov. 3 1852; By-law; Henry Vethake to William M. Meredith, Nov. 27, 1852; Henry Reed’s letter, Jan. 21, 1853; Professor George Allen’s Remarks; Objections to a Reorganization of the University Considered, Mar. 21, 1853; A. Dallas Bache to A. Potter, Aug. 2, 1852, "1852" on the book spine; "presented by Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith for the Archives of the University, July, 1922" on the first page
  FF 3 The Report of a Committee on Seal and a Coat of Arms, June 1932
  FF 4 Committee on Educational Policy and Planning, Report, 1946 Oct. 1 (two copies)

 

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