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Offices of the Provost
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Before the establishment of the Office of the President in 1930, the Provost served as the head of the University of Pennsylvania and was responsible for both the academic and the administrative activities of the university. For records of the central administration prior to 1930, also see the General Administration Records, 1749 - 1930.

 

Offices of the Provost Records

 

Duties of the Provost, Co-education, and the University's Relations to the State, 1859-1897

 

Office of the Provost Records

Administrations of:

William Smith, 1754 - 1779, Records, 1762 - 1772

William Pepper, Jr., 1881 - 1894, Records, 1887 - 1892

Charles Custis Harrison, 1894 - 1910, Records, 1854 - 1943

Josiah Harmar Penniman, 1921 - 1940, Records, 1887 - 1941

Paul Howard Musser, 1944 - 1951, Records, 1949 - 1950

General Files, 1924 - 1992

 

Office of the Vice Provost Records

General Files, 1953 - 1985

Departmental Records, 1956 - 1959

Office of the Vice Provost for Research Records, 1956 - 1997

Vice Provost for University Life. Women's Oral History Project, 1949 - 1983

Vice Provost for Information Systems and Computing Records, 1991 - 1992

 

List of the Provosts and Presidents of the University of Pennsylvania

 

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