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Historical note: 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.

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

• Office of the Provost Records

  	General Files, 1924 - 1992
  	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

• 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 Information Systems and Computing Records, 1991 - 1992

Lists of the Provosts and Presidents of the University of Pennsylvania