The President’s Office Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2007.207

Scope and Contents

Records consist of subject files of the President’s Office of Southeast Missouri State University, dating from the university's establishment as the Third District Normal School in 1873. Every president is represented except, Alfred Kirk and Charles Dutcher, and Kala Stroup’s files are held in her own external collection. Records include reports, correspondence, contracts, meeting minutes, agendas of groups and legal records. Records are organized into series for each individual president after 1899, within each president’s series they are divided into subject subseries. Within their subseries files are organized chronologically and then alphabetically.

Dates

Creation: 1873-2015

Restrictions

Some materials containing personal information require special permission to access.

Rights Statement

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Biographical / Historical

The University was established in 1873 as the Southeast Missouri Normal School. By legislative enactment in 1919, the institution became "Southeast Missouri State Teachers' College" and was authorized to grant degrees. The name "Southeast Missouri State College" was adopted on September 21, 1946, by permission of the Missouri General Assembly. The changing curricula and educational mission of the school were reflected in the latest modification on August 24, 1972, when the Board of Regents, acting under authority from the Missouri Legislature, approved the name "Southeast Missouri State University." (From the Southeast Missouri State University Undergraduate Bulletin, 2002-2003, p.3) https://semo.edu/about/president/president-history.html This is a webpage with each president’s term and biographical history recorded.

Full Extent

58 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Subject files from the Office of the President of Southeast Missouri State University, dating from the university's establishment as the Third District Normal School in 1873. Each president of the university from 1873-2015 is represented in this collection, except for Alfred Kirk (1876-1877), and Charles H. Dutcher (1877-1880).