Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Chicago, University of, Central Administration, letterbooks
University of Chicago Central Administration letterbooks
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| Notes: | The collection is open for research.
The University of Chicago Central Administration letterbooks cover the administrations of Max Mason, Robert Maynard Hutchins, and Lawrence A. Kimpton. Mason was the first President to come from outside the University. He oversaw a period of expansion, including the creation of a hundred new faculty positions, the completion of the hospitals, and a new football stadium. Under his successor, however, varsity football was eliminated; Hutchins sought to focus on cementing the University's reputation for intellectual rigor, particularly at the undergraduate level where he championed a liberal, non-specialized education. Despite his involvement with government projects on campus during wartime, notably the Manhattan Project, Hutchins was a defender of academic freedom who protected his faculty against post-war charges of communism. Kimpton's administration was similarly ambitious, presiding over a controversial urban renewal project in Hyde Park to boost declining enrollment.
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| Summary: | Consists of carbon copies of outgoing correspondence of university presidents, vice-presidents, and other officials. This correspondence covers academic and administrative matters.
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| Cite as: | When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: University of Chicago. Central Administration. Letterbooks, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
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| Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note: | Finding aid available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637.
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