Content Description Board of Trustees minutes, including subcommittee meeting minutes. Volume 13 (February 1909-16 March 1915) is missing; this period is covered by a typescript created by the Works Progress Administration in 1938, which addresses only the Medical School. From 1973 through 1979, substantial minutes of the executive sessions were created and maintained. From 1979 through 1982, there are a few sets of minutes of executive sessions which are missing from the holdings of the University Archives;...

Brief Description of the Collection

Records of the University of Louisville's Presidential Search Committee. Records include proposal from search firm Fink and Associates, list of desirable characteristics of a future president, community comments, feedback received during listening tours, procedures, interview schedule, and talking points for announcement of new president Neeli Bendapudi.

Content Description

The Edwin G. Middleton papers consist of materials from his tenure on the University of Louisville Board of Trustees. These materials include correspondence, committee minutes, and working papers related to his time as a regular trustee (1964-1974) and as chairman of the board (1970-1974). Many of the resources deal with the University’s successful transition to the state system of higher education and the search for the next University president in 1964.

Scope and Contents These are the papers of Mary Katherine Bonsteel Tachau, Ph.D., noted constitutional historian and professor. The collection dates from 1950 to 1990, with the bulk dating from 1965 to 1990. This collection of 24.25 linear feet documents Tachau's teaching career at the University of Louisville, her professional activities, and her scholarly contributions.The papers of Mary Katherine Bonsteel Tachau (1926-1990), noted constitutional historian and professor of history, were donated...