ORU_UA001_003.xml Guide to the Office of the President: Frank Strong records Office of the President: Frank Strong records Jenn Newby and Tanya Parlet; updated by Juliana Clark. Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2013; updated 2015; updated 2024.
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Finding aid updated October 2024. New accessions from the Office of the President: Mixed collection (which will no longer exist once the administrations are transferred to the correct collections) were added in this round of processing by processing archivist Juliana Clark. There were 20 folders of materials that were processed into this collection and added into Box 2, and a Box 3 was created. Some of the folders were condensed to save folder supplies. The specific actions taken during processing can be referenced in the UA 001_003 processing plan and processing survey.

 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-10-28. Finding aid is written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Office of the President: Frank Strong records Strong, Frank, 1859-1934 University of Oregon. Office of the President UA 001.003 1.5 linear feet 3 containers 3 manuscript boxes 1899-1902 1883-1905 Frank Strong served as the third president of the University of Oregon from 1899 to 1902. The collection contains records of the Office of the President from 1883-1905, though most of the materials reflect the years 1899-1902. English .

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 Strong, Frank, 1859-1934 University of Oregon University of Oregon. Office of the President College presidents--Oregon--Eugene Universities and colleges Universities and colleges--Oregon Japanese American college students College buildings--Oregon Universities and colleges--Admission Office files Reports Correspondence

Frank Strong was a graduate of Yale University, having received his Master's degree in history in 1893, and his Ph.D in history 1897. He received the John Addison Porter Prize and was a lecturer at Yale from 1897-1899 prior to accepting the position of President at the UO in 1899.

Source: "The Eugene Weekly Guard," https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn84022653/1899-08-12/ed-1/seq-1/#words=Frank+President+president+Strong+Strong%27s

From 1899 to 1902, he served as the third president of the University of Oregon. He worked to make the UO live up to his belief that a university should be a citizen of its state. Gaining approval from the regents to create departments with deans, he brought outstanding individuals to the faculty, devised a plan for accrediting high schools in the state and admitting their students to the university, and improved the library. In spite of disagreements with the regents over a teacher education program, which led to his resignation. He left the UO and accepted the position of Chancellor of the University of Kansas in 1902.

Sources: "Presidential History," http://president.uoregon.edu/history, / "The Eugene Weekly Guard," https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn96088102/1902-05-03/ed-1/seq-5/#words=Frank+presided+president+President+STRONG+Strong

Frank Strong served as the third president of the University of Oregon from 1899 to 1902. The collection contains records of the Office of the President from 1883-1905, though most of the materials reflect the years 1899-1902.

The collection contains correspondence, reports, alumni registration forms, admission applications, and contracts.

Office of the President: Frank Strong records

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