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Mss 909
Dennison, George M. (George Marshel), 1935-2017
George M. Dennison Papers
1950-2017
3.0 linear feet
3 electronic files (6.52 megabytes of electronic files)
George M. Dennison was a student of history, a U.S. Navy veteran, and a longtime member of the Academy. He spent his professional career teaching history and serving in university administration, including as President of the University of Montana from 1990-2010. This collection contains lectures notes, research notes, and drafts of manuscripts, including drafts of a book he was writing about the history of the University of Montana at the time of his death in 2017.
Materials are inEnglish
Biographical Note
George Dennison was born on August 11, 1935 in Buffalo, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1953 to 1957 and married his wife, Jane Irene Schroeder, in 1954. They had two children born in 1956 and 1958. Following his military service, Dennison received his Bachelor of Arts degree, with Highest Honors, from the University of Montana in 1962. He continued his education at the University of Montana receiving a Master of Arts in history in 1963. Leaving Montana, Dennison pursued his Ph.D. in history from the University of Washington, graduating in 1967.
Dennison began his professional career at the University of Arkansas where he worked as an assistant professor of history from 1967 to 1968. In the 1968-1969 academic year, he taught as a visiting professor of history at the University of Washington before accepting a job teaching at Colorado State University. Dennison worked at Colorado State University from 1969 to 1987 earning the title of Professor of History. While at Colorado State University Dennison also assumed the roles of Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Associate Dean for International Development, Graduate School; Acting Academic Vice President; and Director of Admissions and Records. He served as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of History at Western Michigan University from 1987 to 1990. In 1990, Dennison assumed the role of President at the University of Montana and served until he retired in 2010.
George M. Dennison passed away on January 3, 2017, from Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
The George M. Dennison Papers contain Dennison's personal papers. These include his original lectures from his many years as a professor of history; his research notes for a two-volume history of the University of Montana; draft copies of the unpublished book, tentatively titled
The University of Montana: Institutional Mythology and Historical Reality, that he did not finish before his death; and his research notes and an unpublished article about the Missoula County High School Board.
This collection has been arranged into three series:
Series I: History Lectures and Course Materials, circa 1967-1990, 1.5 linear feet
Series II: University of Montana History, circa 2010-2017, 1.25 linear feet and 2 electronic files
Series III: Missoula County High School Board, circa 2016, 0.25 linear feet and 1 electronic file
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This collection was in three different locations prior to donation to the Archives, including in Dennison's home and office.
The majority of the collection contents were donated to the Archives by Jane Dennison in 2018.
This collection was divided into series during processing.
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University of Montana--Missoula. Office of the President.
University of Montana--Missoula. Administration
University of Montana--Missoula. History
University of Montana--Missoula. Presidents
Colorado State University. Faculty
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Missoula County High School. Board of Trustees
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The University of Montana: Institutional Mythology and Historical Reality
Series I
History Lectures and Course Materials
circa 1967-1990
1.5 linear feet
Series I is largely comprised of lecture notes and course materials from Dennison’s many years as a professor of history.
Original order and folder titles were maintained during processing.
1/1Constitutional Revolution Continued, The Court Fight and the Reversal of 1937, Lecture XIIIcirca 1967-1990
1/2The Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in the Social Sciences1950
1/3Hughes Court, Lecture XIIcirca 1967-1990
1/4Constitutional History, Lecture XIVcirca 1967-1990
1/5Constitutional Revolution, Conference Notescirca 1967-1990
1/6The New Republic, 1787-1815circa 1967-1990
1/7Diagram of Constitutional Functioningcirca 1967-1990
1/8Lists of Court Casescirca 1967-1990
1/9Triumph of Institutionalismcirca 1967-1990
1/10Women's Rights Lecturescirca 1967-1990
1/11History 413, Introduction circa 1967-1990
1/12America in 1763, Lecture Icirca 1967-1990
1/13The Imperial Crisis, Lecture IIcirca 1967-1990
1/14The Revolution Consummated: 1774-1776, Lecture IIIcirca 1967-1990
1/15Consolidating the Revolution, Lecture IVcirca 1967-1990
1/16The New Nation, Lecture Vcirca 1967-1990
1/17The Problem of an Acceptable Political Theory, Lecture VIcirca 1967-1990
1/18History 265, Introduction circa 1967-1990
1/19History 265, U.S. in the 1950scirca 1967-1990
1/20Politics of the 1950s, Lecture IIcirca 1967-1990
1/21The Kennedy Year, Lecture IIIcirca 1967-1990
1/22The Johnson Years, Lecture IVcirca 1967-1990
1/23The Socio-Economic Milieu of the 1960s, Lecture Vcirca 1967-1990
1/24The Election of 1968, Lecture VIcirca 1967-1990
1/25The Nixon Years and Watergate, Lecture VIIcirca 1967-1990
1/26History 477, Introductioncirca 1967-1990
1/27Colonial Constitution, Lecture I circa 1967-1990
1/28The Revolution, Lecture IIcirca 1967-1990
1/29Re-Establishing Authority, Lecture IIIcirca 1967-1990
1/30Articles of Confederation, Lecture IVcirca 1967-1990
1/31The Convention of 1787, Lecture Vcirca 1967-1990
1/32Constitution and Ratification, Lecture VIcirca 1967-1990
1/33Federalist Period, Lecture VIIcirca 1967-1990
1/34Jeffersonian Constitutionalism, Lecture IXcirca 1967-1990
1/35The Marshall Court, Lecture XIcirca 1967-1990
1/36The Crisis of the Twenties and the Marshall Court, Lecture XIIcirca 1967-1990
2/1Jacksonian Democracy and Popular Sovereignty, lecture XIIIcirca 1967-1990
2/2Course Toward the Civil War, Lecture XIVcirca 1967-1990
2/3Civil War, Lecture XVcirca 1967-1990
2/4Constitutional history, 1865-1971, Lecture I circa 1967-1990
2/5Reconstruction, Lecture IIcirca 1967-1990
2/6Supreme Court During Reconstruction, Lecture IIIcirca 1967-1990
2/7Revolution to Revolution: Federalism Revisited, Lecture IVcirca 1967-1990
2/8The Fuller Court and the Progressives, Lecture V and VIIcirca 1967-1990
2/9The Fuller Court and the 90s, Lecture VIIIcirca 1967-1990
2/10The Warren Court, Lecture XVIcirca 1967-1990
2/11The Nixon Courtcirca 1967-1990
2/12Constitutional Dutycirca 1967-1990
2/13New Governmentcirca 1967-1990
2/14Tragedy of Progressivism, Lecture IXcirca 1967-1990
2/15White to Taft and Prohibitioncirca 1967-1990
2/16The Taft Court, Lecture XIcirca 1967-1990
2/17The Vinson Interlude, Lecture XVcirca 1967-1990
2/18Hamilton, Lecture IIIcirca 1967-1990
2/19Political Parties, Lecture IVcirca 1967-1990
2/20Free Speech, Alien and Sedition Acts, Lecture VIcirca 1967-1990
2/21Party Development to 1800, Lecture VIIIcirca 1967-1990
2/22The Election of 1800, IXcirca 1967-1990
2/23Environmentalism and American Thought, Lecture Xcirca 1967-1990
2/24Jefferson, Lecture XIcirca 1967-1990
2/25Jeffersonian Republicans in Power, Lecture XIIcirca 1967-1990
2/26Jeffersonian Republicans in Power II, Lecture XIIIcirca 1967-1990
2/27The Madisonian Alternatives, Lecture XIVcirca 1967-1990
2/28The War of 1812, Lecture XVcirca 1967-1990
2/29Jeffersonian Tradition, Lecture XVIcirca 1967-1990
3/1An Age In transition, Lecture XVIIcirca 1967-1990
3/2Seminar 550circa 1967-1990
3/3Federalism to 1815, Lecture XVcirca 1967-1990
3/4History 150, Lecture Icirca 1967-1990
3/5European Background, Lecture IIcirca 1967-1990
3/6The Indian Problem, Lecture IIIcirca 1967-1990
3/7English Settlements in the Seventeenth Century, Lecture IVcirca 1967-1990
3/8From Settlement to Provincialism, Lecture Vcirca 1967-1990
3/9Proprietary Colonies in Pennsylvania, Lecture VIcirca 1967-1990
3/10Rise of Political Autonomy in the Colonies, Lecture VIIcirca 1967-1990
3/11The Eighteenth Century, Lecture VIIIcirca 1967-1990
3/12Slavery in America to 1800, Lecture XIVcirca 1967-1990
3/13Georgia - The Frontier, Lecture IXcirca 1967-1990
3/14Great Awakening, Lecture Xcirca 1967-1990
3/15American Colonists and the Colonial Wars, Lecture XIcirca 1967-1990
3/16To the Revolution, 1763-1774, Lecture XIIcirca 1967-1990
3/17The Revolution, Lecture VIcirca 1967-1990
3/18Fruits of the Revolution, Lecture VIIcirca 1967-1990
3/19Revolution to Constitution, Lecture XIIIcirca 1967-1990
3/20Federalists, Lecture XVcirca 1967-1990
3/21Jeffersonians, Lecture XVIcirca 1967-1990
3/22Nationalism and Sectionalism, Lecture XVIIIcirca 1967-1990
3/23History 151, Introductioncirca 1967-1990
3/24The Republic in 1840, Lecture Icirca 1967-1990
3/25Manifest Destiny, Lecture IIcirca 1967-1990
3/26Cultural Conflict and Civil War, Lecture IIIcirca 1967-1990
3/27Northern Response to Slavery, Lecture IVcirca 1967-1990
3/28Civil War and Reconstruction, Lecture VI circa 1967-1990
3/29Economies and Politics of the Late Nineteenth Century, Lecture VIIcirca 1967-1990
3/30Farmers in Revolt, Lecture IXcirca 1967-1990
3/31Labor in Revolt, Lecture Xcirca 1967-1990
3/32Populism - End of an Era, Lecture XIcirca 1967-1990
3/33Imperialism, 1898-1900circa 1967-1990
3/34Progressivism, 1900-1918circa 1967-1990
3/35War and Aftermathcirca 1967-1990
3/36Twenties circa 1967-1990
3/37Hoover and Depression, End of an Eracirca 1967-1990
3/38Roosevelt and New Deal circa 1967-1990
3/39New Deal, 1932-1941circa 1967-1990
3/40Foreign Policy, 1930-1941circa 1967-1990
3/41Foreign Policy, 1941-1946circa 1967-1990
3/42Truman Years, I circa 1967-1990
3/43Truman years, II and McCarthy circa 1967-1990
3/44Notescirca 1967-1990
3/45Constitutional Notes, 1865-1970circa 1967-1990
4/1Constitutional Notes, 1930-1969circa 1967-1990
4/2Constitution Lectures, 1866-1970circa 1967-1990
Series II
University of Montana History
circa 2010-2017
1.25 linear feet and 2 electronic files
This series contains Dennison’s extensive research notes for his history of the University of Montana and two draft copies of his unpublished book, tentatively titled
The University of Montana: Institutional Mythology and Historical Reality.
In processing, notebooks were grouped together by the source citation on the first page. Each notebook was assigned a number for organizational purposes; the arrangement of the notebooks within the boxes does not reflect an original order.
4/3Notebook 1circa 2010-2017
4/4Notebook 2circa 2010-2017
4/5Notebook 3circa 2010-2017
4/6Notebook 4circa 2010-2017
4/7Notebook 5circa 2010-2017
4/8Notebook 6circa 2010-2017
4/9Notebook 7circa 2010-2017
4/10Notebook 8circa 2010-2017
5/1Notebook 9circa 2010-2017
5/2Notebook 10circa 2010-2017
5/3Notebook 11circa 2010-2017
5/4Notebook 12circa 2010-2017
5/5Notebook 13circa 2010-2017
5/6Notebook 14circa 2010-2017
5/7Notebook 15circa 2010-2017
5/8Notebook 16circa 2010-2017
5/9Notebook 17circa 2010-2017
5/10Notebook 18circa 2010-2017
6/1Notebook 19circa 2010-2017
6/2Notebook 20circa 2010-2017
6/3Notebook 21circa 2010-2017
6/4Notebook 22circa 2010-2017
6/5Notebook 23circa 2010-2017
6/6Notebook 24circa 2010-2017
6/7Notebook 25circa 2010-2017
6/8Notebook 26circa 2010-2017
6/9Notebook 27circa 2010-2017
6/10Notebook 28circa 2010-2017
7/1Notebook 29circa 2010-2017
7/2Notebook 30circa 2010-2017
7/3Notebook 31circa 2010-2017
7/4Notebook 32circa 2010-2017
7/5Notebook 33circa 2010-2017
7/6Notebook 34circa 2010-2017
7/7Notebook 35circa 2010-2017
7/8Notebook 36circa 2010-2017
7/9Notebook 37circa 2010-2017
Electronic FileThe University of Montana: Institutional Mythology and Historical Reality, unpublished manuscriptcirca 2016-2017
Electronic FileThe University of Montana: Institutional Mythology and Historical Reality, Volume 1, unpublished manuscriptcirca 2016-2017
Series III
Missoula County High School Board
circa 2016
0.25 linear feet and 1 electronic file
This series contains an unpublished article by Dennison concerning the Missoula County High School board. Also included are Dennison's research notes for this article.
7/10Notebook 1circa 2016
7/11Notebook 2circa 2016
Electronic FileMissoula County High School: 1952-1962 "A Matter of Principle", unpublished manuscriptcirca 2016