University of Wyoming
Justus Freeland Soule was born in Boston, Massachusetts on April 8, 1862. He attended Hobart College in New York where he received his Master of Arts in 1891. Soon after that he came to the University of Wyoming where he taught languages and also served as Librarian. In 1896 he became the Vice President which he served until 1932. Soule also served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts from 1917- 1929, Dean of Men, and Secretary of faculty from 1903- 1932. The University of Wyoming also gave him an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 1937. Soule died on October 6, 1939 in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas at the age of 77.
Collection contains two folders of correspondence between 1909 and 1937 with Registrar Ralph McWhinnie regarding course requirement decisions, grades and degrees issued, and with the presidents concerning meetings and student issues.
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The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in March 2023.
There are no known other archival collections created by Justus Freeland Soule at the date of processing.