UUS_3p1s8.xml Guide to the President Louis L. Madsen Papers Madsen, (Louis L.) papers President1951-1954 Finding aid/Register created by Robert Parson Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives ©2012
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Initial Citation: President Louis L. Madsen Papers USU_3.1/8,. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

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Louis Linden. Madsen was born in Salt Lake City in 1907. He received degrees from Utah State University and Cornell University in the early 1930's. Madsen took part in research projects at Cornell, Columbia and Michigan State and was associated with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Industry at Beltsville, Maryland.

Madsen was the eight president of Utah State University (USU), known at the time as Utah State Agricultural college (USAC) between 1950-1953. He was known for expanding the university though building projects like the new Union building, and agricultural science building and revitalization of the university's athletic program. Additionally, during his first year as president, an international program with Iran was established.

In 1953 Madsen was fired as USU president after disagreements with the governor and board of trustees. Well loved by the student body, his dismissal lead to mass outcry from students which resulted in over 700 students protesting at the Utah State Capitol. Madsen later accepted the position of Dean of the School of Agriculture at Washington State University. In 1979 USU granted Louis L. Madsen recognition for his service by awarding him an honorary degree in 1979.

Louis L. Madsen died in May 1986.

President Louis L. Madsen papers document Utah State University (USU) history between 1950-1955 and document some growth of the university post World War II. Included in this collection are papers related to the revitalization of the university's athletic program, buildings on campus and the Korean War.

The arrangement of this collection reflects an intellectual order of Madsen's activities as President. The physical order and numbering of items is second to the intellectual ordering of this collection. This collection is broken into eight series and some sub-series.

I. Correspondence: includes correspondence organized alphabetically and by topic

II. Departments and Faculty: includes administrative office and councils and deans and directors

III. Budget

IV. Outside Organizations: includes Logan and Cache Valley, other Universities, and State agencies and personnel

V. Student Affairs

VI. Korean War files

VII. Events

VIII. Assorted files: includes Board of trustees, alumni and the Union building

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Now known as Southern Utah University but was a branch of USU

 Credits and Admissions 1950-1953 9 6 Curriculum and Committee 1950-1953 9 8 Daryl Chase 1950-1953 9 22 Dean's Council Items 1950-1953 9 2 Faculty Monographs 1950-1953 9 9 Foreign Students Advisory Commission 1950-1953 9 10 Form Letters 1950-1953 9 3 Fulbright Scholarship 1950-1953 9 11 Graduation 1950-1953 9 12 High School Relations 1950-1953 9 13 Higher Education 1950-1953 9 14 Industrial Business Relations 1950-1953 9 15 Institutional Objectives 1950-1953 9 16 Ione Daniels 1950-1953 9 1 Iran 1952-1953 4 3 Personal correspondence 1950-1951 5 2 Professional Relations 1950-1953 9 5 Publications 1950-1953 9 17 Schedule 1950-1953 9 18 Test Period Schedule 1950-1953 9 19 Traffic Committee 1950-1953 9 4 William H. Bell 1950-1953 9 21 II. Departments and Faculty 1950-1953 Agricultural Economics 1950-1953 24 3 Agricultural experiment station 1952-1953 28 Air Force 1950-1951 27 3 Animal Husbandry 1950-1953 24 9 Arts and Sciences 1950-1953 24 5 Assorted committees 1951-1952 26 10 Athletic Council 1951-1952 26 7 Athletics 1951-1953 12

Includes scholarships, athletic code, Skyline Conference, Joe Whitesides, Football Coach Applications, Council and Competitions

 Auditorium 1951-1952 26 11 Bacteriology 1950-1953 24 26 Bennion Committee 1951-1952 26 9 Building and Grounds 1950-1953 18

Includes Engineering Research Laboratory, H.M. Wadsworth, Ken Gottfredson, building needs, James A. Wade, and the Fieldhouse

 Business Administration 1950-1953 24 27 Chemistry 1950-1953 24 25 Child Development 1950-1953 24 8 Commerce 1950-1953 24 2 Dairy Science 1950-1953 24 16 Economics 1950-1953 24 28 Education 1950-1953 24 1 Employees 1950-1953 27 5-7 Employment policies and applications 1950-1951 27 1, 4 Engineering 1950-1953 24 6 English 1950-1953 24 36 Extension Services 1950-1953 29

Includes classwork and service, County and Home Agent's Committee, Television, and Iran

 Faculty 1951-1952 26 3 Faculty Association 1951-1952 26 1 Faculty Income Study 1951-1952 26 4 Faculty Meeting Minutes 1951-1952 26 2 Forestry 1950-1953 24 7 Geology 1950-1953 24 24 Graduation Committee 1951-1952 26 8 History 1950-1953 24 23 Home Economics 1950-1953 24 4 Housing 1952-1954 44 4, 6-7

Includes C. L. Pocok

 Industrial Education 1950-1953 24 15 Irrigation and Drainage 1950-1953 24 14 Journalism 1950-1953 24 22 Landscape Architecture 1950-1953 24 19 Mathematics 1950-1953 24 21 Military Science 1952-1953 53

Includes events and the ROTC

 Modern Languages 1950-1953 24 32 Music 1950-1953 24 33 Photography 1950-1953 24 12 Physical Education 1950-1953 24 34 Physics 1950-1953 24 20 Psychology 1950-1953 24 35 Range Management 1950-1953 24 30 Scheduling 1951-1952 26 6 Scott Air Force Base 1950-1951 27 2 Sociology and Social Work 1950-1953 24 29 Speech 1950-1953 24 18 Teaching loads 1951-1952 38 2-4 Tenure 1951-1952 26 5 Vegetable Crops 1950-1953 24 11 Vet Science 1950-1953 24 10 Wildlife Management 1950-1953 24 31 Woodwork and Building Construction 1950-1953 24 13 Zoology, Entomology, and Physiology 1950-1953 24 17 a. Administrative Office and Councils 1952-1953 Finance Commission 1952-1953 10 1 Dean's Correspondence 1952-1953 10 2 Student Personnel 1952-1953 10 3 Registrar's Office 1952-1953 10 4 Dean's Council Agendas 1952-1953 10 5 Ione Daniel 1952-1953 10 6 Registration and Enrollment 1952-1953 10 7 b. Deans and Directors 1950-1953 Carlton F. Culmsee 1950-1953 25 5 E. A. Jacobson 1950-1953 25 3 Ethelyn O. Greaves 1950-1953 25 4 J. E. Christiansen 1950-1953 25 10 J. Stewart Williams 1950-1953 25 9 King Hendricks, Library 1950-1953 25 1 L. M. Turner 1950-1953 25 7-8 L. R. Humphreys 1950-1953 25 2 M. R. Merrill 1950-1953 25 6 III. Budget 1950-1955 Athletic Budget 1952-1954 17 2 Branch Agriculture College (B.A.C.) budget 1953-1954 17 5 Budget 1950-1954 16 Unknown

Includes reports and preliminary budgets

 Budget 1951-1954 17 3-4 Eric A. Johnson 1950-1951 21 1 Kennecott Company 1951-1953 20 5 Land-Grant Colleges 1951-1953 20 6 Legislature 1951-1953 20 3 Payroll 1952-1953 19 6 Payroll 1951-1953 20 1 Payroll 1950-1951 21 6 Purchase Orders 1952-1953 19 4-5 Purchase Orders 1950-1951 21 5 Purchasing, Eric A. Johnson 1952-1953 19 3 R. E. Berntson, Treasurer 1952-1953 19 1-2 R.E. Berntson, Secretary, Treasurer 1950-1951 21 2 Salary costs 1951-1952 38 1 Secretary's Office 1951-1953 20 2 Secretary's Report 1951-1953 20 4 Snow College Budget 1952-1955 17 6 Warrants and Vouchers 1950-1951 21 3 Warrants and Vouchers 1950-1951 21 4 IV. Outside Organizations 1950-1953 Accrediting 1952-1953 32 3 American Council on Education 1950-1951 32 8 American Feed Manufacturer's Award 1950-1951 32 1 American Institute of Cooperation 1950-1952 32 2 American Institute of Nutrition 1950-1951 32 9 Association of Land-Grant Colleges 1950-1951 32 4-5 Intermountain Feed's Conference 1951-1952 32 6 Russell I. Thackrey 1950-1951 32 7 a. Logan and Cache County 1950-1953 Assemblies 1950-1953 34 8 Cafeteria 1950-1953 34 4 Chamber of Commerce 1950-1953 34 6 Civil Service 1950-1953 34 1 Cooperative Agreement Between Utah State Agricultural College 1950-1953 34 9 Creamery 1950-1953 34 5 Federal Communications 1950-1953 34 7 National Commission on Accrediting 1950-1953 34 3 U. S. Office of Education, Questionnaire 1950-1953 34 2 b. Universities and Colleges 1951-1953 Basic College Material 1952-1953 36 3 Brigham Young University 1952-1953 36 4 H. Wayne Driggs 1952-1953 15 3 L. A. Maynard, Cornell 1952-1953 36 1 Snow College 1951-1953 15 4-5 University of Utah 1952-1953 36 2 Weber 1952-1953 36 5 c. State Agencies and personnel 1952 Board of Examiners 1952 46 6 Expansion of Institutions 1952 46 3 J. Bracken Lee 1952 46 2 Legislative Council 1952 46 4 Legislators 1952 46 5 Utah Conference on Higher Education 1952 46 1 V. Student Affairs 1951-1953 Accidents 1951-1953 39 1 Associated Students 1951-1953 39 12 Athletic Department 1951-1953 39 6 Fall 1951-1952 40 3 Fee Exemptions 1951-1953 39 8 Fee Exemptions 1951-1952 40 1 Foreign Relations 1951-1953 39 5 Foreign Students 1951-1953 39 7 News Bulletin 1951-1953 39 2 Rhodes Scholarship 1951-1953 39 3 Rhodes Scholarship 1951-1952 40 4 Scholarship 1951-1952 40 2 Scholarships 1951-1953 39 11 Student Council 1951-1953 39 10 Student Health Service 1951-1953 39 4 Student Health Service 1951-1952 40 5 Student Personnel 1951-1953 39 9 VI. Korean War files 1951-1953 Deferment 1951-1953 33 1 Korean Casualties 1951-1953 33 7 Marines 1951-1953 33 9 Marines, ROTC 1951-1953 33 8 Mechanic Learner Program 1951-1953 33 6 Training 1951-1953 33 5 Veterans 1951-1953 33 3-4 Veteran's Administration 1951-1953 33 2 VII. Events 1950-1953 Inauguration 1950 31 1 Inauguration 1950-1953 46a Commencement 1950-1953 22 1

Includes extension service, Honorary degrees, and Robert E. Wood

 VIII. Assorted files 1950-1955 Alumni and alumni association 1951-1953 11 Assorted files 1950-1951 5 1

Includes correspondence, reports, photos, Board of Trustees, and legislative material

 Board of Trustees 1950-1953 13 Board of Trustees and assorted files 1952-1953 14

Includes High school relations and Graduate school

 Campus directory 1952-1953 42 1 Night school and summer school 1950-1953 41

Includes C.D. McBride and John C. Carlisle

 Public Relations 1952-1953 44 5 Recruitment files 1951-1953 37

Includes housing and prospective students

 Telephone statistic and bills 1952-1953 42 2-5 Union Building 1952-1955 44 1-3,8 Union Building 1951-1953 43 Utah Scientific Research 1950-1953 45

Includes E.G. Peterson and Utah Scientific Foundation