President Louis L. Madsen Papers

President Louis L. Madsen Papers, 1950-1955

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Madsen, Louis Linden, 1907-1986
Title: President Louis L. Madsen Papers
Dates: 1950-1955 (inclusive)
19501955
Quantity: 47 boxes, (23 linear feet)
Collection Number: UUS_3.1/8
Summary: Louis L. Madsen was the eight president of Utah State University between 1950-1953 and was known for expanding university buildings and programs.
Repository: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions: No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Louis L. 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.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the President Louis L. Madsen Papers must be obtained from the University Archivist and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: President Louis L. Madsen Papers USU_3.1/8,. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_3.1/8, USUSCA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

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

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

I. Correspondence, 1950-1954Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		a. Alphabetical	1951-1953
Box
1		A-B	1951-1953
2		C-D	1951-1953
3		E-H	1951-1953
	Folder
4	1-2	I	1951-1953
4	4-7	J-L	1951-1953
5	3-7	M-N	1951-1953
6		O-R	1951-1953
7		S-U	1951-1953
8		V-Z	1951-1953
		b. By Topic	1950-1953
Box	Folder
9	20	Advertising	1950-1953
9	7	Attendance and Scholarship	1950-1953
15	1-2	Branch Agricultral College (B.A.C.) Now known as Southern Utah University but was a branch of USU	1951-1953
9	6	Credits and Admissions	1950-1953
22	3	Correspondence study	1950-1953
9	8	Curriculum and Committee	1950-1953
9	22	Daryl Chase	1950-1953
9	2	Dean's Council Items	1950-1953
9	9	Faculty Monographs	1950-1953
9	10	Foreign Students Advisory Commission	1950-1953
9	3	Form Letters	1950-1953
9	11	Fulbright Scholarship	1950-1953
9	12	Graduation	1950-1953
9	13	High School Relations	1950-1953
9	14	Higher Education	1950-1953
9	15	Industrial Business Relations	1950-1953
9	16	Institutional Objectives	1950-1953
9	1	Ione Daniels	1950-1953
4	3	Iran	1952-1953
5	2	Personal correspondence	1950-1951
9	5	Professional Relations	1950-1953
9	17	Publications	1950-1953
9	18	Schedule	1950-1953
9	19	Test Period Schedule	1950-1953
9	4	Traffic Committee	1950-1953
9	21	William H. Bell	1950-1953

II. Departments and Faculty, 1950-1953Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
24	3	Agricultural Economics	1950-1953
28		Agricultural experiment station	1952-1953
	Folder
27	3	Air Force	1950-1951
24	9	Animal Husbandry	1950-1953
24	5	Arts and Sciences	1950-1953
26	10	Assorted committees	1951-1952
26	7	Athletic Council	1951-1952
12		Athletics Includes scholarships, athletic code, Skyline Conference, Joe Whitesides, Football Coach Applications, Counicl and Competitions	1951-1953
	Folder
26	11	Auditorium	1951-1952
24	26	Bacteriology	1950-1953
26	9	Bennion Committee	1951-1952
18		Building and Grounds Includes Engineering Research Laboratory, H.M. Wadsworth, Ken Gottfredson, building needs, James A. Wade, and the Fieldhouse	1950-1953
	Folder
24	27	Business Administration	1950-1953
24	25	Chemistry	1950-1953
24	8	Child Development	1950-1953
24	2	Commerce	1950-1953
24	16	Dairy Science	1950-1953
24	28	Economics	1950-1953
24	1	Education	1950-1953
27	5-7	Employees	1950-1953
27	1, 4	Employment policies and applications	1950-1951
24	6	Engineering	1950-1953
24	36	English	1950-1953
29		Extension Services Includes classwork and service, County and Home Agent's Committee, Television, and Iran	1950-1953
30		Extension Service	1952-1953
	Folder
22	4	Extension Service	1950-1953
26	3	Faculty	1951-1952
26	1	Faculty Association	1951-1952
26	4	Faculty Income Study	1951-1952
26	2	Faculty Meeting Minutes	1951-1952
24	7	Forestry	1950-1953
24	24	Geology	1950-1953
26	8	Graduation Committee	1951-1952
24	23	History	1950-1953
24	4	Home Economics	1950-1953
44	4, 6-7	Housing Includes C. L. Pocok	1952-1954
24	15	Industrial Education	1950-1953
24	14	Irrigation and Drainage	1950-1953
24	22	Journalism	1950-1953
24	19	Landscape Architecture	1950-1953
24	21	Mathematics	1950-1953
35		Military Science Includes events and the ROTC	1952-1953
	Folder
24	32	Modern Languages	1950-1953
24	33	Music	1950-1953
24	12	Photography	1950-1953
24	34	Physical Education	1950-1953
24	20	Physics	1950-1953
24	35	Psychology	1950-1953
24	30	Range Management	1950-1953
26	6	Scheduling	1951-1952
27	2	Scott Air Force Base	1950-1951
24	29	Sociology and Social Work	1950-1953
24	18	Speech	1950-1953
38	2-4	Teaching loads	1951-1952
26	5	Tenure	1951-1952
24	11	Vegetable Crops	1950-1953
24	10	Vet Science	1950-1953
24	31	Wildlife Management	1950-1953
24	13	Woodwork and Building Construction	1950-1953
24	17	Zoology, Entomology, and Physiology	1950-1953
		a. Administrative Office and Councils	1952-1953
Box	Folder
10	1	Finance Commission	1952-1953
10	2	Dean's Correspondence	1952-1953
10	3	Student Personnel	1952-1953
10	4	Registrar's Office	1952-1953
10	5	Dean's Council Agendas	1952-1953
10	6	Ione Daniel	1952-1953
10	7	Registration and Enrollment	1952-1953
		b. Deans and Directors	1950-1953
Box	Folder
25	5	Carlton F. Culmsee	1950-1953
25	3	E. A. Jacobson	1950-1953
25	4	Ethelyn O. Greaves	1950-1953
25	10	J. E. Christiansen	1950-1953
25	9	J. Stewart Williams	1950-1953
25	1	King Hendricks, Library	1950-1953
25	7-8	L. M. Turner	1950-1953
25	2	L. R. Humphreys	1950-1953
25	6	M. R. Merrill	1950-1953

III. Budget, 1950-1955Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
17	2	Athletic Budget	1952-1954
17	5	Branch Agricultral College (B.A.C.) budget	1953-1954
16		Budget Includes reports and preliminary budgets	1950-1954
	Folder
17	3-4	Budget	1951-1954
21	1	Eric A. Johnson	1950-1951
20	5	Kennecott Company	1951-1953
20	6	Land-Grant Colleges	1951-1953
20	3	Legislature	1951-1953
19	6	Payroll	1952-1953
20	1	Payroll	1951-1953
21	6	Payroll	1950-1951
19	4-5	Purchase Orders	1952-1953
21	5	Purchase Orders	1950-1951
19	3	Purchasing, Eric A. Johnson	1952-1953
19	1-2	R. E. Berntson, Treasurer	1952-1953
21	2	R.E. Berntson, Secretary, Treasurer	1950-1951
38	1	Salary costs	1951-1952
20	2	Secretary's Office	1951-1953
20	4	Secretary's Report	1951-1953
17	6	Snow College Budget	1952-1955
21	3	Warrants and Vouchers	1950-1951
21	4	Warrants and Vouchers	1950-1951

IV. Outside Organizations, 1950-1953Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
32	3	Accrediting	1952-1953
32	8	American Council on Education	1950-1951
32	1	American Feed Manufacturer's Award	1950-1951
32	2	American Institute of Cooperation	1950-1952
32	9	American Institute of Nutrition	1950-1951
32	4-5	Association of Land-Grant Colleges	1950-1951
32	6	Intermountain Feed's Conference	1951-1952
32	7	Russell I. Thackrey	1950-1951
		a. Logan and Cache County	1950-1953
Box	Folder
34	8	Assemblies	1950-1953
34	4	Cafeteria	1950-1953
34	6	Chamber of Commerce	1950-1953
34	1	Civil Service	1950-1953
34	9	Cooperative Agreement Between Utah State Agricultural College	1950-1953
34	5	Creamery	1950-1953
34	7	Federal Communications	1950-1953
34	3	National Commission on Accrediting	1950-1953
34	2	U. S. Office of Education, Questionnaire	1950-1953
		b. Universities and Colleges	1951-1953
Box	Folder
36	3	Basic College Material	1952-1953
36	4	Brigham Young University	1952-1953
15	3	H. Wayne Driggs	1952-1953
36	1	L. A. Maynard, Cornell	1952-1953
15	4-5	Snow College	1951-1953
36	2	University of Utah	1952-1953
36	5	Weber	1952-1953
		c. State Agencies and personnel	1952
Box	Folder
46	6	Board of Examiners	1952
46	3	Expansion of Institutions	1952
46	2	J. Bracken Lee	1952
46	4	Legislative Council	1952
46	5	Legislators	1952
46	1	Utah Conference on Higher Education	1952

V. Student Affairs, 1951-1953Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
39	1	Accidents	1951-1953
39	12	Associated Students	1951-1953
39	6	Athletic Department	1951-1953
40	3	Fall	1951-1952
39	8	Fee Exemptions	1951-1953
40	1	Fee Exemptions	1951-1952
39	5	Foreign Relations	1951-1953
39	7	Foreign Students	1951-1953
39	2	News Bulletin	1951-1953
39	3	Rhodes Scholarship	1951-1953
40	4	Rhodes Scholarship	1951-1952
40	2	Scholarship	1951-1952
39	11	Scholarships	1951-1953
39	10	Student Council	1951-1953
39	4	Student Health Service	1951-1953
40	5	Student Health Service	1951-1952
39	9	Student Personnel	1951-1953

VI. Korean War files, 1951-1953Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
33	1	Deferment	1951-1953
33	7	Korean Casualties	1951-1953
33	9	Marines	1951-1953
33	8	Marines, ROTC	1951-1953
33	6	Mechanic Learner Program	1951-1953
33	5	Training	1951-1953
33	3-4	Veterans	1951-1953
33	2	Veteran's Administration	1951-1953

VII. Events, 1950-1953Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
31	1	Inauguration	1950
46a		Inauguration	1950-1953
	Folder
22	1-2	Commencement Includes extension service, Honorary degrees, and Robert E. Wood	1950-1953
23		Commencements	1950-1953

VIII. Assorted files, 1950-1955Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
11		Alumni and alumni association	1951-1953
	Folder
5	1	Assorted files Includes correspondence, reports, photos, Board of Trustees, and legislative material	1950-1951
13		Board of Trustees	1950-1953
14		Board of Trustees and assorted files Includes High school relations and Graduate school	1952-1953
	Folder
42	1	Campus directory	1952-1953
41		Night school and summer school Includes C.D. McBride and John C. Carlisle	1950-1953
	Folder
44	5	Public Relations	1952-1953
37		Recruitment files Includes housing and prospective students	1951-1953
	Folder
42	2-5	Telephone statisitcs and bills	1952-1953
44	1-3,8	Union Building	1952-1955
43		Union Building	1951-1953
45		Utah Scientific Research Includes E.G. Peterson and Utah Scientific Foundation	1950-1953

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

College presidents--Utah--Logan--Archives.
Universities and colleges--Utah--Logan--Archives.

Personal Names

Madsen, Louis L. (Louis Linden)--Archives.

Corporate Names

Snow College (Ephraim, Utah)--History--Sources.
Southern Utah University--History|--Sources.
Utah State University--History--Sources.
Utah State University. Office of the President--Archives.

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