Bradford Knapp Presidential Records, 1928-1932

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Presidential Records of Bradford Knapp RG No.: 533 Listed by: Alfrieda Brummitt Date: March 10, 1998

Date Span: 1925-1932 (Bulk, 1928-1932)

Scope / Content: Collection consists of President Knapp's office files covering events and subjects at the campus, state, and national level that impacted the administration of Auburn University. Organized into 3 series: President's Reports to the Board of Trustees; Correnspondence and Reports; and Correspondence with Dean Funchess (Agriculture)

History: Knapp served as president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University), 1928-32. He resigned, in part, because of the depression that followed the 1929 stock market crash and the impact it had on API.

SERIES 1: PRESIDENT'S REPORTS TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES: The President of API submitted Annual Reports to the Board of Trustees detailing the state of the university. Because of the dire economic straits faced by API during the early years of the Great Depression, Knapp submitted more frequent reports than required. They are summarized or reproduced in full in the Board of Trustee's Minutes.

Box 1

Initial Report, August 2, 1928
Report to Trustees, February 22, 1929
Annual Report to Trustees, May 29, 1929
Report to Trustees, June 10, 1929
Annual Report to Trustees, May 19, 1930
Preliminary Report to Trustees, February 23, 1931
Annual Report to Trustees, May 18, 1931
Printed Copy, Annual Report to Trustees, May 18, 1931
Report, with Financial Report, to Trustees, February 26, 1932
Confidential Report to Board of Trustees, May 12, 1932
Report on Issuance of Certificates of Indebtedness, June 22, 1932

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SERIES 2: CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORTS: Mixed files concerning topics such as campus buildings, campus finances, university divisions and administration, precursor to the NCAA, accredition, faculty, and fraternities.

Box 2

Buildings - New and Proposed, 1925-1929, Miscellaneous Papers
Buildings - 1930-32, Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers
Building Fund Statement, June 30, 1932
Textile Engineering Building, 1930-32, Correspondence
Proposed Stadium, Correspondence, 1929-30
Experiment Station Report, 1931, Dean Funchess, Fertilizer Controversy
Correspondence, Agriculture Extension, 1929-32
Correspondence, Experimental Farm Fields, 1928
Draft Articles of Incorporation, Athletic Association, 1929
Article Extract, AAUP Bulletin, March 1929
Correspondence, Accreditation-, 1931
Correspondence, Association Of Colleges and Secondary Schools in Southern States, 1930
Brookings Institution Report, 1930-31
Memorandum, Chemistry 101, 103, December 10, 1930
Correspondence, Dormitories, 1930
Report and Data, Educational Costs per Student, 1930
Correspondence and Reports, School of Engineering, 1930-31
Faculty Rules and Regulations and Academic Data, 1929-30

Box 3

Faculty Questionnaires, 1930
Correspondence on Fraternities, 1929-30
Land Acquisition of Charles G. Thach and Other Properties, 1929-30
Department of Justice Opinions on Compulsory ROTC Courses, 1930
Correspondence and Related Papers, Ross Chemical Laboratory, 1929-31
Theta Chi Fraternity and Miscellaneous Correspondence, Thomas A. Walthall, President, 1928-29

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SERIES 3: CORRESPONDENCE WITH DEAN FUNCHESS: Dean Marion Funchess (College of Agriculture) was also in charge of the Alabama Experiment Stations. Both the College and the Experiment Stations were exceptionally important to the mission of API. The correspondence concerns finances and daily activities of the entities under Dean Funchess's control.

Box 3

January 1932
February 1932
March 1932
April 1932
May 1932
June 1932
July 1932