Search Hours & Contacts Policies & Procedures Holdings: * UM-System * Columbia Topical Guides Online Exhibits Links * Archival * General MU Libraries All illustrations in this exhibit are thumbnails. Please left-click on these illustrations to bring up larger images.		Y1.9K: Mizzou in 1900 As a new year approaches, people often look forward with hope and optimism. Yet, they also look backward, measuring progress and noting accomplishments. On the dawn of the new millennium, University Archives looks back at an earlier era. A glance at the year 1900, the turn of the century, highlights significant changes and innovative measures in the history of the University of Missouri. An Example of Letterhead, 1900 (University Archives, UW:1/4/1, Box 10, FF 3A) An Era of Rebuilding and Growth 1900 and the preceding decade witnessed dramatic changes at Missouri State University, as it was often called. On January 9, 1892, tragedy struck when a fire burned Old Academic Hall, the predecessor of Jesse Hall, to the ground. This devastation almost caused the University to be relocated to Sedalia. Old Academic Hall, January 9, 1892 (University Archives, Bulletin, 11/22/1971) January 10, 1892 (University Archives, Bulletin, 11/22/1971) Columbia residents and benefactors of the University, however, rallied enough support to convince the Missouri Legislature to retain its Columbia location. The people of Columbia and Boone County raised $50,000 to complete the building fund. Donations arrived from many places, even from across the Atlantic Ocean. January 12, 1892 Letter Thomas Jefferson Lowry, MU Dean of Engineering (University Archives, UW:1/1/2, Box 2, FF 1) January 1892 Letter and Donation From England (University Archives, UW:1/1/2, Box 2) Please click here to view Page Two of Y1.9K. Search our Holdings

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