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Record Group: 1 UW
Record Sub-Group: 10
Records Title: UM System; Board of Curators; Curators' Personal and Business Papers
Dates: 1840-1980
Volume: 3 cubic feet, 3.75 linear feet

Scope and Content Note

This Sub-Group contains records and personal papers of members of the University of Missouri Board of Curators. Included are correspondence, account ledgers, manuscript histories of the University, telegrams, reports, transcripts, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, memoranda, and Board of Curators' policy statements.
Note to Researcher: For more on the lives and careers of MU Board of Curators members, see MU Archives Vertical Reference File.

Series Description:

Former Series #1 - UW:1/6/1
UM System; Board of Curators; Curators' Personal and Business Papers; Switzler Manuscript
This summary description has been enlarged to a full inventory. Please follow this link to reach the inventory. This Series contains correspondence, treasurer's notes, and business papers created by Board of Curators members William H. Duncan, Robert L. Todd, and William F. Switzler, as well as Switzler's unpublished manuscript A History of the University of the State of Missouri, (1841-1936).

Former Series #2 - UW:1/6/2
UM-System; Board of Curators; Board Members' Records; Frank Mann Papers
This summary description has been enlarged to a full inventory. Please follow this link to reach the inventory. This Series contains personal papers of MU Board of Curators member Frank Mann, (1943-1951).

Series 3. - UW:1/6/3 (A78-22)
This Series contains personal papers of MU Board of Curators member Robert Neill (1954-1969). Included are administrative correspondence and related records pertaining to Neill's Chairmanship of the Selection Committee, charged (1965-1966) with finding a replacement for retiring University President, Elmer Ellis.
(1 c.f., UMLD1)
Note to Researcher: Series 3 contains some records which may be confidential and restricted.

Restrictions Note: The Archives of the University of Missouri-Columbia is required by law and Board of Curator's policy to restrict access to some files and information. Student records are held as confidential under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and by University policy. Faculty promotion and tenure records and Academic Personnel files are restricted for 75 years, or the lifetime of the individual. All grievance, disciplinary, and medical records are treated as confidential files. Consultations with legal counsel, both in-house and external, are protected by the attorney/client privilege and will not be released.

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