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Finding Aid for the Chancellors Collection - Robert Burwell Fulton (MUM00532)

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Finding Aid for the Chancellors Collection - Robert Burwell Fulton



Descriptive Summary

PURL: http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00532/
Title: Chancellors Collection - Robert Burwell Fulton
Dates: 1892-1906
Collector: Fulton, Robert Burwell, 1849-1919
Physical Extent: 24 boxes (12.0 linear feet)
Repository: University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA
Identification: MUM00532
Location: General Special Collections
Language of Material: English
Abstract: The collection contains documents (chiefly correspondence) created by the office of Robert Burwell Fulton during his tenure as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Acquired in 1976

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Michaelis, January 2012.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.


Subject Terms

Burwell, Robert Fulton, 1849-1919
University of Mississippi -- History
University of Mississippi. Chancellor


Formats

correspondence
receipts (financial records)
reports


Biographical Note

Robert Burwell Fulton was Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1892 to 1906.


Scope and Content Note

The collection contains documents (chiefly correspondence) created by the office of Robert Burwell Fulton during his tenure as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi.


User Information

Preferred Citation

Chancellors Collection - Robert Burwell Fulton, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

The Chancellors Collection - Robert Burwell Fulton is open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.


Related Material

Resources at the University of Mississippi

R.B. Fulton Tests Collection (MUM00557), Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library

Chancellors Collection - Fulton-Hume (MUM00533), Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library


Arrangement

This collection is arranged by subject, and chronologically within each subject.


Container List

Department of Public Education Correspondence
Folder 1.1 1895-1896
Folder 1.2 1897-1903
Folder 1.3 1904-1905
Treasury Department Correspondence
Folder 1.4 1893-1903
Folder 1.5 1904 and undated
Board of Trustees Correspondence
Scope: Does not include R.H. Thompson correspondence
Folder 1.6 1892-1899
Folder 1.7 1903-1904
Folder 1.8 1905-1906 and undated
R.H. Thompson (Trustee) Correspondence
Folder 2.1 1892-1896
Folder 2.2 1897-1899
Folder 2.3 1902-1905
Folder 2.5 Medals and student awards correspondence, 1901-1906 and undated
Folder 2.6 Supply requisitions: Rick's Hall hospital and dormitory, 1909-1910
Construction, Repair, Equipment, and Furnishings Correspondence
Folder 3.1 1892-1895
Folder 3.2 1896-1897
Folder 3.3 1898-1901
Folder 3.4 1902
Folder 3.5 1903
Folder 4.1 January-March 1904
Folder 4.2 April-December 1904
Folder 4.3 January-June 1905
Folder 4.4 July-December 1905
Folder 4.5 1906
Folder 4.6 Undated
Printers, Publishers, and Stationers Correspondence
Folder 5.1 1892-1897
Folder 5.2 1898-1899
Folder 5.3 1900-1903
Folder 5.4 1904-1905
Folder 5.5 1906 and undated
Correspondence: Accomodations (Faculty, Staff, Students)
Folder 5.6 1892-1899
Folder 5.7 1900-1905
Correspondence, Railroad Accomodations and Inquiries
Folder 6.1 1892-1895
Folder 6.2 1896-1899
Folder 6.3 1900-1903
Folder 6.4 1904-1905
Folder 6.5 1906
Mississippi Exhibition, St. Louis Exposition Correspondence
Folder 6.6 September 1903-April 1904
Folder 6.7 May-December 1904 and undated
Bills and Receipts
Folder 7.1 1892-1896
Folder 7.2 1897-1902
Folder 7.3 January-May 1903
Folder 7.4 June 1903
Folder 7.5 1-10 July 1903
Folder 7.6 11-31 July 1903
Folder 7.7 August 1903
Folder 7.8 1-10 September 1903
Folder 8.1 11-30 September 1903
Folder 8.2 October 1903
Folder 8.3 November 1903
Folder 8.4 1-10 December 1903
Folder 8.5 11-31 December 1903
Folder 8.6 January 1904
Folder 8.7 Receipt books for student accomodations, August-September 1903; September 1904
Folder 9.1 January-February 1904
Folder 9.2 1-16 March 1904
Folder 9.3 17-31 March 1904
Folder 9.4 1-19 April 1904
Folder 9.5 20-30 April 1904
Folder 9.6 May-June 1904
Folder 10.1 July-September 1904
Folder 10.2 October 1904
Folder 10.3 November 1904
Folder 10.4 December 1904
Folder 10.5 January-February 1905
Folder 10.6 March 1905
Folder 10.7 April 1905
Folder 10.8 May 1905
Folder 10.9 1-12 June 1905
Folder 11.1 13-30 June 1905
Folder 11.2 1-4 July 1905
Folder 11.3 5-20 July 1905
Folder 11.4 21-31 July 1905
Folder 11.5 August 1905
Folder 11.6 September 1905
Folder 11.7 1 October 1905
Folder 11.8 2-31 October 1905
Folder 12.1 1 November 1905
Folder 12.2 1 November 1905
Folder 12.3 2-3 November 1905
Folder 12.4 4-7 November 1905
Folder 12.5 8-13 November 1905
Folder 12.6 14-30 November 1905
Folder 12.7 1-10 December 1905
Folder 12.8 11-30 December 1905
Folder 13.1 January 1906
Folder 13.2 1-10 February 1906
Folder 13.3 12 February-19 March 1906
Folder 13.4 20-31 March 1906
Folder 13.5 1 April 1906
Folder 13.6 2-30 April 1906
Folder 13.7 1-7 May 1906
Folder 13.8 8-31 May 1906 and undated
Folder 13.9 Railroad receipts and bills of lading, 1903-1905
Folder 13.10 Railroad receipts and bills of lading, 1903-1904
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence
Folder 14.1 1894-1895
Folder 14.2 1896-1897
Folder 14.3 1898
Folder 14.4 1899-1902
Folder 14.5 1903
Folder 14.6 1904
Folder 14.7 1905
Folder 14.8 1906
Folder 14.9 Undated
Miscellaneous Other Correspondence
Folder 15.1 Correspondence with Mississippi A & M President Stephen D. Lee, October 1903
Folder 15.2 Correspondence with Vanderbilt Chancellor J.H. Kirkland, 1895-1898
Folder 15.3 Correspondence with University of Georgia President Walter B. Hill, June-December 1904
Folder 15.4 Correspondence with University of Maine President George Fellows, February-July 1904
Folder 15.5 Southern Educational Association correspondence, 1904 and undated
Folder 15.6 Correspondence with Professor T.O. Mabry, Rock Hill, S.C., 1903-1904
Folder 15.7 Correspondence with Eugene A. Smith, Alabama State Geologist, 1903-1904
Folder 15.8 Correspondence with National Association of Mining Schools Committee of Mines and Mining, 1902-1903
Folder 16.1 Correspondence with miscellaneous educators, January-February 1904
Folder 16.2 Correspondence with miscellaneous educators, March-December 1904
Folder 16.3 Correspondence with miscellaneous educators, 1905-1906
Folder 16.4 Correspondence with miscellaneous educators, undated
Folder 16.5 U.S. Geological Survey correspondence, 1896-1904
Folder 16.6 Correspondence with miscellaneous educators, 1892-1896
Folder 16.7 Correspondence with miscellaneous educators, 1897-1902
Folder 16.8 Correspondence with miscellaneous educators, 1903
Folder 16.9 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1902-1903
Folder 17.1 Correspondence regarding applications and inquiries for positions at the university, 1892-1900
Folder 17.2 Correspondence regarding applications and inquiries for positions at the university, 1901-1904
Folder 17.3 Correspondence regarding applications and inquiries for positions at the university, 1905-1906 and undated
Folder 17.4 Correspondence regarding recommendations and requests for recommendations, 1892-1900
Folder 17.5 Correspondence regarding recommendations and requests for recommendations, 1901-1904
Folder 17.6 Correspondence regarding recommendations and requests for recommendations, 1905-1906 and undated
Folder 17.7 Faculty and staff correspondence, 1892-1900
Folder 17.8 Faculty and staff correspondence, 1901-1904
Folder 17.9 Faculty and staff correspondence, 1905-1906 and undated
Folder 18.2 Inquiries concerning fees and courses of study, 1901-1906
University of Mississippi Historical Catalogue Material
Scope: The Historical Catalogue of the University of Mississippi, published in 1910, contains information on students and faculty who attended the university from 1849 to 1909. A copy of the Catalogue has been digitized and added to the University of Mississippi Publications digital collection.
Folder 18.3-18.5 Reports for Historical Catalogue
Folder 18.6 Lists of student names, degrees, and other information, 1856-1910
Folder 18.7 Correspondence regarding the Historical Catalogue, 1894-1906
Student-Related Correspondence
Folder 19.1 Student academic records, 1893-1905
Folder 19.2 Rhodes Scholarships, 1902-1905
Folder 19.3 Student health and discipline, 1892-1904
Folder 19.4 Student health and discipline, January-May 1905
Folder 19.5 Student health and discipline, May-December 1905 and undated
Folder 19.6 Other correspondence, 1892-1906
Folder 19.7 Other correspondence, 1897-1904
Folder 19.8 Other correspondence, 1905-1906 and undated
Folder 19.9 Re: stained-glass memorial to the University Greys, 1889-1890
Miscellaneous Printed Documents
Folder 20.1 University of Mississippi printed documents, 1897-1905
Folder 20.2 Rhodes Scholarship printed documents, 1901-1904
Folder 20.3 Price lists and advertisements, 1898-1905 and undated
Folder 20.4 Bills and congressional reports, 1901-1904
Folder 20.5 Miscellaneous printed documents, 1895-1919
Folder 20.6 Miscellaneous printed documents
Folder 20.7 Miscellaneous printed documents, 1896-1905
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence
Box 21 Miscellaneous personal correspondence, 1892-1919
Financial Files
Box 22 Fulton term financial files, 1904
Box 23 Fulton term financial files, 1905
Box 24 Fulton-Hume term financial files, 1906