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A Guide to the Records at the Indiana University Archives

Processed by Gayla Koerting
Electronic finding aid encoded by Magia Ghetu

Summary Information

Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives

Creator
Indiana University. President.

Collection No.
C79

Extent
.6 cubic feet (1 box)

Language
Materials are in English

Abstract
Records dating from the tenure of Indiana University President John Coulter. Organized into two series, the collection primarily consists of incoming correspondence during Coulter's tenure.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Advance notice is required.

Historical Note

John M. Coulter was a professor of Botany and the eighth president of Indiana University from 1891-1893. He was born in Ningpo, China on November 20, 1851 to Moses Stanley and Caroline E.(Crowe) Coulter. He received his BA (1870), MA (1873), and Ph.D. (1882) from Hanover College. Coulter also received a law degree from Indiana University in 1920 (pro merits). Married to Georgie M. Gaylord in January 1884, they had three children, one son and two daughters.

Coulter's career began as a Botanist for the U.S. Geological Survey in the Rocky Mts. from 1872-1873. He then became a professor of Natural Sciences at Hanover College (1874-1879) and of Biology at Wabash College (1879-1891). After his term at Indiana University, he became President of Lake Forest University (1893-1896) He ended his academic tenure as head of the Department of Botany at the University of Chicago from 1896-1925. Coulter was also a member to the National Academy of Sciences, the Botanical Society of America, American Society of Naturalists, and the President of the American Association of University Professors in 1918. He was an advisor of the Bryce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in Yonkers, New York from 1925-1928. In addition, Coulter was the founder and editor of the Botanical Gazette from 1875 until his death on December 23, 1928. He was buried at Warsaw, Indiana.

Arrangement

Indiana University President's Office records organized into two series, Administrative files and Addresses.

Scope and Content Note

The Presidential records of John M. Coulter are organized in two series: Administrative files and Addresses.

The Administrative files series contains general correspondence including letters of recommendation for incoming students, solicitations of new faculty members, applications for leaves of absence, departmental reports, faculty resignations, and letters of acceptance and rejection for faculty positions. Prominent correspondents include David Starr Jordan and Joseph Swain.

The Addresses series is small, consisting of a single folder holding Coulter's 1891 "Practical education: an address before the students of Indiana University."

• Indexing Terms

• The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the catalog using these terms.

• • Names
  • Indiana University. President --Archives.
  • Indiana University. President --Records and correspondence.
  • Indiana University --History --19th century --Sources.
  • Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928 --Archives.
  • Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928 --Correspondence.
  • Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928. Speeches. Selections.
  • Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928. Correspondence. Selections.
• • Topics
  • College presidents --Indiana --Bloomington --Archives.
  • College presidents --Indiana --Bloomington --Correspondence.
  • College orations --Indiana University.

Administrative Information

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Series: Administrative files, 1891-1893 

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Alumni Association, 1892  View item(s)

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American History, Department of (James A. Woodburn), 3 November 1892  View item(s)

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Association of Collegiate Alumnae - Indiana Branch (Amelia Waring Platter), 15 October 1892  View item(s)

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Ayer, George T., re: Arthur Griffin, 25 August 1891  View item(s)

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Baillot, Edward,

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20 June 1891  View item(s)

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7 July 1891  View item(s)

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Beam, W. A., 3 July 1891  View item(s)

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Bryan, Enoch A. re: "Miss Moore", 7 September 1891  View item(s)

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Hallett, E. S., 7 September 1891  View item(s)

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Bloomington City Council re: walkway, 14 November 1892  View item(s)

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Blough, Neal K.,

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11 August 1891  View item(s)

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16 September 1891  View item(s)

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30 September 1891  View item(s)

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Bryan, William Lowe, 29 March 1892  View item(s)

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Department of Chemistry (Thomas C. Van Nuys and Sherman Davis,

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10 November 1892  View item(s)

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10 November 1892  View item(s)

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1 June 1893  View item(s)

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re: summer school, undated  View item(s)

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Colyer, Frank H., 3 April 1893  View item(s)

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Dickson, G. W., re: Elmer Ketchum, 13 July 1893  View item(s)

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Eigenmann, Carl H.,

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12 May 1891  View item(s)

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19 May 1891  View item(s)

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8 June 1891  View item(s)

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Ellis, Horace,

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30 August 1892  View item(s)

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27 August 1892  View item(s)

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17 September 1892  View item(s)

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Department of English Language and Literature (O.B. Clark), 9 March 1891  View item(s)

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Ferguson, Frank G. and Fred,

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4 November 1892  View item(s)

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8 November 1892  View item(s)

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Committee on Finance, 14 June 1892  View item(s)

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Foreman, W. H., 23 July 1891  View item(s)

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Department of General Literature (Edward H. Griggs), 24 October 1892  View item(s)

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Department of Geology (Vernon F. Marsters),

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1 June 1893  View item(s)

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circa 1893  View item(s)

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Department of German (Gustaf E. Karsten),

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23 October 1892  View item(s)

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29 October 1892  View item(s)

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Department of Greek (Horace A. Hoffman),

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24 October 1892  View item(s)

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3 June 1893  View item(s)

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Griggs, Edward H.,

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6 March 1891  View item(s)

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25 May 1891  View item(s)

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25 May 1891  View item(s)

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14 November 1891  View item(s)

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Halsey, Edward C., 26 January 1893  View item(s)

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Hamilton, I. C., 16 August 1892  View item(s)

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Hanna, Ulysses S., 16 June 1893  View item(s)

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Harlow, W. G., 25 September 189?  View item(s)

Praises Coulter speech.

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Haas, O.C., 13 June 1892  View item(s)

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Hitt, Robert R.,

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1 August 1892  View item(s)

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27 August 1892  View item(s)

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"Miss Hood" from Robert J. Aley, 2 May 1893  View item(s)

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Hooper, C. Lauron, 28 December 1892  View item(s)

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Huffcut, E. W.,

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11 August 1891  View item(s)

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3 November 1892  View item(s)

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Jenkinson, Isaac,

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6 April 1892  View item(s)

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13 April 1892  View item(s)

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Jordan, Jason H.,

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2 April 1892  View item(s)

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13 April 1892  View item(s)

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Kelley, A. E., 24 May 1892  View item(s)

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Latin, Department of, (Amzi Atwater, James K. Beck)

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10 June 1891  View item(s)

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11 June 1891  View item(s)

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9 November 1892  View item(s)

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undated  View item(s)

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Law Department / Law School,

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June 1891  View item(s)

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November 1892  View item(s)

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1893  View item(s)

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Law school faculty candidates, undated  View item(s)

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Leyden, Isaac P., 13 April 1892  View item(s)

re: Woodburn

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Lyons, S. R., 10 November 1892  View item(s)

Oath of Office, Board of Trustees

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McTaggert, A.,

re: daughter Emma

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19 January 1893  View item(s)

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27 January 1893  View item(s)

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18 April 1893  View item(s)

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Marsters, V. F.,

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1 June 1891  View item(s)

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10 June 1891  View item(s)

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18 June 1891  View item(s)

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4 July 1891  View item(s)

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12 July 1891  View item(s)

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23 August 1891  View item(s)

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Mathematics, Department of,

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11 June 1891  View item(s)

Joseph Swain

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11 June 1891  View item(s)

Rufus L. Green

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27 March 1893  View item(s)

Rufus L. Green & Robert J. Aley

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undated  View item(s)

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Matzke, John E., 12 June 1891  View item(s)

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Maxwell, James D., Jr., - funeral notice, 8 January 1891  View item(s)

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Maxwell, James D.,

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18 May 1892  View item(s)

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May 1892  View item(s)

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Men's Gymnasium Report, circa 1892 

James Zink, Director

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Mitchell, James L.,

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1 April 1892  View item(s)

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13 April 1892  View item(s)

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Naylor, J. P.,

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7 March 1891  View item(s)

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11 June 1891  View item(s)

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Pedagogics, Department of (Richard G. Boone), 3 October 1892  View item(s)

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Physics, Department of (Benjamin W. Snow), 21 October 1892  View item(s)

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Rhetoric and Oratory, Department of (George W. Saunderson), June 1891  View item(s)

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Roberts, George L.

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13 March 1893  View item(s)

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3 April 1893  View item(s)

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15 April 1893  View item(s)

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Robertson, R. S., 14 April 1892  View item(s)

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Romance Languages, Dept. of, (John E. Matzke), June 1891  View item(s)

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Ross, E. A., 27 July 1891  View item(s)

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Snow, Benjamin W.,

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7 July 1891  View item(s)

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15 October 1891  View item(s)

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Jordan, David Starr,

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9 June 1891  View item(s)

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10 June 1891  View item(s)

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31 May 1892  View item(s)

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Swain, Joseph, 23 May 1893  View item(s)

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Taylor, Isham,

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23 September 1892 

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John P. D. John, President of DePauw University, to I.T. View item(s)

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John P. D. John, President of DePauw University, to President Coulter re: I.T. View item(s)

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Belle A. Mansfield, Registrar, DePauw University, re: I.T. View item(s)

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1 October 1892  View item(s)

John P. D. John, President of DePauw University, to President Coulter re: I.T.

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Board of Trustees Library Committee,

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10 September 1892  View item(s)

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8 November 1892  View item(s)

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undated  View item(s)

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VanDusen, Hiriam J., 26 August 1891  View item(s)

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Watkins, Thomas G., 20 January 1893  View item(s)

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Women's Gymnasium Report, June 1893 

Harriet C. Saunderson, Director

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Youche, J. W., 1 April 1892  View item(s)

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References, 1891-1893 

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Series: Addresses, 1891 

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Box 1 "Practical education: An address before the students of the Indiana University, " 1891  View item(s)