Finding Aid
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Records of the Iowa State Board of Education and Access and Restrictions: This collection is open for research. Digital Surrogates: Except where indicated, this document describes but does not reproduce the actual text, images and objects which make up this collection. Materials are available only in the Special Collections Department. Copyright: Please read The University of Iowa Libraries' statement on Property Rights, Copyright Law, and Permissions to Use Unpublished Materials. Use of Collections: The University of Iowa Libraries supports access to the materials, published and unpublished, in its collections. Nonetheless, access to some items may be restricted by their fragile condition or by contractual agreement with donors, and it may not be possible at all times to provide appropriate machinery for reading, viewing or accessing non-paper-based materials. Please read our Use of Manuscripts Statement. Acquisition and Processing Information: These records have been transferred to the University Archives at various times. Guide posted to the Internet October 2006; updated February 2009. Photographs: None |
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Scope and Content
The Records of the Iowa State Board of Education and Board of Regents, 1909-1982, consist of seven series: Board Minutes, Reports and Other Printed Matter, Administrative, Legislative Relations, Committees, Finance and Budget, and Regents Member Files.
Historical Note
On February 25, 1847, the First General Assembly of the State of Iowa established the State University of Iowa at Iowa City. The law provided for a 15-member Board of Trustees. With little initial financial support, the Board's early business was confined to land selection for the new institution. By 1855, the first year of classes, however, the Board became fully engaged in the business of managing a small but growing public university. In 1870 the Board of Trustees was reorganized as the Board of Regents.
In 1909, the Iowa State Board of Education was organized to administer the state's three public institutions of higher learning: The State University of Iowa at Iowa City (in 1964 its name was shortened to The University of Iowa for common use); Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Ames (renamed Iowa State University of Science and Technology in 1959); and the Iowa State Teachers College at Cedar Falls (renamed the State College of Iowa in 1961 and the University of Northern Iowa in 1967). The state board succeeded the functions of these individual institutions' governing bodies in 1909.
The state Board of Education was renamed the Iowa State Board of Regents in 1954.
Related Materials
Fogdall, Vergil S. "History of the State University of Iowa: The Governing Boards, 1847-1947." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Iowa, 1947.
Mahan, Bruce E. "University of Iowa." The Palimpsest LII, 2: p. 33-129. (February 1971). Des Moines: State Historical Society of Iowa.
Records of the Board of Trustees and Board of Regents, 1847-1909 (RG 04.01)
Box Contents List
Series I: Board Minutes
Board Record, April 20, 1909 -- June 30, 1936 (29 bound volumes)
State Board of Education Minutes, September 24, 1935 -- June 17, 1937; incomplete (1 document box)
----. September 14, 1937 -- June 30, 1947 (9 bound volumes)----. October 10, 1947 -- June 10, 1960 (13 binders)
State Board of Regents Minutes, July 14, 1960 -- July 12, 1968 (7 document boxes)----. September 12, 1968 -- June 16, 1972 (4 binders)
----. July 13, 1972 -- June 17, 1982; June 21-22, 1989 (7document boxes)Board of Regents and Finance Committee Minutes Index, 1916 -- 1977 (6 document boxes)
Board of Regents Minutes Subject Index, 1916 -- 1973 (3 flat boxes)
Series II: Reports and Other Printed Matter
Box 1:
Regents, Facts About, 1970-1971
Box 2:
Biennial Report of the State of Iowa Board of Education, 1910 -- 1926
Box 3:
----. 1928 -- 1940
Box 4:
----. 1942 -- 1952
Box 5:
Biennial Report of the Iowa State Board of Regents, 1954 -- 1970
Box 6:
----. 1974 -- 1976
Box 7:
Reports from the Office of the President, 1969 -- 1975
Series III: Administrative
Box 1:
Procedural Guide, 1973 -- 1980
Box 2:
Rules of the Regents Merit System, 1973, 1977
Box 3:
Regents Seminar Academic Planning, 1973
Series IV: Legislative Relations
Box 1:
Legislative Askings; Legislative Requests; Financial Requirements, 1919 -- 1923, 1940, 1953 -- 1975
Box 2:
Legislative Notes and Other Reports, 1952 -- 1971
Box 3:
Legislative Notes, 1971
Series V: Committees
Box 1:
Intercollegiate Standing Committee, 1919 -- 1943
Series VI: Finance and Budget
Box 1:
State University of Iowa Finance Committee Minutes, July 1935 -- June 1936
Bound volumes (14):
----. July 1937 -- June 1960
Box 2:
----. July 1960 -- June 1966
Box 3:
State University of Iowa Finance Committee: Gifts and Scholarships; Budget, 1952 -- 1960
Box 4:
Iowa State University Finance Committee, July 1947 -- June 1951
Box 5:
----. July 1951 -- June 1955
Box 6:
----. July 1955 -- June 1960
Box 7:
----. July 1960 -- June 1966
Box 8:
University of Northern Iowa Finance Committee, July 1947 -- June 1966
Box 9:
State Braille and Sightsaving School Finance Committee, July 1947-- June 1966
Box 10:
State School for the Deaf Finance Committee, July 1947 -- June 1966
Box 11:
State Sanitorium Finance Committee, July 1947 -- June 1965
Box 12:
Financial Exhibits, 1912 -- 1919
Box 13:
----. 1964 -- 1966
Box 14:
----. 1965 -- 1969
Box 15:
Detailed Computation of Operating and Capital Funds Requests, 1969 -- 1971
Box 16:
Financial Requirements, 1963 -- 1969
Series VII: Regents Member Files
Box 1:
Stanley Redeker, 1965 -- 1979
Box 2:
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Box 3:
Joseph Anderson, 1934 -- 1938