MSU Founders Documents
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Description
Minutes for Board of Trustees meetings showing the founding of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Mississippi State University) in 1878, the selection of Stephen D. Lee as the first President of the College, and the Selection of Starkville, Mississippi as the site for the College.
Publication Date
1892
Time Period
1890-1899
Subjects
Colleges and Universities; Mississippi State University
Object Type
text
Format (original)
document
Format (digital)
Digital ID
BoT_p
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Department, University Archives Division, John M. Stone Papers, Board of Trustees, A85-52Board of Trustees Minutes, A85-52 Box 2 Volume 1
Repository
University Archives
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Rights
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Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
Recommended Citation
Board of Trustees of the Agricultual and Mechanical College of Mississippi, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries
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