MSU Founders Documents

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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)

PDF

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).

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Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Board of Trustees of the Agricultual and Mechanical College of Mississippi

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