Administrative Policy Records of the University of Florida Office of the President (John S. Allen, Acting President)
Scope and Content
Contains the administrative records of John S. Allen as acting president after the death of President Miller. It includes correspondence and other records related to the major campus units and general correspondence with regional and national intercollegiate organizations. Also included are Allen's memoranda, both numbered and unnumbered, to faculty and administrators. Of special note are the records related to the genesis of station WUFT-TV and the continuation of the development of the medical programs initiated in the Miller administration.
Dates
- Creation: 1953-1955
Creator
- University of Florida. Office of the President. (Organization)
Access
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Biographical/Historical Note
John S. Allen was Vice President of the University of Florida from 1947 to 1957. He served briefly as acting president before the arrival of J. Hillis Miller and served for a longer period after Miller's death in 1953. In 1957, Allen was selected to be first president of the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Extent
2.9 Linear feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Administrative records of John S. Allen as acting University of Florida president, including correspondence and other records related to the major campus units and general correspondence with regional and national intercollegiate organizations.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Subject
- University of Florida. College of Medicine. (Organization)
- WUFT (Television station : Gainesville, Fla.). (Organization)
- Title
- A Guide to the Administrative Policy Records of the University of Florida Office of the President (John S. Allen, Acting President)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Dept. Staff
- Date
- September 2011
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu