President William H. Bruce Records, 1904-1924
Contents
- Collection Overview
- Abstract
- Scope and Contents
- Biographical Note
- Access Information
- Administrative Information
- Detailed Description
- Box & Folder Listing
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Collection Overview
Title: |
President William H. Bruce Records, 1904-1924![]() |
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ID: | 02/02/ UP0005 |
Primary Creator: | President William H. Bruce (1904-1924) |
Extent: | 13.0 Boxes |
Arrangement: | This collection is arranged by material type and date. |
Languages: | English |
Abstract
The records of William Herschel Bruce, president of North Texas State Normal College (now UNT) from 1906 to 1923.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection contains letters to the Board of Regent members, the Attorney General, and correspondence between Texas College Presidents. It also contains budgetary and financial records, including scholarships and funding. There are school publications, advertisements, class offerings, and summers school. There are also faculty meeting minutes, faculty contracts, affiliations and standards, certificates and correspondence with clubs. Photograhs and personal writings are also included.Collection Historical Note
President Bruce was born in 1856 and died in 1943. He is most noted for raising the standards for instruction and phasing out the three year degree North Texas had been granting for a four year bachelor's degree. He also put the word "teachers" in the name of Texas Normal Schools. Eight buildings were constructed while he was president (among them were the President's House, Library [now Curry Hall], Science Building, Manual Arts Building, and the Education Building). He was the author of several mathematics text books and smaller publications.
Biographical Note
William Herschel Bruce was the fifth President of the University of North Texas. He served from 1904-1924.
Access Information
Access Restrictions:
This collection is not restricted.
Use Restrictions:
Reproduction and publication of materials in this collection ae subject to the policies of the UNT Archives and Rare Books department. Copyright restrictions may apply.
Physical Access Note:
This collection is housed in the Willis Library and is available for same-day paging.
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Administrative Information
Repository: | University Archives |
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Accruals: | 2009-018 |
Acquisition Source: | UNT; Jess Mankin |
Preferred Citation: | President William H. Bruce Records, University of North Texas Special Collections |
Finding Aid Revision History: | July 2018 by Nicole Yatsonsky - added to Series 2: Box 1, added Abstract, revised Scope/Content and Historical Note |
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Box and Folder Listing
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Series 1: Records
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Box 483: President Bruce Records, 1906-1923
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There are club correspondence, advertisements and letters to the Board of Regents.Barcode: 706103-
Folder 1: Bruce Administration, Advertisement - Cost and Subscription, 1908
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Folder 2: Bruce Administration, Affiliations and Standards, 1912-1922
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Folder 3: Bruce Administration, Anti-Saloon League - Correspondence, 1912
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Folder 4: Bruce Administration, Correspondence and Certificates, 1911-1921
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Folder 5: Bruce Administration, Reports, 1922
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Folder 6: Bruce Administration, Attorney General, 1919
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Folder 7: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - General Material, 1920-1922
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Folder 8: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - Letters to J. J. Bennett, 1921-1923
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Folder 9: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - R. J. Eckhardt Letters, 1920-1923
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Folder 10: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - Letters to M.O. Flowers, 1919-1923
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Folder 11: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - M.O. Flowers Letters, 1920-1923
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Folder 12: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - Letters to A.C. Goeth, 1919-1920
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Folder 13: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - Letters to A.C. Goeth, 1920
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Folder 14: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - Letters to A.C. Goeth, 1921-1922
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Folder 15: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - Letters from A.C. Goeth, 1919-1921
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Folder 16: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - Letters from A.C. Goeth, 1921-1922
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Folder 17: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - John Marshall Letters, 1920-1921
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Folder 18: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - Margie Neal Letters, 1921-1923
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Folder 19: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - A.B. Martin Letters, 1920-10921
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Folder 20: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - M.C. Parrish Letters, 1922-1923
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Folder 21: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - H.A. Turner Letters, 1919-1923
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Folder 22: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - A.B. Watkins Letters, 1919-1923
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Folder 23: Bruce Administration, Board of Regents - Royall Watkins Letters, 1923
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Box 484: President Bruce Records, 1906-1923
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There are financial records, class selection, faculty meeting minutes and correspondence with committees.Barcode: 706104-
Folder 1: Bruce Administration, Budgets and Appropriations, 1920-1923
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Folder 2: Bruce Administration, Budget and Financial Records, 1914-1921
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Folder 3: Bruce Administration, Building and Furniture Records, 1912-1913
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Folder 4: Bruce Administration, Bulletins, 1907-1910
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Folder 5: Bruce Administration, Bulletins, 1911-1914
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Folder 6: Bruce Administration, Class Offerings, 1906-1907
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Folder 7: Bruce Administration, Class Offerings, 1907-1908
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Folder 8: Bruce Administration, Class Subjects, 1901-1920
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Folder 9: Bruce Administration, Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1911
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Folder 10: Bruce Administration, College of Industrial Art Terrill School, 1919
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Folder 11: Bruce Administration, Committee Reports - Curriculum, 1919-1922
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Folder 12: Bruce Administration, Committee Reports - Letters, 1919-1922
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Folder 13: Bruce Administration, Correspondence, 1916-1923
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Folder 14: Bruce Administration, Faculty Contracts, 1923
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Folder 15: Bruce Administration, Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1913-1914
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Folder 16: Bruce Administration, Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1915-1916
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Folder 17: Bruce Administration, Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1917
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Folder 18: Bruce Administration, Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1918-1919
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Folder 19: Bruce Administration, FAculty Meeting Minutes, 1920-1923
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Box 485: President Bruce Records, 1906-1923
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There are letters, scholarship information, discipline cases, and forms and regulations of the school.Barcode: 706105-
Folder 1: Bruce Administration, Form Letters to Students and Faculty, 1914-1921
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Folder 2: Bruce Administration, Forms and Regulations, 1914-1918
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Folder 3: Bruce Administration, Statement on Grading Systems and Examinations, 1918
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Folder 4: Bruce Administration, Legislature - Appropriations Bill, 1923
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Folder 5: Bruce Administration, Legislature - Committees, 1923
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Folder 6: Bruce Administration, Legislature - Letters, 1921-1923
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Folder 7: Bruce Administration, Letter book, 1906-1912
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Folder 8: Bruce Administration, Letter book, 1906-1912
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Folder 9: Bruce Administration, Letter book, u.d.
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Folder 10: Bruce Administration, Literary Club, 1907-1912
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Folder 11: Bruce Administration, Library, 1921
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Folder 12: Bruce Administration, Scholarships, 1921-1923
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Folder 13: Bruce Administration, Southern Association of Colleges, 1923
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Folder 14: Bruce Administration, State Education Fund Proposal, 1909
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Folder 15: Bruce Administration, Statistics (Education), 1921-1923
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Folder 16: Bruce Administration, Studen Discipline Cases, 1908-1909
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Folder 17: Bruce Administration, Summer School, 19189-1923
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Folder 18: Bruce Administration, "Syllabus for Education Survey of Rural Schools", u.d.
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Box 486: President Bruce Records, 1906-1923
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There are letters between President Bruce and other Presidents of Texas Colleges.Barcode: 706106-
Folder 1: Bruce Administration, TX College Presidents - Gen. Correspondence, 1920-1921
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Folder 2: Bruce Administration, TX College Presidents - Gen. Correspondence, 1921-1923
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Folder 3: Bruce Administration, TX College Presidents - Letters to R.B. Binnion, 1919-1923
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Folder 4: Bruce Administration, TX College Presidents - Letters from R.B. Binnion, 1919-1921
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Folder 5: Bruce Administration, TX College Presidents - Letters from R.B. Binnion, 1921-1923
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Folder 6: Bruce Administration, TX College Presidents - A.W. Birdwell, Correspondence, 1922-1923
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Folder 7: Bruce Administration, TX College Presidents - R.B. Cousins, Correspondence, 1914
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Folder 8: Bruce Administration, TX College Presidents - Letters to H.F. Estill, 1919-1922
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Folder 9: Bruce Administration, TX College Presidents - Letters from H.F. Estill, 1919-1920
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Folder 10: Bruce Administration, TX College Presidents - Letters from H.F. Estill, 1921
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Folder 11: Bruce Administration, TX College Presidents - Letters from H.F. Estill, 1921-1923
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Folder 12: Bruce Administration, TX College Presidents - Letters to C.E. Evans, 1914-1920
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Folder 13: Bruce Administration, TX College Presidents - Letters to C.E. Evans, 1920-1923
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Box 487: President Bruce Records, 1906-1923
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Box 483A: Oversize Material
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Oversize material from several collections are housed in this box.Barcode: 708121-
Item 1: Diploma, no date
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A blank diploma for the North Texas State Normal College (now the University of North Texas). This was to be awarded to a student who earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Series 2: President's Office
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Box 1: Publications
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Folder 1: The Charms of Solitude, 1900
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Contains one booklet by William Herschel Bruce, titled The Charms of Solitude, bound in string. -
Item 1: Arithmetic Lower Book, 1912
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Copy of Arithmetic: Lower Book by W.S. Sutton and W.H. Bruce, designed for students lower than sixth grade. -
Item 2: Arithmetic
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Copy of Arithmetic, by W.S. Sutton and W.H. Bruce, designed for math students above fifth grade. -
Item 3: Elements of Plane-Geometry
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Copy of Elements of Plane-Geometry by W.H. Bruce. -
Item 4: The Nine Circles of the Triangle, 1932
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Copy of The Nine Circles of the Triangle, bound with string, written by W.H. Bruce for his thesis and published by the North Texas State Teachers College. -
Item 5: Elements of Plane-Geometry
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Copy of Elements of Plane-Geometry by W.H. Bruce. -
Item 6: Elements of Solid-Geometry, 1923
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Copy of Elements of Solid-Geometry by W.H. Bruce. -
Item 7: Principles and Processes of Education, 1916
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Copy of Principles and Processes of Education by W.H. Bruce. -
Item 8: Man The Measurer; An Essay, 1934
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Copy of Man The Measurer; An Essay by William H. Bruce. Bound in book tape. -
Item 9: Elements of Solid-Geometry, 1910
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Copy of Elements of Plane-Geometry by W.H. Bruce and C.C. Cody. -
Item 10: Plane and Solid Geometry, 1930
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Copy of Plane and Solid Geometry by W.H. Bruce. -
Item 11: Arithmetic Lower Book - Tied, 1912
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Copy of Arithmetic: Lower Book. Signed inside by Helen Neely Wright. Has a tied external book protector outside actual publication. -
Item 12: Charms of Solitude - Reprint
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Contains one 4x6 envelope with two stapled copies of The Charms of Solitude by William Herschel Bruce. Cover has a square sticker numbered 472. -
Folder 2: The Emergent Man, circa 1940
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Box 2: Letterbook, 1911-09-09 - 1912-05-04
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Contains one book "Letters," with a square sticker labeled "St. File 373". Book contains an index of persons with phone extensions and a log of letters written by W.H. Bruce.Barcode: 706109 -
Box 3: Letterbook, 1912-05-06 - 1912-12-04
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Contains one book labeled "Letters" with a sticker "St. File 375". Book contains a log of letters written by President W.H. Bruce and a personal index of persons with phone numbers and extensions.Barcode: 706110 -
Box 4: Letterbook, 1910-01 - 1911-09
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NOTE: This box is restricted.Barcode: 706111 -
Box 5: Letterbook, 1908-08 - 1909-12
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Box 6: Letterbook, 1906-11 - 1908-08
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Box 8: Publications
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Folder 1: Emergent Man, 1940
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Folder 2: Man the Measure: An Essay, 1934
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Folder 3: Charms of Solitude, undated
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Folder 4: Random Verse, 1942
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Series 3: Photographs
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Box 7: Photos
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NOTE: This box contains photographs from the President William H. Bruce Records, the President Weston J. McConnell Records and President James C. Matthews. This box is housed in the Special Collections Department in the Willis Library and it is shelved in flat storage under the President William H. Bruce Records with the Collection Number UP0005.Barcode: 642570
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