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Series 1. Numerically-Coded Subject Files, 1878-1963. The largest of the fifteen series in the record group, Series 1 has records arranged according to an arbitrary file-numbering scheme, running from 1-999 (242 document cases). Series 2. Bound volumes consisting of handwritten notes, memoranda and letters, 1889-1909, an index for the years 1903-1904, Daniel Coit Gilman's "Draft of a Plan for Organization of Johns Hopkins University, October 1875," and Minutes of the Administrative Committee, 1913-1914 (2 document cases). Series 3. Scrapbook made up of letters sent to Ira Remsen congratulating him on assuming the presidency in 1901 (1 document case). Series 4. Correspondence to and from Presidents Gilman and Remsen, 1901-1914 (1 document case). Series 5. University budget proposals and working papers from Milton S. Eisenhower's presidency, 1958-1967 (2 document cases). Series 6. Alphabetical Subject Files, 1964-1967. The records of the last three years of Milton S. Eisenhower's presidency (24 document cases). Series 7. Correspondence of a personal nature, to and from Milton S. Eisenhower, on primarily non-university subjects, 1950-1963 (13 document cases). Series 8. Trustees Correspondence, 1955-1967, to and from Milton S. Eisenhower (4 document cases). Series 9. Alphabetical Subject Files, 1967-1971. The records of Lincoln Gordon's administration (69 document cases). Series 10. Trustees Correspondence, 1967-1971, to and from Lincoln Gordon (1 document case). Series 11. Speeches and Statements of Lincoln Gordon, 1967-1971 (1 document case). Series 12. Speeches and Statements of Milton S. Eisenhower, 1971-1972 (1 document case). Series 13. Alphabetical Subject Files, 1971-1972. The records of Milton S. Eisenhower's interim presidency and the transition to Steven Muller's administration (17 document cases). Series 14. Alphabetical Subject Files, 1972-1982. The records of the first ten years of Steven Muller's presidency (59 records center boxes). Series 15. Alphabetical Subject Files, 1982-1990. The records of the final eight years of Steven Muller's presidency (57 records center boxes). Series 16. Milton S. Eisenhower, President Emeritus, 1972-1985. The records from Eisenhower's years as President Emeritus (1 half-size document case). Series 17. Official Greetings, 1968-1997. Letters of Official Greeting from the inaugurations of Lincoln Gordon, Steven Muller and William R. Brody (1 oversized flat case). Accession Numbers: 78.32, 79.6, 79.32, 79.81, 79.116, 80.10, 80.46, 81.25, 81.44, 82.12, 82.26, 84.28, 85.20, 85.28, 86.36, 87.37, 88.30, 90.05, 91.12, 92.32 Provenance: Most of the records were transferred by the Office of the President. The Administrative Committee Minutes in series 2 were transferred by Mary Fetsch, Assistant Secretary of the Board of trustees. The remainder of series 2 was transferred by the Department of Special Collections, Milton S. Eisenhower Library. The records in series 3 and 4 were found in the biographical files of Alumni [Development] Information Services. Series 5 was transferred by Ross Jones, formerly Assistant to the President. Some of series 7 was transferred to the Archives by the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts, where they were inadvertently sent with Lincoln Gordon's personal papers. Series 8 was found in the attic of Homewood House. Series 15 was transferred by Gertrude Holland, Milton Eisenhower's secretary. Size: 435.50 cubic feet (378 document cases, 246 records center boxes, 1 half-sized document case and one oversized flat case) Citation: The Ferdinand Hamburger Archives of The Johns Hopkins University, Record Group Number 02.001, Office of the President, series number and title, file number [first series only], file title and inclusive dates. Restrictions: Access to records of the Office of the President created within the past twenty-five years may be sought by completing a Restricted Records Access Request form, which will be reviewed by the Archives Advisory Committee. Education records are restricted for eighty years, and employment records for seventy-five years, if the individual is not known to be deceased. For details, see Regulations Governing Access to Restricted Records, at the front of each binder. NOTE: Due to their brevity, Series 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 and 12 have no container list. A paragraph describes the contents of each of these series.
History Daniel Coit Gilman (February 1876 - August 1901) Histories of the presidencies of, and biographical information on, Presidents Gilman, Remsen, Goodnow, Ames and Bowman may be found in John C. French's A History of the University Founded by Johns Hopkins (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1946). Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, president from January 1949 to August 1953, was born in 1897 and raised in Manhattan, New York. He attended Swarthmore College as an undergraduate and earned his Ph.D. in physics and physiology at the University of Michigan in 1926. Before assuming the presidency of Johns Hopkins, Bronk taught at Swarthmore, the University of Pennsylvania, and Cornell University. Perhaps Bronk's major accomplishment while president of Hopkins was the formulation of what came to be known as the Hopkins Plan. This program was designed to lower the barriers between graduate and undergraduate education, thus allowing students to progress at their own pace into higher studies. Bronk was also committed to academic freedom and in 1950 he successfully resisted an attempt by Senator Joseph McCarthy to have Owen Lattimore dismissed from the faculty prior to any judicial finding of guilt. In 1953 Bronk resigned the presidency of Hopkins to become the first president of the Rockefeller University, formerly known as the Rockefeller Institute. He died in 1975. Dr. Lowell J. Reed succeeded Bronk as president in 1953, after having taught at Hopkins since 1918. Born in New Hampshire in 1886, Reed attended the University of Maine, receiving his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1907. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in 1915 and briefly headed the Bureau of Tabulations and Statistics in Washington prior to joining the Hopkins faculty. He served as Vice President of both the University and the Hospital until June 1953, when he retired. Called out of retirement just two months later to take over the Hopkins presidency, Reed considered himself a temporary president and urged the Trustees to search for someone to take over the post on a permanent basis. He remained committed to the Hopkins tradition of emphasizing graduate study and a small student body, thus promoting informal and intimate contacts between students and faculty. Another idea to which Reed was committed was raising senior faculty salaries to compare favorably with those of other similar institutions. To help accomplish this he sought and received grants from the Ford Foundation. In 1956 Reed retired permanently and returned to his home in New Hampshire, where he lived until his death in 1966. Information on the life and presidency of Milton S. Eisenhower may be found in a recently-published book by Stephen E. Ambrose and Richard H. Immerman, entitled Milton S. Eisenhower: Educational Statesman (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983). When Dr. Eisenhower retired in 1967, Dr. Lincoln Gordon succeeded him as the ninth president of the university. Gordon was born in 1913 in Manhattan, New York. He graduated from Harvard University at age 19 and three years later was elected a Rhodes Scholar. He earned his doctorate at Oxford before returning to Harvard as an instructor. During World War II Gordon worked in Washington on the War Production Board, and after the war he was among the inner circle of directors of the Marshall Plan. In 1961 he was named Ambassador to Brazil, where he served until 1964, when he became the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. During Gordon's presidency, the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions became more involved in community affairs. The Columbia Hospital and Clinics Foundation, providing low-cost health care to residents of Columbia, Maryland, was initiated, as was a similar program for residents of low-income East Baltimore neighborhoods. A new Center for Urban Affairs studied social issues of the cities, and many attempts were made to normalize relations between the medical institutions' staffs and the residents of the surrounding East Baltimore ghettos. At the same time as Milton S. Eisenhower returned to occupy the presidency temporarily, a new provost was also named. Formerly an associate professor and vice president at Cornell University, Steven Muller became provost of the Johns Hopkins University in April 1971. Just nine months later, the Board of Trustees named Muller president, to be Eisenhower's permanent successor. Steven Muller was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1927 and lived there until his family emigrated to the United States in 1940. Muller graduated from UCLA in 1948, and, a year later, was elected a Rhodes Scholar. After serving for two years in the Army, he received his Ph.D. in political science in 1958 from Cornell. Besides teaching government at Cornell, he also taught at Haverford College, in Pennsylvania. In his first ten years at Hopkins Muller led the successful Hopkins Hundreds fundraising campaign, which culminated in 1976 during the centennial of the university's founding. He has been an active spokesman on behalf of higher education, writing numerous articles and participating in national organizations such as the American Council on Education and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. The University expanded considerably during Muller's presidency. Among the more significant ventures were the reopening of the School of Nursing, the founding of the for-profit Dome Corporation, the establishment of a joint graduate center with Nanjing University in Nanjing, China, the establishment of the professional WJHU-FM radio station, and the opening of the School for Continuing Studies Downtown Center. Hopkins also added several buildings to the Homewood Campus including Mudd Hall, the Hopkins Union, the New Engineering Building, Olin Hall, and the Steven Muller Building. Muller retired from the presidency in 1990. William Chase Richardson, formerly the Provost of Pennsylvania State University, became the 11th president of Johns Hopkins on February 22, 1991. An economist trained at the University of Chicago, one of Richardson's goals as president was to restore Hopkins to financial stability through both public and private funds. Richardson saw several major gifts to the University including $50 million dollars given to the School of Arts and Sciences by Zanvyl Krieger and $20 million from Debbie and Champ Sheridan to the Eisenhower Library, and in 1994 launched the Johns Hopkins Initiative to raise $900 million for endowment and facilities of the University and Hospital. President Richardson was also instrumental in negotiating with the federal government for a set of eight principles to preserve and reform the system of indirect costs recoveries. In June of 1995 he resigned as president to become the head of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. After Richardson's departure Daniel Nathans, University Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and a Nobel Laureate, became interim president. Nathans served as interim president until August of 1996 when William R. Brody was selected as Richardson's permanent successor. Brody was previously provost of the University of Minnesota's Academic Health Center, but also well acquainted with Hopkins having been chairman of the Department of radiology at the School of Medicine from 1987-1994. Brody has bachelor's and masters degrees in electrical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He also earned an M.D. from Stanford and trained in cardiovascular surgery and radiology at Stanford and the University of California San Francisco. In addition to his academic background, President Brody founded and is president of Resonex, Inc., a manufacturer of magnetic resonance imaging devices. President Brody is currently the president of Johns Hopkins University. Bibliography Ambrose, Stephen E., and Immerman, Richard H. Milton S. Eisenhower: Educational Statesman. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983. "Dr. L. J. Reed, Ex-Hopkins Head, Dies." The (Baltimore) Evening Sun. April 29, 1966, p. B30. Flexner, Abraham. Daniel Coit Gilman: Creator of the American Type of University. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1946. Franklin, Fabian. The Life of Daniel Coit Gilman. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1910. French, John C. A History of the University Founded by Johns Hopkins. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1946. Hancock, Elise. Benchmark 1990-1995: A Report Prepared by the Office of Morris W. Offit, chairman of the University Board of Trustees, 1995. Hawkins, Hugh. Pioneer: A History of the Johns Hopkins University, 1874-1889. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1960. Martin, Geoffrey. The Life and Thought of Isaiah Bowman. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1980. Novack, Janet. "Who Says Lucre is Filthy?" Forbes Magazine, November 30, 1987 "Persistent Negotiator: Lincoln Gordon." The New York Times. April 12, 1967. Webster, Bayard. "Dr. Detlev Bronk of Rockefeller U. Dies." The New York Times. November 18, 1975, p. 38M. * * * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Series Description As the years passed and the filing system kept expanding, a gradual disenchantment with the system seems evident. The vast majority of files are small in volume and span only a few years. Very few continue up to the 1960s. As a consequence of the lack of a pattern for subject grouping, several subjects are represented under as many as three different numbers scattered throughout the sequence. There are also instances of the same number's being used simultaneously for two different subjects. Other numbers were re-assigned to different subjects once the previous file was discontinued. Many numbers, and sometimes several consecutive numbers, were never assigned. Another idiosyncrasy in this filing system is the occasional use of decimals. In most instances they are used to indicate a narrower aspect of the main subject, although this is not always the case. There are also numerous irregularities in the use of decimal numbers. Letters such as "ss," "x," "A," "F," and "G," were sometimes added to or used in place of decimals, particularly in the lower numbers of the sequence. In all cases, the original filing system has been preserved. Fortunately, a card file does exist for this series. Compiled in an ongoing manner, probably by the president's secretary, entries were added under the appropriate subject heading(s) for each item filed. The index exists in three segments, 1903-1936, 1936-1950 and 1951-1963, and, while by no means complete or totally accurate, it serves as the best means for locating an individual document. Correspondence to and from the presidents of the university, from outside the university as well as within the administrative structure, makes up the largest mass of the records. Reports from individuals and organizations, telegrams and newspapers also are present in large numbers. Clippings, and, where they existed on highly-acidic paper, telegrams, have been photocopied and the copies replaced in the files. Nearly every school and department of the university is represented in this series. SERIES 2: The second series consists of sixteen bound volumes, mostly handwritten, which date from the early years of the university's existence. Such items as a yearbook listing important events in the university's history, Gilman's "Draft of a Plan for Organization of Johns Hopkins University," the Minutes of the Administrative Committee, and volumes of notes and memoranda written by Gilman and Remsen make up this series. SERIES 3: The third series consists exclusively of a bound Scrapbook containing Letters of Congratulations to President Ira Remsen, upon assuming the presidency of Johns Hopkins in 1901. SERIES 4: The fourth series consists of correspondence written to and from Presidents Gilman and Remsen during the years 1901-1907, 1909 and 1914; some undated material is also present. This material was never filed with the main body of records, but was kept separate in the President's Office. Eight folders make up this series, arranged in chronological order. SERIES 5: The fifth series consists of preliminary budget proposals and working papers used by Milton S. Eisenhower during the years 1957-1967. Also included in this series is a Ten-Year Development Program from 1962-1963. Twelve folders, in two boxes, make up this series. SERIES 6: By Milton S. Eisenhower's eighth year of presidency, the complex filing system used by previous presidents had grown far too unwieldy for further use. As a consequence, Eisenhower instituted a new file, in which information was placed alphabetically by subject. This file (series six), covering the years 1964-1967, contains the papers and official correspondence of Eisenhower's last three years as president of the University, although some files contain records from as far back as 1958. In general, this series reflects Eisenhower's efforts to expand the size and scope of the University while maintaining its academic excellence. Fundraising and long-range planning were two important considerations reflected in the files. Also important were the many new buildings bought or built during the period, including the Milton S. Eisenhower Library, McCoy Hall, Reed Hall, the Newton S. White Athletic Center, and the Children's Medical and Surgical Center. Eisenhower was also instrumental in seeing to the construction of a classroom building on the Homewood Campus (Shaffer Hall) and the moving of the School for Advanced International Studies to a newer and larger building in downtown Washington, DC. Other central concerns of the Eisenhower administration included creation of a Department of Statistics and the combination of the Faculty of Philosophy with the School of Engineering to form the School of Arts and Sciences. Upgrading of faculty salaries to compete with other top universities was another priority set by the president. Also documented are objectives for the improvement of undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral education which were discussed at the Higgins Mill Conferences. Milton S. Eisenhower seems to have enjoyed a great rapport with students, faculty, and alumni alike. Students who wrote letters outlining their political beliefs often received warm personal answers. Faculty members, too, felt confident when expressing concerns and difficulties. Unfortunately, professors no longer wrote to the university president detailing their research. Since this was the case, most of the correspondence between Eisenhower and the various academic departments is merely official protocol, including appointment of department heads and notification of resignation. SERIES 7: In some respects, Milton S. Eisenhower held a unique historical position from 1952-1960. He was at the same time president of a major national university and brother to the President of the United States. When Milton Eisenhower left the presidency of Pennsylvania State University in 1956, he did so partly to be closer to his brother in Washington, DC. After accepting the presidency of the Johns Hopkins University, Eisenhower continued to advise his brother in a non-compensatory position, and he made several trips to Latin America as a good-will ambassador. The papers contained in this series reflect Milton Eisenhower's responsibilities and concerns other than those of his Johns Hopkins presidency. The correspondence contained in Series seven is addressed to Milton S. Eisenhower as president of Pennsylvania State University or the Johns Hopkins University. For this reason, the archivists decided that this series could remain in the Ferdinand Hamburger Archives. The correspondence rarely relates to official university business, however. Generally, it falls into several categories: Unfortunately, series seven does not contain much correspondence between Milton S. Eisenhower and other leaders of national stature. Most of the letters are from old personal friends, or from people who do not know him personally, but who write to him because of his social prominence. Nor are the replies to some of the issues above always substantial. Eisenhower was often too busy to give a detailed reply. The value of the correspondence lies in its demonstrations of the fears, hopes, and concerns of Americans (including Latin Americans) through the period 1950-1963. Two things must be emphasized: first, the file begins before Milton Eisenhower came to the Johns Hopkins University. Two document cases contain correspondence addressed to him at the Pennsylvania State University. Second, the file does not contain all the general correspondence he received while president of the two universities. Only the more important letters were kept; those requiring a standard reply must have been thrown away by his secretarial staff before reaching the Archives. Thus his form letter vindicating his position in the "Tractors for Freedom" controversy is not to be found, though he often mentions it in letters to friends. Evidence suggests that Eisenhower kept his files in alphabetical order by subject or correspondent, as often all the correspondence of one individual over a period of years is stapled together. Yet, except for these stapled groups and the correspondence from 1962, the files are now in chronological order. Apparently they were re-arranged at some point. The processor decided to leave the files in this re-arranged order for several reasons: first, the order parallels history and, thus, may be of value to historical researchers; second, the original subject order is not always evident and would be difficult to reconstruct; and, third, the time involved in restoring the original alphabetical order would be immense, and the significance of the records would not be changed materially. Therefore, this series is arranged as follows:
1962--Alphabetical ; Probably the way the records were originally arranged by the Office of the President. Confidential ; Chronological by year, with the exception of five folders from the same individual which follow the chronological material. The reason that one year remains in alphabetical order is that two boxes of Milton Eisenhower's papers were discovered among Lincoln Gordon's papers, which were deposited in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. The Kennedy Library found and sent the Eisenhower papers to the Ferdinand Hamburger Archives in 1979. The other records in this series had already been re-arranged. Since this series is contained in thirteen document cases, it is a relatively quick procedure to skim through it in search of particular historical issues or concerns. Above all else, the series shows just how busy a person of national prominence can become, and how many times a polite "no" is the only possible answer. SERIES 8: The eighth series consists of correspondence between Milton S. Eisenhower and the Trustees of the University, from 1955-1967. After two initial folders of general material this series is arranged alphabetically by the name of each Trustee, and chronologically within each folder. Four document cases make up this series. SERIES 9: Lincoln Gordon assumed the presidency of the Johns Hopkins University at the beginning of a period of great turmoil on university campuses throughout the nation. College students, and young people in general, were beginning to question government involvement in the Vietnam War, the quality of the environment, the treatment of urban slum-dwellers, and, most importantly, the role of the university in improving social conditions and shaping social attitudes. Throughout his tenure in office, Lincoln Gordon had to address these issues primarily as a university president, but also as a concerned individual. On the Johns Hopkins University campuses, radical students sought to end the university's acceptance of Defense Department grants for classified research. These students pressed for the abolition of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) and on-campus military recruitment, and they occupied Homewood House (at that time the location of the President's Office) to demonstrate the seriousness of their demands. Governance of the university was also an issue for some students, as they tried to gain positions as representatives on the Academic Council and the Board of Trustees. The radical students' demands, however, were expressed in a more peaceful manner on the Homewood campus than on other university campuses where such issues were addressed. Financially, the university entered a period of decline in 1967, as the federal government cut back spending for higher education. This nearly brought physical expansion to a halt. Hopkins desperately struggled to fund new programs, such as the Center for Urban Affairs and the East Baltimore Medical Program. The Bologna Center of the School for Advanced International Studies suffered severely from lack of adequate funding, and the Master of Arts in Teaching program was discontinued. Despite three years of deficit spending, Lincoln Gordon expanded the administration substantially, creating three new vice presidencies and many lower-level administrative positions. The turnover rate for top-level administrators was high during the four-year period, with one office, the Vice President for Administration, changing hands three times. This expansion of the administrative hierarchy led to complaints of mis-management by the faculty (documented only in the News-Letter and a few letters in the Vice President folders). The vice presidents and deans themselves were sometimes confused about their roles in the structure. Students, too, were annoyed by what they considered bureaucratic buck-passing from office to office. This series itself is so immense due to the overwhelming amount of material kept for the meetings of the American Council on Education and other similar national organi- zations. Much of the material in these folders has little to do with the specific daily workings of the university. On the other hand, few of the university's academic departments have more than cursory correspondence with the president. Lincoln Gordon resigned in 1971 when it appeared he had lost the confidence of the faculty. His handling of student disturbances was not the issue; rather, faculty members were concerned about administrative inefficiency while they were being asked to trim their numbers. Some of the folders contain correspondence from Milton Eisenhower as well as Gordon. SERIES 10: The tenth series consists of correspondence between Lincoln Gordon and the Trustees of the University from 1967-1971. Unlike series 8, these records are arranged in one chronological file, rather than alphabetically. Three folders make up this series, all within one document case. SERIES 11: This series consists of printed speeches and public statements made by Lincoln Gordon during his presidency, 1967-1971. Of the five folders in this series, the first two are devoted to two specific occasions: Gordon's Inaugural Address in 1968, and his May 16, 1969, statement defending the presence of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) on campus. The other three folders contain general speeches and statements, arranged chronologically. SERIES 12: This series consists of printed speeches and public statements made by Milton S. Eisenhower during his interim presidency from 1971-1972. Of the three folders in this series, the first two are devoted to two specific occasions: Eisenhower's public statement, made April 15, 1971, after he agreed to return until a permanent successor could be found, and a memorial statement honoring Dr. W. Barry Wood, Jr. on April 25, 1971. The third folder contains several speeches and statements, arranged chronologically. SERIES 13: A great administrative transition took place in 1971-1972 at the Johns Hopkins University. Lincoln Gordon's abrupt resignation in early 1971 forced the selection of an interim president who would serve until a new, full-time president was chosen. Milton S. Eisenhower reluctantly agreed to accept the interim presidency. Even as he did so, however, he urged that a permanent president be chosen quickly. Eisenhower rapidly assumed a close working relationship with the new Provost, Dr. Steven Muller. Muller, formerly Vice President for Public Affairs at Cornell University, had arrived at Hopkins shortly before Gordon resigned. Many of the papers associated with Eisenhower's interim presidency have hand-written notes to Muller on the corners or on attached memoranda. It is obvious that Muller took an active role in leading the university from his arrival, especially in terms of leadership of the Medical Institutions. The search for a permanent successor to Lincoln Gordon is not documented in the papers of the Office of the President. Eisenhower took no part in the deliberations, nor did Steven Muller. However, in January 1972 the Board of Trustees announced that the new president of the Johns Hopkins University (and simultaneously of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) would be Steven Muller. Muller was inaugurated tenth president on Commemoration Day, February 22, 1972. The response to Muller, from faculty, alumni and administrators alike, was immediately favorable. Parts of his inaugural speech were printed in The Wall Street Journal, and many people wrote commending him and asking for copies of the whole text. He established a good rapport with students, and campus unrest was reduced to a minimum. The primary concern of the year 1971-1972, for both Eisenhower and Muller, was the budget deficit which was over four million dollars per annum by 1970. By careful trimming of administrative overlap and by making other "unpopular decisions," in Eisenhower's words, they were able to cut the deficit in half the first year, with projections of eliminating it in 1974. How the budget-balancing was done is not well-documented in the records. Many of the decisions must have been made in meetings and by personal contact. Muller was also responsible for initiating the massive Centennial Capital Campaign, a fundraising drive associated with the university's centennial. The beginnings of this project are documented in files marked Centennial. Attempts to receive funds from the Seeley G. Mudd Foundation for a new building can be found under Mudd, Seeley G. Another event of importance in the year 1971-1972 should also be noted. 1971 was the first year undergraduate women were admitted to the School of Arts and Sciences, and some information on this transition can be found in files marked Student Affairs. The president's records for 1971-1972 are kept as an independent series because the correspondence is divided almost equally between Milton S. Eisenhower and Steven Muller. Thus, it would be inappropriate and misleading to file these papers with the following series, which is devoted exclusively to Muller's administration. Separating the year 1971-1972 from the later years of Muller's presidency highlights the transitional nature of the year and illustrates how Steven Muller began his long association with the Johns Hopkins University. SERIES 14: This series encompasses the records of Steven Muller's first ten years as president of The Johns Hopkins University, covering the academic years beginning in July 1972 and ending in June 1982. These records reflect the university's steady climb from the record deficits sustained in 1970-1971, to a stage where Hopkins was again operating in the black by the mid-1970s. This financial recovery was due in large measure to a program of administrative and academic belt-tightening. Numerous staff vacancies were left unfilled, at least temporarily, and budget increases were held to a minimum. Also responsible in part for the University's recovery was a massive and highly-successful fundraising campaign, the Hopkins Hundreds, which began in the early 1970s and culminated in the University's centennial in 1976. The centennial celebration itself began in Fall 1975 and drew to a climax at the Commemoration Day observance held on February 22, 1976, the one hundredth anniversary of the inauguration of Daniel Coit Gilman as the first president of the University. Shortly after being named University president, Muller also was elected president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital, the first person to hold both posts simultaneously since Daniel Coit Gilman. The Hospital is an independent corporate entity, though it is closely tied to the University by virtue of the dual appointments granted to many Medical School and Hospital staff. As a result of Muller's being president of both institutions, there is a considerable amount of material in this series which pertains to the Hospital. Another subject which is documented in this series is the impact on Hopkins, and higher education in general, of President Reagan's budget cuts. Although this series ends in mid-1982, numerous files contain letters of protest and other materials arguing against cutting federal funds for education. Whatever the long-term impact might be of this reduction in federal aid, there is little evidence in this series to make a judgment either way. Through mid-1982 Johns Hopkins remains a healthy, viable University, among the leaders in the world. The records in this series are arranged alphabetically by subject, and chronologically within each folder. The container list which follows is not a folder-by-folder listing of the contents of each box, but rather a subject listing with inclusive dates. SERIES 15: Series 15 spans the final nine years, 1982-1990, of Steven Muller's presidency. The records reflect the growth of the University during that period and include subjects such as the acquisition of the Peabody Institute, the founding of the American Institute of Contemporary German Studies and numerous other smaller research institutes, and governance issues. International events such as the Tienanman Square Massacre and protests against Apartheid and their impact on the University are also reflected in the files on the Nanjing Center and files on the South Africa. In addition to the sense of tremendous organizational growth, the records also touch on some of the financial difficulties that were becoming apparent as a result of this growth. There is material on the instituting of a presidentially mandated hiring freeze, and on the efforts to support the School of Arts and Sciences by other parts of Hopkins. The records also reflect the emphasis that President Muller placed on fundraising activities and document the Campaign for Johns Hopkins which raised more than $644 million to support ongoing programs and new programs within the university and health systems. The records in this series, like those in series 14, are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within each folder. The container list which follows is not a folder-by-folder listing of the contents of each box, but rather a subject listing with inclusive dates. SERIES 16: This series, spanning the years 1972-1985, consists of the records of Milton S. Eisenhower as President Emeritus. Although officially retired, Eisenhower still did a great deal of work for the university, playing a major role in the Hopkins Hundreds fundraising campaign during the Centennial period, as well as serving on numerous ad hoc committees prior to and after the Centennial. Hopkins had long considered the possibility of establishing a school of law, and in 1976 Eisenhower conducted a study to determine the feasibility of such a venture; a copy of his final report is included, giving his findings and the justification for his conclusions. Another area of interest in this series concerns the Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium, an annual lecture series founded in 1968 by the undergraduates in honor of the President Emeritus. Speakers, chosen by the students, deliver lectures on a topic of current interest; on behalf of the students, Eisenhower would frequently write letters to prospective speakers, urging them to accept the invitation. The primary theme running through the entire series is that of an educational statesman conducting a busy retirement but gradually being forced by declining health to become less active in areas in which he still maintained strong interests. Although most of the records in this series date from the period 1972-1985, there are a few files and individual items from as early as 1953. The files are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within folders. SERIES 17: This series is an artificial collection of letters of Official Greeting presented to presidents of Johns Hopkins on the occasion of their installation. Represented are letters to Lincoln Gordon, Steven Muller, and William R. Brody. The files are arranged by order of presidency and chronologically with in the folders.
Records of the Office of the President The Johns Hopkins University
3 Fundraising, 1961-1963 [1.5] 4 Turnbull Memorial Lectureship, 1889 [21] 5 Herter Lectureship, 1902-1949 [22] 6 Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1903-1946 [28] 7 Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1947-1958 [28] 8 Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1959-1963 [28] 9 Dean of Medicine, 1912-1921 [28.1] 10 Dean of Medicine, 1922-1927 [28.1] 11 Dean of Medicine, 1928-1933 [28.1] 12 Dean of Medicine, 1934-1944 [28.1] Series 1 14 Dean of Medicine, 1949-1954 [28.1] 15 Dean of Medicine, 1955-1959 [28.1] 16 Dean of Medicine, 1959-1963 [28.1] 17 Dean of Medicine, 1963 [28.1] 18 Psychiatry, Dept. of, 1946-1952 [28.2] 19 Ophthalmology, Dept. of, 1935-1963 [28.6]
21 Outpatient and Dispensary Building, 1925-1929 [28.10] 22 Preventive Medicine, Dept. of, 1935-1948 [28.18] 23 State Aid, 1898-1922 [32] 24 Admissions Standards at JHU and other universities, 1906-1923 [44] 25 Physics, Dept. of, 1910-1938 [47] 26 Physics, Dept. of, 1938-1963 [47] 27 Institute for Cooperative Research, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), 1944-1948 [47.1] 28 ICR, APL, 1948-1950 [47.1] 29 ICR, APL, 1950-1960 [47.1] 30 ICR, APL, 1961-1963 APL Advisory Board, 1948-1963 [47.1A] 31 Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Trustees Committee, 1948-1956 [47.1A] 32 APL Trustees Committee, 1956-1963[47.1A] 33 Institute for Cooperative Research (ICR) Army Operations Research Office, 1948-1955 [47.2] 34 ICR, Army Operations Research Office, 1956-1960 [47.2] 35 ICR, Committee on Overhead, 1948-1949 [47.3] 36ICR, Arctic Research Laboratory, 1950-1952 37 ICR, Arctic Research Laboratory, 1952-1953. 38 Chemistry, Dept. of, 1925-1936 [48] 39 Chemistry, Dept. of, 1934-1939 [48] 40 Chemistry, Dept. of, 1940-1950 [48] Series 1 42 Chemistry--Associated Universities, 1950-1955 [48.4] 43 Geology, Dept. of, 1925-1963 [49] 44 Geology, Dept. of, 1943 [49] 45 Biological Sciences, 1934-1941 [50.1] 46 Biological Sciences, 1941-1963 [50.1] 47 Biology--Chesapeake Bay Institute, 1948-1949 [50.3] 48 Archaeology, Dept. of, 1940-1963 [51] 49 Archaeology, Dept. of, 1941 [51] 50 Semitics, Dept. of, 1901-1963 [52] 51 English, Dept. of, 1939-1961 [53] 52 English--Sidney Lanier, 1942-1948 [53.1] 53 Romance Languages, Dept. of, 1948-1962 [54] 54 History, Dept. of, 1944-1963 [55]
56 Philosophy/Education, Depts. of, 1046-1963 [56] 57 Political Economy, Dept. of, 1930-1943 [57] 58 Political Economy, Dept. of, 1944-1963 [57] 59 Mitchell, Broadus, 1939-1948 [57.2] 60 Library, 1937-1957 [59] 61 Library, 1958-1963 [59] 62 Trustees, 1908-1930 [62] 63 Trustees, 1931-1943[62] 64 Trustees, 1943-1950 [62] 65 Trustees, 1951-1958 [62] 66 Trustees--Academic Council, 1916-1963 [62.2] 67 Scholarships, Grants, Memorials, etc., 1929-1954 [63] 68 Scholarships, Grants, Memorials, etc., 1955-1963 [63] 69 College for Teachers (Evening College), 1922-1959 [66] 70 College for Teachers (Evening College), 1960-1963 [66] 71 Office of the Treasurer, 1935-1948 [70] 72 Office of the Treasurer, 1949-1956 [70] 73 Office of the Treasurer, 1957-1960 [70] 74 Permanent Endowments/ Memorial Tablets, 1902-1916 [72] 75 YMCA, 1928-1963 [77] 76 Fellowships, 1908-1919 [78] 77 Alumni Association, 1918-1935 [82] 78 Alumni Association, 1936-1953 [82] 79 Alumni Association, 1954-1961 [82] 80 Alumni Association, 1962-1963 [82] 81 Letters of Recommendation, 1912-1953 [91] 82 Commemoration Day, 1922-1937 [101] 83 Commemoration Day, 1938-1947 [101] 84 Commemoration Day, 1948-1956 [101] 85 Commemoration Day, 1957-1963 [101] 86 Psychology, Dept. of, 1904-1939 [115] 87 Psychology, Dept. of, 1940-1959 [115] Conferring of Degrees, 1904-1947 [119] 88 Conferring of Degrees, 1948-1962 [119] 89 Hopkins Scholarships, 1937-1959 [129] 90 Johns Hopkins University Press, 1917-1938 [130] 91 Johns Hopkins University Press, 1938-1949 [130] 92 Johns Hopkins University Press, 1950-1963 [130] 93 Research in Palestine, 1907-1920 [137] 94 Commencement, 1937-1950 [139] 95 Commencement, 1951-1962 [139] 96 Political Science, Dept. of, 1915-1937 [142] 97 Political Science, Dept. of, 1939-1951 [142] 98 Political Science, Dept. of, 1952-1963 [142] 99 Political Science--Institute of Law, 1930-1931 [142.1] 100 Political Science--Institute of Law, 1932-1961 [142.1] 101 Barker, Lewellys F., 1905-1914 [144]
103 Honorary Degrees, 1960 [158] 104 Improvements to Buildings, 1905-1915 [174] 105 Duplicate Diplomas, 1904-1935 [182] 106 Paintings, Donation of, 1932-1947 [194] 107 National Academy of Sciences--Bache Fund, 1906-1912 [219] 108 NAS, 1907-1916 [220] 109 NAS--Meetings, 1944-1963 [220.3] 110 Rhodes Scholars, 1905-1950 [238.1] 111 Undergraduate Instruction, 1880-1951 [240] 112 Remsen, Ira--Maryland State Roads Commission, 1911-1927 [247] 113 Patents, 1943-1948 [255] 114 Carnegie Foundation, 1918-1945 [256] 115 Botany, Dept. of, 1922-1941 [259] 116 General Questionnaires, 1930-1947 [266] 117 American Chemical Journal, 1909-1918 [285] 118 International Education, 1929-1946 [291] 119 AAU, 1929-1948 [296] Series 1 121 Association of American Universities (AAU), 1951-1956 [296] 122 AAU, 1956-1962 [296] 123 AAU, 1963 [296] 124 Unsolicited Correspondence, 1934-1938 [307] 125 Unsolicited Correspondence, 1939-1951 [307] 126 Food and Drug Legislation, 1906-1907 [320] 127 Ground Rent, 1903 [347] 128 College Entrance Examinations Board, 1917-1930 [356] 129 Summer Session, 1925-1943 [370] 130 Special Events, 1917, 1931-1934 [398] 131 Special Events, 1934-1940 [398] 132 Comparisons of Faculty Salaries, 1944-1960 [407] 133 Educational Surveys, Statistics, and Inquiries, 1915-1924 [449] 134 JHU Bureau of Appointments, 1943-1951 [458] 135 Engineering, School of, 1917, 1923-1932 [474.2] 136 Engineering, School of, 1933-1938 [474.2] 137 Engineering, School of, 1939-1945 [474.2] 138 Engineering, School of, 1945-1949 [474.2] 139 Engineering, School of, 1950-1960 [474.2] 140 Engineering, School of, 1961-1963 [474.2] 141 Engineering--Scholarships and Financial Matters, 1945-1955 [474.2F] 142 Engineering--Gas Engineering, 1924-1937 [474.5] 143 Engineering--Aeronautics, 1949-1956 [474.7] 144 Report of the President, 1942-1947 [492] 145 Report of the President, 1947-1955 [492] 146 Gilman Memorials, 1878-1927 [514] 147 Office of the Registrar, 1931-1950 [534] 148 Office of the Registrar, 1951-1963 [534] 149 Office of the Registrar, 1963 [534] 150 Athletics, 1916-1963 [557] 151 Friendly Inn Association, 1917-1924 [558] 152 Buildings on Homewood Campus, 1923-1944 [581] 153 Buildings on Homewood Campus, 1945-1956 [581] 154 Buildings and Grounds, Office of the Plant Manager, 1946-1960 [581.1] 155 Buildings and Grounds, Office of the Plant Manager, 1961-1963 [581.1] 156 Committee on Development, Personnel Matters, 1931-1937 [582] 157 Committee on Development, Personnel Matters, 1937-1961 [582] 158 Bowman, Isaiah, 1936-1940 [582.1] 159 Bowman, Isaiah, 1940-1945 [582.1] 160 Bowman, Isaiah, 1945-1951 [582.1] 161 Baltimore, City of, 1953-1963 [582.1] 162 News-Letter Advertisements, 1910-1920 [595] 163 Peabody Education Fund, 1911-1930 [650] 164 Scientific Association, 1913-1917 [662] 165 Goodnow, Frank J., 1923-1943 [685] Goodnow--Naval Volunteers Tablet, 1918-1922 [685.2]
167 Goodnow--Addresses, 1915-1924 [686] 168 Invitations, 1935-1945 [686.1] 169 Invitations, 1946-1949 [686.1] 170 Invitations, 1949-1950 [686.1] 171 Invitations, 1950-1951 [686.1] 172 Invitations, 1951-1953 [686.1] 173 Invitations, 1953-1956 [686.1] 174 Invitations, 1956 [686.1] 175 Institute for Government Research, 1914-1928 [691] 176 JHU Maintenance and Building Fund, 1919-1925 [694] 177 Goodnow--Honorary Degree from Princeton, 1915-1924 [708] 178 Women's Civic League, 1915-1918 [715] 179 Maryland State Government, 1916-1917 [733] 180 Military and War Preparedness, 1925-1952 [736] 181 Military and War Preparedness, 1953-1963 [736] 182 ROTC, 1918-1920 [736.2] 183 Hygiene, School of, 1922-1932 [745] 184 Hygiene, School of, 1933-1948 [745] 185 Hygiene, School of, 1949-1958 [745] 186 Hygiene, School of, 1959-1963 [745] 187 Hygiene, School of--Institute for Biological Research, 1925-1947 [745.1] 188 Graduate Studies, 1946-1951 [747.1] 189 China Medical Board, 1919-1922 [755] 190 China Medical Board, 1923-1927 [755] 191 Sonneborn, Henry and Company, 1916-1920 [764] 192 National Research Council, 1935-1951 [777] 193 Tax Exemptions, 1917 [786] 194 American Council on Education, 1945-1954 [793] 195 American Council on Education, 1955-1963 [793] 196 American Council on Education, 1931-1935 [793] 197 National Defense, Selective Service and Education, 1942-1943 [793.1] 198 National Defense, Selective Service and Education, 1943-1944 [793.1] 199 National Defense, Selective Service and Education, 1943-1945 [793.1] 200 National Defense, Selective Service and Education, 1942-1951 [793.1] 201 National Defense, Selective Service and Education, 1942-1963 [793.1] 202 War Records, 1945-1946 [793.3] 203 Three-Year Plan, 1942 [793.5] 204 Loyalty Problems, 1950-1952 [793.7] 205 JHU Faculty Club, 1941-1963 [804.1] 206 Maryland, University of, 1920-1947 [811] |
