| | 2 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Add | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes (1870) September 7, 1870  | | | | Published: | 1870 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia::Board of Visitors | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | The Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present the same
members as on yesterday. Resolved That the Chair of Scientific, Experimental, and
Practical Agriculture in the Agricultural Department of the
University of Virginia is hereby established- I have discharged the duties of Chairman of the
Faculty, by annual election of the Board of Visitors, for the
last sixteen years- I have on one occasion at least since the
close of the war, formally expressed to the Board my wish to
be relieved from service in this capacity and I have often
informally expressed the same wish to my friends- Whilst I
have no right to presume that it will be your pleasure to continue
me in this position, I respectfully ask that you will,
by the appointment of another, relieve me from duties which
may be better discharged by some other member of the Faculty. I beg leave to imform you that the present is
the eighth week of a painful and most serious illness, which
has not only kept me confined to the house during that time,
under the constant attention of my physicians, but which this
morning finds me so perfectly helpless, that I cannot even
walk across the room. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 5 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Add | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes (1872) June 22, 1872 | | | | Published: | 1872 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia::Board of Visitors | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | The Board met pursuant to adjournment on the 23d Ult: The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. June 25th 1872 Your Committee on Grounds & Buildings beg leave to report
that they have made such an inspection as seemed to them necessary
to the discharge of the duties, and regret to say that
they have found much delapidation in the buildings and great
disfigurement in the grounds. The buildings are out of repair
in various particulars, but more especially in the roofing
of the terrace, and the "Dawson Row". The grounds are checkered
with paths that are unsightly & entirely unnecessary. Your
Committee are aware that the repairs desirable would require
an expenditure beyond the revenue of the Institution at present
but they recommend that provision be made for putting in order
the roofs referred to, as the damage already serious is becoming
worse every day and further delay in the matter will
involve heavier cost. They are also apprised of the difficulty
of preventing the short cuts across the ground but they nevertheless
are of the opinion that the evil can be corrected by
active attention and they therefore recommend that the Proctor
be required to put in operation every expedient practicable
to this end. The Committee on the Library respectfully report that
upon inspection they found the Library in good condition
there are many suggestions that might be made with a view
to its improvements- such as the procurement of glass doors
for many of the cases for the protection of the books, and others,
but the financial embarrassment of the University is such as
to render the requisite appropriations therefore inexpedient
at this time. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. The Board met pursuant to adjournement last night. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 6 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Add | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes (1872) September 19, 1872 | | | | Published: | 1872 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia::Board of Visitors | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | The Board of Visitors met in pursuance of adjournment on
the 28th of June last. Present R. G. H. Kean, Rector and Messrs
Barbour, Campbell, Montague, Smith and Woods. University of Va. The Secretary having communicated to the Board of Visitors
the nomination of Dr. J. R. Page after an interval the Board
of Visitors through B. J. Barbour Esq. reported to the Trustees
that they had unanimously elected Dr. J. R. Page to the chair
of Scientific, Experimental and Practical Agriculture in the
Department of Agriculture in the University of Va. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 7 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Add | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes (1873) June 25, 1873 | | | | Published: | 1873 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia::Board of Visitors | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | The Board met pursuant to adjournment on the 23d of
September last. University of Virginia The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. Present
the same members as on yesterday. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on Saturday last.
Present, the same members as on Saturday last. The Board
was called to order by the Rector and proceeded to business. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. Present
the same members as on yesterday. No formal meeting of the Board was held on this day. The Board met at 9 1/2 A.M. Present the same members as
heretofore except Messrs. Walton & Carrington. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 8 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Add | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes (1874) June 29, 1874 | | | | Published: | 1874 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia::Board of Visitors | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | At an annual meeting of the Board of Visitors of the University
of Virginia held on the 29th day of June 1874 the following
members of the Board were present, viz The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday
Present the same members as on yesterday with the addition of
Mr. Woods. University of Va. At a meeting of the Trustees of the Miller Fund held at
the University of Virginia on the 30th day of June and 1st
of July 1874 the following proceedings were had: On consideration
of the communication of the Rector covering an extract
from the Report of the Faculty asking that authority be given
them to withdraw the Miller Scholarship from the scholar, whenever
in their opinion he is not making proper use of its benefits;
it is resolved that in the opinion of this Board it is
expedient that the authority asked for by the Faculty be given
them. The Committee of finance appointed by the Rector on the
29th of June 1874 submit the following report: The undersigned respectfully reports that he has personally
examined the Library and he has found everything connected
therewith in excellent condition and it gives him pleasure
to hear testimony to the evidences of faithful discharge of
duty on the part of the Librarian. Your Committee respectfully report that they have inspected
the grounds & public buildings and are gratified to state they
are in improved condition generally. The grounds are no longer
disfigured by paths but present the appearance of a well kept
lawn. And the buildings are in a fair state of preservation.
The committee with pleasure say that everything practicable
seems to have been done to make the best show in and about
the University. Your Committee respectfully reports, that they made a full
and particular examination so far as they were competent, therefor,
of the Laboratory of the University and of the Philosophic
Apparatus in charge of Prof. Smith, and that the inventory required
by law from Professors Mallet and Smith are herewith returned
and adopted as a part of the report of the Committee. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 10 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Add | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes (1875) June 28, 1875 | | | | Published: | 1875 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia::Board of Visitors | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | At the annual meeting of the Board of Visitors of the
University of Virginia held at their office at the University
of Virginia on the 28th day of June 1875. University of Va. The Committee on Finance offer the following report. The undersigned as Committee on the Library respectfully
reports that he has made a careful inspection of the Library-assisted
by Mr. Wertenbaker, and he found its condition all
that could be desired under the circumstances. The Management
and arrangement of this department reflects the highest credit
on the venerable and efficient Librarian. Your Committee respectfully report that in the performance
of their duties they have made such an inspection of the grounds
& public buildings as their opportunities have made practicable
and they are gratified to be able to state that both are in as
good condition as could be expected or required under the circumstances.
The Grounds exhibit evidence of careful attention
and the Buildings show that every effort within the means of
the Proctor has been made to preserve them, and to prevent as
far as possible the decay inevitable from the want of the necessary
repairs. In this connection Your Committee will inform
the Board that they have called upon the Proctor to furnish
them an estimate of the amount necessary to put the Buildings
& Grounds in perfect order with a view to such action by the
Board as will secure this sum, and they respectfully suggest
that the General Assembly should be called for an appropriation
for this purpose. Your Committee are aware of the consequences
involved in any appearance of the University before the Legislature
as an applicant for assistance, but they can but think
that this body would recognize the necessity for preserving
from loss the investment which the state has made here, and
would accordingly provide the requisite funds. Your Committee
therefore recommends that the executive Committee should be
authorized to apply to the Legislature for an appropriation
for this purpose, should they upon inquiry deem it judicious
to do so. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. Present
the same members as on yesterday with the exception of Mr.
Carrington, absent. Your Committee on Apparatus respectfully report, that the
inventories required by law from Professors Mallet and Smith
have been returned and no appropriations asked for. Allow me through your body to present to the
University the polygraph used by Mr. Jefferson for the last
twenty years of his life. In reserving for publication many
thousand of these letters, they were found accurate facsimiles
of his hand writing: no error except where the record pen was
caught by some irregularity in the paper. When extricating itself
with a spring it missed a few letters leaving space for
them. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 13 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Add | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes (1876) April 18, 1876 | | | | Published: | 1876 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia::Board of Visitors | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | Thomas S. Bocock, Holmes Conrad, James H. Gilmore, John
Hart, W. C. N. Randolph and A. H. H. Stuart met this day as
Visitors of the University, under their several commissions
from his Excellency, James L. Kemper, Governor of the Commonwealth
of Virginia and organized the Board by the choice
unanimously of A. H. H. Stuart as Rector. I have the honor to enclose extracts from the
proceedings of the Board of Trustees of the Miller Fund, showing
their action in reference to the proposed donation of a
Cabinet of Natural History and Mineralogy to the University of
Virginia. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. Present
the same members of the Board as on yesterday. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 14 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Add | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes (1876) June 26, 1876 | | | | Published: | 1876 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia::Board of Visitors | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | At a regular meeting of the Board of Visitors held this
day at the Infirmary- Present, Hon. A. H. H. Stuart, Rector,
and Messrs Conrad, Gilmore, Hart, Marye, Randolph and Whitehead
Messrs John L. Marye and Paul Whitehead having been commissioned
by His Excellency Gov. James L. Kemper since the last meeting
of the Board. As chairman of the Executive Committee I have
the honor to make the following report. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. Present
the same members as on yesterday with the exception of Mr. Marye. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. Present
the Rector & Messrs Conrad, Hart, Marye & Randolph. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 15 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Add | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes (1877) June 25, 1877 | | | | Published: | 1877 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia::Board of Visitors | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | At the annual meeting of the Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia held at the University on the 25th day of
June 1877- Present- Mr. Stuart, Rector, and Messrs Bocock, Conrad,
Goode, Gilmore, Hart, Randolph & Whitehead. University of Va. As Chairman of the Executive Committee I have
the honor to make the following report of the Executive Committee
for the past year. The Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present the same
members as on yesterday. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. Present
the same members as on yesterday. The Committee upon the Library respectfully report that
they have inspected the condition of the Library. They find
the Room, cases and books, in good order, and the latter in
will [sic] preserved state. Your Committee have the honor to report that they
find the grounds of the Institution in their usual good order.
They would recommend that the inside enclosures so far as they
are not necessary to protect the privacy of the Pavillions [sic]
shall gradually and with as little expense as possible be removed.
The return to the old carriage approach to the grounds rendered
necessary by the Museum Building would be much more acceptable
if the fences on each side of the new road were removed. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday- Present
the same members as on yesterday with the exception of Mr. Gilmore
absent. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 17 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Add | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes (1878) June 24, 1878 | | | | Published: | 1878 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia::Board of Visitors | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | At the annual meeting of the Board of Visitors of the University
of Va. held this 24th day of June 1878. Present- Messrs
Bocock, Gilmore, Hart, Marye, Randolph & Whitehead. The Board met in pursuance of adjournment on yesterday. Gentlemen- Your Committee on the "Conduct of the Schools"
beg leave to submit the following report. The Rector laid before the Board the letter of Prof. H. A. Ward,
addressed to him and conveying the information of the proposed
donation by the Brook's heirs of the sum of $4000 to the Botanical
Department of the Brooks Museum of Natural History. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. The
Rector in the Chair. Present the same members as on yesterday. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. Present
the same members as on yesterday. The Board met pursuant to adjournment on yesterday. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 18 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Add | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes (1878) September 12, 1878 | | | | Published: | 1878 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia::Board of Visitors | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | Board met pursuant to the Call of the Rector of the
University and was called to order by the Rector. I propose to make the University of Virginia a similar
donation with same conditions as that made on the 8th December
1876, for the purpose of endowing a professorship of Natural
History, as a token of my warm personal regard, and as an expression
of the gratitude which I, in common with the Citizens
of the Old Commonwealth, feel for the profound scholarship it
has given to the Country- a scholarship which has impressed
itself on the Universities of the Old World, and enlisted the
sympathy of the honored Queen of England. I had the pleasure of receiving by the mail
of yesterday, your letter, dated 13th inst: in which you communicate
to me officially, your purpose to make, to the University
of Virginia, a farther donation of $50,000 in Virginia
Consol bonds, for the purpose of endowing a Professorship of
Natural History, in the Institution. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 19 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Add | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes (1879) June 27, 1879 | | | | Published: | 1879 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia::Board of Visitors | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | Upon the unanimous recommendation of the Executive Committee
which was concurred in by a majority of the other members
of the Board, viz. Messrs Goode, Gilmore & Hart, and communicated
to the Secretary in writing some days prior to this
date, the meeting to be held on this day in pursuance of the
adjournment on the 12th of September last was by consent, postponed
to the 27th day of June next, and notice thereof forwarded
by the Secretary to each member of the Board prior to this date. The Board of Visitors this day met in pursuance of the
postponement from the 4th of February last. University of Va., June 28th 1879 Your Committee have the honor to make the following
report of their transactions for the past year: Your Committee
authorized Dr. J. F. Harrison to expend sixty dollars in the
purchase of instruments necessary for the instruction of his
class. A petition largely signed by students requesting that
the ordinance in reference to board should be so amended as
to permit them to change their boarding houses without requiring
them to give up their rooms. We referred their application
to the Faculty who advised that no change should be made in
the ordinance; we therefore declined to accede to their request. At the annual meeting of the Board of Visitors of the
University- The Committee on the Library respectfully report that upon
a personal inspection of the Library, they find the Books well
preserved, and the cases and other furniture in good condition.
The judicious plan persued both as to the classification and
cataloguing of the books, maps, engravings &c renders the access
to and use of the Library convenient and agreeable. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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