Middlesex University, 1915-2001, undated | Brandeis University

By Hannah Johnson

Collection Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

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Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Written Histories],
[Series 2: Board of Trustees],
[Series 3: Albert Einstein Foundation],
[Series 4: American Medical Association],
[Series 5: Court Case: Trustees of Middlesex University vs. The Approving Authority],
[Series 6: General Administrative Records],
[Series 7: Publications and Publicity],
[Series 8: Personal--Smith Family],
[Series 9: Medical books and photographs],
[Series 10: Alumni material],
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Series 1: Written Histories

This series contains three essays describing specific aspects of the history of Middlesex University.  The first two essays were written by Charles Ruggles Smith, focusing on the history of the campus; the second of these essays contains some personal information pertaining to Dr. Smith as well.  The third essay is a paper written by a student from Framingham State College focusing on the controversy surrounding the closing of Middlesex and its relationship with the American Medical Association.

Box 1

Folder 1: "A History of the Campus," C.R. Smith, undated

Folder 2: Harvard "Class Life"--Biography of C.R. Smith and Middlesex University, 1946-1972

Folder 3: "Profile of a Controversy," Thelma Sonnichsen, 1967

Series 2: Board of Trustees

The folders in this series labeled "records" contain mostly correspondence among the members of the Board of Trustees, as well as reports and biographies of the members.  The series also contains minutes of Board meetings.  In 1946, the Board of Trustees changed leadership, as the members of the Albert Einstein Foundation took over the Board.  Israel Goldstein became the new president of the Board of Trustees.  Some of the information after 1946 overlaps with materials located in the Albert Einstein Foundation Series.

Box 1

Folder 4: Records, 1937-1943

Folder 5: Records, 1937-1943

Folder 6: Records, 1937-1943

Folder 7: Records, 1937-1943

Folder 8: Records, 1937-1943

Folder 9: Records, 1937-1943

Folder 10: Records, 1937-1943

Folder 11: Records, 1943 [R]

Folder 12: Records, 1944-1945

Folder 13: Records, 1944-1945

Folder 14: Records, 1945 [R]

Folder 15: Records, 1946

Folder 16: Records, 1946

Folder 17: Records, 1946 [R]

Folder 18: Records, 1947-1949, undated

Folder 19: Records, 1947-1949, undated

Folder 20: Records, 1947-1949, undated

Folder 21: Minutes, 1939-1946

Series 3: Albert Einstein Foundation

This series contains correspondence between Middlesex and the Albert Einstein Foundation, including some letters written by Einstein himself.  The correspondence discusses the transfer of the university, its charter, and its grounds and facilities to the Foundation.

Box 1

Folder 22: Correspondence, 1946-1947

Folder 23: Correspondence, 1946-1947

Series 4: American Medical Association

The material in this series relates to the attempts of Middlesex University to become approved by the American Medical Association.  The series includes correspondence, survey forms, evaluations, and articles.

Box 1

Folder 24: Records, 1936-1947

Folder 25: Records, 1936-1947

Folder 26: Records, 1940-1945 [R]

Folder 27: Survey Forms--A-Z, Excluding C, 1940-1943

Folder 28: Survey Forms--Form C, 1940-1943

Folder 29: Evaluations of Middlesex by the American Medical Association, 1943

Folder 30: Summer Intern Recommendations, 1944 [R]

Folder 31: Articles, 1945-1946

Series 5: Court Case: Trustees of Middlesex University vs. The Approving Authority

This series contains the official stenographic records of the Middlesex University vs the Approving Authority court case, as well as the exhibits used in the trial.

Box 1

Folder 1: Stenographic Record--Volumes I-VI, 1944

Folder 2: Stenographic Record--Volumes I-VI, 1944

Folder 3: Stenographic Record--Volumes I-VI, 1944

Folder 4: Stenographic Record--Volumes I-VI, 1944

Folder 5: Stenographic Record--Volumes I-VI, 1944

Folder 6: Exhibits--No.s 1-62, 1944

Folder 7: Exhibits--No.s 1-62, 1944

Folder 8: Exhibits--No.s 1-62, 1944

Box 2

Folder 1: Exhibits--No.s 63-71, cont., 1944

Folder 2: Exhibits--No.s 63-71, cont., 1944

Folder 3: Exhibits--No.s 63-71, cont., 1944

Series 6: General Administrative Records

This series contains alumni lists, copies of legislation, hospital records, reports, agreements, cash books, and general lists, all pertaining in some way to administration and organization of the school.

Box 2

Folder 4: Alumni Lists, 1915-1947

Folder 5: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts--House...No.476--Act Granting Middlesex Trustees the Authority to Grant Certain Degrees, 1937 [2 folders--second copy in flat file]

Folder 6: Freeman L. Lowell Memorial Hospital and Dispensary, 1937-1958

Folder 7: President's Report, 1940

Folder 8: Agreement of Employment--Dr. Rushmore, 1942

Folder 9: Correspondence--To Students, 1943-1945

Folder 10: Clinical Receptors, 1944-1945

Folder 11: Middlesex Medical Alumni Ineligible for Massachusetts Registration, 1944-1946

Folder 12: Department of Higher Education, National Education of the United States, April 22, 1946

Folder 14: 1946 Act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1946

Folder 15: Hospitals and Internships, undated

Folder 16: Petitions, undated

Folder 17: Petitions, undated

Folder 18: Petitions, undated

Folder 19: Reunion, 1995

Item 1: Middlesex University Cash Books, 1930-1948

Item 2: Middlesex University Cash Books, 1930-1948

Item 3: Middlesex University Cash Books, 1930-1948

Item 4: Middlesex University Cash Books, 1930-1948

Item 5: Middlesex University Cash Books, 1930-1948

Item 6: Middlesex University Cash Books, 1930-1948

Item 7: Middlesex University Cash Books, 1930-1948

Item 8: Middlesex University Cash Books, 1930-1948

Item 9: Middlesex University Cash Books, 1930-1948

Item 10: Middlesex University Cash Books, 1930-1948

Item 11: Middlesex University Cash Books, 1930-1948

Item 13: University of Massachusetts Cash Book, 1934-1938

Folder 13: 1946 Act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1946

in Map Drawer 1

Series 7: Publications and Publicity

This series contains official catalogues and bulletins, school magazines, event programs, yearbooks, photographs, and newspaper clippings.  This series also contains glass plate negatives, which are found in boxes 4 and 5 at the end of the collection.

Sub-Series 1: Catalogues

Box 2

Folder 20: Bulletin of Academic and Professional Courses, 1936-1937

Folder 21: Bulletin of Medical and Premedical Courses, 1933-1934

Folder 22: Bulletin of Premedical and Podiatry Courses, 1936-1937

Folder 23: College of Arts and Sciences, 1942-1943

Folder 24: Junior College, 1939-1940

Folder 25: Middlesex University, 1938-1939

Folder 26: School of Medicine, 1939-1944

Folder 27: School of Medicine, 1939-1944

Folder 28: School of Medicine, 1939-1944

Folder 29: School of Medicine, 1939-1944

Folder 30: School of Pharmacy, 1937-1941

Folder 31: School of Pharmacy, 1937-1941

Folder 32: School of Podiatry, 1934-1935, 1939-1942

Folder 33: School of Podiatry, 1934-1935, 1939-1942

Folder 34: School of Podiatry, 1934-1935, 1939-1942

Folder 35: School of Veterinary Medicine, 1939-1942

Folder 36: School of Veterinary Medicine, 1939-1942

Folder 37: Small Brochures, 1935-1946

Folder 38: Campus map, ca. 1930, Loose flat file

Sub-Series 2: Magazines

Box 2

Folder 39: "The Caduceus," June 1927

Folder 40: "Graduate Pioneer," April 1942

Sub-Series 3: Programs

Box 2

Folder 41: Banquet and Ball, 1938, 1941

Folder 42: Banquet and Ball, 1938, 1941

Folder 43: Class Day, 1936-1942

Folder 44: Commencement, 1940-1946

Folder 45: Commencement, 1940-1946

Folder 46: Commencement, 1940-1946

Folder 47: Commencement, 1940-1946

Folder 48: Commencement, 1940-1946

Folder 49: Commencement, 1940-1946

Folder 50: Commencement, 1940-1946

Folder 51: Commencement, 1940-1946

Folder 52: Commencement, 1940-1946

Folder 53: Commencement, 1940-1946

Folder 54: Commencement, 1940-1946

Sub-Series 4: Correspondence

Box 2

Folder 55: Commencement, 1941-1945

Sub-Series 5: Reunion Yearbook

Box 2

Folder 56: School of Veterinary Medicine, 1995

Sub-Series 6: Photographs

Box 2

Folder 57: Campus Buildings and Land, undated

Folder 58: The Castle, undated

Folder 59: Views of Boston from Campus, undated

Folder 60: Waltham, undated

Sub-Series 7: Photographs

Box 3

Folder 1: Probably Waltham, undated

Folder 2: Construction, undated

Folder 3: "The Ontogeny of Middlesex University's Veterinary School, 1939-1940

Folder 4: Classrooms and Labs, undated

Folder 5: The Smith Family, undated

Folder 6: People, undated

Sub-Series 8: Alumni Material

Box 3

Folder 7: Alumni Peter Titus, 1942

Folder 8: Medical School Class in Lab, 1930

Folder 9: Transition into Brandeis University, undated

Folder 10: Postcards, undated

Folder 11: Class Book, 1940

Sub-Series 9: Media

Box 3

Folder 12: Newspaper Articles, 1924-1947

Folder 13: Newspaper Articles, 1924-1947

Folder 14: Newspaper Articles, 1924-1947

Folder 15: Reprints and Journal Articles, 1924-1948

Sub-Series 10: Proclamations

Folder 1: Massachusetts Proclamation, "Middlesex University School of Veterinary Medicine Day," 1995

in Map Drawer 1

Sub-Series 11: Photographs--Glass Plate Negatives

Box 4

Folder 1: Castle, (MU01.TIF), undated

Folder 2: Castle Close-Up, (MU02.TIF), undated

Folder 3: Castle Construction, (MU03.TIF), undated

Folder 4: View of Middlesex University, (MU04.TIF), undated

Folder 5: Laborers Cutting Rock, (MU05.TIF), undated

Folder 6: View of Middlesex University from Reservoir, (MU06.TIF), undated

Folder 7: Haying (Behind Faculty House), (MU07.TIF), undated

Folder 8: Middlesex University Commencement, (MU08.TIF), undated

Folder 9: Construction Site, undated

Folder 10: Class Photograph, undated

Folder 11: Class Photograph, undated

Folder 12: Convocation, undated

Folder 13: Middlesex University Commencement, undated

Folder 14: Walled Yard, With Doctors of School, undated

Folder 15: Middlesex University Commencement, undated

Folder 16: Middlesex University Graduation Exercises, Convocation, undated

Folder 17: Class Photograph, undated

Folder 18: Class Photograph, undated

Folder 19: Large, Columned Portico of Building, Group of People on Steps, undated

Folder 20: Garden Trellis, undated

Folder 21: Garden Trellis, undated

Box 5

Folder 1: Middlesex University Reservoir, undated

Folder 2: Garden, undated

Folder 3: Garden, undated

Folder 4: Castle, undated

Folder 5: Portrait of Woman, Taken at Faculty House, undated

Folder 6: Grounds, undated

Folder 7: View of Middlesex University, undated

Folder 8: Haying, Behind Faculty House, undated

Folder 9: View of Middlesex University from Reservoir, undated

Folder 10: Construction Site, undated

Folder 11: Glass Plate Image Digital Library Binder [includes 2 CD ROMs], 2001

Series 8: Personal--Smith Family

This series contains the death notice of John Hall Smith as well as C. Ruggles Smith's WWII draft registration card.

Box 3

Folder 16: Draft Card, 1942

Folder 17: Death Notice, 1944

Folder 18: Middlesex University plan, undated

in Map Drawer 1

Series 9: Medical books and photographs

Box 6

Item 1: Medical Books

Box 7

Item 1: Medical Books

Folder 1: Photographs

Series 10: Alumni material

This series contains materials about or created for or by Middlesex University alumni.

Box 8

Folder 1: Nathan Jacobs class of 1933 diploma, ca 1934

Folder 2: Nathan Jacobs class of 1933 class list, 1933

Folder 3: Nathan Jacobs class of 1933 photograph, ca. 1943

Folder 4: Nathan Jacobs class of 1933 biography by daughter Judy Hall, 2004

Folder 5: Vincent Geraci class of 1942 course notebook from “Outline of Experiments in Pharmacology,” 1940

Folder 6: Meyer Alpert class of 1945 Curriculum Vitae, ca 1999

Box 9

Item 1: Meyer Alpert class of 1945 notebooks: pre-medical undergraduate classes and other related classes, undated

Box 10

Item 1: Meyer Alpert class of 1945 notebooks: from medical classes most likely from Middlesex University, 1941-1945, undated

Box 11

Item 1: Meyer Alpert class of 1945 notebooks: from medical classes most likely from Middlesex University, 1941-1945, undated

Box 12

Item 1: Meyer Alpert class of 1945 notebooks: from medical classes most likely from Middlesex University, 1941-1945, undated

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Written Histories],
[Series 2: Board of Trustees],
[Series 3: Albert Einstein Foundation],
[Series 4: American Medical Association],
[Series 5: Court Case: Trustees of Middlesex University vs. The Approving Authority],
[Series 6: General Administrative Records],
[Series 7: Publications and Publicity],
[Series 8: Personal--Smith Family],
[Series 9: Medical books and photographs],
[Series 10: Alumni material],
[All]