Executive Secretary, 1926-1946
Files
Staff of the President's Office
(UA 2/2/4)

Size: 6 boxes (2 cu.ft.)

Biography/History:
The position of Executive Secretary was created in 1918 to assist the president. The duties were to assist the president in daily procedures and to organize events on campus. The title changed in 1937 to Assistant to the President but the duties remained the same.

Scope and Content:
This series contains the files of the Executive Secretary to the President of the University of New Hampshire. The position changed to Assistant to the President in 1937. The files deal mostly with the various summer conferences and institutes held on the UNH campus. There are also file referring to the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP). These files cover three different individuals who held the position: Edward Y. Blewett, 1930-39; Arwood Northby, 1939-44 and Francis E. Robinson, 1944-45.

Inventory:
Box 1
F. 1 Training of Teachers in Secondary School - New Hampshire
F. 2 July 1, 1926-June 30, 1927, Budget Apportionment
F. 3 1926-27 "L" Miscellaneous Correspondence
F. 4 1926-27 Pettee, Charles H. - Dean of University
F. 5 1926-27 Recommendations for Appointments
F. 6 1931-32 American Institute of Cooperation
F. 7 1932 Travel Fund Request
F. 8 1933-41 Military Training - Students requesting exemption
F. 9 1936-37 Matrons Report
F.10 1936-37 Memorial Booklet - E.M. Lewis
F.11 1936 Notes - Memorial Exercised President Lewis
F.12 1936-39 Miscellaneous Correspondence
F.13 1936-37 Studies - E.Y. Blewett

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Box 2
F. 1 1936-41 National Association of State Universities
F. 2 1937 Mystery Portrait in President's Office
F. 3 1937-38 Studies - Blewett
F. 4 1938-39 Engineering Education Conference, July 10-21
F. 5 1938-39 Probation Officers Training Course
F. 6 1938-39 School Administrators Conference (W.C. Kellogg Foundation) June 27, 1939
F. 7 1939-40 Elementary Education Conference July 20, 1939
F. 8 1939-40 Engineering Education Conference July 8-19
F. 9 1939-40 Engineering Education, Report of Summer Confernence on, July 10-22, 1939
F.10 1939-40 Guidance Institute, July 11-12, 1939
F.11 1939-40 Institute of Public Affairs, July 6, 1939
F.12 1939-40 Institute of Social Work, July 24-Aug, 4, 1939
F.13 1939-40 National Youth Administration Institute, July 31 to Aug. 11, 1939
F.14 1939-40 Office Worker's Institute, July 8-13, 1940
F.15 1939-40 Parent Teachers Association Institute July 8-13
F.16 1939-40 Police, New Hamsphire State - Officers Training School, July 24-Aug. 4, 1940
F.17 1939-40 Problems of Secondary and College Education in New Hampshire, Third Annual Spring Conference on, April 5, 1940
F.18 1939-40 Summer Library Institute, July 10-22, 1939
F.19 1939-40 Unemployment Compensation Conference, July 31- Aug. 11

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Box 3
F. 1 1939-40 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census
F. 2 1939-40 Writer's Conference, Second Annual, July 30- Aug.10, 1939
F. 3 1940-41 Elementary Education Conference, July 18, 1940
F. 4 1940-41 Guidance Institute, July 15-16
F. 5 1940-41 Meetings and Conferences to be held on campus
F. 6 1940-41 Military Service, Deferment of
F. 7 1940-41 Police, New Hamsphire Officers Training School, July 22-Aug. 2 (cancelled)
F. 8 1940-41 Public Affairs, Institute of, July 9, 1940
F. 9 1940-41 Research Day, May 17, 1940
F.10 1940-41 Social Work Institute, July 15-27
F.11 1940-41 Summer Library Institute, July 8-19
F.12 1940-41 Office Worker's Institute, July 7-19, 1941
F.13 1940 U.S. Department of Commerce, Monthly Reports
F.14 1940-41 Writer's Conference, Aug. 1-15
F.15 1941-42 Summer R.O.T.C. Training

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Box 4
F. 1 1941 Survey: Faculty/Staff Defense Activities
F. 2 1941 Survey: Faculty/Staff Defense Activities
F. 3 1942-43 Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) Course Outline
F. 4 1943-44 Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP)
F. 5 1943-44 U.S. Army - ASTP
F. 6 1943-44 U.S. Army - ASTP Campus Correspondence - Army Headquarters
F. 7 1943 Army Specialized Training Program: Curriculum

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Box 5
F. 1 1943-44 Requisitions - ASTP
F. 2 1943-44 Requisitions - ASTP Spring Term Orders
F. 3 1943-44 Requisitions - ASTP Third Term Orders
F. 4 1943-44 Requisitions - STAR
F. 5 1944 Army Specialized Training Program
F. 6 1944 Army Specialized Training Program: Curriculum
F. 7 1944-45 U.S. Army - ASTP & ASTRP Programs
F. 8 1944-45 U.S. Army - ASTP & ASTRP Campus Correspondence
F. 9 1945-46 Selective Service Deferments A-G

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Box 6
F. 1 1945-46 Selective Service Deferments H-Z
F. 2 1945-46 Selective Service Deferments Inactive Requests
F. 3 1945-46 1945 Summer School

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