Middlebush, Frederick A. (1890-1971), Papers, 1920-1958 (C0133)

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INTRODUCTION

Papers from the office of the President of the University of Missouri. 13th Annual Conference, Association of Higher Education; budget reports and requests; Committee on Tenure; admission of Negroes; State Crippled Children's Service; Governor's Conference on Fire Prevention; Curator's Report on School of Medicine; and Committee on Long Range Planning of Physical Education.

DONOR INFORMATION

The papers were donated to the University of Missouri by F.A. Middlebush in April 1958 (Accession No. 3342).

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Frederick A. Middlebush was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on October 13, 1890 to Wietsche and Nellie Mastenbrock Middlebush. He received the degrees of A.B. (1913), A.M. (1914), and Ph.D. (1916) from the University of Michigan. He taught in country and public schools, 1908-1912; was associate professor of political science in 1922; and became a professor in 1923. Middlebush served as acting dean of the School of Business and Public Administration, 1925-1926, and as dean, 1926-1935; from June to October 1931 and from September 1934 through June 1955, he served as acting president of the university. He became president on July 1, 1935, and served until his retirement on July 1, 1954. He was succeeded in office by Elmer Ellis.

While president of the University of Missouri, Middlebush was active in education on a national level. Beginning in 1949, he served on the Commission on the Financing of Higher Education; in 1950 he was appointed a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation. He was active on this committee throughout his career. He also served on the Navy Civilian Advisory Committee (1946) and on the Committee on the Present Danger (1951).

Middlebush married Catherin Sofie Paine of Lake View, Iowa, in September 1917. They resided in Columbia, Missouri, but also maintained a vacation cabin at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, and a home in Florida. Middlebush was an avid sportsman and frequently planned hunting and fishing excursions. At the time of his death, the Middlebushes resided at Lenoir Home, Columbia, Missouri.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The papers contain material from Middlebush's time as President of the University. More complete folder descriptions can be found in the folder list.

FOLDER LIST

f. 1-13	Material concerning the 13th Annual Conference of Higher Education. Contains mostly standardized pre-conference material of delegations, bulletins, memorandums, plus post conference final reports.
f. 14-17	Budget Requests and Reports. Legislative budget requests data for the Biennium, July 1, 1955-June 30, 1957, for both the divisions of the University at Columbia and Rolla
f. 18-24	Tenure. Mostly correspondence to and from other universities and colleges in regard to their plans or rules covering faculty tenures of office.
f. 24-36	Admission of Negroes. Contains correspondence centering around Negro applications and transcripts for admission to the University. Replies and inter-department correspondence revolves around the over-all policy of the University up to the admission of the first Negro student.
f. 37-39	Missouri Crippled Children's Service. Notes and survey material concerning the history, needs, and the place in the University of the Missouri State Crippled Children's Service.
f. 40-74	Fire Prevention. Correspondence concerning the designation of the Governor's Conference on Fire Prevention, official and other pre-conference plans. Summaries and reports of the conference complete this section.
f. 75	School of Medicine. A mimeographed report on the University of Missouri School of Medicine by the Special Committee of the Board of Curators.
f. 76-79	Adult Education. Copies of form letters that were sent out to all educational institutions by the state coordinator of the NEA. There are the replies by the institutions usually accompanied by forms concerning their programs on Adult Education.
f. 80	Physical Education and Athletics. Report of the Committee on Long Range Plans for Physical Education and Athletics. This report gives specific details on the type and the place of expansion.

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at The State Historical Society of Missouri-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

Subject	Folders	Image
Bartle, H. Roe (1896-1974)	40-74
Blacks--Education, University of Missouri	25-36
Brady, Thomas A. (1902-1964)
Croft, Huber O. (1896-1976)	14-17
Ellis, Elmer (1901-1989)	1-13
Entsminger, Bus	80
Heagerty, Frank	76-79
Hogsett, William S. (1883-1960)	25-36, 40-74
Hubbard, Noel	25-36
McLane, Charles W.	25-36
McReynolds, Allen (1877-1960)	25-36
Middlebush, Frederick Arnold (1890-1971)
Missouri. Crippled Children's Service	15
Missouri. Governor's Conference on Fire Prevention	40-74
Missouri. Governor's Conference on Fire Prevention	71	y
Overstreet, Lee-Carl (1898-1955)	25-36
Smith, Forrest (1886-1962)	40-74
Teasdale, Kenneth (1895-1970)	25-36
University of Missouri, Admission of Blacks	25-36
University of Missouri, Adult Education	34-36
University of Missouri, Budget	5, 6
University of Missouri, Committee on Long Range Plans for Physical Education	37
University of Missouri, Committee on Tenure	7-9
Wilson, Curtis L. (1898-1978)	25-36