Jonathan Clark Rogers papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Jonathan Clark Rogers papers
Creator: Rogers, Jonathan Clark
Inclusive Dates: 1938-1967
Language(s): English
Extent: 9 Linear Feet (11 boxes)
Collection Number: UA97-099
Repository: University of Georgia Archives

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Collection Description

Biographical/historical note

Born September 7, 1885, Richmond, IN; Died October 24, 1967, Gainesville, GA. B.S. Piedmont College (1906); B.S.C.E., Earlham College (1907); M.A. Columbia University (1927); Hon. Ed.D., Piedmont College (1934). Related to both George Rogers and William Clark, Rogers taught at Oakwood Seminary in NY until 1911 when he joined Piedmont College. There he taught and served as Dean until 1934 when he became President of North Georgia College at Dahlonega. Under his stewardship, enrollment at North Georgia rose from 160 to 702, and a school on the brink of closure was saved. He came to UGA as President in January, 1949. After leaving the University in 1950, Rogers directed Tallulah Falls School (1951-1953) and worked at Reinhardt College as a math professor and counselor from 1957 to 1962. He was also a man of deep religious conviction whose service to the Methodist Church spanned nearly half a century. Accomplishments: Rogers served in a time of brief but acute financial austerity which came between the postwar boom and the steadier growth of the later 1950s. In spite of this, he worked with the Board of Regents to centralize the control of the Agricultural Experiment Stations under University control. This clash over jurisdiction of agricultural education would be costly, as it would result in the dismissal of both Rogers and Agriculture School Dean Harry Brown in 1950.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of Jonathan Clark Rogers' papers. There are nine boxes of Administrative Subject and Correspondence Files arranged in alphabetical order and embracing chiefly the years of Rogers' Presidential tenancy, though there are records from as early as 1938 and as late as 1955. There is also a document box which houses a scrapbook of appreciation and a second clipping and photo scrapbook encompassing the years 1949-1967. Finally, an 11th box has been appended to the Rogers papers. This box, dealing with the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia (today, Georgia State University), embraces records from 1947 through 1956, though the heart of the material again locates temporally in the tenure of Rogers as the President of the University of Georgia. This box may house materials of interest to researchers of the presidential tenures of Harmon W. Caldwell and Omer C. Aderhold as well.

Organization and Arrangement

Organized into 3 series: administrative/correspondence, bound volumes, and Atlanta division.

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Administrative Information

Preferred citation

Jonathan Clark Rogers papers, UA97-099, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

General Notes

RG 1

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related materials in this repository: Harmon Caldwell papers and Omer Clyde Aderhold collection.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Administrative/Correspondence Files
Arranged alphabetically.
box	folder
Request box
1	1	Administrative Council, 1948 March
1	2	Agency funds-balance sheet
1	3	Agricultural Experiment Stations
1	4	Agricultural Extension Services
1	5	Agricultural Reorganization, 1948 March-December
1	6	Agricultural reorganization, 1950 January-July
1	7	Agriculture, College of
1	8	Agronomy, Department of
1	9	All Deans and Administrative Officers
1	10	Alumni Society
1	11	American Association of University Professors
1	12	American Council of Education
1	13	Animal Husbandry, Department of
1	14	Annual reports, 1948-1950
1	15	Anthropology and Archaeology, Department of
1	16	Art, Department of
1	17	Art, Department of, 1942-1944
1	18	Art, Department of, 1945
1	19	Art, Department of, 1946
1	20	Art Museum
1	21	Arts and Sciences, College of
1	22	Athens, City of
1	23	Athletic Association
1	24	Athletic Association-reports, 1948
1	25	Athletic Association-reports, 1950
1	26	Athletics, Board meetings
1	27	Atlanta Division, 1949 February-June
1	28	Atlanta Division, 1949-1950
1	29	Atlanta Division, Directorship
1	30	Auditorium-gymnasium, proposed
box	folder
Request box
2	1	Barnesley Gardens
2	2	Bi-Bk (miscellaneous)
2	3	Bl-Bn (miscellaneous)
2	4	Biological Sciences
2	5	Biological Sciences, Division of
2	6	Biology, Department of
2	7	Botany, Department of
2	8	Boyd, G. H.
2	9	Brooks, R. P.
2	10	Budget, 1949-1950
2	11	Budget, 1950-1951
2	12	Budget amendments, 1950-1951
2	13	Building Program
2	14	Business Administration, College of
2	15	Cap and Gown
2	16	Carnegie Grant-In-Aid
2	17	Chamber of Commerce
2	18	Chancellor's Office
2	19	Chemistry, Department of
2	20	Christian College
2	21	Cobb Papers
2	22	Commencement, 1949 June
2	23	Commencement, 1949 August
2	24	Commencement, 1950 June
2	25	Commencement, 1950 August
2	26	Committee on Disposition of Insurance Dividends
2	27	Committee on Drives
2	28	Committee on Fifth Hour Classes
2	29	Committee on Gifts and Memorials
2	30	Committee on Improvement of Instruction
2	31	Committee on Nominations and Elections
2	32	Committee on Reading Skills
2	33	Committee on Special Convocation
2	34	Comptroller-J.D.Bolton
2	35	Coordinate Campus
2	36	Crawford W. Long House
2	37	Curriculum-changes, expansion
box	folder
Request box
3	1	Dairy, Department of
3	2	Dean of Faculties
3	3	Director of Libraries
3	4	Discipline
3	5	Division of General Extension
3	6	Dormitories and Dining Halls University of Georgia
3	7	Drama, Department of
3	8	Drewry, John E.
3	9	Education, College of
3	10	English, Department of
3	11	Eugene Talmadge Memorial Funds
3	12	European tour
3	13	Faculty Executive Committee
3	14	Faculty House
3	15	Faculty Meetings
3	16	Faculty and Staff, Conference for
3	17	Federal Security Agency
3	18	Food Technology, Department of
3	19	Foreign Languages, Department of
3	20	Foreign students
3	21	Forestry, School of
3	22	General Assembly-Georgia
3	23	General Education Board, 1939-1940
3	24	General Education Board, 1941
3	25	General Education Board, 1942-1944
3	26	General Education Board, 1945
3	27	General Education Board I
3	28	General Education Board II
3	29	General Education Board Scholarship applications
box	folder
Request box
4	1	Geography and Geology, Department of
4	2	Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers
4	3	Georgia Education Association
4	4	Georgia Institute of Technology
4	5	Georgia Museum of Art
4	6	Georgia Power Company
4	7	Georgia Quarterly
4	8	The Georgia Review
4	9	Gifts, 1942-1943
4	10	Gifts, 1944-1945
4	11	Gifts, 1945-1946
4	12	Gifts, 1946-1947
4	13	Gifts-Thank You Letters
4	14	Grade analysis
4	15	Graduate Faculty, appointments to
4	16	Graduate Council
4	17	Graduate School
4	18	Graduate School, 1938-1940
4	19	Graduate School, 1941-1944
4	20	Graduate School, 1945
4	21	Higher Education, Department of
4	22	History, Department of
4	23	Mr. Alfred Holbrook
4	24	Home Economics, School of
4	25	Honors Day
4	26	Horticulture, Department of
4	27	Hospital Plans
4	28	House of Representatives-U.S.
4	29	Housing
4	30	Housing Development-Florida Avenue
4	31	Income and Expense, statements of
4	32	Infirmary (Dr. H.I. Reynolds)
4	33	Infirmary, Gilbert Memorial
4	34	Infirmary, Gilbert Memorial (Wings-Hitchcock)
4	35	International Education, Institution of
box	folder
Request box
5	1	Journalism, Henry W. Grady School of
5	2	Journalism, School of
5	3	Lambda Housing Association
5	4	Land-Grant Colleges, Association of-I
5	5	Land-Grant Colleges, Association of-II
5	6	Land-Grant Colleges, Association of-III
5	7	Land-Grant Colleges, Association of Correspondence
5	8	Landscape Architecture, Department of
5	9	Laundry and Dry Cleaning-I
5	10	Laundry and Dry Cleaning-II
5	11	Law, School of
5	12	Letters of Recommendation Library
5	13	Library Building-proposed
5	14	Loyalty Oath
box	folder
Request box
6	1	Maloof, Louis J.
6	2	Mathematics, Department of
6	3	Medical examinations
6	4	Memberships
6	5	Men, Dean of
6	6	Michael, M.G. Award
6	7	Military Department-I
6	8	Military Department-II
6	9	Minimum Foundation Program
6	10	Miscellaneous
6	11	Monthly progress reports-I
6	12	Monthly progress reports-II
6	13	Mortar Board
6	14	Music, Department of
6	15	Music Department contracts
6	16	National Beta Club
6	17	National Collegiate Athletic Association
6	18	National Education Association
6	19	National Management Council
6	20	National Research Council
6	21	News Bureau
6	22	Noyes, W. Wilson
6	23	Nursing Education, Department of
box	folder
Request box
7	1	Pandora
7	2	Paving
7	3	Payroll
7	4	Payrolls, Summer, 1949
7	5	Peabody, George Foster
7	6	Peabody Radio Awards
7	7	Pharmacy, School of
7	8	Phelps-Stokes Fund
7	9	Philosophy, Department of
7	10	Physical Education, Department of
7	11	Physics, Department of
7	12	Placement Office
7	13	Plant Operations
7	14	Political Science, Department of
7	15	Portraits
7	16	Poultry, Department of
7	17	Presidents reception
7	18	Press, State
7	19	Promotions
7	20	Psychology, Department of
7	21	Public Occasions account
7	22	Publications-student
7	23	Regents, Board Meetings I
7	24	Regents, Board Meetings II
7	25	Regents, Board Meetings, 1949
7	26	Regents, Board Meetings, 1949
7	27	Regents, Board Meetings, 1949
7	28	Regents, Board Meetings, 1950
7	29	Regents, Board Meetings, 1950
7	30	Regents, Board Meetings, 1950
7	31	Regents, Board Meetings, 1950
7	32	Regents, Board Meetings, 1950
7	33	Regents Professorship
7	34	Regional Education
7	35	Registrar
box	folder
Request box
8	1	Research
8	2	Research-letters
8	3	Retirement
8	4	Rock Eagle Lake
8	5	Savannah Division
8	6	Scholarships
8	7	Schulmerich Electronics, Inc.
8	8	Selective Service
8	9	Semester System Committee
8	10	Siebert, L.R.
8	11	Sigma Xi, Society of
8	12	Social Life Committee
8	13	Sociology, Department of
8	14	Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
8	15	Southern Educational Film Production Service, Inc.
8	16	Southern University Conference
8	17	Space
8	18	Spalding, Hughes
8	19	Speakers-possible
8	20	State Universities, National Association of
8	21	Statistics
8	22	Statutes-other Universities
8	23	Student Affairs, Director of
8	24	Student life
8	25	Students-prospective
8	26	Students quarter hour, cost per
8	27	Summer School
8	28	Survey Committee
8	29	Talmadge, Governor Herman E.
8	30	Thompson, Mildred C.
8	31	Travel
8	32	Trust Funds
8	33	Trust Funds, University of Georgia
box	folder
Request box
9	1	Universities, other
9	2	University Bus
9	3	University Center in Georgia-I
9	4	University Center in Georgia-II
9	5	University Chaplain
9	6	The University of Georgia
9	7	The University of Georgia-Five Day Week Plan
9	8	University of Georgia Foundation
9	9	University Press
9	10	University School of Medicine
9	11	University stores
9	12	U.S. aid to education
9	13	U.S. Office of Education
9	14	Veterans Division
9	15	Veterans Guidance Center
9	16	Veterinary Medicine Building
9	17	Veterinary Medicine, School of
9	18	Women, Dean of
9	19	Woodruff, George C. applications

 

2. Bound Volumes
box	folder
Request box
10	1	In appreciation-Jonathan Clark Rogers [leather bound book], 1949-1950
10	2	Jonathan C. Rogers-Clipping and Photo Scrapbook [red leather bound book], 1949-1967

 

3. Atlanta Division
box	folder
Request box
11	1	Atlanta Division catalogue
11	2	Atlanta Division agreement, 1950 September 13
11	3	Atlanta Division budget
11	4	Enrollment statistics-Atlanta Division, 1950
11	5	Coordination agreements and problems-Atlanta Division
11	6	Faculty correspondence-Atlanta Division
11	7	Admission practices-Atlanta Division
11	8	Business Administration-Atlanta Division, 1951-1954
11	9	General Correspondence-Atlanta Division
11	10	Analysis of grades-Atlanta Division
11	11	Student petitions-Atlanta Division, 1949-1950
11	12	New courses-Atlanta Division, 1949-1952
11	13	New courses-Atlanta Division, 1951-1952
11	14	New courses-Atlanta Division, 1950-1951
11	15	Teaching load-Atlanta Division, 1949
11	16	Work loads-Atlanta Division, 1951-1955
11	17	Approved leave, 1950
11	18	Dedication of new building-Atlanta Division, 1955 April 23
11	19	Probation and exclusion lists and corresp.-Atlanta Division
11	20	Needs of University-data; publicity, 1955
11	21	College of Business Administration, 1953
11	22	Music Department, 1954
11	23	Personnel change of status, 1955
11	24	Department of Nursing Education Mary F. Ward, Acting Head
11	25	Personnel files