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Columbia University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences records, 1829-1976

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Records of the institution founded in 1829 as the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York. The college affiliated with Columbia University in 1904 and closed in 1976. Included are minutes, comm...

Records of the institution founded in 1829 as the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York. The college affiliated with Columbia University in 1904 and closed in 1976. Included are minutes, committee papers and other records of the Board of Trustees primarily dating from the nineteenth century; incomplete minutes of the Faculty Council; extensive administrative files of three deans (Joseph L. Kanig, E.E. Leuallen, and Stephen M. Gross) concerning curriculum development, the financial problems which led to loss of accreditation by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education and the closing of the school, controversial plans for a new building at Morningside Heights, and numerous other topics; registar's correspondence (1912-1940) with President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia, several deans, and college faculty; and incomplete files dating from the institution's final years pertaining to other administrators who were responsible for finances, admissions, development, and student affairs. Also included are early records of the Alumni Association, clippings and college publications, examinations, and miscellaneous historical materials.

The processed portion is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional photographic accessions are described below.

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