Jonathan Clark Rogers Papers

Record Group 1

9 Linear Feet : 9 Bankers Boxes

Creator Note :

Biography: 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 (1951-53) 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.

Buildings: Veterinary Medicine (1949).

Scope and Content :

The Jonathan Clark Rogers papers were donated to the University of Georgia Archives in the mid-1970s by Laura Blackshear Fortson, President Rogers' daughter. There are nine boxes of Administrative Subject and Correspondence Files arranged in alpha 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 11 th 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 (97-099:11) may house materials of interest to researchers of the presidential tenures of Harmon W. Caldwell and Omer C. Aderhold as well.

Contents Inventory :

UGA 97-099:1 (Administrative Council—Auditorium [1948-1950])

Administrative Council - March 1949
Agency Funds - Balance Sheet
Agricultural Experiment Stations
Agricultural Extension Services
Agricultural Reorganization March 1949 - December 1949
Agricultural Reorganization January 1950 - July 1950
Agriculture, College of
Agronomy, Department of
All Deans and Administrative Officers
Alumni Society
American Association of University Professors
American Council of Education
Animal Husbandry, Department of
Annual Report - 1948-1949; 1949-1950
Anthropology and Archaeology, Department of
Art, Department of
Art, Department of 1942-1944
Art, Department of 1945
Art, Department of 1946
Art Museum
Arts and Sciences, College of
Athens , City of
Athletic Association
Athletic Association - Reports 1948
Athletic Association - Reports 1950
Athletics, Board Meetings
Atlanta Division February 1949 - June 30, 1949
Atlanta Division July 1, 1949 - June 30,1950
Atlanta Division, Directorship
Auditorium - Gymnasium, Proposed

UGA 97-099:2 (Barnesley Gardens —Curriculum Changes/Expansion [1949-1951])

Barnesley Gardens
Bi-Bk (Miscellaneous)
Bl-Bn (Miscellaneous)
Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences, Division of
Biology, department of
Botany, Department of
Boyd, G. H.
Brooks, R. P.
Budget 1949-50
Budget 1950-51
Budget Amendments 1950-1951
Building Program
Business Administration, College of
Cap and Gown
Carnegie Grant - In - Aid
Chamber of Commerce
Chancellor's Office
Chemistry, Department of
Christian College
Cobb Papers
Commencement - June 1949
Commencement - August 1949
Commencement - June 1950
Commencement - August 1950
Committee on Disposition of Insurance Dividends
Committee on Drives
Committee on Fifth Hour Classes
Committee on Gifts and Memorials
Committee on Improvement of Instruction
Committee on Nominations and Elections
Committee on Reading Skills
Committee on Special Convocation
Comptroller - J.D. Bolton
Coordinate Campus
Crawford W. Long House
Curriculum - Changes, Expansion

UGA 97-099:3 (Dairy Department—General Education Board [1939-1950])

Dairy, Department of
Dean of Faculties
Director of Libraries
Discipline
Division of General Extension
Dormitories and Dining Halls University of Georgia
Drama, Department of
Drewry, John E.
Education, College of
English, Department of
Eugene Talmadge Memorial Funds
European Tour
Faculty Executive Committee
Faculty House
Faculty Meetings
Faculty and Staff, Conference for
Federal Security Agency
Food Technology, Department of
Foreign Languages, Department of
Foreign Students
Forestry, School of
General Assembly - Georgia
General Education Board 1939-1940
General Education Board 1941
General Education Board 1942-1944
General Education Board 1945
General Education Board I
General Education Board II
General Education Board Scholarship Applications

UGA 97-099:4 (Geography/Geology Department—International Ed. [1938-1950])

Geography and Geology, Department of
Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers
Georgia Education Association
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Museum of Art
Georgia Power Company
Georgia Quarterly
The Georgia Review
Gifts 1942-1943
Gifts 1944-1945
Gifts 1945-1946
Gifts 1946-1947
Gifts - Thank You Letters
Grade Analysis
Graduate Faculty, Appointments to
Graduate Council
Graduate School
Graduate School 1938-1940
Graduate School 1941-1944
Graduate School 1945
Higher Education, Department of
History, Department of
Mr. Alfred Holbrook
Home Economics, School of
Honors Day
Horticulture, Department of
Hospital Plans
House of Representatives - U.S.
Housing
Housing Development - Florida Avenue
Income and Expense, Statements of
Infirmary (Dr. H.I. Reynolds)
Infirmary, Gilbert Memorial
Infirmary, Gilbert Memorial (Wings - Hitchcock)
International Education, Institution of

UGA 97-099:5 (Journalism, School of—Loyalty Oath [1949-1951])

Journalism, Henry W. Grady School of
Journalism, School of
Lambda Housing Association
Land-Grant Colleges , Association of - I
Land-Grant Colleges , Association of - II
Land-Grant Colleges , Association of - III
Land-Grant Colleges , Association of Correspondence
Landscape Architecture, Department of
Laundry and Dry Cleaning - I
Laundry and Dry Cleaning - II
Law, School of
Letters of Recommendation Library
Library Building - Proposed
Loyalty Oath

UGA 97-099:6 (Maloof, L.J.—Nursing Education, Department of [1945-1951])

Maloof, Louis J.
Mathematics, Department of
Medical Examinations
Memberships
Men, Dean of
Michael, M.G. Award
Military Department - I
Military Department - II
Minimum Foundation Program
Miscellaneous
Monthly Progress Reports - I
Monthly Progress Reports - II
Mortar Board
Music, Department of
Music Department Contracts
National Beta Club
National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Education Association
National Management Council
National Research Council
News Bureau
Noyes, W. Wilson
Nursing Education, Department of

UGA 97-099:7 (Pandora —Registrar [1947-1950])

Pandora
Paving
Payroll
Payrolls, Summer 1949
Peabody, George Foster
Peabody Radio Awards
Pharmacy, School of
Phelps - Stokes Fund
Philosophy, Department of
Physical Education, Department of
Physics, Department of
Placement Office
Plant Operations
Political Science, Department of
Portraits
Poultry, Department of
Presidents Reception
Press, State
Promotions
Psychology, Department of
Public Occasions Account
Publications - Student
Regents, Board Meetings I
Regents, Board Meetings II
Regents, Board Meetings 1949-I
Regents, Board Meetings 1949-II
Regents, Board Meetings 1949-III
Regents, Board Meetings 1950-I
Regents, Board Meetings 1950-II
Regents, Board Meetings 1950-III
Regents, Board Meetings 1950-IV
Regents, Board Meetings 1950-V
Regents Professorship
Regional Education
Registrar

UGA 97-099:8 (Research—Trust Funds, University of Georgia [1945-1951])

Research
Research - Letters
Retirement
Rock Eagle Lake
Savannah Division
Scholarships
Schulmerich Electronics, Inc.
Selective Service
Semester System Committee
Siebert, L.R.
Sigma Xi, Society of
Social Life Committee
Sociology, Department of
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Southern Educational Film Production Service, Inc.
Southern University Conference
Space
Spalding, Hughes
Speakers - Possible
State Universities , National Association of
Statistics
Statutes - Other Universities
Student Affairs, Director of
Student Life
Students - Prospective
Students Quarter Hour, Cost Per
Summer School
Survey Committee
Talmadge, Governor Herman E.
Thompson, Mildred C.
Travel
Trust Funds
Trust Funds, University of Georgia

UGA 97-099:9 (Universities, Other—Woodruff, George C. [1945-1950])

Universities, Other
University Bus
University Center in Georgia - I
University Center in Georgia - II
University Chaplain
The University of Georgia
The University of Georgia - Five Day Week Plan
University of Georgia Foundation
University Press
University School of Medicine
University Stores
U.S. Aid to Education
U.S. Office of Education
Veterans Division
Veterans Guidance Center
Veterinary Medicine Building
Veterinary Medicine, School of
Women, Dean of
Woodruff, George C.

UGA 97-099:10 (In Appreciation 1949-1950/A Scrapbook 1949-1967)

In Appreciation-Jonathan Clark Rogers 1949-1950 [Leather Bound Book]
Jonathan C. Rogers-Clipping and Photo Scrapbook 1949-1967 [Red Leather Bound Book]

UGA 97-099:11 (Atlanta Division: General Correspondence File 1947-1956-- Personnel Records A—M 1948-1955)

Atlanta Division Catalogue
Atlanta Division Agreement 9/13/50
Atlanta Division Budget
Enrollment Statistics— Atlanta Division [1950]
Coordination Agreements & Problems— Atlanta Division
Faculty Correspondence— Atlanta Division
Admission Practices— Atlanta Division
Business Administration— Atlanta Division 1951-1954
General Correspondence— Atlanta Division
Analysis of Grades— Atlanta Division
Student Petitions— Atlanta Division [1949-1950]
New Courses— Atlanta Division [1949-1952]
New Courses— Atlanta Division [1951-1952]
New Courses— Atlanta Division [1950-1951]
Teaching Load— Atlanta Division [1949]
Work Loads— Atlanta Division [1951-1955]
Approved Leave 1950
Dedication of New Building— Atlanta Division April 23, 1955
Probation and Exclusion Lists & Corresp.— Atlanta Division
Needs of University—Data & Publicity 1955
[ College of Business Administration 1953]
[Music Department 1954]
[Personnel Change of Status 1955]
Department of Nursing Education Mary F. Ward, Acting Head

Personnel Files 1948-1955.

These files are alpha by letter, A-M. Each letter has both an “active” and an “inactive” file with the exception of the letter ‘F', which has only an “active” file. The letters ‘I-J' are conjoined in a file, and there are separate files designated ‘Mc'. There are an aggregate total therefore of 25 file folders.

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