Florida Agricultural College. Board of
Trustees.
Minutes, 1893-1905.
1 volume.
Series 157 is
a bound volume containing the minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Florida
Agricultural College at Lake City. Earlier board minutes are not available,
but some board transactions were published in School reports of Florida.
The college was renamed the University of Florida in 1903 and abolished
in 1905. The minutes contain annual expenditures and a record of
faculty and administrative appointments. Of special interest are
the lengthy annual reports of President Oscar Clute for 1895-1898 and discussion
of an altercation between the college president and the director of the
Agricultural Experiment Station in 1893. There is also considerable
documentation on agricultural work done at Lake City and at the substations
in DeFuniak Springs and Ft. Meyers.