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Title
John Thom Holdsworth collection
Date(s)
- 1955-1957 (Creation)
Extent
1.00 linear feet (2 document cases)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Dr. John Thom Holdsworth, 1873-1965, was the first Dean of the University of Miami’s School of Business Administration from 1926 to 1941. He was born in Ontario, Canada, received the Ph.D. in finance at the University of Pennsylvania in 1907, and came to the University of Miami in 1926.
Dr. John Thom Holdsworth was the second faculty member of the university appointed by the chairman of the regents in 1925. He came the following year with the title of Professor of Economics and Director of Evening Courses. It was his function to develop the School of Business Administration. He became the first dean of the school when it was established in 1929 and stepped down in 1941.
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Scope and content
The John Thom Holdsworth Collection consists of two typewritten manuscripts, "Thirty Years of the University of Miami" and "Origins and Evolution of Universities and Colleges," written by Dr. John Thom Holdsworth, who was the first Dean of the School of Business Administration from 1929 to 1941. "Thirty Years of the University of Miami" has 28 chapters in 28 folders plus 2 additional folders that contain related information and was written in the mid 1950s. "Origins and Evolution of Universities and Colleges" is 165 pages long, and the publication date is unknown.
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Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
This collection is kept in an off-campus storage facility. Please contact the University Archivist, Nick Iwanicki, at ngi5@miami.edu with the boxes you are interested in prior to your visit, and allow up to 1 week for delivery of materials.
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Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to ngi5@miami.edu.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
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Immediate source of acquisition
The first manuscript was donated to the library in 1973. The second manuscript was donated to the University Archives department in September 2014.
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Archivist's note
Finding aid edited by Yvette Yurubi, Processing Archivist, 04-11-24.