Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings, January 5, 1920-December 17, 1921

This collection of minutes from Board of Trustees meetings from 1886-1932 includes records of attendance, discussions, reports and presentations, committee reports, faculty promotions, election of new board members, letters written by the Board of Trustees, student petitions to the board, and financial matters. The earliest volume, which covers 1886-1906, is handwritten; volumes 2 through 6 are typed.

Many topics relevant to the development of the Georgia School of Technology are covered in these minutes. The earliest volume documents the selection of Atlanta as the site for the Georgia School of Technology, as well as the appointment of Lyman Hall as Georgia Tech's second President. Later volumes cover the efforts to expand the campus and finance its building, in addition to mundane matters such as salaries and faculty reappointments. Commencement programs, budget statements, correspondence and reports are bound into the later volumes along with the minutes. The minutes and reports of the final meeting provide a summation of the accomplishments of the Board and a set of recommendations to the incoming Board of Regents regarding the future of Georgia Tech.

Some of the later typed volumes overlap in their coverage. Unfortunately, minutes from the period between 1906 and 1916 are not extant.