Board of Regents

Series 1. Lyman Hall Papers, 1879-1905, Hall's files from the period of 1879 through 1905. These files contain many newspaper articles about Tech from Hall's scrapbook, as well as personal correspondence, press releases, business papers, and ephemera from Hall's time at West Point and his death.

Series 2. Kenneth G. Matheson Papers, 1904-1905, date from 1904 to 1921 and include personnel correspondence as well as school financial and military records.

Series 3. M. L. Brittain Papers, 1920-1944, date from 1920 to 1944 and include correspondence, annual reports of academic departments, information regarding the activities of several engineering associations, papers relating to Tech's accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, military records, and information on budgets and audits. Post-World War II Planning Committee records, including correspondence and reports to Brittain, are also included in this series.

Subseries 1. These materials are related to the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents from 1932 to 1934. They were originally a part of the Board of Regents records (UA017). The sub-series consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, and statistics related to the schools within the University System. Topics discussed in these papers include new building on Georgia Tech’s campus, World War II’s effect on higher education, and student exams.

Series 4. Blake R. Van Leer Papers, 1909-1957, include a huge variety of subjects, most notably, information on Van Leer's Tech Expansion Program, including numerous maps, plans, and architectural drawings. There are also files on new courses, departments, and buildings, the budget, fraternity matters, the Engineering Experiment Station, the Southern Association, Georgia Tech Athletics, Southern Polytechnic, the library, the faculty, the military, women at Tech, and personnel correspondence. This series also includes papers of the acting president, Paul Weber, who served for about a year after Van Leer's death.

Subseries 1. These materials are related to the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents from 1944 to 1956. They were originally a part of the Board of Regents records (UA017). The sub-series consists of correspondence and meeting minutes covering topics such as coeducation, desegregation efforts, loyalty oaths, and the student protest surrounding the 1956 Sugar Bowl. Also present are documents referencing objections to certain textbooks, building on campus, and Georgia Tech’s response to World War II.