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Records of the Office of the President<\/h1><\/div><\/div>
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Presidents of Rhode Island College of Agriculture<\/strong>
and Mechanic Arts (1892-1908)<\/strong><\/p>\n

John H. Washburn<\/a>
Rec.Gr.1.1; 1892-1902; .25 linear feet<\/p>\n

Homer Wheeler<\/a>
Rec.Gr.73; 1902-1903; 29.5 linear feet<\/p>\n

Kenyon L. Butterfield<\/a>
Rec.Gr.1.3; 1903-1906; .25 linear feet<\/p>\n

Presidents of Rhode Island State College (1909-1950)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Howard D. Edwards<\/a>
Rec.Gr.1.4; 1906\u20131930; 2.75 linear feet<\/p>\n

John Barlow, Acting President
See Records of the Office of Vice President<\/a>
Rec.Gr.3.1; 1930-1931; 7.5 linear feet<\/p>\n

Raymond G. Bressler<\/a>
Rec.Gr.1.6; 1931\u20131940; 3 linear feet<\/p>\n

Presidents of the University of Rhode Island (1951-present)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carl R. Woodward<\/a>
Rec.Gr.1.8; 1941\u20131958; 91.5 linear feet<\/p>\n

Francis H. Horn<\/a>
Rec.Gr.1.9; 1958\u20131967; 85 linear feet<\/p>\n

F. Don James, Acting President<\/a>
Rec.Gr.1.10; 1967\u20131968; 15 linear feet<\/p>\n

Werner A. Baum<\/a>
Rec.Gr.1.11; 1968\u20131973; 82.5 linear feet<\/p>\n

William Ferrante, Acting President<\/a>
Rec.Gr.1.12; 1973\u20131974; 12.5 linear feet<\/p>\n

Frank A. Newman<\/a>
Rec.Gr.1.13; 1970\u20131985; 150.5 linear feet<\/p>\n

Edward D. Eddy<\/a>
Rec.Gr.1.14; 1985-1991;  63 linear feet<\/p>\n

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Presidents of Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (1892-1908) John H. WashburnRec.Gr.1.1; 1892-1902; .25 linear feet Homer WheelerRec.Gr.73; 1902-1903; 29.5 linear feet Kenyon L. ButterfieldRec.Gr.1.3; 1903-1906; .25 linear feet Presidents of Rhode Island State College (1909-1950) Howard D. EdwardsRec.Gr.1.4; 1906\u20131930; 2.75 linear feet John Barlow, Acting PresidentSee Records of the Office of Vice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4861,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2774","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4861"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2774"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10463,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2774\/revisions\/10463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}