U of M’s 1st. Masters Degree – Earl Douglass – World Class Paleontologist Earl Douglass has been honored at the National Park Service website dedicated to him. A link to the site is below: https://www.nps.gov/dino/learn/historyculture/douglass.htm The information below is taken from the Archives West website, which was formerly Read More
The following photos appeared in the Missoulian Centennial issue on page 30 of Section E. Below are the captions for those photos. Music Building Attractive Addition to Campus One of the most unusual buildings in the Missoula area is the Music building, which was dedicated in May 1953 on Read More
Below is a link to the Mary Brennan Clapp History of the University of Montana: http://scholarworks.umt.edu/clapp/1/
University Athletes Disciplined Members of College Basketball Team Scored By President Duniway Yesterday afternoon the six young men who compose the University of Montana basketball team were summoned for an interview with President Duniway, to explain their absence from the institution last Friday, when the young men in question went Read More
Name Timeline: 1893 – June 30, 1913 – The University of Montana, Missoula July 1, 1913 – June 30, 1965 – Montana State University July 1, 1965 – The University of Montana, Missoula Montana From the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – The University of Montana Historic District Read More
Ceremony Today to Honor Dr. Elrod, MSU Ex-Professor Missoula, Mont., Feb. 16 – On February 17, 1893, Governor John Rickards signed the charter for a state university to be located in Missoula. On November 7, 1905, Professor Morton J. Elrod proposed that February 17 “be celebrated with ceremonies Read More
For a good history of the University of Montana – post WW2 see the National Register of Historic Places document linked below – especially beginning on page 26. ftp://ftp.ci.missoula.mt.us/DEV%20ftp%20files/HistoricPreservation/NRApps/MslaUnivHDBndryInc.pdf
1st. Black Graduate at U of M Law School – James Weston Dorsey Recently, the University of Montana made issues of their historic Sentinel Yearbook available online, beginning with the 1904 edition. As historical documents they are a great source of information regarding the University, the faculty Read More
For Photo of Alexander Dean, Vachel Lindsey, and Sidney Cox see p 90 – 1922 Sentinel http://scholarworks.umt.edu/sentinel/68/
Mrs. Macleod and De Loss Smith Give Splendid Entertainment The largest audience that has yet attended any of the university lecture course numbers last evening heard Mrs. Alice Macleod, head of the elocution department, and Professor De Loss Smith, instructor of music at the university. The entertainment was Read More