Finding Aid for the Julius Isaac Foust Records, 1903-1970

Descriptive Summary

Creator

Julius Isaac Foust, b. 1865

Title

Julius Isaac Foust Records, 1855-1906

Collection Number

UA 2.2

Extent

36 linear feet (100 boxes)

Abstract

This collection contains the personal papers and official records of Julius Isaac Foust, second president of the college now known as The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Taking up leadership of the school after the untimely death of Charles McIver, Foust acted as president for the year following his collegue's death. Foust served as the official president until his retirement in 1934. Included in his records are personal and offical correspondence, letter press books, speeches, photographs, diplomas, publications, newspaper clippings, invoices, receipts, and minutes.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research

Copyright Notice

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Julius Isaac Foust Records, UA 2.2, University Archives and Manuscripts, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Acquisitions Information

Boxes 1-56 and 63-100, the official records of the Office of the President of the University, were recieved from various locations on campus. The remaining boxes were deposited in the University Archives in 1967 by Mrs. Clora McNeill Foust, the second wife of Julius Isaac Foust. Foust had apparently removed these papers from the campus at his retirement in 1934, because he considered them to be private files.

Processing Information

Processed by University Archives Staff
Finding aid updated in August 2007 by Dean Rhoades

Biographical Note

Julius Isaac Foust, son of Thomas Carbry and Mary E. Robbins Foust, was born November 23, 1865, in Graham, North Carolina. After attending Graham Academy and Graham Normal School, he entered the University of North Carolina in 1885. He received his Ph.B. (Bachelor of Philosophy) in 1890 and later was awarded an LL.D. from the same institution.

He began his career as principal of the Goldsboro schools; later he was superintendent of the Wilson Schools (1891-1894), and of the Goldsboro schools (1894-1902). In 1902 he became a professor of Pedagogy at the State Normal and Industrial College. After Dr. Charles Duncan McIver's death in 1906, Dr. Foust became Acting President of the College and the following year was made President, serving in that capacity until 1934 when he became President Emeritus of the College. He died at Lakeland, Florida, February 15, 1946.

He served as President of the North Carolina Associaton of City School Suerintendents, President of the North Carolina Teachers Assembly, President of the North Carolina Associaton of Colleges, and a member of the Board of Directors of the A & M College (now North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University). He was the author of a textbook on the geography of North Carolina and co-author of a spelling book.

Collection Arrangement

1. College Records
2. Personal Papers
3. Letter Press Books

Papers are arranged chronologically within each series, and alphabetically within each year.

Detailed Description of Collection

1. College Records

Box 1
General Correspondence, 1906
General Correspondence, 1907, A-C

Box 2
General Correspondence, 1907, D-S

Box 3
General Correspondence, 1907, T-Y
General Correspondence, 1908, A-G

Box 4
General Correspondence, 1908, H-Z

Box 5
General Correspondence, 1909, A-H

Box 6
General Correspondence, 1909, J-Z

Box 7
General Correspondence, 1910, A-G

Box 8
General Correspondence, 1910, H-P

Box 9
General Correspondence, 1910, R-Z
General Correspondence, 1911, A-B

Box 10
General Correspondence, 1911, C-L

Box 11
General Correspondence, 1911, M-Z

Box 12
General Correspondence, 1912, A-H

Box 13
General Correspondence, 1912, I-Z

Box 14
General Correspondence, 1913, A-M

Box 15
General Correspondence, 1913, N-Z
General Correspondence, 1914, A-J

Box 16
General Correspondence, 1914, K-Z
General Correspondence, 1915, A-J

Box 17
General Correspondence, 1915, K-Z
General Correspondence, 1916, A-C

Box 18
General Correspondence, 1916, D-Y

Box 19
General Correspondence, 1917, A-J

Box 20
General Correspondence, 1917, K-Z

Box 21
General Correspondence, 1918, A-K

Box 22
General Correspondence, 1918, L-Y
Alumnae Affairs, 1918-1919

Box 23
General Correspondence, 1919, A-Foust

Box 24
General Correspondence, 1919, G-R

Box 25
General Correspondence, 1920, S-Y
General Correspondence, 1920, A-C

Box 26
General Correspondence, 1920, D-H

Box 27
General Correspondence, 1920, I-Y

Box 28
General Correspondence, 1921, A-E

Box 29
General Correspondence, 1921, F-K

Box 30
General Correspondence, 1921, L-Y

Box 31
General Correspondence, 1922, A-F

Box 32
General Correspondence, 1922, Faculty

Box 33
General Correspondence, 1922, G-R

Box 34
General Correspondence, 1922, S-Z
General Correspondence, 1923, A-B

Box 35
General Correspondence, 1923, C-Faculty

Box 36
General Correspondence, 1923, Faculty-K

Box 37
General Correspondence, 1923, L-Z

Box 38
General Correspondence, 1924, A-C

Box 39
General Correspondence, 1924, D-Fundraising Campaign

Box 40
General Correspondence, 1924, Faculty

Box 41
General Correspondence, 1924, Foust-P

Box 42
General Correspondence, 1924, Q-Y
General Correspondence, 1925, A-B

Box 43
General Correspondence, 1925, Building-E

Box 44
General Correspondence, 1925, F-M____

Box 45
General Correspondence, 1925, Moore-Z
General Correspondence, 1926 A-B

Box 46
General Correspondence, 1926, C-R

Box 47
General Correspondence, 1926, S-Z
General Correspondence, 1927, A-L

Box 48
General Correspondence, 1927, M-Z
General Correspondence, 1928, A-C

Box 49
General Correspondence, 1928, D-J

Box 50
General Correspondence, 1928, K-Z
General Correspondence, 1929, A-Board

Box 51
General Correspondence, 1929, Budget-L

Box 52
General Correspondence, 1929, M-Z
General Correspondence, 1930
General Correspondence, 1931, A-C

Box 53
General Correspondence, 1931, D-Z

Box 54
General Correspondence, 1932, A-C

Box 55
General Correspondence, 1932, D-R

Box 56
General Correspondence, 1932, S-Z
General Correspondence, 1933, A-W

2. Personal Papers

Box 57
Private Correspondence, 1906-1933

Box 58
Private Correspondence, 1934-1940

Box 59
Private Correspondence, 1941-1946
Private Correspondence, Alumnae House, 1934-1944, undated

Box 60
College History, Manuscript and Research material

Box 61
Clora McNeil Foust, Miscellaneous, 1903-1970

Box 62
Budgets
Menus
Reports
Speeches
Photographs
Biographical Information

3. Letter Press Books

Box 63
October 18, 1906 - April 4, 1907

Box 64
April 5, 1907 - July 2, 1907

Box 65
July 2, 1907 - August 14, 1907

Box 66
August 14, 1907 - November 15, 1907

Box 67
November 15, 1907 - April 21, 1908

Box 68
April 21, 1908 - July 10, 1908

Box 69
July 11, 1908 - August 18, 1908

Box 70
August 19, 1908 - January 21, 1909

Box 71
January 22, 1909 - June 5, 1909

Box 72
June 5, 1909 - July 30, 1909

Box 73
July 30, 1909 - October 29, 1909

Box 74
October 29, 1909 - April 13, 1909

Box 75
June 22, 1910 - August 8, 1910

Box 76
August 8, 1910 - November 1, 1910

Box 77
November 1, 1910 - March 29, 1911

Box 78
March 29, 1911 - June 20, 1911

Box 79
June 20, 1911 - July 26, 1911

Box 80
July 26, 1911 - September 23, 1911

Box 81
October 18, 1911 - March 12, 1912

Box 82
March 23, 1912 - May 27, 1912

Box 83
May 27, 1912 - June 29, 1912

Box 84
June 29, 1912 - August 14, 1912

Box 85
August 14, 1912 - October 14, 1912

Box 86
October 14, 1912 - March 1, 1913

Box 87
March 1, 1913 - May 10, 1913

Box 88
May 10, 1913 - June 19, 1913

Box 89
June 19, 1913 - July 29, 1913

Box 90
July 29, 1913 - September 6, 1913

Box 91
September 6, 1913 - December 22, 1913

Box 92
December 22, 1913 - March 28, 1914

Box 93
March 28, 1914 - June l, 1914

Box 94
June 1, 1914 - July 2, 1914

Box 95
July 2, 1914 - August 13, 1914

Box 96
August 13, 1914 - September 22, 1914

Box 97
September 24, 1914 - February 11, 1915

Box 98
February 17, 1915 - May 12, 1915

Box 99
May 12, 1915 - June 30, 1915

Box 100
July 1, 1915 - August 2, 1915

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