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	Record Group Number:	000450
	Series/Collection Number:	.S 1250
	Creator:	Florida State University. Office of the President.
	Title, Dates:	Gordon W. Blackwell administrative files, 1961-1965.
	Amount:	2.00 cubic ft.
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	Biographical/Historical:	**DEACCESSIONED**Florida State University is located in Tallahassee, Florida. The institution was chartered in 1851 and has been state-assisted since 1857. It operated under several different names until 1909, when it became Florida State College for Women. In 1947, the name was changed to Florida State University and the institution was made coeducational. It is part of the State University System which is part of the Division of Universities in the Dept. of Education. The university president is appointed by the Board of Regents. Gordon W. Blackwell was President of Florida State University from September, 1960 to January, 1965. He was born on April 27, 1911 at Timmonsville, South Carolina. He received his B.A. from Furman University in 1932, his M.A. from the University of North Carolina in 1933, and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1940. Prior to coming to Florida State University, he served as Chancellor of the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina. He was appointed as President in 1960. One of Blackwell's most significant achievements was the peaceful racial integration of the student body in 1962. In 1965, Dr. Blackwell left Florida State University to become President of Furman University.
	Summary:	**DEACCESSIONED**This series contains the 1964-1965 administrative files of Florida State University President Gordon W. Blackwell. The series is incomplete. The records consist only of folders A - C for 1964-1965; all of Blackwell's files from 1960-1963 are missing. The records contain correspondence, reports, and memoranda. It documents Dr. Blackwell's interactions with Florida State University administrators and department heads; the Board of Control/Board of Regents; other state universities; committees; organizations; state agencies; and other government bodies. Included in this series are building committee files maintained by Vice President John E. Champion from 1961 to 1963.
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	General Note:	**DEACCESSIONED**
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	Subject Access Fields:	Florida State University. Florida State University Universities and colleges Administration Florida
	Added Entries	Blackwell, Gordon Williams, 1911- Champion, John Elmer, 1922-