Skip to main content Skip to search results Skip to Facets & Filters

Dartmouth College. Board of Trustees

 

Biography

The Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College was created as "one body corporate and politick" by the charter of Dartmouth College, 13 December 1769, comprising twelve members, including the President of the College and the Governor of New Hampshire as ex officio members. The Board first met in Keene, New Hampshire, 22 October 1770, and consisted of Sir John Wentworth, Gov. of New Hampshire, the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, President of Dartmouth College, Theodore Atkinson, George Jaffrey, Daniel Pierce, Peter Gilman, William Pitkin, Benjamin Pomeroy, James Lockwood, Timothy Pitkin, John Smalley, and William Patten.

Dartmouth’s Board of Trustee is responsible for oversight of the financial, administrative, and academic affairs of the College, including the appointment and evaluation of the President, long-range strategic planning, maintaining the academic quality of all the degree programs, ensuring the excellence of the faculty and the quality of the student experience, approving operating and capital budgets, managing the endowment, leading fundraising efforts, setting tuition and fees, and approving major policy changes.

Over the years, the number of “elected” Trustees (i.e., Trustees in addition to the President and the Governor) and the overall size of the Board have varied. The Charter originally set the number of elected trustees at ten. In 1961, the New Hampshire legislature and the Board approved a Charter amendment increasing the number of elected Trustees to 14, and amended again in 1967 to omit the New Hampshire residency requirement for any members of the Board. In 2003, the Board voted to increase the number of elected Trustees to 20. Two of those new Board seats has been filled, bringing the current size of the Board to 18 (16 “elected” Trustees, the Governor, and the President of the College.) Today, as it has since 1970, the Board elects a Chair separate from the President of the College.

Among the major actions of the Board were the establishment of professional schools in Medicine (1797), Engineering (1867) and Business (1900); resolutions in 1876 and 1891 allowing for alumni nominations of some candidates for Trustee; the November 22, 1971, resolution making the undergraduate college coeducational; and the November 1989 decision to divest from companies doing business with South Africa.

Found in 358 Collections and/or Records:

David Humphreys letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 805681
Mss 805681
Date(s): 1805-12-31
Abstract

In English.

Draft of agreement

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 835469.1
Mss 835469.1
Date(s): 1835-08-19
Abstract

In English.

Ebenezer French request for delay of payment

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 824467.4
Mss 824467.4
Date(s): 1824-08-17
Abstract

In English.

Eden Burroughs letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 811590
Mss 811590
Date(s): 1811-10
Scope and Contents

Letter from Eden Burroughs of Hanover, New Hampshire to the Dartmouth College Trustess informing them of a minority dissent in the Resolution because of a change in phrasology. Also signed by Stephen Jacob and J.T. Gilman.

Edward Freeman letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 001077
Mss 001077
Date(s): undated
Abstract

In English.

Edwin Brant Frost letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 892380
Mss 892380
Date(s): 1892-06-30
Abstract

In English.

Edwin David Sanborn inspector's report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 854411
Mss 854411
Date(s): 1854
Scope and Contents

Thirteen-page inspector's report of expenditures for building repairs and suggested improvements, especially to Reed Hall. Report addressed to the Dartmough College Trustess.

Edwin David Sanborn letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 854427.1
Mss 854427.1
Date(s): 1854-07-27
Scope and Contents

Six-page letter from Edwin David Sanborn to the Dartmouth College Trustees with a memorial by Professor Sanborn on the inequalities for the teaching staff of the College compared with the Chandler School.

Edwin David Sanborn report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 852900.1
Mss 852900.1
Date(s): 1852
Scope and Contents

Three-page report by Edwin David Sanborn, inspector of the College, on necessary repairs. College owes the Northern Academy for a collection of newspapers.

Edwin Edgerton request for delay of payment

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 824940.2
Mss 824940.2
Date(s): 1824
Abstract

In English.

Elijah Paine report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 811480.1
Mss 811480.1
Date(s): 1811-08-30
Scope and Contents

Report by Elijah Paine to the Dartmouth College Trustess, concerning the use of land by various professors.

Eliza Billings (Curtis) Woodward account

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 820327
Mss 820327
Date(s): 1820-05-27
Abstract

In English.

Ephraim Weston Clark request for delay of payment

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 824466.1
Mss 824466.1
Date(s): 1824-08-16
Abstract

In English.

Francis Brown letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 820418.1
Mss 820418.1
Date(s): 1820-07-18
Abstract

In English.

George Boardman letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 823469
Mss 823469
Date(s): 1823-08-19
Abstract

In English.

George Walton letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 814472.2
Mss 814472.2
Date(s): 1814-08-22
Scope and Contents

Two-page letter from George Walton of Peacham, Vermont to Dartmouth College Trustess, concerning supposed interference of General Chamberlain and Col. Elkin in the Moses Hall affair. Forty-two additional signatures by people in Peacham who are ready to come forward on his behalf.

George Washington Hutchins letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 828359
Mss 828359
Date(s): 1828-06-09
Abstract

In English.

George Woodward letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 805478
Mss 805478
Date(s): 1805-08-28
Abstract

In English.

Hanover Cemetery Association letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 866503.2
Mss 866503.2
Date(s): 1866-09-03
Scope and Contents

Letter from the Hanover Cemetery Association to the Dartmouth College Trustees, asking for the deed to the land given the Association by the Trustees.

Henry Fairbanks letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 867417
Mss 867417
Date(s): 1867-07-17
Scope and Contents

Three-page letter from Henry Fairbanks to the Dartmouth College Trustees, resigning the professorship of natural history.

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 357
Archival Object 1
 
Back to top