Walter Theodore Brown fonds

Fonds number

2111

Name of Creator

Brown, Walter Theodore

Dates of Material

[1903?]-1954

Title

Walter Theodore Brown fonds

Source of title proper

Title based on the contents of the fonds.

Extent

48 cm of textual records
3 photographs

Administrative History

Walter Theodore Brown graduated from Victoria College in 1908 (M.A.) and received a Ph.D degree from Harvard University in 1912. From 1913 to 1928, he taught in Ethics at Victoria College, before serving as head of the Department of Religion at Yale University, 1928-1932. He returned to Victoria to assume the role as Principal in1932, and then in 1933 he assumed the duties of President during 1933-1934 and 1939-1940, when E. W. Wallace was on leave for health reasons. In 1941 Brown was formally appointed President, but continued to act also as Principal of Victoria College until 1944. From 1941 to 1949 he served as President of Victoria University, but was forced to retire due to poor health. He died in 1954.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of the following series: correspondence, 1912-1949; addresses, articles and other records, [1903?]-1945; personal material, 1912-1954.

Series

Note(s)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Records in accession 1987.092V were a gift of Brown's son Howard M. Brown

Finding Aids

Photographs are described in the photograph database: http://archival-photos.vicu.utoronto.ca/

General Notes

See also Principal's Office Fonds (Fonds 2063 - series 1, subseries 1 - Correspondence files of Principal Brown); President's Office Fonds (Fonds 2021 - series 1, subseries 4 - General correspondence of Walter T Brown and subseries 5 - General correspondence of Walter T Brown and Harold Bennett)

Category

Administrators / Faculty personal papers