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"The very fact that Western Reserve does not run
true to the common patterns prevalent in the country makes it difficult
to explain our organization easily to others." |
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-Winfred George Leutner |
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In spite of the complexities, which have only increased since
President Leutner's 1938 comment, the staff of the Archives has compiled this
summary of the legal entities of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ and its predecessors.
Included are the dates each was established and terminated and their names.
A similar summary has been made of the academic entities, the Schools
of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½.
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1826
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Western Reserve College incorporated.
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1848
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Cleveland Library Association incorporated.
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1880
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Cleveland Library Association renamed Case Library.
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1880
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Case School of Applied Science incorporated.
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1882
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Western Reserve College renamed Adelbert College of Western Reserve
University.
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1884
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Western Reserve University incorporated.
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1886
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Cleveland School of Pharmacy incorporated.
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1906
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Dental School sold to Western Reserve Dental School Company, a for-profit
corporation.
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1917
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Dental School re-purchased by Western Reserve University.
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1919
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Cleveland School of Pharmacy incorporated into WRU.
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1924
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Cleveland School of Architecture incorporated.
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1925
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Cleveland College incorporated.
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1941
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Adelbert College, Cleveland School of Architecture, and the Case Library
consolidated with WRU.
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1942
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Cleveland College consolidated with WRU.
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1947
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Case School of Applied Science renamed Case Institute of Technology.
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1967
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ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ established through
merger of Case and WRU. |
This summary was compiled by staff of the Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
Sources:
1B Founding Documents, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
1DA Publications of the Office of the President, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
1DB6 Records of Charles F. Thwing, President, Western Reserve University (1890-1920)
1DB7 Records of Robert Ernest Vinson, President, Western Reserve University
(1923-1933)
2JD Records of the Board of Trustees, Adelbert and Western Reserve Colleges
(1826-1941)
2KD Records of the Board of Trustees, Western Reserve University (1884-1941)
2KE Records of the Executive Committee, Board of Trustees, Western Reserve
University (1884-1941)
2LD Records of the Corporation and Board of Trustees, Western Reserve University
(1941-1957)
2N Records of the Corporation and Trustees, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
(1967- )
8H Records of the Case Library
19BE Records of the Board of Trustees, Case Institute of Technology
61B Founding Documents, Cleveland School of Pharmacy
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