Box 18 - Gray, President William H.

This file contains administrative records and correspondence dating from 1944 to 1949 generated during the presidency of Florida A&M College President Dr. William H. Gray, Jr. The materials include institutional records, internal memoranda, program documentation, and presidential correspondence relating to academic departments, faculty, campus programs, and external partners.

The correspondence to other universities, colleges, and schools is arranged alphabetically by institutional name and individual correspondent, reflecting standard filing practices of the Office of the President during this period.

Topics represented within this grouping include the FAMC Artist Series, budget reports and recommendations, faculty meetings and rankings, departmental planning documents, legislative investigations into higher education, faculty housing, football and VIP ticket correspondence, graduate programs, journalism seminars, hospital planning, and medical education statistics.

Collectively, these records provide insight into Dr. Gray’s leadership during a critical period of institutional development at Florida A&M College in the post–World War II era. They illustrate administrative expansion, financial planning, faculty governance, academic programming, and the College’s growing cultural and public presence within Florida and the broader higher education landscape.

• FAMU, FAMC, History, Presidents
• Civil Rights
• correspondences

• text

• English

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