Melvin A. Brannon Papers, 1910-1958
Collection Overview
Title: Melvin A. Brannon Papers, 1910-1958
ID: OGLMC656
Primary Creator: Brannon, Melvin A. (1865-1950)
Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet
Subjects: University of North Dakota - Administration
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
"Former U Dean Dies in Florida
President John C. West was notified Monday of the death at Gainesville, Fla., of Dr. Melvin A. Brannon, dean of the liberal arts college at the University from 1911 to 1914. He was 84.
Dr. Brannon, who had been doing research in Florida, was awarded an honorary degree from the University at the spring commencement in 1947.
He was credited with organizing the University school of medicine in 1907 and was responsible for the establishment of the state public health laboratory in 1909. For four years, from 1907-11, he served as the first dean of the school of medicine.
His work during his 20 years on the U faculty also took him to Devils Lake, where he organized a biological survey. He directed its work from 1908 until leaving the state in 1914.
Dr. Brannon was one of the first men in the state to realize the industrial possibilities of brickmaking and began experiments with that work at Dickinson.
Born in Lowell, Ind., Sept. 11, 1865, Dr. Brannon was graduated from Wabash college, at Crawfordsville, in 1889. He obtained his master's degree there in 1890 and for several years later studied at the marine biological laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1912.
During his career, he served as instructor in natural sciences in the Fort Wayne, Ind., high school and after leaving the University was president of the University of Idaho at Moscow from 1914-17 and of Beloit College in Wisconsin from 1917-23. He served as chancellor of the University of Montana from 1923-33.
His first wife, the former Lida Lowry, died in 1919. He was married to Mrs. Anna Lytle Tannahill in 1923. After her death in 1934, he married the former Yvonne Tissler, one-time student at Beloit College, in 1938.
In addition to this widow, two children by the first marriage, Eleanor and Lida, survive."
Source: Grand Forks Herald, 29 March 1950
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Method: Transferred from the UND Biographical File; 81-806
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Melvin A. Brannon Papers. OGLMC 656, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid input to Archon in March 2020.
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Items:
- Item 1: "Twenty Years of University Life" (speech by Brannon at Founders Day), Grand Forks Herald, February 1914
- Item 2: "Montana Wants M.A. Brannon", 1922
- Item 3: Newspaper Clipping Regarding the University of Montana, February 1923
- Item 4: "Citizenship in a Changing Civilization" speech by Brannon at UND Commencement, June 1947
- Item 5: "Dr. Brannon Busy with Tiny Plant Research" UND Alumni Review, September 1949
- Item 6: "Former U Dean Dies in Florida," Grand Forks Herald, 29 March 1950
- Item 7: "Brannon Credited with Grid Start," Grand Forks Herald, 23 February 1958
- Item 1: "Twenty Years of University Life" (speech by Brannon at Founders Day), Grand Forks Herald, February 1914
- Folder 2: Correspondence to Marshall Brannon (brother?), 1920
- Folder 3: "A Tribute to Melvin A. Brannon and the University of North Dakota", 1947
- Folder 4: Photographs:
- Photograph 1: Botanical trip to Devils Lake, 1910
- (from left to right) unidentified man, Emily Brannon (sister in law to Melvin Brannon), Lida Brannon, Melvin Brannon, unidentified man, unidentified man (married to Emily Brannon)
- Photograph 2: Botanical trip to Devils Lake, 1910
- Brannon family picnic
- Photograph 3: Botanical trip to Devils Lake, 1910
- Melvin Brannon aiming a rifle
- Photograph 4: Botanical trip to Devils Lake, 1910
- Brannon family members in two boats on a beach
- Photograph 5: Botanical trip to Devils Lake, 1910
- Brannon family members in two boats on a beach
- Photograph 6: "Boat landing at Lake Metigoshe, N.D." (from front of photograph), circa 1910
- Photograph 7: "View in City Park, Dunseith, N.D." (from front of photograph), 1910
- Photograph 8: Botanical trip to Devils Lake, 1910
- Identical to Photograph 1; except that Eleanor Brannon is visible on the far left
- Photograph 9: "Art's Team U.N.D" (from front of photograph)
- "J.M. Brannon Rt End" (from back of photograph)
- Photograph 10: "Administration Building" (from front of photograph)
- Photograph 11: "Moscow Government Building" (from front of photograph)
- Photograph 12: "Latah County Court House" (from front of photograph)
- Photograph 13: "Moscow Home Looking North" (from front of photograph)
- Photograph 14: "Our Moscow Orchard" (from front of photograph)
- Photograph 15: "Arrival Spokane-August 6, 1914" (from front of photograph)
- Photograph 16: "Arrival in Moscow-August 6, 1914" (from front of photograph)
- Photograph 17: "Messers Shattuck and Brannon" (from front of photograph)
- Photograph 1: Botanical trip to Devils Lake, 1910
- Folder 5: Miscellaneous Postcards
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