creator:

Raymond M. Hughes

title:

Papers

dates:

1923-1972

extent:

7.56 linear ft.  (6 document boxes)

collection
number:

RS 02/08

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

access:

Open for research

publication
rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred
citation:

Raymond M. Hughes Papers, RS 02/08, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical note

 
Raymond Mollyneaux Hughes (1873-1958) was born in Atlantic, Iowa, but grew up in southwestern Ohio.  He graduated from his father’s alma mater, Miami (Ohio) University (1893) in Oxford and received a master’s degree in chemistry from Ohio State University (1897).  After further studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he returned to Miami as a professor of physics and chemistry (1898-1904).  He became Dean of the College of Liberal Arts (1908-1911) and was named President of Miami University (1911-1927).   He was appointed to the presidency of Iowa State College (University) in 1927 and served till his retirement in 1936.  Dr. Hughes received honorary doctorate degrees from Miami University (1927), Coe College (1928) and Iowa State (1936).  After his retirement, he still taught and conducted research in Ames, and was also active in national organizations.

During his time at Iowa State, Dr. Hughes guided the college through the difficult Depression years, he brought Iowa State into a more harmonious relationship with sister institutions in the state system; promoted the enrichment of technical curricula; broadened research to focus on problems involving interdivisional efforts; established several research and service supporting agencies, most notably the Statistical Laboratory; and instituted the development of placement and student counseling services.

Dr. Hughes married Ella Rogers in 1908, and after her death in 1933, he married Helen Richardson Isardi in 1938. 

Collection Description

 
This collection contains biographical information, Hughes family history, correspondence, minutes, financial records, addresses and speeches, press releases, reports to the Iowa State Board of Education, information relating to students and other activities at Iowa State College (University), and Dr. Hughes’ survey of U.S. universities and the number of doctorates produced in the early 1930s.

Organization

 
This collection is unarranged.