1. For interpretations of the University's first 25 years see Thomas W. Goodspeed, A History of the University of Chicago, 1891-1916(Chicago, 1916); and the first 15 years see Richard J. Storr, Harper's University; The Beginnings(Chicago, 1966).

2. Additional correspondence on the earliest faculty appointments is located in the William Rainey Harper Papers.

3. See also separate collection on the Institute.

4. Most of these papers are in the Burton Papers.