1885 1891

1929

Began operation as a junior college
Legislature accepted provisions of Second Morrill Act and designated
three-elevenths of the funds to Branch Normal College (April 9)
Became 4-year college, and name changed to Agricultural, Mechanical,
and Normal College

California

1853

1855

1860

1864

1866

1867

1868

1869

1870

1871

1873

1885

University of California
Berkeley

Contra Costa Academy, private school for boys, opened in Oakland (June 6)

Incorporated as the College of California; college preparatory for boys (April 13)

College of California admitted first college class (June 11)

State legislature accepted 150,000 acres of land in place under the provisions of the Morrill Act (March 31)

Baccalaureate degrees first conferred by the College of California
(June 1)

State legislature established an Agriculture, Mining and Mechanic
Arts College (March 31)

College of California offered to give the State of California 160 acres
of land in Berkeley, and later to disincorporate and donate its
lands and buildings in Oakland, on condition the legislature
repeal the act establishing the Agricultural, Mining, and
Mechanics Arts College and establish a "Complete university"
which would include the humanities (October 9)

College of California conveyed to the State of California the 160 acres of land in Berkeley "for the uses of a university" (February 12)

University of California chartered by the State legislature (March 23)

University began instruction in Oakland in buildings rented from
the College of California (September 23)

Baccalaureate and master of Arts degrees first conferred by the
University of California (July 20)

Congress approved modification of Morrill Act allowing University
of California to grant title to subdivisions of land as small as
40 acres (March 3)

University of California moved to Berkeley and established permanent location upon the completion of two buildings (September) First Ph. D. degree granted by the University of California-fourth among land-grant colleges (May 27)

1891

1960

1959-60

Colorado

State accepted provisions of Second Morrill Act (March 31)
Seven campuses: Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, Riverside, San
Diego (formerly La Jolla), San Francisco, Santa Barbara
Amount of 1862 land-grant endowment fund-$990,632; income—
$29,642

Unsold-280 acres; value undetermined

Colorado State University
Fort Collins

1870

1875

1876

1877

1879

1884

1890 1891

1935

1951

1955

1957

Territorial legislature established Agricultural College of Colorado
(February 11)

Colorado organized into a State by an act of Congress (March 3)
The State admitted to the Union (August 1)

Agricultural College of Colorado was formally organized; State
board of agriculture created as governing body

State legislature accepted provisions of Morrill Act of 1862 and
was granted 91,600 acres of land in place (January 27)
Agricultural College of Colorado opened for instruction (September 1)
First baccalaureate degree granted

Master's degrees first awarded

Provisions of Second Morrill Act of 1890 accepted (April 6)

Name changed to the Colorado State College of Agriculture and the
Mechanic Arts

Name changed to Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College
Doctoral degree first conferred

Became Colorado State University

1959-60 Amount of 1862 land-grant endowment fund-$722,909; income

$30,507

Unsold-30,000 acres ; value-undetermined

Connecticut

University of Connecticut
Storrs

1862

1863

1881

State accepted the Federal grant of 180,000 acres in scrip, thus
becoming the third of the three States that accepted the pro-
visions of the First Morrill Act in the year that it was passed
(December 24)

All scrip having been sold, the interest from the fund was granted
to Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University (June 24)
The Storrs Agricultural School was chartered, and opened for in-
struction September 28 (April 6)

1893

1899

1904

1920

1933

1939

1949

1959-60

Legislature accepted provisions of Second Morrill Act, changed the name of the institution to Storrs Agricultural College, and transferred land-grant fund income from Yale (April 21)

Name changed to Connecticut Agricultural College

Baccalaureate degrees granted

Master's degrees first awarded

Name changed to Connecticut State College

Became the University of Connecticut

Ph. D. degree first conferred

Amount of 1862 land-grant endowment fund-$135,000; income$6,799

Delaware

University of Delaware
Newark

1744

1769

1833

1835

1837

1838

1867

Established as academy by Presbyterian Synod of Philadelphia
Chartered as Newark Academy by Thomas and Richard Penn
Granted a charter as Newark College, a degree-granting institution,
by General Assembly. Instruction disrupted during Revolu-
tionary War, while the Newark Academy building was converted
to a shoe factory for the Continental Army (February 5)
Merged with Delaware College

Name changed to Delaware College

Baccalaureate degree first granted (September 26)

State legislature accepted provisions of First Morrill Act, received 90,000 acres of land scrip and designated Delaware College as the beneficiary (March 14)

Master's degrees first awarded

State accepted provisions of Second Morrill Act (February 12)
Became University of Delaware

1874

1891

1921

1946

Doctor of philosophy degree first conferred

1959-60

Amount of 1862 land-grant endowment fund-$84,426; income$2,505

1891

Delaware State College
Dover

State accepted provisions of Second Morrill Act and chartered State College for Colored Students at Dover, to share in benefits of land-grant acts

First instruction at college level (February 3)

Florida

1853

College of Arts and Sciences established

University of Florida
Gainesville

1870

1882

1884

1891

1905

State accepted the Federal land-grant of 90,000 acres in scrip
First baccalaureate degrees from College of Arts and Sciences granted
Florida Agricultural College, authorized in 1870, was established
at Lake City and received benefit of land-grant fund
State accepted provisions of the Second Morrill Act of 1890 and
divided funds equally between Florida Agricultural College
and the Colored Normal School at Tallahassee (June 8)
State legislature (Backman Act) abolished six existing State colleges
and established two new institutions one of which was Univer-
sity of the State of Florida at Gainesville

1959-60

Amount of 1862 land-grant endowment fund-$157,385; income$7,750

1887

1891

1909

1910

1947

1953

Georgia

1785

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Tallahassee

The State, by legislative enactment, founded the Colored Normal
School at Tallahassee

State accepted terms of Second Morrill Act of 1890, and divided
the funds equally between the two land-grant institutions
(June 8)

By act of legislature, became the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical
College

First baccalaureate degree granted

First master of science in education degree awarded

By act of legislature reorganized as a State university to comprise two colleges, four schools (professional), one technical institute, and a graduate school

University of Georgia
Athens

University of Georgia incorporated by act of General Assembly The first State to provide for establishment of a State-supported university (January 27)

1801

1804

1866

1871 1872

1890

1906

1931

1940 1959-60

1874

1890 1891

1949

University established and opened to students; the first building called Franklin College in honor of Benjamin Franlin, is still standing-now known as "Old College"

First baccalaureate degrees granted

State accepted provisions of First Morrill Act and received 270,000 acres in scrip (December 12)

Master's degrees first awarded

College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts provisionally organized as a part of the State university

State accepted provisions of the Second Morrill Act of 1890, designating two-thirds of the funds to the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (November 26)

General Assembly authorized a separate board of control for the Georgia State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and reaffirmed the disposition of the income from the land-grant fund as a part of the university, but continued the college (July 21)

General Assembly placed all publicly supported colleges, including University of Georgia, in one organization, the University System of Georgia

Ph. D. degrees first conferred

Amount of 1862 land-grant endowment fund-$242,202; income$6,535

Fort Valley State College
Fort Valley

Act of legislature named Atlanta University to receive a portion
of the proceeds of the 1862 land-grant endowment as an insti-
tution for the higher education of Negroes

State accepted provisions of Second Morrill Act
Georgia State Industrial College opened in Athens, later moved to
Savannah, for "the purpose of educating and training Negro
youth in a program embracing the studies required under the
Morrill Act""; and was designated by the legislature as the
unit of the University of Georgia to receive one-third of the
money appropriations from the land-grant acts

The General Assembly of Georgia (Act. No. 267, 1949; H.B. 510)
transferred designation of institution to receive benefits of Land-
grants Acts to Fort Valley State College

1895

1929

1939

1941

Established as Fort Valley High and Industrial
School

Name changed to Fort Valley Normal and
Industrial School

State Teachers and Agricultural College at
Forsyth was consolidated with Fort Valley
High and Industrial School to form Fort
Valley State College at Fort Valley; and
came under State control as a part of the
university System of Georgia (July 1)
First 4-year college class was graduated (June)