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Minutes of the Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees of the St. Francis Missionary and Benevolent Society were the founders of the college.  The Archives holds the original minutes notebook which contains the records of the first meetings held to form the Missionary and Benevolent Society, to establish by-laws, to erect the first college buildings and discuss other business pertinent to the establishment of an educational institution.

The signatures of early members of  Board of Trustees of the St. Francis Missionary and Benevolent Society.  From the By-Laws of the Society (1855).

The dates of the meetings in this first notebook are:

July 17, 1855 (This is actually a transcription of the original incorporation document.)

Undated [1855] By-Laws (transcription)

March 10, 1856

February 18, 1857

August 27, 1858 (Scanned image)

September 2, 1859

May 20, 1865

May 26, 1870

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For information about the Archives' collections contact:

Dennis Frank 
Archivist
(archives@sbu.edu)
telephone: 716.375.2322

Last updated:  11/29/11