RG 079 Board of Regents

The earliest forerunner of the Board of Regents, the Regents of the State University of Iowa was established in 1845. Later, Boards of Trustees were established for each of Iowas three public institutions of higher learning. In 1909, the 33rd General Assembly created the State Board of Education, later renamed the State Board of Regents, to coordinate and govern all three institutions (Iowa State University, the State University of Iowa, and the University of Northern Iowa). In addition to the public institutions of higher learning, the Board of Regents has also governed the Iowa Braille and Site Saving School since 1911 and the Iowa School for the Deaf since 1917. The following is a partial list of the records of the Board of Regents in our holdings: