1872-1919, close-up view

<strong>Exhibit labels:</strong> [1] Toledo University, cuff  links (1884). These cuff links bear the image of the original seal of the university, a circle surrounding a blockhouse, which served as the seal until 1931.[2] Correspondence conveying the university’s assets to the city of Toledo (1884).   Toledo University of Arts and Trades closed in 1878 due to no money left in the treasury.  Several years later, the bosard determined that they could have a second chance if they were a municipal university.  As a result, in 1884, the Scott brothers conveyed their father's original trust as well as other assets to the city of Toledo, once again giving the university a future.[3] Scott, Jesup. "Toledo: Future Great City of the World" (1937). In this pamphlet first published in 1868, Toledo real estate developer and Blade publisher, Jessup Scott, envisioned Toledo as becoming the greatest city in the world. It was this vision that compelled him to endow the university, because "[t]o fulfill its destiny, Toledo needed an institution to train its young people."
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[1] Toledo University, cuff links (1884). These cuff links bear the image of the original seal of the university, a circle surrounding a blockhouse, which served as the seal until 1931.

[2] Correspondence conveying the university’s assets to the city of Toledo (1884). Toledo University of Arts and Trades closed in 1878 due to no money left in the treasury. Several years later, the bosard determined that they could have a second chance if they were a municipal university. As a result, in 1884, the Scott brothers conveyed their father's original trust as well as other assets to the city of Toledo, once again giving the university a future.

[3] Scott, Jesup. "Toledo: Future Great City of the World" (1937). In this pamphlet first published in 1868, Toledo real estate developer and Blade publisher, Jessup Scott, envisioned Toledo as becoming the greatest city in the world. It was this vision that compelled him to endow the university, because "[t]o fulfill its destiny, Toledo needed an institution to train its young people."
Subject(s):
University of Toledo -- History
Exhibitions -- University of Toledo




Toledo, Ohio, United States
1872-2020
Date Created: 2022