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    Legislation Creating Penn State

    Penn State University Seals imposed over photographs of the Old Main Clock Towers
    • Act to Incorporate the Farmer's High School (1855)
    • The Federal Land-Grant Act Of 1862
    • Pennsylvania's Acceptance of the Act and Designation of Penn State as the recipient (1863)
    • Trustees Revise University’s Charter And Standing Orders (2002)

     

    More land grant information:

    • Committee on the Future of Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture  - National Research Council
    • Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities

     

     
     

    Penn State University Park Campus History Collection

    • Penn State: an illustrated history, by Michael Bezilla
    • Penn State Historical Timeline
    • Legislation Creating Penn State
      • Act to Incorporate the Farmer's High School
      • The Federal Land-Grant Act Of 1862
      • Pennsylvania's Acceptance of the Act and Designation of Penn State as the recipient
      • Trustees Revise University’s Charter And Standing Orders
    • The Nittany Lion
    • The Penn State Alma Mater
    • Penn State Landmarks
    • Penn State Class Gifts
    • History of University Park Campus

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