| 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. |  |
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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). |
