Board of Trustees Records University of Connecticut. Board of Trustees The collection contains the records of the Board of Trustees of the University of Connecticut and its predecessor institutions. Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library In April 1881, the Connecticut General Assembly established the Storrs Agricultural School after accepting a gift of 170 acres of land, several frame buildings, and money from Charles and Augustus Storrs. The School opened on September 28, 1881, with twelve students in the first class. Before the turn of the century there were two name changes (Storrs Agricultural College 1893, Connecticut Agricultural College 1899). In 1933, two years after the institution celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, it became Connecticut State College, a name more in keeping with its steady advances and broadened mission. Six years later, in 1939, the General Assembly designated the institution the University of Connecticut, an acknowledgment of the institution's developing importance to the State in graduate and professional education, research and public service. University of Connecticut University of Connecticut. Board of Trustees (Creator) 1881-2021 agendas (administrative records) 20002:19870007 local: MSS 1987.0007 http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:19870007 Storrs (inhabited place) Connecticut (state) In Copyright The collection is open and available for research.