University of Rochester Department of Mathematics: comprehensive examination material, 1930-1939 0.37 Cubic feet
This collection contains copies of mathematics comprehensive examinations from 1930 to 1939. For most of these years, doctoral students appear to have taken three separate examinations. Some folders include correspondence about the examinations, with topics such as the process of creating exams and developing questions; times, dates, and room numbers for exams; and lists of students who had taken the exams and who were going to take the exams.