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Centre College Faculty Papers and Records,1860-1991

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Title

Centre College Faculty Papers and Records

Date

1860-1991

Repository

Centre College Special CollectionsDanville, Kentucky 40422 USA

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to researchers.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], Faculty Papers and Records, 1860-1991, CC-17, Special Collections, Centre College, Danville.

Extent

6.1 linear feet, 6 boxes, 27 volumes

Abstract

The collection is a compilation of faculty/committee correspondence, minutes, reports, policy statements and other miscellaneous materials. The minutes of the faculty from 1860, constituting the most informative series of the collection, have survived intact from the great Danville fire of 1860. Of special interest are the minutes and reports of Council III which document significant curriculum changes in the late 1960's.

Scope and Content

CC-17, Miscellaneous Faculty records and papers, is a compilation collection consisting of faculty/committeecorrespondence, minutes, reports, policy statements, self-studies and other miscellaneous materials. Only theminutes of the faculty have survived virtually intact from 1860 (previous minutes were lost in the great Danvillefire of 1860) and constitute the most important and most informative series in this collection. Together with theminutes of the Board of Trustees, they are without doubt the most vital records of the College. Also of interestare the minutes and reports of Council III (Curriculum) for their deliberations over the significant curriculumchanges in the late 1960's; which concern co-ed residences and visitation policies, fraternity hazing, drugs andalcohol, counseling services, and student rights in general.

Subjects

  • Centre College--Faculty
  • College teachers--Kentucky--Danville

Collection Inventory

CC-17.1 Miscellaneous
Series A Correspondence
Correspondence; miscellaneous faculty members, n. d., 1840-1884
[folder: 1]
Correspondence; miscellaneous faculty members, 1887-1927
[folder: 2]
Correspondence; miscellaneous faculty members, 1949-1971
[folder: 3]
Series B Miscellaneous Faculty Reports
Scope and Contents note:

This box contains miscellaneous faculty and committee reports and policy statements, n. d., 1941-1981. These reports cover such topics as tenure and faculty research grants, and are arranged only in rough chronological order.

Miscellaneous reports by the faculty to the Board of Trustees, n. d., 1824-1903
[folder: 1]
Miscellaneous reports by faculty departments, n. d., 1884-1888
[folder: 2]
Miscellaneous reports by faculty departments, 1904, 1915-1916
[folder: 3]
Victor W. Sease
[folder: 4]
Faculty Luncheon Club, miscellaneous material, n. d., 1969-1975
[folder: 5]
Series C General
Miscellaneous faculty material, including faculty oaths of office, 1870-1960
[folder: 1]
Faculty lists
[folder: 2]
Program committees
[folder: 3]
Series D Cooperative Study in General/Self-Study Education
Scope and Contents note:

This series contains various reports, summaries, correspondence, course objectives, and self-study materials concerning an intensive self-study in general education undertaken by Centre. The project was organized in cooperation with the American Council on Education and in conjunction with the University of Chicago. Dates are approximately 1937 to 1945. The series remains unarranged.

Series E Faculty By-laws, Handbooks, Etc
Miscellaneous material, 1956-1960
[folder: 1]
Miscellaneous faculty handbooks
[folder: 2]
CC-17.2 College Council/Faculty
Series A Minutes of Faculty/Council/Committees
Miscellaneous faculty minutes and resolutions
[folder: 1]
Faculty Minutes (mss. and typescript), 1860-1876
[volume: 1]
Faculty minutes (mss. and typescript), ; also includes standing orders for ; plot map of Centre; schedule of recitations, ; schedule of studies, ; chapel disorders, 1876-1888
[volume: 2]
Faculty minutes (mss. and typescript), 1888-1901
[volume: 3]
Faculty minutes (mss. and typescript), 1901-1909
[volume: 4]
Faculty minutes, 1909-1914
[volume: 5]
Faculty minutes (in folder), 1914-1920
[volume: 6]
Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1920-1942
[volume: 7]
Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1942-1956
[volume: 8]
Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1956-1961
[volume: 9]
Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1961-1967
[volume: 10]
Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1967-1970
[volume: 11]
Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1970-1974
[volume: 12]
Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1974-1978
[volume: 13]
Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1978-1981
[volume: 14]
Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1981-1983
[volume: 15]
Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1983-1985
[volume: 16]
Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1985-1988
[volume: 17]
Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1988-1990
[volume: 18]
CC-17.3 Standing Committees
Series A Miscellaneous
Council V (Student Affairs). This contains minutes, reports, correspondence, clippings, surveys, questionnaires, and other miscellaneous materials concerning student life and student affairs in general, and this Council's business in particular. The Council tackled such issues as: co-ed residences and visitation policies; fraternity hazing; drugs and alcohol; counseling services; and student rights in general. The collection includes policy statements from several other colleges concerning such issues as co-ed residences. Materials cover the period , through the bulk of the material dates from and concerns Council IV activities. The material is unorganized, 1945-1974
[folder: 1]
Series B Executive Committee
Miscellaneous material, n. d., 1980-1983
[folder: 1]
1982-1983
[volume: 1]
1983-1984
[volume: 2]
1984-1985
[volume: 3]
1985-1986
[volume: 4]
1986-1987
[volume: 5]
Series C Admissions, Financial Aid/Scholarships
Miscellaneous material, 1949-1960
[folder: 1]
Minutes, reports, 1968-1986
[folder: 2]
Miscellaneous material concerning freshmen orientation, Aug. 1976-Aug. 1981
[folder: 3]
Series D Athletics and Recreation
Miscellaneous material, 1957-1963
[folder: 1]
Series E Computer Services
Series F Curriculum Committee
1950s
[folder: 1]
1960s
[folder: 2]
1970s
[folder: 3]
1971
[folder: 4]
1972
[folder: 5]
1973-1974
[folder: 6]
1975
[folder: 7]
1976-1977
[folder: 8]
1978-1979
[folder: 9]
1981-1985
[folder: 10]
1986
[folder: 11]
1987
[folder: 12]
1987-1988
[folder: 13]
1988
[folder: 14]
Committee on Grading, n. d., 1967-1971
[folder: 15]
Series G Evaluation
Miscellaneous material, 1974-1985
[folder: 1]
Series H Honors and Prizes
Minutes and miscellaneous material, 1976-1989
[folder: 1]
Series I Library and Bookstore
Minutes, Oct. 3, 1973 - Nov. 11, 1981
[folder: 1]
Series J Teacher Evaluation
Series K Tenure
Miscellaneous material, 1975-1991
[folder: 1]
CC-17.4 Special Committees
Series A Presidential Search Committee
Miscellaneous material, n. d., 1988-1989
[folder: 1]
Series B Intellectual Climate Committee
Miscellaneous material, n. d
[folder: 1]
Miscellaneous material, 1982-1989
[folder: 2]

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