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Humanities Group

 Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

From the Record Group:

Although the records of the Group System range in date from 1938 to 1970, the vast majority of the records date from 1951 to 1962, since most were either generated by or given to the short-lived Group Council. This record group is divided into seven subgroups: (1) Biological Sciences Group, 1951-1961; (2) Humanities Group, 1951-1970; (3) Physical Sciences Group, 1951-1961; (4) Social Sciences Group, 1938-1966; (5) Group Council, 1951-1962; (6) Engineering Sciences Group, 1966-1970; and (7) Earth Sciences Group, 1966-1969. The primary types of records are minutes and supporting papers. The record group contains a fair amount of information on the University's academic restructuring during the Bronk Plan, and also serves to illustrate many of the faculty's administrative responsibilities.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Subgroup Description
Subgroup 1, Biological Sciences Group, contains the minutes and supporting papers of the group from 1951 to 1961, arranged chrono-logically. There is also a file containing confidential student records.

Subgroup 2, Humanities Group, dates from 1951 to 1970 and consists of minutes and supporting papers. There is also a file on Development and one on the Old Dominion Proposal (1965). In addition, there is a file of confidential student records.

Subgroup 3, Physical Sciences Group, dates from 1951 to 1961 and consists entirely of minutes and supporting papers, with one file of confidential student records.

Subgroup 4, Social Sciences Group, contains records dating from 1938 to 1962. This is the only group whose records pre-date Bronk Plan. The records consist primarily of minutes and supporting papers, although there is one file of forms and regulations, one confidential faculty file and one confidential student file.

Subgroup 5, Series 1 consists of Minutes of the Group Council from 1951 to 1962. It is important to note that the complete Minutes for April 13, 1951, to June 4, 1953, can be found in volume 4 of the records of the Board of University Studies (record group number 04.012).

Subgroup 5, Series 2 consists of the supporting papers of the Group Council from 1951 to 1961, comprised primarily of reports, memoranda and correspondence. There is one file of confidential student records.

Subgroup 6 consists of one folder of Engineering Sciences Group records, in the form of reports, correspondence, minutes and memoranda, dating from 1966 through 1970.

Subgroup 7, Earth Sciences Group, contains minutes and supporting papers from the years 1966 to 1969. Only a few meetings of the Group are represented.

Dates

  • Creation: 1938-1970

Creator

Extent

From the Record Group: 1.9 Cubic Feet (5 letter size document boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Record Group: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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