Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Records, 1935/2011

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Faculty minutes that are less than 50 years old must be reviewed by a staff member prior to being accessed. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Records, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
103.50 Linear Feet
Creator:
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, College of William and Mary. Dean of the Faculty, Jones, W. Melville, 1901-1992, Marsh, Charles F. (Charles Franklin), 1903-1984, and Miller, James Wilkinson, 1902-
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Records, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Acc. 1979.037: Records of W. Melville Jones, 1954-1967. This accession contains ten boxes of subject files arranged alphabetically. The inventory for this accession is available in the box list section of this finding aid.

Acc. 1979.038: Records of James Wilkinson Miller, 1940s. This accession contains faculty inactive files and office files. Part of the correspondence was removed to Acc. 1979.037.

Acc. 1982.070: Office files, 1961-1979. This accession includes faculty committee reports and 1961 and 1974 self-study reports. The inventory for this accession is available in the box list section of this finding aid.

Acc. 1982.071: Outgoing memos to faculty on various topics, 1955-1979. This accession is organized chronologically.

Acc. 1983.065: Faculty minutes, 1938-1973. Minutes of meetings of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (1968-1973). Prior to 1968, the minutes are for the faculty of the entire college.

Acc. 1989.129: Office files, 1974-1986. This accession contains corespondence with departments, general office correspondence, and committee files.

Acc. 1991.085: Correspondence with academic departments and offices, and other subject files, 1985-1988.

Acc. 1998.027: Carnegie reports, 1949-1952. This accession contains reports from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Acc. 1998.030: Correspondence files from the 1940s through the 1950s.

Acc. 1998.092: Subject files, 1984-1991. This accession includes files on award nominations, the Commonwealth Center for the Study of American Culture, and other subjects.

Acc. 1999.025: Office files, 1986-1990: This accession is arranged alphabetically by subject, department, or committee.

Acc. 1999.043: Corespondence and reports, 1938-1955.

Acc. 1999.047: Records of Charles Marsh, 1954-1961. This accession contains departmental communications arranged alphabetically and other correspondence arranged chronologically.

Acc. 2008.113: Includes Educational Policy Committee minutes, correspondence, and reports from 1973-1976; Ad-hoc Committee on a Faculty Senate correspondence from 1967; and Ad-hoc Committee on Executive Candidates correspondence from 1971.

Acc. 2015.223 includes EPC meeting minutes and manuals, funding files, Summer Session files, and faculty files. The majority of this accession is restricted from patron use because files contain restricted and protected personally identifiable information. Files must be reviewed by the University before patron use.

This collection also includes correspondence with Faculty and registration instructions from 1935-1969 that were previously part of the University Archives Publications Collection.

Records of W. Melville Jones, 1954-1967. This accession contains ten boxes of subject files arranged alphabetically. A full inventory is available in the binders at SCRC.

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Office files, 1961-1979. This accession includes faculty committee reports and 1961 and 1974 self-study reports.

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Note: This is a manual for the Dean's Office. Note: This explains the origins of "Documentary History."

Includes correspondence with faculty and registration instructions from 1935-1969 that were previously part of the University Archives Publications Collection.

Biographical / historical:
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Acc. 1979.037 acquired 05/1979 from James Blair Attic. Acc. 1979.038 acquired 05/1979 from James Blair Attic. Acc. 1982.070 transferred 07/1982 from Dean of the FAS. Acc. 1982.071 transferred 07/1981 from Dean of the FAS. Acc. 1983.065 acquired 10/27/1983. Acc. 1989.129 acquired 08/1989. Acc. 1991.085 transferred 08/1990 from Dean of the FAS. Acc. 1998.027 transferred 07/21/1989 from Dean of the FAS. Acc. 1998.030 acquired 08/25/1998 Acc. 1998.091 transferred from the Dean of the College 12/1998. Acc. 1998.092 transferred 12/15/1998 from Dean of the FAS. Acc. 1999.025 transferred 03/16/1999 from Dean of the FAS. Acc. 1999.043 transferred 06/15/1999 from Dean of the FAS. Acc. 1999.047 transferred 06/18/1999 from Dean of the FAS. Acc. 2008.113 was received sometime prior to 2007.

Custodial history:

1.2 cubic feet of records from the Dean of the Faculty, previously part of the University Archives Publications Collection, were added to this collection in April 2009.

Acc. T1990.028 was destroyed on 2/13/2008 according to General Schedule 101 101081.

Physical / technical requirements:

The bulk of this collection is located offsite. Please ask staff for assistance.