Box 30
Minutes, 1908 January-1916 July
Box 31
Minutes, 1916 September-1931 May
Box 113
Minutes, 1931-1945
Box 114
Meeting Materials (adgenda; minutes, supporting documents), 1989-2010, [11 CDs]
Box 32
Budget, 1968-1977
Box 32
Departmental--General, 1962-1970
Box 32
Afro-American Civilizatons, 1968
Box 32
Anthropology, 1960-1967
Box 32
Economics, 1961-1969
Box 32
Geography, 1961-1967
Box 32
History, 1961-1969
Box 32
Oriental Civilizations, 1961-1963
Box 32
Philosophy, 1961-1968
Box 32
Political Science [formerly Government], 1961-1969
Box 32
Psychology, 1961-1970
Box 32
Sociology, 1961-1968
General
Box 32
Curriculum, 1962-1969
Box 32
General--encompassing Contemporary Civilization (CC-A/CC-B) ["A" refers to freshmen year], 1950-1968
Box 32
Miscellaneous, 1967-1969
Box 32
Organization, 1961-1971
Box 32
Registration, 1961-1969
Box 32
Reports, 1969
Box 32
Statistics, 1961-1968
Box 32
Inquiries, 1960-1971
Box 32
Curriculum--Review, 1976-2011
Box 33
Budgets--Instructional
Box 33
Anthropology--Economics, 1971-1972
Box 33
English--Mathematics, 1971-1972
Box 33
General, 1971-1972
Box 33
General Studies Administration--Instructional, 1971-1972
Box 33
Mathematical Statistics--Sociology, 1971-1972
Box 33
Anthropology--English, 1972-1973
Box 33
French-Music, 1972-1973
Box 33
Philosophy--Statistics, 1972-1973
Box 34
Meeting Minutes, 1974-1976
Curriculum Review
Box 34
Anthropology to Humanities, 1975-1976
Box 34
Italian to Urban Studies, 1975-1976
Box 34
Ancient Studies to Urban Studies, 1978-1979
Box 34
Preliminary Planning Allocations for 1976-1977, 1971
Box 35
Correlated Files--Course Numbering, 1969-1971
Box 35
Degree Requirements and Point System, 1948-1978
Box 35
Graduate Credit, 1959-1972
Box 35
Junior Year Abroad, 1965-1970
Box 35
Math-Science Requirement, 1970-1977
Box 35
Science Requirement, 1948-1974
Box 35
New Science Requirement, 1970-1971
Box 35
Seminars, 1950-1962
Box 36
Budgets--Music to Spanish, 1979-1980
Box 36
Meeting Minutes, 1979-1980
Box 36
Curriculum Review Books 1 and 2--Ancient Studies to Urban Studies, 1979-1982
Box 37
Budgets, 1979-1982
Box 37
Anthropology to Spanish, 1980-1981
Box 37
Meeting Minutes, 1980-1981
Box 38
Correspondence, 1977-1989
Box 38
Departments--Anthropology--Urban Studies, 1980
Faculty
Box 38
Affairs--Departmental Representation--General, 1968-1985
Box 38
Appointments, 1984-1985
Box 38
Miscellaneous, 1971-1984
Box 38
The Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest, 1986
Box 39
Committee on Educational Policy, 1969-1970
Box 39
Meeting Minutes, 1978-1982
Box 40
Meeting Minutes, 1981-1982
Box 40
Budget--General, 1981-1982
Box 40
Anthropology to Spanish, 1981-1982
Box 41
Budget--General, 1982-1983
Box 41
Physics to Spanish, 1982-1983
Curriculum Review
Box 41
Anthropology to Film, 1982-1983
Box 41
French to History of Science, 1982-1983
Box 41
Italian to Urban Studies, 1982-1983
Box 41
Meeting Minutes, 1982-1983
Box 97
Meeting Minutes, 1983-1984
Curriculum Review
Box 97
Anthropology to Urban Studies, 1983-1984
Box 97
Budget--General, 1983-1984
Box 97
Anthropology to Economics, 1983-1984
Box 97
English to Middle East Languages and Cultures, 1983-1984
Box 97
Music to Spanish, 1983-1984
Box 42
Budget--General, 1984-1985
Box 42
Anthropology to Urban Studies, 1984-1985
Box 42
Meeting Minutes, 1984-1985
Curriculum Review
Box 42
Architecture to Urban Studies, 1984-1985
Box 43
Meeting Minutes, 1985-1986
Curriculum Review
Box 43
Curriculum Review--Letter to Sociology, 1985-1986
Box 44
Meeting Minutes, 1986-1988
Box 44
Subcommittee on Institutional Budgeting (SIB), 1986-1987
Box 44
Temporary Committee on Admission and Financial Aid Committee, 1988-1989
Box 45
Curriculum Review
Box 45
Anthropology to Women's Studies, 1986-1987
Box 45
Anthropology to Statistics, 1987-1988
Box 45
Anthropology to Statistics, 1988-1989
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 1995-1996
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 1997-1998
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 1998-1999
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 1999-2000
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2000-2001
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2001-2002
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2003-2004
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2004-2005
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2005-2006
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2006-2007
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2007-2008
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2008-2009
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2009-2010
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2010-2011
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2011-2012
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2012-2013
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2013-2014
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2014-2015
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2015-2016
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2016-2017
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2017-2018
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2018-2019
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2019-2020
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2020-2021
Box Electronic folder
Meeting Minutes, 2021-2022
Subseries III.2 Committee Files, 1836-1979 is arranged in alphabetical order by committee title. The folders within the series are also organized in alphabetical order.
As historical background, in February 1890, Seth Low (President, 1890-1901) convened the entire Columbia faculty in order to obtain their views about the reorganization of the university. After the arbitrary growth of the faculty during the 1880s, many within the university community were cognizant of the need for faculty reorganization. Although Low's reorganization plan presented to the trustees the fall 1891 was one with that only a minority of faculty identified, in choosing it, Low made clear the distinction in his mind between full consultation and executive decision making. (McCaughey, Robert A.,Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754-2004(Columbia University Press, 2003): 147-148.)
The new organization that began to take shape in late 1891 divided the university's instructional staff into four coequal faculties (with some joint membership): the newly constituted Faculty of Philosophy, which included faculty teaching primarily in "the College proper"; the Faculty of Political Science; the Faculty of Law; and the Faculty of Mines. Thus, Low gave the Columbia faculties the basic nomenclature and shape they would retain, with a few additions, into the 1970s. (Id.at 148)
By the mid-20th century, for example, Eaton Professor of Public Administration Arthur W. Macmahon, Executive Director of the President's Committee on the Educational Future of the University (January, 1958), released the text of the Committee's recommendations. (Columbia Spectator(9 January 1958): 1.) Although the report outlined several methods of maintaining the quality of the faculty, the academic administration and student body, the Committee's proposals were not adopted by the University administration. (Columbia Spectator(9 January 1958: 4.)) and (Columbia Spectator(5 March 1964: 3.))
In December 1979, the Presidential Commission on Academic Priorities in the Arts and Sciences led by Professor of English Steven Marcus released its report, which recommended Columbia devote an increasingly larger portion of its resources to the natural sciences and pursue a policy of selective excellence on a departmental basis. (Columbia Spectator(22 January 1980: 1.))
Although by 1989, the University administration had made much progress in many spheres within the arts and sciences division, it asserted that more work needed to be done in such areas as the state of Columbia's buildings, fellowships and faculty salaries in order to achieve the recommendations of the Marcus report. (Columbia Spectator(20 April 1989: 1, 9.))