Series I documents the origins and administration of Reid Hall as the American University Women's Paris Club prior to 1966. In 1922 Elisabeth Mills Reid (Mrs. Whitelaw) donated her house to the club, and it became a residential center for women studying and traveling abroad. Meeting minutes of the club's board and executive committees from 1919-1928 show the operational and funding priorities of Reid Hall in its early years. In 1929 a new body, Reid Hall Inc., was established to take over governance of Reid Hall. Series I contains the board meeting and annual meeting minutes of Reid Hall, Inc. from most years between 1929 and 1964. It also includes documents related to the transition of Reid Hall to Columbia University between 1964 and 1966 and correspondence with donors and members.
Box 1 Folder 1
Various Education Organization Minutes, 1919-1928
Includes minutes of the American University Women's Paris Club, the International Federation of University Women, the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, and the Committee for the Reception of Foreign Women Students
Box 1 Folder 2
Edith Sterling Currier Estate, 1975
Box 1 Folder 3
Reid Hall Inc. Board of Directors (Resignations, etc.), 1964
Box 1 Folder 4
Permanent Reference File, Reid Hall, 1932-1947
Box 1 Folder 5
Reid Hall Permanent File E.S. Currier, 1972-1973
Box 1 Folder 6
Publications, 1970-1972
Box 1 Folder 7-10
Reid Hall Correspondence, 1938-1972
Box 1 Folder 11
Reid Hall Finances, 1924-1930
Box 2 Folder 1-11
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of Reid Hall, Inc.,, 1929-1939
Box 3 Folder 31-38
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of Reid Hall, Inc.,, 1940-1950
Box 2 Folder 12-25
Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee of Reid Hall, Inc.,, 1929-1954
Box 2 Folder 26-34
Minutes of the Finance Committee of Reid Hall, Inc., 1929-1956
Box 2 Folder 35
Third Year Services, 1955-1961
Box 2 Folder 36
Receipt Books, 1958-1964
Box 3 Folder 1
Reid Hall, Inc. Organization Papers, 1922-1928
Box 3 Folder 2
Women's Realty Corporation, 1927-1928
Box 3 Folder 3
Form of Agreement in Regard to the Property, 1922
Box 3 Folder 4
American University Women's Paris Club Constitution, 1922
Box 3 Folder 5-30
Reid Hall, Inc. Annual Meeting, 1929-1964
Box 3 Folder 39
Reid Hall Guest Book, 1951-1960
Series II documents Columbia University's administration of Reid Hall from 1966 until 1995. It includes meeting minutes and correspondence that show the continued governance and financial considerations of Reid Hall, Inc. after being taken over by Columbia as well as the Sterling Currier Fund which sponsored programs out of Reid Hall. This series also covers the academic coursework and programs at Reid Hall and associated decision-making processes by Columbia administrators.
Subseries II.1: Reid Hall Governance, 1927-1994
Subseries II.1 contains the financial and governance records of Reid Hall through its management of Reid Hall, Inc. These functions are documented through chronologically arranged administrative files and board meeting minutes from 1979-1990. It also includes correspondence and files from Deputy Provosts Michael Mooney and Paul Carter. Other materials relate to the operations of the Reid Hall building, such as contracts, security measures, and renovation plans, as well as to agreements with other universities in Paris.
Box 4 Folder 6
Reid Hall, Inc. Fundraising, 1980-1985
Box 4 Folder 7-14
Michael Mooney, Deputy Provost Correspondence, 1983-1991
Includes a folder of correspondence with Daniel Haase-Dubosc, Reid Hall Director
Box 5 Folder 34
Reid Hall Program Correspondence, 1972-1982
Box 4 Folder 15
Reid Hall Renovation Plan, 1991
Box 4 Folder 16
Reid Hall Renovation Plan Loan Authorization, 1990
Box 4 Folder 17
Reid Hall Guest Book Gift, 1990
Box 4 Folder 18
Reid Hall Security re: Saddam Hussein's Threat, 1991
Box 4 Folder 19
An Old House in Paris: The Story of Reid Hall (publication), circa 1969
Box 4 Folder 20
Reid Hall, Inc. Certificate of Incorporation and Amendments, 1928-1980
Box 4 Folder 21-22
By-laws and Amendments, 1928-1989
Box 4 Folder 23
Contract of Sale Elisabeth Mills Reid (Mrs. Whitelaw), 1920
Box 4 Folder 24
Reid Hall renovation plan /University Women's Realty Corporation, 1927-1990
Box 4 Folder 25
"Je Suis Americaine" - Especially in Paris, Columbia Magazine, 1983
Box 4 Folder 35
Columbia and Paris VII Agreement, 1977-1978
Box 4 Folder 36
Clumbia and Paris X Agreement, 1984-1988
Box 4 Folder 37
Agreement with Sciences Politiques, 1987
Box 4 Folder 38
Reid Hall Memberships, 1975-1991
Box 5 Folder 32
Reid Hall Programs, Columbia Univeristy Bulletins, 1988-1991
Box 5 Folder 33
Study Abroad Program Evaluations, Commission on Higher Education,, 1981 and 1989
Box 5 Folder 35
Reid Hall American Business Program, 1987
Box 5 Folder 36
Reid Hall Academic Affairs Committee Meetings, 1985-1989
Box 5 Folder 37-38
Reid Hall Graduate Research Institute, 1984-1992
Box 6 Folder 12-23
Reid Hall Board Meetings, 1979-1990
Box 7 Folder 1-21
Reid Hall Administrative Files, 1962-1994
Box 7 Folder 22
Reid Hall Advisory Committee, 1975-1993
Box 7 Folder 23
Sterling Currier Fund, 1975-1978
Correspondence and memos between Paul Carter and members of the Sterling Currier Fund Advisory Committee
Box 7 Folder 24
University Women's Realty Corporation Certificate, 1993
Box 9 Folder 1
Etude prealable a des travaux de renovation du Reid Hall/Preliminary study of the renovation,, 1988
Box 9 Folder 2
Architechtural Study with Drawings, 1988
Subseries II.2: Sterling Currier Fund, 1970-1997
Subseries II.2 documents the administration and programs of the Sterling Currier Fund, an endowment set up by Edith Sterling Currier to "further the understanding within the Franco-American community" in 1975. The Fund sponsored conferences and events out of Reid Hall and Maison Française on Columbia's Manhattan campus. The subseries includes proposals, agendas, and materials from these events as well as meeting minutes, financial records, and correspondence related to the fund.
Box 4 Folder 1
Sterling Currier Fund Travel Policy Information, 1981-1990
Box 4 Folder 2
Sterling Currier Fund Proposal Submission Guidelines, 1980
Box 4 Folder 3-5
Sterling Currier Fund Correspondence, 1983-1990
Box 4 Folder 26
Sterling Currier Fund Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes, 1975-1990
Box 4 Folder 27-34
Sterling Currier Fund Advisory Committee Meeting Materials, 1980-1982
Box 6 Folder 1-11
Sterling Currier Fund Advisory Committee Meetings, 1980-1993
Box 8 Folder 10-13
Reid Hall, 1970-1997
From the office of Robert Paxton, Columbia History Department Chair and chair of the Sterling Currier Fund Advisory Committee
Box 8 Folder 14-19
Robert Paxton's Reid Hall Files, 1970-1997
Box 5 Folder 1
Le Temps des Constitutions 1787-1795, 1986
Box 5 Folder 2
Conference on East Asian Studies, 1985-1988
Box 5 Folder 3
Colloque Zola / Colloquium on Emile Zola: History, the Book, the Novel,, 1990-1991
Box 5 Folder 4
L'An 2000 / The Year 2000 (proposed), 1986
Box 5 Folder 5
The French Revolution and the Emancioatiion of the Jews, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man: France and the United States,, 1989
Box 5 Folder 6
Public Policy and Dental Health in France and the United States (proposed),, 1990
Box 5 Folder 7
Conference on De Gaulle and the United States, 1990
Box 5 Folder 8
Citizenship and Military Service in France and the United States,, 1991
Box 5 Folder 9
Revolutionary Etudes: Paris, 1830-1848, 1989
Box 5 Folder 10
Quel environement nous prepare le genie genetique?, 1990
Box 5 Folder 11
Femmes et pouvoirs sous l'ancien regime, 1989
Box 5 Folder 12
Revolutions, 1889-1989, 1989
Box 5 Folder 13
Refugees and the Right of Asylum in France and the United States,, 1985
Box 5 Folder 14
Perceptions of Anti-Americanism in French Political Discourse,, 1985
Box 5 Folder 15
Elliot Carter Musical Presentation, 1984
Box 5 Folder 16
Urban Space and the Public Realm: Contemporary vs. Traditional Models,, 1984
Box 5 Folder 17
Psychoanalysis in France and the U.S. Today, 1984
Box 5 Folder 18
La femme du tiers monde et l'emploi, 1984
Box 5 Folder 19
Visual Anthropology Colloqiuum, 1983
Box 5 Folder 20
State Policy and Business Strategy: Reshaping the Economy in France and the U.S. in the 1980s,, 1983
Box 5 Folder 21
Alain Germain Dance Company, 1983
Box 5 Folder 22
American Film Festival, 1983
Box 5 Folder 23
Histoires de Femmes a partir d'un journal (oral history videos),, 1983
Box 9 Folder 4-8
Videos related to Histoires de Femmes a partir d'un journal Event,, undated, 5 videocassettes (U-matic)
Box 5 Folder 24
American Women Painters in Paris, 1890-1950, 1982
Box 5 Folder 25-27
The Women's Movement in France and the U.S., 1982
Box 5 Folder 28
A Year in Power: Mitterrand's France, 1982
Box 5 Folder 29
Power and Authority in the Seventeenth Century, 1981
Box 5 Folder 30
Continuing Education in the United States and France, 1981
Box 5 Folder 31
Memoires du Present (an audio-visual archive), 1981
Box 8 Folder 1
The French in New York During World War II, Colloquium and Exhibit,, 1992
Box 8 Folder 2-4
The New France and the New Europe of 1993, 1991
Box 8 Folder 5-7
De Gaulle and the United States, 1990
Box 8 Folder 8
A France of Pluralism and Consensus? Changing Balances in State and Society,, 1987
Box 8 Folder 9
A Year in Power: Conference on Mitterand's France, 1982
Box 9 Folder 3
Events at Reid Hall, Paris, Sponsored by the Sterling Currier Fund (scrapbook),, 1976-1984
Box 9 Folder 9-12
Books in French
Subseries II.3: School of General Studies, 1961-1993
Subseries II.3 focuses on the administration of Reid Hall's academic programs and their association with broader university systems in the 1980s and 1990s. Until 2009, Reid Hall was operated under the School of General Studies, though its place within the school structure changed over time as it reorganized. Frank Wolf, originally Associate Dean of the School of General Studies and later head of the Division of Special Programs, which covered Reid Hall beginning in 1995, led this aspect of Reid Hall's work. These functions are documented through meeting minutes, correspondence, and other papers from the Academic Advisory Committee as well as memos on faculty, coursework, and salaries. There are also records from two programs that ran out of Reid Hall, both beginning in the mid-1980s: the Art History Institute and the Graduate Student Research Institute.
Box 10 Folder 1
Reid Hall, 1989-1993
Frank Wolf's administrative records including those pertaining to the Academic Affairs Committee
Box 10 Folder 2
Academic Affairs Committee, 1987-1989
Box 10 Folder 3
Reid Hall I, 1982-1992
Additional records from Frank Wolf including correspondence, budgets, salaries, memos, and bulletins.
Box 11 Folder 1
Reid Hall II, 1982-1983
Additional records from Frank Wolf including correspondence, budgets, salaries, memos, and bulletins.
Box 11 Folder 2-3
Academic Advisory Committee Correspondence, 1964-1975
Box 11 Folder 4
Academic Advisory Committee, 1982-1987
Box 11 Folder 5
Academic Affairs Committee Agendas & Minutes, 1984-1985
Box 11 Folder 6
Art History Institute Proposal, 1985
Box 11 Folder 7
Art History Poster, 1985
Box 11 Folder 8-14
Art History Program, 1986-1992
Box 11 Folder 15
Reid Hall Columbia/Barnard Agreement, 1970-1973
Box 11 Folder 16
Barnard/Reid Hall Equivalency Chart, 1980-1982
Box 11 Folder 17
Buiding Renovation Plan, 1988
Box 11 Folder 18
Magazines and Brochures, 1970-1996
Box 11 Folder 19
Prospective Buyers, 1974
Box 11 Folder 20
Reid Hall Centennial, 1993
Box 11 Folder 21
Committees on Instruciton Submissions and Responses, 1984
Box 11 Folder 22
College Requirements, 1984
Box 11 Folder 23
Courses and Course Development, 1984
Box 11 Folder 24
Course Syllabi and Instructor Vitae, 1982-1983
Box 11 Folder 25
Course Descriptions, 1983-1984
Box 11 Folder 26
Enrollments - Other Schools, 1980-1981
Box 11 Folder 27-28
Student Evaluations, 1988
Box 11 Folder 29
Faculty - Tax status, 1983
Box 11 Folder 30
Graduate Research Institute, 1985-1987
Box 11 Folder 31
Ruth Levenson, Deputy Provost for Special Projects, 1983-1984
Box 11 Folder 32
Reid Hall General Policies, 1982-1985
Box 11 Folder 33
French Uni System - Courses Available, 1984
Box 11 Folder 34
Historical: Bylaws and Amendments, 1961-1973
Box 11 Folder 35-36
Interuniversity Language Consortium, 1984
Box 11 Folder 37
Study Abroad Policies - Other Schools, 1984
Box 11 Folder 38
Staff Vitae/Employee Info, 1980s
Box 11 Folder 39
Sterling Currier Fund: Guidelines, 1985
Box 11 Folder 40
Surveys, 1982
Box 11 Folder 41
Reid Hall Revision of Transcript Proposal, 1983-1985
Box 11 Folder 42
University of Pennsylvania Student Evaluations, 1983