Office of the Secretary records, 1866-2004

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Series III. Binders of Information, 1928-1988

The Office of the Secretary maintained binders of information containing indices to Trustee minutes and committee minutes, information regarding by-laws and statutes for both the Board of Trustees and Faculties and Departments as well as historical information on named professorships. These were removed from the binders and placed in folders by Raju Mann, a student worker, in the summer of 1999. Set numbers from the original binders were maintained. Each file has a code which is composed of a two-letter designation for the set, along with a sequential number of the file within the entire set. These appear in parentheses after the folder title in this list. Some additional by-law materials, charter and statute materials, and affirmative action procedures were added to the end of box 9 from files and a binder found in a box of publications obtained from the Office of the Secretary in March 2000.


Minutes of the Trustees-Subject Index (IN)



Box III.1 Folder 1 IN1, 1963/64-1986/87

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2038]


Box III.1 Folder 2 IN2, 1968/69-1972/73


Box III.1 Folder 3 IN3, 1973/74-1977/78

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2029]


Box III.1 Folder 4 IN4, 1978/79-1980/81

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2032]


Box III.1 Folder 5 IN5, 1980/81-1983/84

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2035]


Box III.1 Folder 6 IN6, 1984/85-1987/88

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2039]


Box III.1 Folder 7 IN7, 1988/89-1993/94

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2045]


Executive Committee Minutes (EX)


Box III.1 Folder 8 EX1, 2/1/1970-3/18/1970



Box III.2 Folder 1 EX2, 12/4/1970


Box III.2 Folder 2 EX3, 2/24/1971-1/31/1972


Box III.2 Folder 3 EX4, 2/7/1972-3/6/1972


Box III.2 Folder 4 EX5, 2/7/1972-3/6/1972


Box III.2 Folder 5 EX6, 2/7/1972-3/6/1972


Box III.2 Folder 6 EX7, 4/31/1971-2/5/1973



Box III.3 Folder 1 EX8, 3/5/1973-12/2/1974

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2025]


Box III.3 Folder 2 EX9, 12/10/1974-7/19/1976

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2027]


Box III.3 Folder 3 EX10, 7/19/1976-4/1/1978

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2029]


Box III.3 Folder 4 EX11, 6/5/1978-4/7/1980

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2031]


Box III.3 Folder 5 EX12, 5/5/1980-6/1/1981

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2032]


Box III.3 Folder 6 EX13, 10/5/1981-11/1/1982

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2033]


Box III.3 Folder 7 EX14, 12/1/1982-4/2/1984

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2035]



Box III.4 Folder 1 EX15, 4/7/1984-6/10/1985

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2036]


Box III.4 Folder 2 EX16, 10/7/1985-12/1/1986

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2037]


Box III.4 Folder 3 EX17, 2/2/1987-12/1/1987

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2038]


Box III.4 Folder 4 EX18, 11/2/1987-6/6/1988

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2039]


Box III.4 Folder 5 EX19, 10/3/1988-11/2/1989

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2040]


Box III.4 Folder 6 EX20, 11/6/1989-6/3/1991

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2042]


Box III.4 Folder 7 EX21, 10/17/1991-8/18/1992



Box III.5 Folder 1 EX22, 10/17/1992-1/18/1994

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2045]


Box III.5 Folder 2 EX23, 3/5/1994-4/3/1995

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2046]


Box III.5 Folder 3 EX24, 6/3/1995-6/1/1996

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2047]


Box III.5 Folder 4 EX25, 11/5/1996-4/9/1997

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2048]


Box III.5 Folder 5 EX26, 6/7/1997-10/3/1998

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2049]


Committee on Finance Minutes (FI)


Box III.5 Folder 6 FI1, 6/6/1977-16/4/1979

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2030]


Box III.5 Folder 7 FI2, 10/2/1979-12/1/1980

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2031]


Box III.5 Folder 8 FI3, 1/5/1981-6/1/1981

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2032]



Box III.6 Folder 1 FI4, 10/5/1981-10/2/1982

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2033]


Box III.6 Folder 2 FI5, 12/6/1982-6/6/1983

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2034]


Box III.6 Folder 3 FI6, 10/3/1983-6/4/1984

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2035]


Box III.6 Folder 4 FI7, 8/6/1984-4/1/1985

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2036]


Box III.6 Folder 5 FI8, 5/6/1985-11/2/1987

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2038]


Box III.6 Folder 6 FI9, 12/7/1987-6/6/1988

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2039]


Box III.6 Folder 7 FI10, 10/3/1988-5/24/1990

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2041]



Box III.7 Folder 1 FI11, 6/4/1990-6/6/1992

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2043]


Box III.7 Folder 2 FI12, 10/17/1992-6/5/1993

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2044]


Box III.7 Folder 3 FI13, 7/20/1993-10/7/1995

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2046]


Box III.7 Folder 4 FI14, 12/2/1995-6/6/1997

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2048]


Box III.7 Folder 5 FI15, 10/4/1997-6/6/1998

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2049]


Committee on Educational Policy and the State of the University Minutes (ED)


Box III.7 Folder 6 ED1, 9/27/1928-3/29/1948



Box III.8 Folder 1 ED2, 4/26/1948-11/29/1954


Box III.8 Folder 2 ED3, 1/31/1955-10/31/1960


Box III.8 Folder 3 ED4, 11/28/1960-1/5/1970


Box III.8 Folder 4 ED5, 1/26/1970-1/30/1973


Box III.8 Folder 5 ED6, 2/1/1973-10/28/1974

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2025]


Box III.8 Folder 6 ED7, 11/4/1974-10/6/1975

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2026]



Box III.9 Folder 1 ED8, 10/24/1975-5/24/1976

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2027]


Box III.9 Folder 2 ED9, 6/7/1976-2/27/1978

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2029]


Box III.9 Folder 3 ED10, 3/6/1978-3/5/1979

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2030]


Box III.9 Folder 4 ED11, 3/26/1979-6/2/1980

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2031]


Box III.9 Folder 5 ED12, 10/6/1980-5/4/1981

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2032]


Box III.9 Folder 6 ED13, 6/1/1981-3/1/1982

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2033]



Box III.10 Folder 1 ED14, 4/5/1982-3/7/1983

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2034]


Box III.10 Folder 2 ED15, 3/28/1983-11/17/1983

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2034]


Box III.10 Folder 3 ED16, 12/5/1983-9/4/1984

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2035]


Box III.10 Folder 4 ED17, 10/1/1984-2/25/1985

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2036]


Box III.10 Folder 5 ED18, 3/4/1985-10/7/1985

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2036]


Box III.10 Folder 6 ED19, 10/7/1985-3/3/1986

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2037]



Box III.11 Folder 1 ED20, 4/7/1986-9/29/1986

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2037]


Box III.11 Folder 2 ED21, 10/6/1986-5/26/1987

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2038]


Box III.11 Folder 3 ED22, 6/1/1987-6/6/1988

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2039]


Box III.11 Folder 4 ED23, 6/31/1988-1/30/1989

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2040]


Box III.11 Folder 5 ED24, 2/6/1989-6/5//1989

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2040]


Box III.11 Folder 6 ED25, 9/25/1989-2/26/1990

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2041]



Box III.12 Folder 1 ED26, 3/5/1990-6/4/1990

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2041]


Box III.12 Folder 2 ED27, 9/24/1990-3/4/1991

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2042]


Box III.12 Folder 3 ED28, 6/25/1991-12/6/1991

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2042]


Box III.12 Folder 4 ED29, 12/7/1991-6/6/1992

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2043]


Box III.12 Folder 5 ED30, 11/16/1992-6/4/1993

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2044]


Box III.12 Folder 6 ED31, 6/5/1993-12/3/1993

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2044]



Box III.13 Folder 1 ED32, 12/4/1994-6/4/1994

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2045]


Box III.13 Folder 2 ED33, 9/30/1994-3/4/1995

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2046]


Box III.13 Folder 3 ED34, 6/1/1996

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2047]


Box III.13 Folder 4 ED35, 6/6/1997-10/3/1998

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2049]


Committee on Buildings and Grounds Indexed Duplicate (BD)


Box III.13 Folder 5 BD1, 1956-1957


Box III.13 Folder 6 BD2, 1958-1960



Box III.14 Folder 1 BD3, 1960-1961


Box III.14 Folder 2 BD4, 1962-1963


Box III.14 Folder 3 BD5, 1961-1963


Box III.14 Folder 4 BD6, 1963-1967


Box III.14 Folder 5 BD7, 1968-1972


Box III.14 Folder 6 BD8, 1972-1975

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2026]


Box III.14 Folder 7 BD9, 1975-1979

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2030]


Committee on Buildings and Grounds Minutes (BG)



Box III.15 Folder 1 BG1, 1963-1967


Box III.15 Folder 2 BG2, 1968-1971


Box III.15 Folder 3 BG3, 1971-1974

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2025]


Box III.15 Folder 4 BG4, 1974-1975

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2026]


Box III.15 Folder 5 BG5, 1975-1976

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2027]


Box III.15 Folder 6 BG6, 1977-1980

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2031]


Box III.15 Folder 7 BG7, 1981-1985

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2036]



Box III.16 Folder 1 BG8, 1986-1990

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2041]


Box III.16 Folder 2 BG9, 1990-1992

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2043]


Box III.16 Folder 3 BG10, 1993-1995

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2046]


Box III.16 Folder 4 BG11, 1996-1998

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2049]


Committee on the Health Sciences Minutes (HS)


Box III.16 Folder 5 HS1, 3/5/1973-1/14/1974

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2025]


Box III.16 Folder 6 HS2, 2/13/1973-4/8/1974

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2025]


Box III.16 Folder 7 HS3, 5/17/1974

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2025]



Box III.17 Folder 1 HS4, 6/24/1974-9/16/1974

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2025]


Box III.17 Folder 2 HS5, 10/16/1974-12/13/1974

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2025]


Box III.17 Folder 3 HS6, 1/25/1974-3/12/1975

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2026]


Box III.17 Folder 4 HS7, 4/18/1975

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2026]


Box III.17 Folder 5 HS8, 7/7/1975

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2026]


Box III.17 Folder 6 HS9, 11/21/1975-2/11/1976

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2027]


Box III.17 Folder 7 HS10, 3/5/1976-5/21/1976

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2027]



Box III.18 Folder 1 HS11, 6/14/1976-11/19/1976

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2027]


Box III.18 Folder 2 HS12, 12/17/1976-5/13/1977

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2028]


Box III.18 Folder 3 HS13, 6/6/1977-6/5/1978

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2029]


Box III.18 Folder 4 HS14, 6/9/1978-4/23/1980

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2031]


Box III.18 Folder 5 HS15, 5/5/1980-12/6/1982

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2033]


Box III.18 Folder 6 HS16, 2/4/1985-11/2/1987

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2038]



Box III.19 Folder 1 HS17, 2/6/1989-11/6/1989

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2040]


Box III.19 Folder 2 HS18, 12/4/1989-6/4/1990

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2041]


Box III.19 Folder 3 HS19, 10/17/1990-6/4/1993

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2044]


Box III.19 Folder 4 HS20, 10/1/1993-10/2/1998

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2049]


Box III.19 Folder 5 Committee on Legal Affairs Minutes LA1, 6/6/1977-3/7/1998

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2049]


Box III.19 Folder 6 Graduate School of Journalism Minutes JO1, 2/6/1990-5/2/1990

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2041]


Box III.19 Folder 7 Budget Committee Minutes BU1, 4/11/1990-6/5/1998

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2049]


Committee on Community Affairs Minutes (CA)


Box III.19 Folder 8 CA1, 1971-1987

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2038]



Box III.20 Folder 1 CA2, 1986-1998

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2049]


Committee on Development Minutes (DE)


Box III.20 Folder 2 DE1, 1947-1951


Box III.20 Folder 3 DE2, 1951-1955


Box III.20 Folder 4 DE3, 1957-1970


Box III.20 Folder 5 DE4, 1972


Box III.20 Folder 6 DE5, 1973-1992

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2043]


Box III.20 Folder 7 DE6, 1993-2001

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2052]



Box III.21 Folder 1 Committee on Alumni Affairs Minutes AA1, 1985-1998

[RESTRICTRED UNTIL 2049]


History of the Statutes, 1959 Edition (ST)


Box III.21 Folder 2 ST1 Contents List, 1959


Box III.21 Folder 3 ST2 I-II, 1959


Box III.21 Folder 4 ST3 III-VI, 1959


Box III.21 Folder 5 ST4 VII-IX, 1959


Box III.21 Folder 6 ST5 X-XV, 1959


Box III.21 Folder 7 ST6 XVI-XXIV, 1959


Box III.21 Folder 8 ST7 XXV-XL, 1959



Box III.22 Folder 1 ST8 XLI-XLII and Charters, 1959


Box III.22 Folder 2 ST9 Index, 1959


Box III.22 Folder 3 ST10 Index continued and repeated chapters, 1959


History of the Bylaws and Rules of Order of the Trustees, 1961 Edition (BY), 1961


Box III.22 Folder 4 BY1 Contents-XI, 1961


Box III.22 Folder 5 BY2 XII-XV, 1961


Box III.22 Folder 6 BY3 XVI-XIX and Repealed charters, 1961


History of the Charters and Statutes, 1959 Edition with amendments to June 1, 1987, 1987


Box III.22 Folder 7 Table of Contents to Chapter V, 1987



Box III.23 Folder 1 Chapters VI-VII, 1987


Box III.23 Folder 2 Chapters VIII-Index, 1987


Box III.23 Folder 3 Affirmative Action Policies and Procedures for the Appointment of Officers of Instruction & Research, 1982


Box III.23 Folder 4 Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Procedures for the Review and Reappointment of Non-Tenured Faculty, 1983


Box III.23 Folder 5 Graduate School of Business, Observations on the Internal Procedures for Promotion to Tenure, 1980


Departmental By-Laws revisions and questions


Box III.23 Folder 6 Department of English and Comparative Literature, 1969, 1976


Box III.23 Folder 7 Astronomy, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Greek & Latin, 1968, 1972, 1985


Box III.23 Folder 8 Departments of Medicine, Microbiology, Physiology, and Radiology, 1972, 1986


Box III.23 Folder 9 Department of Neurological Surgery, 1971


Box III.23 Folder 10 Department of Ophthalmology, 1985, 1986


Box III.23 Folder 11 Department of Pathology, 1985


Box III.23 Folder 12 Department of Philosophy, 1984


Box III.23 Folder 15 Department of Sociology, 1982


Box III.23 Folder 13 "Principles and Customs Governing the Procedures of Ad-Hoc Committees and University-wide Tenure Review", 1983


Box III.23 Folder 14 Procedures for the Hiring and Promotion of Faculty Commission on the Status of Women, 1980


Faculty By-Laws (FB)


Box III.23 Folder 16 FB1 A


Box III.23 Folder 17 FB2 B-G



Box III.24 Folder 1 FB3 H-Z


Faculty and Departmental By-Laws (FD)


Box III.24 Folder 2 FD1 A


Box III.24 Folder 3 FD2 A-D


Box III.24 Folder 4 FD3 E-GEO


Box III.24 Folder 5 FD4 GEO-LA


Box III.24 Folder 6 FD5 LI-MU


Box III.24 Folder 7 FD6 N-PH



Box III.25 Folder 1 FD7 PH-PS


Box III.25 Folder 2 FD8 PU


Box III.25 Folder 3 FD9 RA-SO


Box III.25 Folder 4 FD10 SO-Z


Box III.25 Folder 5 FD11 Commission on the Status of Women Report


Named Professorships


Box III.25 Folder 6 NP1 History 1980-


Box III.25 Folder 7 NP2 A


Box III.25 Folder 8 NP3 B-BEI



Box III.26 Folder 1 NP4 BEL-BI


Box III.26 Folder 2 NP5 BL-BU


Box III.26 Folder 3 NP6 C-CA


Box III.26 Folder 4 NP7 CB-CH


Box III.26 Folder 5 NP8 CH-CO


Box III.26 Folder 6 NP9 D-DE



Box III.27 Folder 1 NP10 DE-DW


Box III.27 Folder 2 NP11 E-EX


Box III.27 Folder 3 NP12 F-FO


Box III.27 Folder 4 NP13 FO-FU


Box III.27 Folder 5 NP14 G-GE


Box III.27 Folder 6 NP15 GE-GU


Box III.27 Folder 7 NP16 HA


Box III.27 Folder 8 NP17 HE-HI



Box III.28 Folder 1 NP18 HI


Box III.28 Folder 2 NP19 HO-IO


Box III.28 Folder 3 NP20 IR


Box III.28 Folder 4 NP21 J-KA


Box III.28 Folder 5 NP22 KE-KN


Box III.28 Folder 6 NP23 KO-LA


Box III.28 Folder 7 NP24 LE-LEV



Box III.29 Folder 1 NP25 LEV-LI


Box III.29 Folder 2 NP26 LO-MAC


Box III.29 Folder 3 NP27 MAC-MC


Box III.29 Folder 4 NP28 ME


Box III.29 Folder 5 NP29 MI


Box III.29 Folder 6 NP30 MON-MOR


Box III.29 Folder 7 NP31 MOS-MU


Box III.29 Folder 8 NP32 N-NEU



Box III.30 Folder 1 NP33 NEU-PAP


Box III.30 Folder 2 NP34 PAR-Q


Box III.30 Folder 3 NP35 R-RA


Box III.30 Folder 4 NP36 RE-RI


Box III.30 Folder 5 NP37 RH-RO


Box III.30 Folder 6 NP38 RU


Box III.30 Folder 7 NP39 S-SCHO


Box III.30 Folder 8 NP40 SCHU-SE



Box III.31 Folder 1 NP41 SH-SIE


Box III.31 Folder 2 NP42 SIL-STA


Box III.31 Folder 3 NP43 STE-STI


Box III.31 Folder 4 NP44 STO-SU


Box III.31 Folder 5 NP45 T


Box III.31 Folder 6 NP46 U, V


Box III.31 Folder 7 NP47 W-WILH


Box III.31 Folder 8 NP48 WILL-WU



Box III.32 Folder 1 NP49 X, Y


Box III.32 Folder 2 NP50 Z