Graduate School of Arts and Sciences records, 1910s-2020, bulk 1968-1983
Summary Information
Abstract
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- UA#0064
- Bib ID:
- 5804396 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Columbia University. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Office of the Dean
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 64.29 linear feet (36 record cartons and 50 card boxes)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Administrative records are restricted for a period of twenty-five years from the date of creation. Student records created before 1975 are restricted for a period of seventy-five years from the date of creation. Student records after 1975 are restricted. Please contact uarchives@columbia.edu if you require access to this restricted content.
Description
Summary
The Collection consists of a variety of materials, including correspondence, memorandum, reports, notes, committee minutes, flyers, announcements, student information cards, and publications. It documents both the routine responsibilities and tasks of the Dean's office as well as the extraordinary events shaping the GSAS. It also reflects the relationship between the GSAS and other University divisions, the broader academic world, and the community at large.
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Series I: General Files, 1956-1986
This series is organized in alphabetical order; most folders are internally arranged in reverse chronological order. The bulk dates for the GSAS General Files series are 1970-1980. The series documents the day-to-day activities of the Graduate School as well as the events that occurred during those years. Materials recording the founding of the GSAS and the unification of the Faculties are found in this series. Similarly, this series contains the records documenting the GSAS's relationship with academia and the public at large as well as the intricate relationships it had with other parts of Columbia University.
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Series II: Records of the Dean, 1968-1986
The Office of the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) is the administrative center of the Graduate School. The Office mediates internal relationships between the Graduate School and other schools within the University, with other administrative units, and among departments within GSAS. The Office also negotiates the School's relationship with academia and the public. This series represents administrative activities of GSAS, including the Committee on Instruction, the University Senate, and fundraising for the Graduate School and for individual programs, such as Jewish Studies.
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Series III: Dissertation Office Files, 1910s-2020
Series III contains records from the Dissertation Office in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The records consist of both student information cards as well as official "voting sheets". These records usually note the names of students, departments, titles of dissertations and dates. Depending on the record, there are sometimes other pieces of information related to dissertation submission, including committee member names.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 3 series.
- Series I: General Files, 1956-1986
- Series II: Records of the Dean, 1968-1986
- Series III: Dissertation Office Files, 1910s-2020
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Administrative records are restricted for a period of twenty-five years from the date of creation. Student records created before 1975 are restricted for a period of seventy-five years from the date of creation. Student records after 1975 are restricted. Please contact uarchives@columbia.edu if you require access to this restricted content.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Graduate School of Arts and Sciences records; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.
Accrual
Additions are expected.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Susan Schutt. Finding aid written by David Hill in February 2000. Finding aid reformatted by Marilyn Pettit in December 2001, Jocelyn Wilk in February 2002, and Evan Roth (SEAS 2010) in December 2008, and encoded by Joanna Rios in March 2017. Series III was processed by Jocelyn Wilk and Joanna Rios in October 2022. Series III.1 was encoded by Joanna Rios in October 2022 and Series III.2 was encoded by Jocelyn Wilk in December 2022.
Revision Description
2017-03-10 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
2022-10-28 Sub-series III.1 added.
2022-12-09 Sub-series III.2 added.
2023-12-14 2016-2017 and 2019-2020 voting sheets content added to Sub-series III.2 and Box 36 expanded to a RC from a MsB.
Historical Note
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) represents the 1979 merger of three separate faculties: the Faculty of Political Science (1880), Faculty of Philosophy (1890) and the Faculty of Pure Science (1892). The faculties were created for Columbia to become a model research university, where scholars, thinkers, and investigators work with graduate students to pursue innovative research and scholarship. The GSAS offers MA, MPhil, DMA and PhD degrees.
Subject Headings
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