Graduate School of Arts and Sciences records, 1910s-2020, bulk 1968-1983

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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.



Box 1 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1985 May, 1985


American Association of University Professors, 1980 October -1968 May, 1980


Annual Survey of Academic Salary and Fringe Benefit Data, 1965-1966 1977-1978, 1965-1966, 1977-1978


American Council on Education, 1967 October -1985 October (2 folders), 1967


American Council of Learned Societies, 1977 June -1981 May, 1977


American Museum of Natural History, 1965 May -1982 September (2 folders), 1965


Architecture, School of, 1969 November -1984 March(5 folders), 1969


Arden House: Planning Documents, 1977 November -1978 January, 1977


Planning Documents -- Responses, 1976 October -1977 December, 1976


Arts, School of the, 1967 September -1983 September, 1967


Arts and Science: Planning Documents, 1977 November -1978 January, 1977


Planning Documents -- Responses, 1976 October -1977 December, 1976


Policy Committee, 1976 October -1978 March(2 folders), 1976


Restructuring, 1970 October -1979 November, 1970


Association of American Universities, 1979 March-1983 June (4 folders), 1979


Columbia College: General, 1968 October -1972 May, 1968


Commencement, 1980 May -1985 May, 1980



Box 2 Association of American Universities: Council on Federal Relations, 1981 January -1984 November (3 folders), 1981


Newsletter, 1974 January -1981 October (2 folders), 1974


Association of Graduate Schools: General, 1979 October -1983 August (2 folders), 1979


Newsletter, 1979 January -1983 February(2 folders), 1979


Barnard College, 1971 December -1981 May, 1971


Policy, 1973 April -1979 September, 1973


Bicentennial Celebration, 1975 October -1976 November, 1975


Buckley Amendment, 1974 July -1976 September, 1974


Bulletin, 1972 February-1981 October, 1972


Bureau of Applied Social Research, 1966 December -1977 June (2 folders), 1966


Washington Heights Proposal, 1970 December -1972 February, 1970


Bursar's Office, 1979 July -1982 August, 1979


Business, Graduate School of, 1972 January -1982 November (2 folders), 1972


Capital Campaign, 1980 November -1984 September, 1980


Classified Research, 1985 September -1985 November, 1985


Columbia College: Committee on Instruction, 1967 October -1985 October (2 folders), 1967


Faculty Meetings, 1971 October -1985 October (3 folders), 1971


General, 1968 October -1985 May (4 folders), 1968


Commencement, 1980 May -1985 May, 1980


Comparative Literature, 1969 November -1976 May, 1969


Computer Center, 1980 January -1982 June (2 folders), 1980


Computing, Large Scale, 1977 November -1979 December (3 folders), 1977


Computing Policy Committee, 1973 October -1977 July, 1973


Consumer Price Index, 1974 December -1982 January, 1974


Controller's Office, 1979 July -1982 January, 1979



Box 3 Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S., 1980 April -1983 December, 1980



Box 20 Course Approval forms, Faculty of Philosophy, 1971 March -1971 May, 1971



Box 3 Dean's Office: GSAS, 1963 September -1980 December (3 folders), 1963


Deans' Planning Group, 1975 November -1980 November (4 folders), 1975



Box 4 Degree Program, 1967 October -1979 December (2 folders), 1967


Dental and Oral Surgery, School of, 1967 July -1984 November, 1967


Department Chairmen, 1968 April -1982 June (3 folders), 1968


Department Chairmen's Group, 1977 October -1982 February, 1977


Departmental Five Year Plan 1984-1985 1980 January -1980 March, 1984-1985, 1980


1980-1981 1975 May -1976 October, 1980-1981, 1975


Departmental Five Year Projections, 1971 May -1972 March(2 folders), 1971


Departments: Registration Studies by D. Leab, 1969 November -1970 April, 1969


Development and Alumni Relations, 1978 September -1979 June, 1978


Direct Responsibility Center Model, 1975 November -1981 May (4 folders), 1975


DWARFS, 1971 January -1983 June, 1971


Engineering, School of: Committee on Instruction, 1968 October -1983 December (2 folders), 1968


Faculty, 1959 May -1981 April, 1959


Faculty Meetings, 1970 May -1982 May (2 folders), 1970



Box 5 Faculty Meetings, 1968 May -1969 November (2 folders), 1968


General, 1967-1983 June (5 folders), 1967-1983


Enrollment Data, 1976 November -1983 March, 1976


Enrollment Increases (Undergraduate), 1970 November -1979 February, 1970


Exotic Languages, 1965-1971 March, 1965-1971


F/CA: Faculty/Central Admin., 1977 October -1983 February, 1977


F/D: Faculty/Department Chairs, 1973 August -1982 February, 1973


F/S: Faculty/Budget Subcommittee, 1975 September -1981 August, 1975


F-T/N-T: Faculty-Notice of Reappointment/Non-Reappointment, 1975 September -1982 December, 1975


Faculty: Fringe benefits, 1969 December -1982 May, 1969


General, 1976 March-1982 June, 1976


Housing, 1976 March-1982 May, 1976


Juniors -- General, 1968 October -1983 March, 1968


Leaves and Sabbaticals, 1963-1984 August (3 folders), 1963-1984


Pension, TIAA-CREF, Life Ins. 1967 October -1981October, 1967



Box 6 Policies, 1967 January -1982 June, 1967


Ranks, 1966 April -1982 August, 1966


Research Personnel, 1958 November -1983 March, 1958


Research Policy Advisory Council, 1980 December -1981 November, 1980


Retirement, 1972 September -1982 October, 1972


Early, 1969 March-1980 July, 1969


Tenure, Criteria for Appointments, 1980 February-1980 November, 1980


Revised Code, 1975 September -1976 December (2 folders), 1975


Travel, 1962 November -1980-November, 1962


Tuition for Children, 1962 October -1977 March, 1962


Tuition Exemption, 1960 October -1980 April, 1960


Faculty Fellows Program, 1979 April -1980 December, 1979


Faculty Smoker, 1974 October -1981 December (2 folders), 1974


Film, 1970 October -1972 November, 1970


Finance, Office of the Vice President, 1978 June -1981 December, 1978


Financial Accounting System, 1979 April -1982 March, 1979


General Studies, School of: Faculty Meetings, 1969 April -1983 April, 1969


General, 1967 July -1982 September (3 Folders), 1967


Government Policies: Office Management and Budget Circular A-21, Effort Reporting, 1979 January -1983 April, 1979



Box 7 External, Yale and American Association of Universities, 1979 December -1983 December, 1979


Government Relations and Community Affairs, Office of the Vice President of, 1980 July -1984 December, 1980


Government Information: General, 1968 September -1979 August, 1968


Moynihan Meeting, 1976 December -1977 July, 1976


Graduate Faculties Alumni, 1971 February-1983 July (3 folders), 1971


GSAS: Admissions and Student Questions, 1968 January -1976 December (2 folders), 1968


Annual Faculty Meeting, 1970 November -1984 April (3 folders), 1970


Centennial, 1977 September -1981 April (5 folders), 1977


Course Numbers Revision, 1978 July -1980 February, 1978


Development, 1981 September -1982 May, 1981


Executive Council of, 1969 May -1973 June, 1969


Financial Aid, 1984 February-1984 December, 1984


Fellowship Funds, 1983 February-1983 May, 1983


Formation, 1969 September -1979 March, 1969



Box 8 General, 1967-1979 October, 1967-1979


Statistics, 1965 April -1984 September, 1965


Graduate Student Advisor, 1967 September -1978, 1967


Graduate Studies in Preclinical Departments, Committee on, 1973 April -1973 October, 1973


History Fundraising: Modern Greek and Green Studies, 1970 May -1979 December (4 folders), 1970


Polish Studies, 1976 April -1976 October, 1976


Honorary Degrees, 1978 August -1982 October (2 folders), 1978


Housing, Student, 1967 December -1984 December (2 folders), 1967


Human Subjects, 1972 July -1981 May, 1972


Indirect Cost Reimbursement Policies, 1980 March-1982 January, 1980


Institute of African Studies, 1970 November -1980 September, 1970


Institute, Bio-Engineering, 1972 September -1978 October, 1972


Casa Italiana, 1976 June -1978 June (2 folders), 1976



Box 9 Casa Italiana, 1970 February-1976 June (6 folders), 1970


Ariosto, 1971 March-1974 December, 1971


Institute, East Asian, 1961 February-1984 October, 1961


Fund Drive, 1975 April -1983 February(4 folders), 1975


Institute on East Central Europe, 1970 March-1982 March, 1970


Institutes of Health, National, 1966 July -1976 May, 1966


Social Psychology PHS Training Grant, 1965 July -1972 October, 1965


Institute of Latin American Studies, 1969 August -1981 December (3 folders), 1969


Maison Francaise, 1976 December -1979 June (3 folders), 1976



Box 10 Maison Francaise, 1969 March-1976 November, 1969


Institute, Middle East, 1971 November -1985 July (5 folders), 1971


Russian, 1977 July -1982 July, 1977


South Asian, 1967 April -1981 October (5 folders), 1967


Institute for the Study of Science in Human Affairs, 1967 September -1971 September, 1967


Institute on Western Europe, 1971 February-1982 March(2 folders), 1971


Institutes, School of International Affairs: Five Year Plans, March-July 1972


Interdepartmental Programs, 1969-1981 May, 1969-1981


International Affairs, 1977 January -1982 June (2 folders), 1977


Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory 1984 January -1985 June (3 folders), 1984


Founding Documents, November -December 1968


Masters of Philosophy Degree, 1966 June -1981 November (2 folders), 1966



Box 11 Mathematics and Engineering, 1970 May -1981 August, 1970


M.D. -- Ph.D. Program: graduate Biomedical Sciences Advisory Committee, 1972 October -1985 August, 1972


Named Chairs: A-B


C-J


K-M


N-Z


General, 1906-July 1985


Earnest Kempton Adams Fund, 1968 January -1981 March, 1968


Bakhmeteff Archive, 1972 July -1977 October, 1972


Bakhmeteff Committee, 1972 September -1981 May, 1972


Bakhmeteff Humanities Fund, 1969 June -1982 April, 1969


Bakhmeteff Summer Practicum, 1972 December -1977 April, 1972


Burke, East Asian Art, 1977 November -1979 November, 1977


Delacorte, Humanities, 1973 November -1976 April, 1973


Einstein, 1980 October -1981 June, 1980


Ford, Urban Studies, 1967 August -1976 July (2 folders), 1967


Ford Foundation, 1956 May -1986 August, 1956


Iorga, Romanian History, 1971 May -1978 July, 1971


Japan Foundation, Gift Advisory Committee, 1973 August -1982 November, 1973


Levi-Mellon Endowment, Renewal Program, 1971 November -1982 May (3 folders), 1971


Music, 1971 July -1975 May, 1971


Lung, Chinese, 1973 June -1980 February, 1973



Box 12 Mitchell, Economics Research, 1975 September -1962 October (2 folders), 1975


Nevins, Publication Fund, 1972 July -1974 November, 1972


Queen Wilhelmina, Netherlands, 1959 December -1982 August, 1959


Scweitzer, 1964 June -1982 July (3 folders), 1964


Scweitzer, William P., 1981 December -1983 March, 1981


Shapiro, 1978 September -1984 April, 1978


Tinker, 1968 December -1983 February, 1968


Ungaretti, Italian, 1972 January -1981, 1972


Wallach, World Order Studies, 1975 May -1981 June, 1975


Williamson Bequest, 1961 November -1975 March, 1961


Wurzweiler Foundation, 1968 February-1974 March, 1968


National Defense Education Act (NDEA): General, African, East Asian, Latin American, Soviet, 1970 January -1980, 1970, (2 folders)


Title VI, 1972 March-1976 January, 1972


"Language and Area Studies Program Review," by Richard D. Lambert, 1972


National Defense Foreign Language Program, 1968 October -1977 March, 1968


National Endowment for the Humanities: Challenge Grant, 1977 March-1980 June (2 folders), 1977


Conference, 1972 May -1975 May, 1972


National Humanities Center, 1973 November -1974 June, 1973


National Science Foundation, 1967 August -1982 October (3 folders), 1967


Advisory Council report of Task Group XI, 1980 August, 1980


New York Botanical Garden, 1968 October -1984 September, 1968


Papyrus Collection, 1968 July -1981 October, 1968


People's Republic of China, 1978 September -1980 September, 1978



Box 13 Personnel Information System, 1974 July -1982 February(2 folders), 1974


Physicians and Surgeons, College of, 1972 September -1983 August (2 folders), 1972


Department of Biochemistry, 1966 February-1982 November, 1966


Department of Human Genetics and Development, 1969 January -1981 December, 1969


Premedical-Medical Education, 1969 October -1976 May, 1969


Commonwealth Fund, 1976 June -1977 June, 1976


Provost, Office of the, 1969 October -1977 September, 1969


Provost Search, 1978 April -1982 June, 1978


Pure Science, Faculty of, 1967 September -1978 October (3 folders), 1967


Committee on Instruction, 1972 March-1979 March(2 folders), 1972


Quality of Research-Doctorate Programs, 1970 December -1980 December, 1970


Reactor and Accelerator Development, 1968 November -1977 September, 1968


Reid Hall, 1976 June -1985 October (3 folders), 1976


Senate: Structure and Operations Committee, 1979 December -1981 March, 1979


Social Science Center, 1972 June -1982 April, 1972


Social Work, School of, 1964 March-1981 December, 1964


Society of Fellows in the Humanities, 1980 April -1981 December, 1980



Box 14 Society of Fellows in the Humanities, 1975 February-1980 March,, 1975, (2 folders)


Studies, Ancient, 1976 June -1979 June (2 folders), 1976


Applied Math and Computer Science, 1974 September -1976 January, 1974


Armenian, 1970 July -1976 December (2 folders), 1970


Endowment Accounts, 1976 April -1980 September, 1976


Environmental, 1969 October -1980 December, 1969


Jewish, 1976 January -1977 March(2 folders), 1976


Uralic, 1969 March-1983 April (2 folders), 1969


Trustees: Columbia University/Barnard College Joint Committee, 1972 October -1979 December, 1972


Tuition, 1968 January -1979 June (2 folders), 1968


Women: Faculty, 1980 June -1982 May, 1980


Faculty, Salaries, 1973 January -1979 February, 1973


General, Employment Students, 1968 May -1984 August (2 folders), 1968