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
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