Letty Mandeville Russell papers, 1947 -- 2005

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Series 1B: YDS Administration and Campus Life, 1961 -- 2002

This series contains some restricted material. Restrictions related to specific material are listed in the detailed contents list.

4 linear feet; 4 linear feet; 8 boxes

This subseries contains material related to Russell's administrative responsibilities and community involvement at YDS. It documents faculty meetings, committee participation, tenure reviews, and ad-hoc activities. Materials that may be of particular interest in this sub-series are: Save our Quad, a campaign to preserve the YDS Quadrangle, Shalom Meals, an activity for which Russell was well known among YDS students, and the Women's Reunion, a program reconnecting alumnae with one another and the current YDS female community.

This subseries is arranged alphabetically by topic, then chronologically.



Box 1B: 1 Folder 1 Summer Staff Retreat, 1961


Box 1B: 1 Folder 2 Maps, 1968 -- 1990


Box 1B: 1 Folder 3-4 Business and Course Planning, 1980 -- 1993


Box 1B: 1 Folder 5-7 Task Force on Institutional Racism, Sexism and Classism, 1980 -- 1982


Box 1B: 1 Folder 8-9 Women's Center, 1980 -- 1998


Box 1B: 1 Folder 10-12 MA in Religion-Feminist Studies, 1981 -- 2002


Box 1B: 1 Folder 13 Grievance Board for Complaints of Sexual Harassment, 1982 -- 1983


Box 1B: 1 Folder 14-15 Center for Human Rights and Economic Justice, 1982 -- 1984


Box 1B: 1 Folder 16 Women Administrators and Faculty Listings, 1983 -- 1985


Box 1B: 1 Folder 17 Admissions Study on Non-Residential Students, 1984


Box 1B: 1 Folder 18 Communication Study, 1987


Box 1B: 1 Folder 19 Seminary Consultation on Mission Grants Request, 1991 -- 1994


Box 1B: 1 Folder 20 Intra-Office Correspondence, 1996



Box 1B: 2 Folder 1 Sexual Harassment Policy and Pamphlets, 1996 -- 1997


Box 1B: 2 Folder 2 Business Home File, 1996 -- 2000


Box 1B: 2 Folder 3 Application for Admission, 1997


Box 1B: 2 Folder 4 Renovation Feasibility Study, 1997


Box 1B: 2 Folder 5 Housing Report, 1997 -- 2000


Box 1B: 2 Folder 6-8 Program on Non-Profit Organizations, 1997 -- 2000


Box 1B: 2 Folder 9 Distribution of Job Responsibilities, 1998


Box 1B: 2 Folder 10-11 Supervised Ministries: Handbook, Committee Report, 1998 -- 2000


Box 1B: 2 Folder 12 Audio Visual Equipment Guide, 1999


Box 1B: 2 Folder 13 Faculty and Staff Email Directory, circa 1999


Box 1B: 2 Folder 14 Web Resources, circa 1999


Box 1B: 2 Folder 15 Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, 2000 -- 2001


Box 1B: 2 Folder 16 Mentor Program, 2001


Box 1B: 2 Folder 17 American Theological Society: Review, 1990 -- 1992


Box 1B: 2 Folder 18 American Theological Society: Accreditation Standards, 1996


Box 1B: 2 Folder 19 American Theological Society: All-School Conference Report, 2000


Box 1B: 2 Folder 20-21 Women's Reunion - Planning, Participant Materials, 1976 -- 1981



Box 1B: 3 Folder 1-14 Women's Reunion - Planning, Participant Materials, 1980 -- 1994


Box 1B: 3 Folder 15 Christian Study Center, 1983



Box 1B: 4 Folder 1 Gay Lesbian Support Group - Correspondence, 1983


Box 1B: 4 Folder 2 Chapel Worship, 1984


Box 1B: 4 Folder 3 Black Seminarians Reunion, 1985 -- 1986


Box 1B: 4 Folder 4-5 Shalom Meals: Order of Service, Hymn Sheets, 1986


Box 1B: 4 Folder 6 GLBiT Discussion, 1994


Box 1B: 4 Folder 7 Student Community Groups, 1998 -- 2000


Box 1B: 4 Folder 8-14 Save the Quad Campaign, 1995 -- 2000


Box 1B: 4 Folder 15-17 Curriculum Committee, 1981 -- 1985


Box 1B: 4 Folder 18 Committee Memos, 1981 -- 1986


Box 1B: 4 Folder 19-20 Faculty Committee Minutes, Correspondence, Retreats, 1981 -- 2000



Box 1B: 5 Folder 1-5 Faculty Committee Minutes, Correspondence, Retreats, 1981 -- 2000


Box 1B: 5 Folder 6 Admissions Committee, 1984


Box 1B: 5 Folder 7 Mission Search Committee, 1986 -- 1988


Box 1B: 5 Folder 8-12 Community Life Committee Records, 1991 -- 2001


Box 1B: 5 Folder 13 Building Committee Correspondence, 1999 -- 2000


Box 1B: 5 Folder 14 Publications: Invest with Conscience, 1983



Box 1B: 6 Folder 1 Publications: Baccalaureate Service, 1984


Box 1B: 6 Folder 2 Publications: Ecumenical Theological Education Journal, 1990


Box 1B: 6 Folder 3 Publications: Book Lists and Library Requests, 1990 -- 1993


Box 1B: 6 Folder 4 Publications: Dear Theophilus: Occasional Journal of Community Opinions, 1998 -- 1999


Box 1B: 6 Folder 5 Publications: Theological Education for Transformation and Community, 2000


Box 1B: 6 Folder 6 Reformed Studies Proposal, 1994 -- 1996


Box 1B: 6 Folder 7 YDS Evangelical and Reformed Studies Center Mission Statement, 1999


Box 1B: 6 Folder 8-12 Workshops, Seminars and Conferences:, 1969 -- 1976


Box 1B: 6 Folder 13-14 Workshops, Seminars and Conferences:, 1978 -- 1979


Box 1B: 6 Folder 15 Workshops, Seminars and Conferences:, circa 1980 -- 1989


Box 1B: 6 Folder 16 Workshops, Seminars and Conferences:, 1985


Box 1B: 6 Folder 17 Workshops, Seminars and Conferences:, 1997


Box 1B: 6 Folder 18 Workshops, Seminars and Conferences:, 2000



Box 1B: 7 Folder 1 Admissions Committee, 1987 -- 1988

This file is restricted until 2100.


Box 1B: 7 Folder 2-11 Board of Permanent Officers Search Committee- Faculty and Staff, 1980 -- 1998

This file is restricted until 2100.


Box 1B: 7 Folder 12-13 Faculty Staff Files-Promotions and Reviews, 1996 -- 2000

This file is restricted until 2100.



Box 1B: 8 Folder 1-3 Faculty Staff Files-Promotions and Reviews, 1996 -- 2000

This file is restricted until 2100.


Box 1B: 8 Folder 4-8 Save the Quad-Foundation Donations, 1997

This file is restricted until 2100.


Box 1B: 8 Folder 9-13 Students-Job and Scholarship Applications, Biographies, Complaints, 1997 -- 1998

This file is restricted until 2100.