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Collection Summary
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Creator: |
Administrative Council,
South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
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Title: |
Miscellaneous
Units/Administrative Council Records
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Dates: |
Inclusive: 1923-1961
Bulk: 1929-1941
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Abstract: |
Collection consists of
minutes of the meetings and some correspondence of both the
Administrative Council and its predecessor, the Council of
Deans.
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Physical Description: |
.84 linear feet—2
containers
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Collection Number:
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UA 50.6 |
Background
The Administration Council was
the new name given to the Council of Deans in 1942. The Committee of
Deans, in existence from 1923, had been made up of the deans of the
various areas on campus, including the colleges and the Deans of Men and
Women. The Council made decisions on such things as campus rules,
students’ requests to expand their course load, student absences and
disciplinary actions. Also discussed at meetings were administrative
matters such as the institution of a vocational course and changing
credits for certain courses. The Council approved candidates for
degrees and the college calendar. It is not clear whether the president
was always included in these meetings, although his name often appears
on the minutes.
The name change to
Administrative Council did not signify any major changes within the
focus of the group. Throughout its lifespan, the nature of the material
discussed and decisions made at these meetings remained the same as
previous. By the mid 1950’s, however, the Council had expanded to
include faculty representatives from the Faculty Association.
By 1955, when the council is first mentioned in
the Faculty Handbook, the group met weekly with the president to
discuss questions of administration or policy brought forth by the
president, or to discuss any other questions brought up the any
council member. There is no indication of whether this was a
decision making group, but as no other campus group fulfilled the
decision making and policy making duties performed by the Council,
it can be assumed that they continued to perform these functions.
At this time, the president served as the chairman of the
Administrative Council. This brief description remains in the
Faculty Handbook until the 1970 edition, when first mention is made
of the Academic Senate, which did take over the decision-making and
policymaking roles outlined above.
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Arrangement and Content
The Administrative Council
Records sub-group consists of the minutes of the meetings and some
correspondence of both the Administrative Council and its predecessor,
the Council of Deans. For the most part, the minutes are extremely
business-like, showing mainly the names and process of certain actions.
They do have some interesting facts related to the running of the
college, and some of the disciplinary actions and causes for them prove
quite amusing. The correspondence file, although quite small, consists
mainly of material relating to whether or not someone may not be
admitted back to school. Other correspondence refers to the happenings
in the various meetings, but this is quite limited. Overall, the
material offers a look at some of the administrative concerns and issues
surrounding the administration of the land grant institution.
Container List: UA 50.6—Administrative Council Records
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Box |
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
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1 |
1 |
Correspondence |
1929-1941 |
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2 |
Minutes |
1923 Nov.-1926 Sep. |
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3 |
Minutes |
1926 Sep.-1928 Jul. |
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4 |
Minutes |
1928 Sep.-1930 Jul. |
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5 |
Minutes |
1930 Sep.-1932 Jun. |
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6 |
Minutes |
1932 Sep.-1934 Jun. |
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7 |
Minutes |
1934 Sep.-1938 Jul. |
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8 |
Minutes |
1938 Aug.-1941 Jan. |
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9 |
Minutes |
1941 Mar.-1942 Aug. |
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10 |
Minutes |
1942-1945 |
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11 |
Minutes |
1945-1947 |
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12 |
Minutes |
1947-1948 |
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13 |
Minutes |
1948-1949 |
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2 |
1 |
Minutes |
1949-1950 |
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2 |
Minutes |
1950-1951 |
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3 |
Minutes |
1951-1952 |
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4 |
Minutes |
1952-1953 |
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5 |
Minutes |
1954-1955 |
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6 |
Minutes |
1955 |
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7 |
Minutes |
1955-1956 |
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8 |
Minutes |
1956-1957 |
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9 |
Minutes |
1957-1958 |
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10 |
Minutes |
1958-1959 |
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11 |
Minutes |
1959-1961 |
Restrictions
Use
of Materials
This
collection is open to research without restriction.
Subject Terms
This
collection is indexed under the following headings in the subject guide.
Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places
should search the subject guide using these headings.
Administrative
Information
Preferred citation
Miscellaneous Units/Administrative Council Records, South Dakota State
University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S. D.
Provenance
This
material was found in the Special Collection Department stacks in the
fall of 1997. No indication remains of who transferred it or when the
transfer occurred.
Processing Information
Duplicates were discarded during processing.
This collection was processed by Elizabeth B. Scott
on 6 March 1998 with revisions on 8 February 1999 and 6 June 6, 2002 [cjg]
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