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COLLECTION SUMMARY
Title:
Miscellaneous
Units, Administrative Council records
Dates:
1923-1961 (bulk 1929-1941)
Creator:
Administrative Council, South Dakota State University
Physical
description:
0.84 linear feet—2
containers
Collection
number:
UA 50.6
Language:
Collection material in
English.
Repository:
South Dakota State
University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State
University, Brookings, S.D.
Abstract: Collection
is composed of the minutes of the meetings and some correspondence
of both the Administrative Council and its predecessor, the Council
of Deans.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance:
This collection was found in the archives stacks in the fall of
1997. There is no indication of where they came from or how they
came to be here.
Access
Restrictions: This
collection is open to research without restriction.
Items in this collection do
not circulate and may be used in-house only.
Copyright Status:
Copyright
2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives. Please
credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from this
finding aid.
It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing
material to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission
from them if necessary. Archives staff will provide available
copyright information on request. Please note that most collections,
especially those received before 1997, may not have complete
information on file. (Revised 15 SEP 2003)
Preferred citation:
[Identification of item]. Miscellaneous Units, Administrative
Council records, UA 50.6, South Dakota State University Archives,
South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.
Processing
information:
This collection was processed by Elizabeth B. Scott on March 6,
1998 with revisions on November 10, 2008 (cjg).
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection
in the subject guide.
They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or
location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
Subjects:
-
Absences—South Dakota State University.
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Administrative Council—South Dakota State
University.
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Council of Deans—South Dakota State University.
-
Discipline of students—South Dakota State
University.
BACKGROUND NOTE
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.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE
This collection is composed 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.
ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS
Folders are arranged
in alphabetical order and there under chronologically.
Box 1.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
Correspondence |
1929-1941 |
|
2 |
Minutes |
1923 November-1926 September |
|
3 |
Minutes |
1926 September-1928 July |
|
4 |
Minutes |
1928 September-1930 July |
|
5 |
Minutes |
1930 September-1932 June |
|
6 |
Minutes |
1932 September-1934 June |
|
7 |
Minutes |
1934 September-1938 July |
|
8 |
Minutes |
1938 August-1941 January |
|
9 |
Minutes |
1941 March-1942 August |
|
10 |
Minutes |
1942-1945 |
|
11 |
Minutes |
1945-1947 |
|
12 |
Minutes |
1947-1948 |
|
13 |
Minutes |
1948-1949 |
Box 2.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
Minutes |
1949-1950 |
|
2 |
Minutes |
1950-1951 |
|
3 |
Minutes |
1951-1952 |
|
4 |
Minutes |
1952-1953 |
|
5 |
Minutes |
1954-1955 |
|
6 |
Minutes |
1955 |
|
7 |
Minutes |
1955-1956 |
|
8 |
Minutes |
1956-1957 |
|
9 |
Minutes |
1957-1958 |
|
10 |
Minutes |
1958-1959 |
|
11 |
Minutes |
1959-1961 |
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