Holdings Liberal Arts and Sciences Astronomy Department Executive Committee Minutes Finding Aid Holdings Liberal Arts and Sciences Astronomy Department Executive Committee Minutes Finding Aid By Holly Pletka
[Printer Friendly] | [ Email us about these records]Title: Executive Committee Minutes, 1990-2003
ID: 15/3/2
Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Astronomy
Extent: 0.5 cubic feet
Arrangement: Chronological
Date Acquired: 05/14/2015
Subjects: Astronomy Department, Budget, Committees
Formats/Genres: Meeting Minutes
Languages: English
The records of the Astronomy Department's Executive Committee Minutes contains handwritten notes, correspondence, reference materials, and financial reports concerning departmental policy; budgets; and information relating to faculty and courses as well as graduate assistantships.
Instruction in astronomy commenced in 1892 as an offering of the Mathematics Department.1 In August 1921, the Board of Trustees authorized that the Division of Astronomy in the Department of Mathematics be organized as a separate Department of Astronomy.2 In 1957, the Department began a program of cooperative investigation with the United States Office of Naval Research3 and, in 1962, the radio telescope site at Vermilion River Observatory was completed.4 The courses offered range from descriptive astronomy to aeronomy,5 with B.S.,6 M.S. and Ph.D. degrees offered.7
1. Catalogs and Registers, 1892-93, p. 57.
2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 34th Report, August 1, 1921, p. 17.
3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 49th Report, April 15, 1957, p. 372.
4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 52nd Report, November 9, 1962, p. 261.
5. Undergraduate Course Catalog, 1972/74, pp. 61-62.
6. Undergraduate Study Catalog, 1971/72, p. 365.
7. Graduate College Catalog, 1971/72, p. 99.