Finding Aid for Subject File, 1897-2002 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Subject File, 1897-2002

ID: 15/13/1

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Department of History

Extent: 12.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: Alphabetically and chronologically thereunder

Subjects: Curriculum, Graduate Study, History Department, Political Science, Statistical Reports, Teaching, World War II - Service and Training

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Departmental subject file containing correspondence, memoranda, reports, lists, minutes, applications and other material relating to statistical reports (1897-1949), annual reports (1923-1979), army and navy training programs (1942-1945), budgets (1912-51), course offerings (1947-59), departmental reorganizations (1955), personnel (1912-1927), fellowships and scholarships (1941-1953, 1957-1959), graduate training (1941-1949), honors (1936-1948), library (1938-1944), teaching (1935-1945), the University's 50th and 75th anniversary celebrations, department head's general correspondence (1943-1949), budget justification, course revision materials, reports relating to a history of the Graduate College, a 1952-1953 Nowell-Stearns Report on the relative standing of the University's liberal arts and history programs, material on a university history and items relating to University participation in World War II; material (1960-1972) relating to committees, vacancies, foundation grants, fellowships, conferences, teaching assistants, space, new positions and placement; and internal departmental memoranda (1994-1999) for faculty and/or graduate students concerning administrative matters, agenda and minutes of committees and meetings, policy, and teaching; exchange programs (1972-1982), COPE Reports (1978-1986), department minutes (1958-1992), administrative corresponence (1956-1984), degree and dissertation lists (1906-1981). Boxes 13 and 14 also contain information pertaining to Phi Alpha Theta accounts, conventions, iniation ceremonies, and member gatherings.

In 1867, the Committee on Courses of Study and Faculty recommended a course and professorship in history and social science. A professorship of history and courses in general history were established at the University within the School of English and Modern Languages in 1871. In 1894, the History Department was established as a separate unit of the University. In 1907, the Trustees approved a Ph.D. program in history. The departments of history at both the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses offer undergraduate and graduate work in American, Ancient, English, European, Latin American, Near Eastern, and Far Eastern history.

Board of Trustees Transactions, 1st Report, 1867-68, pp. 50, 62.

Ibid., 6th Report, March 12, 1872, p. 55.

Ibid., 17th Report, March 13, 1894, p. 229.

Ibid., 24th Report, June 10, 1907, p. 133.

Undergraduate Programs Catalogs, 1973-75, p. 292; and Graduate Programs Catalogs, 1973-75, p. 236.

Curriculum
Graduate Study
History Department
Political Science
Statistical Reports
Teaching
World War II - Service and Training

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 3/15/1967; 10/26/1971; 11/5/1963; 1/1964; 4/25/02; 7/2007; 7/17/2018

Other Note: 10 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1513001.pdf

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