Finding Aid for Administrative Subject File, 1949-1987 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Administrative Subject File, 1949-1987

ID: 41/9/3

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Counseling Center

Extent: 11.6 cubic feet

Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject

Subjects: Admissions, Clinical Psychology, Human Rights, Human Subjects, Intimidation, Psychological Clinic, Psychology, Psychology Department, Suicide, Teaching Machines, Testing, Veterans Administration

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Administrative subject file, including minutes, correspondence, guidelines, inventories and receipts, on Administrators' Conferences (1931-1938); Admissions and Records (1956-1965); Allerton House Conference on Human Rights (1965); Campus Unrest (1970); work of Center Director William Gilbert (1940-1978); use of human subjects in experiments (1963-1976); Psychological Clinic (1956-1973); Department of Psychology controversy over creation of professional doctorate - Psy.D., (1959-1972); Veterans Administration and consulting (1952-1977); Illinois Psychological Association (1941, 1945-1962); intimidation (1969-1975); psychological self study by teaching machines (1961-1964); and suicide prevention (1966-1968). Also includes annual reports (1938-1987) and APA reports (1965-1986), director's general correspondence, and Counseling Center evaluative materials (1977-1987).

Appearing as the Student Counseling Bureau in May 1949, this unit assisted students with educational, vocational, and personal problems.¹ By 1956 its name appeared as the Student Counseling Service.² In 1970 the Board of Trustees changed the name of the Student Counseling Service to the Psychological and Counseling Center, to reflect more clearly the nature of services available there.³ By 1989 it was listed as the Counseling Center, and with vocational, academic, personal, and interpersonal problems; its services included workshops, classes, individual, couple, and group counseling, as well as consultative services to University staff and departments.⁴

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 45th Report, May 21, 1949, p. 389.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 1956-1958, 49th Report, July 16, 1957, p. 566.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 55th Report, May 20, 1970, p. 919.

4. Undergraduate Programs, 1989-91, p. 42.

Admissions
Clinical Psychology
Human Rights
Human Subjects
Intimidation
Psychological Clinic
Psychology
Psychology Department
Suicide
Teaching Machines
Testing
Veterans Administration

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 4/30/1979; 3/21/1980; 1/15/2007

Other Note: 5 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/4109003.pdf

PDF finding aid for Administrative Subject File (41/9/3)