William R. Schowalter Papers, 1985-2002

Collection Overview

Title: William R. Schowalter Papers, 1985-2002

ID: 11/1/22

Creator: Schowalter, William R.

Extent: 0.6 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: By subject, chronological thereunder.

Date Acquired: 05/09/2013

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Papers of William R. Schowalter (1985-2002), Dean of the College of Engineering (1988-2001), include analog and electronic correspondence, memos, meeting minutes and agendas, reports, spreadsheets, and presentations documenting his activities and correspondence with faculty and other adminsitrators in the College; his involvement in various committees; the College's partnerships with companies (e.g. Raytheon); the campus fund charity drive; memorials for faculty; minutes and agendas of the Executive Committee; faculty grant proposals and research projects (such as Chester S. Gardner's work on the GEMINI campaign using remote sensing technology, LiDAR, 1990); the annual meeting of the College of Engineering Advisory Board (1998-1999); the formation of a Nuclear Reactor Study Committee related to the Nuclear Reactor Laboratory (1991); and discussions regarding a proposal to create a Bardeen Museum of Science and Technology (1994).

Administrative Information

Accruals: 07/05/2013

Alternate Extent Statement: 16.90 megabytes

Access Restrictions: Materials in box 1 relating to promotion and tenure are restricted. Please contact the University Archives for more information.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Correspondence, 1988-1997

Contains incoming and outgoing analog correspondence between Schowalter and other administrators and faculty.

Box 1

Folder 1: 1988-1989
Folder 2: 1990-1991
Folder 3: 1992-1993
Folder 4: 1994-1995
Folder 5: 1996-1997
Folder 6: 1988-1995 (RESTRICTED)

Series 2: Reports, 1994

Box 1

Folder 1: Visit of L. R. Faulkner, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs to the College of Engineering, 1994

Series 4: 3.5-inch floppy disks and zip disk, 1985-2002

Box 2

Item 1: Forty 3.5-inch floppy disks and one zip disk, 1985-2002

Series 3: Electronic Records

Contains William R. Schowalter's correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and agendas, spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations documenting his tenure as Dean of the College of Engineering (1988-2001), including his involvement in various committees, faculty research, the establishment of partnerships between the College and industry, and the annual meeting of the College of Engineering Advisory Board (CEAB).

Sub-Series 1: Online Electronic Content

Contains a sample of electronic content included in the William R. Schowalter Papers, such as correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and agendas, spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations documenting Dean Schowalter's administrative and research activities.

Processing Note: These files have been re-arranged from their original order by archival staff, in order to facilitate access in the online environment. This work was completed in June 2013.

Sub-Series 2: Nearline Electronic Content

Contains electronic content included in the William R. Schowalter Papers, including correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and agendas, spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations documenting his tenure as Dean of the College of Engineering (1988-2001). Please contact us for access to this content.

Processing Note: In June 2013, archives staff took the following actions to prepare a nearline access version of William R. Schowalter's electronic records: (1) Ran virus-scan program on the files; (2) Used Firefly social security number detector, DROID, and NARA File Analyzer to extract metadata in order to facilitate appraisal and processing decisions; (3) Used TrID file extension identifier to analyze and append missing file extensions on a number of files during processing; (4) Deleted files containing proprietary, condfidential, and sensitive information.