News Bureau Committee Files

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Collection Overview

Title: News Bureau Committee Files, 1960-79Add to your cart.

ID: 39/1/14

Primary Creator: Public Information

Extent: 1.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: Alphabetical by committee name

Subjects: Admissions, Faculty Senate, Public Information Office, Publicity

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Committee files from the News Bureau Office, containing correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications, minutes, photographs, diagrams, and plans relating to academic programs, administrative policies, admissions and records (1960-78), public relations, school relations, and state fair exhibits (1962-70).

Biographical Note

In 1919, a special committee of the Board of Trustees "recommended establishing a 'Bureau of Publicity' whose duties would be along 'University publicity and propaganda lines'1. On August 15, 1919 the Board of Trustees appointed Joseph F. Wright as Director of Publicity, effective September 1, 19202. On July 25, 1956 the Board of Trustees approved a change of title to Director of Public Information3.The Office of Public Information is charged with the responsibility "for interpreting the University to the public" and with "the task of collecting University news and making it available to the communications media"4. The Director of Public Information advises the President on University matters "in which the public is interested" and assists "in interpreting University policies and activities" through the media5.

In September 1967, the Director became University Director of Public Information and Assistant to the President for institutional relations and development6. On January 17, 1980 the Board of Trustees authorized the position of Special Assistant to the President and university director of public information and communication activities7.

1. Jerome Rodnitzky, "A History of Public Relations at the University of Illinois, 1904-1930" (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Illinois, 1967), p. 193.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 30th Report, August 15, 1919, p. 505.

3. Ibid., 49th Report, July 25, 1956, p. 20.

4. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Academic Staff Handbook, p. 33.

5. University of Illinois Statutes, Section 50(b), June 1958.

6. President's Faculty Letter, No. 174, April 7, 1969, p. 5.

7. Board of Trustees Transactions, 60th Report, January 17, 1980, p. 506-07.

Subject/Index Terms

Admissions
Faculty Senate
Public Information Office
Publicity

Administrative Information

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 4/13/81

Other Note: 2 Pages

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