Holdings College of Law Dean's Office Correspondence and Subject ... Finding Aid Holdings College of Law Dean's Office Correspondence and Subject ... Finding Aid Title: Correspondence and Subject File, 1916-2005
ID: 14/1/1
Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. College of Law
Extent: 57.0 cubic feet
Arrangement: Chronological and Alphabetical
Subjects: Allerton Park, Alumni Funds, American Arbitration Association, American Association of University Professors, American Bar Association, American Bar Foundation, American Judicature Society, American Law Institute, Association of American Law Schools, Bar Examinations, Campus Planning, Commerce Controversy, College of (Bowen/Economics), Committee of Nine, University (Educational Organiz and Adminis), Criminal Justice, Criminal Law, Curriculum, Executive Branch of Government, Commission on Organization (Hoover Comm), Faculty, Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Law, Law, College of, Law Building, Moot Court, National Youth Administration, Order of the Coif, Rotary Club, Student Discipline, Uniform State Legislation, University Statutes, West Publishing Company, World War II - Service and Training
Formats/Genres: Financial Records, Papers
Correspondence and Subject File includes correspondence of Deans Oliver A. Harker (1903-16; 1920-21), Henry W. Ballantine (1916-21), Henry C. Hones (1921-22), Albert J. Harno (1922-57), Russell N. Sullivan (1957-67), and John E. Cribbet (1972-1975) with University officers, staff students and the public concerning alumni, assistantships, bar examinations, budgets, class lists, courses, criminal law, examinations, faculty, legal education, library, personnel, petitions, placement, prospective students, publications, registration, schedules, summer session, uniform state legislation (1922-63), university statutes & committees (1952-57), World War II, Allerton Park (1946-47), American Association of University Professors, American Bar Association (1923-41; 1950-59), American bar Foundation (1952-60), Law Alumni Association (1942-65), Law Building (1944-56), National Youth Administration, Order of the Coif, University of Illinois Committee of Nine (1931-32), Campus Planning Committee (1961-63), and law school publications (1926-57); memoranda (1938-1940) of Dean Albert J. Harno; and correspondence, reports, brochures, forms, and and lists concerning budgets (1923-1938), fund drives (1966-1988), and faculty and staff appointments (1924-1942).
The College of Communications is the supervising administrative unit for the University Broadcasting Division.1 The Division operates radio station WILL AM and FM and television station WILL-TV. Broadcasting activities began in the spring of 1922 when a 400-watt transmitter using the call letters WRM went into operation in the Electrical Engineering Laboratory.2 A gift from Boetius H. Sullivan in 1925 enabled the Illinois experimental radio station to expand its operation, becoming the Roger Sullivan Memorial Radio Station.3 The expanded facilities were placed under the jurisdiction of the Director of Public Information Josef Wright who was appointed the first director of broadcasting.4 In 1928 the station increased to 890 kilocycles. At this time the call letters were officially changed to WILL.5 In 1938 the station's first musical director was appointed.6 The following year the station assumed regular nighttime broadcasting.7 In 1942 WILL was moved to Gregory Hall.8 The bands, the glee clubs and athletic scores had always been the favorite programs which the station aired.9 In 1946 the Athletic Association was allowed to broadcast University athletic events.10 An increased emphasis on news and public affairs resulted in the station's twenty-four hour a day use of the Associated Press beginning in 1948.11 A new transmitter building was constructed for WILL in Robert Allerton Park in 1950.12 The University's television station, the William A. Knight class of 1934 memorial, was a gift from the General Electric Company in 1955.13
The Motion Picture Production Center was organized as a service agency to produce educational films for the people of Illinois. The Center maintained six full-time staff members until July 1, 1974 when it was closed for financial reasons.14
On December 8, 1896, the Board of Trustees voted to establish and provide funds for a School of Law.1 In September 1897 the school began operation in University Hall with three professors and three lecturers, and offered the Bachelor of Law degree.2 Following a 1898 ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court establishing new requirements for the Illinois Bar, the school revised its program and entrance requirements, and, in 1899, became known as the College of Law.3 In 1902 the college moved from University Hall into the Law Building (Harker Hall).4 In 1909, the state legislature granted funds for upgrading the program and the law library.5 In 1915, entrance requirements were raised from one year of university work to two,6 and in 1917 a four year law program was offered.7 On October 25, 1924, the Board of Trustees voted to move the college, and in September of 1925 the college moved to the old Library Building, to be renamed the Law Building (Altgeld Hall).8 In 1926 the Law Alumni Association, an organization of former faculty and students, was founded.9 In 1949, the first issue of Law Forum, a student-published quarterly periodical appeared.10 In 1953, money was appropriated by the state legislature for the construction of a Law Building,11 and in 1955, the College of Law moved to its present site.12 The College of Law is the thirteenth largest in the nation and has a full-time faculty of over thirty professors.13 The college offers the degrees of Juris Doctor (J.D.), Master of Comparative Law (M.C.L.), Master of Laws (LL.M.), and Doctor of the Science of Law (S.J.D.).14 Student activities include the Student Research Bureau, the Black Law Students Association, Women Law Students and the Student Bar Association (formerly Junior Bar Association), the student government body of the college.15
This unit covers:
--Environmental and Ecological Studies, Office of (1974)
--Graduate and International Legal Studies, Office of (1974)
1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 19th Report, Dec. 8, 1896, p. 44.
2. College of Law, Announcements, 1903.
3. Allen Nevins, Illinois, (New York, 1917), pp. 172-73.
4. College of Law, Announcements, 1903.
5. Allen Nevins, Illinois, (New York, 1917), p. 235.
6. University of Illinois, Sixteen Years at the University of Illinois, p. 219.
7. Ibid., p. 219.
8. Board of Trustees Transactions, 33rd Report, October 25, 1924, p. 83.
9. College of Law, Bulletin, 1976-78, p. 34.
10. A.J. Harno, Statement to Law Alumni, 1949.
11. Board of Trustees Transactions, 47th Report, July 25, 1953, p. 747.
12. College of Law, Announcements, 1956-57.
13. College of Law, Announcements, 1976-78, pp. 14-15.
14. Ibid., p. 29.
15. Ibid., p. 27.
Allerton Park
Alumni Funds
American Arbitration Association
American Association of University Professors
American Bar Association
American Bar Foundation
American Judicature Society
American Law Institute
Association of American Law Schools
Bar Examinations
Campus Planning
Commerce Controversy, College of (Bowen/Economics)
Committee of Nine, University (Educational Organiz and Adminis)
Criminal Justice
Criminal Law
Curriculum
Executive Branch of Government, Commission on Organization (Hoover Comm)
Faculty
Illinois State Bar Association
Illinois State Board of Higher Education
Law
Law, College of
Law Building
Moot Court
National Youth Administration
Order of the Coif
Rotary Club
Student Discipline
Uniform State Legislation
University Statutes
West Publishing Company
World War II - Service and Training
Repository: University of Illinois Archives
Finding Aid Revision History: On 9/10/2007 8.0 cu. ft. of material was received from the College of Law. It was determined that 3.00 cu. ft. belonged to this series. This material was processed and the finding aid modified on 9/15/2008.
Other Note: 36 Pages
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1401001.pdf
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