Finding Aid for Staff Appointments File, 1916-2012 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Staff Appointments File, 1916-2012

ID: 15/13/2

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

Extent: 13.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: By status and chronologically thereunder

Subjects: Association of American Law Schools - Faculty Recruitment, Faculty Publications, Faculty Salaries, History Department

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

General correspondence of the chairman of the Department of History concerning faculty appointments, salaries, job offers, courses, textbooks, leaves of absence, research projects, moving and housing arrangements and related administrative matters. The file includes personnel forms, letters of recommendations, telegrams, biographical sketches, obituaries, lists of publications and abstracts.

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<p class='main'>In 1867, the Committee on Courses of Study and Faculty recommended a course and professorship in history and social science.<a href='#ftn1'>¹</a> A professorship of history and courses in general history were established at the University within the School of English and Modern Languages in 1871.<a href='#ftn2'>²</a> In 1894, the History Department was established as a separate unit of the University.<a href='#ftn3'>³</a> In 1907, the Trustees approved a Ph.D. program in history.<a href='#ftn4'>⁴</a> 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.<a href='#ftn5'>⁵</a></p>

<p class='note'><a name='ftn1'>1.�  Board of Trustees Transactions, 1st Report, 1867-68, pp. 50, 62.</a></p>

<p class='note'><a name='ftn2'>2.�  Ibid., 6th Report, March 12, 1872, p. 55.</a></p>

<p class='note'><a name='ftn3'>3.�  Ibid., 17th Report, March 13, 1894, p. 229.</a></p>

<p class='note'><a name='ftn4'>4.�  Ibid., 24th Report, June 10, 1907, p. 133.</a></p>

<p class='note'><a name='ftn5'>5.�  Undergraduate Programs Catalogs, 1973-75, p. 292; and Graduate Programs Catalogs, 1973-75, p. 236.</a></p>

Association of American Law Schools - Faculty Recruitment
Faculty Publications
Faculty Salaries
History Department

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 11/5/1963, 1/1964; 10/26/1971; 7/2007; 8/24/2008; 4/20/2010; 6/10/2010; 10/18/2011; 7/15/2015; 7/17/2018

Other Note: Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1513002.pdf

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