Finding Aid for Administrative Subject File, 1925-2012 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Administrative Subject File, 1925-2012

ID: 15/10/1

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

Extent: 24.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: Chronological then alphabetical; 2023 deposit arranged alphabetically, then chronologically, with personnel files (in Boxes 24 and 25) split into general files and those organized by name of individual.

Subjects: Army Specialized Training Program, Curriculum, Field Camps, Graduate Study, Illinois Junior Academy of Science, World War II - Service and Training

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Administrative Subject File (1925-2012) of the Geography Department at the University of Illinois.  Subjects include academics, administration, affirmative action, applications, assistantships, budgets and financial planning, candidates, climatology, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, commencement/convocation, committees, the Council on Program Evaluation (COPE), courses, curricula, degrees, environmental concerns, equipment, faculty, faculty searches, fellowships, grants, the map and geography library, personnel issues, planning, policies, the School of Social Sciences, space, staff, students (undergraduate and graduate), travel, and visitors.

Contents include administrative documents, applications, correspondence, grant requests, meeting agendas and minutes, personnel files, photos, programs, proposals, reports (annual, course registration, enrollment, financial, instruction, statistical, student course request, teaching), and sabbatical requests.

Geography was originally offered by the Department of Natural History.¹ The standard course, which was Physical Geography and Meteorology², was replaced in 1882-83 by a course called Physiography.³ No courses designated as geography were again taught until the Geology Department offered Physical Geography in 1903-04.⁴

In 1934, the name of the Department of Geology was changed to the Department of Geology and Geography.⁵ In 1935, the Division of Social Sciences was organized. The faculty of geography was included in the division.⁶ In 1945, an independent Department of Geography was formed.

The appointment of a department head was authorized in 1947⁸ and he began work in 1949.⁹ In 1950, the curriculum was reorganized to lead to the M.A. or M.S. degrees and to the Ph.D.¹⁰

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 2nd Report, 1868, p. 6.

2. Catalogue and Circular, 1880-81, p. 61.

3. Ibid., 1882-83, p. 61.

4. Register, 1903-04, p. 122. See Economic Geography (Econ 26) in 1902-03, RS 15/10/0/2.

5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 37th Report, Jan. 26, 1934, p. 432.

6. Ibid., 38th Report, April 20, 1935, p. 161.

7. Department of Geography Space Needs, Dec. 1947, Department of Geography, Business File, 1945-49, RS 15/10/1, Box 1, University of Illinois Archives.

8. Board of Trustees Transactions, 44th Report, August 5, 1947, p. 487.

9. Ibid., 45th Report, October 21, 1948, p. 149.

10. Ibid., 45th Report., April 19, 1950, p. 1097.

Army Specialized Training Program
Curriculum
Field Camps
Graduate Study
Illinois Junior Academy of Science
World War II - Service and Training

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 5/10/1968; 10/15/76; 8/19/77; 2/2023

Access Restrictions: Some files are subject to access restrictions.  Please contact an archivist for more information.

Other Note:

COLLEAGUES:

There are 50 restricted folders in this collection as of 2/20/2024.  5 fall under the umbrella of "Fundraising-Alumni," and are restricted because of sensitive, personal information (i.e., Social Security numbers and addresses of donors).

The other 45 make up the "Personnel" subgroup of files currently (2/20/2024) located in Boxes 24 and 25.  Some information, particularly that in the "1978 Faculty Search - Discrimination Suit," "1978 Faculty Search - Controversy," and "Graduate Student Controversy, 1978" folders is highly sensitive, containing candidate evaluations and private correspondence.  The other folders filed under "Personnel" have had most, if not all, sensitive information removed, and can probably be provided to researchers after a review of the contents.

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1510001.pdf

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