Finding Aid for Mathematics Department Subject File, 1944-90 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Mathematics Department Subject File, 1944-90

ID: 15/14/1

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

Extent: 3.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: Alphabetically by subject and chronologically thereunder

Date Acquired: 01/14/1971. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Mathematics Department

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Departmental Subject File, including reports, correspondence and bulletins concerning statistics; curricula; summer sessions; academic year institute; post-war program for department (1944); space, equipment and furniture needs; budget; the teaching of mathematics and physical sciences; the reestablishment in Illinois of an Association of Mathematics Teachers; the development of the Mathematics Department's Honors Program and the Illinois Journal of Mathematics.

Courses in mathematics were offered in 1868-69 through the Department of General Science and Literature.¹ A Department of Pure Mathematics was created in 1869.² It was replaced in 1878 with a Department of Mathematics in the newly-created College of Engineering, under the auspices of the School of Mechanical Engineering.³ Further reorganization moved the Department in 1880 to the College of Literature and Sciences,⁴ where it remained until the formation in 1894 of the College of Science.⁵ The latter was itself consolidated in 1913 into the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.⁶ March, 1957 saw the publication of the first issue of The Illinois Journal of Mathematics, a quarterly departmental publication.⁷ In 1965, a program to offer a major in mathematics and computer science in conjunction with the Department of Computer Science was authorized.⁸ In 1972, a program to lead to advanced certification in teaching mathematics at the junior college level was established.⁹ As a means of better serving the overall needs of students in the department, the Master's program in mathematics was reorganized to distinguish between degrees in applied mathematics and pure mathematics in 1984.¹⁰

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 1st Report, May, 1867, p. 50.

2. Ibid., 3rd Report, 1869, p. 15.

3. Catalogs and Registers, 1878-79, p. 43.

4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 10th Report, 1880, pp. 34-36.

5. Catalogs and Registers, 1894-95, p. 70.

6. Board of Trustees Transactions, 27th Report, July 5, 1912, p. 71.

7. Ibid., 49th Report, December 17, 1957, p. 1008.

8. Ibid., 53rd Report, April 23, 1965, p. 502.

9. Ibid., 57th Report, July 19, 1972, p. 20.

10. Ibid., 62nd Report, June 21, 1984, p. 590.

Mathematics Department

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 1/25/1971, 1/29/1971; 4/20/1971; 4/29/1971; 5/16/72; 2/8/2011; 3/25/2011

Other Note: 1 Page

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1514001.pdf

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