Finding Aid for Classics Department Subject File, 1909-2000 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Classics Department Subject File, 1909-2000

ID: 15/6/2

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

Extent: 0.6 cubic feet

Arrangement: Alphabetically by subject, and then chronologically

Date Acquired: 08/26/2008

Languages: Latin, Greek,Ancient(to1453), German

Subject file of the Classics Department maintained by the Classics Library (1909-2000) contains correspondence (1936-91), appointment letters (1945-78), photographs (1968), news clippings and press releases related to faculty, students, and alumni in the Classics Department (1968-2000), materials relating to the Alpha Kappa chapter of Eta Sigma Phi, the classics honors fraternity (1936-38), text of a course lecture on sports in the ancient world by William Oldfather (ca. 1940), and materials relating to publication of a Festschrift honoring Ben E. Perry (1965); correspondents include William Oldfather, Alexander Turyn, Arthur Pease, Luitpold Wallach, Ben. E. Perry, Robert Scanlon, and Douglas Olson.

The Department of the Latin Language and Literature and the Department of Greek Language and Literature became a part of the initial curriculum (1868) of the university.--1 In 1871, they were consolidated into the School of Ancient Languages and Literature within the College of Literature and Science.--2 In 1885, the university shortened the name of the school to the School of Ancient Languages and in 1891 placed it in the new College of Literature.--3 In 1893, the Department of Greek and the Department of Latin succeeded the School of Ancient Languages in the College of Literature (the College of Literature and Arts after 1894).--4 In 1905, the Board of Trustees, acting on the recommendation of the president, created the Department of Classics and authorized the naming of a head.--5 In 1913, the department became a part of the newly established College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.--6 Within this college it has been a part of the Division of Language and Literature from 1935 to 1945 and the Division of Humanities since 1945.--7 The department has added three areas of concentration to those of Greek and Latin. These are Classical Civilization (1965), Hebrew (1970) and Classical Archeology (1971).--8 The department offers degree programs through the Ph.D. level.

1. Circular and Catalog, 1868-69, p. 10.

2. Catalog and Circular, 1871-72, p. 25.

3. Catalog and Circular, 1885-86, p. 76; Catalog and Circular, 1891-92, p. 111.

4. Catalog and Circular, 1893-94, p. 72-73; Catalog and Circular, 1894-95, p. 23.

5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 23rd Report, June 2, 1905, p. 75.

6. Board of Trustees Transactions, 27th Report, July 5, 1912, p. 71; Annual Register, 1913-14, p. 155.

7. Board of Trustees Transactions, 38th Report, April 20, 1935, p. 162-63; Annual Register, 1945-46, p. 137.

8. Undergraduate Course Catalog, 1965-66, p. 55; Undergraduate Course Catalog, 1970-71, p. 72; Undergraduate Course Catalog, 1971-72, p. 77.

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Acquisition Source: Classics Library

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1506002.pdf

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