15/13/4 Guide to the History Department Faculty Portraits File History Department Faculty Portraits File Finding Aid Authors: Christopher J. Prom.

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Guide to the History Department Faculty Portraits File 1897/1997 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection History Department Faculty Portraits File 1897-1997 15/13/4 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of History 0.20 English University of Illinois Archives
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Additional information may be found at https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1513004.pdf

Historical Note:

<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'><sup>1</sup></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'><sup>2</sup></a> In 1894, the History Department was established as a separate unit of the University.<a href='#ftn3'><sup>3</sup></a> In 1907, the Trustees approved a Ph.D. program in history.<a href='#ftn4'><sup>4</sup></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'><sup>5</sup></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>

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Topical Term: Faculty Photographs
Administrative Information Accruals:

5/2005

Conditions Governing Access:

None.

Arrangement of Materials:

Alphabetical

Scope and Contents

History Department Faculty Portraits File includes photographs of retired history department faculty members. These portraits previously hung in the hall way outside the history department offices on the third floor of Gregory Hall.