7/1/31 Guide to the Graduate College Centennial Committee File Graduate College Centennial Committee File

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Guide to the Graduate College Centennial Committee File 1966/1969 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Graduate College Centennial Committee File 1966-1969 7/1/31 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Graduate College 3.60 English University of Illinois Archives
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Historical Note:

The first students to do graduate work enrolled in 1877, leading to the awarding of the first master's degree in 1878.1 However, a graduate program was not set up until 1891.2 The Graduate School was formally organized in 1907, after appropriation of funds by the Illinois General Assembly.3 Its name was changed to the Graduate College in 1947, in anticipation of its new significance in the University organization.4 In 1968, the Board of Trustees provided for separate Graduate Colleges on each of three University campuses.5 The Graduate College has the responsibility of developing and safeguarding standards of graduate work and promoting and assisting research by faculty members.6 It provides assistance and supervision to other degree-granting units on the campus.7

In 1974, the Board of Trustees added the title of Vice Chancellor for Research to Dean of the Graduate College to more accurately describe the responsibilities vested in the college.8

--7/1 Dean's Office

--7/2 Executive Committee

1. Dietz, Frederick C., History of the Graduate College, (carbon typescript, 1957), p. 3.

2. Ibid., p. 5.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 24th Report, June 10, 1907, p. 133.

4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 44th Report, October 30, 1947, p. 885.

5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 54th Report, January 17, 1968, p. 884-885.

6. University Statutes, 1972, p. 19-20.

7. Graduate College Catalog, 1976-78, p. 9.

8. Board of Trustees Transactions, 57th Report, June 19, 1974, p. 581.

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Genre/Form of Material: Papers Topical Term: Centennial, University Lectures Publicity Science
Administrative Information Accruals:

1/20/70

Arrangement of Materials:

By type of material and alphabetically thereunder

Scope and Contents

Graduate College Centennial Committee records, including correspondence, minutes, resolutions, reports, programs, calendars, special publications, newspaper clippings and related documents of David Pines concerning the February 28, 1967 - March 11, 1968 observance of the University's Centennial. The series includes records and correspondence relating to the Final Week Ceremonies; letters, programs, lectures relating to G.A. Miller Lectures and correspondence, press releases, programs and tapes pertaining to the "Science and the Human Condition" Symposium under the direction of Joel A. Snow held in November, 1969.