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Guide to the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire School of Graduate Studies Graduate Council Minutes, 1947–2005

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Overview of the Collection

Repository:
Special Collections & Archives
McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
P.O. Box 4004
105 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
(715)-836-2739
http://www.uwec.edu/Library/archives/info.htm

Reference Code: USGZE A376

Accession Number: 88-126 ; 22-010

Collection Number: Archives Series 376

Creator: University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire School of Graduate Studies Graduate Council

Title: University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire School of Graduate Studies Graduate Council Minutes

Dates: 1947–2005

Quantity: 2.0 linear feet (5 archives boxes)

Location of Collection: Boxes 1-5. Shelf location B5/5e.

Languages: Collection materials are in English.

Summary: Minutes of the Committee on Graduate Study (1947-1960), Graduate Council Minutes (1960-2005), and Graduate Faculty Minutes (1960-1999).

Biographical/Historical Note

At the behest of the faculty, President Davies created the Committee on Graduate Study in 1947. The committee was instructed to study all questions pertaining to the possibility and plausibility of offering graduate work at the college, and to make recommendations to the faculty. In 1949, the committee was given the additional responsibility of assisting faculty with matters of research and writing. The committee's duties were spelled out more precisely in 1955 when it was instructed to determine the need for graduate and professional programs, the ability of the college to meet those needs, the national trends in graduate study at teacher training institutions, and the impact of higher education elsewhere in Wisconsin on the development of a graduate program at Eau Claire.

At the committee's suggestion President Davies replaced the Committee on Graduate Studies in 1958 with the Graduate Council. A body advisory to the Dean of Graduate Studies and University Research, the Council sets policies and makes recommendations for the graduate program, studies nationwide trends, demands and needs for higher education, and evaluates the impact on the graduate program of recommendations made by administrators and faculty. In addition to maintaining the duties formerly held by the Committee on Graduate Study, the council establishes regulations governing advanced work, determines criteria for selection of instructors, and approves curricular offerings as part of the graduate program.

Content Description

This collection is split into two series. Series one is the Graduate Council Minutes (1947-2005), including the minutes of the Committee on Graduate Study (1947-1960), the predecessor of the Graduate Council, Graduate Council Minutes (1960-2005), and Graduate Council member lists, 1960-1997. Series two is the Graduate Faculty Minutes (1960-1999), also including a graduate faculty roster, 1967-1968; list of graduate faculty secretaries, 1960-1984; memo about Wisconsin Open Meetings Law, 1974; and an index to graduate faculty minutes, 1960-1968. Series arrangement is chronological.

Related Collections

  • AS 59: University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Graduate Studies and University Research Publications, 1961–continuing
  • AS 209: Historical Records of the Graduate School, 1948–1968
  • AS 523: University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Graduate Studies and University Research Graduate Catalogue, 1963–2017
  • AS 539: Graduate Course Syllabi, 1947–continuing
  • A History of Graduate Education at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, by James W. Oberly, 1988 (LD6090 .A626 1988)

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information: Transferred to the University Archives by Graduate Studies in October 1987 (photocopies of minutes Sept. 1961–Oct. 1986). 3 records center cartons added October 2013 (originals of minutes 1963–2005).

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public.

Use Restrictions: Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright owned by the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.

Processing Note: Additions processed by Julie Hatfield, March 2022.

Arrangement: by series.

OCLC #: 20059675

Subjects

Corporate Names:

University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire—School of Graduate Studies—Graduate Council.

Subject Terms:

University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire—Graduate Work.
Education, Higher—Wisconsin—Eau Claire.
Minutes.

Geographical Terms:

Eau Claire, Wis.

Detailed List of Contents

Series 1: Graduate Council Minutes
Dates: 1947–2005
Extent: 1.6 linear feet (4 archives boxes)

Container

Contents

Dates

Box/Folder

1/1

Committee on Graduate Study Minutes

1947–1960

1/2

Graduate Council Minutes

Dec. 1960 – Dec. 1962

1/3

Scattered Graduate Council Minutes (photocopies of these pages are integrated into folder 4)

1963–1964

1/4

Graduate Council Minutes

Jan. 1963 – May 1965

1/5

Graduate Council Minutes

July 1965 – July 1967

1/6

Graduate Council Minutes

Sept. 1967 – March 1968

2/1

Graduate Council Minutes

March 1968 – Aug. 1968

2/2

Graduate Council Minutes

Sept. 1968 – May 1969

2/3

Graduate Council Minutes

June 1969 – Oct. 1970

2/4

Graduate Council Minutes

Nov. 1970 – March 1972

2/5

Graduate Council Minutes

March 1972 – July 1973

2/6

Graduate Council Minutes

Sept. 1973 – June 1975

3/1

Graduate Council Minutes

Sept. 1975 – April 1976

3/2

Graduate Council Minutes

July 1976 – Feb. 1978

3/3

Graduate Council Minutes

March 1978 – Nov. 1980

3/4

Graduate Council Minutes

Dec. 1980 – May 1981

3/5

Graduate Council Minutes

Sept. 1981 – Dec. 1982

3/6

Graduate Council Minutes

Feb. 1983 – Aug. 1985

3/7

Graduate Council Minutes

Sept. 1985 – April 1987

4/1

Graduate Council Minutes

May 1987 – March 1989

4/2

Graduate Council Minutes

April 1989 – May 1990

4/3

Graduate Council Minutes

Sept. 1990 – May 1996

4/4

Graduate Council Minutes

Oct. 1996 – May 2001

4/5

Graduate Council Minutes

Sept. 2001 – Oct. 2005

4/6

Graduate Council Member Lists

1960-1997


Series 2: Graduate Faculty Minutes

Dates: 1960–1999

Extent: 0.4 linear feet (1 archives box)

Container

Contents

Dates

Box/Folder

5/1

Graduate Faculty Minutes

Nov. 1960 – April 1966

5/2

Graduate Faculty Minutes

Sept. 1966 – April 1968

5/3

Graduate Faculty Minutes

May 1968 – Nov. 1970

5/4

Graduate Faculty Minutes

Dec. 1970 – Dec. 1975

5/5

Graduate Faculty Minutes

March 1976 – March 1982

5/6

Graduate Faculty Minutes

May 1982 – April 1999

5/7

Graduate Faculty Roster, 1967–’68; List of Graduate Faculty Secretaries, 1960–’84; Memo about WI Open Meetings Law, 1974

1967–1984

5/8

Index to Graduate Faculty Minutes

1960–1968