Descriptive Summary

Title: Department and Academic Program Annual Reports, 1874-

Collection Number: 1000-15

Creator: Office of Academic Affairs (1988-).

Extent: 11 Paige boxes (12.1 cu. ft.).

Abstract: Annual reports of academic departments, programs and academic divisions of the university.

Administrative Information

Provenance: Collected by the Provost and later the Vice President of Academic Affairs.

Preferred Citation: [Item], Collection 1000-15, Special Collections & Archives, Olin Library, Wesleyan University, Middletown CT.

Publication Rights: All rights reside with the repository. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections & Archives.

Processed by: Jeffrey Makala, 2000. Updated by Valerie Gillispie, February 2007.

Scope and Contents Note

Annual reports of academic departments and interdisciplinary academic programs of Wesleyan University and other academic divisions of the university that are supervised by the Office of Academic Affairs (e.g. the libraries or the Wesleyan University Press). Included in reports are annual discussions of curriculum, class size, staffing, faculty activities, department-sponsored events, milestones, and long-range planning concerns.

Related Materials

See also the University Archives Vertical File collection for documents concerning specific departments or individuals, and the collection of faculty meeting minutes. The Wesleyan University Bulletin (1888-1961) contains reports of departmental activities and individual accomplishments. The Annual Report of the President, the Treasurer, and the University Annual Report are also available for most years.

 

Contents List	Box
Series 1. Arranged alphabetically by department (incomplete) 1874-ca. 1980s.	1-3
Series 2. Arranged chronologically by year (complete), 1956-57 to present.	3-11

Container List

Series 1. Alphabetical, by department.

Box	Folder
1	1	African Studies Program, 1976-78, 1980-84
1	2	African-American Studies (Program and Center for), 1976-78, 1979-85, 1986-88
1	3	American Studies Program, 1967-68, 1969-79, 1980-85, 1986-88
1	4	Anthropology, 1967-85, 1986-88
1	5-7	Art (3 folders), 1959-78, 1979-85, 1986-88
1	8	Asian Languages and Literatures, 1967-69, 1975-78, 1979-85, 1986-88
1	9	Astronomy, 1959-85, 1986-88
		See also Mathematics dept.
1	10-12	Biology (3 folders), 1898-99, 1903-04, 1908-10, 1917-19, 1922-47, 1959-78, 1979-85, 1986-88
1	13	Career Planning Center, 1980-84, 1986-88
1	14	Center for Advanced Studies, 1961-62, 1963-65, 1966-69
1	15-16	Center for the Arts (2 folders), 1979-85, 1986-88
1	17-19	Center for the Humanities (3 folders), 1969-76, 1977-83, 1986-88
1	20-21	Chemistry (2 folders), 1874-75, 1886-87, 1891-92, 1893-94, 1898-99, 1902-04, 1908-10, 1921-22, 1963-85, 1986-88
1	22-24	Classics (3 folders)
		Latin Language and Literature, 1874-75
		Latin, 1903-04, 1908-10, 1931-32
		Greek, 1874-75, 1898-99, 1902-04, 1908-09
		Classics, 1934-35, 1936-37, 1938-63, 1966-85, 1986-87
1	25	College of Letters (folder 1 of 3), 1962-85, 1986-88

Box	Folder
2	1-2	College of Letters (folders 2-3 of 3), 1962-85, 1986-88
2	3	College of Social Studies, 1959-60, 1962-63, 1964-85, 1987-95
2	4	Computer Lab/Computing Center, 1962-63, 1964-65, 1967-72, 1973-82
2	5	Dance, 1986-88
		See also Theater dept.
2	6	Davison Art Center, 1954-55, 1967-78, 1979-85, 1986-88
2	7	Development, 1987-88
2	8	Earth and Environmental Science, 1973-85, 1986-88
2	9	East Asian Studies Program, 1973-74, 1975-80, 1981-83, 1984-85, 1986-88
2	10-11	Economics (2 folders), 1903-04, 1908-10, 1962-79, 1980-85, 1986-88
2	12	Educational Studies Program, 1972-82, 1983-85
2	13-14	English (2 folders), 1874-75, 1898-99, 1902-04, 1905-06, 1942-43, 1945-46, 1948-49, 1952-53, 1955-56, 1962-85, 1986-88
2	15	Writing Workshop, 1982-85, 1986-88
2	16	Geology, 1893-94, 1898-99, 1903-04, 1908-10, 1962-73
2	17-18	German (2 folders), 1906-07, 1916-37, 1938-51, 1953-55, 1958-61, 1962-66, 1967-88
2	19	Government, 1944-49, 1951-60, 1962-63, 1964-65, 1966-68, 1969-78, 1982-85, 1986-88
2	20	Health Service, 1967-78, 1979-85, 1987-88
2	21-22	History (2 folders), 1903-04, 1908-10, 1963-69, 1971-85, 1986-88
2	23	Institutional Research and Career Planning, 1971-80
2	24	Latin American Studies Program, 1970-73, 1974-79, 1980-85, 1986-88
2	25	Linguistics Program, 1967-69, 1970-85, 1986-88
2	26	Literature (Freshman Program in), 1971-76
2	27-28	Mathematics (2 folders), 1898-99 (includes Astronomy), 1962-70, 1971-84, 1986-87

Box	Folder
3	1	Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, 1984-85, 1986-87
3	2	Museum, 1936-40
3	3-5	Music (3 folders), 1959-78, 1979-85, 1986-88
3	6	Oral English Program, 1962-66, 1967-68
3	7	Philosophy, 1893-94, 1898-99, 1903-04, 1908-10, 1962-85, 1986-88
3	8-9	Physical Education (2 folders), 1962-85, 1986-88
3	10	Physics, 1893-94, 1898-99, 1903-04, 1908-10, 1962-85, 1986-88
3	11	Psychology, 1962-85, 1986-88
3	12	Public Affairs Center, 1953-54, 1964-65, 1967-71, 1972-73
3	13	Religion, 1962-85, 1986-88
3	14-16	Romance Languages and Literatures (3 folders), 1893-94, 1898-99, 1908-10, 1962-85, 1986-88
3	17	Russian, 1962-85, 1986-88
3	18	Science in Society, (College of) 1975-80, (Program in) 1980-85, 1986-88
3	19	Sociology, 1967-70, 1971-85, 1986-88
3	20	Speech and Speech Communication Program, 1970-76
3	21-22	Theater (2 folders), 1963-66, 1967-78, (Theater and Dance) 1979-85, 1986-88
3	23	Wesleyan University Press, 1957-58, 1962-67, 1968-80, 1981-82
3	24	Western Civilization Program, 1962-67
3	25	Women's Studies Program, 1980-85, 1986-88

Oversized documents

Box	Folder
4	1	English, 1893-94, 1898-99, 1908-10
4	2	German, 1908-10, 1911-12, 1914-16, 1917-18
4	3	Mathematics and Astronomy, 1874-75; Mathematics, 1908-10

Series 2. Chronological, by academic year.

Box	Folder
4	4-18	1956-57 through 1966-67
5	1-19	1967-68 through 1975-76 (1-2 of 3)
6	1-17	1975-76 (3 of 3) through 1981-82 (1 of 3)
7	1-17	1981-82 (2-3 of 3) through 1986-87 (1-3 of 4)
8	1-16	1986-87 (4 of 4) through 1990-91 (1-3 of 4)
9	1-17	1990-91 (4 of 4) through 1994-95 (1 of 5)
10	1-18	1994-95 (2-5 of 5) through 1997-98
11	1-11	1998-99 through 2004-2005