University Assembly - Constitutional Convention Records
Scope and Contents
The Constitutional Convention 1973-74 and SSU Constitution 1975 files include: documents, memoranda, and correspondence. Included are drafts for Faculty Bill of Rights, Constitution, powers, and responsibilities of the University Governance Structure. Memoranda are from President Robert Spencer and convention members of the University Assembly.
This material contains the first constitution of this university. It defines membership in the university community, components of the Governance System, the university governance process and the relationship between governance and administration. Material is arranged chronologically
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1970-1975
Creator
- University Assembly (Person)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the University of Illinois- Springfield (UIS)
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by UIS.
History
Not much is known about the background of this collection. The restructuring of the constitution of the university (at the time, Sangamon State University (SSU)) fell to the University Assembly.
Extent
.75 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
The collection was acquired on November 25, 1974
Property Rights
UIS owns the property rights to this collection.
Processing Information
This collection was reprocessed in October 2023. Original order was kept as much as possible.
Creator
- University Assembly (Person)
Source
- University Assembly (Person)
- Sangamon State University (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the University Assembly - Constitutional Convention Records
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository
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