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University Relations – Office Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0072

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the records of the Office of University Relations at the time of transfer. This includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, and office records relating to commencement, colleges, and universities, local businesses, governance committees, councils, and the University Assembly, the Governance Workshop (May 8-9, 1970), State of Illinois departments and commissions, printing, salaries, inter-office memos, job applications, land and area planning, law school, ground breaking, special events, university week, the Illinois Board of Higher Education, The Illinois Board of Regents, Springfield organizations and clubs, the Springfield Area Arts Council, and other university materials.

This collection has the following series: Series One: Business and Civic Organizations – Information and Correspondence. Series Two: Colleges and Universities - Information and Correspondence Series Three: Committee Records, Working Papers, and Memos Series Fours: Memos and Letters Series Five: Working Papers Series Six: Publicity Series Seven: State of Illinois Series Eight: Public Information

Notes about series: 1: Apart from series eight, the material within each series is in alphabetical order. 2: Series Seven, State of Illinois was split in to multiple boxes before the time of reprocessing.

Dates

  • 1961-1985

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

One of the original departments on campus, University Relations handled things like press releases, communication between the community and campus as well as communication to the campus from the office of the president. Currently, these types of media are handled by the Office of Media Strategy.

Extent

7.75 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

Transferred to the Archives by Mary Lou Speaks on May 20, 1974.

Related Materials

UA 0071 - University Relations - Office Records UA 0073 - University Relations - Office Records

Property Rights

UIS owns the property rights to this collection.

Processing Information

This collection was reprocessed in October and November 2024. The order was kept was close to the original as possible.

Title
Finding Aid to the University Relations – Office 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

Contact:
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520