Vice-President George Cohen Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the effort to establish interdisciplinary degree programs at SSU. The material in these drafts has its final form in "Guide to Sangamon State University," SSU's first catalogue in the descriptions of four programs- Work, Leisure, Poverty and Power, Justice and the Social Order; Communication and Modern Technology; Man, and his Environment.
Dates
- 1969-1978
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
At the time of reprocessing not much is known about George Cohen other than he earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Columbia University in New York City and his B.A. from Yeshiva University. He was originally hired by Robert Spencer to be the Vice-President of Academic Affairs but sometime between SSU being formed in 1969 and its doors officially opening in 1970, Geroge Cohen was fired.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Transferred to the Archives between March 17, 1975 and July 17, 1999. The source of the papers is George Cohen’s former office.
Property Rights
UIS owns the property rights to this collection.
Processing Information
This collection was reprocessed in December 2025. The order was kept as close to the original as possible.
Source
- Cohen, George (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Vice-President George Cohen Papers
- 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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