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Higher Education

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Academic Affairs – Committee Reports Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0003
Scope and Contents

This collection was reprocessed but kept with as much original order as possible. This means keeping the original alphabetic order of the committee reports. This collection contains several committee reports dealing with campus affairs in the early part of the university’s history. It specifically includes academic planning, proposals for masters’ programs, and committee meeting minutes and memos.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1970-1975

Board of Regents Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0001
Scope and Contents This collection was reprossed in August and September 2023.Executive Director's Report of the Illinois Board of Regents (1969-1995). The executive director's report contains budget information, new programs, staff analysis of university reports, legal information, and background data for Board meetings. Chancellor's Reports of the Illinois Board of Regents (1984-1995). The chancellor's reports contain budget information, new programs, staff analysis of university reports, legal...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1967-1995

Christopher Breiseth Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0002
Scope and Contents This collection contains material relating to Christopher Breiseth's work at Sangamon State University and his work with various community action organizations. The collection is divided into six series: Community Action Program Mission Notebooks and Reports, Community Action Program Reference Files, ‘The War on Poverty’ Publications, Springfield Urban League, Sangamon State University, and Correspondence.Series I: Community Action Program Mission Notebooks and Reports,...
Dates: 1964-1984

Council on Student Services, Campus & Community Affairs Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0012
Scope and Contents

Records of the Council on Student Services (1971-72) and its successor, the Council on Campus & Community Affairs (1972-74) includes agendas, minutes, reports, announcements, memos, and correspondence. Subjects documented include student welfare, athletics, entertainment, student fees, housing, orientation, and bus services.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1971-1975

G. Ernst Giesecke Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0011
Scope and Contents This collection contains notes, published works, speeches, correspondence, memoranda, course material, meeting minutes, and one audio tape relating to Giesecke’s career in academia. Series I: Higher Education, 1948-1976, consists of material relating to the state of higher education in the United States, university administration, reform of university policies and educational programs, and unrest on university campuses. Divided into three sub-series: Trinity College Degree...
Dates: 1937-1983

Illinois Higher Education Reports and Documents Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0002
Scope and Contents This collection was reprocessed in August 2023.The material in this collection came from the original collection of “Sangamon State University Major Reports and Documents, 1963-1995” Original order has mostly been maintained, though some documents that were published in other areas were removed as they were determined to be redundant. This collection contains major reports and documents concerning the need for a senior university in Springfield as well as...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1945-1995

NCACSS Accreditation Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0068
Scope and Contents

The Accreditation by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (NCACSS) contains self-study reports as well as reports of NCACSS-appointed visiting teams. It also includes memos, history, status, and project status of the institution.

The collection is primarily in reverse chronological order with other reports added in which are mostly in alphabetically by office of origin.

Dates: 1972-1982

President’s Office – Annabelle Patton subject files

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0034
Dates: Majority of material found within 1969-1974

President's Office - Board of Regents files

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0036
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, reports. Correspondence includes interaction between President Robert Spencer and the Board of Regents regarding student fees, campus competition, response to NCA Evaluation teams and accreditation of SSU. Meeting minutes include Board of Regents meetings that pertain to SSU and NIU. Memoranda from President Spencer to include the following: Wilber Moulton, Board of Regents, Edith Terwilliger and individual board members....
Dates: Majority of material found within 1968-1977

President’s Office – Illinois Board of Higher Education records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0043
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials sent to the President’s office from the Illinois Board of Higher Education. It includes minutes, agendas, executive director reports, memos, and presidential annotations. It should be noted that because of how the collection was originally processed and split, some of the meeting minutes are separated into different boxes.The collection has three series. The first series is meeting notes, agendas, and items relating to the meetings. The second...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1968-1984