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Sangamon State University

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 117 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Sipe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0024
Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Robert Sipe relating to his time as a professor of Work, Culture, and Society at Sangamon State University. It includes syllabi, brochures, and course planning material related to the Work, Culture, and Society program and correspondence and planning material for the Studies in Social Change program. There are two 16mm films related to the building of geodesic domes, one of which Sipe and his students built on campus in Spring 1973. Arranged...
Dates: 1973-1984

Ron Sakolsky Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0022
Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Ron Sakolsky relating to his time as a professor of Public Administration at Sangamon State University (later University of Illinois-Springfield) and his community activism. It includes correspondence, newsletters, notes, meeting minutes, and guides relating to healthcare, legal services, government, and housing in Springfield, IL, artwork, and syllabi, readings, and correspondence relating to his time in academia, notably printouts of emails...
Dates: 1971-1997

Sabbatical Leave Request Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA0101
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the Sabbatical Leave Committee minutes, memoranda, and proposal synopses, and applicant's proposal requests, references and memoranda. Documents the Committee's decisions regarding the granting of sabbaticals for the 1981-1982 academic year, and applicant's proposals.

Dates: 1979-1982

Self-Study Reports Submitted to North Central Association

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0057
Scope and Contents This collection contains the self-study reports that were prepared by the presidentially appointed North Central Association (NCA). It also includes NCA visitation team reports and the SSU produced Agenda for Action report which the 1974 review of SSU’s NCA self-study report of the same year.This collection deals with reports, working papers, questionnaires, fact sheets, and reference material in the university’s dealings with the NCA.There are three series, One, the...
Dates: 1969-1978

Semiannual Personal Listings

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0124
Scope and Contents

Each volume lists SSU administrators, faculty and staff members. Also listed are rank, position title, highest degree earned, monthly salary starting date, full or part-time employment and the number of months in contract as well as distribution of administrators and faculty members in various divisions, offices, and programs of the University.

Dates: 1971-1979

Strategic Planning Task Force Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0054
Scope and Contents

The collection contains information about SSU as well as descriptions of facilities both in use and needed, assessments of library holdings, and notes about student credit hours. It also contains meeting meetings for the Board of Regents, Committee of the Whole notes, and memos. There are also SSU program responses to the Task Force recommendations.

The collection is arranged mostly by department.

Dates: 1982-1993

Strategic Planning Task Force Working Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0055
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the minutes and working papers of the Strategic Planning Task Force. It also consists of workshops and retreat workings. This collection also contains notes and minutes pertaining to the colloquia “The Future of the University 2000” which were held in 1990 and 1991. The collection also includes one video cassette.

Dates: 1990-1992

University Assembly – Bills and Resolutions

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0007
Scope and Contents

This collection includes master lists of bills, items relating to committees, and bills themselves.

Series one: First Assembly Series two: Second Assembly Series three: Third Assembly Series four: Fourth Assembly Series five: Fifth Assembly Series six: Various Assemblies

Dates: Majority of material found within 1971-1992

University Assembly - Constitutional Convention Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0013
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...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1970-1975

University Assembly – Council on Academic Affairs

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0008
Scope and Contents

These papers include agendas, minutes, reports, memos, and correspondence. These papers relate to the early days of SSU/UIS. Subjects documented include advising, student recruitment, admissions policies, graduation requirements, development of programs, library policies, faculty evaluation and physical planning.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1970-1975