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CC-17 Faculty Records

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Collection Description

CC-17 Faculty Records is a compilation collection consisting of faculty/committee correspondence, minutes, reports, policy statements, self-studies and other miscellaneous materials. Only the minutes of the faculty have survived virtually intact from 1860 (previous minutes were lost in the great Danville fire of 1860) and constitute the most important and most informative series in this collection. Together with the minutes of the Board of Trustees, they are without doubt the most vital records of the College. Also of interest are the minutes and reports of Council III (Curriculum) for their deliberations over the significant curriculum changes in the late 1960's; which concern co-ed residences and visitation policies, fraternity hazing, drugs and alcohol, counseling services, and student rights in general.

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Collection Inventory

CC-17.1 Miscellaneous
Series A Correspondence

  • Folder 1 Correspondence; miscellaneous faculty members, undated and dated 1840-1884
  • Folder 2 Correspondence; miscellaneous faculty members, 1887-1927
  • Folder 3 Correspondence; miscellaneous faculty members, 1949-1971

Series B Miscellaneous Faculty Reports

This box contains miscellaneous faculty and committee reports and policy statements, undated, and dated from 1941-1981. These reports cover such topics as tenure and faculty research grants, and are arranged only in a rough chronological order.

  • Folder 1 Miscellaneous reports by the faculty to the Board of Trustees, undated and dated, 1824-1903
  • Folder 2 Miscellaneous reports by faculty departments, undated, and dated, 1884-1888
  • Folder 3 Miscellaneous reports by faculty departments, 1904, 1915-1916
  • Folder 4 Victor W. Sease
  • Folder 4 Faculty Luncheon Club, miscellaneous material, undated, and dated 1969-1975

Series C General

  • Folder 1 Miscellaneous faculty material, including faculty oaths of office, 1870-1960
  • Folder 2 Faculty lists
  • Folder 3 Program committees

Series D Cooperative Study in General/Self-Study Education

This series contains various reports, summaries, correspondence, course objectives, and self-study materials concerning an intensive self-study in general education undertaken by Centre. The project was organized in cooperation with the American Council on Education and in conjunction with the University of Chicago. Dates are approximately 1937 to 1945. The series remains unarranged.

Series E Faculty By-laws, Handbooks, Etc.

  • Folder 1 Miscellaneous material, dated 1956-1960
  • Folder 2 Miscellaneous faculty handbooks
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CC-17.2 College Council/Faculty
Series A Minutes of Faculty/Council/Committees

  • Folder 1 Miscellaneous faculty minutes and resolutions
  • Folder 2 Miscellaneous faculty minutes, notices, reports, etc., 1999-2001
  • Volume 1 Faculty Minutes 1860-1876 (mss. and typescript)
  • Volume 2 Faculty minutes, 1876-1888; also includes standing orders for 1876-1886; plot map of Centre; schedule of recitations, September 1879-February 1880; schedule of studies, 1877-1878; chapel disorders, 1877-1878 (mss. and typescript)
  • Volume 3 Faculty minutes, 1888-1901 (mss. and typescript)
  • Volume 4 Faculty minutes, 1901-1909 (mss. and typescript)
  • Volume 5 Faculty minutes, 1909-1914
  • Volume 6 Faculty minutes, 1914-1920 (in folder)
  • Volume 7 Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1920-1942
  • Volume 8 Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1942-1956
  • Volume 9 Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1956-1961
  • Volume 10 Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1961-1967
  • Volume 11 Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1967-1970
  • Volume 12 Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1970-1974
  • Volume 13 Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1974-1978
  • Volume 14 Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1978-1981
  • Volume 15 Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1981-1983
  • Volume 16 Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1983-1985
  • Volume 17 Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1985-1988
  • Volume 18 Faculty/Council/Committee minutes, 1988-1990
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CC-17.3 Standing Committees
Series A Miscellaneous

  • Folder 1 Council V (Student Affairs)

This contains minutes, reports, correspondence, clippings, surveys, questionnaires, and other miscellaneous materials concerning student life and student affairs in general, and this Council's business in particular. The Council tackled such issues as: co-ed residences and visitation policies; fraternity hazing; drugs and alcohol; counseling services; and student rights in general. The collection includes policy statements from several other colleges concerning such issues as co-ed residences. Materials cover the period 1945 to 1974, through the bulk of the material dates from 1968 to 1972 and concerns Council IV activities. The material is unorganized.

Series B Executive Committee

  • Folder 1 Miscellaneous material, undated, and dated 1980-1983
  • Volume 1 1982-1983
  • Volume 2 1983-1984
  • Volume 3 1984-1985
  • Volume 4 1985-1986
  • Volume 5 1986-1987

See also: CC-2.4A Thomas A. Spragens Papers

Series C Admissions, Financial Aid/Scholarships

  • Folder 1 Miscellaneous material, dated 1949-1960
  • Folder 2 Minutes, reports, dated 1968-1986
  • Folder 3 Miscellaneous material concerning freshmen orientation, Aug. 1976-Aug. 1981

Series D Athletics and Recreation

  • Folder 1 Miscellaneous material, undated, dated 1956-1982

Series E Computer Services

  • Currently empty

Series F Curriculum Committee

  • Folder 1 1950's
  • Folder 2 1960's
  • Folder 3 1970's
  • Folder 4 1971
  • Folder 5 1972
  • Folder 6 1973-1974
  • Folder 7 1975
  • Folder 8 1976-1977
  • Folder 9 1978-1979
  • Folder 10 1981-1985
  • Folder 11 1986
  • Folder 12 1987
  • Folder 13 1987-1988
  • Folder 14 1988
  • Folder 15 Committee on Grading, undated, and dated 1967-1971

Series G Evaluation

  • Folder 1 Miscellaneous material, dated 1974-1985

Series H Honors and Prizes

  • Folder 1 Minutes and miscellaneous material, dated 1976-1989

Series I Library and Bookstore

  • Folder 1 Minutes, dated Oct. 3, 1973 - Nov. 11, 1981

Series J Teacher Evaluation

  • Currently empty

Series K Tenure

  • Folder 1 Miscellaneous material, dated 1975-1991

Series L International Studies

  • Folder 1 Minutes, 1989-1991
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CC-17.4 Special Committees
Series A Presidential Search Committee

  • Folder 1 Miscellaneous material, undated, and dated 1988-1989

Series B Intellectual Climate Committee

  • Folder 1 Miscellaneous material, undated
  • Folder 2 Miscellaneous material, dated 1982-1989
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Last updated October 15, 2009