Title: Office of the President and Vice-Chancellor (U of A) fonds
Description: 189.16 m of textual records and other material - Fonds consists of these series: I Academic planning (1909-1972). Includes proposed courses and programs;wartime accelerated and rehabilitation courses, 1941-1948. II Administration (1909- 1990). Includes R.C. Wallace's memorandum on the needs and future of the University, 1936;day files, 1963-1990;and authorization for public use of the University's coat of arms, buildings, and facilities. III Affiliated institutions (1908-1989). Junior and denominational colleges, technical and agricultural schools. Includes the University of Alberta Hospital, of which the President was a member of the Board. IV Alumni (1914-1988). Includes fundraising activities. V Annual Report (1909-1966). VI Associations, clubs, organizations (1908-1989). The Presidents' personal memberships in University, city, provincial, national and international associations. Included are: Men's Faculty Club, 1913-1959;Science Association, 1929-1961;Edmonton Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce, 1914-1985;art and theatre groups, 1930-1961;Civil Defence Association, 1959-1963;Lord's Day Alliance, 1920-1937. VII Briefs and submissions (1929-1958). Royal Commissions on: Radio Broadcasting, 1929;Dominion-Provincial Relations, 1937-1939;National Development in Arts, Letters and Sciences, 1949;Canada's Economic Prospects, 1955- 1958. VIII Buildings, facilities, property (1910-1987). Includes property holdings;planning for individual buildings;consultants;and Nobbs and Hyde, architects. IX City of Edmonton (1909- 1989). Includes advisory committees for the Library, parks and high schools;Edmonton and Strathcona hospital boards. X Committees (1915-1990). Includes those devoted to academic and student matters, the President's Advisory Committee on Campus Reviews, the President's Advisory Committee on Sexual Harassment. XI Convocation and honorary degrees (1913-1987). Includes special convocations;installations of presidents. XII Financial administration (1911-1989). Includes Bursar, 1913-1961;foundations, fundraising, escheated estates;budgets. XIII Gifts to the University (1914-1976). Includes the beginning of the University's museum and art collections;grants from foundations. XIV Government of Alberta (1909-1989). Includes the Premier;Alberta Education;the Provincial Archives;Post- war Reconstruction Committee, 1943-1945;University Survey Committee, 1941;and ministers, departments, officers and advisory committees. XV Government of Canada (1909-1989). Includes wartime committees and boards, 1914-1918 and 1939-1945;Commission of Conservation, 1910-1921;RCMP surveillance on campus, 1977-1978. XVI National committees and awards (1929-1961). Includes the University's National Awards in Letters, Painting, Music and Related Arts;Canadian Pioneer Problems Committee, 1929-1933. XVII Personal (1910-1989). Includes memorabilia, news clippings, plaques, photograph albums, sound and video tapes;birthday and memorial tributes to Henry Marshall Tory;invitations to public events. XVIII Professional Examining Boards (1912-1989). The Boards are under the jurisdiction of the Alberta Universities Coordinating Council. The records include the President's correspondence regarding the results of examinations, certificates issued, and legislation governing the professions, 1906-1927. XIX Public affairs (1910-1970). Includes requests for information;public concern about export of Alberta fossils, 1912-1924;environmental issues;student and staff demonstrations against the city and provincial governments, 1968-1970;and anonymous letters to the President. XX Public relations (1948-1974). Includes speeches, Christmas greetings, and press releases;Friends of the University and Henry Marshall Tory Lecture series;special events on campus: Varsity Guest Weekend, Homecoming, and Jubilee celebrations. XXI Publications (1945-1990). Includes University of Alberta Press. XXII Research (1912-1990). Includes Alberta Research Council;National Research Council;grants from foundations;cancer research;oil sands research. XXIII Service departments (1909-1990). Includes the Library;Industrial Laboratories;Provincial Laboratory of Public Health;the Observatory;and Campus Security. XXIV Staff (1911-1989). Includes academic and non-academic staff;associations for collective bargaining;political activities of staff members. XXV Statutory authorities (1909-1989). Includes Board of Governors, Senate, General Faculties Council, Deans' Council, and committees of those bodies;legislation. XXVI Student affairs - Advisors (1914-1968). Includes reports and correspondence from the Provost, Dean of Women, and Dean of Men/Foreign Student Advisor;counselling services;discipline;health services. XXVII Student affairs - Associations, clubs (1908-1985). Includes Students' Union;Graduate Students' Association;fraternities and sororities, 1915-1985;denominational and departmental clubs. XXVIII Student affairs - Careers and placement (1912-1989). Includes President's references for students;inquiries regarding career choices. XXIX Student affairs - General (1910-1980). Includes inquiries, individual students;student unrest, 1968-1970. XXX Student affairs - International students (1945-1989). Formerly “foreign students.” Includes exchange agreements;refugee students;International Centre. XXXI Student affairs - Military education (1912-1968). Includes Khaki University, 1917-1921;Canadian Officers' Training Corps (COTC), 1912-1940;Western Universities Battalion, 1914-1922;University Air Squadron, 1941-1949;Wartime Bureau of Technical Personnel, 1941-1947. XXXII Student affairs - Registrar (1911-1989). The Registrar reported to the President on admissions, fees, statistics, inquiries, and student affairs committees. XXXIII Student affairs - Scholarships, awards, prizes (1911-1985). Includes Rhodes Scholarships, 1911-1985;student aid fund, 1914-1916. XXXIV Teaching faculties, schools, departments (1908-1990). Includes extension services and special sessions. XXXV Universities' affairs (1908-1988). Includes: individual universities;national associations;western universities associations (Presidents' Conferences, 1944-1970;Inter- Provincial Committee on University Rationalization (IPCUR), 1969-1972;Council of Western Canadian University Presidents (COWCUP), 1974- 1989);invitations to installations of presidents;Learned Societies conferences;cooperative programs. XXXVI University of Calgary (1911-1988). Includes Calgary College, 1911-1914;teachers' courses, 1912-1923;administrative records, 1950-1963. XXXVII Vice-Presidents (1967-1988). XXXVIII Visitors (1919-1971). Includes Western Canadian Universities Lecturers Exchange, 1920-1930;and royal visits.
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Subject: education;organizations;professional;
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Relevant Dates: 1908-1990
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