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University of Utah Provost's Office records, 1962-1973
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- University of Utah. Provost's Office
- Title
- University of Utah Provost's Office records
- Dates
- 1962-1973 (inclusive)19621973
- Quantity
- 7 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Acc0227
- Summary
- Between 1962 and 1973, the Provost was the chief academic officer of the University of Utah. The Provost reported directly to the President and supervised the Academic Vice President, the Medical Affairs Vice President, the Research Vice President, and the Dean of Students. In 1973 the position of Provost was abolished in a general administrative reorganization. During the period covered by these records, Sterling M. McMurrin (1962-1965), Alfred C. Emery (1965-1968), and Thomas C. King (1968-1973) served as Provost. This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports to and from the office of the Provost. Principal subjects discussed are budgets, faculty, academic matters, and long-range planning. Included is correspondence between the Provost's office and individual colleges, departments, and academic centers.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports to and from the office of the Provost. Principal subjects discussed are budgets, faculty, academic matters, and long-range planning. Included is correspondence between the Provost's office and individual colleges, departments, and academic centers.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: University of Utah Provost's Office records, Acc. 227, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following Citations:Acc. 227.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This collection is divided into twelve series. The material is arranged alphabetically within each series.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
BudgetsReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 1
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1-11 to 2/1-3 | Correspondence, Reports and Statistics |
1966-1971 |
| 2/4 | Budget Office |
1966-1968 |
Education: Utah System of Higher EducationReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 2
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/5 | Conference on Education, Governor's |
1965 |
| 2/6 | State Legislature |
1969 |
| 2/7-11 | Coordinating Council |
1966-1968 |
| 2/12 | Continuing Education |
1968 |
| 2/13 | Contracts |
1968-1969 |
| 2/14 | Meetings - Staff |
1968-1969 |
| 2/15 | Rampton's Speech on Tenure |
1970 |
FacultyReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 3
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/16 | Correspondence - Miscellaneous |
1967-1972 |
| 2/17 | Darnton, Donald C. |
1969-1973 |
| 2/18 | Evans and Sutherland |
1968-1971 |
| 3/1 | Gordan, Victor M. |
1970 |
| 3/2 | Jones, Earl |
1969 |
| 3/3 | King, Thomas C. |
1970-1973 |
| 3/4 | Mecham, L. R. |
1968-1969 |
| 3/5 | Parker, C. A. |
1970-1973 |
| 3/6 | President's Office |
1970-1972 |
| 3/7 | Whitney, H. |
1969-1970 |
| 3/8 | Chairs - Professional |
1965-1971 |
| 3/9-10 | Committees |
1965-1973 |
| 3/11 | Deans' Council |
1966-1968 |
Vice PresidentsReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 4
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/12 | Administration |
1970-1971 |
| 3/13 | Academic Vice President - P. A. Garcia |
1972 |
| 3/14 | Economic and Community Development Vice President |
1968-1973 |
| 3/15 | Financial Affairs Vice President |
1969-1972 |
| 3/16 | Research Vice President |
1970-1973 |
| 3/17 | Special Projects Vice President |
1968-1973 |
| 3/18 | Student Affairs Vice President |
1970-1972 |
University OfficesReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 5
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/19 | Administrative Review |
1971-1972 |
| 3/20 | Athletics |
1970-1972 |
| 3/21 | Admissions and Registration |
1969-1971 |
| 3/22 | Attorney General |
1967-1969 |
| 4/1 | Bookstore |
1970-1972 |
| 4/2 | Controller |
1969-1972 |
| 4/3 | Credit Union |
1969 |
| 4/4 | Financial Aids and Scholarships |
1968-1972 |
| 4/5-7 | Library |
1966-1972 |
| 4/8 | Park Building Bulletin |
1970-1972 |
| 4/9 | Parking and Traffic |
1968-1972 |
| 4/10 | Personnel |
1969-1972 |
| 4/11 | Public Relations |
1969-1972 |
| 4/12 | Security |
1968-1971 |
| 4/13 | Telephones |
1968-1972 |
| 4/14 | Travel |
1967-1973 |
| 4/15 | Union Building |
1968-1973 |
Special Programs and CentersReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 6
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/16 | Affirmative Action |
1970-1973 |
| 4/17 | Ballet West |
1969 |
| 4/18 | Bureau of Economic and Business Research |
1968-1969 |
| 4/19 | Center to Improve Learning and Instruction |
1971-1973 |
| 5/1 | Center for the Study of Social Problems |
1969-1972 |
| 5/2 | Chicano Mobile Institute |
1972 |
| 5/3-4 | Computer Center |
1968-1970 |
| 5/5 | KUED and KUER |
1968-1969 |
| 5/6 | Middle East Center |
1968-1971 |
| 5/7 | Museum of Natural History |
1968-1970 |
| 5/8 | Pioneer Memorial Theater |
1968-1970 |
| 5/9 | Sociology, Geography, and Education Development Center |
1872-1973 |
| 5/10 | Utah Geological Survey |
1968-1972 |
| 5/11 | Utah Museum of Fine Arts |
1972 |
| 5/12 | Western Center for Alcoholism |
1971 |
| 5/13 | Women's Resource Center |
1971 |
University General FilesReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 7
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5/14 | Associated Students of the University of Utah (A.S.U.U.) |
1968-1969 |
| 5/15 | Board of Health |
1967-1973 |
| 5/16 | Buildings |
1968-1973 |
| 5/17-18 | Campus Disorders |
1968-1970 |
| 5/19 | Carlson Hall |
1970-1971 |
| 5/20 | Challenge Week |
1969-1971 |
| 5/21 | Community-Related Committees |
1966-1971 |
| 5/22 | Conflict of Interest |
1968-1972 |
| 6/1 | Course Evaluations |
1968-1972 |
| 6/2 |
Daily Utah Chronicle
|
1969-1973 |
| 6/3 | Dean of Students |
1968-1970 |
| 6/4 | Development Foundation |
1968-1973 |
| 6/5 | Division of Continuing Education |
1969-1972 |
| 6/6 | Dugway Contract |
1965-1969 |
| 6/7-8 | Fort Douglas |
1968-1972 |
| 6/9 | Fraternities |
1968-1972 |
| 6/10 | Governor's Office |
1970-1971 |
| 6/11 | Honors Program |
1962-1966 |
| 6/12-13 | Honorary Degrees |
1968-1971 |
| 6/14 | Indian Affairs |
1968-1971 |
| 6/15 | Kettering Laboratory |
1969 |
| 6/16 | Kistler Glass Fund |
1963-1971 |
| 6/17 | Legal Matters |
1969-1971 |
| 6/18 | Long-Range Planning |
1968-1970 |
| 6/19 | Medical Towers |
1971 |
| 6/20-21 to 7/1 | Minority Programs |
1968-1973 |
| 7/2 | Miscellaneous |
1968-1973 |
| 7/3 | Nagoya Project |
1971-1973 |
| 7/4 | NDEA Fellowships |
1962-1966 |
| 7/5 | Notices to Deans and Department Chairmen |
1968-1972 |
| 7/6 | Orientation |
1968-1970 |
| 7/7 | Provost's Seminar |
1970-1971 |
| 7/8 | Rock Stomps |
1971 |
| 7/9 | Rubin, Jerry |
1970 |
| 7/10 | Science Development Proposals |
1968-1970 |
| 7/11 | Selective Growth |
1972 |
| 7/12 | Small Class Enrollment |
1967-1968 |
| 7/13 | State Board of Higher Education |
1969-1971 |
| 7/14 | Dean of Students |
1969-1972 |
| 7/15-16 | Students |
1968-1972 |
| 7/17-18 | Students - Sinha N. C.
(Folders 17-18 is restricted.)
|
1965-1969 |
| 8/1 | Students for a Democratic Society (S.D.S.) |
1968-1970 |
| 8/2 | Time and Efforts Reports |
1968-1969 |
| 8/3 | Tuition |
1968-1969 |
| 8/4 | Upper Air Research Transfer to Utah State University |
1970 |
| 8/5 | Veterens' Administration Hospital |
1966-1971 |
Colleges, 1968-1973Return to Top
Container(s): Series 8
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8/6 | Business |
|
| 8/7 | Education, Graduate School of |
|
| 8/8 | Engineering |
|
| 8/9 | Fine Arts |
|
| 8/10 | Graduate School |
|
| 8/11 | Health and Physical Education |
|
| 8/12 | Law |
|
| 8/13 | Letters and Science |
|
| 8/14 | Mines and Mineral Industry |
|
| 8/15-16 | Mines and Engineering Merger |
|
| 8/17 | Nursing |
|
| 8/18 | Pharmacy |
|
| 8/19 | Social and Behavorial Science |
|
| 8/20 | Social Work, Graduate School of |
|
| 8/21 | Department Development |
Departments, 1968-1973Return to Top
Container(s): Series 9
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 9/1 | Art and Architecture - Ballet |
|
| 9/2 | Biology |
|
| 9/3 | C-E (Miscellaneous) |
|
| 9/4 | Geological and Geophysical Sciences |
|
| 9/5 | Journalism |
|
| 9/6 | Materials Science |
|
| 9/7 | M (Miscellaneius) |
|
| 9/8 | Meteorology |
|
| 9/9 | N-P (Miscellaneous) |
|
| 9/10 | Physics |
|
| 9/11 | R-T (Miscellaneous) |
College of MedicineReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 10
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 9/12-14 to 10/1 | Correspondence |
1967-1973 |
| 10/2 | Admissions |
1969-1973 |
| 10/3 | Allied Health Sciences |
1969-1970 |
| 10/4 | Artificial Heart Test and Evaluation Facility |
1969-1972 |
| 10/5 | Health Services |
1969-1973 |
| 10/6-7 | Intermountain Regional Medical Program |
1969-1973 |
| 10/8 | Medical Sciences Library |
1969-1973 |
| 10/9 | Miscellaneous |
1968-1972 |
| 10/10-11 | Search Committee - Dean of Medicine
(Folders 10-11 are restricted.)
|
1968 |
| 10/12-13 | Search Committee - Miscellaneous Candidates
(Folders 12-13 are restricted.)
|
1972 |
| 10/14 | University Hospital |
1968-1973 |
Sterling M. McMurrinReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 11
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 11/1-2 | Correspondence |
1965-1966 |
| 11/3 | Sandy, Frank E. |
1962-1966 |
Long-Range Planning and Task Forces, 1965-1968, 1971-1972Return to Top
Container(s): Series 12
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 12/1-4 | General |
|
| 12/5-6 | College of Business |
|
| 12/7-8 | College of Education |
|
| 12/9 | College of Engineering |
|
| 12/10-12 | College of Fine Arts |
|
| 12/13 | College of Law |
|
| 12/14 | College of Letters and Science - General |
|
| 12/15 | College of Letters and Science - Anthropology |
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| 12/16 | College of Letters and Science - Biology |
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| 12/17 | College of Letters and Science - Botany |
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| 12/18 | College of Letters and Science - Chemistry |
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| 13/1 | College of Letters and Science - English |
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| 13/2 | College of Letters and Science - Geography |
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| 13/3 | College of Letters and Science - History |
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| 13/4 | College of Letters and Science - Humanities |
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| 13/5 | College of Letters and Science - Honors Program |
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| 13/6 | College of Letters and Science - Journalism |
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| 13/7 | College of Letters and Science - Languages |
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| 13/8 | College of Letters and Science - Mathematics |
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| 13/9 | College of Letters and Science - Military Relations |
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| 13/10 | College of Letters and Science - Molecular and Genetic Biology |
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| 13/11 | College of Letters and Science - Philosophy |
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| 13/12 | College of Letters and Science - Physics |
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| 13/13 | College of Letters and Science - Political Science |
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| 13/14 | College of Letters and Science - Psychology |
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| 13/15 | College of Letters and Science - Speech |
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| 13/16 | College of Letters and Science - Speech Pathology and Audiology |
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| 13/17 | College of Letters and Science - Sociology |
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| 13/18 | College of Letters and Science - Zoology and Entomology |
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| 13/19 | Library Science |
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| 14/1-2 | Mines and Mineral Industries |
|
| 14/3 | College of Nursing |
|
| 14/4 | College of Pharmacy |
|
| 14/5 | Graduate School of Social Work |
|
| 14/6 | Task Force - General Summary |
1971-1972 |
| 14/7 | Task Force - Academic Sacred Cows |
1971-1972 |
| 14/8 | Task Force - Community Relations |
1971 |
| 14/9 | Task Force - Experimental Colleges |
1971 |
| 14/10 | Task Force - External Degree |
1971-1972 |
| 14/11 | Task Force - Freshman Year |
1971-1972 |
| 14/12 | Task Force - Internal Relations |
1971-1972 |
| 14/13 | Task Force - Jobs for Credit and Money |
1971 |
| 14/14 | Task Force - Needs of the Economically Underprivileged |
1971 |
| 14/15-16 | Task Force - Reward Systems |
1971 |
| 14/17-19 | Task Force - Teacher-Learner Relationship |
1971 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Educational planning--Utah
- Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources
Personal Names
- Emery, Alfred C., 1919-
- King, Thomas C., 1928-
- McMurrin, Sterling M.
Corporate Names
- University of Utah--Administration
- University of Utah--Archives
- University of Utah--Faculty
- University of Utah--Finance
- University of Utah--Planning
Form or Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Memorandums
- Reports
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