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Series I: General Files, 1956-1986

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences records, 1910s-2020, bulk 1968-1983

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Series II: Records of the Dean, 1968-1986

The Office of the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) is the administrative center of the Graduate School. The Office mediates internal relationships between the Graduate School and other schools within the University, with other administrative units, and among departments within GSAS. The Office also negotiates the School's relationship with academia and the public. This series represents administrative activities of GSAS, including the Committee on Instruction, the University Senate, and fundraising for the Graduate School and for individual programs, such as Jewish Studies.

Subseries II.1: George K. Fraenkel, 1968-1986

This subseries is arranged in alphabetical order and in reverse chronological order within the folders. This series points to the fiscal troubles that faced the University in the 1970s and illustrates the Dean George K. Fraenkel's fundraising activities.

Atran Foundation, 1968 February-1976 December (2 folders), 1968


Box 15 Central Administration, 1970 November -1980 November (7 folders), 1970

Department Budget 1983-1984 Forms B-H, Ribbon, 1982 April -1982 July, 1983-1984, 1982

1982-1983 Forms A, 1982 March-1982 May, 1982-1983, 1982

Forms B-H, Ribbon, 1981 May -1982 February, 1981

1981-1982 Form A, 1981 January -1982 April, 1981-1982, 1981

Forms B-H, Ribbon, 1980 April -1981 May, 1980

1980-1981 Form A, 1979 November -1980 November, 1980-1981, 1979

Forms B-H, Ribbon, 1979 April -1979 May, 1979

1979-1980 Form A, 1979 March-1979 April, 1979-1980, 1979

Forms B-H, Ribbon, 1978 April -1979 January, 1978

General Education Program, 1972 November -1976 December (2 folders), 1972

General Studies, School of: Committee on Instruction, 1969 January -1985 April (3 folders), 1969

GSAS: Admissions and Student Questions, 1977 January -1985 June (4 folders), 1977

Financial Aid, 1981 May -1983 June (2 folders), 1981


Box 16 Financial Aid, 1968 January -1981 February(3 folders), 1968

Higgins Trust: External, 1972 April -1983 October (3 folders), 1972

General and Internal to Columbia, 1970 July -1984 June (5 folders), 1970

Institute Russian, 1962 September -1978 December (4 folders), 1962

Institutional Cooperation: General, 1969 October -1977 December (4 folders), 1969

International Affairs, School of, 1966 February-1976 December (3 folders), 1966

Language Laboratory, 1968 October -1972 June, 1968

New York State Education Department: Doctoral Council, 1973-March-June


Box 17 Doctoral Council, 1972 June -1973 February, 1972

Philosophy, Faculty of: Committee on Instruction, 1967 October -1972 December (2 folders), 1967

Physicians and Surgeons, College of, 1963 July -1975 July (4 folders), 1963

Political Science, Faculty of: Committee on Instruction, 1967 June -1979 March(3 folders), 1967

Premedical-Medical Education, 1971 May -1975 February, 1971

President, Office of the, 1968 September -1984 June (4 folders), 1968

President's Council of Deans, 1971 September -1975 June, 1971

Task Force on Resources, 1974 January -1975 February, 1974

Projects and Grants, Office of, 1980 March-1986 January (2 folders), 1980

Registrar, Office of the, 1969 January -1983 May (3 folders), 1969

Senate, University, 1985 January -1986 March(3 folders), 1985


Box 18 Senate, University, 1982 September -1984 December (2 folders), 1982

Committee on External Relations, 1975 September -1978 June (5 folders), 1975

Seven Springs Conference, 1977 March-1978 March(2 folders), 1977

Studies, Language and Area Centers, 1971 March-1972 December, 1971

Armenian, 1977 January -1981 April (5 folders), 1977

Hispanic, 1978 November -1981 September, 1978

Jewish, 1977 January -1984 June (9 folders), 1977


Box 19 Jewish, 1969 December -1976 December (3 folders), 1969

Assignments, 1977 March-1982 June, 1977

Baron Reception, 1979 March-May, 1979

Brochure, 1975 October -1977 February, 1975

Prospect Files, A-Z, (4 folders)

Oriental, 1961 August -1981 May, 1961

Summer Session, 1967 August -1977 March, 1967

Administrative Board, 1971 September -1978 February(2 folders), 1971

Teachers College, 1969 September -1985 April (3 folders), 1969

Psychology Doctoral Program Review, 1981 March-1982 March, 1981

University Seminars on Higher Education, 1962 September -1983 December (4 folders), 1962

Subseries II.2: Gillian Lindt, 1980-1985

This subseries contains the departmental and appointment correspondence between the Office of the Dean and the different academic departments in the GSAS. It includes materials related to graduate degree requirements, department reorganizations, newsletters, surveys and fellowship awards.


Box 20 Middle East Language and Culture, 1981

History, 1983-1985

(correspondence on graduate student matters)

Department of Geological Sciences, 1980-1982

Classics, 1984-1985

Art History and Archaeology, 1980-1982

(correspondence on departmental and graduate student matters, particularly within the archeology program)

Art History and Archaeology, 1963-1985

(department newsletters and correspondence)

Chinese Art History, 1977-1979

Astronomy, 1984-1985

Biological Sciences, 1983-1985

Chemistry, 1983-1985

Advisory Committee on East Asian Languages and Culture, 1982-1983

(correspondence concerning the East Asian Advisory Committee and faculty reaction)

English and Comparative Literature, 1982-1985

(departmental correspondence including appointments and program reorganization)

Economics, 1982-1985

French and Romance Philology, 1984

Geography, 1984-1985

Philosophy, 1985

(Sexual harassment and sexual discrimination awareness issue and grievance mechanisms)

Philosophy, 1984-1985

Geological Sciences, 1984-1984

(departmental academic concerns and proposals, graduate student progress)

Germanic Languages, 1983-1985

Music, 1984-1985

Italian, 1985

Mathematics, 1984-1985

(survey of department)

Middle East Languages and Culture, 1985

Physics, 1984-1985

Political Science, 1983-1985

Psychology, 1984

Religion, 1982-1985

(American religion bibliography)

Slavic Languages, 1985

Sociology, 1984-1985

Spanish and Portuguese, 1984-1985

(guidelines for graduate students)