BOX 1 (1940-41)
Academic Freedom. Information re: threats to.
Addresses Requested. Requests for McKissick’s
speeches; includes copies.
Advertising Policy. Correspondence re: USC
prohibited
from advertising.
Alcohol Education. Correspondence on seminar.
Alumni Association. Includes correspondence on budget,
homecoming, publications, copies of speeches.
Lewis Ralph. Executive Secretary. Correspondence includes
membership,
homecoming, games.
Anonymous Communications. Letter criticizing
USC’s
new policy banning women from male-dominated sports.
Application, Librarian. Correspondence re: type of
person wanted; application of Alfred Rawlinson, who was hired at a
later date, disturbing episode with person seeking the position.
Applications, Public Speaking. Inquiries into.
Arboretum. Correspondence on burning and
reconstruction
of small house in Gardens.
Associations:
American Council on Education.
Includes
membership and meeting information.
General. Miscellaneous memberships.
National Association of State Universities. Reports on meetings and
activities.
South Carolina Association of Colleges. Meeting information.
South Carolina Economic Association. Letter re: trip to Mexico
City.
South Carolina Education Association. Correspondence re: convention
and appointment of delegates.
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Includes
conference
report.
Southern Conference. Resolution on signing of athletes.
Southern University Conference. Financial report.
Athletics. Resolution banning coeds from
male-dominated
sports.
Atkinson, Rev. George A. Correspondence re:
Atkinson’s
desire to raise money for a new USC chapel.
Attendance Regulations. Correspondence re: changes
to.
Audit. Copy of.
BAM Club. Includes list of members, reports on
football
team, correspondence on dispute with local business.
Board of Trustees:
Agenda. Copies of.
Committees. Primarily appointments to.
Executive Committee. Primarily minutes.
General. Correspondence and meeting minutes.
Grounds and Buildings Committee. Absence from meeting.
Student Affairs, Committee on. Primarily meeting arrangements.
Boards and Foundations:
Board of Women Visitors.
Correspondence
re: meetings and travel expenses.
Hillel Foundation. Establishment of counselorships at USC.
Teachers Insurance Annuity. Includes list of applicants.
BOX 2 (1940-41)
Books, Periodicals, Etc. Correspondence on orders
and subscriptions.
Budget. Reports and requests.
Building Program:
Chapel. Inquiry into a new chapel
building.
Gates. Letter re: proposed gates.
General. Correspondence re: various projects completed and under
construction.
Gymnasium. Addition to.
Heating Plant. Correspondence re: problems with installation.
Infirmary Project. Includes bill authorizing enlargement
project.
Library Project, 1940. Correspondence and progress reports on new
library.
Library Project, 1941. Correspondence and progress reports on new
library.
Master Project. Letter on outlook.
President’s Residence. Dispute over contract for repairs.
Stadium. Financial information and construction specifications.
Student Union Building. Includes copy of act authorizing
construction.
Tennis Courts. Includes copy of WPA project proposal for
construction
of courts.
Bulletins. Letter re: publishing WPA bulletin.
Building and Grounds, 1940. Correspondence re:
various
projects completed and under construction.
Buildings and Grounds, 1941. Correspondence re:
various
projects completed and under construction.
BOX 3 (1940-41)
Calendar. Includes calendar of University
events.
Carnegie Music Set. Correspondence re: purchase
of.
Carson, A. C. Correspondence re: death of.
Catalog 1940. Correspondence about new catalog.
Catalogs Mailed. Requests for.
Chapel Engagements. Correspondence and schedule of
programs.
Clerical Services. Letter re: payment for.
College Prospect Survey. Purchase of survey.
Commencement. Correspondence on arrangements.
Curriculum. Letter re: revising.
Dancing Instruction. Proposal for courses.
Departments and Schools:
Athletic. Primarily correspondence
and reports on finances.
Biology. Primarily personnel and equipment.
Cafeteria. Correspondence on policies and finances.
Chemistry. Primarily students and faculty.
Commerce, School of. Primarily re: faculty.
Departmental Reports, 1st semester.
Departmental Reports, 2nd semester.
Duplicating Bureau. Supply bills.
Economics. Hiring of instructor.
Education, School of. Correspondence includes budget and South
Carolina
High School Yearbook.
Engineering. Correspondence includes theft of books and defense
training
program.
English. Primarily correspondence re: candidates for vacancies.
English Bible. Letter re: new hire.
Extension. Includes correspondence on “Report of Economic
Conditions
in South Carolina”, and other programs.
BOX 4 (1940-41)
Fine Arts. Primarily efforts to hire
new teaching
staff.
Geology. Correspondence includes student assistants, theft of
materials,
gift to department.
Graduate School. Includes correspondence on students, report on
program.
History. Includes correspondence on new hire.
Hygiene. Correspondence on courses, staff positions.
Infirmary. Bill authorizing improvement on infirmary.
Journalism, School of. Includes awarding of scholarship.
Law School. Primarily correspondence on law library.
Library. Correspondence re: Carnegie Corporation, acquisitions,
Report
of Acting Librarian.
Mathematics. Primarily personnel matters.
Modern Languages. Correspondence re: staffing and courses.
Music. Funding, staff, books and equipment.
Observatory. Correspondence on visitors and equipment.
Personnel Bureau. Includes reports on activities.
Pharmacy, School of. Primarily correspondence on equipment and
facility
needs.
Physics. Filling vacancy.
Political Science. Report on growth of department.
Psychology and Philosophy. Correspondence re: equipment and
vacancy.
Social Work, School of. Standardization and professional association
membership.
Student Health Service. Primarily hiring professor and
physician.
Summer School. Correspondence includes commencement, courses,
students,
reports.
Telephone Exchange. Includes personnel changes.
Treasurer’s Office. Correspondence and reports re: fees
collected.
University News Bureau. Correspondence re: news releases.
Women, Dean of. Report for 1939-40.
YMCA. Includes correspondence and financial report on University
Christian
Mission.
YWCA. Correspondence re: advisory board, newsletters.
Employment Agencies. Correspondence from placement
agencies.
Endowment Campaign. Brochures on college financial
campaigns.
Engineering Experimental Station. Establishment of.
Enrollment. Statistics.
Entertainment Account. Lists of expenses.
Exchange Professors. Inquiry.
BOX 5 (1940-41)
Faculty Absences. Correspondence and reports on
absent
faculty.
Faculty and Staff:
Bell, R. G. YMCA Executive Secretary.
Includes statistics on employment of graduates.
Bradley, F. W. Professor of Modern Languages. Includes letter re:
speech.
Callcott, W. H. Professor of History. Correspondence on teaching
load.
Cantey, J. M. Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds.
Correspondence
re: various repairs needed on campus.
Chase, J. A. Dean of Administration. Students, registration,
finances.
Childs, Arney R. Dean of Women. Includes new women’s dorm,
Coker
College.
Coker, E. C. Professor of Astronomy. Correspondence re: WPA
projects.
Copenhaver, J. E. Professor of Chemistry. Personal letter.
Crow, O. F. Dean of School of Education. Letter re: thesis.
Daniel, J. McT. Professor of Education. Correspondence re: office
space.
Early, R. A. Includes correspondence on building inspections.
Enright, Rex. Coach. Includes renewal of contract.
Goddard, Floride P. Assistant Treasurer. Re: salary.
Green, E. L. Professor of Ancient Languages. Correspondence re:
alumni
directory.
Kennedy, R. M. Professor of Library Science. Correspondence on
appointment
as “Librarian Emeritus.”
LaGrone, T. E. Correspondence includes salary and room
inspections.
McCall, W. C. Associate Professor of Education. Letter of
congratulations
on engagement.
Morse, Josiah. Professor of Psychology and Philosophy. Includes
letter
re: poor health.
Motley, E. T. Professor of Pharmacy. Correspondence re: wife’s
illness.
Smith, Ellison M. Professor of Elementary Education. Includes copy
of speech.
Stephan, R. M. Associate Professor of Modern Languages.
Correspondence
re: insulting letter from
Dean Stoddard.
Sumwalt, R. L. Professor of Civil Engineering. Includes appointment
to Council for National Defense.
Taber, Stephan. Professor of Geology and Mineralogy. Includes list
of enrollment figures.
Taylor, W. Frank. Assistant Business Manager. Correspondence re:
report,
expenses.
Faculty Committees:
Absences, Committee on. Primarily
appointments
to.
Advisory Committee to President. Includes correspondence re:
promotions.
Cafeteria Committee. Report.
Catalog Committee. Correspondence on updating catalog.
Discipline Committee. Includes minutes and disciplinary actions
taken.
Faculty Special Committees. Correspondence re: appointments to
various
special committees.
Faculty Standing Committees. List of.
Fraternities and Student Organizations Committee. Correspondence re:
petitions to the committee.
Honorary Degrees Committee. Correspondence re: nominations for and
committee members.
Library Committee. Membership and meetings.
Natatorium Committee. Correspondence includes pool schedule and
availability.
Petitions, Committee on. Primarily correspondence on allowing
students
with the flu to defer exams.
Schedule Committee. Correspondence on room assignments and course
schedule.
Scholastic Standing Committee. Correspondence re: students failing
to meet minimum academic standards.
Social Affairs. Report of the Social Calendar Director.
Student Activities, Joint Committee. Letter re: purpose of.
Student Faculty Relationships. Nominations to committee.
Sullivan Award Committee. Nominations for award.
Summer School Committee. Includes minutes.
Faculty Contracts. Inquiry into written contracts.
BOX 6 (1940-41)
Faculty Increases and Promotions. Correspondence
re: salary
increases.
Faculty Leaves of Absence. Requests for.
Faculty Meetings. Includes McKissick’s statement
at special meeting re: salaries.
Faculty Outside Activities. Includes inquiry into
sabbatical leave.
Faculty Personnel. Includes correspondence and lists
re: additions to faculty and staff.
Faculty Retirement Plan. Correspondence re: possibility
of.
Faculty Salary Scale. Correspondence re: salaries.
Faculty Tenure. Report on.
Fees, Student. Correspondence and reports re: fees
collected, refunds for students called to active duty.
Financial Statements.
Flag and Flag Pole. Efforts to acquire.
Foreigners on Faculty. Inquiry.
Fraternities and Sororities. Includes correspondence
and report on suspension of Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter.
Freshmen Orientation Course. Includes salary for
inspector.
Freshman Week. Correspondence re: arrangements.
Headquarters First Army Corps. Correspondence re:
leasing part of Preston College.
High School Week 1941. Includes program and report
on activities.
Honorary Degrees 1941. Correspondence with and about
recipients.
Investments. Thanks for information.
Invitations. Invitations and responses.
Lectures and Lecturers. Correspondence re: booking
touring lecturers at USC.
Letters of Recommendation. For alumni and students
going into military.
McFaddin, Robert E. Correspondence re: deferred exams.
McKissick, J. Rion. Correspondence re: personal matters,
expenses, organizations.
McKissick Journalism Club. Letter re: founding of.
McKissick Portrait. Letter to artist.
Medals and Prizes. Arrangements for awarding of.
Memoranda. Copies of, on various topics.
BOX 7 (1940-41)
National Beta Club. Includes roster of South Carolina members.
National Defense Efforts:
Armed Services Opportunities. Oversize
chart of.
Department of Students and Faculty. Correspondence re: draft deferments.
Engineering Defense. Correspondence on engineering coursework to
train students for defense jobs.
National Defense Program. Correspondence re: USC cooperating with
National Defense Program, drafts of speeches.
ROTC Armory. Correspondence re: construction of NROTC Armory.
ROTC Unit, 1940. Correspondence re: establishment of, news releases,
regulations.
ROTC Unit, 1941 and n.d. Correspondence re: establishment of, news
releases, regulations.
University National Defense Committee. Correspondence re: establishment
of, student deferment, defense activities.
Navy Day. Arrangements for celebration of.
Nutshell. Copies of newsletter.
Palmetto Boys State. Letter re: holding at USC.
Palmetto Weekly Press Association. Activities.
Pilot Training Program. Correspondence re: students, requirements.
Portrait Restoration. Correspondence re: possibility of restoring
USC portraits.
Publicity. Correspondence re: news releases and articles.
Radio. Inquiry into dance orchestra.
Residence of Students. Correspondence re: in-state and out-of-state
residents.
Reynolds, Joan. Correspondence re: political pressure to
employ her.
Rural Electrification. Include correspondence on refrigeration
plant.
Scholarships and Fellowships:
Bernard M. Baruch Scholarship. Correspondence
re: awarding of funds to students.
General. Correspondence and announcements of scholarships and fellowships.
A.F. McKissick Scholarship. Requirements for and announcement of.
NYA Scholarship. Includes list of recipients.
BOX 8 (1940-41)
Student Aid, Freshman Assistantship Fund.
Correspondence with and about students re: awarding of.
Student Assistantships. Awarding of, financial report.
Sikes, Enoch W. Correspondence re: death of.
Soil Conservation Service. Includes contract for
leasing USC office to SCS.
Solicitation on Campus. Regulations for.
South Carolina Agencies:
South Carolina Budget Commission. Primarily
budget reports and requests.
South Carolina College Press Association. Arrangements for banquet.
South Carolina Council for National Defense. Correspondence re: faculty
assisting in project.
South Carolina Highway Department. Correspondence re: driveway of
new library.
South Carolina Press Association. Arrangements to meet at USC.
South Carolina Legislature. Correspondence primarily on appropriations.
South Carolina Legislature, Reports.
South Carolina Tuberculosis Association. Request for information.
State Agricultural and Mechanical Society. Invitation to College Day.
Students:
Block C Club. Includes letter re: constitution.
Campus Bookstore. Request for information from professors.
Debating Council. Letter re: fund.
Gamecock. Correspondence re: administration’s unhappiness with.
Garnet and Black. Correspondence re: mailing complimentary copies
to high school libraries.
General. Correspondence includes disciplinary actions, grades, debts.
Glee Club. Correspondence re: tour.
Football. Correspondence includes complimentary tickets and policy
regarding.
Future Teachers of America. Luncheon.
Honor Council. Re: notifying parents of disciplinary actions.
Prospective Students. Correspondence from parents and students re:
attending USC.
BOX 9 (1940-41)
Natatorium Assistant. Primarily re: appointment
of lifeguard.
Observatory Assistant. Reappointment of.
Student Achievement. Letters of congratulations.
Student Affairs. Correspondence on various student activities, including
bowling and club initiations.
Student Aids. Applications for and awarding of financial aid.
Student Band. Correspondence re: band playing at various events.
Student Body, Address to. Copy of speech at first chapel service of
1940/41.
Student Board of Publications. Authority of.
Student Forum. Cancellation of speech.
Student Union. Includes correspondence re: damage to pool tables.
Swimming Pool. Includes applications for lifeguard.
University Players. Letter re: production.
Supplies and Equipment. Correspondence re: orders.
Teachers Federal Credit Union. Promotional letter.
Textbooks. Correspondence re: proposed rental plan.
Time Magazine. Correspondence on use of in schools.
Traffic Light. Petition to reestablish one at Bull
and Green Streets.
Travel Accounts. Correspondence re: reimbursement
for travel expenses.
Tuition, Free. Correspondence re: free tuition to
orphans of World War veterans.
United States Department of Education. Correspondence
re: fellowship and exchange program.
United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. One
letter to Hoover.
University Caroliniana Collection. Correspondence
re: acquisitions and repairs.
University Christian Institute. Includes correspondence
re: finances, arrangements.
University Club of New York. Membership in.
University Council. Primarily information on membership
and organization of.
University High School. Correspondence re: operation
of.
University Town Hall. Information on forum on democracy.
Women Students. Includes correspondence on cigarettes
and soldiers.
Women Students Housing. Correspondence re: room reservations
and availability.
Work Progress Administration. Correspondence re:
projects, proposals, criticisms.
South Carolina Writers Project. Correspondence re:
WPA-sponsored publications.
World Student Service Fund. Information on.
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