BOX 1 (1956-57)
Armed Forces. Proposal for US Marine Corps
educational
program.
Associations and Boards:
American Council on Education 1956.
Primarily conference minutes and reports.
American Council on Education 1957. Primarily conference minutes
and reports.
American Society for Engineering Education. Includes
correspondence
re: curricula, evaluation of.
Association of American Colleges. Correspondence includes
financial
aid, meetings, academic freedom.
Association of College Presidents. Correspondence re: high school
curricula, mathematics, science.
Association for Higher Education. Correspondence re: national
conference.
Association of Land Grant Colleges. Correspondence includes
meeting,
legal issues.
Association of NROTC Colleges. Correspondence re: meeting,
committee
recommendations.
Atlantic Coast Conference. Meeting minutes and reports re:
recommendations,
code of ethics.
Council for Financial Aid to Education. Report on corporate
funding.
National Association of State Universities. Includes report on
retirement
policies.
National Collegiate Athletic Association. Correspondence re:
conference,
youth fitness program.
National Commission on Accrediting. Correspondence re: teacher
education
accrediting.
National Science Foundation. Includes information on science
institutes,
federal aid.
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SC Academy of Science. Re: science teaching.
SC College Association. Correspondence re: spring meeting.
SC Press Association. Correspondence re: scholarships.
SC State Employees Association. Report on meeting.
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
Correspondence
re: annual meeting.
Southern Association of Land Grant Colleges and State Universities.
Committee report on extension
centers.
Southern Regional Education Board. Correspondence re: conferences
and regional projects.
State University Association. Primarily news bulletins and
reports.
Atomic Energy. Includes correspondence re: graduate
programs in nuclear studies.
Board of Trustees.
Includes
meeting minutes and agenda.
Board of Trustees, Committees:
Athletic. Primarily re: changing Big Thursday to a Saturday
game.
Executive. Includes correspondence re: Dean Childs’ retirement
and replacement.
Finance. Agenda.
Grounds and Buildings. Correspondence re: meeting and agenda.
Bonds:
Dormitory. Includes financial statements.
General. Reports on status.
Tuition. Statement on borrowing power.
Budget 1956-57.
Monthly financial statements.
Budget
1957-58.
Budget requests and worksheets.
Building
Program:
Dormitories. Correspondence re: Sims renovations, new dorm,
maintenance.
Field House. Letter re: landscaping.
General. Correspondence re: possible new buildings.
Land. Correspondence re: acquisition of, closing of streets, dispute
with City of Columbia.
Stadium. Correspondence re: expansion plans.
University Terrace. Correspondence and contracts re: USC acquisition
of.
Buildings and Grounds:
Chapel. Correspondence re: rededication as interdenominational
chapel.
Classrooms. Survey of classroom space.
Dormitories. Correspondence re: heating, renovation of Wade
Hampton.
Drayton Hall. Correspondence re: condition and use of.
Landscape. List of landscaping costs.
Parking. Trustees parking reservations at stadium.
Russell House (Student Union). Re: maintenance, barber shop.
Use by Others. Thank-you for conference held at USC.
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Colleges and Universities. Correspondence re: football
tickets, college prep courses, entrance examinations.
Commencements.
Arrangements for.
Departments and Schools:
Air Force ROTC. Correspondence includes instructors, policies,
students.
Alumni Association. Correspondence includes fundraising,
meetings.
Anthropology and Sociology. Correspondence re: SC highway
archaeology
project, faculty.
Arts and Science. Letter re: Science Fair.
Athletic. Correspondence includes coaches, football games, NCAA
conference.
Bible and Religion. Correspondence re: teaching the Bible.
Biology. Correspondence re: research project, summer retreat.
Business Administration. Includes proposal for business library,
economics
program head, faculty search.
Cafeteria. Correspondence re: food service contractor.
Chemistry. Correspondence re: research, faculty, salaries,
fellowships.
Education. Correspondence includes workshops, instructors, school
boards proposal, curricula.
Engineering. Includes correspondence re: equipment, nuclear studies,
curriculum, faculty.
Engineering, MIT Report. Correspondence and reports re: implementing
curriculum changes according to recommendations in MIT report.
English. Correspondence re: faculty, debate team.
Examining and Counseling Bureau. Correspondence and reports re:
administration
of.
Extension Division:
Florence Program. Includes proposal for establishment of.
General. Correspondence re: faculty, establishment of Florence
extension
center, department structure.
Fine Arts. Correspondence re: registration, teaching loads,
faculty.
Foreign Languages. Report on enrollment statistics.
Gamecock Club. Includes correspondence re: proposed Rex Enright
Fund.
Geology and Geography. Correspondence re: research project.
Graduate School. Registration information, inquiries into graduate
programs.
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History. Includes correspondence re: speakers, establishing a
scholarly
magazine.
Housing. Re: housing shortage.
Infirmary. Daily patient reports.
International Studies. Correspondence re: establishment of,
including
faculty, director, and
structure.
Journalism. Complaints about article.
Law School. Admissions inquiry, faculty retirement, passing the bar
exam.
Libraries. Includes McKissick annual report, Confederate Relic Room,
acquisitions.
Mathematics. Correspondence includes mathematics seminar,
appropriations,
salaries, new faculty.
Music. Correspondence re: establishment of city orchestra, faculty,
majorettes in USC band, music
therapy.
NROTC. Correspondence includes academic overload, faculty,
engineering
education.
News Service. Correspondence re: engineering gift, photographer.
Non-Academic Personnel and Placement. Correspondence re: recruitment
for Air Force.
Nursing. Includes restructuring, accreditation, survey of education
facilities in South Carolina.
Pharmacy. Includes correspondence and reports on accreditation.
Physics. Includes status reports on research projects, concern about
alien professor.
Political Science. Primarily re: strengthening the department and
hiring new chairman.
Post Office. Correspondence re: operation of.
Psychology and Philosophy. Correspondence re: new faculty,
curriculum
development.
Public Administration, Bureau of. Letter re: fishing license study,
workshop.
Registrar’s Office. Correspondence includes registration
regulations,
degree applicants.
Summer School. Correspondence includes faculty, driver education
course,
mathematics institute, enrollment.
Treasurer’s Office. Correspondence includes scholarship funds,
honorariums, stock purchases, salaries.
University Press. Includes report on the need for a university
press.
YMCA & YWCA. Includes financial reports, Religious Emphasis
Week.
Faculty and Staff:
Administrative. Includes efforts to bring Director of Alumni and
Public
Relations from Davidson College.
Instructional:
General. Includes correspondence re: faculty scholarships,
grants.
Leaves of Absence. Requests and approvals for.
New Appointments. Correspondence re: terms for hire.
Research. Correspondence re: awarding of grants and contracts.
Resignations and Dismissals. Letters of resignation.
Sabbatical Leave. Requests for, policy on.
Tenure. Inquiries re: policy.
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Retirement. Notices of; includes request by Russell for Dean Childs
to delay her retirement.
Salaries. Correspondence re: raises.
Faculty
Committees:
List. List of committees.
Special. Re: dinner by the Retirement Committee.
Standing:
Admissions. Requests for reconsideration in admission status.
Awards and Scholarships. Correspondence re: awarding of.
Curricula and New Courses. Reports and recommendations.
Extension. Letter re: committee recommendations.
Honorary Degrees. Recommendations for and selection of.
Research and Scholarly Production. Requests and recommendations for
committee report.
Research Committee:
Blackman, J.H. Correspondence re: publication on Soviet Union.
DeTar, D.F. Correspondence re: qualifications, copies of
articles.
Hollis, D.W. Correspondence re: his history of the University.
Schedules. Correspondence re: scheduling of classes and exams.
Scholastic Standing and Petitions. Includes reports and
recommendations
re: changes in regulations.
Student Activities. Letter re: allocation of student fees.
University Press. Correspondence re: status of publications,
recommendations
for administration of the department.
Football 1956:
Carolina-Clemson Game. Correspondence
re: televising the game, ticket availability. General.
Correspondence re: recruitment, complaints against USC students
damaging hotel rooms.
Funds. Status reports on
funds for investment.
Funds for Adult Education.
Re: adult continuing education.
Gifts.
Correspondence
re: bequests, donations.
Insurance. Announcement
of student insurance plan.
Invitations and
Announcements.
Correspondence re: University and other functions.
Kellogg
Foundation. Correspondence re: status of project.
Lectures.
Includes arrangements for Guignard Lecture series.
Negroes.
Correspondence re: integration.
Publications.
Correspondence
includes acquisition, publishing.
Radio Broadcasting and
TV. Complimentary letter from television station.
Recommendation,
Letters of. For friends, associates, alumni.
Red
Cross. Correspondence re: blood drives, service on the board.
Rhodes Scholarship. Correspondence re:
Russell’s
service on selection committee.
Russell, Donald S. Miscellaneous correspondence on
various topics, including personal.
BOX 6 (1956-57)
Science Fair. Correspondence re: arrangements for,
scholarships.
SC Boards and Commissions:
Budget and Control Board. Financial statements.
Department of Education. Correspondence includes standards,
committee.
SC Educational Foundation. Correspondence re: membership, funds,
steering
committee, bylaws.
Students:
Activities. Includes correspondence re: hazing incident.
Aid:
General. Requests for.
Jobs. Inquiries into availability.
Scholarships and Fellowships. Notification of award.
Special Scholarships. Correspondence re: funding, establihsment of,
selection for.
Assistants. Inquiries into availability.
Class Schedule and Exam Schedule. Information on class and exam
schedules.
Council. Petitions re: Christmas holidays, room fees, parking.
Honor Council. Statements re: honor system.
Organizations:
Debating Society. Correspondence re: participation in West Point
debate
conference.
Fraternities and Sororities:
General. Includes correspondence re: beer served at party.
Chi Psi Fraternity. Correspondence re: convention, reactivation of
USC chapter.
General. Correspondence re: Interfraternity Council, Baptist
Pastors’
Conference, Crusade for Christ.
Carolina Veterans Association. Re: deferred payment of tuition.
Prospective. Inquiries from parents and prospective students.
United States Government Agencies. Includes survey report
on colleges’ enrollments, physical plants, funding sources.
University Film Society. Includes season schedule.
Veterans. Correspondence re: Veterans
Administration,
legislation.