BOX 1 (1951-52)
Advertising Policy. Inquiries into.
Armed Forces:
Marine Corps. Includes list of degree
applicants.
Naval Academy. Letter re: candidates.
Navy. Includes correspondence re: summer work program.
Associations:
American Chemical Society. Letter re:
accreditation.
American Council on Education. Primarily informational
bulletins.
American Society for Engineering Education. Primarily re:
meetings.
Association of Land Grant Colleges. Primarily re: meetings.
Association of NROTC Colleges. Letter re: by-laws and issues.
College and University Personnel Association. Includes
newsletters.
National Association of State Universities. Correspondence re: ROTC
training.
National Collegiate Athletic Association. Correspondence and
bulletins
re: television.
National Committee on Accrediting. Includes correspondence re:
American
Chemical Society.
National Education Association. Newsletters.
National Research Council. Correspondence includes graduate students
and fellowships.
Regional Council for Education. Correspondence re: conferences,
student
aid, academic programs.
SC College Association. Includes correspondence re: entrance
exams.
SC Press Association. Correspondence re: annual meeting at USC.
SC State Employees Association. Includes information on state credit
union.
Southeastern Association of Physical Plant Administration of
Colleges
and
Universities. Re: meeting.
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Includes
USC’s
completed annual report form.
Southern University Conference. Correspondence re: meetings, report
on.
Southern Conference. Correspondence re: meetings, constitution,
policies.
Atomic Energy:
General. Includes correspondence re:
regional press seminar.
Oak Ridge. Includes correspondence re: councils representatives,
symposiums,
newsletters.
Savannah River Project. Correspondence re: research contract,
ecological
study.
BOX 2 (1951-52)
Board of Trustees:
Agenda. Copies of, other notes.
Committees:
Athletics. Correspondence re: meetings, minutes of special
committee.
Joint Committee on Honorary Degrees. Re: meeting.
Student Affairs. Memo re: activity fees.
General. Primarily meetings and membership.
Board of Women Visitors. Correspondence re: meetings, membership,
creation info.
Budget 1951-52:
President’s Office:
Budget Request. Forms and instructions.
Departmental Budgets. Monthly statements.
Expenditures. April statements.
General. Reports and financial statements.
Special 1946-47 Reserve Fund. Monthly statements.
Building Program:
Administration Building.
Correspondence
re: contracts, expenses, materials.
Engineering Laboratory. Correspondence re: costs, contracts,
materials.
Faculty and Student Housing. Correspondence re: loans under 1950
Housing
Act.
General. Project status reports.
Land. Acquisition and use of.
Law School. Letter re: photo of ceiling.
President’s House. Correspondence and contract for planned
renovations.
Science Building. Correspondence re: construction, lab equipment,
departments.
Student Union Building. Efforts to get funding.
Women’s Dormitory. Correspondence re: authorization for.
BOX 3 (1951-52)
Buildings and Grounds:
Arboretum. Background material.
Assignment of Space. Placement of offices and departments.
Dormitory Rentals. List of.
Faculty Residences. Requests for housing assignments.
Fire Inspection. Correspondence re: overcrowded Field House.
General. Includes dates of buildings, sprinkler system.
Maintenance and Upkeep of Athletic Facilities. Includes
correspondence
re: heating for stadium dressing rooms; swimming pool.
Repairs and Alterations. Correspondence includes equipment,
furnishings,
renovations.
Widening and Closing Streets Adjacent to USC. Re: Pickens
Street.
Use by Other Schools. Correspondence re: Colored Fair.
Use by Others, Other Activities. Arrangements for use of USC
facilities
[arranged alphabetically by organization]
Cafeterias. Includes recommendations on operation of.
Catalogs and Bulletins. Correspondence includes publication of,
changes in.
Colleges and Universities:
Clemson College. Letter re: bowl
game.
General. Primarily correspondence re: college presidents.
State Agricultural and Mechanical College. Correspondence re:
lawsuits.
Winthrop College. Correspondence re: University Architect.
Combining Certain Departments in Institutions of Higher
Learning
in SouthCarolina.
Correspondence
re: functions of USC departments, establishment of
Commission on Higher Education.
Commencement:
August 1951. Arrangements for.
January 1952. Arrangements for.
June 1952. Arrangements for.
Law School. Arrangements for.
Concession Fund. Monthly and weekly reports.
Departments and Schools:
Air Force ROTC. Correspondence
includes
staff, audit, curriculum, programs.
Alumni Association. Includes membership statistics.
Anthropology and Sociology. Includes research funding.
Arts and Science. Report of projects by Dean Norwood.
Athletic. Primarily correspondence re: football, finances.
Bible and Religion. Recommendations re: departmental programs.
Biology. Includes research proposal.
Bookstore. Correspondence re: orders, loss of funds.
Carovet Apartments. Correspondence re: staffing and operation
of.
Chemistry. Primarily faculty and staff.
BOX 4 (1951-52)
Education. Correspondence re: grant,
faculty.
Engineering. Curricula, lab building, faculty, development plan.
English. Includes letter re: meeting.
English Proficiency Test. Correspondence re: discontinuation.
Extension Division:
Evening Classes. Schedule of.
Extension Courses. Approval for off-campus graduate courses.
General. Correspondence re: salaries, survey results, programs.
Military Personnel, Off Campus Study. Correspondence re: proposed
off campus classes for military
personnel.
General. Report re: registration.
Geology. Includes SC Geological Society meeting at USC, military map
contract.
Graduate School. Correspondence re: graduate studies at other
schools.
History. Correspondence re: books.
Infirmary. Includes inspection of, and daily reports.
Journalism. Correspondence includes darkroom, accrediting.
Law School. Primarily re: entrance requirements, faculty.
Libraries, Caroliniana. Correspondence re: USC sesquicentennial,
staff.
Libraries, McKissick. Correspondence includes storage, staff,
donations.
Mathematics. Correspondence re: planetarium, hosting teachers
conference.
Music. Includes alumna’s letter of appreciation.
Naval Training Units, ROTC. Correspondence re: staff, students,
regulations.
News Service. Includes activities report.
Nursing. Includes correspondence re: expansion of program and
problems.
Pharmacy, School of. Correspondence and reports re: inspection of
school by
American Council on Pharmaceutical Education.
Physics. Correspondence re: seismograph and budget.
Post Office. Requests for leave.
Public Administration, Bureau of. Correspondence includes
publications,
equipment.
Registrar’s Office. Correspondence re: diplomas, applications,
office equipment.
Registrar’s Office, Placement Bureau. Includes quarterly
reports.
BOX 5 (1951-52)
Summer School. Correspondence re:
faculty,
enrollment.
Treasurer’s Office. Letter re: purchasing procedures.
University Press. Correspondence re: publications by.
YMCA & YWCA. Correspondence includes activities, rumor about
Benedict
College students and USC coeds.
YMCA & YWCA Religious Emphasis Week. Correspondence re:
arrangements
and finances.
Drives for Money. Request from Columbia Community
Chest.
Enrollment. Statistics.
Faculty and Staff:
Administrative:
Absences. Reports of.
Change of Duties. Correspondence re: staff transfers and additional
duties.
General. Includes list of changes in staff.
Leaves of Absence. Requests for. [alphabetical by name]
Merit System. Correspondence re: testing USC staff.
New Appointments. Job offers. [alphabetical by name]
Offers Declined. Job refusals. [alphabetical by name]
Resignations and Dismissals. [alphabetical by name]
Reappointments. Position renewal.
Rules and Regulations. Memos re: holidays.
Sick Leave. Reports of.
Cancelled Contract Letters. Re: Library Reclassification
project.
Budget Commission, Report to. Correspondence re: vacancies.
Resigned Contract Letters. Contracts of staff members who
resigned.
[arranged alphabetically by name]
Instructional:
Absences. Reports of.
Change of Duties. Letter re: pool supervisor.
BOX 6 (1951-52)
General. Includes resolutions on
faculty deaths,
lists of changes, tenure and promotion regulations.
Faculty Loan Fund. Loan approval.
Law School. Recommendations for promotions.
Leaves of Absence. Requests for. [arranged alphabetically by
name]
New Appointments. Job offers. [arranged alphabetically by name]
Reappointments. Position renewals.
Research. Correspondence and proposals for research projects.
[arranged
alphabetically by name]
Resignations and Dismissals. [arranged alphabetically by name]
Sabbatical Leave. Requests for. [arranged alphabetically by
name]
Teaching Load. Correspondence re: chemistry and pharmacy.
Part-time Assistantships. Recommendations and approvals.
Recommendations for Promotions and Increases 1952-53. Correspondence
re: salary adjustments.
Retirement. Includes correspondence re: Retirement Act.
Salaries:
Administrative. Correspondence and recommendations for promotions
and raises.
Extension Division. Includes chart of salaries.
General. Correspondence and charts.
Instructional. Correspondence re: recommendations and raises.
Law School. Correspondence re: proposed raises.
Summer School. Letter re: teaching load.
Scholarships and Fellowships. Includes announcements of.
BOX 7 (1951-52)
Faculty Committees:
Special:
AFCA Award. Selection of recipients (ROTC).
Committee on Deferments. Request for AFROTC recommendations.
Enrollment Irregularities. Membership.
Naval Academy Selection Committee. Correspondence re: regulations,
candidates.
Sullivan Award. Includes bulletin.
Standing:
Admission, Entrance Exams, Scholastic Standing. Includes chart on
other schools’ policies.
Advisory Committee to the President. Recommendations for promotions
and raises.
Bulletin Committee. Correspondence re: meetings and publishing
of.
Caroliniana. Meeting minutes.
Curricula and New Courses. Recommendations for changes in.
Faculty Endowment. Loan to professor.
Faculty-Student Committee on Assemblies. Correspondence re:
scheduling
speakers and programs.
General. Correspondence re: committee assignments. [alphabetical by
faculty name]
Graduate. Meeting minutes and recommendations.
Petitions. Membership.
University Council. Correspondence re: origin of.
University Salaries. Comparisons with other Southern schools.
[alphabetical
by school]
Faculty Meetings. Minutes.
Fees:
General. Request for help in
paying.
Refund. Requests for. [alphabetical by student name]
Student Activities. Allocation of.
Financial Statements:
Athletics. Monthly statements.
Duplicating Office. Monthly statements.
Extension Division. Monthly statements.
Sims College Canteen. Monthly statements.
Statement of Expenditures. Monthly statements.
Statement of Funds Withdrawn from State Treasurer. Monthly
statements.
Statement to the State Auditor. Monthly statements.
Stewards Hall. Monthly statements.
Student Activities Fees. Monthly statements.
University Depository. Monthly statements.
University Stores. Monthly statements.
Veterans Housing Project. Monthly statements.
Wade Hampton Cafeteria. Monthly statements.
BOX 8 (1951-52)
Football 1951:
Carolina-Clemson. Correspondence and
reports re: finances, tickets, other arrangements.
General. Includes efforts to de-emphasize football and eliminate
bowl
games.
Luncheon. Responses to invitations to Carolina-Clemson luncheon.
[alphabetical
by name]
President’s Guests. Correspondence re: tickets.
Football 1952, Carolina-Clemson. Correspondence re: legislative
act requiring
Carolina-Clemson game to be played on Thursday of Fair Week.
Ford Foundation. Correspondence re: engineering school,
fellowships.
Foreign Tours Sponsored by USC. Correspondence re: study
abroad.
Funds, Investment of. Correspondence re: USC investments.
General Education Board. Correspondence re: funding for new
Science
Building equipment.
Gifts. Correspondence re: items donated to USC.
Honorary Degrees. Correspondence and biographical information on
recipients. [alphabetical by name]
Insurance. Correspondence re: conference held at USC.
Inventory. Supplies and equipment.
BOX 9 (1951-52)
Invitations:
Functions of Other Universities and
Colleges. Acceptances and regrets. [alphabetical by school name]
Other Functions. Acceptances and regrets. [alphabetical by school
name]
University Functions. Acceptances and regrets. [alphabetical by
school
name]
Medical Students. Correspondence re: test scores.
Miscellaneous Inquiries. Includes personal matters.
National Association of Manufacturers. Correspondence re:
scholarships.
National Defense:
General. Defense Information
Bulletins.
Military Service:
Call to Duty and Deferment. Correspondence re: deferments for USC
students.
Universal Military Training. Correspondence re: value of.
Negro Problems:
Applicants:
Bullard, Pauline. Rejection notice.
Cain, Frank Edward. Correspondence re: application and
rejection.
Dantzler, Edward Allen. Correspondence re: application and
rejection.
General. Declarations by Association of American Law Schools against
segregation.
Patterson, William H. Correspondence includes committees,
meetings,
research.
Questionnaires. Various topics, including religious studies,
fundraising,
educational television.
BOX 10 (1951-52)
Radio Broadcasting, Athletic Events. Arrangements for
football
games.
Radio Broadcasting Station USC. Correspondence re: efforts to
establish
one.
Recommendation, Letters of. For jobs, military commissions.
Red Cross. Correspondence re: blood drive.
Russell, Donald S. Correspondence re: election as USC
President.
Sesquicentennial Celebration:
Committee Action, Etc. Includes
reports
and meeting minutes.
Conferences and Meetings. Includes reports and meeting minutes.
Founders Day. Arrangements for Founders Day dinner.
Garden Club Exhibit. Correspondence re: flower show at South
Caroliniana
Library.
General. Correspondence re: history of school, setting date for
celebration,
other schools’ celebrations.
Pageants and Pictures. Plans for a pageant and a movie.
Publications. Correspondence with USC Press re: commemorative
publications.
Publications, History of U of SC. Correspondence includes progress
of author’s research, distribution of books.
Smith, Admiral Norman M. Primarily re: his resignation as USC
President.
South Carolina Governing Boards and Commissions:
Budget and Control Board.
Correspondence
and report on operating expenses and appropriations.
Historical Commission. Correspondence re: heat in War Memorial
building.
Legislature, President’s Report to. Correspondence re:
preparation
of.
State Department of Education. Correspondence re: state meeting.
South Carolina State Hospital. Correspondence re: curricula.
BOX 11 (1951-52)
Students:
Absences. Excuses for.
Activities. Correspondence re: equipment.
Activities, University Day. Correspondence re: May Day.
Aid:
Business and Professional Women’s Scholarship. Correspondence
re: continuation of.
Danforth Foundation. Fellowship candidates.
Fullbright Program. Announcement of winners.
General. Correspondence re: essay contest.
Insurance Scholarship. Establishment of.
James F. Byrnes Foundation. Inquiry into scholarship.
Jobs. Assignment of.
McKissick Memorial Scholarship. Notification of award.
Norman Murray Smith Scholarship. Establishment of.
Scholarships and Fellowships. Awarding of.
Student Emergency Loan Fund. Recommendations for.
Union Bag and Paper Company Scholarship. Establishment of.
Counseling. Correspondence re: students’ academic status.
Discipline. Correspondence re: panty raid, including student
petition
against.
Examination Schedules. Requests for rescheduling.
Foreign Students. Correspondence re: applications, inquiries on
aid.
Honor Council. Extracts from Board minutes.
Organizations:
Atheism. Correspondence re: rumored Atheist Club.
Clariosophic and Euphradian Societies. Letter re: inventory of
portraits.
Debating Society. Correspondence re: tournament.
Fraternities and Sororities. Includes reactivation of a
fraternity.
University Band. Correspondence re: financial needs,
performances.
University Theater. Includes recommendations on University
Players.
WUSC. Letter re: moving.
Prospective. Inquiries from parents and potential students.
Prospective, Recruitment Program. Includes reports on Field
Secretary’s
recruiting efforts.
Publications:
Gamecock. Includes letter re: error.
Garnet and Black. Correspondence includes dedication of yearbook
to
President Smith.
Location. Correspondence re: change in.
Withdrawals. List of.
Tax. Financial statement.
Television. Correspondence and bulletins re: hearings on TV
allocations,
educational
TV, sports broadcasting.
Temporary Buildings and Equipment:
Surplus Equipment. Correspondence re:
acquisition of federal agencies.
Veterans Educational Facilities. Correspondence re: proper disposal
of.
Veterans Housing. Includes bid specifications for demolition of.
Textbooks by Faculty Members. Includes proposed policy
on.
Textbooks, Changes in. Requests for.
Travel Account. Correspondence re: travel expenses.
United States Government:
Congress. Correspondence re:
patriotic
play.
Governmental Agencies:
Office of Education. Includes correspondence re: program for
visiting
educators.
State Department. Includes announcement of intern program.
University of South Carolina. Includes list of accomplishments
during Smith’s administration.
Veterans:
Entitlement and Eligibility
Requirements.
Re: legislation.
Veterans Administration. Correspondence re: tuition.
Veterans Administration Contracts. Correspondence re: tuition.
Wadiak, Steve. Letter re: death of.
Wage Stabilization Board Seminar. Correspondence re: proposed
seminar.