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Academic Administration Records

Finding Aid & Inventory

The Wake Forest administration created records regarding student statistics and enrollment, a Self-Study Committee, faculty and department chairs, and more from roughtly 1968-1975. The information collected supported the University's move to coeducation, making curriculum changes, and tracking academic departments. Materials include department reports, enrollment statistics, data sheets, meeting materials, and a department chairmen handbook.

Biographical and Historical Note

The Wake Forest administration kept records regarding student statistics and enrollment, the Self-Study Committee, faculty and department chairs, and more. The information collected was used to make the university coeducational as well as to refine the curriculum and academic departments.

Collection Overview

This collection consists of the records belonging to the Wake Forest administration during the first half of the 1970s. Materials include department reports, materials relating to coeducation, enrollment statistics, faculty meetings, department chairmen, and the Guy Thomas Carswell scholarship.

Collection Inventory

  • Academic Urban Affairs Consortium report  (1972-1973) box 1 folder 38
  • American Association of University Professors WFU chapter materials  (1974) box 1 folder 1
  • Committee on the Concerns of Wake Forest Women materials  (1974-1975) box 1 folder 39
  • Curriculum Calendar Evaluation Committee materials  (1972-1974) box 1 folder 40
  • Curriculum study notes  (1975) box 1 folder 41
  • Guy Thomas Carswell Scholarships competition materials  (1973-1974) box 1 folder 2
  • Guy Thomas Carswell Scholarships scholars materials  (1968-1974) box 1 folder 3
  • Guy Thomas Carswell Scholarships transcripts  (1968-1974) box 1 folder 4
  • Department chairmen handbook materials  (1975) box 1 folder 5
  • Department chairmen handbook notes and materials  (1975) box 1 folder 6
  • Faculty and Administrative Staff Women correspondence and meetings  (1973-1974) box 1 folder 50
  • Faculty bylaws and constitution  (1974-1975) box 1 folder 42
  • Faculty meetings and agendas  (1973) box 1 folder 43
  • Faculty meetings and agendas  (1974) box 1 folder 44
  • Faculty meetings and agendas  (1975) box 1 folder 45
  • Faculty memorandums and curriculum notes  (1974) box 1 folder 46
  • Faculty Participation in Professional Meetings agenda  (1973-1974) box 1 folder 47
  • Faculty scholarly publications  (1973-1974) box 1 folder 48
  • Faculty rosters  (1973-1975) box 1 folder 49
  • Hixson, Ivy M., correspondence and materials  (1973-1974) box 1 folder 51
  • Office for Institutional Research materials  (1974) box 1 folder 56
  • Open Curriculum Committee materials  (1970-1975) box 1 folder 53
  • Open Curriculum Committee study materials  (1970-1975) box 1 folder 54
  • Placement Office bulletins and statistics  (1973-1974) box 1 folder 55
  • Registrar's Office statistics and materials  (1968-1973) box 1 folder 57
  • Reynolda Campus Records offices  (1974) box 1 folder 58
  • Self-study department report: Art  (circa 1974) box 1 folder 7
  • Self-study department report: Biology  (1974) box 1 folder 8
  • Self-study department report: Business and Accountancy  (circa 1974) box 1 folder 9
  • Self-study department report: Classical Languages  (1974) box 1 folder 10
  • Self-study department report: Chemistry  (1974) box 1 folder 11
  • Self-study department report: Economics  (1974) box 1 folder 12
  • Self-study department report: Education  (1974) box 1 folder 13
  • Self-study department report: English  (1974) box 1 folder 14
  • Self-study department report: German  (1974) box 1 folder 15
  • Self-study department report: History  (1974) box 1 folder 16
  • Self-study department report: Mathematics  (1974) box 1 folder 17
  • Self-study department report: Music  (1974) box 1 folder 18
  • Self-study department report: Philosophy  (1974) box 1 folder 19
  • Self-study department report: Physical Education  (1974) box 1 folder 20
  • Self-study department report: Physics  (1974) box 1 folder 21
  • Self-study department report: Politics  (1974) box 1 folder 22
  • Self-study department report: Psychology  (1974) box 1 folder 23
  • Self-study department report: Religion  (1974) box 1 folder 24
  • Self-study department report: Romance Languages  (1974) box 1 folder 25
  • Self-study department report: Sociology and Anthropology  (1974) box 1 folder 26
  • Self-study department report: Speech Communication and Theater Arts  (1974) box 1 folder 27
  • Self-study opinion questionnaires  (1973) box 1 folder 28
  • Self-study Steering Committee minutes and agendas  (1973) box 1 folder 29
  • Self-study Steering Committee minutes and agendas  (1974) box 1 folder 30
  • Self-study Steering Committee  (1975) box 1 folder 31
  • Self-study Committee materials  (1973) box 1 folder 32
  • Self-study Committee educational program drafts and materials  (1974) box 1 folder 33
  • Self-study Committee educational program meeting materials  (1974) box 1 folder 34
  • Self-study Committee faculty data sheets  (1973) box 1 folder 35
  • Self-study Committee faculty questionnaires  (1973) box 1 folder 36
  • Self-study Committee senior questionnaire  (1974) box 1 folder 37
  • Special Committee on Housing  (1974-1975) box 1 folder 52
  • Student enrollment materials  (1974) box 1 folder 60
  • Student, gifted, materials  (1975) box 1 folder 59

Summary Information

Repository
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Title
Academic Administration Records
ID
RG24.1
Date [inclusive]
1968-1975
Quantity
1 record carton
Extent
1.3  Linear Feet

Administrative Information

Publication Information
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, 2020 February
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for researchers. 
Copyright Notice
The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claim only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. 
Preferred Citation
Academic Administration Records (RG24.1), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. 

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