Inventory of the General Faculty and Faculty Council of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1799-2002

Collection Number 40106

Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Repository: University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Creator: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. General Faculty.

Title: General Faculty and Faculty Council of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1799-2002

Call Number: 40106

Language of Materials: Materials in English

Extent: Items: 31800, including 59 volumes; Linear Feet: 54.0

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The University's earliest Laws and Regulations, adopted by its Board of Trustees in 1795, defined the duties and rights of the faculty. Formal faculty meetings have been held since at least 1799; the amended Laws of the University adopted by the Trustees in December 1799 included guidelines for the conduct of such meetings. Throughout the antebellum period, the faculty was responsible for enforcing social as well as academic regulations and for handling cases of student misconduct. After 1875 the faculty assumed an increasing role in establishing policies governing educational activities and the awarding of degrees by the University. The Faculty Code of University Government, originally titled Faculty Legislation, was adopted by the General Faculty in 1947 and has been amended numerous times. In 1950 the General Faculty authorized the creation of the Faculty Council to act as its legislative body. The Council, composed of elected members from the various faculty divisions and ex-officio members from the University administration, held its first meeting on January 5, 1951. Officers of the faculty include the Chair and the Secretary. The University's Chancellor presides over meetings of the Faculty Council. Much of the Council's work is carried on by its standing and special committees. Records include minutes of meetings of the General Faculty, 1799-1994, and of the Faculty Council, 1951-1994; files of the Secretary of the Faculty and of the Chair of the Faculty; minutes of the meetings of various faculty divisions; and files of standing and special committees.

Formal faculty meetings at the University of North Carolina are of two kinds: General Faculty meetings and Faculty Council meetings. The General Faculty consists of all research and teaching staff who hold the rank of full-time instructor and above, along with certain administrators. Its chief responsibility is to establish policies governing the educational activities and the award of academic degrees by the University. The Faculty Council, established in 1951, is the legislative body of the General Faculty. It is composed of elected members from various divisions of the University and ex-officio members from the administrative staff. Records consist of minutes of the General Faculty, 1799-1994, and the Faculty Council, 1951-1994. Minutes routinely include discussions of general administrative and educational policies as well as committee reports and memorials to deceased faculty. Minutes prior to 1919 also frequently include lists of students, lists of degrees conferred, and commencement programs. Antebellum minutes record cases of student misconduct and disciplinary actions. Beginning in November 1966, Faculty Council minutes were recorded in the same volumes as General Faculty minutes; prior to that, they were recorded separately. Records also include 141 audio cassette tapes of Faculty Council meetings, 1984-1994. The Secretary of the Faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is responsible for recording the minutes of the meetings of both the General Faculty and the Faculty Council. In addition, the Secretary generates correspondence relating to elections and to the actions of the two faculty bodies, maintains files of all nominations for special awards and honorary degrees, and serves as an ex-officio member on various committees. The office of Secretary of the Faculty dates to the University's founding; until 1886, the Secretary was also responsible for keeping student records. Records, 1920-1990, include correspondence and other files relating to the duties of the Secretary of the Faculty, including files documenting the work of various faculty committees. Also included is a series of memorial resolutions on deceased employees and faculty members. As originally constituted in 1934, the University's Division of the Humanities included the faculty of the following departments in the College of Arts and Sciences: Classics, Education, English, Germanic Languages, Romance Languages, Comparative Literature, History, Philosophy, Library Science, Art, Archeology, Theater Arts, and Music. The Division was administered by a Chair and an elected Advisory Committee, whose decisions were subject to approval by the Administrative Board of the College of Arts and Sciences. Revisions in the divisional structure, particularly the creation of the Division of Fine Arts and the upgrading of Library Science and Journalism to school status, have changed the composition of the Division of the Humanities. However, it remains one of the electoral divisions of the General Faculty, sending representatives to the Faculty Council. Records, 1935-1959, consist mostly of minutes of the Advisory Committee of the Division of the Humanities; these minutes mainly concern course change approvals. Also included are minutes of the Division's annual meetings and some correspondence of the Division Chairs. The Division of the Natural Sciences, created in 1934, includes the faculty of the science departments in the University of North Carolina's College of Arts and Sciences. Together with the Institute of Marine Sciences, it constitutes one of the electoral divisions of the General Faculty, sending representatives to the Faculty Council. Records, 1966-1972, consist mostly of minutes of meetings and reports of committees of the Division of Natural Sciences. Some correspondence is also included. Much of the material deals with course requirements and curriculum content. Created in 1968, the University's Division of Fine Arts included faculty of the following four departments in the College of Arts and Sciences: Art; Dramatic Art; Music; and Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures. These departments were previously part of the Division of the Humanities. Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures was discontinued in 1993, leaving three departments in the Division of Fine Arts. Fine Arts is one of the electoral divisions of the General Faculty and sends representatives to the Faculty Council. Records, 1968-1984, include minutes of the Division's annual meetings and of meetings of its department Chairs, as well as correspondence of the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Division. They mainly concern course approvals, the organization of the Division, and cooperative efforts among its departments. The Administrative Board of the Library was constituted in its present form and made responsible to the Faculty Council in 1969. Prior to that time, the Librarian had chaired it. The original Board was established in 1935, as the Administrative Board of the Library and Library School, to replace existing library committees and the Library School Administrative Board. The records of the Administrative Board of the Library are part of the Librarian's Records because they were originally received through the Librarian's office. For a listing of them, see the inventory of the Librarian's Records. The Advisory Committee was created in 1914 and continues as an elective standing committee of the faculty. Its function is to advise the Chancellor in all matters deemed important by the Chancellor or the Committee. The Chancellor presides over its meetings. Records of the Advisory Committee, 1937-1979, pertain mainly to faculty salaries and promotions. Also included are 14 audio cassettes tapes of special Advisory Committee meetings related to the Committee's 1978-1979 study of the University's admissions policy, with particular emphasis on minority admissions. The faculty Athletics Committee was created in 1890 to supervise the participation of University teams in intercollegiate athletics, especially football and baseball. For its first 20 years, the Committee was responsible for certifying athletic eligibility and scheduling games. Today, the Athletics Committee continues as a standing committee of the faculty. It is appointed by the Chancellor and advises him and the Faculty Council on athletic policy, especially regarding intercollegiate sports and the relationship of the University to the Atlantic Coast Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Records of the Athletics Committee include minutes, 1908-1913, reflecting decisions on student eligibility and game scheduling. The Buildings and Grounds Committee was created in 1913 as the Committee on Grounds and Buildings and was charged with preserving the natural beauty of the campus and maintaining architectural standards in the construction of buildings. Today, the Committee continues as a standing committee of the faculty. It is appointed by the Chancellor and works closely with the University's Facilities Planning and Design Office and with the Building Committee of the Board of Trustees. Records of the Buildings and Grounds Committee, 1919-2002, include minutes of meetings, correspondence with architects, and drawings of proposed construction projects. Beginning in the 1990s, records also include materials related to the development of the University's master plan and, in particular, to planning for the Horace Williams and Mason Farm properties. Reports of the Committee are part of the Minutes of the General Faculty and of the Faculty Council. The Educational Policy Committee was created in 1976 as an elective standing committee of the faculty. It advises the Faculty Council on matters of educational policy that have significant impact on graduate and undergraduate instruction in the University's Division of Academic Affairs and over which the Council has legislative power. Records of the Educational Policy Committee, 1975-1983, include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and reports. A number of records pertain to the Committee's study of pass/fail regulations and weighted grades, i.e., addition of pluses and minuses to letter grades. The English Composition Committee was created in 1918 to examine the problem of "illiteracy" at the University, "especially as it reflects itself in the habitual use of poorly written English." The Committee established a program under which students deemed deficient in writing were given grades with a composition condition (or CC) attached. Removal of the condition was a requirement for graduation. The program continued into the mid-1960s. Records of the English Composition Committee, 1927-1950, include minutes of meetings, reports, composition condition (CC) regulations, and general correspondence. The Established Lectures Committee was created in 1946 as the All University Committee on Convocations and Lectures and was given the responsibilities of the earlier, separate Weil and McNair Lecture Committees. Other duties included distributing funds provided by the Alumni Giving Council to the academic departments and schools for alumni lectures. In 1949 the Committee's name changed to Committee on Established Lectures. A standing committee of the faculty, it was appointed by the Chancellor to select speakers and make arrangements for the John Calvin McNair Lectures, which focus on science and human values; the Martin Luther King, Jr., Lectures on Human Rights; and the Weil Lectures on American Citizenship. In April 1999 the Faculty Council abolished the Committee and voted to assign responsibility for the three lectures to other offices. Records of the Established Lectures Committee, 1919-1998, include general correspondence, annual reports, and materials pertaining to specific lectures. The latter include invitations to speakers, correspondence about arrangements, and in some cases copies of speeches. Also included are audio tapes of three lectures. The Faculty Grievance Committee, an elective standing committee of the faculty of the University of North Carolina, was created in 1970 "to hear, mediate, and advise with respect to adjustment of grievances of members of the faculty." Files of the Faculty Grievance Committee, 1970-1989, include correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, and annual reports to the Faculty Council. They include no specific information on individual grievance cases. The Faculty Welfare Committee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a standing committee of the faculty, appointed by the Chancellor and charged with working on the expansion and improvement of fringe benefits for faculty. It was established in 1950 on the recommendation of the faculty's Committee on University Government to continue the work of the Committee on Faculty Living Conditions, which had been discharged in 1949. The records of the Committee, 1981-2000, include correspondence and reports, chiefly relating to the University's retirement plan and other fringe benefits for faculty. The Plans and Projects Committee was a committee of the faculty created in 1951 in conjunction with the establishment of the University's Development Program. Appointed by the Chancellor, the Committee was charged with soliciting proposals from within the University for strengthening campus facilities, services, and faculty. The Committee recommended to the Chancellor's Development Council the proposals it considered worthy of funding. The records of the Committee, 1951-1960, include correspondence, minutes of meetings, and proposals submitted to it. The Scholarships, Awards, and Student Aid Committee is a standing committee of the Faculty Council; members are appointed by the University's Chancellor. It sets policy on scholarship and student aid funds, monitors the operations of the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid, and advises the Chancellor on matters regarding student aid. Established in 1951 as the Committee on Endowed Scholarships, Loan Funds, and Self-Help Work, it soon changed its name to Scholarship and Student Aid Committee. Records, 1982-1987, of the Committee include its annual reports, minutes of meetings, correspondence, and reports. The Committee's efforts to adapt to cuts in federal funds for student aid during the 1980s are well documented. The Committee on the Status of Minorities and the Disadvantaged originated in the summer of 1968 as a special committee appointed by Chancellor Sitterson. The Committee was charged to study the experiences of minority and disadvantaged students at the University and to recommend ways to increase minority recruitment and improve student satisfaction. In December 1968 it became a standing committee of the Faculty Council and continued to focus on the recruitment and performance of minority and disadvantaged students. Later it was charged with addressing the ongoing needs and concerns of all minority and disadvantaged students, faculty, and staff. In 1997 it was replaced by the Committee on Community and Diversity. Records of the Committee on the Status of Minorities and the Disadvantaged consist of annual reports, meeting minutes, and general correspondence, 1972-1991. The Status of Women Committee, created in 1973, is a standing committee of the University's faculty. It is appointed by the Chair of the Faculty and is responsible for investigating and making recommendations on problems affecting women faculty members. Records of the Committee, 1973-1997, include correspondence (some regarding affirmative action), minutes of meetings, annual reports to the Faculty Council, and various surveys and studies concerning issues affecting women at the University, particularly salary and benefit inequities and child care. The Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Admissions is a standing committee of the University's faculty. Its membership is ex officio, with the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences serving as Chair. It sets policies and procedures (not inconsistent with those set by the Board of Trustees and faculty legislation) for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. The Committee was constituted in its present form in 1972. Previous faculty committees, however, also dealt with admissions policy. Chief among these was the Advisory Committee on Admissions and Records, which existed from the mid-1930s until 1972. Records of that Committee are included here. Records, 1933-1992, of the Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and its predecessor, the Advisory Committee on Admissions and Records, include correspondence, minutes, and reports. The Committee on University Government was established by Dean of Administration Robert B. House in November 1942 for the purpose of studying and reporting on University government. The Committee's work led to the adoption by the General Faculty in 1947 of the University's first modern code of government. Today the faculty Committee on University Government exists as an appointive standing committee of the Faculty Council and is charged with the "continuing development, adaptation, and interpretation of The Faculty Code of University Government." Records, 1969-1996, of the Committee include annual reports, meeting minutes, and general correspondence of the Committee. The University Paintings Committee was a committee of the faculty appointed by the Chancellor in 1967 and charged with locating and investigating the condition of the University's paintings and with drafting guidelines for their preservation. Records of the Committee consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, and financial records, 1967-1973, arranged chronologically, and an inventory, on cards, of the University's paintings. The University Priorities Committee was created in 1970 as an ad hoc committee of the faculty; later that year it became a standing committee. Appointed by the Chair of the Faculty, the University Priorities Committee is charged with studying the progress of the University towards its goals and making reports to the Faculty Council. The Committee also works with the administration and other groups within the University, particularly the Planning Council, toward the achievement of goals set by the Faculty Council. Records of the Committee include annual and special reports to the Faculty Council, 1970-1992, along with meeting minutes and correspondence. The Committee on Absences was a special committee of the faculty appointed in 1954 to study the problem of student absences from class. The Committee proposed new regulations regarding attendance. Records, 1954-1955, of the Committee include correspondence, meeting minutes, and reports. The Ad hoc Committee on Athletics and the University was appointed by the Faculty Council in 1988 to examine the University's intercollegiate athletics program. The Committee attracted considerable attention by recommending that the University unilaterally adopt reforms to its athletics program, i.e., independent of other schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Records of the Committee, 1987-1989, include correspondence, minutes of meetings, and reports, as well as files pertaining to the work of four subcommittees, each of which examined a different aspect of the athletics program. On April 15, 1977, the University's Faculty Council established "an ad hoc committee on committees and operations of the council, consisting of members of the Agenda Committee and the members of the Committee on University Government, with the Chair of the Faculty as Chair." The Committee's charge was to solicit input and initiate a review of the operations of the Faculty Council, particularly in regards to faculty participation in the governance of the University. Records of the Committee include correspondence, minutes, and reports, 1977-1978. The Committee on Attendance was a special committee of the faculty appointed late in 1940 to study the problem of student absences from class. In December 1941, the Committee proposed regulations on absence reporting and the handling of attendance problems. Records of the Committee cover May-December 1941 and include correspondence, minutes, and reports. The Chemistry Department Committee was a special committee consisting of six faculty members appointed by University President Frank Porter Graham to recommend a replacement for Professor James M. Bell as Chair of the Department of Chemistry. Records of the Committee include correspondence with applicants, meeting minutes, and reports, 1934-1935. The Faculty Board of Public Relations was appointed by the Chancellor in 1956 as called for in a resolution of the Faculty Council. The Board was charged with developing a publicity program interpreting the University's role in the state. The goal was to increase support for the University within the General Assembly and among the people of the state. Records of the Committee, 1956-1959, include correspondence and minutes of meetings. The Graham Memorial Committee was a special, joint committee of the University's faculty and Board of Trustees, appointed in 1918 to plan a memorial to former University President Edward Kidder Graham. The Committee organized a subscription campaign to raise money for a student union building to be named for Graham and for the publication of a volume of Graham's correspondence. Records of the Committee include correspondence, minutes of meetings and miscellaneous financial records, 1918-1932, and a volume containing receipts for subscriptions to the Graham Memorial Fund, 1928-1934. The Intellectual Cooperation Committee was a special joint committee of the Duke University and University of North Carolina faculties appointed in 1933 to examine areas of existing cooperation and possibilities for further intellectual cooperation between the two institutions. Recommendations of the Committee resulted in cooperative ventures ranging from library book acquisition to joint program offerings. Records of the Committee, 1934-1936, consist of reports and meeting minutes. The Mason Farm Project Committee was a special committee of the University's faculty, appointed in 1940 by President Frank Graham to oversee negotiations between the University of North Carolina and the U.S. Soil Conservation Service on the use of the University's Mason Farm property. Records of the Committee, 1935-1942, include correspondence, minutes of meetings, and the agreement between the University and the Soil Conservation Service, along with miscellaneous papers relating to the Mason Farm property. The Dudley Dewitt Carroll Memorial Committee was a special committee of the University's faculty appointed to draft a memorial resolution following the death of D. D. Carroll (1885-1971), professor of economics at the University from 1918 until 1956 and the leader in the establishment of its School of Commerce (later School of Business Administration). Carroll served both as Chair of the Department of Economics and as Dean of the School of Business Administration. Records of the Committee, 1972, include correspondence, notes, and the resolution drafted by it. The Scientific Research Committee (also called the Committee on the Rockefeller Fund for Research in Pure Science) was a special committee of the University's faculty appointed in 1926 to determine the distribution of a Rockefeller grant of $5,000 and of subsequent grants. Records of the Committee, 1926-1942, include minutes of meetings; faculty research proposals and requests for funding; reports on research projects completed and in progress; and reports on the distribution of funding. The Sesquicentennial Committee was a special committee of the faculty appointed in 1937 to plan and arrange the celebration of the University's 1945 sesquicentennial. The celebration lasted 15 months, from a special session of the General Assembly on 15 January 1945 to a campus convocation on April 12-13, 1946. Records of the Committee, 1944-1946, consist of plans for the Sesquicentennial, along with programs, publicity, and copies of some of the speeches delivered. In March 1972 Chancellor Ferebee Taylor requested the faculty Committee on University Government and the Faculty Hearings Committee to act jointly as the Tenure Study Committee and to determine the relationship between the University at Chapel Hill's tenure policies and the American Association of University Professors' guidelines on tenure. The Committee's report and proposed tenure policies and regulations were adopted in 1973. In July 1975 Taylor reconvened the Committee for the purpose of drafting a revision of the 1973 policies and regulations that would bring them into conformity with the Code of the University of North Carolina System. Records of the Tenure Study Committee include general correspondence, 1975. The Writer-in-Residence Committee was a special committee of the faculty appointed by the Chancellor of the University in 1965 to revise the Writer-in-Residence Program on campus and supervise its operation. Records of the Committee, 1966-1971, consist primarily of correspondence with writers who participated in the Writer-in-Residence Program. The Faculty Committee on Long-Range Land-Use Planning for Outlying Campus Lands was a special committee of the faculty appointed by the Chancellor of the University in 1994 to serve as a liaison between the Chancellor's Facilities Planning Committee and Technical Committee in the formal planning process for the outlying University lands. Chaired by Professor Tom Clegg, it also helped to provide the consultant team with information on the University's missions, highlighting future and long-term areas of need and focusing on those areas that might potentially be accommodated on the Horace Williams and Mason Farm properties. Records of the Committee, 1994-1997, consist primarily of correspondence, maps, minutes, questionnaires, proposals, and responses. The position of Chair of the Faculty was created in 1951. Elected to a three-year term by vote of the General Faculty, the Chair serves as Chair pro tem of the Faculty Council and of the General Faculty, represents the Chancellor in academic matters when the Chancellor requests it, and fulfills other duties as determined by the Chancellor of the Faculty Council. Records, 1966-2000, include general correspondence of the Chair of the Faculty with other faculty members and with University administrators; agendas, minutes, and resolutions relating to faculty meetings; and the Chair's files on standing and special committees of the faculty. The latter consist of correspondence, scattered minutes, and reports of the committees to the Faculty Council. Included is a file dated 1970-1971 on the student strike during the Vietnam War. Chairs who figured prominently in these records include Corydon P. Spruill, Frederic N. Cleaveland, Daniel A. Okun, George V. Taylor, and Richard (Pete) Andrews.

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Microfilm copy of Subseries 1.1. Minutes of the General Faculty and of the Faculty Council, 1799-1994, and Subseries 1.2. Minutes of the Faculty, 1951-1966, available.

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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the General Faculty and Faculty Council of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40106, University Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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General Abstract: College students--North Carolina--History.; Curriculum planning--North Carolina.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Curricula.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Curricula.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Discipline.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Faculty Council.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Curricula.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. General Faculty.

Subgroup 1. Faculty Minutes: College students--North Carolina--History.; Curriculum planning--North Carolina.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Curricula.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Curricula.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Discipline.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Faculty Council.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Curricula.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. General Faculty.

Subgroup 2. Secretary of the Faculty Records: University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Employees.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Secretary of the Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Employees.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Secretary of the Faculty.; College teachers--North Carolina--History.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Employees.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.

Subgroup 3. Faculty Division Records. Series 3.1. Division of the Humanities: Curriculum planning--North Carolina--History.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; General education--North Carolina--History.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Curricula.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Curricula.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). College of Arts and Sciences--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty. Division of the Humanities.

Subgroup 3. Faculty Division Records. Series 3.2. Division of the Natural Sciences: Curriculum planning--North Carolina--History.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; General education--North Carolina--History.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Curricula.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Curricula.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. College of Arts and Sciences--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. General Faculty. Division of the Natural Sciences.

Subgroup 3. Faculty Division Records. Series 3.3. Division of Fine Arts: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. General Faculty. Division of Fine Arts.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. College of Arts and Sciences--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Curricula.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; Curriculum planning--North Carolina--History--20th century.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History--20th century.; General education--North Carolina--History.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Curricula; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committee Records. Series 4.1. Administrative Board of the Library; Series 4.2. Advisory Committee: College teachers--Salaries, etc.--North Carolina.; Minority college students--Recruiting.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Admission.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--Salaries, etc.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Faculty Council. Advisory Committee.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty--Salaries, etc.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Admission.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Advisory Committee.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committee. Series 4.3. Athletics Committee: University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Sports.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty. Athletics Committee.; College sports--North Carolina--History.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committee. Series 4.4. Buildings and Grounds Committee: University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Buildings.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Planning.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Faculty Council. Buildings and Grounds Committee.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Buildings.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Planning.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Buildings and Grounds Committee.; Campus planning--North Carolina.; College facilities--North Carolina--Planning.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Horace Williams Airport (Chapel Hill, N.C.).; Mason Farm (Chapel Hill, N.C.).; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Buildings.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committees. Series 4.5. Educational Policy Committee: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Curricula.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Examinations.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Educational Policy Committee.; College students--Rating of--North Carolina--History.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Grading and marking (Students)--North Carolina.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Curricula.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committees. Series 4.6. English Composition Committee: Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Grading and marking (Students)--North Carolina.; Literacy--North Carolina.; Literacy programs--North Carolina.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Curricula.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Curricula.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty. English Composition Committee.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committees. Series 4.7. Established Lectures Committee: Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; John Calvin McNair Lectures.; Lectures and lecturing--North Carolina--History.; Martin Luther King, Jr., Lectures on Human Rights.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Public services.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Public services.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Faculty Council. Established Lectures Committee.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Public services.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Established Lectures Committee.; Weil Lectures on American Citizenship.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committees. 4.8. Faculty Grievance Committee: College teachers--North Carolina--History--20th century.; Grievance arbitration--North Carolina.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Faculty Grievance Committee.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committees. Series 4.9. Faculty Welfare Committee: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty--Pensions.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Faculty Welfare Committee.; College teachers--North Carolina--Economic conditions.; College teachers--Pensions--North Carolina.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committees. Series 4.10. Plans and Projects Committee: University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Planning.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Faculty Council. Plans and Projects Committee.; Campus planning--North Carolina.; College facilities--North Carolina--Planning.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--Planning.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committees. Series 4.11. Scholarships, Awards and Student Aid Committee: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Scholarships, Awards, and Student Aid Committee.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Funds and scholarships.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; Student aid--North Carolina.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History--20th century.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committees. Series 4.12. Committee on the Status of Minorities and the Disadvantaged: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty. Committee on the Status of Minorities and the Disadvantaged.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Admission.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Employees.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Minority college students--North Carolina--Recruiting.; Minority college students--Recruiting.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Admission.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Employees.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committees. Series 4.13. Status of Women Committee: Affirmative action programs--North Carolina.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Sex discrimination against women--North Carolina.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Employees.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Status of Women Committee.; Women--Employment--North Carolina.; Women college teachers--North Carolina.; Women in education--North Carolina.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committees. Series 4.14. Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Admissions: Education, Higher--North Carolina--History--20th century.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Admission.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Faculty Council. Advisory Committee on Admissions and Records.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty. Advisory Committee on Admissions and Records.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Admission.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Advisory Committee on Admissions and Records.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Admissions.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History--20th century.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committees. Series 4.15. Committee on University Government: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Committee on University Government.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Administration.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Regulations.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History--20th century.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Administration.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committees. Series 4.16. University Paintings Committee: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Art collections.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. University Paintings Committee.; Painting--North Carolina--Catalogs.

Subgroup 4. Standing Committees. Series 4.17. University Priorities Committee: Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Planning.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Planning.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. University Priorities Committee.

Subgroup 5. Special Committee Records. Series 5.1. Committee on Absences: University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Discipline.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty. Committee on Absences.; College attendance--North Carolina.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Subgroup 5. Special Committee Records. Series 5.2. Ad hoc Committee on Athletics and the University: Atlantic Coast Conference.; National Collegiate Athletic Association.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Sports.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Ad hoc Committee on Athletics and the University.; College sports--North Carolina.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Subgroup 5. Special Committee Records. Series 5.3. Ad hoc Committee on Committees and Operations of the Faculty Council: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Ad hoc Committee on Committees and Operations of the Faculty Council.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Committee on University Government.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Agenda Committee.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Administration.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Regulations.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History--20th century.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Administration.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.

Subgroup 5. Special Committee Records. Series 5.4. Committee on Attendance: University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Discipline.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty. Committee on Attendance.; College attendance--North Carolina.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Subgroup 5. Special Committee Records. Series 5.5. Chemistry Department Committee: University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Dept. of Chemistry.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty. Chemistry Dept. Committee.; College teachers--Selection and appointment--North Carolina.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Subgroup 5. Special Committee Records. Series 5.6. Faculty Board of Public Relations: University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Public relations.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty. Faculty Board of Public Relations.; Universities and colleges--Public relations--North Carolina.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Subgroup 5. Special Committee Records. Series 5.7. Graham Memorial Committee: Educational fund raising--North Carolina.; Graham, Edward Kidder, 1876-1918.; Student unions--North Carolina.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Finance.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Graham Memorial Committee.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Graham Memorial Student Union.

Subgroup 5. Special Committee Records. Series 5.8. Intellectual Cooperation Committee: Academic libraries--Collection development--North Carolina.; Collection development (Libraries)--North Carolina.; Curriculum planning--North Carolina--History.; Duke University--History.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; University cooperation--North Carolina.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Planning.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Intellectual Cooperation Committee.; Duke University. Intellectual Cooperation Committee.

Subgroup 5. Special Committee Records. Series 5.9. Mason Farm Project Committee: United States. Soil Conservation Service.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty. Mason Farm Project Committee.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; Mason Farm (Chapel Hill, N.C.).; North Carolina Botanical Garden.

Subgroup 5. Special Committee Records. Series 5.10. Memorial Committees: Dudley Dewitt Carroll Memorial Committee: Carroll, Dudley Dewitt, 1885-1971.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). School of Business Administration.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Dudley Dewitt Carroll Memorial Committee.; College teachers--North Carolina--History.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Subgroup 5. Special Committee Records. Series 5.11. Scientific Research Committee: University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Research grants.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty. Scientific Research Committee.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Research--North Carolina.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Subgroup 5. Special Committee Records. Series 5.12. Sesquicentennial Committee: University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.; University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty. Sesquicentennial Committee.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Subgroup 5. Special Committee Records. Series 5.13. Tenure Study Committee: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Tenure Study Committee.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Committee on University Government.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Faculty Hearings Committee.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Administration.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Regulations.; College teachers--Tenure--North Carolina.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History--20th century.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Administration.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.

Subgroup 5. Special Committee Records. Series 5.14. Writer-in-Residence Committee: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Writer-in-Residence Committee.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Writer-in-Residence Program.; Authors, American--North Carolina.; Creative writing (Higher education).; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Subgroup 5. Special Committee Records. Series 5.15. Faculty Committee on Long-Range Land-Use Planning for Outlying Campus Lands: Campus planning--North Carolina.; Clegg, Thomas B.; College facilities--North Carolina--Planning.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Horace Williams Airport (Chapel Hill, N.C.).; Mason Farm (Chapel Hill, N.C.).; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Buildings.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Buildings.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty Council. Faculty Committee on Long-Range Land-Use Planning for Outlying Campus Lands.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Planning.

Subgroup 6. Chair of the Faculty Records: Andrews, Richard N. L.; Cleaveland, Frederic N.; Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.; Okun, Daniel Alexander.; Spruill, Corydon Perry.; Student movements--North Carolina.; Taylor, George Vanderbeck, 1919- .; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Faculty.; Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--20th century.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Student strike, 1970.; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chair of the Faculty.; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest movements--North Carolina--Chapel Hill.

Historical Note

The University's earliest Laws and Regulations, adopted by its Board of Trustees in 1795, defined the duties and rights of the faculty. Formal faculty meetings have been held since at least 1799; the amended Laws of the University adopted by the Trustees in December 1799 included guidelines for the conduct of such meetings.

Throughout the antebellum period, the faculty was responsible for enforcing social as well as academic regulations and for handling cases of student misconduct. After 1875 the faculty assumed an increasing role in establishing policies governing educational activities and the awarding of degrees by the University. The Faculty Code of University Government, originally titled Faculty Legislation, was adopted by the General Faculty in 1947 and has been amended numerous times.

In 1950 the General Faculty authorized the creation of the Faculty Council to act as its legislative body. The Council, composed of elected members from the various faculty divisions and ex-officio members from the University administration, held its first meeting on January 5, 1951. Officers of the faculty include the Chair and the Secretary. The University's Chancellor presides over meetings of the Faculty Council. Much of the Council's work is carried on by its standing and special committees.

Collection Overview

Records include minutes of meetings of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill General Faculty, 1799-1994, and of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Faculty Council, 1951-1994; files of the Secretary of the Faculty and of the Chair of the Faculty; minutes of the meetings of various faculty divisions; and files of standing and special committees.

Arrangement of Collection

1. Faculty Meeting Minutes
1.1. Minutes of the General Faculty and of the Faculty Council
1.2. Minutes of the Faculty Council
1.3. Audio Recordings of Faculty Meetings
2. Secretary of the Faculty Records
2.1. Administrative Files
2.2. Faculty Committees
2.3. Memorials
3. Faculty Division Records
3.1. Division of the Humanities
3.2. Division of the Natural Sciences
3.3. Division of Fine Arts
4. Standing Committee Records
4.1. Administrative Board of the Library
4.2. Advisory Committee
4.3. Athletics Committee
4.4. Buildings and Grounds Committee
4.5. Educational Policy Committee
4.6. English Composition Committee
4.7. Established Lectures Committee
4.8. Faculty Grievance Committee
4.9. Faculty Welfare Committee
4.10. Plans and Projects Committee
4.11. Scholarships, Awards, and Student Aid Committee
4.12. Committee on the Status of Minorities and the Disadvantaged
4.13. Status of Women Committee
4.14. Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Admissions
4.15. Committee on University Government
4.16. University Paintings Committee
4.17. University Priorities Committee
5. Special Committee Records
5.1. Committee on Absences
5.2. Ad hoc Committee on Athletics and the University
5.3. Ad hoc Committee on Committees and Operations of the Faculty Council
5.4. Committee on Attendance
5.5. Chemistry Department Committee
5.6. Faculty Board of Public Relations
5.7. Graham Memorial Committee
5.8. Intellectual Cooperation Committee
5.9. Mason Farm Project Committee
5.10. Memorial Committees
5.11. Scientific Research Committee
5.12. Sesquicentennial Committee
5.13. Tenure Study Committee
5.14. Writer-in-Residence Committee
5.15. Faculty Committee on Long-Range Land-Use Planning for Outlying Campus Lands
6. Chair of the Faculty Records
6.1. Administrative Files
6.2. General Faculty and Faculty Council Meetings
6.3. Faculty Committees

Subgroup Descriptions

1. Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1799-1994.

1.1. Minutes of the General Faculty and of the Faculty Council, 1799-1994.

Arrangement: chronological.

Formal faculty meetings at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are of two types: General Faculty Meetings and Faculty Council Meetings. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill General Faculty consists of all persons holding the rank of lecturer and above as well as some librarians. Certain administrators and other officials are ex officio members. The Voting Faculty consists of those members of the General Faculty whose appointments meet certain criteria. The General Faculty meets twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Faculty Council, which began meeting in 1951, is the legislative body of the General Faculty. It meets each month of the academic year. Its members are elected from the various divisions of the General Faculty. The Faculty Council's structure, powers and procedures are detailed in The Faculty Code of University Government, which also provides more detailed information on the membership of both bodies and on the composition of the faculty divisions.

University Archives holds minutes of the General Faculty, 1799-1994, and of the Faculty Council, 1951-1994, in both original and microfilm copy. Minutes routinely include discussions of general administrative and educational policies as well as committee reports and memorials to deceased faculty. Minutes prior to 1919 also frequently include lists of students, lists of degrees conferred, and commencement programs. Antebellum minutes record cases of student misconduct and disciplinary actions. From 1951 until the fall of 1966, the minutes of the Faculty Council were recorded in separate volumes. Since November 1966, they have been recorded in the same volumes as the minutes of the General Faculty.

Box 1:1

Microfilm Reel 1

Volume 1:1. Minutes of faculty meetings, 1799-1814

(record of faculty meetings including cases of student misconduct, student admissions, ordinances, petitions, resolutions, recommendations for faculty vacancies, reports on students, curriculum changes, programs for commencement)

Digital version: Letter from John A. Ramsey to the Trustees, 28 June 1810

Volume 1:2. Minutes of faculty meetings, 1814-1821

(also laws of the University established by the Trustees in 1799; donations and donors to the Museum, 1795-1799; pledges of monitors and pledges of students after the desertion of 1805)

Volume 1:3. Minutes of faculty meetings, 1821-1841

(also petitions to the Executive Committee of the Trustees for new Dialectic and Philanthropic Society buildings and petition to the Trustees for a new society (Delphian); no minutes for November 1832-December 1835)

Digital version: Class Schedule, 2 September 1838

Digital version: Faculty Minutes, June 1839

Volume 1:4. 1841-1848. Minutes of faculty meetings.

Microfilm Reel 2

Volume 1:5. Minutes of faculty meetings, 1849-1855

(2 bound typed copies available and 1 copy in the North Carolina Collection)

Volume 1:6. Minutes of faculty meetings, 1856-1885

(also Ph.D. course for Samuel May in 1897 as well as undated summary by year of students registered, number from each North Carolina county, list of degree candidates, degrees given, and subject and by whom approved)

Volume 1:7. 1885-1901. Minutes of faculty meetings.

Box 1:2

Microfilm Reel 3

Volume 1:8. Minutes of faculty meetings, 1901-1919

(also printed copies of athletic rules, 1906; commencement programs, 1906-1918; outline of courses, 1908; summer school bulletins; Yackety Yack regulations, 1913; Southern Conference athletic rules; and recommendations of the Committee on Military Training, 1917)

Volume 1:9. Minutes of faculty meetings, April 2, 1919-June 1,1934

Microfilm Reel 4

Volume 1:10. Minutes of faculty meetings, September 17, 1934-June 2, 1936

(also includes Minutes of the Undergraduate Faculty, 1929-1932, p. 1-11; no other Undergraduate Faculty minutes exist)

Volume 1:11. Minutes of faculty meetings, September 18, 1936-February 10, 1938

Volume 1:12. Minutes of faculty meetings, March 4, 1938-December 10, 1940.

Volume 1:13. Minutes of faculty meetings, January 1941-May 1942

Volume 1:14. Minutes of faculty meetings, September 1942-November 1945

(include reports of faculty committees)

Microfilm Reel 5

Volume 1:15. Minutes of faculty meetings, February 1946-May 1948

Volume 1:16. Minutes of faculty meetings, October 1948-May 1950

Box 1:3

Volume 1:17. Minutes of faculty meetings, May 1950-April 1955

(see also Series 2, Vols. 2:1-2:3, for Faculty Council minutes)

Volume 1:18. Minutes of faculty meetings, October 1955-April 1961

(see also Series 2, Vols. 2:4-2:7, for Faculty Council minutes)

Microfilm Reel 6

Volume 1:19. Minutes of faculty meetings, October 1961-May 1966

(see also Series 2, Vols. 2:7-2:9, for Faculty Council minutes)

Volume 1:20. Minutes of faculty meetings, October 1966-May 1967

(brief index included; beginning in November 1966, minutes of General Faculty and Faculty Council meetings are recorded in same volume)

Volume 1:21. Minutes of faculty meetings, September 1967-May 1968

(index included)

Volume 1:22. 1968-1969. Minutes of faculty meetings, September 1968-May 1969

(index included)

Microfilm Reel 7

Volume 1:23. Minutes of faculty meetings, October 1969-May 1970

(index included)

Volume 1:24. Minutes of faculty meetings, October 1970-May 1971

(include committee annual reports and index)

Microfilm Reel 8

Volume 1:25. Minutes of faculty meetings, September 1971-February 1972

(include committee annual reports; index included in Vol. 1:26)

Volume 1:26. Minutes of faculty meetings, March 10-April. 21, 1972

(also committee annual reports; index to Vol. 1:25 and Vol. 1:26 included)

Volume 1:27. Minutes of faculty meetings, September 1972-April 1973

(committee annual reports and index included)

Box 1:4

Microfilm Reel 9

Volume 1:28. Minutes of faculty meetings, September 1973-February 1974

(committee annual reports, memorials, resolutions, etc. included; index to Vols. 1:28 and 1:29 included)

Volume 1:29. Minutes of faculty meetings, March-April 1974

(reports and memorials included; index is with Vol. 1:28)

Microfilm Reel 10

Volume 1:30. Minutes of faculty meetings, September 1974-April 1975

(reports, memorials, etc. included; index included)

Volume 1:31. Minutes of faculty meetings, September-November 1975

(reports, memorials, etc. included; indexed)

Volume 1:32. Minutes of faculty meetings, December 1975-April 1976

(index included with Vol. 1:31)

Microfilm Reel 11

Volume 1:33. Minutes of faculty meetings, September 1976-April 1977

(reports, memorials, etc. included; index included)

Volume 1:34. Minutes of faculty meetings, September 1977-April 1978