- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Series 1: Departmental, Faculty and Committee Minutes, 1914-1980
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Series 1: Departmental, Faculty and Committee Minutes, 1914-1980 includes a complete set of minutes for departmental meetings and meetings of the faculty, as well as sparse records of three faculty committees: Development Committee (1962 – 1976), Committee on Departmental Students (1962 – 1974), and Committee on Graduate Work (1964 – 1977). Minutes record factual proceedings relating to personnel, teaching, grading, course requirements, resolutions recognizing retirements or deaths of colleagues, and regular reports on library and rare book acquisitions for Firestone Library.
- Arrangement
Series 1: Department, Faculty, and Committee Minutes is organized according to type of meeting, and the minutes for each type of meeting are arranged chronologically.
Collection History
- Appraisal
Appraisal has been conducted according to Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library guidelines.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Peter E. McCullough in March, 1991. Finding aid written by Peter E. McCullough in March, 1991. Additions processed by Christie Peterson with assistance from Eleanor Wright '14 between November 2010 and January 2011.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Minutes of the Faculty in Series 1: Department, Faculty and Committee Minutes are restricted for 50 years. These files are marked in the inventory below.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. The Trustees of Princeton University hold copyright to all materials generated by Princeton University employees in the course of their work. For instances beyond Fair Use, if copyright is held by Princeton University, researchers do not need to obtain permission, complete any forms, or receive a letter to move forward with use of materials from the Princeton University Archives.
For instances beyond Fair Use where the copyright is not held by the University, while permission from the Library is not required, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Series 1: Departmental, Faculty and Committee Minutes; Department of English Records, AC134, Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibrarySeeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-3
Find More
- Other Finding Aids
Full text searching of the English Department archived website is available through the Archive-It interface.
- Names:
- Princeton University. Students.