Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Permanent University Archive public records are available for research, and are subject to state, and in some cases federal freedom of information laws. In compliance with applicable state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, FERPA and HIPAA, specific records that are legally protected, sensitive, private, or confidential are exempt (not subject to disclosure) and closed to protect individual privacy. Access to paper records will be granted after a professional review of the records occurs based on regulations in state and federal laws. Contact Special Collections and University Archives well in advance in order to access these records.
According to the University of Oregon Constitution, "sole faculty governance authority at the University of Oregon resides in the Statutory Faculty," and the "Statutory Faculty exercises its governance authority through the Faculty Assembly," which "delegates its governance authority to the University Senate."
The Faculty Assembly has also been referred to as the University Assembly or General Assembly.
The collection (1933-2010) includes records of the Oregon Faculty Assembly, University Senate, and the Faculty - Student council. Material includes minutes, correspondence, reports, plans, task force, caucus, and committee documents, and audio recordings of meetings.
Material is organized by accession and includes the following material: (lists are not comprehensive)
Accession 10.079.A: minutes, agendas, annual reports, faculty leadership caucus, faculty governance committee, Faculty Assembly records, records of the secretary of the senate, audio recordings and two gavels, 1986-2010.
Accession 10235.A: minutes of the Senate, Faculty Assembly, and the Faculty-Student Council, 1961-1969.
Accession 10599.A: meeting minutes, 1968-1970.
Accession 1996.50: minutes, memoranda, membership roll/attendance record, and also summaries and synopses of meetings prepared for Secretary Wattles, 1968-1975.
Accession 10112.A: minutes (includes 2 bound volumes of official minutes) and correspondence, 1933-1970.
Accession 1996.155.A: Faculty senate meeting minutes, 1960-1973.
Accession 10472.A: Student-Faculty meeting minutes and the Faculty and Administrative Committee handbook (revised 1969), 1966-1970.
Accession 2002s.88.A: minutes of the Faculty Assembly, 1966-2001.
Accession 1996.736.A: Senate meeting minutes, reports to and by Senate, and minutes of the President's Advisory Council, 1970-1988.
Accession 15.147.A: 4 microfilm reels of "Faculty Minutes," (1 original set of two reels, and 1 copy each of the original reels) 1880-1972.