RG044 Guide to the Faculty Senate Records 1944-2000 Oregon State University Faculty Senate Records Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. 2003 Oregon State University Archives
121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2165 Email: archives@oregonstate.edu Web: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives
Encoded by ArchProteus and Erin Whitesel-Jones. 2004 Finding aid written in English. Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2165 Email: archives@oregonstate.edu Web: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives
RG 044 Oregon State University. Faculty Senate. Faculty Senate Records 4 cubic ft. 5 microfilm reels The Faculty Senate records document the development, administration and activities of the OSU Faculty Senate and its various committees. Materials in English. Historical Note:

Composed of representatives from all academic and administrative units, the Faculty Senate is the primary governing body of the University, responsible for academic policies, educational standards, curricula, academic regulations, and faculty welfare. In its capacity as the University's legislative body, the Faculty Senate presents recommendations to the President of the University, who has the authority to pass or veto any measure submitted. Organized in 1945 by the Committee on Resident Faculty Organization, the Faculty Senate (formerly known as the Faculty Council prior to 1957) was the first faculty body at Oregon State University that included elected representatives.

Due to differences in the series designations between the paper and microfilm records in this group, the microfilm reels are described separately below and in the inventory.

Series I contains correspondence, minutes, memoranda, annual committee reports, and studies generated by the Faculty Senate's committees. Two of the major committees represented in this series are the Executive and the Faculty Economic Welfare Committee. The latter examined issues pertaining to faculty salaries and benefits. One cubic foot of Faculty Senate materials from the records of C. W. Hovland, Department Chair of Religious Studies and president of the Faculty Senate from 1978 to 1979, has been transferred into this series. Series II consists of minutes of the Faculty Senate. The microfilm records also contain minutes of the Faculty Senate and cover one year (1956) not in the paper records. Series III are Reports to the Senate sent to Senate members outlining meeting agendas and memoranda and reports from committees.

Series IV contains informational materials and memoranda regarding the presentation of the OSU Distinguished Service Awards. Nomination packets of the winners of the Distinguished Service Award and other awards (containing curriculum vitas and letters or recommendation) are also in this series.

Series V consists of studies, opinion papers, and addresses prepared for the Faculty Senate by faculty members, committees, and outside consultants. Series VI contains general correspondence, a handbook, memoranda, and informational reports relating to the administrative structure, policies, and history of the Faculty Senate.

The 5 reels of Faculty Senate microfilm records date from 1944 to 1971 and consist primarily of correspondence, minutes, committee and curriculum council reports, informational materials, and memoranda. The minutes, informational material, and reports were created by the Committee On Faculty Organization, an ad hoc committee formed by the University to establish the Faculty Senate. The microfilm also contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports from the Committee On Committees and the Publication Advisory Committee. Series numbers in brackets on the inventory correspond to series indicators in the microfilm.

Organized into six series: I. Committees; II. Minutes; III. Reports to the Faculty Senate; IV. Awards; V. Studies, Opinion Papers, and Addresses; and VI. Subject files.

Faculty Senate Records (RG 44), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

The OSU Staff Newsletter (Pub 8-22a) includes the Faculty Senate Minutes and indexes from 1965-1977. The D. Curtis Mumford Papers include records of the Faculty Economic Welfare Committee of the Faculty Senate.

 Oregon State University. Faculty Senate. Oregon State University. Faculty Economic Welfare Committee. Oregon State University--Administration. Oregon State University--Faculty. Universities and colleges--Oregon--Corvallis--Curricula. Universities and colleges--Faculty--Salaries, etc.--Oregon--Corvallis. Oregon Colleges and Universities Series I Committees 1944-1989 1 Academic Advising Committee 1971, 1977 1 Academic Deficiencies Committee 1969-1972 1 Academic Regulations Committee 1977-1979 Academic Requirements Committee 1968-1974 1 Committee Reports 1970-1973 1 Curriculum Policies 1970-1974 1 Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1970-1973 1 Revisions of Academic Regulations 1973 1 S-U Grading 1968-1973 1 Transfer of Community College and Voc-tech Credits 1971-1973 1 Academic Reviews and Appeals Committee 1969-1972 1 Academic Status Committee 1970 Ad Hoc Committees 1970-1982 1 Committee on Martin Luther King's Birthday 1982 1 Committee on Faculty Workloads 1973 1 Advancement of Teaching Committee 1969-1971 1 Bylaws Committee 1970-1971 1 Charter Day Committee 1969 1 Committee on Admissions of Graduate Students 1969 1 Committee on Admissions of Undergraduate Students 1969-1972 1 Committee on Committees 1967-1972 1 Committee to Coordinate Distribution and Review of Statements on Student Rights 1969 1 Committee for Minority and Special Services Programs 1969-1971 1 Committee on Reorganization and Enlargement of the Faculty Council 1954-1955 1 Committee on Resident Faculty Organization 1944 1 Curriculum Committee 1971 2 Examinations Committee 1971 2 Executive Committee 1964-1973 2 Memoranda to Faculty 1981-1989 2 Faculty Day Committee 1968-1970 2 Faculty Economic Welfare Committee 1950, 1956-1958, 1964-1978 2 Academic Salary Statistical Reports 1982-1986 2 Academic Salaries Seminar Report, Surveys, and Data 1986-1987 2 Subcommittee on Salary Information 1972-1974 2 Faculty Recognition and Awards Committee 1969-1971 2 Faculty Status Committee 1971 2 International Education Committee 1969-1972 2 Library Committee 1969-1971 2 Nominations Committee 1970-1972 2 Registration and Scheduling Committee 1971 3 Retirement Committee 1979-1981 3 Special Services Committee 1970-1971 3 University Honors Program Committee 1969-1971 Series II Minutes 1944-1999 3 1944-1955, 1957-1965 5 bound volumes 3 1969-1972, 1977-1995, 1998-1999 3 Minutes Index 1967-1979 Series III Reports to the Faculty Senate 1970-1998 3 1970-1972, 1980-1990 4 1991-1998 Series IV Awards 1974-2000 4 Award Nomination Criteria Guidelines, 2000 4 Distinguished Service Awards, 1974-1976 1978-1980, 1983 4 Faculty Award Nomination Packets 1997-2000 4 List of Award Recipients 1964-1989 Series V Studies, Opinion Papers, and Addresses 1988-1999 4 Faculty Forum Papers 1988-1991, 1998-1999 4 Faculty Salary Structures and Trends; and How We Track Them 1990 Series VI Subject Files 1970-1999 4 Bylaws and Standing Rules 1974-1975 4 Correspondence and Memos 1988-1989, 1993, 1999 4 Faculty Panels 1970-1971 4 Faculty Senate Handbook 1994-1995 4 Promotion and Tenure 1982-1984 4 Provosts' Annual Address to the Faculty 1989 4 Roots of the Faculty Senate (Brief historical essay on the Faculty Senate) 1984 Microfilmed records

Faculty Senate Minutes, 1945-1966 [Subgroup 1, Series 1] Correspondence, 1945-1960 [Subgroup 1, Series 2] Correspondence, 1960-1964 [Subgroup 1, Series 2] Committee and Curriculum Council Reports, 1945-1964 [Subgroup 1, Series 3] Reports, 1945-1959 [Subgroup 1, Series 4] Organization, 1954-1957 [Subgroup 1, Series 5] Committee on Resident Faculty Oganization, 1944 [Subgroup 2, Series 1-5] Committee on Committees, 1955-1961 [Subgroup 3, Series 1] Faculty Senate Minutes, 1968-1971 [Series 1] Correspondence, 1968-1971 [Series 2] Executive Committee, 1968-1970 [Series 3] Executive Committee, 1969-1971 [Series 3] Reports, Committee, 1967-1971 [Series 3] School of Agriculture Correspondence, 1969-1971 [Series 5] Agendas, 1967-1971 [Series 6] Members, 1968-1969 [Series 7] Publication Advisory Committee (Adv. Com. on Faculty Publications), 1967-1968 [Series 8] Committee on Resident Faculty Organization, 1944 [This reel exactly duplicates paper records in the folder, "Committee on Resident Faculty Organization, 1944", with the exception of one page of Minutes on the film which is not in the original paper records. This page has been printed out and is available with the original paper records.]