University of Wyoming. Office of Registration and Records

University of Wyoming. Office of Registration and Records, 1887-1994

Overview of the Collection

Creator: University of Wyoming. Office of Registration and Records
Title: University of Wyoming. Office of Registration and Records
Dates: 1887-1994 (inclusive)
18871994

Website capture 2019-ongoing (inclusive)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection
Quantity: 49.66 cubic ft. (99 boxes) + website
Collection Number: 541006
Summary: This collection includes access to the archived website, student transcripts and University Course Review records documenting academics, registration, and enrollment at the University of Wyoming.
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages: English
Sponsor: The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The University of Wyoming, Office of Registration and Records documented the academics, registration, and enrollment at the University of Wyoming.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection contains access to the archived website, grade cards and transcripts for University of Wyoming and University High School students, 1887-1942; administrative records documenting course requests and descriptions, 1921-1994; and records of the University Course Review Committee from 1922-1987, including minutes of meetings and information submitted by colleges and departments with course requests justifying the continuance or removal of courses.

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, University of Wyoming Office of Registration and Records Records, 1887-1994, Collection Number 541006, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

There are no other known archival collections created by the University of Wyoming Office of Registration and Records at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

The University of Wyoming Office of Registration and Records transferred the collection to the American Heritage Center from 1984-2002.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Brittany Alspach in October 2004, and updated by Sara Davis in April 2021.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. University Course Committee Records, 1922-1987Return to Top

Contains meeting agendas, minutes, and course sheets with proposals for new courses or removal of existing ones. The series is arranged into three sub-series.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Sub-series 1. Subject Files Arranged chronologically.	1922-1987
Box	Folder
1	1		1922-1928
Folder
2		Student Welfare	1924-1951
3			1929-1931
4		Residence Classification	1930-1958
5			1932-1937
Box	Folders
2	1-2		1932-1937
Folder
3		Religious Education	1936-1956
4			1938-1943
Box	Folder
3	1		1938-1943
Folder
2		Curriculum	1942-1944
3			1944-1946
4			1945-1954
Box	Folders
4	1-2		1945-1954
Folder
3		Curriculum	1949-1951
4		Administrative Council	1950-1963
Box	Folder
5	1	Public and University Relations	1952-1954
Folder
2		Curriculum	1952-1956
3			1955-1962
4		Resident Classification	1958-1973
Box
6			1956-1970
	Folder
7	1		1956-1970
Folder
2		Academic Deans & Registrar	1965-1969
3		Residence Appeals	1965-1983
Box	Folder
8	1		1970-1979
9			1979-1987
		Sub-series 2. Course Sheets Arranged alphabetically.	1945-1955
Box	Folder
10	1	College of Agriculture	1945-1955
Folder
2		Commerce and Industry	1945-1955
3		Creative Arts International	1945-1955
4		The Division of Music	1945-1955
Folders
5-6		College of Education	1945-1955
Folder
7		College of Engineering	1945-1955
Box	Folder
11	1	Home Economics	1945-1955
Folder
2		Graduate School/ Law School	1945-1955
3		College of Liberal Arts, Art	1945-1955
4		College of Liberal Arts, Botany	1945-1955
5		College of Liberal Arts, Chemistry	1945-1955
6		College of Liberal Arts, Economics & Sociology	1945-1955
7		College of Liberal Arts, English	1945-1955
8		College of Liberal Arts, Geology	1945-1955
9		College of Liberal Arts, History	1945-1955
10		College of Liberal Arts, Journalism	1945-1955
11		College of Liberal Arts, Language	1945-1955
12		College of Liberal Arts, Mathematics	1945-1955
13		College of Liberal Arts, Philosophy & Psychology	1945-1955
14		College of Liberal Arts, Physics	1945-1955
15		College of Liberal Arts, Political Science	1945-1955
Box	Folder
12	1	College of Liberal Arts, Speech	1945-1955
Folder
2		College of Liberal Arts, Zoology	1945-1955
3		Military	1945-1955
4		Personnel & Guidance	1945-1955
5		Pharmacy	1945-1955
6		Physical Education	1945-1955
		Sub-series 3. Committee Minutes Arranged chronologically.	1963-1983
Box	Folders
12	7-8		1963-1965
Folders
9-10			1965-1966
Box	Folders
13	1-7		1966-1969
14	1-6		1969-1971
15-16	1-7		1971-1973
17	1-9		1973-1975
18	1-8		1975-1976
19	1-11		1976-1977
20	1-4		1978-1979
21	1-4		1979-1983

Series II. Administrative Records, 1921-1993Return to Top

Contains course descriptions and course requests. The series has been arranged into four sub-series.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Sub-series 1. Miscellaneous Arranged alphabetically.	1921-1965
Box	Folder
22	1	Honorary Degrees	1921-1965
Folder
2		University High School Class, Graduation, Drop Lists	1927-1940
Folders
3-4		Revision Requests	1943-1954
5-6		Special Exams Beginning Record Book	1950-1965
		Sub-series 2. Course Descriptions Arranged alphabetically.	1962-1972
Box	Folder
22	7	Agriculture	1962-1964
Folder
8		Arts & Science	1962-1964
Box	Folder
23	1	Commerce and Industry	1962-1964
Folder
2		Education	1962-1964
3		Engineering	1962-1964
4		Law, Nursing, and Pharmacy	1962-1964
5		Speech Path & Audio, Military	1962-1964
6		G-H	1962-1969
7		I-M	1962-1969
8		P-R	1962-1969
9		S-Z	1962-1969
10		Agriculture	1962-1972
11		Arts & Science, A-B	1962-1972
12		Arts & Science, C-F	1962-1972
13		Arts & Science, G	1962-1972
Box	Folder
24	1	Biochemistry	1962-1972
Folder
2		College of Business	1962-1972
3		Communications	1962-1972
4		Computer Science, Natural Science, and Philosophy	1962-1972
5		Crops and Entomology
6		College of Education	1962-1972
7		Engineering	1962-1972
8		Food Science and Home Economics	1962-1972
9		Foreign Language	1962-1972
10		History and Journalism	1962-1972
11		Horticulture and Microbiology	1962-1972
Box	Folder
25	1	Math and Music	1962-1972
Folder
2		Physical Education	1962-1972
3		Physics	1962-1972
4		Plant Path, Range Mgmt, Soils	1962-1972
5		Political Science	1962-1972
6		Psychology	1962-1972
7		Sociology	1962-1972
8		Social Work	1962-1972
9		Theatre	1962-1972
10		Veterinary Hygiene & Parasitology	1962-1972
11		Zoology	1962-1972
12		Changes in Course Books	1964-1971
		Sub-series 3. Course Requests Arranged alphabetically.	Pre 1975
		Miscellaneous:
Box	Folder
26	1	Administration
Folder
2		Adult Education
3		Business Education
4		Curriculum and Instruction
5		Foundations
6		Guidance and Counseling
7		Interdepartmental Courses
8		Services- Exceptional Children
		Agriculture through Home Economics:
Box	Folder
26	9	Agriculture
Folder
10		Ag. Economics
11		Ag, Mechanization
12		Animal Science
13		Biochemistry
Box	Folder
27	1	Crops
Folder
2		Entomology
3		Food Science
4		Home Economics
		Astronomy through Computer Science:
Box	Folder
27	5	Astronomy
Folder
6		Biology
7		Botany
8		Chemistry
9		Communication
10		Communication – Interpersonal
Box	Folder
28	1	Communication – Speech
Folder
2		Computer Science
		College of Commerce and Industry:
Box	Folder
28	3	Accounting
Folder
4		Business Administration
5		Economics
6		Finance
Folders
7-8		General Business
Folder
9		Management
10		Marketing
11		Office Administration & Secretary Science
12		Statistics
		Electrical Engineering through Petroleum Engineering:
Box	Folders
28	13-14	Electrical Engineering
Folder
15		General Engineering
Box	Folder
29	1	Mechanical Engineering
Folder
2		Mineral Engineering
3		Petroleum Engineering
		Engineering, Aerospace through Civil:
Box	Folder
29	4	Aerospace
Folders
5-6		Agricultural Engineering
Folder
7		Atmospheric Resources
8		Bioengineering
9		Chemical
10		Civil Engineering
		English through Geology:
Box	Folder
29	11	English
30	1	Geography
Folder
2		Geology
		Health Science through Physical Education:
Box	Folder
30	3	Health Science
Folder
4		Medical Technology
5		Nursing
6		Pharmacy
Folders
7-8		Physical Education
		History through Languages:
Box	Folder
31	1	Broadcasting
Folder
2		History
3		International Affairs
4		Journalism- Telecommunications
5		Languages
		Horticulture through Art:
Box	Folder
31	6	Horticulture
Folder
7		Microbiology
8		Parasitology
9		Plant Pathology
10		Range Management
11		Soil
12		Veterinary Hygiene
13		Animal Husbandry
14		Dairy
15		Poultry
16		Wool
17		Arts & Sciences
18		American Studies
Box	Folder
32	1	Anthropology
Folder
2		Art
		Industrial through Vocational Education:
Box	Folder
32	3	EDIE
Folder
4		Education Dropped Courses
5		Library Science
6		Vocational Education
		Math through Rural Institutes:
Box	Folders
32	7-8	Math
	Folder
33	1	Natural Science
Folder
2		Philosophy
3		Physics
4		Political Science
5		Psychology
6		Recreation
7		Sociology
Box	Folder
34	1	Social Work
Folder
2		Speech Pathology
3		Law
4		AFROTC
5		Military
6		Study Skills
7		Rural Week and Institutes
8		Institutes and Workshops
		Theatre through Zoology:
Box	Folder
34	9	Theatre
Folder
10		Zoology
		Sub-series 4. Course Requests Arranged alphabetically.	1975-1993
Box	Folder
35	1	Ag Mechanization	1975-1992
Folder
2		Agriculture	1975-1992
3		Agricultural Engineering	1975-1992
4		Animal Science	1975-1992
5		Anthropology	1975-1992
6		Architectural Engineering	1975-1992
7		Art	1975-1992
8		Arts & Sciences	1975-1992
9		Astronomy	1975-1992
10		Atmospheric Science	1975-1992
11		Biochemistry	1975-1992
12		Bioengineering	1975-1992
13		Biology	1975-1992
14		Botany	1975-1992
15		Broadcasting	1975-1992
16		Business	1975-1992
17		Chemical Engineering	1975-1992
18		Chemistry	1975-1992
19		Civil Engineering	1975-1992
20		Construction Engineering	1975-1992
21		Computer Science	1975-1992
22		Crops	1975-1992
23		Dental Hygiene and Human Medicine	1975-1992
24		Education	1975-1992
25		Electrical Engineering	1975-1992
26		Engineering Science	1975-1992
27		English
Box	Folder
36	1	Entomology	1975-1992
Folder
2		Food Science and Home Economics	1975-1992
3		Foreign Language	1975-1992
4		Geography	1975-1992
5		Geology	1975-1992
6		History	1975-1992
7		Honors Program	1975-1992
8		Horticulture	1975-1992
9		Law	1975-1992
10		Math	1975-1992
11		Mechanical Engineering	1975-1992
12		Medical Tech & Nursing	1975-1992
13		Microbiology	1975-1992
14		Military Science	1975-1992
15		Mineral Engineering	1975-1992
16		Mining Engineering	1975-1992
17		Modern Languages	1975-1992
18		Molecular Biology	1975-1992
19		Music	1975-1992
20		Parasitology	1975-1992
21		Petroleum Engineering	1975-1992
22		PE- Pro	1975-1992
23		Pharmacy	1975-1992
24		Physical Education	1975-1992
25		Physics	1975-1992
Box	Folder
37	1	Plant Pathology	1975-1992
Folder
2		Political Science	1975-1992
3		Psychology	1975-1992
4		Range Management	1975-1992
5		Recreation	1975-1992
6		Social Work	1975-1992
7		Sociology	1975-1992
8		Soils	1975-1992
9		Speech Pathology	1975-1992
10		Theatre	1975-1992
11		Veterinary Hygiene & Parasitology	1975-1992
12		Zoology	1975-1992
Folders
13-14		College of Business	Pre 1984
15-16		College of Education	Pre 1994

Series III. Transcripts and Grade Cards, 1887-1942Return to Top

Contains both University High School and University of Wyoming grade cards, transcripts, and preparatory cards. The series has been arranged into four sub-series.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Sub-series 1. Grade Cards Arranged alphabetically.	1887-1908
Box	Folders
38	1-4	A-C
39	1-4	D-H
40	1-4	J-Mc
41	1-2	Me-R
42	1-2	S-Z
		Sub-series 2. University Transcripts Arranged alphabetically.	1887-1938
Box	Folders
43	1-3	A
44	1-4	Ba-Bi
45	1-3	Bi-Br
46	1-5	Br-Ca
47	1-4	Ca-Co
48	1-4	Co-Da
49	1-4	Da-Dz
50	1-5	Ea-Fo
51	1-3	Fo-Go
52	1-4	Go-He
53	1-4	He-Hz
54	1-5	I-Ke
55	1-4	Ke-Le
56	1-4	Le-Mc
57	1-3	Mc-Mo
58	1-4	Mo-O
59	1-5	P-Qu
60	1-4	R
61	1-4	Sa-Si
62	1-5	Si-St
63	1-5	St-Tz
64	1-5	U-Wi
65	1-3	Wi-Z
		Sub-series 3. Preparatory School Arranged chronologically.	1900-1913
			1900-1908
Box	Folder
65	4	A-Be
	Folders
66	1-4	Be-G
67	1-5	H-Pa
68	1-4	Pe-Z
			1910-1913
Box	Folders
73	2-4	A-F
74	1-4	G-S
	Folder
75	1	T-Z
		Sub-series 4. University High School Arranged chronologically.	1900-1942
		Inactive	1900-1942
Box	Folders
69	1-4	A-E
70	1-3	F-J
71	1-4	K-P
72	1-5	Q-Wi
	Folder
73	1	Wo-Z
		General	1913-1934
Box	Folders
75	2-6	C-K
76	1-4	L-Z

Series IV. WebsiteReturn to Top

This series include digital access to archived website associated with the UW Office of the Registrar.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Digital		Website: UW Office of the Registrar,	2019-ongoing

InventoriesReturn to Top

The American Heritage Center is in the process of converting its older container lists to a more accessible format. These links are to an older versions of container lists for boxes 77-97.

Container(s)	Description
Box
77-83	No Container List, 00IT-00-00
1	No Container List, 00IT-00-01
84-97	Container List, 00IT-00-02 (PDF)
1	Link to Accessioning Worksheet, 2013-07-31 (PDF)

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