UA. Colorado State University Archives

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The Colorado State University (CSU) Police Department was established in 1955 with the appointment of Wayne Teegarden to implement parking policies at the university. The collection consists of scrapbooks and documents chronicling the history of the police department that were assembled by Teegarden.

Abstract In 1941, the Colorado Agricultural Research Foundation formed to administer patents and also to receive and solicit gifts, grants, and bequests for the purpose of stimulating research at Colorado State University (CSU). In 1957 the foundation became the Colorado State University Research Foundation (CSURF) and supervised the procurement of grants and financial contributions for research in science, social sciences, and humanities. This collection consists primarily of the records of the...

Abstract The School of Education at Colorado State University offers courses of study in teaching and learning; organizational learning, performance, and change; and higher education leadership and counseling. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Records in the collection include papers, scrapbooks, photographs, negatives, slides, one floppy disk of photographs, videotapes, textiles, and ephemera. In addition to education files, club and fraternity records are in the...

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The Committee on Teaching and Learning is a standing committee of the Faculty Council and recommends policies and standards for instruction and student development at Colorado State University. The records include meeting minutes, agendas, and correspondence.

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The Committee on the Responsibilities and Standing of the Academic Faculty (CORSAF) is a standing committee of Colorado State University's Faculty Council. CORSAF recommends policies and procedures related to CSU's faculty responsibilities, standing, and grievances. The records include meeting minutes, agendas, annual reports, subject files, and memoranda.

Abstract In 1891 Clarence P. Gillette, an internationally recognized entomologist, established an insect collection in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University) to aid the institution’s mission of teaching, research, and extension. The C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity currently houses more than 3.5 million specimens and is considered to be the 14th largest insect collection affiliated with a university in the United States. This...

Abstract Formed in 1910 as the Colorado Agricultural College Woman's Association, the Colorado State University Women's Association is an educational, service, and social organization. Since 1925, it has provided loans and scholarships to CSU students and contributed to several CSU funds. The collection documents the history of the CSU Women's Association, primarily from the 1970s through the 2010s. The fundraising and social activities of the organization the most prominent topics. Materials include...

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The Department of Engineering at Colorado State University (then the State Agricultural College of Colorado) began in 1883 with courses in practical mechanics and drawing. The collection contains financial records, memoranda, faculty trip records, seminar planning papers, and correspondence.

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The Records of the Department of Communications Disorders documents the department at Colorado State University from its founding in 1964 to its closing in 1995. Materials include histories, reports, manuals, and slides.

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The first philosophy classes taught at CSU were led by Willard Eddy during the late 1940s. The collection contains reports, course information, and minutes of department meetings. There is also information about faculty members who worked in the department.

Abstract The Records of the Department of Women's Physical Education documents the development of women's athletics and physical training at Colorado State University. Records include programs, photographs, and scrapbooks of social gatherings such as the May Fete and dance performances, courses offered by the department in various sports such as swimming and gymnastics, and intra and extramural activities such as tennis, The Swan Club, and basketball. Scrapbooks, handbooks, financial statements and...

Abstract The Board of Agriculture of the Colorado Agricultural College and General Assembly of the Colorado legislature instituted the Facilities Management department through the establishment of a building committee in 1878. As the campus expanded, the responsibilities of the department did as well. The Records of the Facilities Management Department document the growth of the department and the campus. The collection contains records pertaining to the construction and maintenance of buildings...

Abstract The Records of the Faculty is an aggregation of items acquired from many different sources. Combining a wide range of materials including faculty and staff records, department histories, correspondence, faculty and staff obituaries, notebooks, transcripts, scrapbooks, photographs, one blueprint and sketch, one manuscript, publications, reports, newsletters, playbills, and ephemera, the collection touches on various topics related to the faculty and staff at Colorado State University as well...

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The Faculty Charter Convention Committee was convened in 1975 and charged with revising and reorganizing faculty governance at Colorado State University. The 21-member committee made its final report in 1977. Materials include memos, meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, and lists of participants.

Abstract Since 1915, the Faculty Council has been the representative body for the academic faculty at Colorado State University. The council decides the educational policies of the university and passes all rules and regulations necessary for university government. This collection contains meeting minutes for the Faculty Council, Summer Session Executive Committee, Executive Committee, and University Curriculum Committee; minutes, documents, and correspondence for the Faculty Improvement Committee;...

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Records of the Financial Administration consists of historical financial information about the Colorado A & M College (now Colorado State University) in the form of reports, correspondence, agreements, bond notices, invoices, bills, miscellaneous financial information, photographs, and negatives. Materials were collected from the office of the university's long-time Business Manager Joseph M. Whalley.

Abstract Graduate education at Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University) began in the 1890s, and the administration of graduate studies evolved from a three-person committee to the founding of a Graduate School in 1941. This collection contains information on the work of committees that oversee graduate programs at CSU, including Graduate Council minutes and Graduate Student Council minutes. Also present is a small amount of notes and data on the history of the Graduate School at...

Abstract Graduate education at Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University) began in the 1890s, and the Graduate School at CSU now supports more than 4,000 students in over one hundred disciplinary and interdisciplinary doctoral, master's, and professional degree programs. This collection contains oral histories and questionnaires collected in 1980 by Becky Haglund, a graduate student in CSU's History Department, and used to write A History of Graduate...

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Homecoming at Colorado State University can be traced back to 1914 when a football game between alumni and the current college team was played. Over the years new traditions were added including painting of the Aggie "A", the bonfire, and the homecoming parade. The collection documents the planning and activities of the homecoming parade, and includes financials, photographs, correspondence, and scrapbooks.

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The Records of the Honors Program at Colorado State University document its establishment from an experimental honors colloquium to a full program supported by the Faculty Council. Materials include planning for the experimental honors colloquium offered in the winter of 1957, lists and descriptions of honors course offered, and the organization of the program.