Restrictions
Some material is restricted; please consult the University Archivist.
History--Biography
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was established in 1953, when
the Board of Trustees authorized graduate programs in the areas of
Chemistry, Music, Psychology, and Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. The
Graduate School today offers the following degrees: Master of Arts,
Master of Sciences, Master of Fine Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy in 30
different fields. The first M.A. and M.F.A. degrees were conferred in
1954 and the first Ph.D. degree in 1957. The Graduate Council, of which
the Dean of Arts and Sciences is the chair, is in charge of as academic
programs and planning, degree requirements, and general
regulations.
Scope and
Contents
Files in this collection were created from 1952 through 2007. A
significant portion of the files were created in the 1960s, 1970s and
1980s. Materials include correspondence, memos on academic and
administrative functions, meeting minutes--particularly those of the
Graduate Council and faculty--financial files, reports, lists, surveys
and profiles of graduate students, statistical materials, publications,
commencement preparations and programs. The collection also includes some
historical information on the Graduate School and graduate students,
departmental and program files, library and committee files, as well as a
variety of subject files. A significant amount of the materials were
generated by the different deans in the Graduate School.
Series
Early Historical Materials (box 1)
Deans' Papers (boxes 2-6)
Graduate Council Meeting Minutes (box 7)
Financial Files (box 8)
Departmental and Program Files (boxes 8-11)
Presidents' Correspondence (boxes 11-12)
Board of Trustees (box 12)
Faculty (box 12)
Statistics (box 13)
Graduate Student Profiles (box 14)
Committees (boxes 14-15)
Subject Files (boxes 15-17)
Student Services (boxes 17-18)
Library (boxes 18-19)
Commencement (boxes 19-20)
General Reports (boxes 21-22)
Audio Visual Materials (box 22)
Series Summary
Early Historical Materials
Inclusive Dates: 1953-1978, n.d.
Arrangement: Alphabetical
This series contains a diverse range of files that capture the early
history of the graduate school. The materials include the inauguration
booklet of the Graduate School; historical description such as "History
and Definition of the Graduate School" and "Policies and Procedures;"
correspondence, memos, reports, statistics; and surveys of and
information on the graduate student body. There are also various files
on enrollment and funding, registration materials, and historical
material on the creation of the Graduate Student Council, now know as
the Graduate Students Association (GSA).
Deans' Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1952-2006
Arrangement: Alphabetical
This series contains the papers of all the deans of the Graduate School,
beginning with the first dean, Leonard Levy. The materials mostly
include general administrative files such as correspondence and memos
dealing with departments and programs, the president's office, faculty
and students, various committees, sponsors and donors to the school, as
well as associations, organizations and schools external to Brandeis.
There are also various announcements and publications regarding
conferences, lectures and events on campus; papers detailing new
academic and scholarship proposals, training and research grants; as
well as financial, budget, and fund-raising files of the Graduate
School. A variety of surveys, reports, statistical profiles and lists
have also been generated by the different deans, principally Dean Robert
Art.
Graduate Council Meeting Minutes
Inclusive Dates: 1958-2006
Arrangement: Chronological
This series contains the detailed minutes of Graduate Council meetings
over a twenty-eight year period.
Financial Files
Inclusive Dates: 1953-1987
Arrangement: Alphabetical, except Budget, which are in chronological order
This series contains the financial files of the Graduate School such as
budget matters, financial aid, and income from scholarships and
fellowships as well as fees and tuition. The materials include budget
reports, raw data from actual accounts, and lists of expenses and income.
Departmental and Program Files [R]
Inclusive Dates: 1959-1996
Arrangement: Alphabetical
This series contains various materials connected with the various
departments, programs, institutes, or centers throughout Brandeis, some
of which are now obsolete such as Classical and Oriental Studies, and
Neuroscience. The materials include general administrative files such as
memos, correspondence, budget information and reports. They also include
general descriptions of the departments and programs; the graduate
student body and services provided for them; information on research and
teaching assistants, grants, fellowships and scholarships; as well as
various publicity items such as brochures and flyers.
Presidents' Correspondence
Inclusive Dates: 1959-1977
Arrangement: Chronological
This series contains correspondence with Abram Sachar, Charles
Schottland, and Marver Bernstein concerning the Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences. Sachar generated most of the correspondence in this series.
Board of Trustees
Inclusive Dates: 1963-1977
Arrangement: Chronological
This series contains the detailed minutes of Board of Trustees meetings
over a seven year period and a file of general matters relating to the
board.
Faculty [R]
Inclusive Dates: 1960-2004
Arrangement: Alphabetical, except Faculty Meeting Minutes and Faculty
Senate Meeting Minutes which are in chronological order.
This series contains the detailed minutes of faculty and faculty senate
meetings, as well as general administrative files on a variety of
faculty-related matters such as faculty lists, grants awarded, and
faculty library committee.
Statistics
Inclusive Dates: 1960-1994
Arrangement: Alphabetical, except Head Counts, etc. which are in
chronological order
This series contains statistical records of the graduate student body
such as enrollment figures, actual head counts from 1960 through 1989,
and registration numbers.
Graduate Student Profiles
Inclusive Dates: 1954-1988
Arrangement: Alphabetical
This series contains files on the profile of graduate students at
Brandeis. This would include student profiles and name lists, minority
student information, and surveys of earned doctorates coupled with PhD
and dissertation information. There is also a student roster file dating
from 1954.
Committees
Inclusive Dates: 1958-1979
Arrangement: Alphabetical
This series contains files accumulated by the graduate school deans who
served on various committees such as Academic Planning, Administrative,
Admission, Curriculum Review, Disciplinary, Educational Policy, Faculty,
General Education as well as various sub-committees such as Curriculum
Oversight and Education. The materials include reports from the
committees, correspondence and memos.
Subject Files
Inclusive Dates: 1953-1996
Arrangement: Alphabetical, except Publicity which are in chronological
order
This series contains a large variety of files connected to different
departments at Brandeis, ranging from academic to administrative, as
well as files connected with organizations external to the university.
This series contains two sets of files concerning the student strike in
the 1970s and files dealing with the black student seizure of Ford Hall
in 1969. The materials in these files typically include memos,
correspondence, surveys and questionnaires, reports and lists. Files
dealing with issues within Brandeis would include affirmative action and
minority student information; various graduate student information
derived from surveys and lists; alumni and teaching assistant materials;
files from security and public affairs offices; and publications
circulated within the Brandeis community, such as newsletters from the
Office of the President, as well as publications intended for potential
students, such as flyers describing the various academic departments and
scholarship/grant opportunities. There are also files that are connected
to external organizations such as the Council of Graduate Schools in the
United States, the National Academy of Sciences, Science Council, and
Educational Testing Service (ETS).
Student Services
Inclusive Dates: 1958-1995
Arrangement: Alphabetical
This series contains general administrative files such as memos,
correspondence, and publications such as brochures and booklets,
concerning the various student services provided by the University.
These services include housing, health care and insurance, counseling,
and language tutorials.
Library
Inclusive Dates: 1959-1978
Arrangement: Alphabetical
This series contains general administrative files connected with the
Brandeis libraries, which include information on budget, holdings,
personnel, security, Special Collections, and committees such as the
building committee and the National Women's Committee. The materials
include correspondence, statistics, memos, and miscellaneous meeting
minutes and reports.
Commencement
Inclusive Dates: 1954-1990
Arrangement: Chronological
This series contains a variety of files concerning the annual
commencement exercise. The materials include copies of the commencement
program or booklet, lists of graduating students, miscellaneous memos
and correspondence that have to do with planning for the actual
commencement exercises. Planning materials include the schedule of
activities for the day of commencement itself as well as detailed
diagrams of the various seating positions of attendees.
General Reports
Inclusive Dates: 1977-1996
Arrangement: Alphabetical
This series contains bound reports of the visiting and advisory
committees to a few departments and programs such as Anthropology,
American Studies, Economics, and Music, among others. It also contains
reports to the president from 1977 through 1991. There are also various
departmental publications such as flyers, brochures and publicity
materials.
Audio Visual Materials
Inclusive Dates: 1998-2004, n.d.
Arrangement: Alphabetical
This series includes five reel-to-reel audio recordings of class
lectures, and CDs of "GSASFYI News" and the Graduate Journal.
Folder List
Early Historical Materials
Box 1
Admission policy: pass-fail grading, 1970-1972
Advanced degree offerings 1953-1954
American Association of University Professors, 1963-1968
American Council on Education survey, 1960-1975
Application, n.d.
Catalog: miscellaneous, 1958-1964
Committee meeting minutes, October 1952-December 1957
Continuation students, 1964-1965
Department of English: Historical Survey, 1954-1971
Dissertation titles, 1961-1962
Educational policy committee, 1959-1963
Eight-year limit for graduate study, 1961
Enrollments, 1959-1964
Enrollment and funding, 1959-1975
Forms for GSAS, 1954-1958
General Correspondence, 1953-1960 [3 folders]
Graduate Committee (explains transition to GSAS), 1958
Graduate Committee, 1956-1957
Graduate Student Council: historical material, 1968
Graduate Student Council: meeting minutes, 1969-1971
Graduate Student Council, 1972-1978
Graduate Student Procedures, 1958-1959
Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) survey of graduate fellowships, etc., 1959-1963
Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) survey of students for advanced degrees, 1959-1965
History and definition of the Graduate School, 1957-1961
Inauguration booklet of the Graduate School, 1958
Letterhead, n.d.
National Education Association survey, 1960-1965
PhDs Conferred since 1957, c. 1976
Policies and procedures, 1959-1960
Preparation of Ph.D. dissertations, 1959-1960
Publication: University Gazette, 1959-1963
Registration materials: general, 1957-1971
Registration materials, 1960, 1968-1969 [2 folders]
Reports, October 1971
Research assistantships, 1961-1962
Selective service information, 1952-1967
Statistics: surveys on fees and grades, 1958
Box 2
Student awards statistics, 1954-1959
Student correspondence, 1961-1967
Student services, 1954
Ten-year report, 1954-1964
Withdrawals, 1961
Deans' Papers
Box 2
Leonard Levy
Correspondence, 1961-1962
Correspondence with Dean of Science, 1962-1964
Environmental Science, 1969
Four-year Masters Program, 1960-1962
Herzliah, 1962-1963
MAT Program, 1963
Metropolitan Studies, 1960
New graduate areas, 1952-1960
PhD degrees: final procedures, 1959
Philosophy of Science, 1960-1963
Students information (miscellaneous), 1961
Teaching assistants, 1957-1963
Harold Weisberg
Correspondence with Albert Axelrad, 1965
Correspondence with Rabbi Myron Berman, 1965
Hillel Director, 1966-1975
Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, 1966
Pre- and post-Doctoral Research Fellows, 1960-1969
Reports and Questionnaires, 1959-1965
Science and arts camps, 1965
Soviet-GSE Students, 1964-1965
Summer Institute, 1964-1965
(Adult) Summer Institute, 1965-1967
Summer School, 1958-1961
Teaching Assistants Office Space, 1963
Lawrence Finkelstein
Correspondence
President Abrams, 1968-1969
A. J. Leigh, 1967-1968
with David Squire, 1969
Dean of Faculty, 1967-1969
Graduate programs, 1968-1969
Joint degree program, 1968
Morse Communication Center, 1967
Newman Club, 1968
Registration, 1969
University of the Andes, 1969
Brendan Maher
Chairs, 1971-1972
Committee for Academic Standards, 1971
Correspondence, 1970, ca. 1970 [2 folders]
Executive Committee, 1970
Faculty Matters, 1969-1971
Five Estates Conference, 1969
Graduate School needs, 1969
Interview Space, 1969
Latin American Studies, 1970
Leave of Absence, 1970
Life Insurance, 1970
Long Range Planning, 1971
Mailing Plates, 1970
Memo to all graduate departments, 1970
Mental Health, 1970
Mexican American Studies, 1970-1971
National Endowment for the Humanities, 1969
Pope John 23rd Chair, 1969
Proposal for a Committee for Experimental Programs, 1970
Romance Languages, 1969
Science Council, 1968-1969
Teaching statistics, 1970
Tuition, 1967-1970
Undergraduate Affairs, 1968-1970
Undergraduate Student Council, 1969-1970
University Development, 1969-1972
University Policy, 1969-1972
Upward Bound, 1971
U.S. Arms Control, 1969
U.S. Office of Education, 1969
Widener Library Use, 1970
Eugene Black
Assistant Dean Butler: termination, 1972
Correspondence, 1964
Correspondence with Levinson, 1968-1972
Dubrovnik Consortium, 1971-1972
Fletcher School, 1972
Higher Education Personnel Training Program, 1969-1971
School of Science Council, 1971-1972
Secondary School Teaching, 1971
Semester hour credit value, 1971
Wesleyan Cross-Registration, 1971-1972
Box 3
Jack Goldstein
Abrams, Harry, 1974
Academic calendar revision, 1975
Academic planning committee, 1972-1974
Academic planning meeting minutes, 1974-1975
Administrative Committee of the Faculty, 1971-1973
Admissions: ranking, 1974
AICUM financial Aid Proposal, 1974
Alumni fund-raising, 1974
Animal Care Advisory Committee, 1974
Animal Facility Committee, 1973-1974
(Foster) Animal Facility, 1972-1974
(Foster) Animal Facility (Users Committee), 1974
Audit, 1974
Bicentennial Committee, 1973-1974
Binstock File (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development), 1972
Boston area Center for the Study of Archaeological Materials, 1975
Brandeis University Press, 1972-1974
Calendar reform, 1971-1974
Career counseling, 1974
Committee on Graduate Education (Kelly Report), 1972-1973
Computer activity, 1974
Computer center
budget, 1974
general, 1971-1974
quarterly review, 1971-1974
newsletter, 1976
Conference on relativity (Cambridge), 1974
Copernicus file, 1974
Correspondence
General, 1973-1974
David Dibner, 1973-1989
Robert Leestma (re: Title VI), 1973
B. Levinson, 1973-1974
Covenant weekend, 1974
Dean of College file, 1972-1974
à �migrà � scholars committee, 1974
Energy colloquia, 1973-1974
Energy committee, 1973-1974
English high school collaboration, 1975
Equitable Life Assurance, 1974
Ethnic heritage grant proposal, 1974
Ethnic heritage project, 1974
Faculty committee on the status of women, 1972
Family studies committee, 1974
Film: The Covenant, 1974
Financial, 1973-1975
Foundations, n.d.
Fund-raising, 1973-1974
Fund-raising: Iran, 1974
Fund-raising: Latin America, 1974
Graduate admissions, 1974
Graduate society, 1974
Graduate teaching fellows, 1973
Great Teachers Committee (TV series), 1974
Health Studies, 1972-1974
Health studies program, 1973-1976
Health studies proposal, 1974
Heller School health studies planning committee, 1974
Heller search committee, 1972-1976
Box 4
Indirect cost, 1976-1977
Information Processing Institute, 1974
Iranian Pahlavi Foundation, 1974
Iranian Studies, 1974
Israel research center, 1974
Japan Foundation, 1973
Jewish Education Program (Advisory Board Committee), 1973
Long Island Jewish Hospital, 1973
Medieval Studies project, 1973
Memoranda to department chairs, 1972-1974
Newsletter on extramural support, 1974-1975
New England Board of Higher Education, 1974
NSF grant proposal, 1972
Ollie Cohen dedication, 1973
Placement, 1969-1973
Planning, 1972-1974
Planning conference, 1972, 1973 [2 folders]
President Bernstein Inaugural, 1972
Research grants: working papers, 1970-1974
Special committee on graduate faculty, 1971
Sponsored research, 1973-1977
Sponsored research reports, 1973-1974
Statistical sheets, 1972-1973
Summer program, 1975
Training Grants, 1972-1974
Transitional year program, 1968-1972
Work-study proposal - health careers, 1974
Helen Codere
Art history Masters program, 1975
Dr. Albert, Phyllis, 1973-1977
Basic requirements for graduate programs, 1977
GSAS sources & allocations, 1975-1976
Helmsley lecture series, 1975
New England Association of Graduate Schools conference, 1976
NSF RIAS Program, 1975, 1976 [2 folders]
Radcliffe Institute, 1975
Sources and allocation of funds, 1965-1975
Sponsored research, 1975-1976
University Press of New England (Correspondence), 1972-1976
Year-end reports, 1975-1977
Robert Art
Allocation of named awards, 1979-1983
Budget, 1977-1978
(Department) Budgets, 1979-1980
Budget (bound), 1981-1982
Box 5
Combined application for fellowship and institutional grants in the sciences, 1979, 1981
[bound]
Corporation and foundation trips, 1980
Doctoral placement profile, 1973-1983 [2 folders]
Endowed and restricted funds, 1978-1982 [4 folders]
Follow-up study on the placement of arts and sciences doctorates, 1973-1980
Fund-raising (notebook), 1977
Graduate endowment survey, 1977
Graduate students for undergraduate teaching, 1979
Graduate student teachers, 1981
Impact of University Studies on humanities departments, 1983
Kelly Report, 1972
Micro statistics department analysis, 1977
Minority recruitment, 1979-1980
PhDs conferred and dissertation titles since 1957 (bound), 1957-1974
Program ranking, 1983
Program related, 1978-1979
Program review, 1974-1979
Recommended budget report, 1979-1980
Report of the Graduate School Commission, ca 1981
Report of the Graduate Studies Commission, 1981
Report to the President on admissions, 1983-1984
SAAR, 1979-1980
Statistical profile of the Graduate School (2 copies), 1965-1977
Box 6
Statistical Study of the Graduate School, 1965-1977
Supervision of theses, 1969-1979
Teaching assistants: miscellaneous, 1979
Teaching assistant survey, September 1980
Anne Carter
Faculty Appointments, 1981
Faculty Allocations, 1981
Faculty (Raw Data), 1981
Ogun State University--Nigeria, 1983
David Kaplan
Annual report on sponsored programs, 1987-1988
Center for International and Comparative Studies: Report on Activities, 1987-1989
Distinguished service awards, 1988-1989
Endowed and restricted funds, 1983-1984
Fellowship reports, 1984-1985
Higher education panel survey: "Access to supercomputers," 1985
Memorandum, 1985
Miscellaneous budget and financial, 1988-1989
Report to the President, 1985
Bernard Wasserstein
Academic planning group report (confidential), 1992
Annual report to Arthur H. Reis, 1987
Associate Dean position, 1990
Center for International and Comparative Studies, 1979-1991
Chen Lemin visit, November 27, 1991
Correspondence
Interim President Stuart Altman, 1990-1991
John R. Hose, 1991-1992
Jehuda Reinharz, Provost, 1992
Arthur H. Reis, 1991
Robert Sekular, Provost, 1990-1991
Samuel O. Thier, President, 1991
Fellowship budget, 1991-1992
Graduate programs assessment, March 12, 1992
Graduate Student Association, 1992
Noah Lucas Lecture, September 19, 1991
Orientation, 1990
Report to Board of trustees, 1992
Yevgeny Yevtushenko visit, 1991
Catherine Butler -- Assistant Dean
Center International de Documentation Economique et Sociale Africaine, 1962-1963
Correspondence/memos, 1967-1969
Foreign Language Exam (policy matters), 1961-1973
Foreign Language Testing Program, 1967
Foreign Student Orientation, 1978-1979
General Foreign Student Matters, 1981-1989 [7 folders]
Graduate Alumni Employment, 1971
LASPAU (Latin American Studies Program), 1971-1972, 1983-1984 [2 folders]
Law School, 1980
Library I.D. Cards, 1962-1968
Overseas Study, 1978-1989 [11 folders]
Post-residence Fee, 1980
Sachar Faculty Grants, 1976-1978
Scholarships
Research and Study Abroad--Fulbright, 2003
University Dissertation Year Fellowships, 2004-2005
Sachar Scholarship Application, 2004-2005
Student Loans, 1959-1968
U.S. Dept. of Justice and Law Enforcement, 1970-1974
U.S. Dept. of Labor Grants, 1968-1969
Wien-Sachar, 1970-1978
Milton Kornfeld
Scholarships
Research and Study Abroad--Fulbright, 2003
University Dissertation Year Fellowships, 2004-2005
Sachar Scholarship Application, 2004-2005
Memos and Announcements, 2006
Graduate Council Meeting Minutes
Box 7
Graduate Council meeting minutes, 1958-2006 [29 folders]
Financial Files
Box 8
Academic Budget, 1971
Accounting, 1985-1987
Budget, 1953-1974 [12 folders]
Budget Matters, 1982-1987
Budget: overview, 1966-1972
Budget: shrinking income, 1967-1972
Fees and tuition, 1958-1978
Financial aid, 1972-1973
Expenditures, 1969-1973
External grants recipients, 1964-1968
Scholarship and fellowship income information, 1960-1971
Departmental and Program Files
Box 8
Anthropology, 1971-1994
Anthropology: faculty publications, 1996
Biology, 1972-1996 [2 folders]
Biochemistry, 1972-1989 [2 folders]
Bioorganic Chemistry, 1989-1992
Biophysics, 1973-1985
Center for International and Comparative Studies, 1986-1992
Chemistry, 1972-1979
Box 9
Chemistry, 1980-1993 [2 folders]
Classical and Oriental Studies, 1988-1991
Comparative History, 1973-1992
Computer Science, 1988-1996
English, 1969-1994
English: Department Meeting Minutes, 1967-1978
English: restricted, 1989-1993
Fine Arts, 1980-1981
Four-year Masters Program, 1960-1976
Genetic Counseling, 1992-1993
Gordon Policy Center, 1979-1991 [2 folders]
Heller School, 1973
History of American Civilization, 1973-1994
History of Ideas, 1973-1974
Human Services Management, 1976-1983 [3 folders]
Jewish Communal Service, 1980-1995 [2 folders]
Jewish Communal Service: restricted, 1989-1994
Box 10
Continuing Jewish Studies, 1968-1989 [2 folders]
Joint Program in Literary Studies, 1973-1995
Lasker Fellows Program in Civil Liberties and Civil Rights, 1959-1963
Lemberg Program of International Economics and Finance, 1986-1988
Lemberg Program of International Economics and Finance, 1989-1992
Management Program, 1988
Mathematics, 1973-1994
Mathematics: restricted, 1989-1993
Mediterranean Studies, 1972-1980
Music, 1964-1980
Music, 1981-1995
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, 1971-1981
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, 1982-1994
Neuroscience, 1993
Photobiology, 1975-1987
Philosophy, 1972-1979
Philosophy, 1980-1991
Physics, 1972-1980
Box 11
Physics, 1981-1991
Politics, 1972-1996 [3 folders]
Post-Baccalaureate: Premedical Program, 1993-1995
Post-Baccalaureate: Studio Arts, 1993-1995
Program in Law and Society, n.d.
Psychology, 1972-1992 [2 folders]
Romance Languages and Comparative Literature, 1968-1970
Sociology, 1973-1995
Theater Arts, 1970-1995 [3 folders]
Theater Arts: Brandeis Repertory Company, 1988
University Studies, 1981-1986
University Studies program: information packet, March 1992
Women's Studies, 1990-1992
Presidents' Correspondence
Box 11
Dr. Sachar: correspondence, 1959-1968 [10 folders]
Box 12
Charles Schottland, 1971-1974
President Bernstein: correspondence, 1972-1977 [3 folders]
Board of Trustees
Box 12
Board of trustees miscellaneous, 1963-1967
Board of trustees meeting minutes, 1971-1977 [6 folders]
Faculty
Box 12
Faculty meeting minutes, 1964-1976, 2003 [14 folders]
Faculty Meeting Agenda and Minutes, 2004
Faculty senate meeting minutes, 1960-1976, 2003 [10 folders]
Faculty enrollment, 1970
Faculty executive committee, 1965
Faculty grants awarded, 1969-1972
Faculty library committee, 1968-1969
Faculty lists and general faculty information, 1964-1971
Faculty matters: confidential, 1957-1974
Faculty travel, 1969
Faculty handbook, 1968
Statistics
Box 13
Council of Graduate Schools survey, 1968-1976
Dean generated statistical report, 1968-1969
Enrollment, 1958-1970
Head counts, etc., 1960-1989 [29 folders]
Overall enrollment figures, 1965-1978
Registration: Spring, 1994
Steady-state enrollment figures, 1960-1964
University fact file, 1988-1989
Graduate Student Profiles
Box 14
Advanced degree students information, 1968-1969
Application box scores, 1969-1970
Application lists, 1957-1961
Graduate student list, 1982-1986 [3 folders]
Graduate student profiles, 1962-1965
Minority students information, 1967-1988
PhD and dissertation information, 1961-1964
Student information, 1969-1970
Student roster, 1954-1968
Survey of earned doctorates, 1970-1979
Survey of earned doctorates, 1958-1969
Committees
Box 14
Academic planning committee, 1973-1976 [2 folders]
Academic standards committee, 1971
Ad hoc committee, 1964-1967
Administrative committee, 1960-1969 [8 folders]
Adult education committee, 1961-1963
Admission and awards committee, 1958-1966
Admission and finance committee, 1971-1972
Curriculum oversight sub-committee, 1964-1966
Curriculum review committee, 1969
Disciplinary committee, 1959-1969 [2 folders]
Educational policy committee, 1964-1969 [6 folders]
Box 15
Education sub-committee, 1968
Environmental committee, 1968-1974
Faculty committee, 1973
General education committee, 1965
National women's committee, 1968-1969
Wien faculty committee, 1967
University machine shop sub-committee, 1973
Urban Studies committee, 1969-1979
Subject Files
Box 15
Academic guide for new faculty, 1990
Academic guide for teaching assistants, 1991
Affirmative action
miscellaneous, 1973-1977 [2 folders]
recruiting, 1981
recruiting report, 1980
women and ethnic groups by department, 1975
Community affirmative action review, 1992, 1993 [2 folders]
Alumni Questionnaires, 1964
American Council of Education: rating of graduate programs, 1969-1972
Awards: miscellaneous, 1976-1984
Black students statistics and report, 1970-1971
Coalition for aid to private education, 1970
Computer center, 1973-1975
Conduct of courses, 1970
Consensual relations policy, 1989-1990
Continuing education, 1970
Correspondence
Ira Berk, 1968-1973
Dean of Faculty, 1963-1966
Dean of Financial Affairs, 1958-1969 [2 folders]
Dean of Students, 1964-1969
David L. Robien, Director of Business Administration, 1960-1971
Council of Graduate Schools
in the United States, 1961-1971 [3 folders]
annual report, 1970-1988
in the United States: miscellaneous, 1968-1975
Box 16
in the United States: publications, 1968-1973
Donor Letters, 1975
Educational Testing Service: miscellaneous, 1969-1970
Educational Testing Service: study/survey, 1973
External scholarship information, 1963-1971
Fellowship: recipient biographical information, 1960-1964
Fellowship: reports and lists, 1970-1975
Graduate Center, 1964-1967
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) survey of departmental practices in program review and
faculty evaluations, 1976
Graduate School study commission, 1977-1991 [2 folders]
Letters to PhD students, 1979
Massachusetts Graduate Deans Group, 1970
Minority recruiting, 1975-1976
Minority students, 1981-1988
Named awards, 1983-1984
National Academy of Sciences, 1960-1972
National Research Council, 1968-1974
National Strike Information Center, 1970
National Student Strike Center and Bank Robbery, 1970
Reactions to student strike from President, 1970-1972
Student Strike, 1970
New England Board of Higher Education, 1961
Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools (NAGS), 1973-1977
NSF and NIH survey of graduate science and postdoctoral students, 1972-1981
Personnel: Miscellaneous, 1966-1971
Petition: Black seizure, n.d.
Seizure of Ford Hall, 1968-1970
PhD placement survey, 1973-1978
Phi Beta Kappa student list, 1961-1971
Placement of doctorates, 1987-1990
Public affairs, 1958-1970 [2 folders]
Publication
People at Brandeis, 1970
President's newsletter, 1970-1971
Notes (from the office of the President), 1970-1971
Publicity
flyers, 1953-1965 [12 folders]
1965-1966 flyers correspondence, 1964-1965
flyers, 1965-1966
1966-1967 flyers correspondence, 1965-1966
flyers, 1966-1968 [2 folders]
1968-1969 flyers correspondence, 1967-1968
1969-1970 flyers correspondence, 1968
flyers, 1969-1970
1970-1971 flyers correspondence, 1969
Box 17
Re-accreditation report, 1986-1987
Science Council: Miscellaneous, 1961-1969
Security, 1970-1975
Status of Women, 1971
Student placement information, 1961-1964
Student senate: Brandeis retreat, 1974
Study abroad opportunities, 1964
Tax Exempt Status, n.d.
Teaching assistants
cost breakdown, 1960-1961
financial/cost breakdown, 1963-1966
job descriptions, 1960-1961
miscellaneous, 1966-1977
reports, 1961-1965
1996-1997 Viewbook, 1996
(Brandeis) website text, 1996
Student Services
Box 17
Buildings and grounds, 1959-1973
Career planning, 1963-1972
Computer center, 1968-1971
English as a second language: miscellaneous, 1992-1995
Foreign students, 1958-1979
Health care and health insurance progress report, 1992
Health insurance
correspondence, 1968-1980
miscellaneous, 1958-1968
miscellaneous, 1974-1993
Health services
advisory committee, 1970-1973
Blue Cross, 1966-1975
publications, 1958-1967
publications, 1974-1981
Housing
historical material, 1971-1973
miscellaneous, 1959-1971
Ridgewood, 1963-1965
student union building, 1969
Infirmary
correspondence, 1957-1965
correspondence, 1966-1981
Languages
French, 1967-1968
German, 1967-1968
Italian, 1968
Spanish, 1967-1968
Language examinations: general, 1962-1971
Language requirements, 1970-1971
Language tutorials and examinations, 1965-1971 [4 folders]
Language tutorials and examinations: miscellaneous, 1968-1979
Parking: miscellaneous, 1958-1969
Parking rules, 1969-1971
Proposed graduate housing, 1960-1969
Box 18
Rabb building, 1958-1975
Resident counselor, 1959-1976
Special students, 1970-1971
University council, 1968-1969
Library
Box 18
Bibliophiles, 1971-1974
Budget, 1969-1973 [3 folders]
Building committee, 1968-1971 [3 folders]
Building conditions information, 1971-1972
Committee members, 1970-1971
Consortium, 1971-1973
Correspondence
with Dean Black (controversial issues), 1971-1972
with B. Levinson, (sponsored research coordinator), 1967-1969 [2 folders]
Faculty library committee meeting minutes, 1970-1974
Holdings statistics, 1971-1978 [6 folders]
Listening center, 1972-1974
Microforms/dissertations, 1960-1976
Miscellaneous, 1959-1973 [6 folders]
Box 19
Operation report and budget statistics, 1971-1972
Personnel, 1971-1974
Report of the combined student library committee, 1970
Search committee, 1969
Security, 1971-1972
Special Collections, 1967-1972
Supplies publications, 1970-1971
Women's Committee, 1970-1972
Commencement
Box 19
Commencement: miscellaneous, 1960-1965
Commencement committee, 1959-1967
Commencement: student lists, 1954-1969
Commencement: program, 1954
Commencement: program, 1955
Commencement, 1956
Commencement, 1957
Commencement: program, 1958
Commencement: program, 1959
Commencement, 1960
Commencement, 1961
Commencement, 1962
Commencement: program, 1962
Commencement, 1963
Commencement: degrees, 1963
Commencement: program, 1963
Commencement, 1964
Commencement: degrees, 1964
Commencement: program, 1964
Commencement, 1965
Commencement: degrees, 1965
Commencement: program, 1965
Commencement, 1966
Commencement: degrees, 1966
Commencement: PhD dinner, 1966
Commencement: program, 1966
Commencement, 1967
Commencement: degrees, 1967
Commencement: program, 1967
Commencement, 1968
Commencement: degrees, 1968
Commencement: program, 1968
Commencement, 1969
Commencement: degrees, 1969
Commencement: program, 1969
Commencement, 1970
Commencement: degrees, 1970
Commencement: program, 1970
Commencement, 1971
Commencement: program, 1971
Commencement, 1972
Commencement: program, 1972
Commencement, 1973
Commencement: degrees, 1973
Commencement: program, 1973
Commencement, 1974
Commencement: degrees, 1974
Commencement: honorees, 1974
Commencement: miscellaneous, 1974
Commencement: program, 1974
Box 20
Commencement, 1975
Commencement: program, 1975
Commencement: honorees, 1975
Commencement: miscellaneous, 1975
Commencement, 1976
Commencement: degrees, 1976
Commencement: program, 1976
Commencement, 1977
Commencement: degrees, 1977
Commencement: program, 1977
Commencement, 1978
Commencement: degrees, 1978
Commencement: program, 1978
Commencement, 1979
Commencement: degrees, 1979
Commencement, 1980
Commencement: degrees, 1980
Commencement: program, 1980
Commencement, 1981
Commencement: degrees, 1981
Commencement: program, 1981
Commencement, 1982
Commencement: degrees, 1982
Commencement: program, 1982
Commencement, 1983
Commencement: degrees, 1983
Commencement: program, 1983
Commencement, 1984
Commencement: program, 1984
Commencement, 1985
Commencement: program, 1985
Commencement, 1986
Commencement: degrees, 1986
Commencement: program, 1986
Commencement, 1987
Commencement: degrees, 1987
Commencement: program, 1987
Commencement, 1988
Commencement: degrees, 1988
Commencement: program, 1988
Commencement, 1989
Commencement: degrees, 1989
Commencement: program, 1989
Commencement, 1990
Commencement: degrees, 1990
Commencement: program, 1990
General Reports
Box 21
Committee Reports
Academic Planning Committee, 1985-1986
Anthropology Visiting Committee, 1981
American Studies: History, self-assessment and plans, 1986
Biochemistry Visiting Committee, 1987-1988
Biology Visiting Committee, 1981-1982
Chemistry Advisory Committee, 1984
Economics Advisory Committee, 1982
Fine Arts: Dossier of materials renewal (Susan Lichtman and Peter Markman), 1982
Fine Arts Visiting Committee, 1987-1988
History: Materials for Visiting Committee, Spring 1986
Mathematics Advisory Committee, 1982
Mathematics: Report to the Visiting Committee, 1978
Music Advisory Committee, 1983-1984
Philosophy and History of Ideas: Advisory Committee Visit, 1984-1985
Physics Visiting Committee, April 1981
Psychology Department Visiting Committee, 1984
Romance and Comparative Literature: Report to the Visiting Committee, October 1978
Sociology Advisory Committee, December 1982
Theater Arts: Report for the Visiting Committee, 1984-1985
Box 22
Masters and PhD programs (publications), ca. 1996
American History
Anthropology
Biologies
Chemistry
European History
Computer Science
English
Genetic Counseling
Interdisciplinary Program in Literary Studies
Jewish Communal Service
Mathematics
Music
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Physics
Politics
Premedical Program
Psychology
Studio Arts
Sustainable International Development
Sociology
Theatre Arts
Women's Studies
Reports to the President, 1977-1991 [4 folders]
Audio Visual Materials
"GSASFYI News" (4 CDs), 1998-2007
Graduate Journal (1 CD), 2004
General education 18E-2: problems of communication, n.d.
History of Science 1-A-1 De Magnete, n.d.
Hum 5 Se 1-A-1 Oresteria, n.d.
Math 12C-1, n.d.
Orwell 1984, n.d.
Notes
For further research, see also the Dean of Arts and Sciences records, Graduate School series.