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Simon Fraser University Archives and Records Management Department Series
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University committees

Series consists of departmental files relating to the Articulation Committee and University Review Committee of the Faculty of Arts. Series includes memoranda, minutes, and correspondence.

University Correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the Vice-President's correspondence with members of the university community including the President, Resources Office, Board of Governors, Alumni Association, University Services Office, Resources Office, Residences, Cooperative Education, the Centre for Communications and the Arts, and the Bursar's Office regarding program administration, budgeting, and student concerns. Also included are reports by Lolita Wilson on students in academic difficulty and statistics on course drops, and a planning report for SFU by Arthur Erickson Architects. Records include correspondence and working papers, agendas and minutes, reports, questionnaires, and financial statements.

University Librarian's records

Series consists of records related to the activities of the University Librarian and includes correspondence with members of the university community, other universities and external organizations; reports including Library reviews; building renovations; development of Library policies and patron regulations; management planning; 10-year projections for the Library; annual reports; and student and faculty user surveys.

Records include correspondence and working papers, agendas and minutes, reports, statistics, and policies.

University matters - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the President, other SFU Vice-Presidents, and the administrative departments that reported to them, as well as correspondence relating to university-wide matters in general. Activities and topics documented include liaison with the federal and provincial governments, budget planning, tuition fees, university reorganization, legal advice, liaison with other senior administrators and other university administrative departments, and relations with non-faculty union and employee associations. For detailed descriptions of record types, see individual sub-series descriptions.

University matters - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the Associate Vice-President, Academic's interactions with senior university administrators (President and other Vice-Presidents) and the university departments and committees that reported to them. Records consists predominantly of correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, reports, and policies. For more detailed description of record types, see individual sub-series descriptions.

University papers, assignments and notes

Series consists of records relating to Messenger's studies in literature at Oberlin College, Oxford University, and Cornell University. Includes papers, notes and assignments, examinations, and a text book.

University policy development

Series consists of records relating to the development of policies and procedures for a wide range of topics of concern to the Faculty Association including student participation in departmental affairs, liquor control, copyright, resignations, dismissals of faculty, and sabbatical leaves. Includes correspondence, briefs, reports of interim councils, memoranda of understanding, draft policies, and approved policies.

University service and career records

The series consists of records relating to Beyerstein's academic and professional career.

The series has been arranged by the archivist into separate sub-series based on the type of material:

• Committees and professional activities (sub-series 1)
• CV files (sub-series 2)

University service and career records

Series consists of records relating to Fellman's academic career at SFU, interactions with colleagues, involvement in university administration, and professional service.

Activities and events documented include Fellman's initial appointment; his salary, tenure and promotion reviews; grant and leave projects; participation in the Canadian Association of American Studies; the 1990 review of the editorial board of the Canadian Review of American Studies; and a proposal to establish a transitional college at SFU in the early 2000s. Series includes files relating to a well-publicized American plagiarism case, as well as various disputes at SFU including the 1979 AUCE strike, the 1997 harassment controversy, and the review of the search for the Wordsworth Chair in 2001.

Records includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposals, CVs, offprints, certificates, petitions, and public speeches.

Files arranged chronologically.

University Services / Student Services - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the senior administrator responsible for student services and with university administrative departments during periods in which they reported to that position. Responsibility for student services was reorganized several times over the period covered by this series, and the records include correspondence with the Dean of Student Affairs (1969-1971), the Vice-President, University Services (1971-1977), and the Director of Student Services (1977-1980). Activities and topics documented include the administrative organization of the portfolio; budget planning; liaison with the Simon Fraser Student Society; and development of student services programs including financial aid, scholarships, day care, residence and housing, health services, and employment and career services. For detailed description of record types, see individual sub-series descriptions.

University Services Departments

Series consists of records relating to the operation and daily administration of University Services Departments on campus and includes Vice-President's correspondence with university services departments, members of the university community, and external organizations; planning documents; staff memoranda; annual reports; and project proposals. Records include correspondence, working papers and reports, agendas and minutes, budgets and financial statements, annual reports, statistics, surveys, contracts, newspaper clippings and publications.

University tradition files

Series consists of records relating to the history and traditions of the university, including convocation founders, the university crest and coat of arms, Simon Fraser's grave, and rolls of congratula given by various universities upon the installation of SFU's Presidents. Records include correspondence, proposals, working papers, reports, and drawings.

Unpublished articles, conference papers, research notes, and lectures

Series consists of unpublished work of Dr. Douglas Cole. Records reflect topics in Canadian and art history, such as anthropological exploration in the northwest, Indian policy, aesthetic views of the Canadian wilderness, and the like. Includes articles, conference papers, research notes and lectures.

Unveiling ceremony records

Series consists of records relating to the Unveiling Ceremony for Marker of Change, which was held on December 6, 1997. Includes speeches given at the ceremony, correspondence, and published materials. Also includes an audiotape of oral readings of the dedication in the seven dedication languages and a two-set videotape of the Unveiling Ceremony.

U.S. Department of Labor (Wage and Hour Division)

Dallas Smythe was hired by the U.S. Department of Labor (Wage and Hour Division) in 1938. His role in this newly-created department was to help enforce laws regarding minimum wage rates and maximum hours of allowed work. He investigated cases in which the implementation of these laws was being avoided through various means. His investigations included occupational studies of the working conditions of newspaper boys, railway porters, life-insurance salesmen, telegraph messengers, cigar factory workers, railway maintenance workers, textile workers, lumber camp workers, and others.

Series consists of records arising from investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor (Wage and Hour Division). Series includes correspondence, studies, reports, reference material, written testimony, photographs, and other materials.

U.S. Federal Communications Commission

Smythe served as Chief Economist for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission from 1943 to 1948. In this position, he conducted an economic analysis of the telegraph industry, investigated the issues surrounding the proposed merger of Western Union and Postal Telegraph, carried out studies in farm telephone service, and held public hearings on the post war reallocation of the radio spectrum.

Series consists of records arising from Smythe's employment at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Series includes publications, correspondence, and other materials.

Vice-President, Academic - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the correspondence between the President and the Vice-President, Academic and the departments that reported to the Vice-President, Academic. Records also include working papers, surveys, university exchange agreements, program proposals, policies and procedures and photographs.

Vice-President, Academic - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the activities of the Office of the Vice-President, Academic, including budget planning, involvement in teaching and faculty staff matters, meetings with other senior university administrators, and supervision of university departments that reported to the VP Academic, either directly or indirectly through the Associate VP Academic. For detailed descriptions of record types, see individual sub-series descriptions.

Vice-President, Administration - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the correspondence between the President and the Vice-President, Administration and the departments that reported to the Vice-President, Administration. Records also include working papers, reports, and photographs.

Vice-President, Development / Harbour Centre - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the correspondence between the President and the Vice-President, Development and the departments that reported to the Vice-President, Development. Records also include working papers, reports, brochures, photographs, media releases, newspapers, and other publications.

Vice-President, Finance and Administration - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the correspondence between the President and the Vice-President, Finance and Administration and the departments that reported to the Vice-President, Finance and Administration. Records also include working papers, reports, budget and financial papers, policies and procedures, contracts, and photographs.

Vice-President, Research - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the correspondence between the President and the Vice-President, Research and the departments that reported to the Vice-President, Research. Records also include working papers, reports, contracts, and research grants and projects.

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