Records of the Department of English

Identity elements

referentie code

195

Beschrijvingsniveau

Collectie

Titel

Records of the Department of English

Datum(s)

  • 1960-2007 (Vervaardig)

Omvang

2.1 linear feet

Naam van de archiefvormer

Institutionele geschiedenis

Courses in English composition and literature have been taught at St. Cloud State since its founding as the Third State Normal School in 1869, forming a core part of the early curriculum, and have grown into an active department within the College of Liberal Arts.

Chairpersons:

Howard H. Russell: 1967-1972

James K. Gottshall: 1972-1987

Michael Connaughton: 1987-1988

Marcia Summers: 1988-1989 (interim)

Richard Dillman: 1989-1995

Robert Inkster: 1995-1999

Suellen Rundquist: 1999-2004

Robert Inkster: 2004-2008

Raymond Philipott: 2008-2011

Robert Inkster: 2011-2012 (interim)

Richard Dillman:2012-2013 (interim)

Glenn Davis: 2013-2015

?: 2015-2018

Judith Dorn and Judith Kilborn: 2018-2019 (co-chairs)

Content and structure elements

Bereik en inhoud

This collection contains records from the Department of English at St. Cloud State University. Items in this collection date from 1960 to the 2000s, the majority of which are from the early 1960s to the late 1980s. This collection contains various administrative records, brochures, and publications.

These records are arranged in two series:

Series 1: Administrative Records

This series contains a variety of administrative records. Information relating to personnel, committee and department minutes, budgets, course lists, enrollment, and department publications and projects are found here. There is also information on the Write Place and its predecessors.

Series 2: Publications and Conferences on Sinclair Lewis

Divided into two sub-series, this series contains records relating to St. Cloud State Department of English publications and conferences relating to the Nobel Prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis. Most of the series relates to the 1985 Sinclair Lewis Centennial Conference, hosted by St. Cloud State University in honor of the 100th anniversary of Lewis's birth. Also included are programs of conferences held in honor of Lewis and his friend and confidant, Ida K. Compton, in 2005 and 2007, copies of the Sinclair Lewis Newsletter from the late 1960s through mid-1970s, and cassette tapes of the 1971 radio production: Sinclair Lewis's Minnesota: A State of Mind.

Ordeningstelsel

These records are arranged in two series.

Series 1: Administrative Records

Records are in alphabetical order and ordered chronologically as it applies.

Series 2: Publications and Conferences on Sinclair Lewis

Divided into two sub-series based on their content, records are in alphabetical order and ordered chronologically as it applies.

Records are located at 30E.6a-7a.

Conditions of access and use elements

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

There are no access restrictions.

Physical access

Technical access

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

Permission to publish, quote, and reproduce must be secured from the copyright holder.

Languages of the material

  • Engels

Scripts of the material

    Taal en schrift aantekeningen

    Toegangen

    Acquisition and appraisal elements

    Geschiedenis beheer

    Directe bron van verwerving

    Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

    Aanvullingen

    Related materials elements

    Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen

    Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën

    Related archival materials

    Records of Upper Mississippi Harvest, 1962-2020+.
    Sinclair Lewis Writings, 1904-1966.
    Claude Lewis Family Papers, 1870-1996.
    Hubert Irey Gibson Collection of Sinclair Lewis, 1933-1993.
    Ida Compton Papers, 1947-1885.
    Joan McQuary Collection of Sinclair Lewis Letters, 1942-1945.
    Sinclair Lewis Letters to Marcella Powers, 1939-1947.

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    Regels of conventies

    Sources used

    Aantekeningen van de archivaris

    Processed by Kyle Imdieke September-October 2018.

    Trefwoorden

    Geografische trefwoorden

    Naam ontsluitingsterm

    Genre access points

    Voorwaarden voor raadpleging en gebruik