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LU-RG01. Governance and Committees

 Record Group
Identifier: LU-RG01
Records in this group include: by-laws, records related to Lawrence University's founding and merger with Milwaukee-Downer College, faculty meeting minutes, committee materials, self-studies and reaccreditation reports, and other records related to the creation and administration of the university.

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

Faculty Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG01-013
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the records of meetings of the faculty at Lawrence from 1855 to the present. Records include meeting agendas, minutes, and supplementary materials.

Faculty Subcommittee on Administration Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-RG01-042
Scope and Contents This collection consists of records of the Faculty Subcommittee on Administration dating from 1922 to the present. Records include meeting minutes and correspondence.

Lawrence College and Milwaukee-Downer College Consolidation Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-RG01-015
Scope and Contents The collection contains records documenting the 1964 consolidation of Milwaukee-Downer College with Lawrence College to form Lawrence University. Official and legal documents, correspondence between the two institutions regarding the logistics of transferring people and materials, financial records, and publications describing the consolidation, including newspaper articles, are included. The bulk of the records date from 1963 to 1965, but materials discussing the future of Milwaukee-Downer...

Library Committee of the Faculty Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-RG01-043
Scope and Contents This collection consists of written proceedings of the Library Committee of the Faculty, dating from 1859 to 1925.

Long-Range Planning Task Force Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-RG01-018
Scope and Contents This collection consists of records of the Long-Range Planning Task Force established by President Thomas Smith in 1976. Records include correspondence, minutes, and reports of the overall task force as well as sub-task forces on size constraints, finance, curriculum alternatives, extra-curricular structures, and inter-institutional relations.

Sabin Alliance Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-RG01-014
Scope and Contents This collection consists of records created by the Sabin Alliance, an association of Lawrence faculty and staff for supporting women and women's issues, dating from 1985-1993. Records include membership lists, brochures, committee information, reports, newsletters, memoranda, and other correspondence.

Select Committee on Planning Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-RG01-017
Scope and Contents This collection consists of records of the Select Committee on Planning dating from 1968 to 1970. President Curtis Tarr appointed the committee in 1968 and charged it with investigating the whole structure of the university and making recommendations for change to the faculty. It was chaired by Professor of Government Mojmir Povolny. Records include correspondence and memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, and records of all sub-committees. The final report, "Liberal Education at Lawrence," is...

Sexual Harassment and Assault Resources and Education (SHARE) Records

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG01-002
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials documenting the Sexual Harassment and Assault Resources and Education (SHARE) committee. Records date from 1991 to 2016 and include memoranda, policy and procedural documents, and informational pamphlets about sexual assault and sexual harassment.

Special Study Committee Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-RG01-016
Scope and Contents This collection consists of records from the Special Study Committee, a faculty committee appointed to study the curriculum at Lawrence, dating from 1952 to 1955. The work of the committee was supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation.  Records consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, and reports (including what became known as the Troyer Report, named for the committee chair, Howard Troyer.)

Technology Advisory Committee Records

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG01-038
Scope and Contents This collection consists of records created by the Technology Advisory Committee, a standing committee of the faculty from 2002 to 2014. Materials include meeting agendas and minutes, memoranda and policy documents, and records of the Electronic Records Task Force.