Archives/1. Administrative
Record Group Term
Identifier: Archives/1
Found in 135 Collections and/or Records:
Northeastern University Press records
Collection
Identifier: A102
Overview
The Northeastern University Press was founded by William Frohlich in 1977. Frohlich had been hired to reorganize the department responsible for printing the University's promotional and informational materials. Frohlich worked with Northeastern University President Kenneth Ryder to create a small academic press that would operate on a small budget and publish scholarly books. President Ryder recognized that a university press would help strengthen the academic reputation of Northeastern and...
Dates:
1976-2005
WRBB-FM. (Radio station: Boston, Mass.) records
Collection
Identifier: A111
Overview
WRBB, Northeastern University's student radio station, was formed as WNEU in 1962 when a student group known as the Husky Hi-liters began broadcasting out of a small room in the basement of Ell Student Center. The Hi-liters were responsible for the University student broadcasting system which informed students of campus events and activities. In December 1962, the station began transmitting on AM radio, expanding its reach to include two dorms and other locations around campus. The following...
Dates:
1966-2006; Majority of material found within 1996-2000
School of Nursing records
Collection
Identifier: A112
Overview
In 1997, the College of Nursing merged with the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, continuing its graduate and undergraduate programs as the School of Nursing within Bouvé. The merger was intended to raise the profile of health sciences programs at Northeastern and to improve opportunities for collaboration across the health sciences. In 1995, the College of Nursing, along with the Boston-based Center for Community Health Education and Research (CCHER), founded the Health Careers Academy, a...
Dates:
1994-2006
Deaf Club records
Collection
Identifier: A113
Overview
The Northeastern University Deaf Club existed in an unofficial capacity during the fall semester of 1990, and it became an officially recognized special interest organization in the spring semester of 1991. The mission of the Deaf Club was to provide support to deaf and hearing impaired students in their academic pursuits, promote awareness of the deaf community, help deaf and hearing impaired students acclimate to the Northeastern campus, and provide a social forum for deaf and hearing...
Dates:
1992-2008
Student Government Association records.
Collection
Identifier: A114
Overview
The Student Council was created in 1921 as a vehicle for student participation in University affairs. It originally comprised the officers of the senior and junior classes, and the members of the Student Activities Committee which was also created in 1921. In the 1960s, the Council became more active as a mediating body between students and University administration, and it was involved in student implementation of draft resistance counseling, dissemination of abortion and birth control...
Dates:
1940-2008; Majority of material found within 1980s-2000s
Office of Technology Innovation and Commercialization records
Collection
Identifier: A115
Overview
The Office of Technology Innovation and Commercialization, formerly known as the Division of Technology Transfer, was formed as the result of a task force commissioned by President Richard M. Freeland in 1997. The findings of the task force emphasized the importance of research, technology transfer, and intellectual property control to "augment the intellectual contribution and stature of the University." In July 1999, the Division of Technology Transfer was created to "promote university...
Dates:
1982-2004
Department of Music records
Collection
Identifier: A116
Overview
The Northeastern University Department of Music began as part of the Department of Drama, Speech and Music in 1958 and became an independent department in 1966-1967. The music curriculum was originally a non-major program for professional musicians who desired theoretical training. In 1982, a BA in Music Literature became available. By 1989, the Department began collaborating with the New England Conservatory to offer a Music Industry major, and by 1992, music history courses were included...
Dates:
1967-2009
Department of Theatre records
Collection
Identifier: A117
Overview
The Department of Theatre is part of the College of Arts, Media, and Design and was formerly part of the Division of Performing and Visual Arts. In the mid-1980s, the director of the Department steered it toward productions that would add to Boston's performance culture rather than duplicate what was already being performed. As a result, the department collaborated with a number of innovative local companies, including the Boston Theater of the Deaf, and Northeastern's Silver Masque, a...
Dates:
1952-1980
Department of African American Studies records
Collection
Identifier: A118
Overview
The Department of Afro-American Studies was created in 1973 by the College of Liberal Arts in response to the demands of Northeastern's African American students and a nation-wide trend towards the foundation of ethnic studies departments. During the 1970s, the Department worked to establish itself and appeal to a wide range of student interests by offering classes on the African American experience in literature, art, music, history, politics, and film. The Department worked co-operatively...
Dates:
1972-2009
Center for International Higher Education Documentation records
Collection
Identifier: A120
Overview
The Center was established in 1976 to house the research files of Asa Knowles' International Encyclopedia of Higher Education. As part of the internationalization of Northeastern, it served as a hub for international activities, arranging conferences on global topics and hosting foreign visitors. The Center conducted research on topics such as the role of multinational corporations in foreign education, the status of women in academics, and an international survey of cooperative education...
Dates:
1966-1986; Majority of material found within 1977-1985
Northeastern University Photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: A103
Overview
Northeastern University was founded in 1898 as a primarily commuter school with an all-male student body focusing on engineering and law programs. Since then, the University has expanded and now has six basic colleges, graduate and undergraduate programs in a wide variety of fields, and a diverse student body. The photographic collection reflects the history and development of the University from the early 1900s to the present day, including the expansion of Northeastern's physical plant and...
Dates:
1903-2009; Majority of material found within 1950s-2009
Department of History. Oral History Project records
Collection
Identifier: A104
Overview
In the spring of 1998 and the spring of 1999, students in HST 4263, an oral history class offered by Northeastern University's University College, completed oral history projects as part of the course curriculum. Taught by Susan Keats, the course introduced students to oral history techniques such as planning, interviewing, auditing, editing, and transcribing. In 2003, University College stopped offering HST 4263. Oral history is now covered as a topic in Public History. Susan Keats received...
Dates:
1998-1999
Disability Resource Center records
Collection
Identifier: A105
Overview
The Disability Resource Center has its roots in a 1973 proposal from the Cooperative Education Research Center for a longitudinal study examining the effect the Cooperative Education Work Program had for the employability of students with disabilities. This proposal eventually turned into a three-year effort to make Northeastern University's campus physically accessible to students with disabilities. When funding ran out on this short-term project, a proposal was made to President Ryder for...
Dates:
1977-1999; Majority of material found within 1980-1992
Western Civilization course notes
Collection
Identifier: A106
Overview
Beginning in the 1972-1973 academic year, Northeastern's history department offered a two-semester course in Western Civilization that surveyed the major ideas and institutions of Western Civilization from ancient times to the present. Faculty-prepared course note packets were compiled for each unit and included selections from primary and secondary sources, study questions, and summaries of major themes covered. These course packets were published by Northeastern beginning in 1972 and in...
Dates:
1972-1982
Office of Communications records
Collection
Identifier: A107
Overview
The Office of Public Information was established by Northeastern University President Asa S. Knowles in 1959. In the mid-1980s, Senior Vice President for Public Affairs, James B. King divided the office into two subdivisions: University Relations and Public Relations. The Division of University Relations focused on internal communications while Public Relations focused on external relations. In 1986 the Office of Public Information became the Office of Communications whose mission was to...
Dates:
1952-2004
Third World Views of the Holocaust records
Collection
Identifier: A108
Overview
Northeastern University established the Stotsky Professorship in Jewish Historical and Cultural Studies in 1991 from a gift by Dr. Bernard A. Stotsky. The professorship supports one faculty member from the College of Arts and Sciences to research broad ethical, cultural, and social issues arising from the Holocaust. During his term of appointment, July 1, 1998 through June 30, 2002, political science professor William F.S. Miles organized a symposium to discuss how the Holocaust has been...
Dates:
April 18-20, 2001
Human Resources Management records
Collection
Identifier: A109
Overview
Human Resource Management aims "to attract, reward and retain a high-quality faculty and staff to meet the university's educational mission." The office is responsible for the university's compensation and benefits programs, employment and employee relations, human resources information systems, and training and development programs for the university community.
Dates:
1963-2005; Majority of material found within 1967-1995
Center for Effective University Teaching records
Collection
Identifier: A110
Overview
The Office for the Support of Effective Teaching was created in 1989, with the goal of improving the effectiveness of professors in the classroom. At its inception, the office focused on improving course and teacher evaluations, faculty portfolios, and classroom skills through brochures, handbooks and workshops. In 1994, further improvement in undergraduate teaching was discussed in several roundtable forums which resulted in more funding for faculty to attend conferences, tenure decisions...
Dates:
1993-2006
Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis records
Collection
Identifier: A121
Overview
The Barnett Institute of Chemical Analysis and Materials Science was established at Northeastern University in 1973 as the Institute of Chemical Analysis, Applications and Forensic Science. It was founded by Barry Karger and Bill Giessen, professors of chemistry; Norman Rosenblatt, Dean of the College of Criminal Justice; and Karl Weiss, Chair of the Chemistry Department, with a grant from the United States Department of Justice. The Institute spearheaded graduate education and research in...
Dates:
1978-2004; Majority of material found within 1992-2004
Marine Science Center records
Collection
Identifier: A123
Overview
In 1967, the Marine Science Center, then the Marine Science Institute, was founded in order to provide space for master and doctoral level students and visiting scientists to conduct research in ocean chemistry, water quality, and pollution. The Marine Science Center (MSC), located in Nahant, opened on October 29, 1969 as the David F. and Edna F. Edwards Marine Science Laboratory. Renamed in 1982 as the Marine Science and Maritime Studies Center, MSC refocused on marine ecology, behavior,...
Dates:
1946-2006; Majority of material found within 1966-1993
Editorial Marketing and Publications (Feldscher) records
Collection
Identifier: A124
Overview
Karen Feldscher received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Oberlin College. Later she went on to take courses at Northeastern University studying psychology, business, creative writing and HTML. Feldscher worked for over 26 years at Northeastern, beginning in 1984. Working as a senior writer, she edited a research journal at Northeastern, wrote for its alumni magazine and authored several annual reports. At one point she was the editor of The Voice, Northeastern University's in-house...
Dates:
1986-2003
Office of Institutional Research records
Collection
Identifier: A126
Overview
The Office of Institutional Research and Data Administration collects data for and about Northeastern University. Overseen by the Office of the Provost, the statistics the Office compiles are used to analyze and improve the institution as a whole, in order to better benefit students, faculty, alumni, staff and the outside community. Prior to being called the Office of Institutional Research and Data Administration, or OIR, the Office went through several name changes. From the years...
Dates:
1977-2006
Boston-Bouvé College records
Collection
Identifier: M041
Overview
The Boston School of Physical Education was founded in 1913. Co-founder Marjorie Bouvé became the first director. In 1925, citing differences with the corporation, Bouvé resigned from the Boston School of Physical Education and opened the Bouvé School, Incorporated. In 1930, the Boston School of Physical Education and the Bouvé School merged to form the Bouvé-Boston School of Physical Education with Marjorie Bouvé as the director. In 1930, the Bouvé-Boston School of Physical Education...
Dates:
1885-2011; Majority of material found within 1925-1970
Center for Labor Market Studies records
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Z15-023
Dates:
ca. 1979-2014
Administrative Computer Services records
Unprocessed — Box 1: [Barcode: 39358015475764,TRF119719810]
Identifier: Z09-027
Dates:
1966-1994
Veterans Memorial Committee records
Unprocessed — Box 1: [Barcode: 39358015477950,TRF119719756]
Identifier: Z10-030
Dates:
2004-2006
Studies in American Fiction records
Unprocessed — Box 1: [Barcode: 39358015477323,TRF119719841]
Identifier: Z10-017
Dates:
1972-1979
Rho Chi Honor Society (Beta Tau Chapter) records
Unprocessed — Box 1: [Barcode: 39358015478610,TRF119719980]
Identifier: Z11-036
Dates:
1965-1998
Career Services records
Unprocessed — Box 1: [Barcode: 39358015475756,TRF119719813]
Identifier: Z09-026
Dates:
1980-1995
Department of Medical Laboratory Science records
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Z10-007
Dates:
1961-2007
Center for Labor Market Studies records
Unprocessed — Box 1: [Barcode: 39358015479279,TRF119719932]
Identifier: Z13-027
Dates:
1987
Office of University Advancement records
Unprocessed — Box 1: [Barcode: 39358015476887,TRF119701073]
Identifier: Z09-041
Dates:
1999-2009
Department of History (Herman) records
Unprocessed — Box 1: [Barcode: 39358015478487,TRF119719973]
Identifier: Z11-012
Dates:
ca. 1999-2010
Northeastern University, D'Amore-McKim School of Business, 100th anniversary time capsule
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Z24-012
Dates:
circa 1977-2002
Northeastern University, World History records
Unprocessed — Box 1: [Barcode: 39358015632117]
Identifier: Z24-013
Dates:
circa 1994-2004