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Record Group: 13 C Record Sub-Group: 3 Records Title: UMC; School of Library and Informational Science; Dean's Office; Administrative Records Dates: 1977-1996 Volume: 2 cubic feet, 2.5 linear feet Scope and Content Note: This Record Sub-Group consists of records accumulated by University of Missouri-Columbia School of Library and Informational Science (SLIS) Dean Mary F. Lenox. Included are correspondence, committee records, SLIS program evaluations and accreditation materials, campus long-range planning and program review materials, reactions to proposals to eliminate SLIS, and miscellaneous reports, and SLIS event materials. This Sub-Group also contains, in a separate file folder, documents from the deanship of Edward P. Miller (1974-1984). Biographical Note Lenox began her career at UMC in 1978 as an Associate Professor in the School of Library and Informational Science. She became the first African-American woman to hold the position of dean at UMC when she assumed the position of Dean of SLIS in 1984. Mary Lenox served as Dean until June 1, 1996, when the independent School of Library and Informational Science was administratively placed under the College of Education and retitled the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies. The reconstituted program was placed under Director John Wedman. Series Descriptions: This Record Sub-Group is not divided into individual record series. Arrangement within the Sub-Group follows the original, topical order. Inventory Box l FF 1 - General Correspondence, 11/1992 - 2/1993 FF 2 - General Correspondence, 3/1993 - 7/1993 FF 3 - General Correspondence, 8/1993 - 11/1993 FF 4 - General Correspondence, 12/1993 - 3/1994 FF 5 - General Correspondence, 4/1994 - 5/1994 FF 6 - General Correspondence, 6/1994 FF 7 - General Correspondence, 7/1994 FF 8 - General Correspondence, 8/1994 - 10/1994 FF 9 - General Correspondence, 11/1994 - 1/1995 FF 10 - General Correspondence, 2/1995 - 3/1995 FF 11 - General Correspondence, 4/1995 FF 12 - General Correspondence, 5/1995 - 6/1995 FF 13 - General Correspondence, 7/1995 FF 14 - General Correspondence, 8/1995 - 10/1995 FF 15 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Committees), 11/1990 - 10/1992 FF 16 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (SLIS Faculty), 11/1990 - 10/1992 FF 17 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (SLIS Faculty), 11/1990 - 10/1992 FF 18 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Carroll, C. Edward), 11/1990 - 10/1992 FF 19 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Evans, Roy W.), 11/1990 - 10/1992 FF 20 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Connaway, Lynn), 11/1990 - 10/1992 FF 21 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Dingle, Susan), 11/1990 - 10/1992 FF 22 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Flood, Francis J.), 11/1990 - 10/1992 FF 23 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Guthrie, Dale), 11/1990 - 10/1992 FF 24 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Johnson, Nancy), 11/1990 - 10/1992 FF 25 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Johnson, Diane E.), 11/1990 - 10/1992 FF 26 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Kochtanek, Thomas), 11/1990 - 10/1992 FF 27 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Leatherbury, Maurice), 11/1990 - 10/1992 FF 28 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (McKinin, Emma Jean), 11/1990 - 10/1992 FF 29 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Powell, Ronald), 11/1990 - 10/1992 FF 30 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Raber, Douglas), 11/1990 - 10/1992 [RESTRICTED ITEM] FF 31 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Sievert, Mary Ellen), 11/1990 - 10/1992 [RESTRICTED ITEM] FF 32 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Adjunct Faculty), 1992 - 1995 FF 33 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (SLIS Faculty), 1992 - 1995 FF 34 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (SLIS Faculty), 1992 - 1995 FF 35 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Berk, Robert), 1992 - 1995 FF 36 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Budd, John), 1992 - 1995 FF 37 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Connaway, Lynn), 1992 - 1995 FF 38 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Dingle, Susan), 1992 - 1995 FF 39 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Flood, Francis J.), 1992 - 1995 FF 40 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Guthrie, Dale), 1992 - 1995 FF 41 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Johnson, Diane E.), 1992 - 1995 FF 42 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Kochtanek, Thomas), 1992 - 1995 FF 43 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Leatherbury, Maurice), 1992 - 1995 FF 44 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Montgomery, Jacqueline), 1992 - 1995 FF 45 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Powell, Ronald), 1992 - 1995 FF 46 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Raber, Douglas), 1992 - 1995 FF 47 - Correspondence with Faculty Members (Sievert, Mary Ellen), 1992 - 1995 FF 48 - Academic and Institutional Future Committees, 1979 - 1980 FF 49 - Academic and Institutional Future Committees, 1979 - 1980 FF 50 - START Program (Success Through Advanced Residence Training), correspondence, minutes, etc., 1978 - 1979 FF 51 - START Program Annual Report, 1977 FF 52 - START Program Annual Report, 1978 Box 2 FF 1 - Fight! (response to proposed elimination of SLIS), 4/1982 - 6/1982 FF 2 - Fight! (response to proposed elimination of SLIS - letter writing campaign), 4/1982 - 6/1982 FF 3 - Ideas: New School of Library and Information Science FF 4 - UMC Mission Statement - Proposed Changes, 2/1984 FF 5 - Merger and Consolidation Options, 1984 FF 6 - Program Evaluation and Review Process, 1982-1984 FF 7 - Program Evaluation and Review Process, 1982-1984 FF 8 - Program Evaluation and Review Process, 1984 FF 9 - Program Evaluation and Review Process, 1984 FF 10 - Program Evaluation and Review Process, 1984 FF 11 - Program Review Meetings (2 cassette tapes), 4/10/1984 and 4/26/1984 FF 12 - "A Review of the Academic Program of the School of Library and Informational Science," 6/1/1984 FF 13 - "A Review of the Academic Program of the School of Library and Informational Science," 6/1/1984 FF 14 - "Strengthening the School of Library and Informational Science," 4/15/1985 FF 15 - "Future Program Direction of the School of Library and Informational Science," 2/17/1989 FF 16 - School of Library and Informational Science Five Year Long-Range Plan, 1990 - 1995 FF 17 - 1991 Annual Report of the School of Library and Informational Science, 8/30/1991 FF 18 - "Distance Learning: Where from Here?" 1/3/1992 FF 19 - School of Library and Informational Science Report to Chancellor, 11/30/1992 FF 20 - School of Library and Informational Science Planning Report (work copy), 1993 FF 21 - School of Library and Informational Science Planning Report (work copy), 1993 FF 22 - School of Library and Informational Science Planning Report (work copy), 1993 FF 23 - "Self-Study: A Guide to the Process and to the Preparation of a Report for the Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association," 1981 FF 24 - "A Report on Tom Watson's Visit to the School of Library and Informational Science at the University of Missouri, Columbia, April 1-2, 1985" FF 25 - Plan for the ALA Program Presentation, 10/5/1995 FF 26 - "School of Library and Informational Science, University of Missouri, Program Presentation to the Committee on Accreditation, American Library Association," September 1996 FF 27 - "School of Library and Informational Science, University of Missouri, Program Presentation to the Committee on Accreditation, American Library Association," September 1996 FF 28 - Special Libraries Association - UMC Student Chapter FF 29 - UMC Library Science - Planning and Teaching Continuing Education Courses (microfiche), 1975 FF 30 - Miscellaneous FF 31 - Annual Spring Alumni Banquet programs (1977, 1992-1996); University of Missouri-Columbia Graduate Student Association Superior Graduate Achievement Awards program (1983); University of Missouri-Columbia Graduate School Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants and Who’s Who Among Graduate Students Award program (1983); MU alumni pin (removed from 1996 Annual Banquet Program); announcement broadside for the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the School of Library and Informational Science (SLIS); speeches given at the Annual Spring Alumni Banquet (1996) celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the (SLIS) FF 32 - Records from the office of Edward P. Miller, Dean of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Library and Informational Science (1974-1984), including a history of SLIS, clippings and photocopies of clippings of references to Dean Miller and SLIS (1977, 1983), and an University of Missouri-Columbia press release commending the accreditation of SLIS (1977) Note to Archivist: File folders 31 and 32 in Box 2 were added to this Inventory in September 2002 and are not part of the original inventory order. Restrictions Note: The Archives of the University of Missouri-Columbia is required by law and Board of Curator's policy to restrict access to some files and information. Student records are held as confidential under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and by University policy. Faculty promotion and tenure records and Academic Personnel files are restricted for 75 years, or the lifetime of the individual. All grievance, disciplinary, and medical records are treated as confidential files. 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