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Box Lists for C:5/6/3

Note to Researcher: These records have not been processed to the level of an inventory and may therefore contain RESTRICTED material not specifically annotated as such and access may be limited in that regard. Please see the RESTRICTIONS NOTE at the end of the box list(s).

• Box 1 - 045740
• Box 2 - 045811
• Box 3 - 045812
• Box 3A - 036363
• Box 3B - 036364
• Box 4 - 045813
• Box 5 - 045814
• Box 6 - 045942
• Box 7 - 045943
• Box 8 - 045960
• Box 9 - 045961
• Box 10 - 045962
• Oversized Box 1 - Ellis
• Oversized Folder 1 - MC
• Electronic Records
• Return to C:5/6/3 summary

[A18-37]

FF - Ruth Brent Tofle Unabridged Curriculum Vitae, 2018

FF - Thank You Cards, 2018

FF - Ruth Brent Tofle Retirement, 2017-2018

FF - Bea Litherland Smith - Athena Award nomination, 2018

FF - Endowments from Ruth Tofle, 2004, 2017

FF - Ruth Brent - Correspondence, 1982-1985

FF - Ruth Tofle - Personal Correspondence (includes photographs of Tofle), 1980-2014

FF - Dissertation - Public Social Spaces (includes photographs), 1977-1979

FF - 4-H Involvement, 1985-2018

FF - Ruth Tofle - Appointment and Benefits Documents (includes photograph), 1980-1996

FF - Evaluations, Personal (includes photographs), 1982-2006 [RESTRICTED]

FF - Achievements, Personal (includes photographs; also includes postcards of University campus fraternity houses), 1995-2000, 2018

FF - Promotion and Tenure dossier, 6/1991 [RESTRICTED]

FF - Promotion dossier, ca. 1991 [RESTRICTED]

FF - Promotion and Tenure, 1981-1997 [RESTRICTED]

FF - Personal file (includes photographs), 1972-2005

FF - Personal file (cont'd), 1987-2004

Item - "Home Safe Home" software kit, 1989

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FF - Ruth Brent Tofle - Unabridged Curriculm Vitae, 4/27/2018

FF - Stephens College - Firestone Baars Chapel/Eero Saarinen (includes photograph and ornament), 1984, 1995-1997 [RESTRICTED]

FF - Fulbright Seminar - Morocco/Tunisia (includes photographs and slides; also includes material related to a 1988 China trip), 1987-1992

FF - International Interior Design Association (IIDA), 1993-2011

FF - National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ), 1993-2012

FF - LEED Professional Accreditation, 2004

FF - Alumni, 1996, 2002-2008

FF - Interior Design Registration, 2000-2001

FF - Omicron Nu, 1989-1992

FF - Phi Upsilon Omicron, 1992

FF - Rotary, 2004-2010

FF - American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), 1987-1990

FF - American Institute of Architects (AIA), 1998-2002

FF - Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), 2003-2006

FF - Jokes, Humor and Cartoons, 1992-1999

FF - Housing - St. Louis, 1974-1982

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FF - "Scholarship in print by Ruth (Stumpe) Brent Tofle", ca. 2007

FF - "Eero Saarinen's Firestone Baars Chapel: Poetics of a Sacred Place", 1997

FF - Thailand, 1989-1993

FF - "Design and the Problem Solving Process", 1978

FF - "Design for the Elderly: Common Sense or Common Errors?", 1979

FF - "Environmental Adequacy and Environmental Adaptations of Older Adults", 1983

FF - "Community and Institutional Public Social Spaces", 1982

FF - "Advocacy Design in the Nursing Home", 1983

FF - American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2004-2005

FF - "Preserving the Past", 1984

FF - "Usage of Public Restroom Lounges as Support Systems by Elderly Females", 1981

FF - "The Japanese Connection", 1992

FF - "Instruction in Lighting Design", 1985

FF - "FIDER's Study of Two, Three, and Four-Year Interior Design Programs?", 1983

FF - "Homelessness: An Interior Design Education Challenge?", 1989

FF - "Housing for People with Special Needs", 1991

FF - "Hands-On Approach to the Americans with Disabilities Act", 1993

FF - "Communicating housing design knowledge for older adults using electronic technology", 1990

FF - "Prioritizing Housing Inadequacies", 1991

FF - Book review of The Challenge of Interior Design, 1982

FF - "Multiple and Integrated Paradigms of Design", 1991

FF - "Nonverbal Design Language in Comics", 1991

FF - "The Study of Housing: Interdisciplinary, International and Integrated", 1992

FF - "Priceless, Meaningful and Idiosyncratic: Attachment to Possessions", 1996

FF - Architecture Graduate Education, 1990

FF - Flood Study, 1994-1995

FF - "Validating a Computer Assessment of Housing for Older Adults", 1993

FF - Book Reviews, 1986, 1991

FF - AIDIA - Korean, n.d.

FF - "The architectural mystique of our gerontopia", n.d.

FF - "Adapting Housing throughout the Life Cycle", 1981

FF - "Advancing the Near Environment: The Art and Design Section in Evolution", 1989

FF - "Environmental Adequacy and Environmental Adaptations of Older Adults", 1983

FF - "The Future of the Housing Discipline", 1986

FF - "Internalizing Values: Universal Design in the Design Studio", 1995

FF - "Chinese Living Environments", 1988

FF - "Common Behavior Patterns of Residents in Public Areas of Nursing Homes", 1984

FF - "Smallest Space Analysis", 1979

FF - "ERHAP: An Artificial Intelligence Expert System for Assessing the Housing of Elderly Residents", 1987

FF - Interior Design Graduate Education, 1988-1990

FF - "Texture: The Forgotten Design Element in Nursing Homes", 1982

FF - "Home Safety: The Home of the Elderly Resident", 1980

FF - Environmental Professional, 1987

FF - Long Term Care, 2006

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FF - Ruth Brent Tofle Diary/Schedule/Contacts, 1990, 1992

FF - Ruth Brent Tofle Diary/Schedule/Contacts, 1994-1996

FF - Ruth Brent Tofle Diary/Schedule/Contacts, 1997-1999

FF - Ruth Brent Tofle Diary/Schedule/Contacts, 2000-2002

FF - Ruth Brent Tofle Diary/Schedule/Contacts, 2003-2005

FF - Ruth Brent Tofle Diary/Schedule/Contacts, 2006-2008

FF - Ruth Brent Tofle Diary/Schedule/Contacts, 2009-2011

FF - Ruth Brent Tofle Diary/Schedule/Contacts, 2013-2015

FF - Ruth Brent Tofle Diary/Schedule/Contacts, 2016-2018

FF - History leading to Architectural Studies (historical research materials related to creation of Architectural Studies department), n.d.

FF - Doctoral Comprehensive Exams (exam questions written by Tofle and other faculty), 2008-2019 [RESTRICTED]

FF - Tofle Professional Papers (includes newspaper clippings, and correspondence with Margaret Mangel), 1970-1980

FF - Tofle Professional Papers (includes clippings, curriculum vita, correspondence, "Designers' Showhouse" brochure on the Troxell Home (owned by Ruth and Ed Brent, 1982-1999), personal correspondence from Brent's Fulbright trip, a medallion from MU commencement 1989, and photos of the following people and subjects - Thailand visit, Martha Jo Martin, MU exchange to Prince of Songkla University (with Bob Woods), and Department of Environmental Design faculty ca. 1987), 1981-1990

FF - Tofle Professional Papers - Department Chair Duties, 1985-1986

FF - Tofle Professional Papers (includes clippings, promotion dossier [RESTRICTED], Faculty/Alumni Award, certificate for Award of Merit from Gamma Sigma Delta, certificate of completion for UM Leadership Development Program, and photographs of the following subjects - Prince of Songkla University visitors to MU, commencement, Architectural Studies faculty ca. 1995, and HES administrative staff 1999-2000), 1991-2000

FF - Tofle Professional Papers - Bryn Mawr Summer Workshop for Women Administrators, 1999

FF - Tofle Professional Papers (includes clippings; certificate for Tiger Recruiting Teamwork Award; photographs of graduate summer workshop, Architectural Studies Advisory Board, and Bernard Cywinski lecture; Tofle 2008 holiday letter; Faculty Recognitions Award; certificate for HES Distinguished Faculty Service Award; 4-H Hall of Fame Induction; and CDs and DVDs on the following subjects: Masters Thesis projects [RESTRICTED] including Jesse Hall, Bernie Cywinski - Solar Decathlon, Mizzou Admissions, Advisory Board, SEDA students, and Healy Lectureship), 2001-2010

FF - Tofle Professional Papers (includes Interior Design Degree Program Analysis Report, Tofle 2011 holiday letter, examples of student work [RESTRICTED], and Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow Award), 2011-2012

FF - Tofle Professional Papers (consists of correspondence, photographs and other materials related to Distinguished Faculty Award; other subjects include Tofle 2013 holiday letter, Design Futures Council award, and Department of Architectural Studies program assessment), 2013-2014

FF - Tofle Professional Papers (includes Visualization and Virtual Reality Open House, departmental history information, Jefferson Club photograph with Ruth and Marvin Tofle and Chancellor Loftin, and photographs of Ruth Tofle with students on obstacle course), 2015-2016

FF - Tofle Professional Papers (includes departmental program analysis report, retirement correspondence, scholarships, and intercampus course sharing program), 2017-2018

FF - Gwynn-Stanley - Wayfinding, 2014

FF - Gwynn-Stanley - ADA Issues - Communications with Amber Cheek, 2014-2015

FF - Gwynn-Stanley - ADA Issues - North Entrance, 2014

FF - Gwynn-Stanley - ADA Issues - Parking, Elevators, 2014-2015

FF - Gwynn-Stanley - MU Master Plan Update - Executive Summary, 6/2014

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FF - Gwynn-Stanley - ADA and Key Documents, 2014-2015 [RESTRICTED]

FF - Gwynn-Stanley - ADA Symposium, 2015

FF - Gwynn-Stanley - ADA Issues - Dual Standards (Tofle article), 2015

FF - Gwynn-Stanley - ADA Issues - Journal of Interior Design (Tofle article), 2015

FF - Gwynn-Stanley - ADA Issues - Chronology, 2012

FF - Gwynn-Stanley - ADA Issues - Chronology, 2013

FF - Gwynn-Stanley - ADA Issues - Chronology, 2014

FF - Gwynn-Stanley - ADA Issues - Chronology, 2015

FF - Gwynn-Stanley - ADA Issues - Communications, 2014

FF - Ruth Stumpe Brent Tofle (includes biographical, genealogical, and professional information about Professor Tofle)

FF - "My Paternal Stumpe Ancestry in Franklin County Missouri: First Generation in the 1800s to 2018" by Ruth Brent Tofle (nee Stumpe), 4/15/2019

FF - "My Maternal Horstick-Wagner Ancestry in Pennsylvania, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas: First Generation in the 1800s to 2018" by Ruth Brent Tofle (nee Stumpe), 4/12/2019

FF - "Structuring Architectural Studies: A Historical and Personal Retrospective" (Draft) by Ruth Brent Tofle, 2018

FF - "Color in Healthcare Environments" (Draft) by Tofle, Benyamin Schwarz, et al., 2004

Item - Popular American Housing: A Reference Guide edited by Ruth Brent and Benyamin Schwarz, 1995

Item - Strategies for Teaching Universal Design (Chapter 20 co-written by Tofle, Schwarz, and Gary Hennigh), 1995

Item - Aging, Autonomy, and Architecture: Advances in Assisted Living edited by Schwarz and Brent (Tofle), 1999

Item - Ruth S. Brent PhD Thesis, 1978

Item - Ruth S. Brent MA Thesis, 1974

Item - Savitar yearbook, Volume 77, 1971 (Ruth Stumpe is a student in this volume)

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FF - Course No. 1100, 1999-2006

FF - Course No. 1200, 1995-2003

FF - Course No. 1600, 1992-2003

FF - Course Nos. 2005-2085, 4085, 4318, 4390, 4940, 1990-2004

FF - Course No. 2100, 2009

FF - Course No. 2200, 1995-2002

FF - Course No. 2230 (includes photographic slides), 1992-2007

FF - Course No. 2310, 2003-2008

FF - Course Nos. 2315-2316, 1992-2006

FF - Course No. 2811, 1992-2007

FF - Course No. 3100, 1985, 2008

FF - Course No. 3230, 1984-2002

FF - Course No. 3371, 1992-2002

FF - Course No. 3600, 1992-2004

FF - Course No. 4230, 1992-2007

FF - Course No. 4320, 1998-2002

FF - Course No. 4323, 2007

FF - Course No. 4333, 2002-2005

FF - Course No. 4355, 1996-2004

FF - Course No. 4824, n.d.

FF - Course No. 8630, 1995-1997, 2013

FF - Course No. 8650, 2013

FF - Course Nos. 7961-7964, 2013

FF - Course No. 7760, ca. 2015

FF - Course No. 7325, 2014

FF - Course No. 7440, 2012

FF - Course No. 7550, 2003, 2011

FF - Curriculum, 2003, 2007

FF - Curriculum, 2004

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FF - Course Nos. 9990, 9555, 9995, 1995-2004

FF - Course Nos. 8990, 9090, 9095, EDN490, 1987-2004

FF - Course Nos. 8950, 8960, EDN415, EDN418, EDN446, 1983-2004

FF - Course Nos. 8887, 8950, 1995-2009

FF - Course Nos. 8830, 8840, EDN441, 8850, 1993-2006

FF - Course Nos. EDN410, 8600, 8600, 8820, 1987-2005

FF - Course Nos. 8001, 8230, 8233, 1995-2007

FF - Course Nos. 8001, 8090, 1989-2008

FF - Course Nos. 8055, 8085, 2005-2006

FF - Course Nos. 7940, 7960, 8050, EDN412, 1984-2005

FF - Course Nos. 7710, 7840, 7660, 2003-2006

FF - Course No. 7630, 2008

FF - Course No. 7700, 2008

FF - Course No. 7620, 2005

FF - Course No. 7555, 2005

FF - Course No. 7390, 2004

FF - Course No. 7430, 2010

FF - Course No. 7315, 2000-2008

FF - Course No. 7355, 2004

FF - Course No. 7320, 2002-2005

FF - Course No. 7230, 2004

FF - Course No. 7232, 2003

FF - Course No. 7310, 2004

FF - Course No. 7085, 1989, 2007

FF - Course No. 7100, 2003-2009

FF - Course No. 7001, 2009

FF - Course No. 4990, 1993-2006

FF - Course No. 4814, 1992-2004

FF - Course No. 4860, 1993-2007

FF - Course No. 4813, 1992-2002

FF - Course No. 4823, 2008

FF - Course No. 4700, 2009

FF - Course No. 4710, 2004

FF - Course No. 4630, 2010

FF - Course No. 4550, 2003-2004

FF - Course No. 4420, 1993-2003

FF - Preliminary Discussion - Sustainable Environments (unnumbered course), 2005

FF - Course No. 4620, 1987-2004

FF - Course No. 4660, 1992-2000

FF - Course No. 4410, 1993-2001

FF - Course No. 4411, 2009

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FF - Graduate Assessment, 1999-2000

FF - Graduate Assessment, 2000-2001

FF - Graduate Assessment, 1998-1999

FF - Graduate Assessment, 1997-1998

FF - Graduate Assessment, 1996-1997

FF - Graduate Assessment, 2001-2002

FF - Graduate Assessment, 2002-2003

FF - Graduate Assessment, 2003-2004

FF - Graduate Assessment, 2004-2005

FF - Graduate Assessment, 2005-2006

FF - Graduate Assessment, 2006-2007

FF - Graduate Assessment, 2007-2008

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 2006-2007

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 2004-2005

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 2003-2004

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 2002-2003

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 2001-2002

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 2000-2001

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 1999-2000

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 1998-1999

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 1997-1998

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 1996-1997

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 1995-1996

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 1994-1995

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 1993-1994

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 1992-1993

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 1991-1992

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 1990-1991

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 1989-1990

FF - Undergraduate Assessment, 1988-1989

FF - Portfolio Review, 2012 [RESTRICTED]

FF - Portfolio Review, 2011 [RESTRICTED]

FF - Portfolio Review, 2010 [RESTRICTED]

FF - Portfolio Review, 2009 [RESTRICTED]

FF - Portfolio Review, 2008 [RESTRICTED]

FF - Portfolio Review, 2007 [RESTRICTED]

FF - Portfolio Review, 2006 [RESTRICTED]

[A18-37]

FF - Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) Accreditation, 2012

FF - Foundation for Interior Design Education Research (FIDER), 1994-2009

FF - FIDER Standards, ca. 1997

FF - FIDER, 2005-2006

FF - FIDER, 2005-2006 (cont'd)

FF - FIDER, 2004-2005

FF - FIDER, 1998-1999

FF - FIDER Progress Report, 1999-2002

FF - FIDER Progress Report, 1998-1999

FF - FIDER Accreditation Report, 1998-1999

FF - Program Data Form, 2004

[A18-37]

FF - Foundation for Interior Design Education Research (FIDER) - Program Analysis Report, 2005

FF - FIDER Accreditation Visit for Interior Design Program - Supporting Documentation, 2005

FF - FIDER Accreditation Visit for Interior Design Program, 2005

FF - Program Reviews - Program Assessment, 2000-2008

FF - Department of Environmental Design - CBHE Program Review, 1997-2001

[A18-37]

FF - Strategic Documents, 2009-2010

FF - Strategic Documents, 2008-2009

FF - Strategic Documents, 2006-2007

FF - Strategic Documents, 2004-2005

FF - Strategic Documents, 2005-2006

FF - Strategic Documents, 2003-2004

FF - Strategic Documents, 2002-2003

FF - Strategic Documents, 2001-2002

FF - Strategic Documents, 2000-2001

FF - Strategic Documents, 1999-2000

FF - Strategic Documents, 1998-1999

FF - Annual Report, 2000-2001

FF - Annual Report, 1998-1999

FF - Annual Report, 1997-1998

FF - Annual Report, 1996-1997

FF - Departmental History, ca. 2009

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FF - Department Annual Letters, 2003-2017

FF - Departmental Information, 1998, 2014-2018

FF - Miscellaneous records (record types and topics include correspondence, events, Vanguard magazine, Environmental Design graduate handbook, photographs, curriculum, departmental history), 1990-2016

FF - Miscellaneous records (record types and topics include correspondence, events, newsletters, faculty meetings, department funding, Stanley Hall and Gentry Hall, curriculum, accreditation, Vanguard magazine, space planning, program assessment), 1984-2011

FF - Miscellaneous records (record types and topics include correspondence, travel, Vanguard magazine, Jesse Hall Cornerstone Display, photographs, MU Direct, Immersive Visualization Lab), 2001-2014

FF - Department Name Change to Environmental Design, 1987-1995

FF - Department History, 1972-2017

FF - Department Chair Correspondence, 1983-2010

FF - Department History, 1987, 2013-2016

FF - Distance Graduate Program, 1997-2000

FF - University Club, 1991-1996

[A22-21]

Item - T-shirt - "Home Economics - "H*** No, We Won't Go", ca. 1982

Item - Plaque with gavel - "Ruth S. Brent - President - University of Missouri Chapter - Gamma Sigma Delta - 1993-1994"

Item - Plate with inscription - "Dr. Ruth Brent - In appreciation for your years of service on the University Club Board of Directors. From the Membership, Board of Directors, and Staff. November 20, 1997"

Item - Photograph of Professor Brent receiving above plate

Item - Publication, "Commitments: The Celebration and Commemoration of Marriage" (includes article on wedding of Ruth Brent and Marvin Tofle, 11/17/2001), 3-4/2002

Item - Publication, The Designer, Vol. 25 No. 308 (includes article "Texture: The Forgotten Design Element in Nursing Homes" by Ruth Stumpe Brent), 11/1982

Item - Publication, Missouri Ruralist, Vol. 125 No. 7, (includes article "Preserving the Past", about Briarwood Estate in Boone County, written by Ruth Brent) 4/14/1984

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Item - Photograph (with signatures) for Tofle's retirement, 6/2018

Item - Certificate - American Society of Interior Designers Environmental Design Award, 6/1989

Item - Certificate - ASID Presidential Citation, 11/18/1990

Item - Certificate - State of Missouri Registered Commercial Interior Designer, 11/15/2000

Item - Certificate - State of Missouri Registered Interior Designer, 11/15/2000

Item - Certificate - National Council for Interior Design Qualification Examination Completion (with accompanying letter and press release), 4/15/1994

Item - Certificate - 25 years' Service to University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006

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Electronic records in this series pertain to Ruth Brent Tofle's emerita status, retirement benefits, and retirement speeches.

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