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Finding Aid for the Faculty of Arts and Letters Office of the Dean Outgoing Correspondence, 1985-1989

16/1/883

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State University of New York at Buffalo

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Collection Overview

Title: Faculty of Arts and Letters Office of the Dean Outgoing Correspondence, 1985-1989
Collection Number: 16/1/883
Creator: Whitmore, Jon
Creator: State University of New York at Buffalo. Faculty of Arts and Letters.
Extent: 3.25 linear feet
Repository: University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo
Abstract: Official outgoing correspondence of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters, Jon Whitmore.

Preferred Citation

[Description and dates], Box/folder number, 16/1/883, Faculty of Arts and Letters Office of the Dean Outgoing Correspondence, 1985-1989, University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo.

See the Archives' preferred citations instructions for additional information.

Terms of Access and Use

The bulk of the Faculty of Arts and Letters Office of the Dean Outgoing Correspondence, 1985-1989, collection is open for research.

Copyright

Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Acquisition Information

This collection was part of an accession that the Archives acquired from the Office of the Dean (Faculty of Arts and Letters) in August 1996. The original accession number was 96-000. This portion of the collection, the Dean's outgoing correspondence, was separated from the rest of the material received during processing.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Karen Walton, February 2004.

Finding aid encoded by Mark McGuire, July 2006.

Historical Note

The Faculty of Arts and Letters came into being in 1967 when the University planned a massive academic reorganization. The academic units were divided into seven different faculties, of which Arts and Letters was one. It originally consisted of a number of departments that were in the original College of Arts and Letters including Art, Classics, Drama and Speech, English, Modern Languages and Literatures, and Music. Other newly-formed departments were added to the faculty later like American Studies, African-American Studies, Comparative Literature, and the Center for Media Study. It was disbanded in 1998 when the University again reorganized and reestablished the College of Arts and Sciences.

Jon Whitmore was named Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters in August 1985. He left the University (effective January 1990) to become a Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin.

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of the official outgoing correspondence of Jon Whitmore, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters, during the five years he held that post.

Arrangement

This collection is organized chronologically.

Container List

1.1 August and September 1985
1.2 October 1985
1.3 November 1985
1.4 December 1985
1.5 January 1986
1.6-1.7 February 1986
1.8 March 1986
1.9-1.10 April 1986
2.1 May 1986
2.2 June 1986
2.3 July 1986
2.4 August 1986
2.5 September 1986
2.6-2.7 October 1986
2.8 November 1986
3.1-3.2 December 1986
3.3 January 1987
3.4 February 1987
3.5-3.6 March 1987
3.7-3.8 April 1987
4.1 May 1987
4.2 June 1987
4.3 July 1987
4.4 August 1987
4.5 September 1987
4.6 October 1987
4.7 November 1987
4.8 December 1987
4.9 January 1988
5.1 February 1988
5.2 March 1988
5.3 April 1988
5.4 May 1988
5.5 June 1988
5.6 July 1988
5.7 August 1988
5.8 September 1988
5.9 October 1988
6.1 November 1988
6.2 December 1988
6.3 January 1989
6.4 February 1989
6.5 March 1989
6.6 April 1989
6.7 May 1989
6.8 June 1989
6.9 July 1989
7.1 August 1989
7.2 September 1989
7.3 October 1989
7.4 November 1989
7.5 December 1989

Search Terms

Contributors

Whitmore, Jon

Graduate School, State University of New York at Buffalo

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives.

Subject Terms

Whitmore, Jon -- Correspondence

State University of New York at Buffalo. Faculty of Arts and Letters

State University of New York at Buffalo--Archival resources.

Related Resources

Jon Whitmore Biographical File

16/1/899, Faculty of Arts and Letters, Office of the Dean, John Dings, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Education), Office Files, 1985-1989

16/1/940, Faculty of Arts and Letters, Office of the Dean, David Willbern, Associate Dean (Graduate Education), Office Files, 1984-1990.

16/1/960, Faculty of Arts and Letters, Dean’s Office, Outgoing Correspondence, 1986-1995 [1987-1992 bulk]