7. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES

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1 Collection Level Finding Aid Wheelock College Library Archives Boston, MA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES Title: Records of Administrative Offices Date: 1947 on-going Quantity: approx. 4 cubic feet, 5.5 linear feet (8.5 document boxes, 1 oversize box) Collection Number: 7 Restrictions Access: Access to the collection is unlimited. Researchers are allowed to view all pieces of the collection. The archive is open by appointment only. Call the Reference Librarian at (617) to make an appointment. Copyright: Requests to publish material from the collection should be submitted to the Library Director. Administrative Information Acquisition: The collection was the donation of Wheelock faculty and staff. Processing Information: The collection was processed by Adrienne Pruitt in The collection was rearranged based on archival principles. Acidic materials such as newsprint, and some materials marked with mold, were photocopied onto acid-free paper and then discarded unless the original had some intrinsic value. Duplicate materials were deaccessioned. Historical Note Lucy Wheelock founded Wheelock College in 1888 to educate teachers of young children. As the necessary functions of the school changed, the administrative departments evolved in tandem. For many years Miss Wheelock conducted all administrative business herself, or with the help of a handful of assistants. Miss Laura Holmes Reed 10, Miss Wheelock s niece, became the first Registrar when the office was created in The Wheelock School became Last revised

2 Wheelock College in 1941, and the positions of treasurer and financial secretary were created, and later subsumed into the department of Finance. The Career Planning and Placement Office, established in 1977, had its origins in the placement office that began in the mid-1940s. Public relations were administered by the President s Office until 1970, when the Office of Public Information and the Publications department took over these duties, merging to become the Public Relations Office in The first director of Alumni Affairs was hired as an administrative officer of the College in In 1981, the Office of Academic Advising was established; advising then fell to various deans and academic departments before the Office was resurrected in The Student Development Office was created in 1984, and the Academic Affairs Office in In 1994, the former maintenance and personnel departments were renamed Facilities Management and Human Resources. The Information Technology Office was created in to support the increasing use of computers in education. Scope and Content Organized into series: A. Registrar; B. Academic Affairs; C. Finance; D. Career Planning and Placement; E. Public Relations; F. Alumni Office; G. Information Technology; H. Academic Advising; I. Human Resources; J. Facilities Management; K. Student Development; L. College memos, announcements, flyers. The collection consists of newsletters, flyers, memoranda, brochures, programs, invitations, schedules, clippings, handbooks, and questionnaires relating to Wheelock College Administrative Offices. Memoranda in the Alumni Office series include a press release and photos of Director Priscilla Ide, appointed in A 1995 draft of Academic Advising philosophy is included in that office s memoranda. The Public Relations Office series contains photographs, press releases, publication samples, correspondence, ephemera, collections of published newspaper articles relating to Wheelock ( In the News ), and a scrapbook with many photographs and newspaper clippings dating from There are also materials relating to the 1993 resignation of President Gerald Tirozzi. Additional information on the Alumni Office may be found in Collection 16. Alumnae Association. Cataloging Entries The following catalog entries provide controlled subject access to the collection. All these entries are searchable in the Wheelock College Library s online catalog to find materials of related interest. Wheelock College History. Teachers colleges Massachusetts. Last revised

3 Universities and colleges Massachusetts. Boston (Mass.) Education. Ide, Priscilla. Tirozzi, Gerald N. Wheelock College Public relations. Container List Box 1 7A. Registrar Schedules of Undergraduate Course Offerings, Fall 1986-Fall 1990 Schedules of Undergraduate Course Offerings, Spring Spring 1993 Schedules of Undergraduate Course Offerings, Fall 1993-Fall 1997 Schedules of Undergraduate Course Offerings, Spring 2002-Fall 2002 Schedules of Graduate Course Offerings, Fall 1986-Fall 1990 Schedules of Graduate Course Offerings, Spring 1991-Fall 1992, Fall 1993, Fall 1994 Schedules of Graduate Course Offerings, Fall 1995-Spring 1997 Schedules of Graduate Course Offerings, Fall 2002 Colleges of the Fenway Course Offerings, Fall 1996, Spring 1997 Colleges of the Fenway Course Offerings, Summer-Fall 2002 Open House, Undergraduate Enrollment/Attrition Statistics, May B. Office of Academic Affairs Aspire Institute o CAYL Institute Office of Academic Affairs, Restructuring Meetings Summary, November 5, 12, and 15, President s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll 7C. Finance Box 2 7D. Career Planning and Placement Career Connections newsletter, 1999 Career planning handbooks, 1991, 1999 Career Survey, 1999 Last revised

4 Clippings, flyers, and brochures 7F. Alumni Office (See also 16. Alumnae) Brochures Event flyers and invitations Questionnaires 7G. Information Technology and brochures 7H. Academic Advising and Assistance College Students with Disabilities: a desk reference for faculty and staff, Fall 1999 Flyers and brochures 7I. Human Resources 7J. Facilities Management 7K. Student Development Office Event schedules and flyers Services brochures and flyers Student assistant handbook, 2002 Student health plan information, Box 3 7E. Public Relations Office Series I: Correspondence and Memoranda Barton-Gillet Consultation, 1974 Media Relations, 1990 Series II: Publication Samples Scrapbook, (oversized) In the News Promotional Materials and Pamphlets Special Events Memorabilia Centennial Ephemera 1990 Misc. Ephemera 1991 Last revised

5 Special Events 1991 In the News Re: Pres. Tirozzi, 1992 Special Events 1992 In the News Annual Report Materials 1993 Fundraising Materials 1993 Materials related to Pres. Tirozzi s resignation, 1993 Special Events Ephemera 1993 Misc. Special Event Materials 1994 Publications Tip Sheets 1994 Annual Report Publication Tip Sheets, 1995 Special Events 1995 Special Events 1996 Overview, Series III: Press Releases Box 4 Box 5 Box 6 News Releases, Press Releases, Press Releases, L. College Memos, Announcements, Flyers, etc. This series includes memoranda, announcements, flyers, calendars, minutes of faculty meetings, and newsletters. Compiled by June Harner (Wheelock staff), , and others. Box 7 Box 8 Box 9 March 1994-February 1996 March 1996-July 1999 Last revised

6 Dec May 2003 n.d. Welcome Back to Exciting Changes on the Wheelock Campus, announcements from the Vice President for Campus Life and Information Technology, Roy Schifilliti, January 9, M. Student Success and Institutional Diversity (includes offices of Field Experience, First Year Experiences) Memos, Announcements, Etc. from offices within the Department of Student Success and Institutional Diversity, including Academic Support Services, Disability Services, Career Development, etc. 7N. Campus Life and Information Services Counseling Center and Office of Disability Services present: Understanding Asperger s Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder, March 27, 2009 Last revised