Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs - Record Group 3

Collection Description:
Records. [ca. 1968-1984]
93.8 cubic ft.
Organization: Arranged in alphabetical order by folder title.
1968-1970 records were transferred by the Provost's Office, July 1983. Primarily records of Academic Vice President H. Bentley Glass and his staff. Includes earlier and later materials. Records of Provost Homer A. Neal, 1981-1982. Additional transfer June 1991, [1976-]1980-1984. Restricted.

History
The Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, as known as Academic Affairs, was established in 1965. In 1981, the office was renamed the Office of the Provost by President Marburger upon the recommendations of a study commission. In 1986, when Jerry R. Schubel was appointed, it was renamed Office of the Provost and Academic Vice President.

Provosts
H. Bentley Glass, 1965-1971
Sidney Gelber, 1971-1981
Homer A. Neal, 1981-1986
Jerry R. Schubel, 1986-1989
Tilden G. Edelstein, July 1989-1995
Rollin Richmond, 1996-1999
Robert L. McGrath, 1999-2000 (Acting Provost); 2000-2007
Eric W. Kaler, September 2007-

File Arrangement: general files; colleges and divisions; and departmental files.

Containers Listing

Academic Vice President Bentley Glass Files: Received September 1983. Includes records from the Office of the Academic Vice President and the Provost, primarily for the years 1968-1970, but includes materials from 1966 through 1973.

1. Departments, alphabetically, 1966-1967; also committees, alphabetically.
2. Departments, alphabetically, 1966-1967; also committees, alphabetically.
3. 1967-1968. Arranged semi-alphabetically
4. 1967-1968. Arranged semi-alphabetically
5. 1969-1970
6. 1969-1970
7. 1968-1969. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation. Listing below is for boxes 7 and 8.
   • National Institutes of Health
     • Bio-med grant (B9-inactive file)
     • HS Advancement Award - a proposal, February 21, 1967
     • HS - Advancement award. Correspondence
   • National Science Foundation
     • Institutional grants
     • General correspondence
     • Foreign Scientists Fellowships
     • Institutional Support
     • New Instructional materials
     • Procedures on proposals
     • Programs
     • Proposal notices
     • University Science development program site visit July 11-12, 1968
     • University Science Development Proposal August 12, 1968
     • Scientific information notes
   • United States Office of Education
   • State Agencies
   • Research Foundation
   • Distinguished Research Fellowship
8. 1968-1969. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation.
9. 1969. Subject files
10. 1968-1973. Health Sciences

    Provostial Records Received July 1984.

11. Academic Affairs (Green tabs on files)
12. Academic Affairs (Green tabs on files)
13. Academic Affairs (Green tabs on files)
14. Academic Affairs (Green tabs on files)
15. Administrative files (white tabs)
    • Alphabetical files and Master Plan
16. Administrative files (white tabs)
    • Alphabetical files and Master Plan
17. Administrative files (white tabs)
    • Alphabetical files and Master Plan
    • Policy and Procedure
18. Administrative files (white tabs)
    • Citizens' Advisory Committee
    • Stony Brook Council
19. Departments (yellow tabs)
    The Departments series includes the following subseries:
    • Arts and Sciences
    • Provosts (Title has since changed to Deans)
    • Health Sciences Center
    • Continuing Education Division (CED)
    • International Education
    • Bureaus
    • Centers
    • Institutes
    • Laboratories
20. Departments (yellow tabs)
21. Departments (yellow tabs)
22. Departments (yellow tabs)
23. Departments (yellow tabs)
24. Departments (yellow tabs)
25. Departments (yellow tabs)
26. Departments (yellow tabs)
27. Departments (yellow tabs)
28. Departments (yellow tabs)
    • Faculty Affairs.
      Includes the following subseries:
      • Ad Hoc
      • Faculty Affairs
29. Faculty Affairs
    • Subject Files
30. Graduate School
31. Graduate School
32. Graduate School
33. Graduate School
34. Bentley Glass files
35. Bentley Glass files
36. Unlisted
37. Unlisted
38. Unlisted
39. Unlisted

    May 1985 Transfer

40. Yellow tabs
41. Yellow tabs
42. Yellow tabs
43. Yellow tabs
44. Yellow tabs
45. Pink tabs
46. Pink tabs
47. Loose files
48. Loose files
    1978-1981 White tabs
49. Orange tabs
50. Orange tabs
51. Orange tabs
52. Orange tabs
53. Orange tabs
54. Orange tabs
55. Orange tabs
56. Orange tabs

    Provost Homer A. Neal Records

57. Academic Assembly
    Academic News 1982
    • January
    • February
    • March
    • April
    • May
    • September
    • October
    • November
    • December
58. Admissions 1982
    Administration November 1981-December 1982
    Calendar 1982
    Commemorative Book
59. Commencement 1982
    Committee on Renaming of Academic Buildings
    Community College, office of
    Center for Continuing Education 1981
    Center for Continuing Education 1982
60. Coser v. Moore
    • Responses to Ackley, Sheldon

    Curriculum Review, October 1981-December 1982
    Davis, Brian K.

61. Distinguished Lecture Series
    Equal Employment Opportunity-Area I, College of Arts and Sciences; Marine Science Research Center
    Equal Employment Opportunity-Area II, College of Engineering; Harriman College
    Equal Employment Opportunity-Area III, Library; University Wide Deans; Provost's Office 1981 and Before
    Energy Usage Study: Stony Brook
62. Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action (Special Assistant to the President)
    Federated Learning Communities 1979-1980
    Federated Learning Communities 1981-1982
63. Field House
    Fine Arts Center September 1981-February 1982
    Fine Arts Center March 1982-December 1982
    Graduate School September 1981-December 1981
    Graduate School January 1982-June 1982
64. Graduate School July 1982-December 1982
    Haley, Alex P., Dinner and Reception on February 16, 1983
    Guest Lists
    Correspondence 1981
65. Institutional Studies Long Range Planning
    Institutional Studies May 1982-December 1982
66. Correspondence January 1982-April 1982
    Correspondence May 1982-December 1982
    International Programs Report of Committee
    International Programs Review Task Force
    Library 1974-1981
67. Library 1981 and 1982
    Luncheon for Glass, K. and Spanier, Graham.
    McHenry, Donald
    Office of the Provost September 1982
68. Office of the Provost
    • Provost Notes October 1981-December 1982
    • August 1981-October 1981
    • November 1981-March 1982
    • April 1982-May 1982
69. Office of the Provost
    • June 1982-July 1982
    • August 1982
    • Unidentified Papers
    • "A Competency-Based Teacher Education Program in Special Education" December 1978
70. Miscellaneous Federal Agencies
    National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students
    Office of the Provost
    • July 1982
    • August 1982
    • September 1982

    Post-Secondary Education
    Provostial Council 1982

71. Office of the Provost November 1982
    Provostial Council 1982
    Personnel
    Report from the Office of the Provost September 1982
    Office of the President
    • Meetings
    • Campus Report
    • Science and Technology Education and Research Association
72. Office of the President
    • August 1981-December 1981
    • May 1982-July 1982
    • Miscellaneous Material
73. Search Committee, Vice Provost for Curriculum and Instruction
    Search Committee, Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies
    Candidates
    Baron, Naomi
    Gaff, Jerry
    Spanier, Graham
    Semiconductor Research Cooperative
    Sengupta, S., Student Assistant for Computing
    Stony Brook Council 1981 and 1982
    University Teacher Education Policy Board

    Provost's Office: Files Transferred Spring 1991
    Note: Some of the chronological subseries include files with earlier dates.

    1981-1983 General Files (Includes files through 1985)

74. College of Applied Math and Statistics - Gerontology
75. Harriman College - College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) - College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee - Anthropology
76. Art Department Education - English
77. English - Mathematics
78. Music - Sociology Department
79. Theater Arts - Women's Studies

    1983-1984 General Files

    Academic Council - Affirmative Action

80. AIM - Association of American Colleges - B'nai B'rith
81. Bulletin on Research in the Humanities - CED
82. CED - Faculty Exchange Scholar Programs - Faculty Student Association - Federated Learning Communities
83. Federated Learning Communities - Grumman Aerospace
84. Hazardous Waste - Institute for Advanced Studies in World Religions - Human Development - Javits
85. Javits - Long Range Planning - Main Campus Deans - MIT
86. Master Plan Committee - National Organization for Women (NOW) - New York Academy of Sciences - New York State Science and Technology Foundation
87. New York University - President's Awards for Excellence in Teaching
88. President's Awards for Excellence in Teaching - Rehabilitation of Buildings
89. Research Administration - Research Foundation - Research Incentive - Senate, Arts and Sciences
90. Sigma Beta Honor Society Stony Brook 25th Anniversary - Student
91. Student Activities - Undergraduate Studies-Curriculum and Instruction
92. Undergraduate Studies-Curriculum and Instruction United Way - University Research, Cellular and Developmental Biology
    College of Arts and Sciences Divisional Offices

    1984 General Files
    Note: Exact alphabet or arrangement not clear.

93. Chinese - Vice Presidents Advisory Group (VPAG), 1981-1984
94. Vice Presidents Advisory Group 1983 - Yeats Archive
    • Computer Science 1984
    • College of Engineering and Applied Sciences 1984
    • Africana Studies
    • Humanities and Fine Arts 1984
95. Physical Education - Theater Arts 1984 - Computing Center
96. Digital Equipment Corporation - Academic Computing - Office Automation
97. Large Scale Computing - Institute for Theoretical Physics, 1980-1990
98. Institutional Studies - President's Office
99. Provost's Office - Undergraduate Studies
    
    SUNY 1976-1984
100. Chancellor's Office - University-wide Programs, Committee on the Arts
101. University-wide Programs, Committee on the Arts - SUNY 1968-1982 Academic Vice President
102. Office of Admission - Research Foundation
103. Research and Graduate Studies - University-wide Committee on the Arts