College of Liberal Arts Records
This collection houses self-studies, annual reports, and other records documenting the College of Liberal Arts between 1962 and 1987. Among the programs described are the Centers for Excellence, the Graduate School, and the departments of Art, Botany, Chemistry, Classics, Economics, English, Geology, Germanic and Slavic Languages, History, Microbiology, Music, Philosophy, Physics and Astronomy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Speech and Theater, and Zoology and Entomology.
Dates
- 1962-1987
Conditions Governing Access
Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Conditions Governing Use
The UT Libraries claims only physical ownership of most material in the collections. Persons wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants on www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection houses self-studies, annual reports, and other records documenting the College of Liberal Arts between 1962 and 1987. Among the programs described are the Centers for Excellence, the Graduate School, and the departments of Art, Botany, Chemistry, Classics, Economics, English, Geology, Germanic and Slavic Languages, History, Microbiology, Music, Philosophy, Physics and Astronomy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Speech and Theater, and Zoology and Entomology.
Biographical/Historical Note
Although the liberal arts have been taught at the University of Tennessee since its founding in 1794, the College of Liberal Arts was not formed until President Brown Ayres reorganized the University in 1905. This reorganization moderated the earlier emphasis on agricultural and industrial education and put the liberal arts on an equal footing with the other departments. Now known as the College of Arts and Sciences, the program encompasses the departments of Anthropology, Art, Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Classics, Computer Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, English, Geography, History, Mathematics, Mathematics (at the UT Space Institute), Microbiology, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, Music, Philosophy, Physics (at the UT Space Institute), Physics and Astronomy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, and Theater.
Arrangement
This collection consists of three boxes.
Acquisition Note
These records are property of the University of Tennessee's Archives.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository