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UA. Tulane University Archives

 Record Group
Identifier: UA
Tulane University Archives

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-36
Scope and Contents

The A.B. Freeman School of Business record group includes administrative office files and correspondence, faculty meeting minutes, committee meeting minutes, self-studies, and departmental reports. Subjects covered by the record group include programs and curricula, faculty activities, awards, proposals and planning, and courses offered through the night division.

Dates: 1914 - 1997

Tulane University Advisory Boards and Councils records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-5
Scope and Contents

This record group is comprised of records from the Academic Council and succeeding Administrative Council, the Board of Visitors, the President's Council and the President's Cabinet, the Staff Advisory Council, and Miscellaneous Minutes of Newcomb and the Arts and Sciences Advisory Committee. Materials includes office files, correspondence, meeting minutes, financial summaries, surveys, and reports.

Dates: Circa 1943 - 2023

Tulane University Board of Tulane records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-1
Scope and Contents The records of The Board of Tulane contain minutes books, agendas and minutes of Board meetings, standing committee meetings, and ad hoc committees; letters and correspondence, reports, office files of the Secretary of the University, files of the Board chair, real estate and property records, financial records, resolutions, and biographical files of Board members. The minute books, which contain indexes, span the years 1847-1993. The meeting minutes contain agendas, reports, resolutions,...
Dates: 1829 - 2016

Tulane University Campus Services records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-11
Scope and Contents

This record group consists of materials from the various units that operate under Campus Services, an umbrella group which is responsible for campus dining, purchasing and vending, vehicles and transportation, identification cards, travel, capital projects, sustainability, and facilities services. Records currently held in the Record Group are comprised of correspondence and other doucments from the Facilities Services division.

Dates: circa 1980 -1999

Tulane University College of Arts and Sciences records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-27
Scope and Contents

This record group contains materials produced by the undergraduate humanities and sciences divisions of the university under various names once they were established with the University of Louisiana. The records are comprised of administrative files from the Dean's office, minutes of faculty meetings, Veterans Bureau records, ledgers from the Museum of Natural History, matriculation ledgers, student records with correspondence, and Honors Board cases.

Dates: 1851 - 2006

Tulane University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-24
Scope and Contents This record group is comprised of various record books, media guides and gameday programs for men's (football, baseball, baseball, golf, tennis, swimming, track & field, cross country) and women's (basketball, volleyball, golf, tennis, swimming, soccer, track & field, cross country, beach volleyball) intercollegiate teams. Also included are the Athletic Association Advisory Minute Books, papers and report of the NCAA Select Comittee on Intercollegiate Athletics (1985), audiovisual...
Dates: 1919 - 2021

Tulane University Division of Student Affairs records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-22
Scope and Contents Records found in the Division of Student Affairs record group are created in offices, departments, and programs that focus on student life, health and wellness, and resources that support students. These documents include office files and correspondence from former deans of students, invitations, flyers, handbooks, and other notifications from fraternities and sororities, freshman directories, orientation material, student handbooks, information about scholarships, and non-academic student...
Dates: circa 1912 - 2023

Tulane University Executive Vice Presidents records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-3
Scope and Contents

The administrative records of Vice Presidents contain subject files, speeches, correspondence, business files, committee meeting minutes, reports, budgets, personnel files, and campus development files.

Dates: 1957 - 1989

Tulane University Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-39
Scope and Contents

This record group is comprised of administrative materials produced by the Faculty of the Liberal Arts and Sciences. Materials include evaluations of courses taught by the Faculty of the Liberal Arts & Sciences, University College course evaluations, records of courses by department (1988-1997), Curriculum Committee minutes, reviews, and reports, office files, and grade distributions within courses taught by faculty of the Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Dates: 1988 - 2006

Tulane University Faculty records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-44
Scope and Contents

This record group consists of publications by faculty members, published lectures by visiting Mellon Professors, and the records of the Scholars and Fellows Program. It also contains records of the Tulane chapter of Association of American University Professors, and confidential records of cases filed by and against Tulane faculty members.

Dates: Undated

Tulane University Faculty, Staff, Students, Organizations, and Alumni papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-45
Scope and Contents

This record group is comprised of collections of papers that had originally been donated to the Louisiana Research Collection and were subsequently transferred to University Archives because either the subject or the creator of each collection is related to Tulane University.

Dates: 1884 - 2020

Tulane University Founding Documents and Historical Memorabilia

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-46
Scope and Contents

This record group is comprised of the original founding documents for each of the colleges that formed Tulane University: The Medical College of Louisiana, Tulane University, and Newcomb College. Also included are memorabilia owned by the founders, Paul Tulane and Josephine Louise Newcomb, and other physical items representative of important events in the university's history.

Dates: 1834-1934

Tulane University Graduate School records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-28
Scope and Contents

This record group contains administrative records from the office of the dean, records relating to the search for a graduate dean, minutes of the Graduate Council, minutes of Graduate Studies, and minutes of meetings of Graduate School faculty. The Graduate School was discontinued as a unit after Hurricane Katrina.

Dates: 1883 - 2005

Tulane University H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-30
Scope and Contents

This record group is comprised of materials produced by Newcomb College, which existed from 1887-2005 as an institution for women's only matriculation. Materials include office records and correspondence from deans John R. Hubbard (1953-1965) and James F. Davidson; student records for attendees from 1886-1920; photographs; alumni surveys; and scrapbooks and memorabilia.

Dates: 1887 - 2005

Tulane University Internal Audit Department records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-13
Scope and Contents

This record group is comprised of auditors' reports.

Dates: 1912 - 1944

Tulane University Libraries records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-42
Scope and Contents

This record group contains records, office files, and ephemera created by Tulane University Libraries.

Dates: circa 1889 - 2023

Tulane University Newcomb-Tulane College records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-40
Scope and Contents

This record group is comprised of posters from programs sponsored by Newcomb-Tulane College, as well as departmental publications. It was formed in 2006, following Hurricane Katrina. Newcomb-Tulane College is the administrative unit which oversees all undergraduate programs of study, and is the undergraduate degree-granting body of Tulane University.

Dates: circa 2006 - 2023

Tulane University Office of Advancement records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-8
Scope and Contents

This record group is comprised of materials produced by the Office of Advancement, formerly called the Office of Development. Materials include donor files, business files, chronological files, office files, gifts, grants, and scholarships files, and Annual Fund Donor Reports.

Dates: circa 1930 - 2015

Tulane University Office of Alumni Relations records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-9
Scope and Contents This record group is comprised of materials produced by the Office of Alumni Relations, formerly called Alumni Affairs. Materials include office files, organizational materials produced by the Tulane University Student Alumni Association, materials regarding Alumni Affairs Conferences, marketing materials, travel records, and historical notes and material pertaining to research and publication of the Tulane fact book "Potpourri, An Assortment of Tulane's People and Places," written in 1983...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1959-2001

Tulane University Office of Assessment and Institutional Research records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-10
Scope and Contents

Records of the Office of Assessment and Institutional Research include self-studies; university progress reports; and departmental development plans; accreditation studies, policies, reports, and manuals, materials produced by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; committee materials; and correspondence and office files.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1959-2010

Tulane University Office of Communications and Marketing records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-12
Scope and Contents This Record Group is comprised of materials produced by the Office of Communications and Marketing, which was created as the Office of University Relations and has also held the name Office of University Publications. These records include bid folders for university publications, press releases for Tulane new stories, source files for information about Tulane, office files, samples of publications, and biographical files on former faculty, staff and administrators. University images (prints,...
Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1890-2023

Tulane University Office of Enrollment Management records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-7
Scope and Contents

This record group is comprised of records from the Admissions Office. Records primarily consist of annual reports and statistical analyses of enrollment trends.

Dates: circa 1947 - 1999

Tulane University Office of Enterprise Risk Services records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-19
Scope and Contents

This record group contains documents from several offices that pertain to insurance, risk management, and emergency preparedness. The records currently contain insurance policies and publications related to safety.

Dates: 2003 - 2019

Tulane University Office of Human Resources and Institutional Equity records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-16
Scope and Contents

The records of the Office of Human Resources and Institutional Equity include faculty and staff handbooks, benefits guides, and other human resources publications; and records related to gender, disability, veteran, and racial equity, affirmative action, faculty and staff recruitment, Equal Opportunity Contract Compliance, Title IX documentation, Tulane policies, statements, and procedures; confidential EEOC and grievance case files; office files, correspondence, and reports.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1949 - 2005

Tulane University Office of Institutional Advancement records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-17
Scope and Contents

The records of the Office of Institutional Advancement include committee minutes, reports on Tulane departments and schools, reports on race and gender issues, real estate purchase files, Tulane program and institution reports, scholarship documentation, strategic planning materials, and funding reports.

Dates: 1988 - 2002

Tulane University Office of Research records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-21
Scope and Contents The Office of Research coordinates all aspects of research at Tulane University, including interdisciplinary collaboration, aiding in the recruitment and retention of leading investigators, and building the research portfolio in a manner compliant with government regulation. Records currently include inventors’ files with correspondence, notes, invention disclosure forms, technology transfer forms, patent applications, foreign filings, legal documents, royalties, marketing information, and...
Dates: 1985 - 1995

Tulane University Office of The Controller records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-14
Scope and Contents

Records of the Office of the Controller include accounting procedure manuals, compliance standards, grants and contracts procedures, annual financial reports and statements, supplements to financial reports, treasurer's statements, and legacy accounting ledgers for cash, disbursements, receipts, fees, etc.

Dates: circa 1880 - 1989

Tulane University Office of the General Counsel records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-15
Scope and Contents

The records of the Office of the General Counsel contain correspondence, subject files, office files, legal documents, reports, agendas, emails, and several confidential case files that are closed to the public.

Dates: Undated

Tulane University Office of the President records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-2
Scope and Contents The records of the Office of the President contain records related to activity of the president of the university, including correspondence, subject files, budgets, reports, agendas, minutes, speeches, and invitations; records related to dedications, awards, convocations, commencements, and other events; and committee and association files. The earliest president represented is William Preston Johnston (1884-1899). Records of staff members in the President's Office are also included in this...
Dates: 1884-1998

Tulane University Office of the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-4
Scope and Contents

The administrative records of the Office of the Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs contain correspondence, committee minutes, reports, budgets, grants, and departmental curricula. The records contain information on former faculty personnel, planning and programs of colleges, federal agencies and programs, and education associations.

Dates: 1954-1996