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ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, Rufus Henry Fitzgerald, Administrative Files Creator
University of Pittsburgh. Chancellor
Collection Number UA.2.10.1945-1955 Extent
34.3 Linear Feet
(61 boxes)
Date 1937-1960 Date 1945-1955 Abstract CONTENT WARNING -- This finding aid contains records that have been identified as including offensive, harmful, racist, or misrepresentative creator supplied language. In keeping with archival best practice, this language has been retained to preserve the context of the records. In keeping but acknowledging this language, A&SC hopes to encourage critical assessment and questioning of historical materials. Researchers should bear this in mind when accessing.
This is a collection of the office files of University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Rufus H. Fitzgerald (1945-1955). In addition to the day to day files, there are those that document the construction of several large buildings on campus as well as the development of the Medical Center. Materialspec Folder 386 in Box 59 and Folder 389 in Box 60 have been deleted from the inventory. There is no indication that material is missing and may just have been an error or consolidation. Language
English
. Author Archives Service Center staff. Revision done by Marianne Kasica, February-July 2010. Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address University of Pittsburgh Library Systemhttp://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Acquisition Information
These files were deposited at the Archives Service Center from storage on May 6, 1969.
Access Restrictions
The Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Scholarships in Boxes 40-45 are restricted.
Biography
Rufus Henry Fitzgerald was the Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh from 1945 until his retirement in July of 1955. He previously held the positions of Provost (1938-1942) and Vice-Chancellor (1942-1945). He came to Pittsburgh after having been a director and professor of the Fine Arts Department at the State University of Iowa.
During his tenure, he guided the construction projects of the Nurses Residence, the Fitzgerald Field House, Clapp Hall, Engineering Building, and the groundbreaking for the School of Health Professions. He integrated the Schools of Pharmacy, Retailing and Public Health into the University and grew the endowment from $3.5 million to $29 million.
Fitzgerald, a native of Pelham, North Carolina, received his Bachelors degree from Guilford College in 1911 and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee in 1919. He was married to Damie Cornell until her death in 1963 then married Elizabeth Hays, who was his wife at the time of his death on April 11, 1966. He and Damie had two daughters, Helen Bethel and Mildred Brownlee.
Copyright
All rights reserved. University of Pittsburgh.
Arrangement
This collection was left in its original, mostly alphabetic, order.
Previous Citation
Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, Rufus Henry Fitzgerald, Administrative Files, 1945-1955, UA.2.10.1945-1955, University Archives, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Preferred Citation
Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, Rufus Henry Fitzgerald, Administrative Files, 1945-1955, UA.2.10.1945-1955, University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Scope and Content Notes This is a collection of the office files of University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Rufus H. Fitzgerald (1945-1955). In addition to the day to day files, there are those that document the construction of several of the University's significant buildings on campus as well as the development of the Medical Center. In addition to the University's records, there are also files that document Fitzgerald's involvement with the City of Pittsburgh, the State of Pennsylvania, and the University's role with the G.I. Bill and the influx of students that resulted.
Processing Information
This collection was entered into Archivists' Toolkit with some minimal processing by Marianne Kasica in 2010.
Separated Material
Folders 45-48 from Box 6 called Building Program were moved to Folders 648-649 in Box 79 of Chancellor Litchfields's files, UA RG 2/10 1956-1965.
Subjects Corporate Names University of Pittsburgh. Chancellor University of Pittsburgh Genres Correspondence Administrative records Other Subjects Universities and colleges -- Administration -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Health and medicine Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Records and correspondence University of Pittsburgh Container List Admissions , 1941-1952 Containers box 1 , folder 1 Scope and Content Notes Committee meeting minutes from Fitzgerald's time as Vice Chancellor as well as Chancellor.
Allegheny Observatory , 1941-1952 Containers box 1 , folder 2 Alumni , 1951-1955 Containers box 1 , folder 3 Scope and Content Notes Headquarters in Attorney Charles J. Margiotti home on Bigelow Boulevard – to be torn down in future for expansion (part of land deal acquired by the Scaife and two Mellon Foundations for use of the University (1954); Fund raising; Smorgasbord;
American Association of University Professors , 1940-1955 Containers box 1 , folder 4 Scope and Content Notes Glenna Walter Mars tenure material (also in Nursing file) 1954; Reports of various AAUP Committees; 1939-53; Blacklisting, Academic Freedom and Tenure.
American Council on Education , August 1940-June 1946 Containers box 1 , folder 5 Scope and Content Notes Wartime research; Impact of War on University; Selective service system
American Council on Education , July 1946- June 1947 Containers box 1 , folder 6 American Council of Education , July 1946-June 1948 Containers box 1 , folder 7 Scope and Content Notes Study of disabled veterans in colleges and universities, 1946/47; Cost of training in psychiatric social work, clinical psychology, nursing, 1947.
American Council of Education , July 1948-June 1949 Containers box 1 , folder 8 Scope and Content Notes Report on Scientist's Resources Project, Contract N7onr-22 with the American Council on Education;
American Council on Education , July 1949-June 1950 Containers box 1 , folder 9 Scope and Content Notes Federal Scholarships and Fellowship Programs, 1949;
American Council on Education , July 1950-June 1951 Containers box 1 , folder 10 Scope and Content Notes Higher education and national defense
American Council on Education , July 1951-June 1952 Containers box 1 , folder 11 Scope and Content Notes Athletic policies in American universities; 1951, questionnaire for 6th ed. of American University & Colleges;
American Council on Education , July 1952-June 1954 Containers box 2 , folder 12 Scope and Content Notes G.I. Bill for veterans on active duty on or after June 27, 1950-Revision of basis of payment under Public Law 550
Applications , 1952-1954 Containers box 2 , folder 13 Applied Social Sciences, School of , 1938-June 1943 Containers box 2 , folder 14 Scope and Content Notes Reports, History, Correspondence
Applied Social Sciences, School of , July 1943-June 1946 Containers box 2 , folder 15 Scope and Content Notes Design for further development, 1945-50; Report to Advisory Committee; Recommendation for degree of Doctor of Social Administration
Association of American Colleges , 1938-June 1947 Containers box 2 , folder 16 Association of American Colleges , July 1947-July 1954 Containers box 2 , folder 17 Scope and Content Notes Manual of corporate giving; Declaration of manpower, Association of American Colleges annual meeting, January 10, 1951
Association of Urban Universities , November 1941-June 1954 Containers box 2 , folder 18 Scope and Content Notes Role of religion in the urban university; a Yale study on religion in higher education, 1946; The significance of the Pittsburgh story, and address by Arthur B. Van Buskirk, November 1954; Association of Urban Universities Resolutions; Pittsburgh renaissance; a special magazine of the Pittsburgh Press, December 13, 1953
Athletics , December 1945-June 1951 Containers box 2 , folder 19 Scope and Content Notes Trip to inspect facilities at University of Wisconsin & University of Michigan – Deans of the College, Business and Administration; Facsimile of contract offered to Captain Thomas Hamilton, 1949; Athletic Committee Meeting, 1949; Use of stadium by Civic Light Opera, 1949-50; Meeting on organization for physical education and intercollegiate athletics, October 1949; Snapshots of groups on the trips to visit other universities; Tom Hamilton becomes the Director of Athletics; Hamilton's biographical listing; also handwritten letter, September 8, 1948; Freshman football field at Ellsworth Center, Minutes
Athletics , 1948 Containers box 2 , folder 20 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence on the "Athletic Situation"
Athletics , July 1, 1951-June 30, 1954 Containers box 3 , folder 21 Scope and Content Notes Memo on proposed conference (Penn State, Notre Dame, and Pitt) 1954; Tom Hamilton as Head; Minutes of Athletic Committee, 1953; Eastern College Athletic Conference code – Athletics, Policies and principles governing financial aid to students at the University of Pittsburgh, 1952, Department of Physical Education (program); Michelosen for Pitt Committee; Dedication of the Field House on December 15, 1951 (speech)
Athletics , July 1, 1954-May 1955 Containers box 3 , folder 22 Scope and Content Notes Policies and principles governing financial aid to students, 1955; Resolution of Senate of Pennsylvania re collegiate sports events on television, 1955; Brochure: Physical Education Plant for the University of Pittsburgh (requested from the State); Letter asking for expansion of physical education facilities
Athletics Investigation Containers box 3 , folder 23 Scope and Content Notes Recent statement or actions concerning Conference rules and regulations, 1945-1946; Handbook of the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty representatives. Rev. 1941; Eastern Conference Athletic Conference – application for membership; Study of Athletic situation; Report of the Faculty Committee
Athletics, Committee on Athletic Policy Containers box 4 , folder 24 Scope and Content Notes Code for the conduct of athletics at the University of Pittsburgh; Seeking Head Football Coach; Letters of application for ; Letter by Clark D. Shaunessy concerning policy at Pitt
A General Containers box 4 , folder 25 Scope and Content Notes Activities; Allen, Harvey; American Chemical Society; American Friends of Hebrew University; Anathan, Appointments; Arensberg; Argonne; Art Institute, Avinoff
Band , 1942 Containers box 4 , folder 26 Scope and Content Notes Charles Rickmond and the admission of Black Students to the Band.
Board of Public Education Containers box 4 , folder 27 Scope and Content Notes Proposal for a new educational unit in the University; Admitting High School Students after two years; Map of Pittsburgh showing all public school locations & main thoroughfares (Dec. 1941)
Board of Trustees , 1939-1949 Containers box 4 , folder 28 Scope and Content Notes Investigating Committee of the Board; Report of the Legislative Committee...Resolution 61; Standing Committees for 1948-49
Board of Trustees , 1943-June 1946 Containers box 4 , folder 29 Scope and Content Notes George H. Clapp – biography; and a letter; List of Board members; A Plan for Alumni representation on the Board; After World War II, Appreciation of Faculty who have signed (4 pages) for service rendered during war
Board of Trustees , July 1946-June 1947 Containers box 4 , folder 30 Scope and Content Notes Enrollment; Retirement Annuity; Buildings; Mellon, Falk and Scaife correspondence
Board of Trustees , July 1947-June 1948 Containers box 4 , folder 31 Scope and Content Notes Financials; Enrollment report; Sutherland memorial, School of Medicine; Members and Standing Committees, Correspondence
Board of Trustees , June 1948-June1951 Containers box 5 , folder 32 Scope and Content Notes Letters concerning acquiring property on DeSoto Street, 1951; Letters concerning Science Building (Falk, Bowman, Scaife); Biography (Samuel Alfred Taylor) after death – B.S. degree in 1887; Letter from Hugh Thomson Kerr to Dr. Fitzgerald; Resolution adopted in memoriam, George Hubbard Clapp, 1949; Women's Hospital of Pittsburgh agreement with University of Pittsburgh; Alan M. Scaife received the Benjamin Rush Award, 1948; Professor Marian Hathaway and Communism controversy; State offer to Pitt for management of WPIC. 1945-55 Agreement with Women's Hospital
Board of Trustees , July 1951-June 1955 Containers box 5 , folder 33 Scope and Content Notes List of persons invited to the Trustees' Dinner honoring Chancellor and Mrs. Fitzgerald; Programs for evening; Roy C. McKenna received 20 year pin as Trustee – Dr. Fitzgerald presented it; Lists of those attending Trustees dinner before meetings; (clipping) May 23, 1954 "Business and the public must be good neighbors" philosophy of Richard K. Mellon; Plan to develop Engineering and Mines; Correspondence concerning "College Self-Study Committee"; clippings concerning Cathedral Lawn
Board of Trustees, Chancellor Search Committee , 1954-1955 Containers box 5 , folder 34 Board of Trustees, Finance Committee , 1952-1955 Containers box 5 , folder 35 Board of Trustees, Property Committee Containers box 5 , folder 36 Board of Trustees Containers box 5 , folder 37 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence: A.M. Scaife
John Gabbert Bowman Containers box 6 , folder 38 Scope and Content Notes Memos on management of university; Speech: The necessity of music, 1935; Urged to put in tenure for faculty
John Gabbert Bowman Containers box 6 , folder 39 Scope and Content Notes Newspaper clipping, 19544; How to honor him, by R.H. Fitzgerald; Honorary degrees in 1948 to Chancellor Bowman and Sir Richard Livingston; "Former Pitt Chancellor's estate in Bedford – Bowman sale to State aired" (clipping, 1951); "Pittsburgh, city of courage", by John G. Bowman
Brackenridge Portraits Containers box 6 , folder 40 Scope and Content Notes Purchased from Joseph McKibben, of St. Paul, Minnesota on December 20, 1938; description of the portrait of Hugh Henry Brackenridge; description of portrait of Sabina Wolfe Brackenridge, by Rembrandt Peale; Portraits paid for by Dr. George Hubbard Clapp, President of the Board of Trustees
Brookings Institution Containers box 6 , folder 41 Scope and Content Notes Seminar held at the University of Pittsburgh, 1951
Buhl Foundation Containers box 6 , folder 42 Scope and Content Notes New Grant of $82,500 – scholarship aid for 3 years; Annual report from Research Project in chemistry, physics, and biology, 1939/40
Buhl Planetarium Containers box 6 , folder 43 Scope and Content Notes Science Quiz Program, 1954
Building Program Containers box 6 , folder 44-48 Separated Material Folders 45-48 were moved to Litchfield's files: 2/10 1956-1965 Box 79 Folders 648-649.
Building Program, Clapp Hall Containers box 7 , folder 49 Scope and Content Notes Science Building: George Hubbard Clapp Hall; Donations from the Buhl Foundation
Building Program, Clapp Hall Containers box 7 , folder 50 Scope and Content Notes Groundbreaking ceremony July 1,1954; Luncheon and program, speech by C. Glen King.
Building Program, Clapp Hall Containers box 7 , folder 51 Scope and Content Notes Report to the Buhl Foundation on Research in the Natural Sciences…with reference to Clapp Hall, April 1949
Building Program, Planning and Development Committee of the Board of Trustees Containers box 7 , folder 52 Building Program , 1949-1957 Containers box 7 , folder 53 Scope and Content Notes Contributions
Building Program , 1948 Containers box 7 , folder 54 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence
Building Program , June 3, 1948 Containers box 8 , folder 55 Scope and Content Notes Fundraising Dinner June 3, 1948; Speech by Rufus H. Fitzgerald and Alan Scaife; Guest list
Building Program, Dormitories , 1949-1955 Containers box 8 , folder 56 Building Program: Eggers and Higgins, Architects for Clapp Hall Containers box 8 , folder 57 Building Program, Engineering Containers box 8 , folder 58 Scope and Content Notes Clipping about gift or the Bevier Library in the Engineering Building; Architects; budget; Board of Trustees authorization; Action from Trustees to order necessary furniture; Dean Fitterer had to approve all installations; drawings of floor plans; Plans for dedication of the Bevier Library; (no ground-breaking ceremony for Engineering Building); Program for development by Trustees Committee for Engineering; Early plan to add to State Hall and a wing to Alumni instead of a new building; Proposal for development and improvement of the Schools
Building Program, Medical Center , 1947-1949 Containers box 8 , folder 59 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence with Leon Falk
Building Program, Field House , 1946-1952 Containers box 8 , folder 60 Scope and Content Notes Blue print; ground-breaking ceremony February 2, 1949; Lists of guests for ceremony; Meetings on construction of the field house
Building Program, Field House Containers box 8 , folder 61 Scope and Content Notes Alternate plan
Building Program, Fifth and Craig Containers box 8 , folder 62 Building Program, First Boston Corporation , 1948 Containers box 8 , folder 63 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence on investments and construction financing.
Building Program, Medical Offices and Garage , 1954-1955 Containers box 8 , folder 64 Building Program, Proposed Gymnasium Containers box 9 , folder 66 Building Program, Emery B. Jackson Containers box 9 , folder 67 Scope and Content Notes Medical & Nursing buildings; Reports to Alan M. Scaife
Building Program Fundraising , 1948-1955 Containers box 9 , folder 68 Scope and Content Notes Ketchum contracted to conduct the campaign, Medical Center, Nursing, Gymnasium, Science Building, Library
Building Program Brochures , 1948-1950 Containers box 9 , folder 68b Scope and Content Notes Brochures describe the physical and academic aspects of the University circa 1950. The large untitled brochure includes am image of Storm Jameson with students, Library reading room in the Cathedral and the Pathology Laboratory in Pennsylvania Hall as well as campus maps with proposed buildings. The brochure titled "Education lights the way" has descriptions of Pitt's academic programs and their interaction with industry. Included are numbers of enrolled students from local business and industry.
Building Program, Library , 1948-1949 Containers box 9 , folder 69 Scope and Content Notes Includes drawing of cathedral grounds where library would be situated, a report on the Pitt Library by Ellsworth, Director of Libraries at Iowa, a 1949 issue of the Harvard Crimson describing the Lamont Library
Building Program, Logan Armory Containers box 9 , folder 70 Separated Material Moved to 2/10 1956-65 FF 275
Building Program: Medical Building , June 28, 1954 Containers box 9 , folder 71 Scope and Content Notes Ground Breaking Ceremony; photographs moved to media files (Buildings-Scaife)
Building Program, Medical Building, Sub-contracts Containers box 9 , folder 72 Scope and Content Notes Scaife Hall
Building Program, Medical Building, Schools of the Health Professions Containers box 9 , folder 73 Scope and Content Notes Clippings; plans for building; fire in the building; plans for a parking garage; Memorials: Main library by Maurice and Laura Falk Foundation, Graduate Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry, by Wherrett Memorial Laboratory, Departmental library for anatomy, by the Rea family
Building Program: Medical Center campaign , 1953-1958 Containers box 9 , folder 74 Scope and Content Notes Campaign report to subscribers, 1954-55; List of prospective donors; Reports on the progress of the buildings, etc.; TV program by Dr. Moore being interviewed by Dr. Albert Martin concerning the Health program; Statement for the Richard King Mellon Foundation for the University of Pittsburgh Health Center, 1953
Building Program: Medical Center campaign , 1953-1958 Containers box 9 , folder 75 Scope and Content Notes Subscriptions; Building Fund progress report, February 1952; Memos concerning the campaign and speakers: Memos of Conferences in Chancellor's office; Estimates of cost
Building Program, Medical Center campaign Containers box 9 , folder 75b Building Program, Medical Center campaign , 1951-1952 Containers box 9 , folder 76 Building Program, Medical Center campaign Containers box 9 , folder 76b Building Program, Medical Center Containers box 9 , folder 77 Scope and Content Notes Publicity materials
Building Program, Medical Center Containers box 11 , folder 78 Scope and Content Notes Proposed center's architectural drawings, plans, renderings along with correspondence
Building Program, Medical Center campaign Containers box 11 , folder 79 Scope and Content Notes Campaign announcement dinner 1/18/1954; Letters; addresses in acknowledgement of the presentation of endowment grants by A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Richard King Mellon Foundation, Sarah Mellon Scaife Foundation (book); guest list at dinner; invitations; clippings; President Eisenhower's letter of congratulations; Letters of congratulations;
Building Program, Medical Center campaign Containers box 11 , folder 79b Building Program, School of Medicine , November 18, 1952 Containers box 11 , folder 80 Scope and Content Notes Report of Committee on Research and Development
Building Program, A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust , 1952-1954 Containers box 11 , folder 81 Scope and Content Notes Special purchase of property; List of properties acquired,1954; Land for Graduate School of Public Health;
Building Program, General and Miscellaneous , 1947-1955 Containers box 11 , folder 82 Scope and Content Notes Upper Campus PA Hall, Upper Dental Building, Old Mellon Inst. Ellsworth Center for Engineering and Physical Science, Buildings in progress 1954; some Planning and Development Committee materials
Building Program, Natural Sciences Building (Clapp Hall) , 1957 Containers box 12 , folder 83 Scope and Content Notes List of facilities and departments for Clapp Hall.
Building Program, newspaper publicity , 1948, 1951 Containers box 12 , folder 84 Building Program, proposed financing , 1950-1955 Containers box 12 , folder 85 Scope and Content Notes New York Life and Mellon Bank
Building Program, Nurse's Residence , 1949-1953 Containers box 12 , folder 86-86a Scope and Content Notes Budget; plans; builder, statement of policy for residence; correspondence with the Treasurer; memorials for the residence (lists); inspected by General State Authority, September 23, 1952; Report of Building Fund; Program for Ground Breaking exercises, October 12, 1950; Plans for merger of Nurses' Home with the University of Pittsburgh, 1948
Building Program, Oakland Expansion , 1952-1959 Containers box 12 , folder 87-87a Scope and Content Notes Urban redevelopment authority, Areas 7 and 8, Children's Hospital, Proposed relocation of Forbes Avenue; Development for athletic purposes; Development for Public Health Area; Logan Armory discussion; Acreage donated to hospitals and Veteran's Administration Hospital; List of needs of the University; List of floors and occupants in the Cathedral of Learning; Blueprint of proposed armory
Building Program, Oakland Planning Committee , 1949-1951 Containers box 13 , folder 88 Scope and Content Notes Oakland study, 1950, findings and recommendations; Summary of recommendations, 1951; Oakland study, 950; Interim report of the Oakland Civic Center Study, 1950;
Building Program, Landscaping and Planning , 1949-1951 Containers box 13 , folder 89 Scope and Content Notes Olmstead Brothers correspondence
Building Program, Parking Containers box 13 , folder 90 Scope and Content Notes Medical Center, Public Health, Parking committee
Building Program, funding sources Containers box 13 , folder 91 Scope and Content Notes Federal and State sources of funds and HilliBurton Act for Hospitals
Building Program, Graduate School of Pubic Health Containers box 13 , folder 92 Scope and Content Notes Costs, opening, Library furniture; Selection of contractor; Municipal Hospital building
Building Program, Financial considerations Containers box 13 , folder 93 Scope and Content Notes G.S.Rupp, Board of Trustees, Letter dated 1924 from Clapp to Chancellor Bowman re: his chancellorship
Building Program, Financial considerations , 1948-1955 Containers box 14 , folder 94 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence with A.M. Scaife; Gifts, $300,000 & 206,000 in 1954; $3 million; Building Fund campaign and solicitations; School of Medicine; Nurses Home; Field House
Building Program, Schenley Apartments , 1956-1960 Containers box 14 , folder 95 Scope and Content Notes Allocation of space to students, 1960 (Litchfield); minutes of Administrative Subcommittee concerning plans for Building G; Amount needed to purchase; Plans for alterations; Purchase of; Form of agreement for purchase of Schenley Apartments with the Bellefield Company; Report of Operations (1954); Appraisal
Building Program, Schenley Hotel and Apartments Containers box 14 , folder 96 Scope and Content Notes Plans and estimates for the Student Union and Dormitories; Lists of rooms, baths, etc.; Summary of estimates for alterations; How to best use spaces in Schenley Apartments; Opening of Brackenridge Hall
Building Program, Medical Center , 1948-1953 Containers box 14 , folder 97 Scope and Content Notes Schmidt, Garden & Erikson Architects; DeSoto & Terrace Street planning; Nursing, Medicine; Medical Center, Blueprints
Building Program, Student Union , 1949-1955 Containers box 14 , folder 98 Scope and Content Notes Michael Hare (architect); Estimates for core drilling for Student Center Gymnasium; Blueprints;
Building Program, Town Hall Site , 1950 Containers box 14 , folder 99 Scope and Content Notes Langley Hall and Masonic Temple
Building Program, Science Building and Student Center , 1948-1954 Containers box 14 , folder 100 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence Trautwein & Howard (architects); Gymnasium, Student Center and Science building; Sample agreement
Building Program, University Recreation Center , 1956-1957 Containers box 14 , folder 101 Scope and Content Notes Wildwood property; formerly Hubbard Reservation; Purchased for University by Mrs. Scaife; Plans for membership and fees; Site plan of Wildwood
Buildings and Grounds , 1947, 1953 Containers box 15 , folder 102 Scope and Content Notes Duties and responsibilities of members of the Buildings & Grounds staff; correspondence concerning a survey and report on the department
Bureau of Business Research , 1948-1955 Containers box 15 , folder 103 Scope and Content Notes Subject of an electronic computer brought up by Chancellor Fitzgerald; Grant by M. & L. Falk Foundation for a study of changes in the structure of manufacturing costs, 1899-1939
Business Administration, School of , 1947-1954 Containers box 15 , folder 104 Scope and Content Notes Changing degree from B.S. to Bachelor of Business Administration; Correspondence with Jan Novotny, of McGill University, regarding Joseph Macek employed to teach economics by the University. Novotny regarded Macek as a communist; Statement as to possibility of Scaife Company Scholarship; Management Problems for Executives, 1953
B General Containers box 15 , folder 105 Scope and Content Notes Babcock estate; Donation of and acceptance of the Browne Room by Anna Moody Browne to be given to the University as a memorial to her parents, correspondence with Chancellor Bowman, 1944; Bevier, George M. – letter, signed, about receiving honorary degree from the University as well as other correspondence. Claralou Bonnar ; Brookhaven meeting; Pamphlet on Ships paintings by Farnham; Broughton letter for Chien Ho; Buchannan donation of WWI books; Correspondence with Duncan Bruce regarding donation of Bruce materials (letterbook, painting and eyeglasses)- correspondence about Bruce family
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace , 1949-1955 Containers box 15 , folder 106 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence on a survey "Developments of international significance at the University of Pittsburgh, 1950-1955; Proposed Educational Exchange Pilot Project; Report qLC1090 P693
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching , 1938-1953 Containers box 15 , folder 107 Carnegie Institute, Museum and Fine Arts Containers box 15 , folder 108 Scope and Content Notes Exhibition in memory of Dr. Avinoff; cross-reference on portrait of William Pitt; Short biography of Dr. Avinoff; Carnegie International, 1952 guest list; Corresp. re: Herbert Spencer bust by Ford
Carnegie Institute of Technology , 1942-1955 Containers box 15 , folder 109 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence between Fitzgerald and Warner/Dougherty as well as material about CIT
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh , 1944-1947 Containers box 15 , folder 110 Cathedral of Learning , 1939-1951 Containers box 15 , folder 111 Scope and Content Notes Illumination of the Cathedral of Learning; Social activities allowed in the Commons Room; Classroom use for 1st-3rd floors; Material for guides to learn; History of the Cathedral of Learning and some of the Nationality Rooms; Electrachome picture, September 1949 (Not in file)
Cast, James H. , 1949-1950 Containers box 15 , folder 112 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence also some information about Washington and Jefferson College
Chancellor's reception for parents of freshmen , 1945-1955 Containers box 15 , folder 113 Chamber of Commerce , 1944-1955 Containers box 16 , folder 114 Scope and Content Notes Includes "Pittsburgh's 100 Young Men" dated 1953; CCP "Facts about Pittsburgh" Brochure
Chaplain , 1952-1955 Containers box 16 , folder 115 Scope and Content Notes Heinz Chapel; Annual report of Chaplain, 1954; Dr. Emory E. Luccock – installation program, 1953; Policies governing Chapel, 1955
Charter Day (February 28) , 1946, 1947, 1949 Containers box 16 , folder 116 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence to get a speaker; one signature of John Foster Dulles; Charter Day program, 1946
Cheating , 1948-1950 Containers box 16 , folder 117 Scope and Content Notes To publish once a year in University announcements the policy on dishonesty so professors also know; Suggested methods for dealing with the problem of cheating; Minutes of meeting of Committee to consider student cheating, 1948
Chinese students, faculty, alumni Containers box 16 , folder 118 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence about Chen Li Fu (Chen Tsu Yen) visit; also with Kwoc Tung Fung
Civic Club of Allegheny County , 1948 Containers box 16 , folder 119 Scope and Content Notes Exceptionally Able Youths, joint program with the University of Pittsburgh
Civil Defense , 1950-1955 Containers box 16 , folder 120 Scope and Content Notes Mr. Viers W. Adams, chairman of University Civilian Defense Committee; Succeeded by Mr. Louis W.H. Johnston; Office building civil defense and disaster plan, Pittsburgh and Allegheny County; University Plans and procedures developed since December 1, 1950
Clapp, George H. dinner , 1938 Containers box 16 , folder 121 Scope and Content Notes Program, menu and correspondence for the birthday dinner for Clapp
Classrooms that Teach , 1941-1942 Containers box 16 , folder 122 Scope and Content Notes Thoughts of painting murals on classroom walls; correspondence with artists
Clippings Containers box 16 , folder 123 Scope and Content Notes File is missing as of 07/07/2003; contained newsclipping and original speech in 1932 by General Douglas MacArthur
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College, Dean's Office , 1951-1955 Containers box 16 , folder 124 Scope and Content Notes Stefan Lorant book and Leland Baldwin; Sun-Telegraph clipping of MacArthur speech; Interdepartmental major in Religion and in Far Eastern Studies
College, Astronomy and Biology Containers box 16 , folder 125 Scope and Content Notes Wagman letter re: Sir Harold Spencer-Jones; Clippings on Peter Gray's "Michrotomists Formulary"
College, Chemistry Containers box 16 , folder 126 Scope and Content Notes Silverman retirement letters; Clipping: Glass collection of Dr. Alexander Silverman given to another school; Dr. Silverman's biography in connection with the University; History of the Chemistry Department by Dr. Silverman; other memoranda about Chemistry Dept; C.G. King notes
College, Classics , 1939-1952 Containers box 16 , folder 127 Scope and Content Notes Biographical outline of Arthur Milton Young; Correspondence about portrait of James Stinchcomb and an "In Memoriam"; other Classics memoranda
College, English Containers box 16 , folder 128 Scope and Content Notes Letters from Lawrence Lee; Letter from George Crouch who was in England; Report on the Department, Spring 1944; Searching for a new Head for Department;
College, English , 1948 Containers box 16 , folder 128a Scope and Content Notes Materials and clippings on the investigation of George Abbe regarding his membership in Progressive Citizens of America; clippings on Robert T. Harper from Carnegie Tech.
College, Fine Arts , 1939-1955 Containers box 16 , folder 129 Scope and Content Notes Walter Hovey's letter from India, December 1954; clipping on the Cantini's Memo concerning the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the department; Collection of colored photographs of Blackfeet People – Walter McClintock – to be in Fine Arts; Two pamphlets by Walter McClintock, "Blackfoot warrior societies" and "Painted tipis and picture writing of the Blackfoot Indians"
College, Geography , 1943-1952 Containers box 16 , folder 130 College, Geology , 1940-1953 Containers box 17 , folder 131 Scope and Content Notes Memos from Dr. Richard E. Sherrill about Geology Dept., also files about his death; Smith sisters' Fund and for upkeep of the Smith cabinet of minerals; Smith donation to Allegheny Observatory; Leighton letter; Article "Master Draftsman" on Klauder.
College, History , 1952-1955 Containers box 17 , folder 132 Scope and Content Notes Russell J. Ferguson, new head of Department 1955; John Oliver retirement; Reprint: Benjamin Franklin's Ohio Valley Lands, by Alfred P. James; Dr. George B. Fowler – correspondence about his research in Austria on manuscripts in monasteries, 1952; Walker papers; Navy history contract;
College, Humanities , 1938-1952 Containers box 17 , folder 133 Scope and Content Notes Pamphlet: Humanities Curriculum; 1938-39 correspondence from John Geise regarding Humanities Curriculum; Geise Air Force proposal
College, Mathematics , 1944-1955 Containers box 17 , folder 134 Scope and Content Notes Computer Committee, Aviation Program, Class size study: 1930 vs 1946
College, Modern Languages , 1945-1955 Containers box 17 , folder 135 Scope and Content Notes J.F.L. Raschen retirement and library collection (purchased by the University)
College, Music , 1953-1954 Containers box 17 , folder 136 Scope and Content Notes Change from Music Appreciation to Music; Score: Exultant Spirit, by Theodore M. Finney;
College, Philosophy Containers box 17 , folder 137 Scope and Content Notes "Tentative Thesis Towards a Theology" and "Report on a lecture tour in Germany, 1953-54," by Richard Hope; A philosophy for world unification, by Oliver L. Reiser, 1946; Department Brochure
College, Physical Education , 1949-1954 Containers box 17 , folder 138 Scope and Content Notes Re-organization memos.
College, Physical therapy , 1945 Containers box 17 , folder 139 Scope and Content Notes D.T. Watson School
College, Physics , 1952-1954 Containers box 17 , folder 140 Scope and Content Notes Mary E. Warga named Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, 1954; Memo from R.A. McConnell "Regarding attitudes among physicists toward ESP", 1952
College, Political Science , 1952-1955 Containers box 17 , folder 141 Scope and Content Notes Retirement testimonial banquet; a tribute to Dr. Elmer D. Graper, by Louis W.H. Johnston, May 7, 1955; School for the elect, by Roy Kohler (Institute of Local Government (clipping); Study on politics by Falk Foundation
College, Psychology , 1952-1954 Containers box 17 , folder 142 Commencement and Convocations , June 1947-June 1950 Containers box 17 , folder 143 Scope and Content Notes 1950: honorary degrees to Dr. Barbour, King and Anderson; 1949: honorary degrees to John Christian Warner, citations; 1948: honorary degrees to Elmer Allen Holbrook, Earl A. Dimmick; 1947: honorary degrees to George Frederick Zook; William Watson Smith; Richard King Mellon;
Commencements and Convocations , September 1950-June 1952 Containers box 17 , folder 144 Scope and Content Notes 1950: no honorary degrees;
1951: honorary degrees to Robert Livingston Johnson; Philip Showalter Hench; Milton Stover Eisenhower; Omar Nelson Bradley; citations;
1952: honorary degrees to Roy Carnegie McKenna; Henry B. Higgins; Eli Lilly; Leon Falk, Jr.; Arthur Stanton Adams;
Commencement , August 1952-August 1954 Containers box 17 , folder 145 Scope and Content Notes 1953: honorary degrees to John Christian Warner; James Henderson Duff; Clarence Edward McCartney; Ben Moreell; Louis Tomlinson Benezet; James Childs Rea;
1954: honorary degrees to Gustav L. Schramm; John Grier Buchanan; Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt; Adolph William Schmidt; Reuben G. Gustavson; George Magoffin Humphrey
Commencement , February 1955 Containers box 18 , folder 146 Scope and Content Notes Honorary degree, William S. Thomas
Commencement , June 1955 Containers box 18 , folder 147 Scope and Content Notes Honorary degrees to Harlan Henthorne Hatcher; Mabel Lindsay Gillespie; Jonas Edward Salk; Vira Ingham Heinz; Sir Roger Mellor Makins; Sarah Mellon Scaife; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Rugus Henry Fitzgerald; Citations; Correspondence with honorary degree recipients; Newspaper clippings and pictures (moved to groups – commencement – 1955 Photo file); Luncheon guest list
Commencement , August 1955 Containers box 18 , folder 148 Scope and Content Notes Program, tally of graduates and clippings
Commencement , 1945-1947 Containers box 18 , folder 149 Scope and Content Notes 1947, February and June honorary degrees: Arthur Emil Braun, George Hubbard Clapp, William Robertson Farmer;
1946, February and June honorary degrees: Oliver Cromwell Carmichael, Augustus Kountze Oliver, Guy Everett Snavely;
1945, January and May honorary degrees; School of Dentistry; School of Medicine;
Commencement , 1943-1944 Containers box 18 , folder 150 Scope and Content Notes 1944, May (honorary degree: George William McClelland) and January; 1943, June (honorary degree: Henry Harrington Hill) and September; 1943, February (honorary degree: Ralph Dorn Hetzel)
Commencement , 1938-1942 Containers box 18 , folder 151 Scope and Content Notes 1942, honorary degree: Ralph Cooper Hutchinson;
1941, program; instructions to seniors; Bibliography on commencement activities and programs, comp. by Lorena A. Garloch;
1940, honorary degrees: Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Douglas Fuller Miner, Ralph Munn;
1939; 1938;
Commons Room Symbols Containers box 18 , folder 152 Scope and Content Notes Committee on art symbols for the Cathedral; Committee on Medallions; Layout for carving (blue print)
Community Chest , 1952-1954 Containers box 19 , folder 153 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence
Communications Containers box 19 , folder 154 Scope and Content Notes Plan for development of a communications program; Memo to Communications Committee
Comptroller , 1954-1955 Containers box 19 , folder 155 Scope and Content Notes Retirement Fund; Student Union Fee & part-time students; Travel expenses; Commissioner of Internal Revenue for tax exemption for fees collected from patients by doctors at the Health Center; Endowment on 3/3/1955; For 1954: total employees, total salaries, total withholding tax (from IRS); List of gifts and grants, December 1, 1954 to January 5, 1955; Procedure for appointment of all personnel; Tuition receipts, September 1954; University Food Services report; Loan from New York Life Insurance Co.; Tuition increases; Town Hall site (renamed Mellon tract);
Comptroller , 1951-1953 Containers box 19 , folder 156 Scope and Content Notes Bonding of officers; Scholarship Endowment Fund; Engineering Building contract (between Thaw Hall & Old Mellon Institute) with Dick Corporation, 1953; University Food Service report; Financial reports: Book store, Printing Department, 1953; DeSota Hall financial report, July 1, 1952-June 30, 1953; Food Service Reports; Hispanic-American Room suggested, June 1953; Senatorial Scholarships, 938 for 1953; Monetary Gifts received, December 9, 1952-January 9, 1953; Graduate Student assistants – change in pay; Receipts from tuition and student activity fees, 1950/51; Nurses' Home under construction by Trimble Co. under agreement August 21, 1950;
Comptroller , 1948-1950 Containers box 19 , folder 157 Scope and Content Notes Social security, 1950; Buildings & Grounds budget; Mr. Monteverde and proper letters, 1950; Additions to endowment from July 1, 1945; Buildings & Ground job orders; Stadium activities, statement of income and expenses, 1948/49; Veterans Administration site sold by University to U.S. Government for $150,000 May 25, 1949, July 12, 1949; Schenley-Croghan Room, costs for restoration, 4/27/1949; Maturity of Stadium Bonds, December 1, 1949; Temporary loans during summer;
Congress of the United States. Committee to investigate tax exempt foundations Containers box 19 , folder 158 Scope and Content Notes Statement of Rockefeller Foundation and The General Education Board; The Ford Foundation, July 16, 1954; Questionnaire on Foundation support; Foundation support in the fields of the social sciences, 1929-1953;
Conservation Foundation Containers box 19 , folder 159 Council for Financial Aid to Education Containers box 20 , folder 160 Scope and Content Notes Leaflets and some correspondence
C (General) Containers box 20 , folder 161 Scope and Content Notes Castle, C. Woodrow charges and investigation, 1952; Copies of bills for furniture for the Chancellor's office; Oil painting "Pittsburgh in 1806", by George Beck – description in "Pitt" Spring, 1948 p. 24-31; Agreement between the University of Pittsburgh and Children's Hospital; Memos and leaflets about the rise of a local communist party; Community Church services for Heinz Chapel during Summer
Deans Meeting Minutes , July 1954-1955 Containers box 20 , folder 163 Deans Meeting Minutes , July 1947-June 1950 Containers box 20 , folder 164 Deans Meeting Minutes , July 1946-June 1947 Containers box 20 , folder 165 Deans Meeting Minutes , July 1943-June 1946 Containers box 20 , folder 166 Deans Meeting Minutes , June 1941-June 1943 Containers box 20 , folder 167 Deans Meeting Minutes , January 1939-June 1941 Containers box 20 , folder 168 Scope and Content Notes Proposal to establish non-credit courses for adults, 1941; Departmental collections of books, which Dr. Leland Baldwin seeks to remove from our catalog and have only an inventory (1940); Scholarship aid grants (1939)
Dean of Men , September 1954-May 1955 Containers box 20 , folder 169 Dean of Men , 1943-1954 Containers box 20 , folder 170 Scope and Content Notes "Battle Song" copyright to be renewed?; Biography 1952 of Theodore William Biddle; Band instruments, 1945; Marshalls and Guide service, 1945; Veterans returning to school; correspondence on subject of student activities
Dean of Men , 1938-1943 Containers box 21 , folder 171 Scope and Content Notes Placement Bureau for Men, report, 1942/43; Policy for messages for students; Memos concerning War Efforts; 1942, theft of examination questions, Geology Department; Pittsburgh zoning regulations; Taxation on fraternities; Housing for students; Report of work done by the Dean of Men's Office
Dean of Women Containers box 21 , folder 172 Scope and Content Notes Elizabeth Arden to visit campus and address women, 1952; Vacation for staff, 1950; Chinese Nationality Room – celebration of Independence Day, October 30, by giving an orange to each student; Women's Day, 1947 program in Stephen Foster Hall (Eve Curie the speaker); Heinz Chapel – bride's dressing room (Mrs. Heinz interested in supplying); Housing needed for women; Pin given (WRP-1900) by Mrs. John M. Phillips which had belonged to her brother, Dr. James H. K. Duff (1945); Report by the Information Office, 1944; Report on conditions of the Tuck Shop, 1943; An introduction to the art of living for Freshmen women, a syllabus for teachers by Thrysa W. Amos
School of Dentistry , 1947-1954 Containers box 21 , folder 173 Scope and Content Notes Dr. William F. Swanson named Dean; Needs of the School; Annual Conference on Dental Health Programs; Correspondence; Dr. Lawrence Edward Van Kirk, Memorial to October 1953; Space problem in letter from the State Examining Board (move Printing Dept. out); Policies of the School, 1947; Dean H. Edmund Friesell, In memoriam 1946
Discipline cases , 1940-1948 Containers box 21 , folder 174 Access Restrictions Restricted.
Scope and Content Notes Janet Neesham; Michael A. Walek; Walter Zischkau
Dormitories , 1944-1949 Containers box 21 , folder 175 Duquesne University , 1951 Containers box 21 , folder 176 Scope and Content Notes Taping of Organ Concerts in Heinz Chapel
D (General) Containers box 21 , folder 177 Scope and Content Notes Daufenback, William, Award of merit, May 1949; Daugherty, Dr. Carroll, Request for information by Jones and Laughlin, 1949; Rufus H. Fitzgerald Commencement speaker, 1954 at Davidson College; RHF sat for portrait by Sidney Dickinson, 1955; Rules for DeSota Hall dormitory, 1949; Clayton Braun, painter, letters about Brackenridge painting Sidney E. Dickinson, painter, - letters to Chancellor Fitzgerald about painting his portrait (handwritten); Dinner given 1954 for the Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania, by the University of Pittsburgh in the Commons Room, sponsored by Gimbels
Editor, University of Pittsburgh Press (Starrett) Containers box 21 , folder 178 Scope and Content Notes Research and publication programs – Buhl Foundation Grants; Promotion efforts of the Press; Cresap report on the University Press; Stockton family gifts from Mrs. Sumner B. Ely (list of five)
School of Education , 1951-1955 Containers box 22 , folder 179 Scope and Content Notes Yeager, William A. – Nature and determination of the total service load of faculty members in Schools (Colleges) of Education; Conference on Educational Leadership and Special Education Services, 1955; Search fro Dean for School of Education; Cooperative Program in Educational Administration, a report; How to choose your college, by Dr. Paul Masoner; Progress in the development of the internship program in School Administration, 1953/54; Report of the Committee on the Five-Year plan of the School of Education; Pittsburgh Area Workshop on Economic Education, 1953; Cooperative Program in Education and Administration – Penn State, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, and Temple; Final Report of the Committee of Five: The School of Education, its past, present and future, 1955
Committee on Educational Exchange Containers box 22 , folder 180 Scope and Content Notes University of the Andes case, 1955; Educational Exchange awards, 1955/1954; Correspondence concerning the students from Columbia who are enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh; Need for arrangements for entertaining of foreign visitors, budget and full-time staff, etc. – letter from Louis W.H. Johnston, 1954; Foreign students, list of, 1953/54; Foreign Professors, 1953/54; Minutes of the Committee, October 26, 1953; & December 12, 1953; Correspondence concerning Committees for Syria Lebanon room, 1947; Committee on Educational Exchange – Statement of purpose and Program, 1948; (Name to be Committee on International Educational Exchange); qLC1090 P6923 report for Carnegie Endowment
Ellsworth Center Containers box 22 , folder 181 Scope and Content Notes University of Pittsburgh at Ellsworth Center – Director, Dr. Viers Adams; Started in fall of 1947 (2 year center); Activities at the Ellsworth Center; Court case relative to flood lights which the University wants to install; Pamphlet announcing the opening of Ellsworth Center, September 1947; General policies affecting the operation of the Center
Emory University Containers box 22 , folder 182 Scope and Content Notes Visit to by Chancellor Fitzgerald; Address by David Rockefeller April 12, 1955 – "The role of business in financing higher education"
School of Engineering Containers box 22 , folder 183 Scope and Content Notes New building in progress; Interesting fact concerning the Schools of Engineering and Mines; Funds needed for the new building 1954; Proposed program for the development and improvement of the Schools of Engineering and mines, 1954; pamphlet: Engineering as a career; Dr. G.R. Fitterer appointed Dean of the Schools of Engineering & Mines; Engineers' Council for Professional Development – Summary of visiting panel report of the University of Pittsburgh, January 9, 1950; List of graduates of the metallurgical engineering Department, 1907-1947
Erie Center (Erie Junior College) Containers box 22 , folder 184 Scope and Content Notes Report on the Erie Center, submitted by Lee M. Thurston, May 24, 1943
Extension Division Containers box 22 , folder 185 Scope and Content Notes Community Church Services in Heinz Chapel, 1955; Summer Session, 1955 – The role of communications in human relations; Survey of community services on the University campus, 1953/54; Cresap Report and the Extension Division; Duties of the Director of Special Services from Viers W. Adams to the Chancellor; Suggested having a Director of Television; Purpose of the Extension Division, 1953; plan to establish Jr. college in Pittsburgh, 1946
E (General) Containers box 22 , folder 186 Scope and Content Notes Electronic Computer Committee; Emergencies; Engineering Council (Proposed plan for development and improvement of the Schools of Engineering & Mines); Question of having the National Engineering Society in Pittsburgh, 1954; Pamphlet: Logical location for the new Engineering Center Building is Pittsburgh; Photograph of the proposed Engineering Society Building
Falk School Containers box 23 , folder 187 Film Library Containers box 23 , folder 188 Scope and Content Notes Committee recommends having a University Film Library and Service center, 1945
Foreign Students , 1945-1951 Containers box 23 , folder 189 Scope and Content Notes List of students enrolled, 1951; 1950-51; 1947-48; 1946; 1945; 1944/45
Stephen Foster Memorial Containers box 23 , folder 190 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence between Chancellor Fitzgerald and Fletcher Hodges, 1954; Program of 26th annual memorial program, 1953; Regulations for programs presented by organizations other than the University of Pittsburgh; Gifts from the Lilly family to the Foster Hall; Pamphlet: Stephen Collins Foster memorial; dedicated June 2, 1937
Fund for the Advancement of Education Containers box 23 , folder 191 Scope and Content Notes Ford Foundation; Announcement of faculty fellowships, 1952/53
F (General) Containers box 23 , folder 192 Scope and Content Notes Fair Employment Practices Ordinance, 1953; Ford Foundation, foreign study research fellowships, 1952; Ford Motor Co. scholarship program; Robert N. Farr; Gov. John Fine; Foreign Policy Seminars; Fraternities
Graduate School , July 1954-June1955 Containers box 23 , folder 193 Scope and Content Notes Clippings – Dean Herbert E. Longenecker leaving for University of Illinois; "University faculty compensation policies and practices in the U.S.", by Herbert E. Longenecker; Report for the Committee on Outside Activities, prepared by Herbert E. Longenecker
Graduate School , June 1953-June 1954 Containers box 23 , folder 194 Scope and Content Notes Statement on research at the University of Pittsburgh, by H.E. Longenecker, 1954; Study of remunerative outside activities of University Faculty members; Statement of the University of Pittsburgh in support of a proposal of Mellon Institute to house, maintain and operate a digital computer for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1952
Graduate School , 1943-1952 Containers box 23 , folder 195 Graduate School , 1940-1941 Containers box 23 , folder 196 Scope and Content Notes New graduate school regulations as passed by the Executive Committee
G (General) Containers box 23 , folder 197 Scope and Content Notes Addison Gibson Laboratory – report of activities; Gift of photograph of class of 1898 by Stella and Margaret Stein; List of Gillespie monetary gifts to the University; Greek Week celebration; Dr. Alan Gregg – Medical Institutes, 1953; Guggenheim Foundation; 1898 class photo-file contains names on photo; Greek Earthquake Committee; Graduate Hall; Alan Gregg speech; Ralph Griswold letter; Grove letter re: First Nations classroom
Heinz Chapel Containers box 23 , folder 198 Scope and Content Notes Copy of deed of gift, 1929; Policies governing the uses of the Heinz Memorial Chapel; Stokowski to lead chorus in Heinz Chapel, 1951; Permission to use for weddings and the regulations, 1943; Charles J. Connick designed stain glass windows; Descriptive guide booklet; memorial service April 18, 1941 for Doctor Hugo Kahl; Annual report, 1949/50; Dedication program November 20, 1938
Honorary Degrees , 1910-1945 Containers box 24 , folder 199 Scope and Content Notes Lists of honorary degrees, 1910-1929 and 1907-1945
H (General) Containers box 24 , folder 200 Scope and Content Notes Education Camp Project, 1948 – Samuel Harper – Teaching Resources; Galen C. Hartman – Subscription to building fund; Mrs. Clifford Heinz – miscellaneous possible gift; Mrs. Lois E. Hibernia gave a German Bible to the University which may be in the library; Housing Committee, 1947 – Minutes of the meetings; Correspondence of Ivan G. Nagy of the Hungarian Legation, Rustem Vambery Minister of Hungary; Visiting the Hungarian Room – Mrs. Mitchell's letter, 1947; from diary of R.A. Hall, March 1943; Correspondence: Mrs. Roy Hunt, Mr. and Mrs Clifford Heinz.
Industry-College Conference , November 12-13, 1953 Containers box 24 , folder 201 Scope and Content Notes Proceedings of conference held at the Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, WV; Correspondence
International Association of Universities Containers box 24 , folder 202 I (General) Containers box 24 , folder 203 Scope and Content Notes Information Please Almanac; Policy for Institutes, special lecture events and short courses.
J (General) Containers box 24 , folder 204 Scope and Content Notes John Jenness dissertation; Paneling from B.F. Jones mansion
K (General) Containers box 24 , folder 205 Scope and Content Notes KDKA Radio Station – tower near Stadium, 1947; KQV Peache Ground Breaking ceremony, April 24, 1947 – program; A.T. Kearney & Co. – survey of administrative operations (awarded to Cresap); Kerr letter; Chesterfield report controversy.
School of Law Containers box 24 , folder 206 Scope and Content Notes Legal education in Pennsylvania (confidential copy no. 36; Dean Arthur Larsen becomes Undersecretary of Labor, 1954
Institute of Local Government Containers box 24 , folder 207 Scope and Content Notes Memorandum on the purpose, progress and prospects of, June 1949; Pennsylvania Municipal employees retirement law, a summary, 1949; Duties of the Assistant Directors; Background of the Institute
Library Containers box 25 , folder unknown container Scope and Content Notes Correspondence and Minutes of meeting concerning the policy for the Darlington Library, 1955; Policy for main library (University Librarian or Director of University Libraries); Pamphlet: Personal memories of the Darlington Family at Guyasuta, Anne Hemphill Herbert, 1949; Desire to have a spoken record collection, 1954; Answer concerning the Cresap report on the library
Loyalty Oath Act (PA) , 1949-1953 Containers box 25 , folder 209-212 Scope and Content Notes Memos and certifications of loyalty for University employees per the requirements of the Act; Herman T. Epstein; materials that Fitzgerald took to Harrisburg, 4/30/1951; Memoranda and correspondence regarding the Oath.
L (General) Containers box 25 , folder 213 Scope and Content Notes Lilly correspondence on Bar-Ilan University and Salk Vaccine; Leland Baldwin/Stefan Lorant and the History of Pittsburgh; Lubic Award
School of Medicine Containers box 26 , folder 214 Scope and Content Notes Admissions of students reviewed; Financial aid to medical education; Research grant procedures, 1952; Retirement at 70 years of age; Secretaries to receive 3 weeks vacation after working 5 years; Text of Speech by Dr. Jonas Salk, 1950: The importance of identifying polio viruses, 1950; Dedication program of Western State Psychiatric Hospital, 1942; Cornerstone ceremonies of Western State Psychiatric Hospital, 1938; Prospects for Vice Chancellor of Health Professions
Medical Center Containers box 26 , folder 215 Scope and Content Notes Presbyterian Hospital agreement, October 14, 1930; Magee Hospital agreement, 1947; Medical Center planning; Picture of group of buildings (photo-file);
Mellon Institute Containers box 26 , folder 216 Scope and Content Notes Relationship between the University and Mellon Institute. (Biography of Dr. Edward Ray Weidlein; put in personal file)
Middle States Association Containers box 26 , folder 217 Scope and Content Notes List of the Committee; Aims and Purposed of the University (excerpts from the 1787 and 1819 charters; Suggestions made by University of Pittsburgh administrative staff following Middle States 1952 evaluation
Department of Military Science and Tactics Containers box 26 , folder 218 M (General) Containers box 26 , folder 219 Scope and Content Notes Development plan for Panther Hollow submitted by Philip S. Broughton (Mellon Trust); Mental Illness of students; Memorial service for deceased faculty – program, May 22, 1955; May 23, 1954; November 30, 1949; Memorial windows in the old chapel on Northside for Robert Bruce and Dr. Black – wanted to buy them from present owners; Municipal Hospital
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis Containers box 26 , folder 220 Scope and Content Notes "Evaluation of 1954 Field Trial of Poliomyelitis Vaccine, summary report."; "The Scientist Speaks for Himself" CBS Radio, March 26, 1953
Nationality Rooms Containers box 26 , folder 221 Scope and Content Notes Old Pennsylvania furniture given by Max Vance (Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.), Was from Andrew Vance house in Frankfort Springs; German Class Room, presentation of Fairy Tale window 1954; Mrs. Ruth Crawford Mitchell – letters (hand written); Formal dedication of the Italian Room – program, 1949; Christmas Dinner program
Nationality Rooms, English Classroom Containers box 26 , folder 222 Scope and Content Notes Blueprint of the room; List of medallions for windows; Correspondence with and photograph of Sir Alfred C. Bossom; List of books locked in the English Room, two dispatch boxes and facsimiles of the Magna Carta Great Seal of King John; Program of dinner at 20th Century Club given by 18 Committees for Dr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald; Citation for Doctor of Laws degree awarded Alfred Charles Bossom (on back of program); List of invitations sent; Speeches given; Pictures of the room as dedicated
New York University Containers box 26 , folder 223 Scope and Content Notes Root-Tilden Scholarships
Daybooks , March 1, 1938-June 30, 1955 Containers box 27-34 , folder 224-231 Access Restrictions No restrictions. Box 28 FF 225 has an envelope marked as restricted access.
Scope and Content Notes These files contain the notes, memoranda and transcripts of meetings and telephone conversations of Fitzgerald from the time he was Provost until he retired as Chancellor in June 1955.
Arrangement The Daybooks are arranged by date.
Nuclear Research , 1946 Containers box 35 , folder 232 Scope and Content Notes Memo on Regional Laboratory for Nuclear Research involving Pitt, Tech and Westinghouse, Meeting at Carnegie Institute of Technology, July 26, 1946
Nurses Residence Containers box 35 , folder 233 Scope and Content Notes Dedication invitation, May 11, 1953; Dr. Fitzgerald's remarks; Herbert M. Garland, Director
School of Nursing , 1939-1954 Containers box 35 , folder 234 Scope and Content Notes Industrial nursing program not to be discontinued – letters in support of the program; Recommendations for nursing education in the Medical Center; Future plans for the School of Nursing in a letter to Mr. Scaife; 1939, setting-up School of Nursing
N (General) Containers box 35 , folder 235 Scope and Content Notes National Advisory Committee on Education; National Association of Deans of Women; National Committee Against Discrimination; National Geographic Society; Ethebert Nevin
O (General) Containers box 35 , folder 236 Scope and Content Notes Orr, Overload policy; Owens; Open House
Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities Containers box 35 , folder 237 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Containers box 35 , folder 238 Personnel Committee , 1952-1953 Containers box 35 , folder 239 Scope and Content Notes Minutes and Correspondence
Physical Plant Containers box 35 , folder 240 Scope and Content Notes List of projected work; Ellsworth building; Report of Survey of Dental Infirmary, 1954; Furnishing of the 12th floor of the Cathedral of Learning by Mrs. Heinz; Report of Survey of Thaw Hall, 1954; William G. Fisher, Director
School of Pharmacy Containers box 35 , folder 241 Scope and Content Notes Borden Scholarship Award, 1954, 1954, etc.; In 1098, the Scio College of Pharmacy became an affiliate of the University and was called the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy. On January 26, 1948 the merger was completed and it became the University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy
Phi Beta Kappa Containers box 35 , folder 242 Scope and Content Notes Constitution and bylaws, 1949 (general); Bylaws of XI Chapter of the University of Pittsburgh; Extracts from college catalogs with respect to counting vocational courses toward liberal arts courses
Pitcairn-Crabbe Foundation Lectures Containers box 35 , folder 243 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence; Programs; Invitations; Chancellor Bowman given honorary degree, 1948
Pittsburgh Photographic Library , 1954-1955 Containers box 35 , folder 244 Psychiatric Cases Containers box 35 , folder 245 Scope and Content Notes Committee formed to address students with mental health problems
Graduate School of Public Health Containers box 35 , folder 246 Scope and Content Notes Proposal for conferring of additional degrees, 1955; Institute on Hospital Affairs suggested; Progress Report, 1948-1952; Clippings on the possible purchase of Municipal Hospital; Outline of memorandum relative to the possibility of establishing a Graduate School of Public Health; see also FF 390-399
Department of Public Instruction Containers box 35 , folder 247 Scope and Content Notes Courses approved, 1955; Report of higher institutions of learning, 1953/54; Biennial Report, 1952/54; Report, 1952/53; Report 1951/52; Biennial report 1950/52; Report 1950/51; Report 1949/50; Biennial report, 1948/50
Public Relations Counselor Containers box 36 , folder 248 Scope and Content Notes Library Study Committee report on space problems, Francis C. Pray; Faculty Schedule Card; Scholarship information
P (General) Containers box 36 , folder 249 Scope and Content Notes Paintings (description of portrait of Sabina Wolfe Brackenridge by Rembrandt Peale and Hugh Henry Brackenridge); Patent policy, by Senate Committee; "Ex Hoc Semine Nostra Gloria", by John Milton Duff, M.D. (reprint given by Harriet Duff Phillips); Plaque for original site of Pittsburgh Academy Log cabin; Pittsburgh Child Guidance Center
Registrar Containers box 36 , folder 250 Scope and Content Notes Enrollment, divided in several ways, 1952/53, 1953/54, 1954/55; Enrollment records by schools 1940/41-1950/51; Letter from Registrar to Chancellor about Cresap Report on the office functions; Student enrollment, 1929/30 – 1948/49; Bujno, Bruno
Religion-in-life Conference , 1951-1955 Containers box 36 , folder 251 Research Bureau for Retail Training Containers box 36 , folder 252 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence concerning degrees; Testimonial dinner honoring Professor Bishop Brown, 1949 (program and speech)
Research , 1938-1944 Containers box 36 , folder 253 box 36 , folder 253 , othertype 1-3 Scope and Content Notes Research project in chemistry, physics, biology, and psychology progress report to the Buhl Foundation, 1942; Proposal for an expanded program of research on metals; Special report to the Buhl Foundation…on research on war emergency problems, 1942; Minutes of the meeting of the Research Committee, May 11, 1942; Special report to the Buhl Foundation relative to problems raised by national defense activities; Nine pamphlets of reprints of research projects; Correspondence with Dr. Charles G. King; John and Mary R. Markle Foundation for research in biochemistry; Budget plan; Proposed budget 1941/42 – 1945/46; A proposal for establishing a science research division at the University of Pittsburgh; Experiments with direct currents on chick embryos, by Peter Gray, 1939; Some thoughts on the Pittsburgh cyclotron; Report on the Proposed University of Pittsburgh cyclotron; Many reports to the Buhl Foundation on progress of science research
Research in the Natural Sciences , 1952-1955 Containers box 37 , folder 254 Scope and Content Notes Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, National Science Foundation; Clapp Hall space; Correspondence with Longenecker; Buhl Foundation; Gulf Research cooperative plan; patents
Retirement Containers box 37 , folder 255 Scope and Content Notes Lists and dates for those retired (medallions sent); correspondence; Proposed retirement and annuity plan
R (General) Containers box 37 , folder 256 Seismological Laboratory Containers box 37 , folder 257 Scope and Content Notes Donation of Dr. George H. Clapp, 1938; In the Cathedral of Learning
Senate , 1941-1943 Containers box 37 , folder 258 Scope and Content Notes Minutes of the Executive Committee; Report of the Committee on budget policies to the Senate, 1943; Membership lists; Report of the University Senate Committee on membership; Constitution of the University Senate, adopted by the Temporary University Council at January 3, 1941
Senate , 1943-1955 Containers box 37 , folder 259 Scope and Content Notes Constitution Committee, 1955; Committee reports, 1953/54; Recommendations approved by Senate, May 15, 1953; Notes concerning its establishment; Annual report of the secretary May 12, 1944
Temporary University Council , 1938-1941 Containers box 37 , folder 260 Scope and Content Notes To set up University Senate; Constitution of the University Senate, January 3, 1941; Minutes of meetings, 1940-41; Correspondence concerning the planning of a University Senate; University Council, 1935 (under Chancellor Bowman)
Senate, Committee on Athletics Containers box 37 , folder 261 Scope and Content Notes New Committee according to Trustees new policy; Recommendations for varsity letter awards; Civic Light Opera to use Stadium; Outline of athletic scheduling and budget procedure, April 18, 1947; Committee resolutions
Senate, Committee on Budget Policies Containers box 37 , folder 262 Scope and Content Notes Report to the Senate by the Educational Policies Committee, February 16, 1951; Other reports of committee, 1950; Report on "overload"
Senate, Committee on Constitution of the Senate Containers box 37 , folder 263 Scope and Content Notes Study of the constitution, May 1955
Senate, Educational Policies Committee , July 1952-February 1955 Containers box 37 , folder 264 Scope and Content Notes Report, November 1954; First progress report, 1953-54; Resolutions of the Committee, May 1953; Report, 1952/53 & 1951-53; Notes on a proposed faculty charter, January, 1953; Statement, May 1952
Senate, Educational Policies Committee Containers box 37 , folder 265 Scope and Content Notes Proposal for making awards to members of our faculty to stimulate scholarly projects and better teaching; Statement of the committee, May 9, 1952; Statement on policy concerning faculty obligations and teaching loads, 1948; Report, August 1945; and 1943
Senate, Educational Policies Committee, Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences Reports Containers box 37 , folder 266 Senate, Committee on Elections , 1942-1945 Containers box 37 , folder 267 Senate, Executive Committee, Minutes , 1943-1955 Containers box 37 , folder 268 Senate, Faculty Welfare Committee Containers box 37 , folder 269 Scope and Content Notes Reports on T.I.I.A.; Group Medical and Surgical Insurance; Joint Housing Project
Senate, Library and University Publications Committee Containers box 37 , folder 270 Scope and Content Notes Various reports on the condition of the library; Consideration given for a Friends of the Library group; Plans for a Science-Technology Library
Senate, Public Relations Committee Containers box 37 , folder 271 Scope and Content Notes Committee meetings, 1952, 1950, 1946, 1943, 1942
Senate, Publications Committee Containers box 37 , folder 272 Scope and Content Notes Meetings and Reports
Senate, Committee on Registration Procedure Containers box 37 , folder 273 Senate, Retirement Policy Committee Containers box 37 , folder 274 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence, Memoranda 1943-1946
Senate, Student Relations Committee , 1942-1953 Containers box 39 , folder 275 Senate, Tenure and Academic Freedom Committee Containers box 39 , folder 276 Scope and Content Notes Organized February 1942; Committee reports to 1955
Senior Memorials Containers box 39 , folder 277 Scope and Content Notes Heinz Chapel windows
Sequoia Trees , 1955 Containers box 39 , folder 278 Scope and Content Notes Plans for planting. History of the tree, 1955
Shiftwork Courses , 1941-1942 Containers box 39 , folder 279 Scope and Content Notes Program to accommodate students who work changing shifts
School of Social Work Containers box 39 , folder 280 box 39 , folder 280 , volume 1-2 Scope and Content Notes Buhl Foundation grant, 1954; Memos – Social Work alumni; Letters from alumni upholding the Dean's stand; Freedom of speech upheld; Controversy over Dr. Hathaway; Freedom of speech and tenure
Space Research Coordination Center Containers box 40 , folder 281-284 Separated Material These folders have been relocated to UA RG 15/19. They contain the correspondence and memoribila from the development of the SRCC.
Special Services Containers box 40 , folder 285 Scope and Content Notes Surplus properties; List of special activities of Viers W. Adams, Director, 1952-53
Stadium Containers box 40 , folder 286 Scope and Content Notes Bonds and bondholders
Student Health Service Containers box 40 , folder 287 Scope and Content Notes "Minute a Day" program for by H C Carlson; "Social Fundamentals";
Student Organizations Containers box 40 , folder 288 Scope and Content Notes Student Faculty Organization Social rules; Information concerning student activities or off-campus engagements
Scholarships Not Awarded Containers box 40 , folder 289 Scope and Content Notes Applications not granted, 1949-1950; Received scholarship from other sources; Request for scholarship withdrawn; Scholarships not recommended by Deans; RHF did not approve the scholarships recommended for these students
Special Scholarships , 1946-1951 Containers box 40 , folder 290 Scope and Content Notes University scholarships, 1951/52 – 1946/47; Memo on Senatorial scholarships
Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Scholarships [RESTRICTED] , 1951/52 Containers box 40 , folder 291 Scope and Content Notes List of those receiving Scholarships, 1951/52; application papers and grades for each person
Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Scholarships [RESTRICTED] , Summer 1948-1950/51 Containers box 41 , folder 292-294 Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Scholarships [RESTRICTED] , 1945/46-1947/48 Containers box 42 , folder 295-297 Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Scholarships [RESTRICTED] , 1942/43-1944/45 Containers box 43 , folder 298-300 Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Scholarships [RESTRICTED] , 1939/40-1941/42 Containers box 44 , folder 301-303 Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Scholarships [RESTRICTED] , 1938/39 Containers box 45 , folder 304 Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Scholarships [RESTRICTED] , Summer 1938 and 1941/42 list Containers box 45 , folder 305 S (General) Containers box 45 , folder 306 Scope and Content Notes Alfred Bossom's letter; Senatorial scholarships; Scharfe, Howard C. – Biography; Proposed Division of research of Social Sciences; Use of Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall; Leopold Stokowski correspondence; Symposium on Combustion, 1954;
Correspondence: Schaefer, Salchli, Schenley Apartments Co. re: Thackery, Schinneller; Schmidt, A.W., Spanish Embassy, Stokowski Leopold (with Signature),
Statement of Principles for the Medical Center Containers box 46 , folder 307 Scope and Content Notes Duties of the Vice-chancellor for Health Professions; Plans for the development of the Health Center
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) Containers box 46 , folder 308 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence
Temple University Containers box 46 , folder 309 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence concerning acceleration for superior high school students
Tenure Containers box 46 , folder 310 Scope and Content Notes University of Pittsburgh Tenure plan, February 1949; plans of other schools
Treasurer Containers box 46 , folder 311 Scope and Content Notes Office hours, vacations; Memo on workmen-compensation insurance; Life insurance plan, July 1, 1945; Receipts and expenditures for the Buhl Foundation grant for School of Applied Social Sciences, 1942/43; Research Fund in biochemistry, 1941/42
T (General) Containers box 46 , folder 312 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence with Taylor re: Edward Elgar; Texas Universities; Theological Seminaries; Thirteen Citizens Committee; Tilden Scholarship; Turner
Tuition Allowances , 1953-1955 Containers box 46 , folder 313 Scope and Content Notes Policy, correspondence and chart
Tuition and Fees Containers box 46 , folder 314 Scope and Content Notes Fees: physical education, Applied social sciences, Research Bureau for Retail Training; Tuition increase
U.S. Department of the Navy Containers box 46 , folder 315 Scope and Content Notes Trainee work; Plaque given in appreciation for World War II co-operation, 1947; Peacetime education of Naval Officers; Exchange of professors; Charles McKenna Lynch retires as Director of Naval Officers procurement – 4th Naval District, 1945
U.S. Office of Education (Department of Health, Education and Welfare) , 1943-1955 Containers box 46 , folder 316 Scope and Content Notes Study of college students retention and withdrawal, 1953; Education directory, 1952/53; correspondence during war years; Ruth Crawford Mitchell, "The Nationality Rooms at the University of Pittsburgh and international understanding"
University Car Containers box 46 , folder 317 University Invitations , 1954-1955 Containers box 47 , folder 318 Scope and Content Notes Academic celebrations that the University was invited to attend.
University Press , 1947-1955 Containers box 47 , folder 319 Scope and Content Notes Invitation: Regional awards in history to Dr. Charles Fletcher Lewis, Director of the Buhl Foundation and to George Mercer Papers, relating to the Ohio Company of Virginia, comp. and e. by Lois Mulkearn; clipping: 5 women run the University Press at Pitt (short history of); 1954; clipping: Mary E. Bakewell – "Of long ago"; A few catalogs; A Series of books on historic western Pennsylvania
University Research Committee , 1951 Containers box 47 , folder 320 Scope and Content Notes Memos on ideas for research policies and contracts; Procedures relating to research financed by individuals and organizations outside the University, 1951
U (General) and U.S. Air Force Containers box 47 , folder 321 Scope and Content Notes House Un-American Activities Committee; U.S. Army; U.S. Air Force; Map making; International Relations; U.S. Attorney General; U.S. Civil Service; U.S. Congress; School of Medicine, Committee on Research and Development Report
U. S. Government Containers box 47 , folder 322 Scope and Content Notes Department of Interior. Bureau of Reclamation. Demineralization of saline waters. October 1952 66 p.; ROTC; Education and Labor; Marine Corps; Post Office (propaganda); Dept. of State; Treasury; University Food Service
Veterans , 1952 Containers box 47 , folder s324 Scope and Content Notes Senatorial scholarships for Korean Veterans, 1952; Emergency Committee for amendment of Korean G.I. bill, 1952
Vice Chancellor, Schools of the Health Professions (Moore) , July 1954-June 1955 Containers box 47 , folder 324 Scope and Content Notes Letters concerning more budgetary needs, 1955; Policy on patents; Policy for Health Professions Libraries, 1955
Vice Chancellor, Schools of the Health Professions (Moore) , January-June 1954 Containers box 47 , folder 325 Scope and Content Notes Pension plan, 1954; plans for Health Professions building, 1955; List of nine policies, 1954; Falk Clinic board; Council of Deans meeting, January 15, 1954
Vice Chancellor, Schools of the Health Professions (Moore), Falk Clinic , 1937-1949 Containers box 47 , folder 325a Scope and Content Notes Includes Annual Reports for Falk Clinic, 1947-48 and 1952-53
Vice Chancellor, Schools of the Health Professions (Moore) , September -December 1953 Containers box 48 , folder 326 Scope and Content Notes Letter in connection with developing a Medical Center in Oakland; Planning the Nurses' Residence building; "The Tower" Autumn 1953; Dinner in honor of Dr. Robert Moore; "This I believe" – speech of Dr. Moore at the dinner; General policies of the School of Health Professions
Vice Chancellor, Schools of the Health Professions , 1952-1953 Containers box 48 , folder 327 Scope and Content Notes Vice Chancellor search
Vice Chancellor, Schools of the Health Professions , December 1952-September 1953 Containers box 48 , folder 328 Scope and Content Notes Outline of program for development of Medical Center as submitted by
Mr. Falk at the meeting of the Board of Trustees, held on 9/18/1953
Schools of the Health Professions Containers box 48 , folder 329 Scope and Content Notes Policies
Vice Chancellor, Schools of Health Professions Containers box 49 , folder 330 Scope and Content Notes Search for 10/15/1951 to January 1952; Speech of Dr. A. LeRoy Johnson given to RHF by Dr. Alan Gregg, "Between two mountains of conceit"; "The golden gate of medicine", by Alan Gregg, M.D. Vitae of candidates
Vice Chancellor (Charles B. Nutting) , February 1952-June 1955 Containers box 49 , folder 331 Scope and Content Notes "Living abroad at home"; an international curricula-Community Program for undergraduate students, prepared by Mrs. Ruth Crawford Mitchell, October 25, 1954, 13 pages; Dr. Fitzgerald advised to send to Rockefeller Foundation; Memo on procedure for appointment; Duties of the Vice-Chancellor; "The framework of freedom", by Charles B. Nutting; clippings of Dean of Law School Nutting appointed Vice-Chancellor
V (General) Containers box 49 , folder 332 Scope and Content Notes "The significance of the Pittsburgh story", address by Arthur B. Van Buskirk 12 pages; Vaughn and Van Bremer correspondence
War Emergency (1) Containers box 49 , folder 333 Scope and Content Notes Memos; pamphlets; Office of War Information "victory"; Proclamation for fifth registration day (for War); Air raid instructions; Minutes of Deans' meeting, February 2, 1942; and January 5, 1942; Deferment of students, 1941; Directory of War Agencies
War Emergency (2) Containers box 50 , folder 334 Scope and Content Notes Pamphlets on war training; "Classification and selection"; Engineering Defense Program; Vocational training; ROTC; Civil Aeronautics Authority; Organizational chart of the Defense Training Personnel; Research work being done
War Emergency, R.A. Gilmore , November 1942-April 1944 Containers box 50 , folder 335 War Emergency, Air R.O.T.C. , 1945-1946 Containers box 50 , folder 336 War Emergency, Armed Forces Institute , 1943-1945 Containers box 50 , folder 337 Scope and Content Notes Professors who are in the Army; Shrivenham American University, Shrivenham, England, Term II, October 1945; Army University Study Center
War Emergency, Civilian Defense , 1941-1943 Containers box 50 , folder 339 Scope and Content Notes Director appointed, 1943; Organization chart of the city of Pittsburgh Civilian Defense; State Council of Defense – College Division; "School and College Civilian Morale Service", 1941; State Council of Defense rule governing blackout, 1943; University Civilian Defense Program
War Emergency, Enlisted Reserve Containers box 50 , folder 339 Scope and Content Notes Army Specialized Training Program; Navy College Program
War Emergency, Faculty Conscription Containers box 51 , folder 340 Scope and Content Notes Deferment letters for Faculty and Stafft; Memorandum on occupational deferments
War Emergency, War Manpower Commission Containers box 51 , folder 341 Scope and Content Notes Preliminary announcement of the Army Specialized Training Program; clippings
War Emergency, Goodyear Aircraft Training Program Containers box 51 , folder 342 War Emergency, 3 ½ year High School students , 1942-1944 Containers box 51 , folder 343 War Emergency, Japanese Students Containers box 51 , folder 345 box 51 , folder 344 War Emergency, Key Center of Information Containers box 51 , folder 345 War Emergency, Meteorology Courses Containers box 51 , folder 346 War Emergency, Navy R.O.T.C. Containers box 51 , folder 347 War Emergency, Navy Medical and Dental Units Containers box 51 , folder 348 War Emergency, Petroleum Products Testing and Inspection Containers box 51 , folder 349 War Emergency, Physical Fitness Program Containers box 51 , folder 350 War Emergency, Committee on Emergency Research , 1942-1944 Containers box 51 , folder 351 Scope and Content Notes Progress Reports, Contracts, Memoranda
War Emergency, Student conscription , 1940-1944 Containers box 51 , folder 352 War Emergency, Student War Loans Containers box 51 , folder 353 War Emergency, Student Transportation and Gas Rationing Committee Containers box 51 , folder 354 War Emergency, Army Air Corps (1) Containers box 52 , folder 355 War Emergency, Army Air Corps (2) Containers box 52 , folder 356 War Emergency, Army Specialized Training Reserve Program , June 1943-March 1945 Containers box 52 , folder 357 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence, Manuals, Curricula
War Emergency, Army Specialized Training Reserve Program (1) , November 1943-March 1945 Containers box 52 , folder 358 Scope and Content Notes Course listings, Faculty, Students
War Emergency, Army Specialized Training Reserve Program (2) , November 1943-March 1945 Containers box 52 , folder 359 War Emergency, Army Specialized Training Program , September 1943-October 1943 Containers box 53 , folder 360 War Emergency, Army Specialized Training Program , June 1943-August 1943 Containers box 53 , folder 361 War Emergency, Army Specialized Training Program , December 1942-May 1943 Containers box 53 , folder 362 War Emergency, Army Specialized Training Program,Contract material Containers box 53 , folder 363 War Emergency, Army Specialized Training Program, Medicine and Dentistry Containers box 54 , folder 364 Weber, John , 1943-1955 Containers box 54 , folder 365 Scope and Content Notes Secretary of the University; Memos; Correspondence concerning costs; Buildings; Excerpts from Minutes of Board of Trustees, 1952-53 concerning money; Memo concerning Bellefield Boiler Plant; Three weeks vacation for certain long term secretaries, 1950; List of Senate bills involving Pitt, 1949; Senate bills; Proposed distribution of space in Thaw Hall, 1947; Westinghouse television tower; see also 3/4/1A
Weber, John , 1938-1943 Containers box 54 , folder 365 Western State Psychiatric Institute and Clinic , 1947-1954 Containers box 54 , folder 367 Scope and Content Notes Memos; Organization chart; Relationship with the University
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Containers box 54 , folder 368 Scope and Content Notes Scholarships by Westinghouse; George Westinghouse Centennial forum; George Westinghouse
W (General) Containers box 54 , folder 369 Scope and Content Notes White House Conference on Education; John Hay Whitney Foundation; Who's Who (has some biographies); "The Kaiser Book", ed. By Max Herzig – gift of Dr. Samuel H. Williams, 1954; Mildred Walters; Charles Wertz; Western Theological Seminary; Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Program
Small Pamphlets Containers box 54 , folder 370 Scope and Content Notes American Council on Education Studies: Higher Education cooperates in national defense, 1941; Higher Education and the war, 1942; Organizing higher education for national defense, 1941; Sound educational credit for military experience, 1943
Pittsburgh Public Parking Authority , 1948-1949 Containers box 55 , folder unknown container Scope and Content Notes Applications for the position of Director (Fitzgerald was Chairman of the Authority)
Pittsburgh Public Parking Authority , 1949 Containers box 55 , folder 372 Scope and Content Notes Applications – Engineer
Pittsburgh Public Parking Authority Containers box 55 , folder 373 Scope and Content Notes Architects; Preliminary estimates, August 7, 1950 Prepared by Ramp Buildings Corp.; Correspondence;
Pittsburgh Public Parking Authority Containers box 55 , folder 374 Scope and Content Notes Engineers
Pittsburgh Public Parking Authority Containers box 55 , folder 375 Scope and Content Notes Financing; RHF as chairman of the Authority signed Agreement between the Authority and the City; correspondence concerning sale of bonds; Misc. correspondence;
Pittsburgh Public Parking Authority Containers box 55 , folder 376 Scope and Content Notes House Bill no. 542; In the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Western District. Brief in behalf of the Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh and the City of Pittsburgh. No 115, March term, 1948; Pennsylvania House Bill no. 542, 1947; Parking Authority Law (abstract, 1947);
Pittsburgh Public Parking Authority Containers box 55 , folder 377 Scope and Content Notes McNeil; Correspondence; Includes some plans; Agreement with Hoffman & Crumpton, registered architects
Pittsburgh Public Parking Authority , 1950-1951 Containers box 55 , folder 378 Scope and Content Notes Meeting minutes and Reports
Pittsburgh Public Parking Authority Containers box 56 , folder 379 Scope and Content Notes Meetings & reports, 1947-49; Correspondence; Report on Six Proposed Parking Facilities, 1948; Summary report of Authority's activities to date, may 1, 1949; Minutes of meetings;
Pittsburgh Public Parking Authority Containers box 56 , folder 380 Scope and Content Notes Ch. Fitzgerald resigned from Parking Authority, 1951; Certificate from the Committee; Appointment to Authority, 1947 – correspondence
Pittsburgh Public Parking Authority Containers box 56 , folder 381 Scope and Content Notes Real Estate; Correspondence
Pittsburgh Public Parking Authority Containers box 56 , folder 382 Scope and Content Notes Treasurer, 1948-51
Pittsburgh Public Parking Authority Containers box 56 , folder 383 Scope and Content Notes Miscellaneous; Clipping: Miss Alpern quits Parking Authority; Examples of other parking plazas; "Allegheny county Farmers Market" (summary & conclusions, by Wayne A. Lee, 1947); Pamphlet: Parking study of the Pittsburgh central business district, 1945-46
University of Pennsylvania, Division of Placement Research, First Annual Report , 1953 Containers box 57 , folder 384 Scope and Content Notes First annual report, 1950-51; presentation copy for Fitzgerald for service on the Committee on Research and Publications, University of Pennsylvania
Survey of administrative management of the University of Pittsburgh , by Cresap, McCormick & Paget for Chancellor FitzgeraldApril 14, 1954 Containers box 58 , folder 385 Scope and Content Notes "Cresap Report"
Speeches , 1939-1945 Containers box 60 , folder 388 Scope and Content Notes Includes list of speeches for Folders 387-388
Speeches , 1946-1955 Containers box 60 , folder 388 Graduate School of Public Health Containers box 60 , folder 390 Scope and Content Notes Estimated space requirements for new school; conference on methods in public health research, May 10-11, 1950 – program; degrees for students pursuing studies in public health; Pre-catalogue, October , 1949; Correspondence, Parran-McEllroy concerning appointments to be made; Instructional and research interests in public health; Notes on recruitment of personnel; Agreement of lease – Municipal Hospital. Correspondence 10/20/1948-9/18/1950.
Graduate School of Public Health Containers box 60 , folder 391 Scope and Content Notes A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust gift; memos of conferences; letter concerning progress in the 14 months since the gift; minutes of Board of Trustees 9/21/1948 and 12/14/1948; copy of deed of gift in trust; news releases
Graduate School of Public Health Containers box 60 , folder 392 Scope and Content Notes Preliminary procedures 1/23/1948-5/9/1950; Concerning Logan Armory; blueprint plans of property from Real Estate Co. of Pittsburgh; Excerpts from Summary Report of 10 schools of public health 1946-47; Report – The organization and operation of a university medical center with particular reference to the University of Pittsburgh; Mayor Lawrence's speech 5/5/1948; notes on a cooperative arrangement – Dr. Lowell J. Reed; statement on research in natural sciences; confidential reports.
Graduate School of Public Health, Personnel Containers box 60 , folder 393 Scope and Content Notes Biographical notes on faculty: Atwater, Shepard, Reed, Ciocco, Cox, Crabtree, Dingle, Hatch, Densen, Hamman, Johnson, Robert E., Kammer, Lichty, Smith Charles Edward, Sterner
Graduate School of Public Health, Thomas Parran Containers box 60 , folder 394 Scope and Content Notes Address by Fosdick at the inauguration of Raymond Edens as President of Duke University, 10/21/1949 (Parran attended for the University); Parran's out-of-the-city schedules 1949-50; Report by Parran to Adolph Schmidt 2/28/1949; Parran Curriculum Vitae.
Graduate School of Public Health, Parran Scholarship Fund , 1949 Containers box 60 , folder 395 Graduate School of Public Health, Municipal Hospital Containers box 60 , folder 396 Scope and Content Notes Temporary quarters for the School
Graduate School of Public Health, Public Health Law Project Containers box 60 , folder 397 Scope and Content Notes Statement of Organization and Procedure; Proposal for the codification of Public Health Laws 1948-49
Graduate School of Public Health, Finance Containers box 60 , folder 398 Scope and Content Notes Review of investments, March 1949, April 1949, September 1949; Memo concerning federal aid to schools of public health; copy of U.S. Senate bill on aid to medical education; Memo of transactions 12/10/1948 regarding Mellon gift
Graduate School of Public Health, Clippings Containers box 60 , folder 399 Separated Material Moved to UA RG 90/41-e
Honorary Degrees Containers box 61 Scope and Content Notes Honorary Degrees awarded to Fitzgerald from Washington & Jefferson College 1948; Carnegie Institute of Technology 1947; Stetson University 1956; Alfred University 1948; Allegheny College 1955; Grove City College 1949; University of Pittsburgh 1955
Congratulatory Letters to Fitzgerald concerning his Retirement as Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh , 1955 Containers box 61 , volume 1 