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Beckman Scholars Program, 1998

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 478

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The records of the College of Science and Mathematics, as whole, consists of annual reports (1982 - 2003-2004 [gaps), faculty lists (1990), faculty evaluation (1975, 1975-1980), faculty annuals reports (1987), Honors Day (1993), faculty workshops (1977, 1978), Expanding Your Horizons (1980, 2000-2003), recruitment/public relations (1960s – 2004 [gaps]), and historical background (1950).

The Biological Science Department Series includes: Departmental Background includes historical information on the study of botany and plant pathology at NDSU, a chronological format of the history of botany at NDSU from 1890 through 1990, and numerous fact sheets from the late 1980s. Committees, Task Forces, Commissions consist of one folder of reviews of introductory biology courses by the Biological Review Committee from 1984, 1985. Reports include the 1983 annual botany report, as well as the 1989 biological science review report. Publications consist of one paper, “Relation of Birds to Certain Power Transmission Lines in Central North Dakota” from November 1979. Recruitment consists of information on graduate study in botany/biology from 1979, and an open house in the department from 1982.

The Chemistry and Molecular Biology Department Series includes: Departmental Background includes a listing of faculty from 1890 through 2001, a history of the department through 1965, and NDSU Facts from 1988 and 1989. Correspondence and Memoranda consists of one folder of two items of correspondence regarding the explosion of the chemistry building in 1909. Reports and Documents includes a graduate program review of chemistry and polymers and coatings for 1979-1984, a self-evaluation and program review for biochemistry in 1980, and the 1988 biochemistry annual report. Subjects contains a report on the a conference on undergraduate chemistry curriculum in the north central state region held at NDSU in 1965, brochures on the Joel Broberg Annual Lectureships in Chemistry from 1987-2000 [gaps], information on two “Main Group Chemistry” conference held in Fargo (1996, 1998), a brochure on the George Graf Distinguished Lectureship in biochemistry from 1997, and information on the Center for Protease Research from December 2001. Publications include three holiday newsletters (1950, 1951, 1978), and Chem-News from 1994-2004 [gaps]. Recruitment consists of two chemistry open houses from 1929 and 1930; and graduate recruitment materials from the later 1960s through 2002.

Clinical Laboratory Science Department records consist of three folders of informational/recruitment type of brochures from 1969 – 2001.

Computer Science Department Series records consist of three folders, primarily dealing with recruitment information and a press release announcing reaccreditation from 1998.

Geosciences Department Series records consists of a history of the department mission statement as of 2003, program review for 1987-1994, flyer on course for the spring of 1998, and a recruitment type brochure from 2001.

Mathematics Department Series records consists of five folders, one dealing with a mathematics science consulting center (1978), a report from the Bush Foundation regarding a grant (1986), the program of the 1991 American Mathematics Society Meeting that was held at NDSU, Fact sheets from 1989 and 1995, and the lecture note series #1, c. 1995.

Psychology Department Series consists of recruitment type literature for the undergraduate and graduate programs in psychology from the 1970s to the early 2000s. There is also one issue of their newsletter for the winter of 1999.

Deans Series records consist of the Biographical Sub-Series, Department Correspondence Sub-Series, Annual Report Sub-Series, Committee Sub-Series is missing records from 1990 – 2000, and a General Office Files Sub-Series is a catchall sub-series.

Willard D. Pye, Papers Series is an artificially created record group. Dr. Pye's files were discovered in 2000 in a file cabinet of his successor, Dr. Warren Kress. As to the "what and where" for Dr. Pye after he left North Dakota Agricultural College, an internet search proved to be inconclusive. The papers in essence are subject files that Dr. Pye maintained and they have been broken into four sub-series: Dr. Pye's correspondence (1949-1956); Department of Geology and Geography related, including budgets (1947-1954), curriculum (1947-1953), initial discussion and eventual discontinuance of the geology major (1950-1954), general departmental matters (1947-1954), and Forum articles (1951, 1953); School of Applied Arts and Sciences related, which consists primarily of advisor registration manuals (1949-1950, 1956) and Departmental Chair meetings/memos (1950-1954); and North Dakota Agricultural College related, including committee work (1948-1953), college memos (1947-1954), and college council minutes (1950-1954).

Dates

  • 1950 – 2006

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.

Extent

From the Collection: 22.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives Repository

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