Compiled by Molly Clark and Lee Ann Eades 1995
Edited by Paula Coomer 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
History
Personnel Series
Subject Series
The College of Arts and Sciences records reflect the entire period (1965
to 1979) in which the college operated as a distinct entity at Eastern
Kentucky University. Eastern, like many other state colleges that
had recently attained university status in the 1960s, experienced significant
growth in the physical plant, along with academic programs in the tumultuous
period of the 1960s.
The College of Arts and Sciences records were maintained in the
Dean’s Office. Fortunately, Dr. Frederic Ogden served as Dean during
the entire period of the college’s existence. In 1979, Dr. Ogden
organized the office records and prepared a preliminary finding aid to
the collection before the records were transferred to the Special Collections
and Archives section for permanent preservation. Therefore, these
records fully document the operation of the Dean’s office and are especially
strong in the area of curriculum development, policy formation, college
relationship, with the Graduate School, and the strong influence the college
exerted in the Council on Academic Affairs. The records also contain
an extensive Personnel Series which documents the activities of many faculty
members who worked in the college.
After his retirement from Eastern in 1979, Dean Ogden spent considerable time in researching and writing a history of the College of Arts and Sciences. Naturally, he relied heavily on the college records. We are indebted to Dean Ogden for writing the brief history of the college which appears in this inventory.
Interestingly, on April 1, 1999, under a major campus-wide academic
reorganization plan, the College of Arts and Sciences was reinstituted.
Basically, the three colleges which were formed from the college in 1979
were brought back together under the umbrella of the new College of Arts
and Sciences.
HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE
OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
1965-1979
by Frediric D. Ogden
The College of Arts and Sciences was established as the School of Arts and Sciences on July 1, 1965. The schools of Applied Arts and Technology, Business, and Education were also established then. The Board of Regents approved their creation on the recommendation of President Robert R. Martin following the evaluation of Eastern Kentucky State College by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in February, 1965. The title was changed from “School” to “College” on July 1, 1966 when Eastern Kentucky State College became Eastern Kentucky University by act of the General Assembly. The College ceased on June 30,1979 when three colleges were formed from it and Central University College: College of Arts and Humanities, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, and College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. The dean during the fourteen years of the college was Frederic D. Ogden. The associate dean from 1967 was Glenn O. Carey.
The School of Arts and Sciences had sixteen departments. Twelve were long established: Art, Biology, Chemistry, English, Foreign Language, Geography, Geology, Health and Physical Education, History, Mathematics, Military Science, Music, and Physics. Political Science had been created in 1961 when the department of History and Political Science divided. Three new departments began operation on September 1. 1965: Anthropology and Sociology, Drama and Speech, and Social Science. Three faculty members and course offerings in anthropology and sociology were transferred from the Department of History to form the Department of Anthropology and Sociology. Two positions were added. One faculty member and course offerings in speech were transferred from the Department of English to form the Department of Drama and Speech where three positions were added. The Department of Social Science was composed of faculty who had been in the Department of Business (became School of Business) and who taught social science survey courses. Two positions were added. Dean Ogden was department chairman in 1965-1966.
Excluding Military Science, the School had 182 faculty members; 48 (26.4%) held a doctorate and 19 (10.5%) had three years of graduate study while 115 (63.2%) had a masters degree and less than one year of additional study or only a bachelor degree and some graduate study.
In 1979 the College also had sixteen departments. Most were the same as when it was established but with some title changes. Four departments had been transferred: Social Science in 1966 and Military Science in 1967 to Central University College; Health, Physical Education and Recreation to the College of Education in 1967; and Mass Communications to the College of Applied Arts and Technology in 1978. The transfer of Mass Communications was made at the request of the department faculty since it was scheduled to be moved in 1979 as part of academic reorganization. Four departments had been added: Philosophy in 1966, Geology separated from Geography in 1968, Psychology transferred from the College of Education, except for Educational Psychology, in 1969, and Communications in 1973. The sixteen departments were Anthropology, Sociology and Social Work, Art, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, English, Foreign Languages, Geography, Geology, History, Mathematical Sciences, Music, Philosophy and Religion, Physics and Astronomy, Political Science, Psychology, and Speech and Theater Arts.
By 1979 the College had 245 faculty members some, such as the deans, taught reduced loads and some were on sabbatical or other leave. There were also several part-time faculty. The number with a doctorate was 176 (72.4%), with three years of advanced study 25 (10.3%), with two years of advanced study 23 (9.5%), and with masters only 19 (7.8%). Most of those faculty with the two years of advanced study held the MFA and the MSW degrees which were the terminal degrees in studio art and social work. Approximately 75 institutions of higher education were represented in the degrees held by faculty with a doctorate.
When the College was established, the emphasis at Eastern was upon the preparation of teachers. The achievement of university status reflected a broader emphasis to include non-teaching programs. During its fourteen year history the College added some thirty undergraduate programs, seventeen graduate programs, and five associate degree programs. A total of forty-six undergraduate degree programs, some with several options, were offered when the College ceased. Included was a major in economics offered in cooperation with the College of Business.
Some programs which had originated in Arts and Sciences had been transferred to other colleges (broadcasting, journalism, and public recreations to the College of Applied Arts and Technology; speech pathology and audiology to the College of Education) and became the basis for the Department of Special Education; medical technology and medical laboratory technician to the College of Allied Health and Nursing.
The College continued to offer the MA in Education. The first non-education masters degree programs (English and History) were begun in 1966 at Eastern. In 1979 the College was approved to offer a joint doctoral program in biological sciences with the University of Kentucky.
Several pre-professional programs in engineering, forestry, optometry, veterinary medicine and pharmacy were provided. The College had a three-two program in engineering. The student spent three years at Eastern and two years in engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Kentucky, or Auburn University. He/she received a B.S. degree from Eastern in Chemistry or Physics. On the initiative of the College, Eastern affiliated with the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs. Mississippi. The affiliation provided undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to take courses and conduct research in marine sciences.
In 1965 the College granted only the BA and B.S. degrees. In 1979 the College offered, in addition, the following degrees: Associate of Arts, Associate of Sciences, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Individualized Studied, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music Education, Master of Arts, Master of Sciences, Master of Music, Master of Music Education, and Master of Public Administration.
Several programs were accredited by professional associations: Chemistry, American Chemical Society; Music National Association of Schools of Music; Social Work, Council on Social Work Education, Political Science, MPA program, National Association of Schools of Public Administration, and Legal Assistance program, American Bar Association.
A major problem throughout the existence of the College was its relationship with Central University College. Consideration was given to the creation of Central University School during 1965-1966. This school would have overall responsibility for the general education program. Students would be registered in it during their first two years or until they had earned 60 credit hours. President Martin appointed Dr. Clyde J. Lewis chairman of a committee to study a proposal for this school. Dr. Lewis was chairman of the Department of History. He relinquished his chairmanship and was designated Acting Dean of Central University School. Upon the recommendation of President Martin, the Board of Regents approved the establishment of Central University College, effective July 1, 1966 with Dr. Lewis as Dean.
Conflicts concerning Central University emerged during 1965-1966 and continued. They involved differences in philosophy and general education: one emphasizing a broad survey approach and another discipline oriented approach. Arts and Sciences chairmen were concerned theat they had slight control over general education courses in their departments. They opposed general education courses in humanities, natural sciences, and social science which were established in Central University College. They worried about the enrollment in their courses. They also felt that they had lost control of and contact with their students since they were enrolled in Central University College during their freshman and sophomore years. The administrative arrangement of the Dean of Central University College also being the Chairman of the Committee on General Education was another cause of concern.
While efforts were made to resolve the differences between Arts and Sciences and Central University College, the basic conflict was not settled. Essentially it was resolved by merging the two colleges and creating three new colleges.
Although the life of the College of Arts and Science was relatively
short, it had a crucial role in the development of Eastern Kentucky University
and in the strengthening of its faculty and academic programs.
Description:
The Personnel Series consists of eleven boxes of records arranged in
alphabetical order by persons' last names and covers the years 1950 to
1979. The records contain routing personnel matters such as initial
letter from Eastern officials (usually the President) offering employment,
request for travel to professional meetings and leave of absence, resume,
and letter of recognition. Due to privacy laws the records are restricted.
Inventory
Box 1
Aagard, James A. |
1969-1973
1973 1966-1968 1967-1969 1968-1969 1974-1976 1965-1974 1971-1973 1977-1979 1976-1977 1966-1978 1969-1970 1973-1977 1969-1970 1969-1970 1969-1970 1970-1971 1968-1969 1974 1965-1976 1975-1976 |
Bliss, William H. |
1969-1977
1971-1973 1968-1970 1967-1974 1970-1975 1965-1974 1974-1978 1968-1969 1968-1969 1975-1976 1967-1968 1970-1972 1967-1976 1970 1966 1970-1972 1969 1968-1972 1969-1970 1969-1974 1969-1971 1967-1978 |
Chrisman, Hazel |
1966-1979
1969-1970 1972-1967 1972-1977 1968-1969 1976 1968-1971 1968 1969-1974 1968-1971 1978-1979 1969-1974 1972 1971-1976 1972-1973 1966-1968 1971-1974 1974-1979 1970 1971-1972 |
Dipiazza, Joesph A. |
1969
1968-1969 1974-1978 1966-1969 1968-1969 1965-1971 1970-1972 1968-1971 1969-1976 1971-1974 1973-1977 1972 1964-1970 1968-1971 1972-1973 1968-1971 1973-1974 1967-1972 1969-1970 1973 1969-1970 1974-1975 1974-1976 1972-1975 1966-1970 1967-1975 1965-1968 1971-1974 1965-1978 1973-1975 |
Hanson, Michael J. |
1963
1965-1978 1970-1972 1979 1967-1979 1979 1970 1973-1977 1969-1971 1967-1969 1967-1969 1969-1972 1971-1979 1967-1973 1974-1978 1967-1969 1950-1972 1967-1974 |
Hunter, Floyd |
1975-1978
1967-1969 1972-1973 1961-1974 1977-1979 1971-1974 1967-1969 1968-1972 1975-1976 1967-1971 1977-1978 1967-1974 1965-1969 1966-1970 1972 1968-1972 1970 1974-1975 1963-1974 1966-1975 1975-1979 1965-1969 1964-1969 |
Larance, Robert S. |
1968-1972
1970-1972 1963-1977 1970-1972 1978-1979 1975-1977 1969-1972 1970-1973 1962-1977 1974-1975 1968-1969 1969-1970 1970-1971 1969-1970 1977 1971-1972 1971-1974 1966-1969 1971-1975 1968-1975 1966-1970 1977-1979 1973 1977-1978 1973-1975 1969-1973 1963-1975 |
Melody, Patricia |
1967-1970
1972-1973 1969-1971 1976-1977 1977-1978 1966-1977 1966-1969 1971-1974 1968-1969 1969-1972 1968-1969 1967-1974 1967-1970 1969-1974 1976-1977 1972-1973 1973-1974 1965-1973 1971-1973 1970-1974 1976-1977 1968-1969 1968-1971 1968-1969 1969-1970 |
Peterson, Frederick R. |
1967-1978
1967-1969 1965-1978 1974-1978 1966-1970 1976 1966-1970 1970-1975 1978-1979 1975-1976 1969-1970 1970-1972 1966-1970 1969-1974 1964-1969 1969-1971 1971-1975 1965-1970 1968-1969 1966-1969 1966-1970 1967-1971 1967-1969 1968-1969 1968-1970 |
Schwendeman, Joseph R., Jr. |
1966-1970
1972-1973 1970 1966-1974 1966-1969 1967-1972 1969-1970 1978 1966-1969 1966-1970 1970-1973 1974-1975 1967-1969 1976-1977 1978-1979 1972-1978 1958-1975 1966-1972 1967-1971 1972-1974 1968-1970 1978-1979 1968-1970 1967-1969 1966-1979 1968-1970 1974-1978 1969-1971 1967-1970 1978-1979 |
Valasek, Erno |
1968-1969
1969-1973 1971-1977 1969 1965-1970 1970-1974 1969-1974 1967-1972 1977-1979 1967-1972 1973-1974 1971-1979 1967-1970 1971-1974 1972-1974 1966-1969 1976-1977 1969-1974 1961-1972 1969 1969-1976 1966-1978 1968-1971 1966-1969 1970-1973 |
Inventory
Box 12
Advising System |
1977-1978
1971
1978 1978
1970-1973
|
Art |
1965-1979
1966-1967
|
Arts and Services Departments–Southern Association of |
1974 |
Associate Dean |
1974-1976
1976 No Date No Date No Date No Date
|
Black Studies |
1969-1972
1974 1975 1974-1975 1967-1978 1975-1977 1973 1977-1978 1977-1978 1965-1975 1969-1978 1971-1972 1970-1973
|
Budget |
1965-1968
1968-1971 1971-1975 1975-1977 1977-1979 1972-1976 1977-1980 |
Committee on Curriculum |
1965
1966 Nov. 1972-Nov. 1973 Jul.-Sep. 1974 Oct. 1974 Nov.-Dec. 1974 Jan.-Apr. 1975 May-Oct. 1975 Nov.-Dec. 1975 Jan.-Aug. 1976 |
Committee on Curriculum |
Sep. 1976
Oct. 1976 Nov.-Dec. 1976 Jan.-Dec. 1977 Jan.-Apr. 1978 May-Oct. 10, 1978 Oct. 10-30, 1978 |
Committee on Curriculum |
Nov. 1978-1979
1968-1977 1970-1974 1965-1972 1973-1975 |
Committee on General Education |
1977-1979
1967 1962-1979 1962-1979 1963-1972 1972-1973 1973 1975-1976 1975-1976 |
Committee on Special Curricular Matters (A&S) |
1966-1967
1967
|
CCAS |
1971-1972
1973-1974 1975-1979 Aug. 1966-Oct. 1967 Nov. 1967-Feb. 1968 Mar.-Nov. 1968 |
CAA Minutes |
Nov. 1968-Jan. 1969
Feb. 1969-Jun. 1969 Sep.-Nov. 1970 |
CAA |
Nov. 1970-Jul. 1971
Sep.-Nov. 9, 1971 Nov. 16, 1971-Apr. 25, 1972 Jul.-Dec. 1972 Feb.-May 1973 |
CAA |
Jul.-Nov. 1973
Nov. 1973-Jun. 1974 Jul. 1974-Feb. 1975 Apr.-Sep. 1975 |
CAA |
Oct.-Dec. 1975
Jan.-Apr. 1976 Jul.-Nov. 1976 Nov.-Dec. 1976 |
CAA |
Jan.-Jun. 1977
Jul. 1977-Mar. 1978 Apr.-Oct. 10, 1978 Oct. 11, 1978-Nov. 7, 1978 |
CAA |
Nov. 8-28, 1978
Nov. 30 - Dec. 19, 1978 Jan. 1-25, 1979 Jan.-Jun. 1979 Jul.-Dec. 1979 |
Council on Career Development and Placement |
No Date
1962-1963 1964-1965 Mar. 1969-Oct. 25, 1975 Oct. 29, 1975-Jun. 21, 1979 1962-1977 1965-1979 1966-1979 1967 |
Department Academic Practices–Committee (Reports of) |
1969-1979
1968-1979 Nov. 1969-Sep. 1970 Oct. 1970-Oct. 4, 1971 Oct. 8, 1971-Jun. 1972 Jul. 1972-Sep. 1973 |
Department Chairman–Curriculum Committee Meeting |
Oct. 1973-Apr. 1974
1968–1979 1971-1979 Nov. 1964-Aug. 1979 1976-1977 1966-1977 1976 1972-1977 1966-1979 Oct. 16, 1974 and November 6, 1974 1977 1978-1979 1974-1975 1969 |
Faculty Meeting Minutes |
1962-1979
1965-1979 Jan. 1966-Dec. 1968 Feb. 1969-Jun. 1975 1968-1978 1978-1979 |
Faculty Senate |
Mar. 1967-May 1968
Jul. 1968-Apr. 1969 May 1969-Feb. 1970 Mar. 1970-Mar. 1971 |
Faculty Senate |
Apr. 1971-May 1972
Aug. 1972-Oct. 1973 Nov. 1973-Dec. 1974 Jan. 1975-Mar. 1976 |
Faculty Senate |
Apr. 1976-Apr. 1977
May 1977-Apr. 1978 May 1978-Feb. 1979 Mar. 1979-May 1979 |
Faculty, Adjunct |
1972-1978
1961-1978 1974 1970-1979 1978-1979 1966-1969 1975-1979 Mar. 1966-Jun. 1975 May 1976-Feb. 1979 1970 |
Foreign Language |
1967-1979
1969-1979 1975 1973-1979 1968-1979 1966-1979 1965-1967 1967-1979 |
Geographical Studies and Research Center |
1965-1979
1965-1979 Oct. 1968-Nov. 1976 1970-1971 No Date Jan. 1966-Dec. 1976 Oct. 1961-Dec. 1966 |
Graduate Council |
Jan. 1967-Jul. 1968
Oct. 1968-Dec. 1973 Jan. 1974-Jun. 1975 Jul. 1975-Apr. 1976 Sep. 1976-Mar. 1977 |
Graduate Council |
Apr. 1977-Jul. 1978
Sep.-Oct. 1978 Dec. 1978-Jun. 1979 Oct. 1969-Nov. 1977 February 24, 1975-March 4, 1975 February 1973 January 1975 November 11, 1974-September 26, 1975 |
Graduate Program: His |
Oct. 1966
Aug.-Sep. 1977 Oct. 1966-Dec. 1977 Oct.-Dec. 1974 Jun. 1968-May 1977 Nov. 1966-Nov. 1974 Nov. 1973-Jun. 1974 Jun. 1966-Jul. 1970 July 7, 1975 Dec. 1966-Feb. 1979 Oct. 1968-Jan. 1978 May 1979-Sep. 1979 Feb. 1968-Dec. 1969 Jan. 1973-Dec. 1974 Nov. 1975-Jan. 1977 |
Kentucky Bicentennial Publications Conference |
April 14, 1972-September 15, 1973
April 24, 1967-September 26, 1967
December 5, 1968-May 21, 1970 January 17, 1968-October 14, 1968
|
| Lecturer
Legal Assistance Programs Legal Assistance Programs Legislative Intern Program Library EKU Louisville Ballet Majors C/A&S Martin, Robert R. Correspondence Mass Communication Mass Communication |
Apr. 1968-May 1968
Oct. 1974-Nov. 1978 Feb.-Jul. 1979 Jan. 1968-Jan. 1976 Aug. 1964-Nov. 1976 August 1, 1979 Fall 1967-Spring 1979 Jan. 1963-Jul. 1966 Nov. 1970-Oct. 1976 Feb. 1977-Jun. 1978 |
Mathematics |
Jul. 1967-Apr. 1979
Oct. 1970-Jan. 1976 Sep. 1973-Dec. 1979 Nov. 1972-Feb. 1979 Dec. 1974-Apr. 1976 Aug. 1971-Mar. 1979 Mar. 1968-Mar. 1971 Feb. 1966-Jan. 1978 |
Music |
Oct. 1965-Oct. 1972
Jan. 1973-Apr. 1979 Oct. 1974-Aug. 1978 Sep. 1968-Sep. 1978 Oct. 1978-Aug. 1979 |
National Consortium for Black Professional Development |
November 10, 1975-February 4, 1976
March 19, 1964-June 16, 1964
September 9, 1975-October 16, 1978 |
NSF: Cooperative College School Science Program |
February 13, 1967-June 13, 1975
January 22, 1970-October 3, 1972 March 15, 1974-April 2, 1974
September 8, 1976-April 28, 1977
|
Planning Council |
Apr. 1977-Sep. 1979
Dec. 1963-Aug. 1979 1976 Sep. 1976-Nov. 1976 Oct. 1966-Mar. 1979 Mar. 1972-Oct. 1978 Apr. 1975-Oct. 1977 Mar. 1966-Feb. 1978 |
Psychology |
Mar. 1969-Nov. 1975
Jan.-Feb. 1973 1960-1976 1960-1976 May 1966-Apr. 1978 Dec. 1972-Jan. 1973 October 3, 1973 Sep. 1-11, 1972 Jun. 1971-Aug. 1977 Sep. 1978-Jul. 1979 1970-1979 November 3, 1977 Jun. 1969-Oct. 1977 Jul. 1971-Mar. 1972 Oct. 1967-Dec. 1970 Jan. 1967-Nov. 1974 Jan. 1968-Nov. 1969 |
Social Work |
Sep. 1965-Dec. 1971
Feb. 1972-Mar. 1975 Jan. 1976-Aug. 1977 Sep. 1977-Apr. 1978 Jul. 1978-Jun. 1979 1965 1966-1978 Jun. 1973-Oct. 1974 |
Speech and Theater Arts |
Mar. 1965-Apr. 1979
May 1967-Jul. 1978 Jun. 1977-Sep. 1978 Apr. 1974-Jun. 1978
|
The University Press of Kentucky |
Mar. 1967-Jul. 1969
Sep. 1969-Sep. 1971 Oct. 1971-Sep. 1973 Jan. 1974-Oct. 1976 |
The University Press of Kentucky |
Feb. 1977-Nov. 1979
Sep. 1966-Jul. 1968 Jun. 1970-Aug. 1976 Apr. 1970-Dec. 1978 Oct. 1976-Oct. 1977 June 6, 1969
Jun. 1967-Jan. 1969 |
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