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Oklahoma State University Department of English Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-038

Scope and Contents

Collection contains course syllabi, memos, announcements, course manuals, graduate exams, departmental records, newsletters and faculty papers from the Oklahoma State University Department of English. Faculty records and Biographies can be found in 2005-022.

Dates

  • 1925 - 2008

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the Oklahoma Open Records Act (http://www.odl.state.ok.us/lawinfo/docs/2006-LibraryLaws-PartE.pdf), and other relevant regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Oklahoma State University Libraries assumes no responsibility.

Conditions Governing Use

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, Oklahoma State University Archives will provide information about copyright owners and related information. Securing permission to publish or use material is the responsibility of the researcher. Note that unless specifically transferred to Oklahoma State University Libraries, any applicable copyrights may be held by another individual or entity. Copyright for material published by Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College/Oklahoma State University is held by the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges. All rights reserved.

Further information about copyright policy can be obtained by contacting Oklahoma State University Archives by email at libscua@okstate.edu or by phone at 405-744-6311.

Finding aid © 2017 Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges. All rights reserved.

Administrative History

The English department at Oklahoma State University has gone through various stages of development from its early years. From its humble beginnings in a single room in the early 1890s, it has grown to include a number of specialized disciplines. The M.A. degree was established in 1926 and the Ph.D. in 1970.

In 1953, Dean Scroggs combined English, foreign language, and speech into a Department of Language Arts within the School of Language and Literature. In 1973, Gordon Weaver, the department head, and Jack Campbell, the coordinator of freshman composition, set up a writing laboratory to offer tutorial help to students in the composition courses. In 1984, the department grew from twenty-four to twenty-nine, then gradually shrank to twenty-five faculty members by the centennial year.

Extent

0.82 Linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Arranged into four series.

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog or contact the Oklahoma State University Archives Reference staff.

Related Archival Materials

A.C. Scott (1955-001); J.C. Neal (1960-008); Linguistic Atlas of Oklahoma (1986-026); Harry Edgar Thompson (1992-029); U.S. Military History - Oral History (1996-058) Midland Review (1997-167); Cimarron Review (1997-084); Papyrus (2003-017); Soliloquy (1994-052)

Processing Information

Processed by Leonard Gaines, March 1997

Updated by Scott Jackson, April 2009; Sally Miller-Downing, July 2013

Subjects

Related Names

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Oklahoma State University Department of English Records Collection Number 1997-038
Status
Completed
Author
Leonard Gaines
Date
March 1997
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Oklahoma State University Archives Repository

http://info.library.okstate.edu/scua/home
Contact:
204 Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater 74078-1071 USA

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