Xavier University inactive committees records

Collection

Identifier: XUA-36

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This is a collection of inactive Xavier University committee records. The collection includes records for both ad hoc and standing committees. A number of topics are represented in the assembled documents which are arranged alphabetically by committee name.

Dates

Creation: 1937-2006

Creator

Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) (Organization)

History of Xavier University inactive committee records

This is a collection of records from various lesser known discontinued committees at Xavier University. Holdings for individual committees may be limited and fragmented.

Extent

1.25 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This is a collection of committee records of various inactive Xavier University committees. Holdings for individual committees may be fragmented.

Statement of Arrangement

Records are arranged alphabetically by committee name.

Processing Information

This collection was reprocessed into its current arrangement and description as part of a major University Archives reprocessing project that began in 2012-2013. This reprocessing project was largely an effort to disband a record group system, developed in the late 1970s, used to arrange university records. The record group scheme had been established by the first University Archivist, Lee Bennish, SJ, and chiefly organized materials by originating office and organizational structure. After Bennish’s tenure, oversight of the archives changed several times and resulted in a lack of adherence to the record group scheme for new acquisitions. The 2012-2013 processing project also sought to incorporate records for which little acquisition or contextual information existed. The project staff primarily reorganized records into subject-based collections. Occasionally subjects coincided with offices of origin (e.g. Subject, Presidents; Office, Office of the President; Collection, Xavier University President’s Office). This subject-based arrangement makes it difficult to identify or describe the collections by office of origin but administrative project records do indicate transfers and connections between original record groups and 2012-2013 collections. During the project, records were rehoused in archival folders and boxes, and new finding aids were created using the OhioLINK Finding Aid Creation Tool.

As of 2017, University Archives no longer employs the 2012-2013 system of arranging collections by subject.