Xavier University Department of History and Political Science records
Scope and Content
This small collection gives various documents generated by the Xavier University Department of History and Political Science. Some materials that precede the formation of this department are also included.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-1977
Restrictions on Access
Some materials may have restricted access. Please contact the archives staff.
History of Xavier University Department of History and Political Science
The Department of History and Political Science existed from 1948 until September, 1977. At that time the department was split into the Department of History and the Department of Political Science and Sociology. Prior to 1977, Sociology was the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. In the Fall of 2012 the Department of Political Science and Sociology became two separate departments: the Department of Political Science and the Department of Sociology.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This is a small collection of documents that reflect some of the activities of the Xavier University History and Political Science Department. Some materials which precede the formation of this department in 1948 are included also.
Statement of Arrangement
Materials are arranged into series:
- Departmental Minutes
- Departmental Correspondence and Reports
- Course Syllabi and Descriptions
- Other Assorted Items
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.
- Title
- Xavier University Department of History and Political Science records
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Thomas Kennealy, S.J.
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Special Collections, Xavier University Library Repository