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Xavier University President's Annual Reports

 Collection
Identifier: XUA-102

Scope and Contents

The collection includes printed annual reports from the Office of the President, Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) from 1973 to 2012 and 2020. There are no annual reports from 1983-1986, 1992, or 2013-2019. It is unknown whether any reports were published for the years 1983-1986 and 1992. No reports were published from 2013-2019. The reports cover a fiscal year, July 1-June 30. They contain high-level summaries of student enrollment, financial information, building projects, academic program changes, faculty works, campus events, alumni news, and other highlights. The reports often include an opening statement from the president. Drafts and correspondence about reports are found in the collection from 1973-1975 and 1982. In addition to their administrative function, the reports serve as promotional materials. A copy of the 2004 report is framed as a collage. Reports from 2009-2011 were published as an issue of Xavier Magazine and the 2011-2012 annual report was published as a calendar. The reports ceased in 2013 and were reestablished for public distribution in 2020.

Dates

  • Creation: 1973-2012, 2020

Creator

Biographical / Historical

The Office of the President administers the ongoing operations of the University and oversees the accomplishment of its vision, mission, and goals. The president is responsible to the Board of Trustees. The president represents the University in its relationships with the community and related institutions, alumni, news media, and the public. The president periodically reports to the Board of Trustees on the state of the University and proposes action items requiring Board approval. Since 1840, members of the Society of Jesus have served as the university presidents.

Extent

1.3 Cubic Feet (2 manuscript boxes and 1 framed collage (20" x 24"))

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Collection includes printed annual reports from the President of Xavier University dating from 1973-2012, 2020.

Arrangement

Arranged into one series organized chronologically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio). Office of the President, XUA-2018-023 and XUA-2017-026. Other reports collected by archives staff over time.

Related Materials

From the 1940s-1960s, the president gave an annual report in the form of a speech during the commencement ceremonies at the end of each academic year. Some of those reports can be found in XUA-50, Xavier University President's Office Records, University Archives and Special Collections, Xavier University Library, Cincinnati, Ohio. Other reports (1948, 1952, 1953, 1958, and 1958) are in unprocessed commencement records, formerly identified as Box 91, RG 03/D-2 (2 and 3).

Processing Information

It appears that correspondence about reports along with drafts found in the collection from 1973-1975 and 1982 were originally part of the Xavier University President’s Office Records but were separated and moved into the President’s Annual Reports during a 2012-2013 reprocessing project by archives staff. 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 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
Guide to the Xavier University President's Annual Reports
Author
Finding aid created by Anne Ryckbost
Date
2018 October
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

Contact:
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Cincinnati Ohio 45207 US
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