Boards, Councils, and Committees, 1928+ | Northern Illinois University

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Collection Overview

Title: Boards, Councils, and Committees, 1928+

Predominant Dates:1955-2013

ID: RHC/UA/17/

Extent: 65.5 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 00/00/1965

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Boards Councils and Committees Records consist of files generated by university wide groups and include everything from an ad hoc task force report to long runs of minutes from committees central to the university's academic mission. This Record Group (UA17) is broken into four series. The first holds records from a broad array of committees, most of which no longer exist. There are records here, however, from a number of committees still active and important, some of which relate to the University Council.

The University Council's Executive Secretary's subject files are found in series two, Faculty Senate records in series three, and records from Presidential Commissions are in series four.

Administrative Information

Repository: Northern Illinois University

Access Restrictions: There are no restrictions on access to the collection, except where specifically mentioned in the inventory.

Use Restrictions: Literary rights are dedicated to the public.

Acquisition Method: The University Archives acquired the records of university boards, councils, and committees beginning in the mid-1960's and continues to add documents on a regular basis.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series I.: Committees],
[Series II.: University Council; Executive Secretary Subject Files],
[Series III.: Faculty Senate],
[Series IV.: Presidential Commissions],
[All]

Series IV.: Presidential Commissions

Sub-Series A.: Status of Minorities

Box 126

Folder 1: By-Laws, 1982, 1993
Folder 2: Transcription of Open Forum, November 30, 1982
Folder 3: Deacon Davis Award; Friendships Abloom Luncheon; Flyers and Related Announcements, 2000-2008
Folder 4-5: Correspondence, 1994-
Folder 6: Recommendations from Presidential Commission on Status of Minorities Regarding the NIU Strategic Plan Initiative, circa October 2007
Folder 7: Dialogue on Diversity, Race, and Conflict, circa January 2008
Folder 8: Web Site Information, 2003, 2008
Folder 9: Northern Today, Information Postings Re: PCSM, 2004-2008
Folder 10: Research Information, May 23, 2002
Folder 11-13: Meeting Minutes and Agendas, October 1984-

Sub-Series B.: Persons with Disabilities

Box 127

Folder 1: Bylaws, 1989, 2009
Folder 2: Correspondence, etc., 1989-1990, 2000-2003
Folder 3: Assistive Technology Conference Planning, December 2001-May 2002
Folder 4: Minutes, 1990, 1995-1997

Sub-Series C.: Sexual Orientation

Box 128

Folder 1-3: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Drafts of Report with Corrections, March 1993
Folder 4: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Draft of Report with Corrections, April 1993
Folder 5: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Draft of Report with Corrections, May 1993
Folder 6: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Draft of Report with Corrections, June 1993
Folder 7: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Draft of Report with Appendices, July 1993
Folder 8: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Final Report, September 1993
Folder 9: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Partial Drafts, Committee Reports, Suggestions, 1992-1993

Box 129

Folder 1: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Meeting Minutes, 1992-1993
Folder 2: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Memos and Correspondence, 1992-1993
Folder 3: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Membership Lists, January 1992-May 1993
Folder 4: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Material Related to Data Gathering, 1992
Folder 5: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Preliminary Parts Used in Writing Report, 1992-1993
Folder 6: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Survey Comment Sheet Transcription, 1993
Folder 7: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Dependent Partner Benefits, Examples From Other Institutions, 1991-1993
Folder 8-10: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Documents from Other Institutions, Articles and Handouts, 1989-1993, no date

Box 130

Folder 1: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Survey of Faculty/Staff and Students, Fall 1992: Transcription of Written Comments -- Paper Copy in Folder 2: Access Restriction: Box 130 is sealed until the year 2072 due to the sensitive nature of the records.
Folder 2: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Survey of Faculty/Staff and Students, Fall 1992: Survey Comment Sheet Transcription, Not Edited: Access Restriction: Box 130 is sealed until the year 2072 due to the sensitive nature of the records.
Folder 3-4: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Survey of Faculty/Staff and Students, Fall 1992: Survey Comment Sheet Transcription, Heterosexual Respondents: Access Restriction: Box 130 is sealed until the year 2072 due to the sensitive nature of the records.
Folder 5: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Survey of Faculty/Staff and Students, Fall 1992: Survey Comment Sheet Transcription, Sexual Orientation Not Listed: Access Restriction: Box 130 is sealed until the year 2072 due to the sensitive nature of the records.
Folder 6: President's Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: Survey of Faculty/Staff and Students, Fall 1992: Survey Comment Sheet Transcription, Homosexual/Bisexual/Unsure: Access Restriction: Box 130 is sealed until the year 2072 due to the sensitive nature of the records.

Box 131

Folder 1: Presidential Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, History and Information, 2002-2010, no date
Folder 2: Presidential Committee/Commission on Sexual Orientation, Correspondence, 1998-2002
Folder 3: Presidential Committee on Sexual Orientation: Recommendation ....Regarding the Expansion of Benefits to Employees in Domestic Partnerships, April 17, 2000
Folder 4: Presidential Committee/Commission on Sexual Orientation, Events, 1998-2009
Folder 5-6: PCSO Minutes, 1998-

Sub-Series D.: Status of Women

Box 150

Folder 1: History 1981-1994, revised 1999
Folder 2: Brochures, 1993-2000
Folder 3: Publicity/Articles, 1984-1990
Folder 4: By-Laws, Guidelines, and Amendments, 1981-2001
Folder 5: Goals and Committee Structure, 1998
Folder 6: Homepage, 1999
Folder 7-8: About Women 1985-1990, and Correspondence, 1991
Folder 9: Restructuring Committee, June-November 1988
Folder 10: Procedures for Requesting Inquiry or Discussion of an Issue, 1990, 1996
Folder 11: Annual Reports, 1981-2000
Folder 12: Sumcommittee Reports, 1996-1997, 2007-2008
Folder 13: Membership Lists, 1980-2009
Folder 14: Reunion of Past Commission Members, March 26, 1995
Folder 15-16: Transcription of Public Hearings, October 6, 1981
Folder 17: Illinois Commission on the Status of Women, 1977-1982
Folder 18: Illinois Commission on the Status of Women, Re-entry Women Survey Report, April 1993
Folder 19: Governor's Commission on the Status of Women in Illinois: Roundtable, June 22, 1998
Folder 20: Governor's Commission on the Status of Women in Illinois: Annual Reports, 1998-1999
Folder 21: Governor's Commission on the Status of Women in Illinois: Illinois Gender Violence Act, HB 4407, 2000
Folder 22: Governor's Commission on the Status of Women in Illinois: Report, 2001

Box 151

Folder 1-10: Minutes, April 23, 1981-1995

Box 152

Folder 1-9: Minutes, 1996-September 2008

Box 153

Folder 1-10: Correspondence, 1981-1995

Box 154

Folder 1-8: Correspondence, 1996-2008, 2013

Box 155

Folder 1: Forum - Women's Issues, October 6-7, 1981
Folder 2: Undergraduate Sexism Report, and Related Documents, 1983-1985
Folder 3: Graduate Student Sexism Questionnaire, Report, and Related Documents, 1984-1989
Folder 4: Operating Staff Sexism Surveys, 1983-1985
Folder 5: Operating Staff Sexism Survey, Comments, and Data Analysis; Report, 1986; 1988
Folder 6: Tenure Track Women, Gender-Related Problems Survey, Data, and Correspondence, 1984-1989, 2002
Folder 7: Student Affairs Survey on Racist/Sexist comments, February 1989
Folder 8: Women Students' Forum; Summary Report, September 27-28, 1989; 1989
Folder 9: NIU Comparable Worth Civil Service Report; Correspondencem and Articles, 1982; 1983-1988
Folder 10: Salary Equity [Inequality], Reports and Correspondence, 1987-1991
Folder 11: Faculty Salary Equity Task Force, (2002-2007)
Folder 12: Gender Balance and Related Issues, Reports, Correspondence, Statistics, and Articles, 1980-2002
Folder 13: Discrimination on Campus, Articles that Brought the Issue to Focus, 1987-1989
Folder 14: An Institutional Action Plan to Address Campus Discrimination, 1987, Updated, 1988
Folder 15: Affirmative Action Incentive Plan, 1988
Folder 16: ACE/NIP-American Council on Education/National Identification Program for the Advancement of Women in Higher Education Administration, 1986-1987

Box 156

Folder 1: New Agenda for Women for Higher Education, ACE Commission Report 1987, and Correspondence, 1988
Folder 2: New Agenda of Women for Higher Education, Response Materials, 1988-1989
Folder 3: Women's Forum; Report - Campus Climate Subcommittee, March 6-7, 1989, November 1989
Folder 4: New Agenda of Women for Higher Education, Recommended Reading Resources, 1989
Folder 5: New Agenda of Women for Higher Education, Presidential Com- mission on the Status of Women Report, and Correspondence, 1989-1991
Folder 6: The New Agenda for Women Revisited, Article, Fall 1992
Folder 7: ACE-Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Faculty Career Flexibility, 2007
Folder 8: Chilly Climate for Women Administrators; Articles, 1988; 1982-1986
Folder 9: Campus Climate for Women at NIU Survey, November 1996
Folder 10: A.C.T. Videotape Project - Discrimination and Women on Campus, Correspondence, 1990-1991
Folder 11: Incentive Program for the Recruitment and Retention of Minority Faculty, 1993
Folder 12: ACE Report - Gender Equity in Higher Education, 2006
Folder 13: Report and Recommendations Regarding Sexual Assault on the NIU Campus [1997], and Policy [2011]
Folder 14: Draft Policy Statement and article on Domestic Violence and Stalking, 2002
Folder 15: Sexual Harassment, 2006
Folder 16: Title IX Self-Evaluation; Related Articles, 1988; 1983, 1987
Folder 17: Athletics Review, Spring 1987
Folder 18: Silverettes [NIU], 1988-1992
Folder 19: Secretaial Task Force Survey Results, 1998
Folder 20: Secretarial Advisory Council Survey and Correspondence, 2004, 2006
Folder 21: Retreat for Presidential Commission on the Status of Women, May 25, 1994
Folder 22: Presidential Commission on the Status of Women 10 Year Review on 1989 Status of Women Report, February 2000
Folder 23: Report on the Status of Women at NIU, Winter 2007
Folder 24: Women's Lives, Women's Voices, Women's Solutions..., National Teleconference for Women in Higher Education, March 27-29, 2000

Box 157

Folder 1: Affirmative Action and Diversity Resources Program, February 2001
Folder 2: Gender Gap in Salaries Study Proposal, circa 2003
Folder 3: Exit Survey, 2000
Folder 4: Ombudsman Reports for Issues Presented by Women, 2002-2003, 2006-2007
Folder 5: NIU Women Administrators, circa 2005
Folder 6: Morale of Women on Campus Survey and Correspondence, 2006
Folder 7: 25 Amazing NIU Women, Booklets, and DVD's of Speakers, April 27, 2006
Folder 8: 25 Amazing NIU Women Award, Brochures, Correspondence and Documentation, 2005-2006
Folder 9: Student Leaders Series, Fall 1984-Spring 1985
Folder 10-11: Networking Luncheons; includes DVD of "Women at NIU: Looking Back Over Three Decades,", April 2000-2008; March 24, 2006
Folder 12: Family and Maternity Leave Policies, 1988-1991, 2002
Folder 13: Lactation Policy, 2000, no date
Folder 14: Child Care Surveys, Results and Correspondence, 1989-1992
Folder 15: Eating Disorders Subcommittee Report, and Related Documents, 1989, 1988-1989
Folder 16: Pathways to Excellence: The Effective Utilization of Womenpower in Universities, presentation by Doctor Uma Sekaran, March 27, 1990
Folder 17: New Faculty and Staff Reception; New Faculty and Staff Networking Event, October 3, 1991, September 23, 2005
Folder 18: Leadership Skills Workshops - Flyers, Handouts and Evaluations, April 1992
Folder 19: Sri Lanka-GROW, 2003-2004
Folder 20: Committee Structure Task Force, 1994-1995
Folder 21: Anderson Hall - Health Issues, 1986-1988
Folder 22: Mentoring Information, 1993,1994

Box 158

Folder 1: PCSW Programs, 1995, 2007
Folder 2-3: Empowering Women Conference, NIU, November 19, 1992
Folder 4-7: Empowering Women Conference II, November 18-19, 1993
Folder 8-11: Empowering Women Conference III, November 9-10, 1995
Folder 12-14: Empowering Women Conference IV, October 28, 1997

Box 159

Folder 1-2: Empowering Women Conference V, October 21, 1999
Item 1: Empowering Women Conference Banner [rolled], no date

Box 160

Folder 1: NIU Student Leadership Award, [First Year], 1980
Folder 2: NIU Student Leadership Award, 1981-1985
Folder 3-11: Outstanding Student Award, 1986-1994
Folder 12: Outstanding Student Award images (2 negative strips), circa 1980s-1990s

Box 161

Folder 1-7: Outstanding Student Award, 1995-2001

Box 162

Folder 1-7: Outstanding Student Award, 2002-2008
Folder 8: Survey of Outstanding Student Award Recipients, 1980-1993, 1995
Folder 9: Outstanding Student Award Winner's Data, 1980-2003
Folder 10: Outstanding Student Award Statistics, 1980-2004
Folder 11: Award Recognition Proposals and Categories, 2005-2007, 2010

Box 163

Folder 1: Wilma Stricklin and Stricklin Award (4 photos), no date
Folder 2-12: Wilma Stricklin Award, 1996-2005, 2007-2008
Folder 13-14: Outstanding Mentor Award, 2007-2008
Folder 15: Spring Awards Flyer, 2008
Folder 16-19: Presidential Commission on the Status of Women Journalism Award, 1997-2000
Folder 20-25: Martha Cooper Journalism Award, 2001-2005, 2007-2008
Folder 26: Women Who Make a Difference Award, 2008
Folder 27: International Women's Luncheon and PCSW Meeting Images, DVD,, March 9, 2005
Folder 28: Fall Welcome Logo, Invitation DVD, September 23, 2005

Browse by Series:

[Series I.: Committees],
[Series II.: University Council; Executive Secretary Subject Files],
[Series III.: Faculty Senate],
[Series IV.: Presidential Commissions],
[All]