Guide to the Records of the Vice President and Deputy Chancellor and Senior Vice President, Debra James
1980-2000

New York University Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

Phone: (212) 998-2641
Fax: (212) 995-4225
E-mail: university.archives@library.nyu.edu

© 2006 New York University Archives. All rights reserved.
New York University Libraries, Publisher
Processed by New York University Archives staff.
Machine-readable finding aid derived from a printed inventory. Dated: 2006. Machine-readable finding aid created by Brian Stevens. Description is in English.

Descriptive Summary

Creator: James, Debra, 1953-2000
Title: Records of the Vice President and Deputy Chancellor and Senior Vice President, Debra James
Dates: 1980-2000
Abstract: This collection contains the administrative records of Debra James in her capacity as Vice President and Deputy Chancellor, and Senior Vice President.
Quantity: 26 linear feet (26 boxes)
Call Phrase: RG 6.1/RG 6.4.2
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Historical/Biographical Note

A native of Bayonne, New Jersey, Debra James earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees at NYU and took her first job as an administrative assistant to then-Chancellor Sidney Borowitz. Over the years she succeeded to positions of increasing responsibility, serving as Director of Admissions, Assistant Chancellor, Associate Chancellor, and a Vice President, always working closely with deans of the schools and with University chancellors and presidents.

In 1998 she was appointed one of the University’s three senior vice presidents. In this role, James fulfilled major responsibilities across a broad range of University activities and programs. However, she was principally distinguished by a personal approach to her duties that made her an admired figure among students, faculty, staff, and University friends and neighbors. In all her undertakings, she sought to connect members of the NYU family and foster a spirit of community throughout the University.

The areas under her leadership included the Office of Student Affairs, the Office of Commencement and Special Events, the Faculty Resource Network, the President’s C-Team, and the Office of Community Service. She also had vital roles in the establishment and growth of NYU’s America Reads program, the Africana Studies Program, and the Asian Pacific American Studies Program. She also had significant involvement in the development of the University’s study abroad programs and in the La Pietra site in particular, where she cultivated strong and cordial personal ties between NYU and the Florentine community. She also oversaw the development of the University’s new faculty and staff dining venue, The Torch Club.

James died in 2000.

Sources:

James, Debra, Biographical File, New York University Archives.

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Scope and Content Note

This collection contains the administrative records of Debra James in her capacity as Vice President and Deputy Chancellor and Senior Vice President.

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Arrangement

Folders are arranged topically.
The files are grouped into 1 series:
I. Topical Files
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Related Material at the New York University Archives

L. Jay Oliva Records

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Documents are restricted for twenty years from date of creation.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
New York University Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-2641
Fax: (212) 995-4225
E-mail: university.archives@library.nyu.edu

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Access Points

Subject Names:
James, Debra, 1953-2000
Subject Organizations:
New York University. Administration.
New York University. Office of the Chancellor.
New York University. Office of the Senior Vice President.
Subject Topics:
Universities and colleges -- Administration.
Document Types:
Correspondence.
Memoranda.
Reports.
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Administrative Information

Provenance

This collection was transferred to the University Archives in multiple accessions from 1998-2000 from the Vice President and Deputy Chancellor and Senior Vice President's office.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); The Records of the Vice President and Deputy Chancellor and Senior Vice President, Debra James; RG 6.1/RG 6.4.2; box number; folder number;
New York University Archives

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Container List

[The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.]

 

Series I: Topical Files
Box Folder Title Date
1 1 Search Firm Info undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 042266547

  
1 2 FAS Search undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 3 Wagner Interview Sch. undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 4 Jodie Allen undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 5 Mary Jo Bane undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 6 Benjamin R. Barber undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 7 Davis Bobrow undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 8 Jo Ivey Bouford undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 9 Untitled undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 10 Dean's Review Libraries 1993
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 11 FAS Annual Planning Report 1993-1994
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 12 Wagner Dean Search Robert Berne undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 13 Wagner Dean Search 1993
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 14 Wagner School Dean Search 1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 15 Search Firm Info undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 16 Law Deans Review Debra James 1992
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 17 Trustees Pres undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 18 Special Planning Trustees 1996-1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 19 Trustees Pres 1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 20 Board of Trustees Meeting 1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 21 Board of Trustees Meeting Financial Affairs Committee 1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 22 Board of Trustees Meeting 1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 23 Board of Trustees Correspondence 1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 24 Board of Trustees Correspondence 1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 25 Board of Trustees Correspondence 1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 26 Board of Trustees Meeting 1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 27 Searches undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
1 28 Stern Dean's Review Debra James undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226654 7

  
Box Folder Title Date
2 1 Correspondence undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 2 Confidential Background Info undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 3 Patricia S. Schroeder undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 4 Norman Steisel undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 5 Catherine Stimpson undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 6 Vietnamese President undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 7 Richard Celeste undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 8 Dall W. Forsethe undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 9 William W. Ginsburg undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 10 Margaret A. Hamberg undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 11 Signature- Approval C-Team undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 12 VP Meetings 1991-1992
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 13 VP Meetings 1992-1993
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 14 VP Meetings 1990-1991
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 15 Untitled undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 16 Thrift Shop--Debra James undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
2 17 Community Service--Debra James undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226655 4

  
Box Folder Title Date
3 1 National Service--Debra James undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 2 Language Arts undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 3 Untitled undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 4 General NYU Information 1995-1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 5 Untitled undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 6 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1995-1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 7 November 9th Senate Meeting Debra James undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 8 Dr. Mona Michail undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 9 Washington Square Speakers undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 10 Barbara Hendra undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 11 Resumes undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 12 Untitled undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 13 Russian Tea Room Lectures undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 14 Rectors 2 undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 15 Personal undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 16 Ireland House Dedication undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 17 Letter to the University Community undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 18 Themes undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 19 Ernst & Young undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 20 Domestic Partner Benefits undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 21 C-Team 1993-1994
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 22 Call Log Records undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 23 DJ Themes General undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 24 Barbara Sporn undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 25 Paris/Athens Trip undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 26 Untitled undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 27 Childcare Taskforce undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 28 Financial Aid undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 29 Rector's Conference--University Response to Criticism 1994-1995
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 30 Correspondence--Elizabeth undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
3 31 Correspondence 1994-1995
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226656 2

  
Box Folder Title Date
4 1 Housing Taskforce 1995
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 2 Housing Taskforce 1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 3 Carnegie Hall undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 4 Cantor Film Center undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 5 Cantor Film Center undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 6 Cantor Film Center Dedication 1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 7 Cantor Film Center Dedication 1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 8 S. Baruch undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 9 Check Presentation undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 10 L. Berlowitz Budgets undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 11 Leslie Berlowitz 1995-1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 12 Leslie--Transition undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 13 Atlanta Trip undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 14 Ancient Studies Dinner undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 15 Ancient Studies undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 16 Albany Day undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 17 Action Grants undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 18 Action Grants Review undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 19 Greeting Cards--Christmas undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 20 Action Grants--Review undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 21 Faculty Council Executive Committee 1995
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
4 22 Faculty Council Executive Committee 1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226657 0

  
Box Folder Title Date
5 1 Dean's Meetings (binder) 1990-1991
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226338 7

  
5 2 Dean's Meetings (binder) 1991-1992
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226338 7

  
5 3 The Inauguration of L. Jay Oliva (binder contains 4-17) 1991
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226338 7

  
5 4 Dean's Meetings (binder) 1992-1993
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226338 7

  
5 5 Untitled Binder (study group) 1990
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226338 7

  
Box Folder Title Date
6 1 Vice Presidents' Meetings 1994-1995
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226339 5

  
6 2 Dean's Meetings Academic Year 1993-1994
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226339 5

  
6 3 Dean's Meetings Academic year 1994-1995
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226339 5

  
6 4 F.S. Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf & Oscar Wilde undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226339 5

  
Box Folder Title Date
7 1 Citibank Stint 2000
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 2 Citibank Stint 1999
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 3 Citibank Stint 1998
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 4 Citibank Stint 1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 5 Citibank Stint 1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 6 Check Stubs 1996-1999
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 7 Citibank Deposit Slips undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 8 Various Check Requests 1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 9 Various Check Requests 1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 10 Various Check Requests 1998
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 11 Various Check Requests 1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 12 Various Check Requests 1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 13 Various Check Requests 1998
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 14 Various Check Requests 1999
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 15 Four Way undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 16 Garden State undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 17 Korean Convocation 1995
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 18 Yeronisos Island undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 19 Metro Call--Check Requests undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 20 Metro Call--Statements undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 21 Bernard Hodes Advertising Inc. undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 22 Lloyd Burlingame undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 23 Ancient Studies undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 24 David Brontheim Memorial Sevrice undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 25 Ballroom Chair undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 26 Unveiling of Brademas Portrait 1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 27 Oct 1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 28 Nov 1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 29 Dec 1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 30 Barbara Egypt--CVs for Associate undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 31 Carol Ann Banks undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 32 Dental Search undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 33 Debra James Hughes undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 34 Wood Furniture undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 35 Year End Summary 1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 36 Year End Summary 1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 37 Chatfield, Dean undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 38 Peter Chill undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 39 FAS 1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 40 FAS Minutes undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 41 FAS Staffing and Planning 1996-1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 42 FAS 1995
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
7 43 Four Way 1996
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226350 2

  
Box Folder Title Date
8 1 Kriser Dinner Proposal 1997
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226340 3

  
8 2 AMC 1997