Guide to the Records of the Dean of Women, Washington Square College, Dorothy McSparran Arnold 1924-1962 RG 19.3

The Arnold Papers are the administrative files of Dorothy McSparran Arnold who served as the Advisor to Women's Office (1924-28), Assistant Dean of Washington Square College (1928-48), and Dean of Women (1948-61). Arnold was the administrator responsible for women's interests at Washington Square College for forty-three years. The collection includes her administrative files with minutes, correspondence, memoranda, printed material, news clippings that describe, and photographs that illustrate her activities on behalf of women students.

Guide to the Office of Vice President for University Relations Records 1957-1962 RG 7.2.1

The Office of the Vice President for University Relations was created in 1957 in response to the New York University Self-Study which recognized a need for coordination between the university and the community which it served. The Public Relations Department which oversaw the Office of Publication and Printing and Information Services was administratively transferred to the Vice President for University Relations when the new office was established. Arthur L. Brandon held the Office of Vice President for University Relations from 1957 through December 31, 1963. Arthur Leon Brandon had been Director of University Relations, a member of the public relations commission of the Association of American Colleges, and president of the American College Public Relations Association (ACPRA) from 1944 to 1946. The Office of the Vice President for University Relations was dissolved in 1965. These records include: correspondence, memoranda, press releases, reports, and minutes generated by the Office during Brandon's tenure.

Guide to the Office of the Chancellor and Executive Vice President 1952-1966 RG 6.0

The Chancellor/Executive Vice President (C/EVP) serves as the academic alter-ego of the President. As chief of University Operations, the C/EVP supervises schools and divisions, student housing, special programs, relations with the State and Federal Departments of Education, and training programs like the now defunct ROTC. He or she is in charge of most "internal organizational problems," while also attending to related educational activities outside the immediate needs of the University, such as educational television and various research projects. The records consist of correspondence, circular memoranda, minutes, reports, meeting notes, policy statements and analyses, evaluations, press releases, printed material, newspaper clippings, surveys and questionnaires, and a few photographs.

Guide to the Records of Provost for Academic Affairs and Chancellor and Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs (L.Jay Oliva) 1959-1995 (Bulk 1964-1989) 6.0.8

These materials record only a portion of the long career L. Jay Oliva has had at New York University. Before becoming President in 1991, Oliva served as the Dean of Faculty (1971-1972), Vice-President for Academic Affairs (1977-1980), Provost and Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs (1980-1983), and Chancellor and Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs (1983-1990). This collection contains the records when he was Provost for Academic Affairs and Chancellor and Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs.

Guide to the Records of the Office of the University Architect/Joseph J. Roberto Collection 1928-1987 RG 11.4

The position of University Architect was created in 1924, first held by Professor Fiske Kimball (1888-1955). He continued in the position of University Architect on a part-time basis for thirty years, until his death in 1955. The position was revived in 1960 with the hiring of Joseph J. Roberto, a 1935 graduate of New York University's School of Architecture. Roberto had been a practicing architect in New York for twelve years, specializing in institutional buildings. Anticipating increasing enrollments in the 1960s, the NYU administration believed that circumstances demanded the appointment of a full-time architect whose responsibilities included the handling of programming, real estate, mechanical services, use and site planning, and architectural design matters. In 1977, Joseph Roberto retired upon reaching mandatory retirement age and the post was discontinued. Roberto continued to consult for the university, however, through the mid-1980s.

Guide to the Cass Gilbert Collection 1883-1952 (Bulk 1900-1934) PR 021

The Cass Gilbert Collection contains the professional and personal papers of the architect Cass Gilbert. This includes information on his architectural projects, professional affliations, and personal business. This finding aid does not include information on his architectural drawings.

Guide to the Administrative Papers of the Chancellor Harry Woodburn Chase 1933-1951 RG 3.0.5

Harry Woodburn Chase was Chancellor at New York University from 1933-1951. Prior he had been with the University of North Carolina and the University of Illinois. Chase was a firm believer in the value of general education, the important role of education in safeguarding democracy, freedom of expression, academic freedom, racial and religious tolerance, awareness of international affairs, and Negro education. He was involved in numerous organizations, namely: the Lotos Club, Trinity Church, the American Committee for Christian German Refugees, the Metropolitan Opera Association, the Federal Committee on the Older Worker, the New York State Committee for the Retail Trade Minimum Wage Board, and Memorial Hospital. These papers contain speeches, correspondence, and ephemera from the period of his Chancellorship. Much of the material deals with University life during World War II.

Guide to the Records of the Office of Assistant Executive Vice-President, Frederick H. Jackson 1962-1968 (Bulk 1964-1967) RG 6.1

Frederick Herbert Jackson was the assistant executive vice-president at NYU beginning in 1964. In this position, Jackson supervised instruction of humanities and the social sciences. He held this position until he was appointed vice-president for humanities and social sciences in 1966.