History Department records
Collection Scope and Content
Materials in this collection include photographs, theses, articles, student records, grades, handbooks, annual reports, correspondence, notes, evaluations, and websites. The material dates from 1905 to 2005. Additional material added in 2018 from Professor Edward Berkowitz. The Department of History Archived website was added in 2023 as part of GWU's Web Archiving program.
Subjects of this material include Students for Democratic Society, student protests, Brookland Neighborhood Project (1966-79) student records, grades from the 1930s to the 1960s, Phi Eta Sigma, Faculty assembly, faculty handbooks, departmental evaluations from 1932 through 1994. There are images from Elmer Louis Kayser's book "Bricks without Straw" and other items from his conference room, articles by faculty, course materials for the years 1991-88, and theses. These theses are second and third copies that were directed by the History department for the years 1937-79.
Formerly RG 9.17
Dates
- Creation: 1905-2004
Creator
- George Washington University. Dept. of History (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
Series 2 is closed to research for 100 years from date of record creation. Series 4 is closed to research for 50 years from date of creation.
Series 7, Subseries 1, Box 19 is restricted due to private student information.
Access to student records is governed by the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which protects the privacy of student education records.
Restrictions on Use
Series 2 is restricted for 75 years from date of record creation. Series 4 is restricted for 50 years from date of record creation. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Historical or Biographical Note
History has been a part of the University's curriculum since the first years of Columbian College. During the freshman and sophomore years, studies included English, Latin, and Greek; geography; arithmetic and algebra; history and antiquities; exercises in reading, speaking and composition; elements of chronology; rhetoric and logic; logarithms, geometry, trigonometry and mensuration; surveying, navigation, conic sections and Euclid's Elements.
Extent
28 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Materials in this collection include photographs, theses, articles, student records, grades, handbooks, annual reports, correspondence, notes, evaluations, and websites. The material dates from 1905-2004. Subjects of this material include Students for Democratic Society, student protests, Brookland Neighborhood Project (1966-79) student records, grades from the 1930s to the 1960s, Phi Eta Sigma, Faculty assembly, faculty handbooks, departmental evaluations from 1932 through 1994. There are images from Elmer Louis Kayser's book "Bricks without Straw" and other items from his conference room, articles by faculty, course materials for the years 1991-88, and theses. These theses are second and third copies that were directed by the History department for the years 1937-79. There is an additional series which contains material from Professor Edward Berkowitz.
Collection Organization
Organized into eight series: two are Departmental files; one is Student records; one is Faculty evaluation and course materials; and one is Departmental files; the Students for a Democratic Society; and Websites.
Acquisition Information
Acquisitions information is unknown. Acquisition added in April 2018 (ACC2018.12).
Subject
- George Washington University (Organization)
- Title
- Preliminary Guide to the History Department records, 1905-2001
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University Repository
George Washington University Gelman Library
2130 H Street NW
Washington DC 20052 United States of America
speccoll@gwu.edu
