The fonds consists of these series: I Acquisitions (1968-1986). Includes contact files, statistics on accessioned volume, and the Julian Mills project (1979). II Administration (1962-1987). Includes archivists' correspondence, President's Advisory Committee on Campus Reviews self-study report, procedures manuals and regulations, automation, finance (budget, taxes, grants, trust funds), staff meetings, and space and facilities planning (1962- 1986). III Archives and Documents Committee (1962-1986). The policy advisory committee for the Archives; includes the subcommittee on Documents Retention and Disposal (DRAD), records volume surveys and microfilming programs. IV History societies and conferences (1970-1984). Includes the Fur Trade Conference, the Rundle Lodge Committee, Alberta and Canadian Historical Societies. V Oral history projects (1968-1983). J.M. Parker's interviews of professors Shaw, Sheldon, McIntyre, Hynam and Cooke, and of Rondo Wood on her father Kerry Wood. Includes sound tape reels and cassettes, and transcripts. VI Professional activities (1968-1986). Relations with professional archivists' associations, the Prairie Archivists' Conference (1969-1978), and archives institutions throughout North America; teaching, in the Faculty of Library and Information Studies and for the Alberta Society of Archivists; community workshops on archives and history. VII Public relations (1973-1990). Includes published guides to selected collections, the University's 75th Anniversary book, brochures, exhibitions; and photographs collected for all of these projects, covering the years 1890 to 1990. VIII Reports and surveys (1970-1988). Annual reports; responses to surveys and questionnaires. IX University committees (1974-1985). Includes participation in the University Collections Committee (1974-1984), the 75th Anniversary Committee (1981-1985) the Boreal Institute Advisory Board; and advisory activities with the Evergreen and Gold Foundation. X University departments (1969-1989). Includes relations with the Library (policies, Chief Librarian and Special Collections Library); the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research; University Collections (1969-1989) and files carried forward from the Art Gallery and Museum, 1946-1978.
University of Alberta. University Archives