The University Archives, established as a “bona
fide function of the University” by President Harold Sponberg in
February 1970, has as its core mission the following purposes:
- To appraise, collect, preserve, arrange, and describe the official
records of historical value of the University; to make intellectually
accessible and physically available for administrative and research
use; and, to assist in preserving and making accessible other papers,
records, and materials relating to the history of the University.
- To provide appropriate facilities for the retention of such records,
and adequate staff to provide for access to them.
- To provide information services that will assist the faculty and
administrative staff in the operation of the University.
- To serve as a resource and laboratory to stimulate and nourish
creative teaching and learning.
- To facilitate efficient records management.
- To support historical research and scholarship by making available
and encouraging the use of its collections by members of the University
and the community at large.
Revised: November 2003 |
