Records of the Radcliffe College Short Courses and Institutes, 1933-1995
Overview
Radcliffe College Short Courses and Institutes Records contains records of the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, including correspondence, reports on student projects, financial statements, and publicity materials; materials for the seminar "Communications for the Volunteer"; also student records, later employment histories, course information, publicity, and brochures of the Radcliffe Publishing Course.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-1995
Creator
- Radcliffe College (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research. Student records are closed for 80 years from date of student's separation.
Series 2. Boxes #5, 6, and 12 are closed for 80 years from date of student's separation.
Series 4. Box 1, folders #2-44; Box 2; Box 3; Box 4; Box 5, folders #1-36; Box 6; Box 7; Carton 2, folders #1-28; Carton 4, folders #13-99; Carton 5, folders #74-75; and 96-CR21, Box 2, folders #41-43, are closed for 80 years from date of student's separation.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the records created by Radcliffe College is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College for the Schlesinger Library. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Records may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
41.55 linear feet (26 cartons, 26 + 1/2 file boxes, 1 folio+ box, 1 card file box)Contains records of the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, including correspondence, reports on student projects, financial statements, and publicity materials; materials for the seminar "Communications for the Volunteer"; also student records, later employment histories, course information, publicity, and brochures of the Radcliffe Publishing Course.
HISTORY
Vocational short courses and institutes were initiated by the Radcliffe Appointment Bureau to train students for careers after graduation. Among these courses were: the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1954-1960; Communications for the Volunteer, 1965-1968; Summer Secretarial Course, 1935-1955, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course (formerly Publishing Procedures Course), 1947-1999, which offered a six-week summer course in publishing.
ARRANGEMENT
The collection is arranged in four series:
- Series I. Early Courses, 1933-1942
- Series II. Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1954-1960
- Series III. Communications for the Volunteer, 1965-1969
- Series IV. Radcliffe Publishing Course, 1944-1995
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Radcliffe College. Records of the Radcliffe College Short Courses and Institutes, 1933-1995: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Radcliffe College Archives, Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch01158
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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