Department of English records

Collection

Identifier: UA 09.10

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Department of English Records contain administrative and academic files, as well as correspondence between the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of English, the chairperson, and other department faculty. The administrative files include daily operations documents, logistical planning documents, memoranda, budgets, agendas, meeting minutes, faculty appointments and committee/council recommendations. Academic files include syllabi, course descriptions, grant proposals, paper publications, curriculum proposals and reports/surveys.

Dates

1985-2007
Majority of material found within 1993 - 2007

Creator

Appalachian State University. Department of English (Organization)

Language

The materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The materials from Appalachian State University Libraries' Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The nature of these collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. As a result, the user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.

Conditions Governing Use

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Appalachian State University assumes no responsibility.

Historical Note

Courses in English have always been taught at Appalachian State University and its predecessor institutions. For some time, English courses were offered by the Department of Languages until 1960 when the Department of English was established. The department, in the College of Arts and Sciences, currently offers undergraduate and graduate courses, leading to a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Arts and a Master of Science degree.

Extent

15 Linear Feet ((30 boxes)

Additional Description

Abstract

Arrangement

Series I: Committees and Faculty Meetings, Series II: Academic Curriculum, Series III: Annual Reports, and Series IV: Administration are all arranged in alphabetical order.