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Sprague Library Archives

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Arrangement

Restrictions

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1: Box 1 1926-2007

Inventory to the Records of the Montclair State University College of Humanities and Social Sciences

 

 
   

Overview of the Collection

Repository: Sprague Library Archives Montclair State University 1 Normal Ave. Montclair, NJ 07043
Creator: Montclair State University
Title: Various Records of the Montclair State University College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Dates: 1926-2007
Quantity: 1.2 cubic feet
Identification: CHSSNjUpM
Language: The records are in English.

Biographical Note

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) is part of the Division of Academic Affairs. The College offers a variety of majors, minors, areas of graduate study, and professional certificate programs in the humanities and social sciences. In 1970, the thirty-two major departments in Montclair State College were organized into five schools, headed by a dean. This arrangement was modified in 1972 when the College was divided into six schools. Two of these schools, the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the School of Humanities merged in 1980 to become the School of Humanities and Social Sciences under Dean Philip S. Cohen. The College is made up of the following departments, programs, and centers:

Departments:
Anthropology
Classics and General Humanities
Communication Sciences and Disorders
English
History
Justice Studies
Linguistics
Modern Languages and Literatures:
* French Program
* German Program
* Russian Program
* Arabic Program
* Hebrew Program
* Chinese Program
* Japanese Program
Philosophy and Religion
Political Science and Law
Psychology
Sociology
Spanish and Italian
Programs:
African American Studies
Asian Studies
Film Studies
Jewish American Studies
Non-credit ESL (English as a Second Language)
International Studies
Latin American and Latino Studies
Social Studies Teacher Certification Program
Women's and Gender Studies
Centers, Institutes, and Societies:
Career Services
Center for Child Advocacy
Center for Communication Disorders
Center for Hearing and Balance
Center for Heritage and Archaeological Studies (CHAS)
Forensic Psychology
Institute for the Humanities
Language Learning Technology
Language Laboratory
Translation Laboratory
Law Clinic
SORAC (Society of Research on African Cultures)
The Joseph and Elda Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America
The Institute for Critical Thinking

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Scope and Contents

The Sprague Library Archives is not a formal institutional repository. This series of records contains a small collection of documents collected by the library from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The records are largely unrelated and cover a wide range of dates.

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Arrangement

The records are arranged in one series. The series is divided into ten subseries. Series is arranged in one document archival storage box.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

The collection is open for research use.

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

                       
Series 1: Box 1 1926-2007
    Subseries 1: Class Notebook for SS 302 Field Studies in Urban Life, Spring, 1948. Donated by William F. Cox 1948
    Subseries 2: The Montclair Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Volume 1, Fall, 1972, Number 1 A Publication of the Schools of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Humanities of Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, New Jersey 1972
  2   Folder Number 2: The Montclair Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Volume 1, Fall, 1972, Number 1 A Publication of the Schools of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Humanities of Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, New Jersey 1972
    Subseries 3: School of Humanities Newsletters 1971 - 1972
  3  
Folder Number 3: School of Humanities Newsletters:
Vol. 1, No.2 - February 1971
Vol. 1, No. 3 - March 1971
Vol. 2, No. 2 - December 1971
Vol. 2, No. 4 - May 1972
Vol. 3, No. 1 - October 1972
Vol. 3, No. 2 - November 1972
School of Humanities Flyer (Undated)
1971-1972
    Subseries 4: Miscellaneous Newsletters 1968-1973
  4  
Folder Number 4: Miscellaneous Newsletters:
Department of Social Sciences Newsletter (1968)
Octagon, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Newsletter (1971 - 1973)
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (Undated)
1953-1964
    Subseries 5: English Department 1926-?
  5   Folder Number 5: Letter to Harold Bohn (1926) 1926
          Harold Bohn worked at Montclair State for 37 years and served as Chair of the English Department.
  6   Folder Number 6: Papers from Sharon Spencer
          Sharon Spencer was made a Professor Emerita in 07/19/01.
    Subseries 6: Linguistics 1991
  7   Folder Number 7: Interlanguage Volume 1, No. 1 1991
    Subseries 7: Department of Modern Languages and Literatures 1938-2007
  8   Item Number 8: Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Self Study 2006-2007 2006-2007
  9   Folder Number 9: An Inquiry into the Influences of the Germanic Superstratum on the Vocabulary and Phoenetic Structure of Gallo-Romance by Paul A. Gaeng, Ph.D 1968
  10   Folder Number 10: Der Germanist (newsletter) 1938
  11   Folder Number 11: Der Germanist (newsletter) 1939
    Subseries 8: Department of Philosophy and Religion 2007
  12   Item Number 12: Philosophy and Religion Self-Study Spring, 2007 2007
    Subseries 9: Psychology Department 1969-1970
  13   Folder Number 13: Human Relations Laboratory (1969), Encounter Newsletter (1969, 1970) 1969, 1970
    Subseries 10: Institute for Critical Thinking 1987-1995
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Folder Number 14: Institute for Critical Thinking Documents:
Announcement for the appointment of Dr. Wendy Oxman as Director of the Institute for Critical Thinking (1987)
Institute for Critical Thinking - Program Narrative (1987)
Critical Thinking: Focus on Social and Cultural Inquiry - Conference Program (1989)
Inquiry, Vol. XIV, No. 3 (1995)
Inquiry, Vol. XIV, No. 4 (1995)
1987-1995
  15   Folder Number 15: Inquiry, Volume 9, Number 1 1991
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