Guide to the Maurice Glicksman Provost Files, 1954-2000

(bulk 1960-1990)

John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI, 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Published in 2019

Collection Overview

Title:	Maurice Glicksman Provost Files
Date range:	1954-2000, (bulk 1960-1990)
Creator:	Glicksman, Maurice
Extent:	44.5 linear feet
Abstract:	The Maurice Glicksman Provost Files includes office files and documents relating to Maurice Glicksman's role as Provost of the University from 1978-1990. Although the collection ranges from 1954-2000, the majority of files come from 1960-1990. This collection also includes some of Glicksman's research and classes before and during his time as Provost. A substantial part of the collection is from Glicksman's position on the Admininstrative Committee on Academic Development (ACAD) and the Administration Committee on Appointments and Promotions (ACAP), his role on the Academic Council and the Universities Research Association, and his interactions with various University intiatives and institutions - including departmental affairs and staffing plans. Glicksman also had dealings with various foundations and governmental branches for grant coverage and research approval. As such, some of Glicksman's own engineering and physical science research is contained in this collection. In addition, this collection contains restricted files pertaining to the legal affairs of the Univesity during Glicksman's time as provost.
Language of materials:	English
Repository:	John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts
Collection number:	OF-1CA-G1

Scope & content

The Maurice Glicksman Files collection has 19 total series. The series spans the years 1954-2000, with a the majority of documents coming from 1960-1990. The series span from Glickman's position on University and national boards to his duties as a provost, researcher, and professor. It includes Glicksman's personal files on University research initiatives, internal and external grant funding, and correspondence with University professors, administrators, and alumni, as well as faculty/administrators from other universities and foundation. Although this collection mostly covers Glicksman's time as provost of the University, they contain some of his engineering and physical science research as well as his doxuments about RCA labratory, Glicksman's previous employer. Glicksman's time as University Provost also involved him in graduate school affairs and the Faculty Seminar program at Brown. Glicksman was also heavily involved in the Engineering department, faculty affairs, and staffing of the University, as per his job as provost. However, the bulk of the Glicksman Collection is centered around his positions on a number of boards within and outside of Brown University, including the Admininstrative Committee on Appointments and Promotions (ACAP), which mainly dealt with faculty and departmental affairs; the Administrative Committee on Academic Development (ACAD), which included reviews of departmental budgets, grant applications, and proposal control forms with acquisition orders. In addition to his position on ACAD and ACAP, Glcisman was also involved in the University Library Committee, which dealt with the search for new librarians as well as other library affairs. Similarly, Glicksman was also in charge of departmental professor evaluations and conflict of interest forms for those evaluations and had a place on the Academic Council at Brown, an advisory board that oversaw affairs in University academics. Glicksman was also a member of the Universities Research Association, participating in inter-collegiate research discourse and facilitating FermiLab affairs (a board of which he was also a member). Outside of Brown, Glicksman was a member of the Inter-Collegiate Committees, a national board with annual meetings of select college administrator.

Access Points

Subject Organizations

• Brown University. Office of the Provost

Subject Topics

• Brown University--Faculty
• Research
• Physics
• Education

Arrangement

This collection is divided into 19 series. Each one is arranged by subject.

• Series 1. Subject Files, Accession 1
• Series 2. Subject Files, Accession 2
• Series 3. ACAD (Administrative Committee on Academic Development)
• Series 4. Administrative Committee on Academic Development (ACAD) Department Review
• Series 5. Administrative Committee on Academic Development (ACAD) Departments, etc.
• Series 6. Library
• Series 7. Chrono
• Series 8. Evaluations (Conflict of Interest Questionaires)
• Series 9. Faculty Seminar I-IV: Staffing & Budget, Work Orders Misc., Research
• Series 10. Academic Council
• Series 11. Graduate Liberal Studies - Grad School
• Series 12. Miscellaneous
• Series 13. Universities Research Association/FermiLab
• Series 14. Engineering Department, Faculty Affairs
• Series 15. Miscellaneous Research and Correspondence
• Series 16. Administration and Staffing
• Series 17. Inter-Collegiate Committees
• Series 18. RCA Laboratory
• Series 19. Restricted Files

Biographical/Historical Note

Maurice Glicksman was born in Toronto, Canada in 1928, studied at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and received his Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Chicago in 1954. His research career brought him to the RCA Laboratories in Princeton, New Jersey from 1954 to 1969, with a four-year appointment as Director of the RCA Laboratories in Tokyo, Japan from 1963-1967. In 1969 he became University Professor and Professor of Engineering at Brown University, where he served over the course of his career at the university as Dean of the Graduate School, Dean of the Faculty and Academic Affairs, and ultimately as Provost from 1978-1990. He retired to become Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Physics in 1994.

Maurice Glicksman served on the boards of over 20 different organizations with diverse missions including science research, academic, library science, health care, religious observance and community service. In Princeton, New Jersey he served as President and board member at the Princeton Jewish Center, and in Providence, Rhode Island he served on the board of Temple Emanu-El and the board of Hillel and Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design. He served as a member of the board at The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island and served as Chairman during his tenure. He was also on the board of the Jewish Home for the Aged, The Jewish Seniors Agency, and was on the board of Lifespan Corporation of Providence, Rhode Island (including Director). On the national level he served on the boards of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) of Dublin, Ohio, on the Fermilab Board of Overseers (including Chairman), and the National Council of Chief Academic Officers, the National Council on Education, and the Center for Research Libraries (including Chairman).

Access & Use

Access to the collection:	There are no restrictions on access the majority of the collection, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Access to Series 19 requires permission of the University Archivist. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.
Use of the materials:	Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Preferred citation:	Maurice Glicksman Files, OF-1CA-G1, Brown University Library.
Contact information:	John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts Box A Brown University Providence, RI, 02912 Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148 Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION
ABOUT THE FINDING AID
Author:	Finding aid prepared by Ben Stewart, Paul Jordan, and Shreya Rajachandran
Encoding:	This finding aid was produced using the RIAMCO EAD spreadsheet, 2019 July 22
Descriptive rules:	Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

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