Brown University Corporation Survey Committee files (OF.1B.2)

The Brown University Corporation Survey Committee files of 1930 are organized into eighteen series. The material represents the findings and recommendations of the committee which was formed to assess the state of Brown University.

Series I, Special study, contains a detailed comparison of the records of Amherst, Brown, Dartmouth and Williams' graduates in subsequent study at Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, and Yale.

Series II, General printed and mimeographed material, includes the history, charter and governance of Brown University and Pembroke College, along with the Survey Committee's report.

Series III, Graduate School, contains overview material dealing with administration and financial aid to graduate students.

Series IV, Department Material, contains a series of reports arranged alphabetically by University department.

Series V, Educational Advice and Direction, includes reports on various psychological tests administered at Brown.

Series VI, Dealing with Finances, includes files on Brown's endowment, annuities, tuition, salaries, loans and pensions.

Series VII, University Health: Aims and Plans.

Series VIII, Religious and Moral Welfare, includes material on the Brown Christian Association.

Series IX, Libraries, comprises material on the John Hay and John Carter Brown Libraries. Included are histories, annual reports, special collections (Harris, McLellan Lincoln) and administrative documents. Also included are journal articles about research and libraries.

Series X, Relations of Brown University to the Community, includes a general statement of the relationship, along with consideration of several academic departments.

Series XI, Student Council.

Series XII, Men Undergraduates, includes historical material on the registration and academic standing of undergraduate students.

Series XIII, Committee on Loans, includes reports from 1928 and 1929.

Series XIV, Faculty, includes files on active and retired faculty, along with historical information on courseloads.

Series XV, Pembroke College, includes demographic information on students, along with a comparative study of graduate work at Radcliffe College.

Series XVI, Extension.

Series XVII, Honors Work

Series XVIII, Richardson's Letter and index.