Rhode Island School of Design. Office of Academic Affairs. Administrative Officers records (7.01)

Correspondence and memoranda dominate the records of Academic Affairs administrative officers. The bulk of the series contains the records of Donald M. Lay, Jr. (1965-1975). His correspondence and memorandums document his activities as Dean of the College, 1968-1974, as well as Acting President, 1968-1969. The structure of his files mirrors those of Presidents Talbot Rantoul and Lee Hall. The Thomas L. Reed records, 1963-1964, document his work with President Albert Bush-Brown and includes his letter of appointment (1963), correspondence with Bush-Brown's secretary Pauline Burke, and letters of a personal - professional nature.

Merlin Szosz's records (1963-1975) document his activities as Associate Dean (1972-1975) as well as an instructor (1963-1971) and include letters and memoranda exchanged with Lay and RISD Treasurer Murray Danforth. Records for Associate Provost C. Fenno Hoffman, Jr. (1977-1978) document his work in 1977 as Chair of the Special Committee on Faculty Governance as well as development of a faculty notebook with extensive notes by Hoffman. There is one file for Dean Roger Gilman (1919-1929) regarding teacher certification (1927) that is maintained in the Historical Records collection, 1877-1947.