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Title: University of Southern California Office of the Provost records
Collection number: 0384
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
79.3 linear ft.
72 boxes
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1973-2007
Date (inclusive): 1939-2007
Abstract: The records, audiotapes and video tapes, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts of the University of Southern California Office
of the Provost. As the second ranking official and the chief academic officer, the Office of the Provost provides academic
leadership to the University of Southern California (USC). In addition, materials document the administration of the international
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, which is considered the premier award for environmental science, environmental
health and energy conferring great benefit upon mankind. The Tyler Prize is now administered by the USC Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts, and Sciences.
creator:
Tyler, Alice C.
creator:
Tyler, John C., 1887-1973
creator:
University of Southern California. Office of the Provost.
creator:
University of Southern California.
The Office of the Provost provides academic leadership to the University of Southern California (USC). As USC's second ranking
official and the chief academic officer, the Provost reports directly to the USC President. The Provost supervises all academic
programs and support functions, faculty affairs, student academic affairs, and academic planning. The Provost is also a principal
participant in collaborative decision-making on issues such as fundraising and endowment, the management of auxiliary services,
and USC's health services.
The Office of the Provost is accountable for the oversight, coordination, budget, and review of USC's academic units and initiatives.
This includes the seventeen schools and two hospitals (as of 2012), educational policies, deans and faculty, research and
grants, and strategic planning.
Books that accompanied the nominations for the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement were separated to be given to the
USC Libraries.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the University Archivist.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
The collection is organized into the following series:
Series 1: Academic Planning Series 2: Accredition Reports Series 3: Correspondence Series 4: Faculty Appointments, Promotions,
and Tenure Series 5: General Files Series 6: James H. Zumberge Faculty Research and Innovation Fund Series 7: Presidential
Inauguration Files Series 8: Staff Achievement Awards Series 9: Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
See also the James Zumberge papers, Collection no. 0252, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California (
http://www.usc.edu/libraries/finding_aids/records/finding_aid.php?fa=0252 ), and the University Archives Photograph Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Pepperdine University (
http://pepperdine.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p271401coll15 ).
These records document the activities of the University of Southern California Office of the Provost, the second hightest
administrative unit for the University, during the period from 1973 to 2007. The files include an academic planning document;
accredition reports, consisting of reports from the Ad Hoc Review Commmittees, academic departments, and schools; general
correspondence and general files maintained by the Office; files pertaining to faculty appointments, promotions, and tenure;
applications for the James H. Zumberge Faculty Research and Innovation Fund; files on the USC presidential inaugurations of
James H. Zumberge and Stephen B. Sample; nominations for staff achievement awards; and files on the Tyler Prize for Environmental
Achievement Award presented initially by Pepperdine University (1974-1980) and now by USC (1981-present).
The records include audiotapes, correspondence, clippings, ephemera, office files, photographs and negatives, reports, video
tapes, and artifacts.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ames, Bruce N. -- Archives
Bolin, Bert, 1925-2007 -- Archives
Bormann, F. Herbert, 1922- -- Archives
Crutzen, Paul J., 1933- -- Archives
Dansgaard, W. -- Archives
Ehrlich, Anne H. -- Archives
Ehrlich, Paul R. -- Archives
Galdikas, Biruté Marija Filomena -- Archives
Goldberg, Edward D. -- Archives
Goodall, Jane, 1934- -- Archives
Gómez-Pompa, Arturo -- Archives
Hubbard, John R., (John Randolph), 1918-2011 -- Archives
Johnston, Harold S. -- Archives
Koop, C. Everett (Charles Everett), 1916- -- Archives
Likens, Gene E., 1935- -- Archives
Lorius, Claude -- Archives
McCarty, Perry L. -- Archives
Meinwald, Jerrold , 1927- -- Archives
Oeschger, H. (Hans) -- Archives
Organization for Tropical Studies. -- Archives
Patterson, Clair C. -- Archives
Pepperdine University. -- Archives
Raven, Peter H. -- Archives
Reagan, Ronald -- Archives
Revelle, Roger, 1909-1991 -- Archives
Rowland, F. S. -- Archives
Sample, Steven B., 1940- -- Archives
Schaller, George B. -- Archives
Stumm, Werner -- Archives
Tyler, Alice C. -- Archives
Tyler, John C., 1887-1973 -- Archives
University of Southern California. Office of the Provost. -- Archives
University of Southern California. -- Archives
University of Southern California. -- Faculty
Vollenweider, Richard A., 1922- -- Archives
Wilson, Carroll L. -- Archives
Wilson, Edward O. -- Archives
Zumberge, James Herbert -- Archives
Accreditation (Education)--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Awards--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
College presidents--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Correspondence
Education, Higher--California--Archival resources
Education, Higher--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Environmental sciences--Awards--Archival resources
Reports
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement--Archival resources
Universities and colleges--Accreditation--Archival resources
Universities and colleges--Administration--Archival resources