University of Southern California Office of the Provost records, 1923-2022, bulk 1973-2007

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Title:
University of Southern California Office of the Provost records
Dates:
1923-2022, bulk 1973-2007
Creators:
University of Southern California. Office of the Provost, University of Southern California, Tyler, John C., and Tyler, Alice C.
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.
Extent:
106.5 Linear Feet 96 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], University of Southern California Office of the Provost records, Collection no. 0384, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

These records document the activities of the University of Southern California Office of the Provost, the second highest administrative unit for the University, during the period from 1973 to 2007. The files include an academic planning document; accreditation reports, consisting of reports from the Ad Hoc Review Committees, 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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Arrangement:

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

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
College presidents -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Awards -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Universities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- Administration -- Archival resources
Universities and colleges -- Accreditation -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement -- Archival resources
Environmental sciences -- Awards -- Archival resources
Accreditation (Education) -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Education, Higher -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Reports
Names:
University of Southern California -- Archives
University of Southern California -- Faculty
University of Southern California. Office of the Provost -- Archives
Organization for Tropical Studies -- Archives
Pepperdine University -- Archives
Zumberge, James Herbert -- Archives
Vollenweider, Richard A. -- Archives
Stumm, Werner -- Archives
Ames, Bruce N. -- Archives
Koop, C. Everett (Charles Everett) -- Archives
Meinwald, Jerrold -- Archives
Crutzen, Paul J. -- Archives
Bolin, Bert -- Archives
Wilson, Carroll L. -- Archives
Johnston, Harold S. -- Archives
Wilson, Edward O. -- Archives
Revelle, Roger -- Archives
Rowland, F. S. -- Archives
Goldberg, Edward D. -- Archives
Gómez-Pompa, Arturo -- Archives
Ehrlich, Paul R. -- Archives
Reagan, Ronald -- Archives
Ehrlich, Anne H. -- Archives
Goodall, Jane -- Archives
Tyler, John C. -- Archives
Oeschger, H. (Hans) -- Archives
Dansgaard, W. -- Archives
Patterson, Clair C. -- Archives
Hubbard, John R. (John Randolph), 1918-2011 -- Archives
Raven, Peter H. -- Archives
Schaller, George B. -- Archives
Galdikas, Biruté Marija Filomena -- Archives
Lorius, Claude -- Archives
McCarty, Perry L. -- Archives
Bormann, F. Herbert -- Archives
Likens, Gene E. -- Archives
Sample, Steven B., 1940-2016 -- Archives
Tyler, Alice C. -- Archives

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Michael Q. Hooks
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-03-29 14:19:35 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], University of Southern California Office of the Provost records, Collection no. 0384, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-2587
specol@usc.edu
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