UA-05/A. Academic Departments

Contents The contents of this collection are varied and include promotional material for the department, evaluation material, meeting notes of faculty, course proposals and some reports generated by members of faculty and students on psychological topics of interest. There are also a few attempts by faculty within the department to put together conclusive histories, both in the 1970s and in 2008. There is also a file from President Sister Alberta’s personal collection of correspondence regarding the...

Contents The majority of the collection is accreditation manuals, from the department’s conception in 1976 to the present year. This includes a small file of correspondence regarding the school’s initial interest in and later accreditation by the American Association of Social Workers in the 1930s, before the School of Social Work was established. There are a number of scholarship manuals, course programming related documents, faculty meeting notes, and correspondence. Additionally, a portion of the...

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This collection contains documents information related to the Sociology Department. The collection contains information about courses, curriculum, faculty, five year plans, HECUA, independent studies, workshops and programs. Included in this collection are correspondences, memos, newsletters, proposals, meeting minutes, and brochures.

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This collection contains materials from the Spanish Department, including administrative, curricular, and publicity records. Three files pertain to study abroad programs in Mexico and Latin America. The department kept detailed meeting minutes from 1976-1980 and produced reports throughout its history.

Contents The Theology Department records include many materials relating to the structure of the department over the years as well as the creation and content of the department’s course offerings. This includes correspondence between professors, the work of professors within the department, and discourse of what the school offers to students. There are also materials pertaining to the establishment of the graduate program in theology.Additionally, significant material is related to...

Contents The bulk of our files retained in the archives have to do with discussions of feminism and women’s place in academics and Catholicism, highlighting the women and educators at St. Catherine University as well as other ACTC and women’s schools involved in the creation and continuation of Women’s Studies programs. This includes documentation of a 1991 symposium entitled, “Feminism and Catholic Social Thought”, clippings and descriptions of gender exclusive programs held by St. Catherine and...