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University Records

University records collections are the administrative records of Tufts University. They are organized by office, department, or program and document the history and activities of the institution. Materials include minutes, reports, correspondence, maps, photographs, audio-visual materials, and other documents.

Collections are grouped by administrative office and academic department or program. Collection titles that appear as links connect users to finding aids available through the Tufts Digital Library search engine. Collections that are not linked do not have finding aids. Please contact the DCA for more information about these collections.

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Academic Departments and Programs

 

Administrative Offices

  • Academic Resource Center , n.d. (UA160)
  • Administrators' Annual Reports, 1971-2003 (UA036)
  • African American Center, 1993-1994 (UA113)
  • Alumni Relations, Office of, 1900-2003 (UA011)
  • AMRAD, 1915-1982 (UA022)
  • Annual Report of the President, 1873-2003 (UA035)
  • Arts and Sciences Library(Wessell/Tisch Library), 1970-1995 (UA158)
  • Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of, 1917-1987 (UA006)
  • Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of, n.d. (UA135)
  • Asian American Center, 1996-2002 (UA106)
  • Board of Overseers/Board of Visiotrs, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1986-2003 (UA181)
  • Career Planning, 1969-1998 (UA107)
  • Children, Center for, Tufts University, n.d. (UA110)
  • Citizenship and Public Service, University College of, 2000-2005 (UA183)
  • Commencement, 1985-2003 (UA101)
  • Committee on Student Life, 2000-2004 (UA077)
  • Communications, Office of, 1965-1991 (UA012)
  • Computing and Communications Services, Tufts University, n.d. (UA161)
  • Conference Bureau, 1992 (UA085)
  • Counseling Center, 1986-1999 (UA081)
  • Curriculum Committee, 1954-1984 (UA053)
  • Dean of Advising, 2002 (UA104)
  • Deans of Arts and Sciences, 1948-1988 (UA045)
  • Dean of Special Studies, Office of the, 1950-1983 (UA177)
  • Dean of Students, 1967-1998 (UA038)
  • Dean of the Colleges, Office of the, 1997 (UA103)
  • Dean of Undergraduate Studies, 1979-1988 (UA049)
  • Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Office of the,1963-2001 (UA054)
  • Dean, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Office of the (UA171)
  • Decision-Making, Center for, n.d. (UA150)
  • Development Corporation, Tufts, (UA147)
  • Development, Office of, 1885-1989 (UA043)
  • Digital Collections and Archives, ca. 1960-2004 (UA069)
  • Dining Services, 1986-1998 (UA129)
  • Educational Affairs, Office of, 1982-1993 (UA146)
  • Educational Day Care Center, Tufts, n.d. (UA162)
  • Educational Media Center, 1995 (UA138)
  • Electro-Optics Technology Center, 1986 (UA131)
  • Eliot-Pearson Children's School, 1994-2001 (UA080)
  • Environmental Management, Center for, 1985-1993 (UA096)
  • Equal Opportunity, Office of, 1963-1989(UA057)
  • Estate and Gifts Planning, Office of, 1977-1998 (UA040)
  • European Center, Tufts University, 1979-2003 (UA092)
  • Facilities Management, 1849-1994 (UA021)
  • Fares Center, 1996-2002 (UA130)
  • Finance and Plannning, Office of, 1979-1989 (UA048)
  • Financial Aid, 1994-1998 (UA121)
  • Gallery, Tufts University, 1988-1998 (UA108)
  • Health Services, n.d. (UA127)
  • Historic inventory of buildings on the Medford campus, 1983 (UA047) XXX (name of prof)
  • Housing and Residential Life, 1988-1995 (UA117)
  • Human Resources, 1994-2002 (UA119)
  • Humanities in the millennium, 1999 (UA141)
  • Information Technology Services, 2001 (UA111)
  • Institutional Research, Office of, 1965-2001 (UA042)
  • International Center, 1990-1991 (UA088)
  • Lincoln Filene Center, 1950-1998 (UA018)
  • Organizational Development at Tufts, Office of,1984-1998 (UA149)
  • Orientation Committee, 1988-2003 (UA100)
  • Planning, Vice-President for,1973-1989 (UA052)
  • President, Office of the, 1828-2001 (UA001)
  • Professional and Continuing Studies, 1992-1998 (UA112)
  • Program Support, Office of, 1856-1999 (UA072)
  • Programs Abroad, Tufts 1954-2001 (UA030)
  • Provost, Office of the, 1943-1994 (UA002)
  • Public Relations, Office of, 1941-1973 (UA063)
  • Public Safety, Office of, 1993-2003 (UA134)
  • Public Service, Center for, n.d (UA155)
  • REAL Program, n.d. (UA109)
  • School of Medicine, Office of the Registrar, 1992-2002 (UA075)
  • Secretary of the Faculty: faculty records, arts and sciences, 1854-2002 (UA037)
  • Stewardship Office, 1994- (UA066)
  • Student Activities, Office of, 2002 (UA124)
  • Student Resources, Tufts, n.d. (UA163)
  • Study of Drug Development, Center for the, 1986-96 (UA093)
  • Summer Session, 1986-1993 (UA087)
  • Task Force on the Undergraduate Experience, 2001-03 (UA078)
  • Technology and Industry Collaboration, Office for, 2000 (UA060)
  • Technology Licensing and Industry Collaboration, Office for, ca. 1992-1997 (UA143)
  • Tisch Library, 1996- (UA137)
  • Trustees, Board of, 1848-2000 (UA003)
  • Tufts Libraries, 1855-1995 (UA016)
  • Tufts Media Enterprises, 2004- (UA168)
  • Undergraduate Admissions, Office of, 1970-2003 (UA105)
  • University Bookstore, ca. 1995 (UA097)
  • University Chaplaincy, 1910-2003 (UA116)
  • University Counsel, Office of, 1984-2004 (UA148)
  • Vice President for Arts, Sciences, and Technology, Office of, 1997-99 (UA061)
  • Vice Provost, Office of the, 1990-2000 (UA166)
  • Web Central, 2002 (UA182)
  • Women's Center, 1976 (UA156)
  • Women's Club, 1960-1984 (UA059)
  • Wright Center for Science Education, 1992-1994 (UA089)

 

Schools and Colleges

These collections combine records from an entire unit of the University. Materials came from multiple offices within a school or college. The majority of these legacy collections were created and maintained by Russell Miller University Historian and author of Light on the Hill, a two volume history of Tufts (1966, 1986).

 

Student Organizations

  • Adams Club, 1873-1877 (UA169)
  • Jumbo, 2001-03 (UA065)
  • Jumbo Club, 1969-2004 (UA167)
  • Mathetican Society, 1854-1962 (UA079)
  • Off Hill Council, 1963-1990 (UA180)
  • Pen, Paint and Pretzels scrapbooks, 1906-1982 (UA068)
  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1900-1950 (UA025)
  • Reading Room Association, 1906-1911 (UA140)
  • Student Council of Tufts College, 1926-1952(UA142)
  • TCU Judiciary, 1998-2000 (UA164)
  • TCU Senate, 1978-1990 (UA094)
  • The Observer, 1965-1988 (UA062)
  • Tufts Daily, 1980-2000 (UA176)
  • Tufts University Amateur Radio Club (W1KN), 1927-1993 (UA178)
  • Tufts University Television (TUTV), 1977-2001 (UA076)

 

Thematic Collections

These collections are organized by broad subjects rather than specific office of origin. The majority were created and maintained by Russell Miller (see above).