Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- University Archives and State University of New York at Buffalo. Office of the President
- Abstract:
- Subject files kept by the Office of the President, mainly during the administration of Robert Ketter.
- Extent:
- 2 Linear Feet and 3 manuscript boxes, 3 half manuscript boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
[Description and date of item], Box/folder number, 5/3/418, Subject files, Office of the President, Robert Ketter administration, 1971-1972, University Archives, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Subject files kept by the Office of the President, mainly during the administration of Robert Ketter. Topics for the era include evaluation of the School of Social Welfare; the Institute for Educational Management (which was held at Harvard Graduate School of Business; the Institute used the University at Buffalo as a case study in governance); Rapid Transit Feasibility Study for the Niagara Frontier; and Institute for Educational Planning, a UNESCO conference held in Paris in 1972.
- Biographical / Historical:
A member of the university faculty since 1958, Robert L. Ketter served as the first chair of the Department of Civil Engineering, Dean of the Graduate School, and the Vice President for Facilities Planning. During his tenure as President (1970-1982), he oversaw the construction of the new campus, strengthened the university's research programs, and initiated international programs in Korea, Japan, and China. He was founder and first director of the university's Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.
Robert L. Ketter Hall, home of the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, was dedicated in his honor in 1987. In 1988, Ketter was named SUNY Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering by the SUNY Board of Trustees.
- Acquisition information:
- Subject files, Office of the President, Robert Ketter administration was transferred to University Archives by the Office of the President in September 1976.
- Processing information:
Processed by Archives staff, 1970s with contextual notes added by Amy Vilz, September 2019; finding aid encoded by Amy Vilz, September 2019.
- Arrangement:
Arranged in 5 series:
I. School of Social Welfare evaluation
II. Institute for Educational Management
III. Rapid Transit Feasibility Study
IV. UNESCO, Institute for Educational Planning
V. Title IX Self-Study
- Accruals:
No further accruals are expected.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration
Universities and colleges -- Accreditation
Local transit
Transportation Planning
Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation
Sex discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- United States - Names:
- University Archives
Ketter, Robert L., 1928-1989
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Subject files, Office of the President, Robert Ketter administration are open to researchers.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Copyright is held by The State University of New York at Buffalo. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Description and date of item], Box/folder number, 5/3/418, Subject files, Office of the President, Robert Ketter administration, 1971-1972, University Archives, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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716-645-2916lib-archives@buffalo.edu