Advisory Committee on Pembroke College Records , 1930-1970

(bulk 1941-1970)

John Hay Library , Special Collections
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu

Published in 2013

Collection Overview

Title:	Advisory Committee on Pembroke College records
Date range:	1930-1970, (bulk 1941-1970)
Creator:	Brown University. Corporation. Executive Committee of Pembroke College.
Extent:	0.5 Linear feet
Abstract:	The records of the Advisory Committee on Pembroke College include minutes, agendas, correspondence, and reports from the dean and college departments.
Language of materials:	English
Repository:	John Hay Library , Special Collections
Collection number:	OF-1B-4zp

Scope & content

The records document most aspects of the college's administration and curriculum, including admissions, scholarships, the library, buildings, funds, the placement office, and the changing missing of Pembroke College. There is also information about the relationship between the college and the corporation, and religious and other aspects of life on campus. The records are less thorough after 1960 as Dean Rosemary Pierrel wrote shorter reports than her predecessors.

Access Points

Subject Organizations

• Brown University. Corporation.
• Pembroke College (Brown University).

Subject Topics

• Universities and colleges--Administration
• Women in higher education
• Women's colleges--Rhode Island

Document Types

• Minutes
• Reports

Subject Topics

• Education

Arrangement

Records are arranged chronologically.

Administrative history

The Corporation of Brown University established the Advisory Committee on Pembroke College in October 1941 in the same act that abolished its predecessor, the Executive Committee of Pembroke College (see University Archives: OF-1B-3zp). This advisory committee most likely merged the executive committee and an advisory committee comprised of Pembroke faculty and administrators, which Dean Margaret Shove Morriss had founded in 1930. The corporation's Advisory Committee on Pembroke College consisted of two corporation, two faculty and four alumnae representatives, and the university president (chair) and college dean (secretary) ex-officio members. The president of the Alumnae Association was later added as an ex-officio member. Although the advisory committee may have had responsibilities similar to the executive committee's, the new committee heard more reports about the administration and mission of Pembroke College. The committee ceased when Pembroke College merged with Brown University.

Access & Use

Access to the collection:	Corporation records are restricted for 50 years from the date of the record's creation. Exceptions will be granted to those individuals who have received permission in writing from the Vice President and Secretary of the University and who have presented this written permission to the University Archives.
Use of the materials:	Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Preferred citation:	Advisory Committee on Pembroke College Records, OF.1B.4zp, Brown University Archives.
Contact information:	John Hay Library , Special Collections Box A Brown University Providence, RI 02912 Tel: 401-863-2146 email: hay@brown.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION
ABOUT THE FINDING AID
Author:	Finding aid prepared by Brown University Library staff.
Encoding:	This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013 January 23
Descriptive rules:	Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Sponsor:	Processing funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

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