Graduate and Professional Student Council records, 1968-2017

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Graduate and Professional Student Council
Abstract:
The Graduate and Professional Student Council aims to represent the social and academic interests of graduate students to the Duke University community. The Council was previously known as the Graduate Student Association. Records contain correspondence, minutes, constitutions, notes, membership lists, questionnaires, financial records, newsletters, and guidebooks. Major subjects include Graduate and Professional Student Council, Duke University student life, the Graduate School at Duke University, student organizations, Terry Sanford, student participation in administration, student housing, and tuition costs. Materials range in date from 1968 to 2017 (bulk 1968-1976 and 2013-2017).
Extent:
2.5 Linear Feet
0.52 Gigabytes
2500 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
UA.31.10.0001
University Archives Record Group:
31 -- Student/Campus Life
31 -- Student/Campus Life > 10 -- Student Organizations - Professional and Occupational

Background

Scope and content:

Records contain correspondence, agendas and minutes, constitutions, resolutions, notes, membership lists, questionnaires, financial records, newsletters, guidebooks, and photographs from both the Graduate Student Association and the Graduate and Professional Student Council. Major subjects include Graduate and Professional Student Council, Duke University student life, the Graduate School at Duke University, student organizations, Terry Sanford, student participation in administration, student housing, and tuition costs. Materials range in date from 1968 to 2017 (bulk 1968-1976 and 2013-2017).

Biographical / historical:

The Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) represent all of the graduate and professional students at Duke. It was formed in 1981, "resurrected," in the words of one member "from the ashes of the Graduate Student Association" (1968-1978). The GPSC spent many of its formative years fighting for the recognition of the organization itself and for graduate students. Several issues addressed by the GPSC included entrance into athletic events by graduate students, increased representation on University committees; voting privileges and representation on Board of Trustees committees, and a student activity fee to provide funds for the GPSC.

For a more detailed history and overview of the GPSC's activities in the 1980s consult "An Orientation to the Graduate and Professional Student Council" by Barrett E. Koster housed in box 1 of this collection.

Acquisition information:
The Graduate and Professional Student Council records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1973-2019.
Processing information:

Processed by Emily Glenn, March 2003

Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, January 2008

Additions processed by [Matthew] Farrell, February 2020

Accessions 73-101, 80-220, A90-42, A95-39, UA2018-0074, and UA2019-0012 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

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Collection is open for research.

Collection contains electronic records. Access copies of electronic records must be accessed in our reading room. Contact Research Services with questions.

Access to the records of the Executive Committee are restricted for ten years from the origin of the material.

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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[Identification of item], Graduate and Professional Student Council Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

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