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uagpsc Inventory of the Graduate and Professional Student Council records, 1968-2000 Processed by: Emily Glenn ; machine-readable finding aid created by: Sherrie Bowser University Archives Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 003153418

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: January 2008Processed by Emily Glenn , March 2003; Finding Aid encoded by Sherrie Bowser, University Archives, Duke University, January 2008 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and our local Style Guide Inventory of the Graduate and Professional Student Council records, 1968-2000 University Archives Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary University Archives, Duke University Duke University. Graduate and Professional Student Council. Graduate and Professional Student Council records, 1968-2000 Material in English 2.5 Linear Feet 2500 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. 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 2000 (bulk 1968-1976). Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.

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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.

Preferred Citation

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

Provenance

The Graduate and Professional Student Council records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1973-1995.

Processing Information

Processed by Emily Glenn, March 2003

Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, January 2008

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

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Historical Note

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.

Collection Overview

Records contain correspondence, minutes, constitutions, notes, membership lists, questionnaires, financial records, newsletters, and guidebooks 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 2000 (bulk 1968-1976).

Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

Duke University. Graduate School. Duke University. Graduate and Professional Student Council. Duke University--Graduate students. Duke University--Student housing. Duke University--Students--Societies, etc. Graduate students--North Carolina--Durham. Postsecondary education--United States--Costs. Sanford, Terry, 1917- Student protest. Student participation in administration. Related Material Black Graduate and Professional Student Association Records. University Archives, Duke University. The GPSC handbook [serial]. Medical Center Library. Records and Papers of Terry Sanford, 1945-1998 University Archives, Duke University. Contents of Collection Container List, 1968-2000 (bulk 1968-1976) 4 Boxes 1An Orientation to the Graduate and Professional Student Council, by Barrett Koster, 1987 Annual Reports, 1968-1975 Committee Memberships, 1972-1974 Committee Reports, 1970-1972 Committee Review Board, 1976 Correspondence, 1968-1972 Correspondence, 1972-1973 Correspondence, 1973-1976 Correspondence, ASDU, 1972 Correspondence, John O. Blackburn, 1972-1975 Correspondence, Terry Sanford, 1971-1976 Chartering Policy, 1968-1972 Clerical aide and office space, ca. 1972-1973 2Constitution, 1968 Creation of GSA (includes information on the vigil and Allen Building Takeover), 1968-1969 Deferred tuition plan, 1971-1972 Department representatives, 1971-1973 Early history of the GSA, ca. 1973 Environmental Center Search Committee, 1973 Financial records, 1969-1972 Foreign language questionnaire, 1968 Graduate Center (proposed), 1975 Graduate Life Committee, 1972 Graduate School, 1970-1975 Graduate School, organizational structure, 1971-1972 Member directory, 1971-1976 Graduate Student Association President's notes, 1969-1974 Graduate student guidebook, correspondence and related materials, 1972-1975 Graduate student housing, 1970-1975 Graduate student questionnaires, ca. 1970-1971 Graduate student questionnaires, 1972-1974 Judicial Procedures, 1970-1971 3Judicial Procedures, 1971-1972 Judicial Procedures, Graduate Student Association statements, undated Legal Insurance, 1977 Letters to students, 1969-1974 Library meeting, grievances presented by the Graduate Student Association, 1971 Library hours petition, 1972 Membership roster, 1968-1971 Membership roster, 1971-1972 Membership roster, 1973-1974 Membership roster, 1974-1976 Minutes, 1968-1976 Newsletter, 1972-1973, undated Newspaper Clippings, 1968-2000 4NC-PIRG, 1971 Procedures and Function of Officers, 1970-1973 Referenda (that Duke University to sustain the Graduate Student Association), 1970-1973 Residential Life Committee, 1970-1975 Traffic Commission, 1972 University Committees, 1969-1971 University Planning Commission, undated University Regulations, 1968-1971 University Union, 1971 X-Rated Film Policy, 1977 Yeager, William-Personal Notes as President of GSA, 1972-1973 Flyers, undated Graduate Student Guidebook, 1971-1975, 1977-1978, 1994 Graduate Student Association newsletter, 1968-1974