Collection inventory

Summary
Creator:	Syracuse University. -- Graduate Student Organization
Title:	Syracuse University Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Records
Dates:	1955-1998
Size:	7.25 linear feet, 15 boxes
Abstract:	Records of the Syracuse University Graduate Student Organization [GSO] containing material concerning GSO involvement in graduate student life
Language:	English
Repository:	University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives

Historical Note

The Syracuse University Graduate Student Organization (GSO) was established at Syracuse University in 1968. It is comprised of graduate student representatives, some of whom serve as representatives in the larger University Senate. Within the GSO are multiple committees including: Academic Resources and Affairs, Families, Diversity, Finance, Graduate Employment Issues, Grants, Civic Engagement, Outreach, and Student Life. Taskforces are also formed within the GSO occasionally, one such example is the Sesquicentennial Taskforce formed in August of 2019. The GSO, with the undergraduate Student Association, fund the Student Legal Services program which offers free legal counsel to students. Additionally, the GSO offers funding for special programming and events as well as travel and research grant funding. The GSO also partners with career services, the early education and childcare center, the Bernice M. Wright nursery school, the future professoriate program, and the Slutzker Center for International Services. The GSO is committed to maintaining Syracuse University as a first-rate institution for graduate education in all aspects of graduate student life.

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Scope and Content Note

The Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Records includes series for: Budget, Clippings, Correspondence, Legal materials, Meetings and minutes, Printed materials, Questionnaires and surveys, and Subject files. The Budget series contains budget requests from various clubs and organizations on campus. The Clippings series is comprised of general information about the GSO, the majority of the clippings being about Syracuse University's investments in companies associated with the South African apartheid and student reactions. The Correspondence series includes correspondence to and from GSO officials including the president, vice-president, and comptroller as well as various boards within the GSO. The Legal materials series contains information about the graduate legal infirmary, legal services provided by the GSO, and documents regarding a lawsuit between the GSO and one of its members. The Meetings and minutes series contains information about and minutes of senate and general GSO meetings, the University Union, and various boards and committees. The Printed materials series is made up of constitutions, by-laws, handbooks, and manuals of the GSO as well as printed materials about graduate student life. The Questionnaire and surveys series holds surveys sent to domestic and international graduate students on behalf of the GSO. The Subject files series houses various materials about the GSO and the graduate student community on campus such as recordings of conferences, information about graduate student stipends, reports from the GSO, and information on the many committees within the GSO.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

Materials from the Board of Trustees, University Senate, and Chancellor selection committee have been removed from the Syracuse University Graduate Student Organization Records and placed in the appropriate collections.

The university archives has materials related to the GSO in the Student Government Reference Collection, Syracuse University Graduate School Records, Syracuse University Student Government Collection, Syracuse University Student Government Reference Collection, and a clipping file.

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Selected Search Terms

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Types of material

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Syracuse University Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Records,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Jacques Lebel donated the Syracuse University Graduate Student Organization Records in 1972.

Processing Information

Materials have been placed in acid free folders and boxes. Materials from the Board of Trustees, University Senate, Chancellor selection committee have been removed.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: Ariana Spatola
Date: November 2019
Revision history: Oct 2024 - one folder added and folders in some boxes shifted (HL)

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Arrangement

Materials are arranged in alphabetical order.

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Inventory

	Budget
Box 2		Book keeping documents 1971-1973
		Budget requests
Box 2			Adult education 1971-1978
Box 2			Afro-American society 1974-1975
Box 2			Arab student organization 1972-1975
Box 2			Area of industrial technology 1972-1978
Box 2			Association for the advancement of political science 1971
Box 2			Black public administration association 1975-1976
Box 2			Business club (Ph.D.) 1970-1971
Box 2			Chinese association 1971-1975
Box 2			City magazine circa 1975
Box 2			Clinical psychology 1975-1976
Box 2			College of visual and performing arts film program 1976-1977
Box 2			Committee of southern Africa liberation 1973-1974
Box 2			Committee on world hunger action 1975-1976
Box 2			Department of higher/post-secondary education 1970-1977
Box 2			Department of instructional technology 1970
Box 2			Developmental psychology 1978-1979
Box 2			Educational administration 1974-1978
Box 2			French club 1975-1979
Box 2			Gerontology 1976
Box 2			Graduate painters organization 1975-1978
Box 3			India association 1971-1974
Box 3			Iranian organization 1973-1975
Box 3			Israel association 1972-1976
Box 3			Japanese student association 1971-1975
Box 3			Journal of contemporary legal issues 1970-1971
Box 3			Korean student association 1971-1972
Box 3			Man/build INC. 1970
Box 3			Miscellaneous budget requests 1970-1971
Box 3			Museology 1975-1978
Box 3			Non-violence study group 1977-1978
Box 3			Pakistani student association 1974
Box 3			Pan-African association 1970-1976
Box 3			Public administration (graduate) 1974-1975
Box 3			Public administration (Ph.D.) 1973-1978
Box 3			Reading and language arts 1973-1979
Box 3			Remunerated graduate students 1977-1978
Box 3			Romance language department 1971
Box 3			Rugby club 1970-1974
Box 3			School of management (Ph.D.) 1970-1977
Box 4			Social psychology 1975-1976
Box 4			Summer softball league 1971
Box 4			Syracuse SAMAJ 1974-1975
Box 4			Television association of graduate students 1971-1972
Box 4			Thai student organization 1975
Box 4			Women's crew team 1973-1976
		General GSO budget
Box 4			Funds 1969-1975
Box 4			Gavel information 1974-1975
Box 4			Receipts 1969
Box 4			Request for expenditure forms 1974
Box 4		Treasurer 1970-1971
		University Union
Box 4			Building fund 1974-1976
Box 4			Cinema board 1975-1978
Box 4			Concert board 1976-1977
Box 4			General university union 1973-1986 (2 folders)
Box 4			General programming board 1977-1978
Box 4			Speakers board 1976-1978

	Clippings
Box 4		Graduate student life and GSO 1967-1974, undated (4 folders)
Box 4		South African apartheid 1978-1985 (5 folders)
Box 5		South African apartheid 1986-1987, undated (2 folders)

	Correspondence
Box 5		Athletic policy board 1970
Box 5		Black faculty and professional staff 1973
Box 5		Chairperson of the GSO senate 1974-1975
Box 5		Comptroller 1974-1975
Box 5		Correspondence concerning publications 1970-1972, 1985
Box 5		Council on university environment 1970-1971
Box 5		Experimental studios circa 1970
Box 5		Film board 1972-1975
Box 5		Graduate student incentive awards 1970-1972
		GSO senate
Box 5			Agendas and announcements 1971-1972
Box 5			General GSO senate correspondence 1969-1973
Box 5			Request for senate representation 1969-1971
		Miscellaneous GSO correspondence
Box 5			Incoming 1968-1973
Box 5			Outgoing 1971-1973
Box 5		Parliamentarian 1974
		President
Box 5			Administration 1993-1995
Box 5			Conflict 1973
Box 5			General GSO president correspondence 1970-1973 (3 folders)
Box 6			Memorandums 1970-1975
Box 6			Notes from the president's desk 1974
Box 6			Organization 1973-1975
Box 6			President-elect 1973-1974
Box 6			Representative attendance 1971
Box 6		Robert H. Hayes and associates 1994
Box 6		Rural studies association circa 1970
Box 6		Saloff, Sheri 1972
Box 6		School of education 1975
Box 6		Shark, Alan 1974
Box 6		Student affairs office 1972-1975
Box 6		Student association and GSO relations 1973-1974
Box 6		University events office 1973-1974
Box 6		University union 1973-1983
Box 6		Vice-president 1965-1975

	Legal materials
Box 6		Graduate legal infirmary 1973-1975
Box 6		GSO legal services 1973-1975
Box 6		Maher v. GSO correspondence 1973-1974

	Meetings and minutes
Box 6		Board of directors 1983
Box 6		Board of graduate studies meetings 1972-1974
Box 6		Executive committee minutes 1970-1975
Box 6		Film board 1972-1973
Box 6		Finance committee minutes 1971-1974
Box 7		General meetings 1968-1971, 1985-1986 (3 folders)
Box 7		GSO senate 1971-1987 (3 folders)
Box 7		Material for general GSO meetings 1970
Box 7		Open forum 1974
Box 7		University union 1972-1980

	Printed materials
		By-laws
Box 7			Graduate and professional students association 1987
Box 7			Graduate student organization 1973-1974
Box 7			University union 1981
		Constitutions
Box 8			Graduate student organization 1968-1974, 1992
Box 8			University union 1982-1987
Box 8		First 3 year plan 1968-1971
Box 8		GSO flyers circa 1970
Box 8		GSO handbook 1955-1956
Box 8		GSO organization and operations manual 1977-1983
Box 8		Programs circa 1970
		Publications
Box 15			The forum 1980-1985
Box 15			The graduate magazine 1974-1978
Box 15			The graduate news bulletin 1971-1972
Box 15			GSO graduate bulletin 1970
Box 15			Highlights 1987-1988
Box 15			Miscellaneous graduate publications 1973, 1986
Box 8			South campus gab 1975
Box 15			Student association report 1974-1975
Box 8			Support for the graduate news bulletin 1973
Box 15			University union circa 1970
		Summaries
Box 8			Chronicle of the GSO 1967-1975 (2 folders)
Box 15			Chronicle of the GSO 1975-1976
Box 9			Chronicle of the GSO 1976-1977
Box 9			General graduate student organization 1992

	Questionnaires and surveys
Box 15		General student survey circa 1975
Box 9		Graduate financing survey 1974
Box 9		GSO survey 1972
Box 9		Hendricks chapel survey 1974
Box 9		International student survey 1974-1975
Box 9		Syracuse university opinion poll 1973-1974
Box 15		Teaching assistantship surveys 1974-1977 (2 folders)

	Subject files
Box 9		At large representatives 1973-1974
Box 9		Board of graduate studies 1971-1974
Box 9		Charity drives 1974-1975
Box 9		Child care facility 1970
Box 9		Collective bargaining 1974
		Committees
Box 9			Academic affairs 1967-1971
Box 9			Academic planning 1972-1973
Box 9			Ad hoc committees 1973-1974, 1998
Box 9			Calendar review 1975
Box 9			Centennial union planning 1969-1970
Box 9			Committee members 1973-1974
Box 9			Communication and publicity 1969-1970
Box 10			Council on student life 1969
Box 10			Disciplinary 1972
Box 10			Election and membership 1968-1973
Box 10			Energy conservation 1974
Box 10			Executive 1969-1973
Box 10			Finance 1969-1976 (4 folders)
Box 10			Housing 1968-1969
Box 10			Judicial 1970-1971
Box 10			Programs of the board of graduate studies 1972-1974
Box 11			Reorganization of the faculty senate 1968-1969
Box 11			Review of university-wide services for graduate and law students 1992
			Sub-committees
Box 11				Faculty services 1973-1974
Box 11				Nominations 1973
Box 11			Various committees 1969-1985
		Conference and meeting recordings
Box 1			Continuing education center business meeting: afternoon (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: sua_gso_005)
Box 1			Continuing education meeting: morning (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: sua_gso_004)
Box 1			Continuing education meeting: teaching assistants (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: sua_gso_006)
				APL 8; [Carl J.] Schramm, part of the Teaching Assistants Association
Box 1			Graduate student organization conference Nov. 13-15, 1970 (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: sua_gso_001)
				St. Mary's: [Robert B.] Silver, Chair of a Graduate Student Group; Toomey
Box 1			Graduate student organization conference Nov. 13-15, 1970 (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: sua_gso_002)
				APL 1; [Frederick S.] Lane, Discussion Leader of a group on "Academic and Curricular Innovation".
Box 1			Graduate student organization conference workshop Nov. 1970 (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: sua_gso_003)
				Elliot Wheeler
Box 11		Copy services 1973-1974
Box 11		Day-care 1973-1974
Box 11		Election materials 1974
Box 11		Ethiopian student organization circa 1975
Box 11		Financial aid circa 1970
Box 11		Graduate assistant stipends circa 1970
Box 11		Graduate bulletin distribution 1971
Box 11		Graduate regional conference 1970
Box 11		Graduate student community: an emerging constituency 1970
Box 11		Graduate student government 1968-1971 (3 folders)
Box 11		GSO party circa 1970
Box 11		Health insurance and services 1973-1975
Box 11		Instructional technology 1971-1975
Box 12		Interuniversity project 1969-1971
Box 12		Judicial affairs 1973-1974
Box 12		Library strike 1974
Box 12		Married student affairs and housing 1972-1973
Box 12		Maxwell review 1971-1972
Box 12		National nuclear conference 1975
Box 12		The need for a campus ombudsman 1974
Box 12		New graduate students 1973
Box 12		Off campus housing 1973-1974
Box 12		Office of educational services circa 1970
Box 12		Officer lists 1970-1975
Box 12		Open house schedule 1974
Box 12		Organization overview 1974-1975
Box 12		Orientation for GSO 1973-1975
Box 12		Petitions 1969-1970
Box 12		Photographs 1973-1974
Box 12		Policy and planning 1973
Box 12		Preparatory commission on university governance circa 1970
Box 13		President's file 1969-1971
Box 13		Press and publicity 1972
Box 13		Press release 1974-1975
Box 13		Procedure for handling violations 1972
Box 13		Public information on GSO 1973-1974
Box 13		Remitted tuition for spouses of graduate assistants 1970
		Reports
Box 13			Affirmative action 1970-1974
Box 13			Annual reports of the GSO 1969-1975 (3 folders)
Box 13			Board of trustees 1970-1976
Box 13			Comptroller 1973-1975, 1993
Box 13			Graduate student perceptions of student life 1991
Box 13			President's report 1968-1974, 1988
Box 13			Status of full-time women teaching faculty circa 1970
Box 13			Student activities fee and university union circa 1970
Box 13			Student representation 1970-1972
Box 13			Vice-president 1974
Box 13		Resolutions 1971
Box 13		Review of architectural drawings of the university union circa 1970
Box 14		Room reservation permit 1974-1975
Box 14		South Africa and apartheid 1985-1986
Box 14		Special projects coordinator 1972-1973
Box 14		Student leaders conference 1972-1973
Box 14		Student role in promotion of faculty 1970
Box 14		Syracuse minority population 1970
Box 14		Syracuse University research corporation 1971
Box 14		Task forces 1973-1974
Box 14		Traffic appeals 1972-1973
Box 14		Vandalism on campus 1974

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