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Syracuse University Political Science Department Records

A description of the records at the Syracuse University Archives


Finding aid created by: Nicole Wright
Date: April 2020



Historical Note

Part of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, the Department of Political Science offers undergraduate and graduate courses in both domestic and international politics and government.


Scope and Content Note

The Syracuse University Political Science Department Records spans from 1920 to 2006. The collection includes budgets, memoranda and correspondence, schedules, faculty personnel files, course descriptions, faculty meeting minutes and other administrative records. The collection also includes information about scholarships and fellowships, department and new student brochures, and other publications.


Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

The collection is currently unprocessed and not available for research.

School, college and department records are restricted to the office of origin for 30 years. Faculty personnel files are restricted for 80 years from date of separation from the University.

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.


Related Material

The University Archives holds a clipping file on the Department of Political Science and the Syracuse University Photograph Collection contains photographs related to the department.


Selected Search Terms

Names

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.

Subjects

College teachers.
Scholarships.
Higher education.

Types of Material

Brochures.
Correspondence.
Memorandums.
Minutes (administrative records)
Personnel records.
Schedules (time plans)

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Syracuse University Political Science Department Records,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Materials were transferred to the University Archives from the Maxwell School and Political Science Department between 1959 and 2007, and the New York State Department of Education in 1984.

Processing Information

The collection is unprocessed.


Arrangement

Materials are in their original order.


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Inventory

An inventory has not yet been created for this collection. Please contact the Repository listed above for more information.