Council of Masters, Yale University, records
Scope and Contents
The records, generally maintained by the chair of the council, consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies and surveys, committee files, and subject files documenting the policies and procedures of the Yale Council of Masters, which oversees affairs related to two or more residential colleges. The records do not include the Council of Masters meeting files, which are classed in Record Unit 299.
Dates
- 1934-1997
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Access is partially restricted. See Collection Contents for details.
Some records in this finding aid have been redacted, as they include student names, donor names, and other restricted data. These records will not appear in the published finding aid.
Arrangement
The records are arranged in three series: I. Correspondence, 1934-1997. II. Subject Files, 1934-1992. III. Restricted files. and in subsequent accessions.
Extent
18.75 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The records, generally maintained by the chair of the council, consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies and surveys, committee files, and subject files documenting the policies and procedures of the Yale Council of Masters, which oversees affairs related to two or more residential colleges. The records do not include the Council of Masters meeting files, which are classed in Record Unit 299.
Biographical / Historical
Yale University's residential colleges, modeled after those at Cambridge and Oxford, were conceived in the 1920s and designed to recapture the intimate collegiate atmosphere of an earlier time when class sizes small. The Council of Masters was established in 1932, the year the first residential colleges opened their doors. The first masters were appointed before the colleges were built, and as the Committee of Quadrangles, were instrumental in forming early policies regarding the colleges. The council consists of the masters, or administrative heads, of the residential colleges. Ex-officio members include the university president, provost, dean of Yale College, associate dean of Yale College and associate dean for student affairs. The Council makes recommendations to the university president in matters of policy concerning the residential colleges. It also serves as the committee of control in affairs concerning two or more residential colleges.
General note
Forms part of Yale Record Group 13-A (YRG 13-A), Records of the Yale Council of Masters.
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- Jonathan Edwards College (Yale University)
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- Student housing
- Timothy Dwight College (Yale University)
- Trumbull College (Yale University)
- Universities and colleges -- Administration
- Yale University -- Administration
- Yale University -- Student housing
- Yale University. Council of Masters
- Title
- Guide to the Council of Masters, Yale University, Records
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Mary Caldera
- Date
- August 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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