Robert C. Weems Collection of College of Business Administration Records

A compilation of materials related to the history of the College of Business Administration (COBA) and business and economics education and research at the University of Nevada, Reno. Assembled by dean emeritus of the college Robert C. Weems, the collection was used as research material for a history of the college, Business for Nevada: The College of Business Administration at the University of Nevada, 1887-2000, published in 2001.

The collection is comprised of a wide variety of materials related to early business education at the university; COBA administration and curriculum and program development; and professional activities of Dr. Weems and COBA faculty and students within the university and the local and state business community. The types of records include correspondence, memoranda, planning material, reports, minutes, organizational charts, and other COBA administrative records; university and college publications, press releases, and promotional material; newspaper and magazine clippings; conference and event programs and related items; and miscellaneous personal material. The bulk of the records fall within Weems' tenure as dean, 1956-1977. Various Nevada politicians' letters and reports are included. Also included are items about the dedication of Ross Hall, the inauguration of Newton Ed Miller as Chancellor of the Reno Campus of the University of Nevada in 1966, Delta Sigma Pi, Beta Gamma Sigma, and Great Basin National Park.