University of Nevada System, Office of the Chancellor Records
Scope and Contents
The Office of the Chancellor Records consist of records that include information on the sale of the university farm on South Virginia Street and the Dean E. McHenry report in the 1950s, correspondence with Nevada's governors (1966-1978); donor files, including the Mackay silver and the Ghiberti Gates; student and faculty controversies; information on Desert Research Institute programs and proposals, including the establishment of the Basque Studies Program; and transactions with community groups involving the university, including the Nevada Art Gallery, the Nevada Horticultural Society, and the Sundowners Club.
Some records in this collection pre-date the establishment of the office, but are from the Board of Regents office and information utilized by the chancellor.
Dates
- 1912-1981
Creator
- University of Nevada System. Office of the Chancellor (Creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provision of state or federal law.
Administrative History
The Office of the Chancellor was created in 1968, with the position serving as main administrative coordinator for the Board of Regents. With the growth of two campuses and the Desert Research Institute, it divided the authority and responsibility between the chancellor and the presidents. Neil D. Humphrey filled this newly created position, becoming the first Chancellor of the University of Nevada System. The position has remained throughout multiple renamings of the state higher educational system.
The Chancellor is appointed by the Board of Regents to serve as the supervisor of the eight educational system presidents, and the primary liaison between the higher education system and Nevada government and community.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The office of the Chancellor was created in 1968, with the position serving as main administrative coordinator for the Board of Regents. With the growth of two campuses and the Desert Research Institute, it divided the authority and responsibility between the chancellor and the presidents. The collection includes records and information on significant events, administrators, programs and proposals, donors and community groups.
Arrangement
Arranged by topic.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Office of the Chancellor in 1990.
Separated Materials
One photograph transferred from AC0027_20, Wesley Elgin Travis donor files, to Archives Photograph Collection UNRA-P3373.
- Donnelly, Charles R.
- Ghiberti, Lorenzo
- Humphrey, Neil D.
- Laxalt, Paul
- Loeb, William, 1905-1981
- Mackay, Clarence H. (Clarence Hungerford)
- McHenry, Dean Eugene
- Milam, Max, 1930-1987
- Nevada Art Gallery (Reno, Nev.)
- Nevada Horticultural Society (Reno, Nev.)
- O'Callaghan, Mike
- Orvis, Arthur E.
- Protest movements -- Nevada -- Reno
- Sawyer, Grant
- Sundowners Club (University of Nevada, Reno)
- Travis, Wesley Elgin
- University of Nevada System. Board of Regents
- University of Nevada System. Desert Research Institute
- University of Nevada System. Office of the Chancellor
- University of Nevada, Reno. Basque Studies Program
Creator
- University of Nevada System. Office of the Chancellor (Creator, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Office of the Chancellor Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Betty Glass
- Date
- January 20, 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives Repository
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno NV 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu