Department of Business Education and Secretarial Administration Records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records that document the activities of the Department of Business Education and Secretarial Administration. It includes faculty meeting minutes, correspondence, and various reports published by the Department.
Dates
- 1941 - 1960
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information. Please see our Sensitive Materials Statement.
Biographical or Historical Information
The Business Education and Secretarial Science Department was established in 1932. The degree confirmed by the department was referred to as a Bachelor of Science in Secretarial Administration.
In 1940 the title of the department changed to the Department of Business Education and Secretarial Administration. Apparently, Secretarial Science was changed to Secretarial Administration to conform with the degree designation of the Bachelor of Science in Secretarial Administration.
Up until 1941, a student majoring in Business Education only had two concentration options: business teacher education or secretarial administration. The business teacher education sequence courses were referred to as "Education for Commercial Teachers." In 1941, a third option was added titled: distributive education.
In 1935, a graduate program in Business Education was approved by the Graduate Council. The Board of Trustees gave approval to the measure during the same year. Graduate work in Distributive Education first appeared in the 1941-1942 UNCG catalogue.
In 1963, the Department of Department of Business Education and Secretarial Administration split into separate departments. The Business Education merged with the Department of Economics to become the Department of Economics and Business Administration. The Secretarial Administration became the Department of Education and Secretarial Administration.
Extent
0.50 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Department of Business Education and Secretarial Administration of the Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics was established in 1932.
The records of Department of Business Education and Secretarial Administration contain correspondence, faculty meeting minutes and various reports.
Arrangement Note
The arrangement scheme for this collection was imposed during processing in the absence of a useable original order. This collection is arranged into three series with each series being arranged alphabetically. Within each folder, documents are arranged in chronological order. Series 1: Correspondence, 1947-1960 Series 2: Faculty Meetings, 1941-1960 Series 3: Reports, 1941-1959
Method of Acquisition
Transferred by George Grill, Director of the Division of Business and Marketing Teacher Education in July 1992.
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Processing Information
Processed by Sean Mulligan, August, 2009 Encoded by Sean Mulligan, August, 2009
- Title
- Department of Business Education and Secretarial Administration Records
- Author
- Sean Mulligan
- Date
- 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository