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Department of Religious Studies Records

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Call Number:
UPB 1.9RS
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Extent:
2 cubic feet
Language:
English
Date:
1957-1984 (inclusive)
Creator:
University of Pennsylvania. Department of Religious Studies
Form:
Minutes (administrative records), Clippings, and Publications (documents)
Abstract:

The College of Arts and Sciences established the program of Religious Thought and appointed Edwin E. Aubrey as its first chairman in 1949. From his first semester, however, Aubrey taught both undergraduate and graduate courses, and beginning in the 1950 Bulletin, the graduate courses are cross-listed in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The program developed into a department in 1960 under the chairmanship of Claude Welch, who remained chairman until 1971. Succeeding Welch from 1971 to 1983 were Van A. Harvey (1971-1976), and Robert Kraft (1977-1983). Robert F. Evans was Chairman of the graduate program from 1971 until his death in 1974. The department name changed to Religious Studies in 1977.

The Department Records series documents the department administration from 1958 to 1984. The series is a mixture of material concerning the department in general and material concerning the individual department chairmen (or chairman of the graduate program in the case of Robert F. Evans) of different periods. Included is a folder of the correspondence of the department chairmen correspondence, which covers the period of 1961-1982.

The Robert Evans File consists of material of both personal and professional nature. Researchers interested in his role in Penn's undergraduate admissions, specifically in the capacity of Chairman of the University Council Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid, will find a resource in this series.

Finally, the Robert Kraft File relates exclusively to an inquiry about his publication interest.

Related material may be found in the Edwin E. Aubrey Papers (UPT 50 A895). Aubrey served as the first professor in the Religious Thought program from 1949 to 1956.

The collection has been divided into the following series: 1. Department Records, 1958-1984 2. Robert Evans File, 1957-1974 3. Robert Kraft File, 1982.

The Department Records series is fundamentally in its original order. It was organized alphabetically by subject.

The collection transferred from the Department of Religious Studies in 1992.

dates to 1984;Cleaned up inventory. Sent revised version to web 12/8/2000

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University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Finding Aid Author
Prepared by Kaiyi Chen
Finding Aid Date
May 1993
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Affirmative Action program, 1972-1976.
Box 1 Folder 1
Afro-American Studies.
Box 1 Folder 2
Ambrogi, Thomas Eugene, 1966-1969.
Box 1 Folder 3
American Association of University Professors, newsletters, 1969-1972.
Box 1 Folder 4
American Council on Education, newsletters, 1973.
Box 1 Folder 5
American Guild of Organists, newsletters, 1964-1971.
Box 1 Folder 6
American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, newsletters and pamphlet, 1968-1969.
Box 1 Folder 7
American Society of Church History, correspondence, 1967-1971.
Box 1 Folder 8
American Society of Church History, programs, newsletters, and brochures, 1969-1974.
Box 1 Folder 9
American Society for the Study of Religion, newsletters, 1979-1984.
Box 1 Folder 10
Association for Jewish Studies, [1973].
Box 1 Folder 11
Ben-Herin, Meir, biographical data, [1972?].
Box 1 Folder 12
Bibliographic Information Bank in Patristics, 1981.
Box 1 Folder 13
Blackwell's, correspondence, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 14
Bookstore of Penn, correspondence, 1968-1969.
Box 1 Folder 15
Bookstore of Penn, inventory of books in philosophy and religion.
Box 1 Folder 16
Buck, Henry, 1967.
Box 1 Folder 17
Callahan, Daniel, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 18
Catholic University of American Press, 1972.
Box 1 Folder 19
Christian Association, Penn, Memo, 1979.
Box 1 Folder 20
Church and State, journal, 1971.
Box 1 Folder 21
Church Society for College Work, Executive Director report and newsletters, 1962-1970.
Box 1 Folder 22
Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles, 1982.
Box 1 Folder 23
Common Cause, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 24
Comparative literature, 1982-1984.
Box 1 Folder 25
Contemporary Theology Institute, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 26
Correspondence Almanac, general, 1981.
Box 1 Folder 27
Correspondence Committee on Iranian Studies, 1977.
Box 1 Folder 28
Correspondence Department chairmen, 1961-1982.
Box 1 Folder 29
Correspondence General, 1967.
Box 1 Folder 30
Council on Religion and International Affairs, publications and brochures, 1968-1971.
Box 1 Folder 31
Dolan, Jay Patrick, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 32
ECKANKAR, seminar announcement, 1980.
Box 1 Folder 33
Educational testing services (GRE), 1972-1973.
Box 1 Folder 34
ELIHU Directory of Graduate Chairmen, 1964-1969.
Box 1 Folder 35
Enslin, Morton S., 1965-1967.
Box 1 Folder 36
Equal Opportunity policy, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 37
Faculty Committee on War and Peace, [around 1970].
Box 1 Folder 38
Faculty-Freshman Day, 1973.
Box 1 Folder 39
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 1972-1976.
Box 1 Folder 40
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Ad Hoc Humanities Coordinating Committee, 1977-1980.
Box 1 Folder 41
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Minutes and correspondence, 1976-1977.
Box 1 Folder 42
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Tenure, 1982-1983.
Box 1 Folder 43
Faculty Senate, minutes, agenda, reports, 1972-1974.
Box 1 Folder 44
Senate Advisory Committee, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 45
Folger Institute, 1979-1981.
Box 1 Folder 46
General Honors program, correspondence,1972-1974.
Box 1 Folder 47
General Honors Program on Darwinism, [1982].
Box 1 Folder 48
Global Congress of the World's Religions, 1982.
Box 1 Folder 49
Graduate Center, 1964.
Box 1 Folder 50
Harvey, Van A., 1971-1974.
Box 1 Folder 51
History graduate program poster, no date.
Box 1 Folder 52
Honorary degrees, 1968-1973.
Box 1 Folder 53
Honors system, 1964-1972.
Box 1 Folder 54
Humanities at Penn, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 55
Humanities Coordinating Committee Mellon Fellowship, 1979.
Box 1 Folder 56
Humanities Coordinating Committee NEH grant proposal, 1977.
Box 1 Folder 57
Humanities Coordinating Committee NEH grant proposal, 1977.
Box 1 Folder 58
Independent study sponsorship, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 59
International Association for the Study of Prehistoric and Ethnologic Religions, 1973.
Box 1 Folder 60
International services, [1974]-1979.
Box 1 Folder 61
Introduction to the study of religion, syllabus, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 62
Iran-Penn venture, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 63
Mueller, William, 1969-1970.
Box 1 Folder 64
News clippings Abortion, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 65
News clippings Israel-Zionist, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 66
News clippings Pantoscope, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 67
News clippings Papal Encyclical, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 68
News clippings Radical theology, 1966.
Box 1 Folder 69
News clippings Vatican Council II, ecumenism, 1964.
Box 1 Folder 70
News clippings Vietnam, 1967-1969.
Box 1 Folder 71
O'Dea, Jamet, 1970-1975.
Box 1 Folder 72
Penn-Israel Project Committee, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 73
Personnel policy and procedures, 1973-1974.
Box 1 Folder 74
Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins, [1970].
Box 1 Folder 75
Professional societies, miscellaneous, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 76
Provost's Committee on Pre-medical Requirements, report, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 77
"Reflection," journal, 1968-1969.
Box 1 Folder 78
Revision of the undergraduate major in religious thought, 1972.
Box 1 Folder 79
Roman Catholic studies, 1966-1975.
Box 1 Folder 80
Russian literature, 1981.
Box 1 Folder 81
Scholarship and fellowship posters, 1981.
Box 1 Folder 82
Scholarship programs for students, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 83
SCUE (Student Committee on Undergraduate Education) reports, 1970-1981.
Box 1 Folder 84
Seabury series, [1958].
Box 1 Folder 85
Seltzer, Robert, 1965-1970.
Box 1 Folder 86
Seminars, lecturers and meetings, announcements, 1980-1981.
Box 1 Folder 87
Sexual harassment, 1983.
Box 1 Folder 1
Sit-in, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 2
Society for Religion in Higher Education, newsletter, 1968-1972.
Box 1 Folder 3
Sociology of religion program, 1983.
Box 1 Folder 4
Student fellowships, 1963-1967.
Box 1 Folder 5
Student financial aid office, 1973.
Box 1 Folder 6
Summer Sessions Executive Committee, 1973.
Box 1 Folder 7
Swearer, Donald, 1967-1973.
Box 1 Folder 8
Syllabi and reference material for Humanities courses 222 and 223, 1960-1963.
Box 1 Folder 9
TANTUR, 1981-1982.
Box 1 Folder 10
TOIL, 1982.
Box 1 Folder 11
University of Pennsylvania Academic Planning Committee Appraisal of President Meyerson's progress report, [1974].
Box 1 Folder 12
University of Pennsylvania Academic Planning Committee Questionnaire, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 13
University of Pennsylvania Ad Hoc Committee on the Reorganization of the Faculty, 1971-1972.
Box 2 Folder 14
University of Pennsylvania Center for Urban Research and Experiment, report, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 15
University of Pennsylvania College of General Studies, Executive Committee, minutes, agenda, and correspondence, 1971-1974.
Box 2 Folder 16
University of Pennsylvania College of General Studies, correspondence, 1982.
Box 2 Folder 17
University of Pennsylvania General, 1969-1972.
Box 2 Folder 18
University of Pennsylvania Task Force on University Governance, correspondence and report, 1969-1970.
Box 2 Folder 19
University of Pennsylvania University Council Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Appointment and Promotion, 1971.
Box 2 Folder 20
University of Pennsylvania University Council Minutes, 1971.
Box 2 Folder 21
University of Pennsylvania University Council Minutes, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 22
University of Pennsylvania University Council Minutes, 1973-1974.
Box 2 Folder 23
University of Pennsylvania University Development Commission, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 24
University of Pennsylvania University Press, 1979-1981.
Box 2 Folder 25
University of Pennsylvania Vice provost for undergraduate studies, report, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 26
University of Pennsylvania Women's Studies Office, 1973.
Box 2 Folder 27
Villanova Theology Institute, 1980.
Box 2 Folder 28
West Philadelphia Corporation, newsletter "University City," 1962-1963.
Box 2 Folder 29

Book review on Church in a Changing World, [1971].
Box 2 Folder 30
Conference of Anglican Theologians, meeting file, April 1973.
Box 2 Folder 31
Conference of Anglican Theologians, meeting file, March 1974.
Box 2 Folder 32
Fellowship, 1962.
Box 2 Folder 33
King's College, Cambridge, England, correspondence, 1964-1967.
Box 2 Folder 34
King's College, Cambridge, England, publications, 1957-1968.
Box 2 Folder 35
Miscellaneous.
Box 2 Folder 36
Recommendation letter re University Scholar Program, 1974.
Box 2 Folder 37
University Council, Committee on Undergraduate Admissions Admission policy, 1967-1972.
Box 2 Folder 38
University Council, Committee on Undergraduate Admissions 1970-1974.
Box 2 Folder 39
University Council, Committee on Undergraduate Admissions News clippings, 1973-1974.
Box 2 Folder 40
University Council, Committee on Undergraduate Admissions Minutes, 1971-1972.
Box 2 Folder 41
University Council, Committee on Undergraduate Admissions Minutes, 1973-1974.
Box 2 Folder 42
University Council, Committee on Undergraduate Admissions Policy statements on admissions, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 43
University Council, Committee on Undergraduate Admissions Profile of Class 1975.
Box 2 Folder 44
University Council, Committee on Undergraduate Admissions Reports, 1971-1974.
Box 2 Folder 45
University Council, Committee on Undergraduate Admissions Statistics of Student Admissions and financial aid, 1973-1974.
Box 2 Folder 46
University Council, Committee on Undergraduate Admissions Subcommittees, memo, 1973.
Box 2 Folder 47
University Council, Committee on Undergraduate Admissions Subcommittee report to Educational Policy Committee re Teaching Fellows, 1974.
Box 2 Folder 48
University, Guidelines for admissions and financial aid, 1972-1973.
Box 2 Folder 49
University, Office of Admissions Correspondence, 1972-1973.
Box 2 Folder 50
University, Office of Admissions, Selection Committee (student recruitment), 1973.
Box 2 Folder 51
University, Office of Admissions, Selection Committee (student recruitment), Statistics of Class 1976, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 52
University, Office of Admissions, Selection Committee (student recruitment), Summary reports, 1974.
Box 2 Folder 53
University, Office of Admissions, Tuition and financial aid at the Penn, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 54
University, Office of financial Aid, student financial aid statistics, 1970-1973.
Box 2 Folder 55

Publication requests, 1982.
Box 2 Folder 56

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