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Annenberg School for Communication Records

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Call Number:
UPB 11
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Extent:
4 cubic feet
Language:
English
Date:
1958-1990 (inclusive)
Abstract:

This school was founded as the "Annenberg School of Communications" by the Annenberg Fund, Inc., and the University of Pennsylvania in 1959. Walter H. Annenberg, president of the Fund, and Gaylord P. Harnwell, president of the University, jointly announced the decision in December 1958. The Fund underwrote the construction of a building and ten-year operating expenses for the School. The School was commissioned to "teach the art, science and techniques of mass communications, with particular emphasis on radio, television, and publishing." The School has been under a Joint Committee of Trustees composed of members of the University Trustees and the Trustees of the Annenberg Fund. In 1966, the Annenberg School decided to establish a center to house the University's performing arts activities and communications research. The new center, called the Annenberg School Center for Communication Arts and Sciences, was dedicated in 1971. Although the Center was conceived as a unit under the administrative direction of the Annenberg School with the Center's Director of the Performing Arts as a member of the School faculty, both the Center and the School sensed over time that it would be more convenient for the Center to operate independently. In June 1975, the Center was finally separated from the School. After the annual giving from Annenberg ended in 1978, the Center was left very much on its own.

In 1990 the name of the school was changed from "Annenberg School of Communications" to "Annenberg School for Communication."

The collection documents the development of the Annenberg School for Communication since its founding in 1959. It includes correspondence between the head of the School (first entitled Director and then Dean) and the central administration of the University on the planning and organization of the School in its formative years; Dean's annual reports, 1959-1989; minutes of the Executive Committee of the School, 1970-1989; faculty meeting minutes, 1970-1989; budgets, 1959-1990, and the records of the School's Washington Program, 1982-1988.

The records of the Annenberg School for Communication have been arranged alphabetically by subject.

Transferred to the University Archives in 1984 and 1995.

Inventory revised for web. see also mfm transcripts below

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Finding Aid Author
Kaiyi Chen
Finding Aid Date
1997

Collection Inventory

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25th anniversary celebration, 1984.
Box 1 Folder 1
25th anniversary celebration, 1986.
Box 1 Folder 2
Academic inventory, 1982.
Box 1 Folder 3
Academic planning and budget schedule, 1982-1983.
Box 1 Folder 4
Accreditation, 1984.
Box 1 Folder 5
Advisory Administrative Committee, 1963-1964.
Box 1 Folder 6
Affirmative Action, 1988-1989.
Box 1 Folder 7
Alumni, 1973-1974.
Box 1 Folder 8
Alumni, 1979-1983.
Box 1 Folder 9
Audit, 1985-1986.
Box 1 Folder 10
Auditorium, Electrical system grounding, 1989.
Box 1 Folder 11
Bicentennial convocation, 1976 Oct. 15.
Box 1 Folder 12
Bolter, Walter G., Consulting services agreement, 1984.
Box 1 Folder 13
Budgets, 1959-1963.
Box 1 Folder 14
Budgets, 1963-1967.
Box 1 Folder 15
Budgets, 1967-1968.
Box 1 Folder 16
Budgets, 1968-1969.
Box 1 Folder 17
Budgets, 1969-1970.
Box 1 Folder 18
Budgets, 1970-1971.
Box 1 Folder 19
Budgets, 1971-1972.
Box 1 Folder 20
Budgets, 1972-1973, with correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 21
Budgets, 1973-1974, with correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 22
Budgets, 1974, release of.
Box 1 Folder 23
Budgets, 1974-1975, with correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 24
Budgets, 1981-1982.
Box 1 Folder 25
Budgets, 1983-1984.
Box 1 Folder 26
Budgets, 1983-1985, miscellaneous.
Box 1 Folder 27
Budgets, 1989-1990, planning.
Box 1 Folder 28
Campaign planning--prospect management system, 1987-1988.
Box 1 Folder 29
Centenary Hall, 1982.
Box 1 Folder 30
Computer Advisory Committee, 1988.
Box 1 Folder 31
Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1980-1985.
Box 1 Folder 32
Correspondence and other documents re the planning and organization of the School, 1958.
Box 1 Folder 33
Correspondence and reports of the School Director and various committees, 1959.
Box 1 Folder 34
Correspondence and reports, re workshops, 1960.
Box 1 Folder 35
Correspondence of the School Director and faculty, 1960.
Box 1 Folder 36
Correspondence of the School Director and faculty, 1961.
Box 1 Folder 37
Cultural Indicators (CI), Tape inventory, 1968-1985.
Box 1 Folder 38
Cultural Indicators (CI) inventory, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 39
Curriculum and fellowships, 1959.
Box 1 Folder 40
Daub, Eugene (Sculptor), 1986.
Box 1 Folder 41
Dean's correspondence, 1962.
Box 1 Folder 42
Dean's correspondence, 1963-1964.
Box 1 Folder 43
Dean's correspondence, With the Provost, 1964-1981.
Box 1 Folder 44
Dean's correspondence, Re budget and financial matters, 1965-1969.
Box 1 Folder 45
Dean's correspondence, With the University President, 1970-1980.
Box 1 Folder 46
Dean's correspondence, With John N. Hobstetter (Associate Provost for Academic Planning), 1972-1976.
Box 2 Folder 1
Dean, Annual Report, 1959-1965.
Box 2 Folder 2
Dean, Annual Report, 1965.
Box 2 Folder 3
Dean, Annual Report, 1966-1969.
Box 2 Folder 4
Dean, Annual Report, 1966 June.
Box 2 Folder 5
Dean, Annual Report, 1971-1974, with correspondence with the Provost.
Box 2 Folder 6
Dean, Report to the Joint Committee of Trustees, 1984 Nov. 16.
Box 2 Folder 7
Dean, Report to the Joint Committee of Trustees, 1985 May 6.
Box 2 Folder 8
Dean, Report to the Joint Committee of Trustees, 1985 Dec. 10.
Box 2 Folder 9
Dean, Report to the Joint Committee of Trustees, 1986 May 13.
Box 2 Folder 10
Dean, Report to the Joint Committee of Trustees, 1986 Dec. 16.
Box 2 Folder 11
Dean, Report to the Joint Committee of Trustees, 1987 May 11.
Box 2 Folder 12
Dean, Report to the Joint Committee of Trustees, 1987 Nov. 16.
Box 2 Folder 13
Dean, Report to the Joint Committee of Trustees, 1988 June 14.
Box 2 Folder 14
Dean, Report to the Joint Committee of Trustees, 1988 Dec. 5.
Box 2 Folder 15
Dean, Report to the Joint Committee of Trustees, 1989 May 8.
Box 2 Folder 16
Dean, report to Deputy Provost of the University, 1984 Dec. 13.
Box 2 Folder 17
Dedication program and curriculum brochure, 1962.
Box 2 Folder 18
Description of the purposes, curriculum, and development of the School, 1962-1963.
Box 2 Folder 19
Development, 1985-1986.
Box 2 Folder 20
Encyclopedia Advisory Committee, 1982.
Box 2 Folder 21
Encyclopedia of Communications , Budget, 1983.
Box 2 Folder 22
Encyclopedia of Communications , Budget, distribution of complimentary copies, etc., 1983-1989.
Box 2 Folder 23
Encyclopedia of Communications , Contracts, 1984-1986.
Box 2 Folder 24
Encyclopedia of Communications , Organization and Report of the Feasibility Study, 1983.
Box 2 Folder 25
Encyclopedia project, Space and furniture, 1983.
Box 2 Folder 26
Encyclopedia project, Space and furnishings, 1983-1984.
Box 2 Folder 27
Esso Foundation research proposal, 1965.
Box 2 Folder 28
Executive Committee, Minutes, 1970-1971.
Box 2 Folder 29
Executive Committee, Minutes, 1971-1972, Minutes and agenda.
Box 2 Folder 30
Executive Committee, Minutes, 1972-1973.
Box 2 Folder 31
Executive Committee, Minutes, 1974-1975.
Box 2 Folder 32
Executive Committee, Minutes, 1976-1977.
Box 2 Folder 33
Executive Committee, Minutes, 1978-1979.
Box 2 Folder 34
Executive Committee, Minutes, 1980-1981.
Box 2 Folder 35
Executive Committee, Minutes, 1982-1984.
Box 2 Folder 36
Executive Committee, Minutes, 1985-1986.
Box 2 Folder 37
Executive Committee, Minutes, 1987-1989.
Box 2 Folder 38
Expansion project, Budget breakdown, 1983.
Box 2 Folder 39
Expansion project, Construction cost reports, 1983-1984.
Box 2 Folder 40
Expansion project, Miscellaneous budget, 1983.
Box 2 Folder 41
Expansion project, Phase II-estimated budget, proposed by Kenneth Parker Associates, 1983.
Box 2 Folder 42
Expansion project, Purchase orders and other financial records, 1983-1985.
Box 2 Folder 43
Faculty Advisory Committee, 1959-1960.
Box 3 Folder 1
Faculty annual report on extramural activity, 1989.
Box 3 Folder 2
Faculty appointment, 1985-1986.
Box 3 Folder 3
Faculty appointment procedures, 1980-1989.
Box 3 Folder 4
Faculty Council, Correspondence, 1964.
Box 3 Folder 5
Faculty Council, Minutes, etc., 1964.
Box 3 Folder 6
Faculty meeting minutes, 1970-1971.
Box 3 Folder 7
Faculty meeting minutes, 1972-1973.
Box 3 Folder 8
Faculty meeting minutes, 1974-1976.
Box 3 Folder 9
Faculty meeting minutes, 1977-1978.
Box 3 Folder 10
Faculty meeting minutes, 1979-1981.
Box 3 Folder 11
Faculty meeting minutes, 1982-1989.
Box 3 Folder 12
Faculty retirement list, 1989.
Box 3 Folder 13
Faculty search, 1986-1987.
Box 3 Folder 14
Faculty search, 1988-1989.
Box 3 Folder 15
Feng, Yilun, 1987.
Box 3 Folder 16
Film lab renovation, 1988-1989.
Box 3 Folder 17
Films, Box listing, 1983.
Box 3 Folder 18
Financial reports, monthly, 1984-1985.
Box 3 Folder 19
Five year plan, 1982.
Box 3 Folder 20
Five year plan, 1986-1990.
Box 3 Folder 21
Fleysher, Ellen, 1988.
Box 3 Folder 22
Forecourt Project, 1986-1988.
Box 3 Folder 23
Insurance audit, 1989.
Box 3 Folder 24
International Symposium on Communication, 1972.
Box 3 Folder 25
International Symposium on Communication, Paper acknowledgement, etc., 1971-1972.
Box 3 Folder 26
Jack Barry Media Research Center, Dedication, 1985.
Box 3 Folder 27
Jack Barry Media Research Center, Plans, 1985.
Box 3 Folder 28
Kendon, Adam, 1988.
Box 3 Folder 29
Miscellaneous, 1964.
Box 3 Folder 30
Penn Medical School, Graduate program proposal in Communicative sciences, 1977.
Box 3 Folder 31
Philadelphia Bicentennial Corporation, Planning, 1968-1969.
Box 3 Folder 32
Provost Thomas Ehrlich, 1981-1982.
Box 3 Folder 33
Provost Thomas Ehrlich, 1983-1987.
Box 3 Folder 34
Provost Aiken, Michael, 1988-1989.
Box 3 Folder 35
Report for the Operating Committee, 1964-1965.
Box 3 Folder 36
Review of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Procedures, 1980 Aug.
Box 3 Folder 37
Review of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Procedures, 1981 Jan.
Box 3 Folder 38
Risk management, 1988.
Box 4 Folder 1
Satellite Task Force, 1986.
Box 4 Folder 2
Shinn, Phebe, 1989.
Box 4 Folder 3
Signage for the rooms in the school building, 1986.
Box 4 Folder 4
Special Committee for the nomination of a new dean, 1964.
Box 4 Folder 5
Student performing arts survey, 1987.
Box 4 Folder 6
Summer Video Workshops, 1989.
Box 4 Folder 7
Support staff search, 1989.
Box 4 Folder 8
Television script archives, 1980-1989.
Box 4 Folder 9
Temporary location at 3440 Market Street, 1982-1984.
Box 4 Folder 10
TV studio renovation, 1987.
Box 4 Folder 11
University Art Collections, 1981-1985.
Box 4 Folder 12
University Capital Council and capital planning, 1985-1989.
Box 4 Folder 13
University Communications Committee, 1968.
Box 4 Folder 14
University Life, Survey of graduate student services, n.d.
Box 4 Folder 15
University, Council of Deans, 1983-1986.
Box 4 Folder 16
University, Department of Facilities Management, 1982-1986.
Box 4 Folder 17
University, Executive Board, Minutes, 1963 Dec. 13, concerning the planning of the Annenberg School.
Box 4 Folder 18
University, Guidelines re students with disabilities, 1989.
Box 4 Folder 19
University, Salary Guidelines and Instructions, 1985.
Box 4 Folder 20
VideoLab , Prospectus, 1988.
Box 4 Folder 21
Visual Communication Conference, Planning and budgets, 1981.
Box 4 Folder 22
Visual Communication Conference, 1985.
Box 4 Folder 23
Walter H. Annenberg bust, 1989.
Box 4 Folder 24
Washington Program "Some Thoughts and Considerations concerning Site Selection".
Box 4 Folder 25
Washington Program Annual institutional survey, etc., 1986.
Box 4 Folder 26
Washington Program Auditorium fund budget, 1987-1988.
Box 4 Folder 27
Washington Program Budget and correspondence, 1982-1985.
Box 4 Folder 28
Washington Program Director search and appointment--Maurice B. Mitchell, 1983-1984.
Box 4 Folder 29
Washington Program Feasibility study.
Box 4 Folder 30
Washington Program Lease for the Director's apartment, 1983.
Box 4 Folder 31
Washington Program Manager search and Yvonne Zecca file, 1983-1987.
Box 4 Folder 32
Washington Program Memos from the program Director to the Dean, 1983.
Box 4 Folder 33
Washington Program Provisional license, 1983.
Box 4 Folder 34
Washington Program Site comparison, 1982.
Box 4 Folder 35
Washington Program Site selection, 1982.
Box 4 Folder 36
Washington Program Site survey, n.d.
Box 4 Folder 37
Washington Program Study re telecommunication public policy, n.d.
Box 4 Folder 38
Washington Program Sublease, 1982.
Box 4 Folder 39
Washington Program Sublease agreement, 1982.
Box 4 Folder 40

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