Maxwell School Records, 1930-2015

Summary

Creator:
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Abstract:
Reports, publications, photographs, subject files, and other materials that document the history of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Extent:
195 boxes and 7 packages (approximately 190.75 linear feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Maxwell School Records,

Background

Scope and content:

The Maxwell School Records include a wide variety of materials that document its history. The collection comprises faculty meeting minutes, faculty files, reports, office files, subject files, videotapes, photographs, and publications.

Biographical / historical:

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs was founded at Syracuse University in 1924. The school was funded by Boston businessman George Holmes Maxwell, Class of 1888, who donated $500,000 to the University in support of teaching citizenship to students. William E. Mosher served as Maxwell's first dean, and the school's first building is Maxwell Hall, which was built in 1937. The Maxwell School was the first school to offer a graduate degree in public administration, starting in 1938. In 1993 Melvin A. Eggers Hall was built and linked via an atrium to Maxwell Hall.

Acquisition information:
The Maxwell School transferred most of records between 1959 and 2017.
Processing information:

These records are not processed.

Arrangement:

The collection is unprocessed and remains in original order.

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is currently unprocessed and not available for research.

School, college and department records are restricted to the office of origin for 30 years. Faculty personnel files are restricted for 80 years from date of separation from the University.

Terms of access:

Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Maxwell School Records,

Location of this collection:
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Bird Library, Room 600
Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
Link to repository site
Contact:
315.443.2697
scrc@syr.edu