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A Guide to the Records of the University of Florida Department of Speech

Finding aid created by Dept. Staff

University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
April 2007


Descriptive Summary

Provenance: University of Florida. Department of Speech.
Title: Records of the University of Florida Department of Speech
Dates: 1930-1954
Abstract: Records of the UF Department of Speech, including correspondence, subject files, and course materials.
Extent: 1.7 linear feet. (4 boxes)
Identification: Series 70


Scope and Content

Series 70 consists of fragmented records of Henry Philip Constans, chairman of the Dept. of Speech, 1929-1965. The series consists of a subject file, 1931-1954, a chronological file, 1930-1939, and a file of course materials. The subject file includes records related to state high school and intercollegiate debates, documents related to Constans' participation in the Graduate Council, and materials on radio broadcast training. (For many years, the Department of Speech was responsible for radio broadcast training and courses in theatre production.) The materials on radio include a Student Government proposal for a student-run radio station. The chronological file includes biennial department reports to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The course materials consist primarily of syllabi including drama classes.


Access or Use Restrictions

Access

Collection is open for research.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Records of the University of Florida Department of Speech, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.


Contents List

Dept. of Speech Records


Box 1

Extra-curricular activities, Committee on General Extension Division High School Debate League. 1953
General Extension Division Sanitarians Short Course. 1953
Graduate Admissions Requirements. 1951-1952
Graduate School--Foreign Languages. 1952-1953
Graduate Records Examinations. 1952-1953
Graduate Council. 1949
Graduate Council - Doctoral Programs. 1948-1949
Graduate School Enrollment. 1947-1951
Levy, Sidney. 1948-1953
Music, Committee on. 1950
Public Relations and Publicity, Committee on. 1948
Publicity
Radio - Campus Station. 1949-1953
Radio - Committee on Radio Broadcast Training. 1946-1952

Box 2

Radio - Committee on Radio Broadcast Training. 1939-1946
Radio - Garland Powell Award
Radio - "In service" Training Program
Radio - Lecturers
Radio - [Radio] Men
Radio - Station Operators
Radio - Station-WGGG-Misc.
Radio - Surveys
Research Contracts and Grants, Committee on
School of Inter-American Studies. 1951
Space and Planning, Committee on. 1946-1952
Speech and Hearing Survey of Freshmen. 1952
Speech and Hearing Clinic. 1953-1954
Southern Speech Association Convention. 1951
State Board of Health, Public Health Nurse Course. 1952-1953
Television. 1951-1954
Theater, General Information. 1931-1950
Vocational Rehabilitation. 1944-1947

Box 3

Department of Speech, Chronological Correspondence. 1930-1939
Course materials

Box 4

Course materials




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