Arts and Sciences Academic Departments records
Scope and Contents
**Scope and Content Note**
This collection comprises records from the Arts and Sciences departments at Willamette University. Arranged alphabetically by department, the collection also includes a separate series dedicated to interdepartmental collaborations. The materials document a range of teaching, research, and administrative activities and may include departmental records, correspondence, reports, and curriculum materials. The Music and Theatre department records are particularly rich in documentation, featuring event programs, recordings, and costume designs.
Dates
- Creation: 1883-2025
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
Library acts as “fair use” reproduction agent.
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Biographical / Historical
Willamette University’s Arts and Sciences programs trace their origins to the institution’s founding in 1842. Over the years the unit has undergone several name and structural changes. For much of its history, the unit was known as the College of Liberal Arts (CLA), serving as the core undergraduate college of Willamette University. In October 2020 the university’s Board of Trustees approved renaming the College to the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) effective at the start of the 2020–21 academic year (though the new name was already in common use by May 2020 at commencement). In 2025, the University reorganized its Salem campus undergraduate programs in Arts and Sciences, Business, and Computing and Data Science under the name Willamette College, reflecting broader changes in the institution’s structure and academic identity. Throughout these changes the College has continued to serve as the principal undergraduate home for the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences disciplines at Willamette University.
Extent
57 Linear Feet (57 boxes (includes 31 boxes of music recordings))
Overview
This collection includes materials from the Willamette University's Arts and Sciences academic departments.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into series by academic department, with an additional series for interdepartmental collaborations.
Physical Location
Mark O. Hatfield Library
Function
Genre / Form
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Guide to Willamette University Arts and Sciences Academic Department records, 1884-2022
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid processed by Elizabeth Peters.
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Willamette University Archives and Special Collections Collection Descriptions
Mark O. Hatfield Library
900 State Street
Salem Oregon 97301 United States
archives@willamette.edu