University of Illinois at Chicago, Office of the Chancellor records, 1946-

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University of Illinois at Chicago, Office of the Chancellor records, 1946-

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This collection contains the chancellor's central files and includes correspondence, reports, and additional material exchanged between the Chancellor's Office and the colleges, offices, and major programs of the Chicago Undergraduate Division/University of Illinois at Chicago Circle/ University of Illinois at Chicago. It also features documents from student organizations, as well as governmental, educational, and private organizations from outside of the University. The documents cover years when the chief administrative office of the campus was entitled Office of the Dean, Office of the Executive Dean, Office of the Vice President and the Chancellor's Office. The collection contains numerous documents related to the major events in the history of the University of Illinois at Chicago; including the construction of the Circle Campus, the tumultuous late 1960s and early 1970s, and the merger between UICC and the Medical Campus. The collection is divided into seven series and some of the series are further divided into subseries.

360 linear ft.

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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University of Illinois at Chicago

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The Chicago Circle campus represents the evolution of the University of Illinois Undergraduate Division first established in that city in 1946. Housed in leased facilities at the Municipal (Navy) Pier, the branch offered the first two years of college instruction to the area's increasing numbers of high school graduates and to veterans returned from World War II. In less than a decade, the Pier's consistently high enrollment had attested to the city's need for a larger facility, and...

University of Illinois at Chicago circle

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University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. Office of the Chancellor.

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University of Illinois at Chicago. Office of the Chancellor.

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In 1946, the University of Illinois opened the Chicago Undergraduate Division on the north half of Navy Pier, designed as two-year institution to accommodate the large number of veterans returning from the Second World War and to prepare them to move to the main campus in Urbana to complete their degrees. The University established the position of Dean of the Chicago Undergraduate Division as the chief administrator of the campus (later upgraded to Executive Dean), and the Board of Trustees appo...