The collection contains documents from the Urban Research Committee's proposals for the
urban studies program, and an outline of a proposed 5-10 year urban studies department
program. Also included are course proposals within the History Department, and proposals for
undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs in Urban Studies, an Urban Affairs
Department, a joint degree program with the School of Education or the School of Information
Studies, and a master's of public administration program. Program reviews, and records
regarding the Ford Foundation, which awarded a research grant in December 1959, are in the
collection, along with minutes from the Department of Urban Affairs, which consist of
various memos and announcements relating to courses, staffing, budgets and other
departmental functions. Course syllabi, student recruitment and program event posters,
program brochures, and several issues of the Intrapost,
Urban Affairnewspaper, and USI
News are also included.
