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Records of the Dental School Faculty, Staff and Alumni

 Collection
Identifier: 13/4

  • Staff Only
  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

The Records of the Dental School Faculty, Staff, and Alumni consist of ten card-file boxes of 3x5 index cards. Cards for faculty, staff, and students are intermingled.

Faculty cards include dates and courses taught (sometimes including degrees and the institution from which the degree was received). Cards of staff provide employment dates and title; positions range from laboratory maid to stenographer to technician or dental assistant.

Alumni cards are relatively uninformative, usually listing only the address of the student, his or her degree, and the year it was received. In cases where the year is indicated by a two-digit number (e.g., “80”), it is sometimes unclear as to whether the date refers to the nineteenth or the twentieth century. Alumni include recipients of DDS (sometimes indicated as “D”) as well as Dental Hygienist (sometimes “DH”) degrees. In many cases there is more than one card for an alumnus or alumna, so care should be taken to look at surrounding cards.

Dates

  • ca. 1890-1980

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Restricted; consultation with University Archivist required prior to use.

Extent

10.00 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Records of the Dental School Faculty, Staff, and Alumni consist of ten card-file boxes of 3x5 index cards. Faculty cards include dates and courses taught (sometimes including degrees and the institution from which the degree was received). Cards of staff provide employment dates and title; positions range from laboratory maid to stenographer to technician or dental assistant. Alumni cards are relatively uninformative, usually listing only the address of the student, his or her degree, and the year it was received.

Arrangement Note

Cards are arranged alphabetically by surname.

Method of Acquisition

These records were transferred to the University Archives by Pat Fulton of Alumni Records on September 30, 2004, as Accession # 04-147.

Related Materials

These records supplement other resources for information on Northwestern University Dental School students and alumni, including Series 51/4, Dental School Alumni Biographical files, 1879-1925; Series 13/1, student records, 1901-1980; Series 13/2, transcripts, 1930-1988, and Series 13/3, Deceased Alumni Records, 1892-1947.

Separated Materials

None.

Processing Information

Stacy Vogel, February 2005.

Title
Guide to the Records of the Dental School Faculty, Staff and Alumni
Author
Stacy Vogel
Date
01/02/2005
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Library Details

Part of the Northwestern University Archives Repository

Contact:
Deering Library, Level 3
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