Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- IUPUI (Campus). Department of Religious Studies
- Abstract:
- The Department of Religious Studies Records include correspondence, materials on the Revisioning America Conference, and research on the William McLellin Journals. The records cover the department, its professors, related programs, and research between 1966 to 1996.
- Extent:
- 3 cubic feet (3 cartons)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Department of Religious Studies Records, Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
The Department of Religious Studies Records at IUPUI is a unit of the School of Liberal Arts and among the arliest programs in the academic study of religion to develop at urvan and metropolitan universities. The founding of the departmebt began soon after the creation of IUPUI in 1969. A working group of professors from Indiana University Bloomington recieved a grant from the Lilly Endowment, which led to the hiring of key program leadership. The new program offically became the Department of Religious Studies by vote of the Indiana University Trustees on December 5, 1975. The first faculty consisted of three members: Proffesor James Smurl, Professor Rowland Sherrill, and Professor Jan Shipps. The first graduate of the program was in 1976. The Department of Religious Studies Deparment maintains and active foucs on urban engagement with traditional scholarship and close relationships with community partners.
- Scope and Content:
The Department of Religious Studies Records houses the administrative records, faculty records, and correspondence of the IUPUI Religious Studies Department. This collection, which dates from 1966 to 1996, consists of correspondence, reports, publications, conference papers, and other research materials. This collection covers the inner workings and early development of the department in the School of Liberal Arts.
- Acquisition information:
- A89-11, A96-38.
- Arrangement:
The collection is organized in alphabetical order, then chronologically.
- Rules or conventions:
- DACS-Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- General note:
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Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Personnel and student records and other personal information in these records are restricted. All other material is open to the public without restriction.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Copyright laws of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) govern the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Department of Religious Studies Records, Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
- CAMPUS:
- IUPUI
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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University Library755 West Michigan StreetRoom 0133Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States
- CAMPUS:
- IUPUI
- CONTACT:
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speccoll@iupui.edu