Collegium Records (RG108: Sub-Group 19)
Collection Scope and Contents
Materials in this collection include reports, meeting minutes, constitutions, and memos created and gathered during the Collegium and/or were part of the final report or materials created after the report that reflected on the report’s implementation. The bulk of the collection contains the official and abridged Collegium Report, written and released on August 31, 1970. This includes two complete reports that contain the final written report, all the minutes from the meetings that took place from May 1970 through August 1970 from the main committee. Within these reports are also some supporting documentation, including a couple of reports that have to do with the councils and committees discussing the readmission of the suspended Springfield College Black Students who took over Massasoit Hall, a handbook on the Student Judicial System, and lists of fellowships for Black Students. One of the complete reports has been disbanded and put into different folders (the other has been kept complete in its original binder). In addition to this report, there is a follow-up report written by Springfield College president, Wilbert E. Locklin, called the “Report of the SC Collegium” written and released in December 1972. The report updates the Springfield College community on the implementation of recommendations outlined in the Collegium report. Finally, there are a few documents that also speak to changes at College. These documents include some meeting minutes of the All-Campus Representative Assembly and College Faculty meetings.
Dates
- Creation: 1970-1972
Creator
- Office of the President (Organization)
- Springfield College (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Conditions Governing Use
Historical Note
The Springfield College Collegium report was published on August 31, 1970. Meetings to write the report were held from May 1970 through August 1970. The Collegium consisted of a group of 32 elected students and faculty, as well as administrators, trustees and alumni. The Collegium was formed after the Black Student protests and campus building takeovers from 1968 to 1970. In addition to the issues that these events revealed, there were everyday structural problems and financial issues at the college that needed to be addressed. The Collegium was designed to study these campus issues and draw up recommendations to fix these issues for the Springfield College President and appropriate campus entities.
Additional structure of the Collegium consisted of six committees based on priorities identified by an Interim Committee Report: Human Relations, Task Force on Readmission of 19 Black Students, Student Personnel Practices, College Governance, Goals of the College, and Communication. Members of the Collegium volunteered for the committees of their choice. Each sub-committee defined its areas of concern, studied them and made recommendations. Upon reaching consensus within the group, the proposals were presented to the whole Collegium. It was the responsibility of this committee to identify and recommend the goals which Springfield College should pursue in its future years, and to suggest ways which these goals could be implemented. In formulating its recommendations, the committee utilized several secondary sources and conducted a series of twenty-sixindividual interviews. Areas of focus by the committee were as follows: 1) A re-statement of the college philosophy, 2) Extent of the college commitment to provide services to the community, 3)Balance between professional and general education, 4) College's responsibility to study and speak out on social problems, 5) Concept of the "college family" as opposed to "college community, 6) Establishment of a microcosm on campus, 7) The college's future in regards to enrollment and faculty size, divisional structure, and physical plant, 8) College's relationship with neighboring colleges, 9) The college's financial future, 10) Residential status of students, 11) Role of the college in terms of research, teaching, and publication, 12) The role of dissent within the college community.
- Written and researched by Jeffrey Monseau (February 2020)
Information taken from descriptions pulled directly from the Collegium Report (August 31, 1970)
Extent
2 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
Abstract
The Springfield College Collegium report was published on August 31, 1970. Meetings to write the report were held from May 1970 through August 1970. The Collegium consisted of a group of 32 elected students and faculty, as well as administrators, trustees and alumni. The Collegium was formed after the Black Student protests and campus building takeovers from 1968 to 1970. In addition to the issues that these events revealed, there were everyday structural problems and financial issues at the college that needed to be addressed.The Collegium was designed to study these campus issues and draw up recommendations to fix these issues for the Springfield College President and appropriate campus entities.
Materials in this collection include reports, meeting minutes, constitutions, and memos created and gathered during the Collegium and/or were part of the final report and following up materials created after the report. The bulk of the collection contains the official and abridged versions of the Collegium Report, released on August 31, 1970. There are some supporting documents in these reports, including a couple of reports that have to do with the councils and committees discussing the readmission of the suspended Springfield College Black Students who took over Massasoit Hall, a handbook on the Student Judicial System, and a couple of lists of fellowships for Black Students. In addition, there is a follow-up report written by Springfield College president, Wilbert E. Locklin called the “Report of the SC Collegium” written in December 1972.
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Processing Note: Copy 1 of the SC Collegium, 1970: Complete Report (with supporting documentation)
For an exact list of materials contained see copy 2 which has been dis-bound and divided into folders. Essentially, the bound copy contains the complete written report and supporting documents, including list of participants in the Collegium, the meeting minutes, and a few items that may have been used by participants in the Collegium. All materials are bound in a three-ring binder.
Due to the importance of the collection and the possibilities that materials within the collection will be used for Exhibits, it was decided that Copy 1 would be preserved in its original form. Materials were left in the original binder andin their original order.
Processing Note: Copy 2 of the SC Collegium, 1970: Complete Report with Supporting Document
The materials were originally bound in a three-ring binder (same as copy 1). The materials havebeen dis-bound and divided into folders. Materials wereremoved from the binder to 1) conserve space, 2) to allow for easier access to the individual materials, and 3) to aid in the digitization of the materials. All materials were kept in the original order they were found within the binder.
Processing Note: Report of the Springfield College Collegium by President Wilbert E. Locklin (December 1972)
Volume has been dis-bound and divided into folders. Documents were originally bound in a soft cover,three-ring binder. Materials have been removed from binder to conserve space and to make digitation of the materials easier. All materials were kept in the original order they were found within the binder. In addition, the cover has also been kept and is in folder 1.
Subject
- Locklin, Wilbert E., President (Wilbert Edwin) (Person)
- Costello, John J. (Person)
- Springfield College (Organization)
- Title
- Office of the President: Collegium Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jeffrey Monseau
- Date
- 2020-02
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2022-08: Transferring information from the original Word document to ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the Springfield College Archives and Special Collections Repository
Springfield College
Judd Gymnasia
263 Alden Street
Springfield Massachusetts 01109 U.S.A. US
413-748-3309
jmonseau@springfieldcollege.edu