State University of New York (SUNY)
Scope and Contents
The State University of New York series consists of correspondence, meeting materials, notes, reports, background materials, and speeches. The Personal Office Files sub-group consists of alphabetically arranged files from the Chancellor's Office. The subject matter frequently duplicates that of other sub-groups.
Dates
- Creation: 1943 - 2017
Creator
- From the Collection: Wharton, Clifton R., 1926- (Person)
- From the Collection: Wharton, Dolores D. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Restricted folders are noted in the collection inventory.
Historical Note
The nation’s largest comprehensive public university system, The State University of New York (SUNY), was established in 1948. Since its founding, the SUNY system has evolved to meet the changing needs of New York’s students, communities, and workforce. SUNY initially represented a consolidation of 29 unaffiliated institutions, including 11 teachers colleges. All of these colleges, with their unique histories and backgrounds, united for a common goal: To serve New York State.
Today, the system includes 64 schools, a mix of 29 state-operated campuses and five statutory colleges—including research universities, liberal arts colleges, specialized and technical colleges, health science centers, land-grant colleges—and 30 community colleges. These institutions offer programs as varied as ceramics engineering, philosophy, fashion design, optometry, maritime studies, law, medical education, and everything in between. The University also operates hospitals and numerous research institutes.
(https://www.suny.edu/about/history/)
Wharton served as the Chancellor of SUNY from 1978 to 1987.
Extent
From the Collection: 470 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Historical Collections Repository
Conrad Hall
943 Conrad Road, Room 101
East Lansing MI 48824 US
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu