Instruction and Libraries / Academic Affairs
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When available, access is through microfilm, with notations of microfilmed records included in finding aid.
Biographical / Historical
The Instruction Committee was established in 1867 to oversee the academic program of the College and to nominate and appoint persons for professorial vacancies. It was to oversee all matters pertaining to Instruction not delegated to the Faculty or to the President of the College.
In 1872 Ansom Lapham donated a collection of Quaker books to the College. The Ansom Lapham Repository was renamed the Friends Historical Library in 1874, and the Friends Historical Library Committee was established to oversee its operations. The Library Committee was organized in 1894 to oversee the general library operations. The Friends Historical Library Committee and the Library Committee merged in 1910 to the Libraries Committee.
In 1933 the Instructions and Libraries Committees were merged to form the Instruction and Libraries Committee. The Instruction and Libraries Committee was later renamed the Academic Affairs Committee
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