Fonds reflects the functions and activities of the President's Office of Nipissing University. The fonds contains seven subseries: academic affairs, campus facilities administration, establishment of Nipissing College and Northeastern University, faculty and staff, government relations, special projects, and university charter application.
Nipissing University. President's OfficeFile contains records related to the establishment of Nipissing College and its predecessor Northeastern University, including letters patent, bylaws, charters, and an affiliation agreement.
Item is the letters patent of Northeastern University.
Item is a bound volume containing documents related to the establishment of Northeastern University and Nipissing College including: the charter, letters patent, supplementary letters patent (changing the name of Northeastern University to Nipissing College in 1967), by-laws, director's register, minutes of meetings of the membership and meetings of the directors of Northeastern University and Nipissing College. File also contains a copy of a legislative bill entitled "An act respecting Northeastern University of Ontario.'"
File contains copies of documents related to the establishment of Nipissing College.
File contains copies of the letters patent.
Item is a bound volume containing legislative acts establishing Ontario universities. These statutes were likely consulted while drafting legislation for the establishment of Nipissing College.
File documents staff conferences, which were regularly held to discuss academic matters before the establishment of Nipissing College's Senate. File contains minutes of staff conferences and the Revisions Committee, memoranda, agendas, and reports.
File contains a copy of the supplementary letters patent.
Subseries documents the appointment, promotion, and tenure of faculty members, as well as the administration of professional development funds, travel assistance, and sabbaticals. Files are arranged by last name of faculty member and contain: correspondence; curricula vitae; academic transcripts; sabbatical applications and reports; applications for professional development funds and travel assistance; faculty reports, evaluation forms, grant applications and project proposals; teaching appointment forms and contracts; assessment reports relating to promotion; and awards nominations.
File contains correspondence, memoranda, sabbatical applications and reports, curricula vitae, applications for travel assistance, research grant applications, requisitions for professional development funds, teaching appointment forms, promotion assessment forms, teaching load statements, course outlines, faculty member's annual reports, and transcripts.
Series documents the management and review of Nipissing University faculty and staff by the President's Office. Series contains one subseries: Faculty files.
Series documents the involvement of the President's Office in academic affairs. Series contains three subseries: Presidents' Joint Committee on Program Articulation; program development; and student survey reports.
Series documents the planning and administration of campus facilities by the President's Office and its participation in joint committees established to manage facilities shared with Canadore College.
File contains a history of the ownership and administration of the Education Centre from 1968 to 1995, with (originals and copies of) relevant documents including reports, minutes, memoranda, correspondence, and presentations.
File contains correspondence, travel assistance applications, requisitions for professional development funds, essays, teaching appointment forms, grant applications, teaching evaluation questionnaires, and academic transcripts.
File contains correspondence, sabbatical reports, curricula vitae, memoranda, reports related to applications for promotion, teaching appointment forms, requisitions for professional development funds, travel and grant applications, contracts, project proposals, staff evaluation forms, faculty member's reports, timetables, and transcripts.
File contains correspondence, memoranda, promotion assessment reports, sabbatical and grant agreements, curricula vitae, staff evaluations, statements of teaching load, and transcripts.
Item is a corporate desk seal consisting of a seal press with two dies and used for embossing documents with the corporate seal. The seal press is made of cast iron painted black, and bears a brass plate reading : Nipissing College - Ontario corporation. One die is made of brass (marked : Sold by Newsome & Gilbert Limited), the other of lead (?).
Series documents Nipissing University's reporting to and interaction with Ontario government bodies responsible for education, primarily the Ontario Council on University Affairs (OCUA) as well as the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Colleges and Education, and special committees, commissions, and panels including: the Committee on University Education in Northeastern Ontario (also known as the Parrott Committee); the Committee on the Future Development of the Universities of Ontario; the Advisory Panel on Future Directions for Post Secondary Education; and the Commission on Post-Secondary Education in Ontario.
Series contains one subseries consisting of annual reports submitted to the Ontario Council on University Affairs.
File contains correspondence, memoranda, news releases, and statements about the integration of North Bay Teachers' College with Nipissing College. File also contains a double-page spread (likely from a magazine) of the North Bay Teachers' College building at 168 First Avenue.
File contains correspondence, research grant applications, statements of teaching load, applications for travel assistance, requisitions for professional development funds, staff evaluations, transcripts, and a prospectus.
File contains correspondence with Laurentian University presidents and acting presidents, as well as memoranda and reports.
File contains three photographs by Railton Studio and Camera Shop of the College Education Centre site and Eloy farm before construction began.
Item is an unbound scrapbook documenting the progression of the construction of the College Education Centre through several sets of of dated photographs, including panoramic photographs. Titles of photo sets include: New campus site; Beaver dam; Parking lot; and College complex - misc.
Item is a design drawing of a Nipissing University College ring in a presentation folder.
File contains three design drawings of a Nipissing University College Bachelor of Arts class of 1980 ring by Josten's.
File documents the design and administration of the student residence at the College Education Centre. File contains surveys, reports, correspondence, statistics, maps, brochures and information packages for conferences or workshops, booking schedules, lists of residence occupants, fee schedules,minutes, floor plans, budgets, and an indenture.
File contains two photographs of an architectural model of the College Education Centre.
File contains annual reports by faculty members, which contain information about their courses, research or scholarly activity, and academic and non-academic activities.
Item is a draft report.
Item is an organizational chart.
File contains drafts and copies of the agreement integrating North Bay Teachers' College into Nipissing College as the new Faculty of Education.
File documents a large monetary gift made to Nipissing College by Carl J. Sanders, and its commemoration later during Nipissing University's 25th anniversary celebrations. File contains correspondence, clippings, press releases, and an inventory of assets.
File contains minutes, notes, financial forecasts, correspondence, cost sharing breakdowns and budgets, gym schedules, and furniture plans.
File contains minutes, agendas, and a list of members of the College Education Centre Residence Council.
File contains correspondence, memoranda, travel assistance applications, academic papers, requisitions for professional development funds, postcards, and a curriculum vitae.
File documents the design of signage for the College Education Centre. File contains correspondence, memoranda, technical drawings, tenders, cost estimates, and invoices.
Item is a brief prepared for presentation to Mr. Al Gordon, Minister of Colleges and Universities.
File contains minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, briefs, and a membership list.
Item is the text of a convocation address.
Subseries documents the planning, establishment, and development of academic programs.
File documents the proposal for a new Environmental Studies and Outdoor Education program. File contains correspondence, minutes of the Environmental Studies Sub Committee of APC, program proposals, reports, and a bibliography.
File contains copies of foundational and policy documents of Nipissing College.
File contains academic papers by Klingspon, correspondence, and an assessment form.
Item is a report "to recommend a plan of physical resources development (space and other facilities) whereby Canadore College will be able to accommodate its educational programs through the 1980-81 academic year."
File contains minutes of the Student Awards Committee (September 12, 1975), an article about recently retired faculty (spring 1996), the text of a slideshow (?) commentary entitled "10th anniversary documentary" by Stan Lawlor, a memorandum about the passing of Jack Trusler (October 16, 1975), a draft response to the report of the Bovey Commission (May 9, 1985), and a report on alumni by Stan Lawlor and Roman Brozowski entitled "Nipissing College - A retrospective and prospective review" (1976).
Item is a report on property ownership at the College Education Centre.
Item is a studio portrait of Lieutenant-Governor Pauline Mills McGibbon.
File documents the development of a cross country ski trail and chalet on campus by the North Bay Parks and Recreation Department in consultation with Nipissing College, Canadore College, and the North Bay Nordic Ski Club. File contains minutes, correspondence, a trail map, development proposal, news clipping, and preliminary estimate.