Taylor Culbert, Office Files (1972-1973)

The contents of the collection include the administrative papers of Taylor Culbert while he held the position of Vice President and Dean of Faculties at Ohio University. These papers range from budgeting information to task forces during the years of 1972-1973. A majority of the information in this collection concerns faculty programs and different associations that were a part of Ohio University during this time. This collection is organized in alphabetical order. There is no particular chronological order to this collection and certain folders listed under the component level may be broken up into several folders with the same title.

Taylor Culbert was a native of Brooklyn, New York. He received his bachelor's degree from Yale University and his master's and PhD from the University of Michigan. In 1953, Culbert began his career at Ohio University as an English instructor and worked his way up to be an English professor by 1965. By 1969, Culbert had assumed the role of Vice President and Dean of Faculties. At the age of 69, Taylor Culbert died on July 2, 1987 as a Trustees professor of English.

This collection sheds light on the programs that were going on in 1972-1973. It specifically targets the different programs available for faculty, the task forces that took place, budgeting materials, University department information, and administrative papers. These files are especially helpful in determining what changes were happening at Ohio University at this time as well as the programs that continued to exist.