Records of the Controller
Collection
Identifier: 9E-1938-1978
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of the records of the Wellesley College Controller, dating from 1938-1978. Collection includes administrative records relating to academic departments and the library, the Assistant Treasurer, the campus grounds and buildings, the Business Manager, the Controller, the Deans, the Development Fund, the Dietician, the Director of Residence, Personnel, Information Services, and purchasing; includes records of auditors, bank records, building records, contracts, employees and benefits, faculty publications and royalties, records of funds (Alumnae Fund, Annuity), gifts and bequests, grants, insurance policies, lawyers, affiliated organizations and charities, student records (enrollment statistics, international and graduate students, leaves of absence, student organizations), summer programs, tuition and fees, union records, IRS records, and various subject files.
Dates
- 1938-1979
Creator
- Wellesley College. Controller (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. To make an appointment to view materials, please contact the Archives staff by email at archives@wellesley.edu or by phone at (781) 283-3745.
Conditions Governing Use
The Wellesley College Archives welcomes researchers to use materials in the public domain, to make fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law, and to request permission to use works whose copyright is held by Wellesley College. All materials from the Archives, regardless of copyright status, should be attributed to the Wellesley College Archives, Library and Technology Services when cited, quoted, or reproduced.
Biographical / Historical
A Controller (or Comptroller) is a financial officer who manages the accounting of the college. From 1928-1952, the position title was Comptroller, under the college's Business Administration. The position title changed spelling to Controller in 1952. In the late 1960s the position was under the Office of Vice President and Business Manager; in the early 1970s it was under the Office of the Vice President for Business Affairs, and in the late 1970s it was under the Office for Financial and Business Affairs. There have been Assistant Controllers, and in the 1950s and early 1960s the Controller was also the Assistant Treasurer.
Extent
3.1 Linear Feet (3 record cartons, one half-record carton, one thin letter-sized Hollinger box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Records are maintained in original order; files are arranged in alphabetical order.
Creator
- Wellesley College. Controller (Organization)
- Title
- Wellesley College. Controller. Records of the Controller, 1938-1979: a container list
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Wellesley College Archives Repository