S. William Pelletier Provost records

Descriptive Summary
Title: S. William Pelletier Provost records
Creator: Pelletier, S. William
Inclusive Dates: 1962-2003
Bulk Dates: 1969-1976
Language(s): English
Extent: 5 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Collection Number: UA04-017
Repository: University of Georgia Archives

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Collection Description

Biographical/historical note

Dr. S. William Pelletier (1924-2004) was born in Kankakee, Illinois, earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1947 and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at Cornell in 1950. Following work at the Rockefeller Institute, he assumed the position of Head of the Chemistry Department at the University of Georgia in 1962. In 1969, Pelletier was chosen as Provost of the University. In that role he generated controversy as he worked to change faculty promotion and tenure requirements. Finally in the wake of a public controversy with Dean William Tate, Pelletier resigned in 1976 and the office of Provost was eliminated for some twenty years. Pelletier then assumed the role of Director of the Institute for Natural Products Chemistry Research. In addition to his work in chemistry and university administration, Pelletier was well known for his expertise in art, particularly in relation to prints of which he was a noted collector.

Scope and Content

The papers, as retrieved from his office on the 7th floor of the Ilah Dunlap Little Library, were divided into four series. The adminstrative series document Pelletier's activities as Provost. There are donation and correspondence files related to his work with the Georgia Museum of Art and the UGA Library, with the exception of files related to artist John Taylor Arms that are found in series four.

Organization and Arrangement

The collection is arranged into four series: administrative, correspondence, art and library donation/correspondence files, and conferences/John Taylor Arms.

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Administrative Information

Preferred citation note

S. William Pelletier Provost records, UA04-017, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

General Notes

RG 1-13

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related collections in this repository: Institute for Natural Products Chemistry records, UA04-010.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Administrative
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1	1	A and S Questionnaire, 1974-1975
1	2	Talk to AAUP, 1974 April 20
1	3	Provost Appointment, 1969
1	4	Alumni Foundation Professors Support, 1976
1	5	Alumni Foundation Professorship – S.W.P., 1969
1	6	Bio Data, 1970
1	7	Business Appointments, 1976
1	8	Clippings, 1971-1975
1	9	Criteria for Special Professorship and Endowed Chairs, 1975
1	10	Equipment, 1976
1	11	Faculty Attitude and Opinion Survey, 1976
1	12	Faculty Fracas and 13-A Faculty Fracas [continued], 1973
1	13	Grants–S.W. Pelletier, 1974
1	14	Guidelines–Drafts, 1970
1	15	Guidelines, 1970-1973
1	16	Home Economics Dean's Appointment, 1971
1	17	Institute for Natural Products Research, 1969
1	18	Institutional Research, 1975-1976
1	19	Journalism, 1973
1	20	"The Last Hurrah" and 21-A, "The Last Hurrah" [continued], 1976 January
1	21	Law School Deanship, 1973
1	22	Libraries' Director Search, 1972-1978
1	23	Memorandas, 1969
1	24	Monthly Dean's Meeting, 1970-1973
1	25	Natural Products Lab Report, 1976
1	26	Outstanding Faculty, 1971
1	27	Pages Charges–Research, 1976
1	28	Policy Statements, 1975
1	29	Promotion Committee Members, 1973
1	30	Key Promotion Letters, 1969-1973
1	31	Promotion Committee–Charges, 1975-1976
1	32	Confidential–University, 1970-1976
1	33	Promotions, 1971-1976
1	34	Provost's Office Report, 1969–1976
1	35	Purchasing–Office Equipment, 1976
1	36	Promotions A and S Procedures, 1974
1	37	Provost's Interns, 1978
1	38	Provost's Report, 1976 July 13
1	39	Renovation of Provost's Office, 1969-1974
1	40	Reorganization, 1974
1	41	GA Review Rumpus, 1974
1	42	Royal Society, 1973
1	43	Self-Study Report, 1971
1	44	Senior Counselors, 1975-1978
1	45	Schwartz Letters, 1976 February 24
1	46	University Professors, 1974
1	47	Vice Provost, 1973
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2	1	[Booklets–UGA Guidelines for Promotions and Appointments, Statutes of UGA]
2	2	[Loose Letters], 1977, 1991
2	3	Articles on Communication, 1970
2	4	Georgia Review, 1977
2	5	Internships–Provost's Office, 1973-1976
2	6	Publishing Obligations of Faculty, 1969-1976
2	7	Recognition of Excellence of UGA, 1974-1975
2	8	Articles on Research [Clippings], 1971 September 28
2	9	Teaching, 1975
2	10	"Compatibility" Issue (History), 1970-1971
2	11	Athens Observer series, 1975 summer
2	12	Torch Club, 1969-1970
2	13	Promotion Summary, 1975-1976
2	14	[Photographs with Letter], 1975 October 2
2	15	[Chemist's Triangle], 1970s

 

2. Correspondence
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3	4	Dinnan, 1971
3	5	Dodd, Lamar, 1971-1982
3	6	Lamar Dodd Correspondence, 1969-1997
3	7	Faculty Letters, 1973
3	8	Faculty Letters, 1973-1974
3	9	Georgia Review, 1974-1977
3	10	German, Victor, 1969-1971
3	11	Giardini Affair, 1976
3	12	Land, Aubrey, 1973
3	13	Letters, Miscellaneous, 1973
3	14	Montgomery, 1974 December
3	15	Montgomery Miasma, 1975
3	16	[Letter – Hubert B. Owens], 1982 October 13
3	17	Polanski, Norman, 1977
3	18	Mr. William Paul, 1970-1978
3	19	A. Poulin Jr., "Poetry Textbooks and the classroom: Blowing the Whistle," College English, vol. 32, No. 3 , 1970 December
3	20	Noble, Clyde, 1976
3	21	Reeves, Walter Paschal, 1971
3	22	Saye, Albert, 1976
3	23	Helen Smith Interviews [Clippings], 1974
3	24	Dr. Sterns, 1971
3	25	Still, Richard, circa 1970s
3	26	Stone, Vernon, 1977
3	27	Timberlake Matter, 1970-1971
3	28	Dr. Robert West, 1974
3	29	Correspondence, 1970
3	30	Correspondence, 1969-1970
3	31	Correspondence, 1970-1971
3	32	Correspondence, 1970-1971
3	33	Date File [Correspondence], 1971-1972
3	34	Date File [ Correspondence], 1972
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4	1	[Correspondence], 1972
4	2	[Correspondence], 1973
4	3	[Correspondence], 1973
4	4	[Correspondence], 1973
4	5	[Correspondence], 1974
4	6	[Correspondence], 1974

 

3. Art and Library Donation/Correspondence Files
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5	1	[Letters], 1978
5	2	GA Museum Organization and Reporting, 1977 April 29
5	3	Bledsoe, Jane, 1988-1990
5	4	[Georgia Museum of Art, Correspondence, etc.], 1996
5	5	Eiland, William U. [part one, split from one original file], 2000-2003
5	6	Eiland, William U. [part two, split from one original file], 1996-2000
5	7	Fowler, Betty Alice, 2003
5	8	Freeman, Jennifer, 1999-2001
5	9	GMOA Preparations, 2001-2003
5	10	Greenspan, Rebecca, 2001
5	11	Hinton, Cecilia, 2001
5	12	Mondi, Annelies, 2002-2003
5	13	Phagan, Patricia, 1989-2001
5	14	Phagan, Patti [Patricia, folder original placed inside folder 13], 1998-1999
5	15	Print Club, 1977-1979
5	16	Purdue, Lynn, 2000
5	17	Ramsey, Bonnie, 1993-2003
5	18	[Museum of Art Folder – Rembrandt], 1998
5	19	[Georgia Museum of Art Folders – Board of Advisors, etc.], 2001-2003
5	20	[Booklet – Professional Practices in Art Museums], 2001
5	21	At Home and Abroad; Japan and Japanisme (GMOA ) [found in folder 22], 2002
5	22	Ray, Romita, 2000-2003
5	23	Sampson, Kristie [thank you note], 2001 February 2
5	24	Sumerour, Neil [letter], 2001 September 11
5	25	Wilfong, Thomas [letter], 2001 April 6
5	26	Winthrop, Carol, 1986-1988
5	27	Yates, Rebecca, 2001-2003
5	28	Georgia Museum of Art Acquisitions, 1998-2000
5	29	Georgia Museum of Art, 2000-2003
5	30	Georgia Museum of Art, 2001-2003
5	31	Museum Reporting – Dr S. William Pelletier, 1977
5	32	Gift to Library , 1986
5	33	Gift to Libraries , 1987
5	34	Gift to Libraries , 1988
5	35	Returns to Library , 1988
5	36	Gift to Libraries , 1989
5	37	Gift to Library , 1990
5	38	Gift to Libraries , 1992
5	39	Gift to UGA Libraries , 1993
5	40	Gift to Georgia Museum of Art, 1980
5	41	Gift to Georgia Museum of Art – Original Documents , 1981 December 16
5	42	Gift to Georgia Museum of Art , 1983 December 21
5	43	Loan to Georgia Museum of Art , 1983
5	44	Loan to Georgia Museum of Art , 1984
5	45	Gift to GA Museum of Art , 1984
5	46	Gift to GA Museum of Art, 1985
5	47	Loan to GA Museum of Art , 1986
5	48	Gift to Georgia Museum of Art , 1986
5	49	Gift – Georgia Museum of Art , 1986
5	50	Gift to Georgia Museum of Art , 1988
5	51	[Georgia Museum of Art] , 1986-1987
5	52	[Gift to Georgia Museum of Art] , 1989
5	53	Georgia Museum of Art Gift , 1990
5	54	Gift to Georgia Museum of Art , 1991
5	55	Loan to GA Museum of Art , 1991
5	56	[GA Museum of Art Postcard], circa 2000s
5	57	Gifts to Georgia Museum of Art , 2002

 

4. Conferences/John Taylor Arms
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6	1	Trip to Chicago, 1969 November
6	2	NIH-ACS, Washington ["cancelled" written over label], 1971 September
6	3	London Trip, 1971 July
6	4	Trip to Ann Arbor, 1971 June
6	5	NIH Medicinal Chemistry Panel, Bethesda, Maryland, 1971
6	6	Los Angeles – ACS , 1971
6	7	New Orleans, ACS ["cancelled" written over label], 1970 December
6	8	Trip to Washington, DC, Land Grant Meeting ["cancelled" written over label], 1970 November
6	9	Trip to Chicago, NIH, ACS, B. of E., Journal of Organic Chemistry , 1970 September
6	10	Trip to Riga, Latvia, 1970
6	11	Trip to Chicago and Toronto, 1970 May
6	12	Trip to Washington, DC – NIH Panel, 1970
6	13	Houston Trip – Cancelled, 1970 February
6	14	Kingston, Jamaica, 1970 January
6	15	NSF Meeting, Atlanta, Cancelled, 1969-1970
6	16	Philadelphia , 1970 January
6	17	Trip to New York, 1969 September
6	18	Travel – ACS, NIH Trips – Misc, circa 1970s
6	19	Tallahassee Trip, 1973 June
6	20	Trip to New York City, 1972 June
6	21	ACS New York, 1972
6	22	New York - Ford Foundation ["cancelled" written over label], 1971 February
6	23	Trip to New York City, Peabody Awards, 1973 May
6	24	ACS Meeting in Dallas ["cancelled" written over label], 1973 April
6	25	To Syracuse, NY, 1973 March
6	26	Trip to Berkeley, CA , 1973 January
6	27	To Memphis, Tennessee, 1972 December
6	28	To Washington, DC Land-grant Meeting, 1972 November
6	29	To Birmingham, 1972 November
6	30	Trip to New Orleans, Southern Land-grant, Assn, 1972 September
6	31	Trip to Chicago , 1972
6	32	NIH Trip and ACS, 1971 September
6	33	NIH and ACS, Boston , 1972 April
6	34	AIR Conference, Miami Beach , 1972 May
6	35	NIH Trip to Bethesda, MD, 1972 January
6	36	Trip to Jamaica, 4th Natural Products Symposium, 1972 January
6	37	London, 1973 July
6	38	Trip to New Orleans, NASULGC, 1971 November
6	39	Land Grant Meeting in Denver, Colorado, 1973 November
6	40	Trip to Washington State University , 1975 January
6	41	SACS Meeting, Dallas ["cancelled" written over label], 1974 December
6	42	Land Grant Meeting, Washington, DC., 1974 November
6	43	New York City, Ford Foundation, 1974 October
6	44	San Diego, ACE Annual Meeting, 1974 October
6	45	Hot Springs, Arkansas, Southern Assoc. of LGCSU, 1974
6	46	ACS Meeting, Atlantic City, New Jersey ["cancelled" written over label], 1974 September
6	47	Trip to Fort Bragg, N.C. , 1974 July
6	48	Trip to Ottawa, Canada , 1974 June
6	49	New York, Peabody Awards, 1974 May 1
6	50	ACS Meeting in Los Angeles ["cancelled" written over label], 1974
6	51	Chemical Congress, Mexico City ["cancelled" written over label], 1975 December
6	52	Trip to Pullman, Washington, 1975 January
6	53	Land-Grant Meeting, Houston, Texas ["cancelled" written over label], 1975 November
6	54	Chicago, 1975 August
6	55	ACS Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 1975 April
6	56	New York City, Peabody Awards Banquet, 1975 May
6	57	To Chicago, Center for Research Libraries, 1975 April
6	58	London Trip, 1975 July
6	59	CRL Board and Council Meeting, Chicago , 1976 January
6	60	Cotton Bowl, 1976
6	61	ACS Trip, New York City, 1976 April
6	62	New York City – Peabody Awards, 1976 May
6	63	Trip to Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA , 1976 May
6	64	Rockefeller University Symposium, New York City, 1976 June
6	65	Trip to Chicago, IL, CRL Meetings. [Center for Research Libraries], 1976 April
6	66	[Various travel records], 1975-1976
6	67	[Luncheon and Dinner Records], 1971-1974
6	68	Who's Who [pamphlets and vitae], 1977
6	69	Math Conference on K-Theory and Operator Algebras, 1975 April 21
6	70	Response to Rose Garden Dedication, 1975 October 30
6	71	Suggested Greetings for: Dr. SW Pelletier Opening Session: Inorganic Chemistry , 1975 January 6
6	72	Georgia Center for Cont. Education, circa 1970s
6	73	Welcome to Legislators, 1972 December 11
6	74	Welcome to Algebra Conference, 1972 June 12
6	75	Welcome to Chemiluminescence Conference , 1972 October 10
6	76	The American Physical Society Conference Georgia Center , 1974 April 15
6	77	Profiles in Community Change (Public Service), 1973 December 13
6	78	"Science and Christianity" Athens Torch Club, 1970 April 9
6	79	Welcome–Workshop for Department Heads, 1971 July
6	80	[Letter–Dinner, Waldorf Towers], 1980 November 17
6	81	To Boston, Massachusetts, Natick Conference, 1972 October
6	82	Manuscripts and reprints of Pelletier Articles Related to Artist John Taylor Arms, circa 1970s
6	83	Correspondence related to John Taylor Arms Publications, Folder A, circa 1970s
6	84	Correspondence related to John Taylor Arms Publications, Folder B, 1970s