Records of the University of Florida Press
Scope and Content
Series 170 contains minutes of the Board of Managers for the years 1945-1991 and the Board of Advisors for the years 1979-1990, along with production and financial reports and board minutes for the years 1981-1991. Also included for those years are minutes of advisory committees and the Committee on the Future. Records related to the selection and criticism of prospective manuscripts were discarded. Also contained in this series are early Press documents for the years 1944-1961, including the founding documents. Also included are booklets listing new publications from 1950-2008.
Dates
- Creation: 1944-2008
Creator
- University of Florida Press. Board of Managers. (Organization)
Access
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Biographical/Historical Note
The University of Florida Press was founded in 1944 to handle publications produced by Florida faculty. It quickly evolved into a broader academic press. The Board of Managers met for the first time on January 5, 1945. The University of Florida Press later became part of the University Presses of Florida and, along with the academic presses of the other state universities, was eventually subsumed by the University Press of Florida.
Extent
5 Linear feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
University of Florida Press minutes of the Board of Managers for the years 1945-1991 and the Board of Advisors for the years 1979-1990, along with production and financial reports and board minutes for the years 1972-1974, and 1981-1991. Also included are booklets listing new publications from 1950-2008.
Physical Location
Please note that this collection is housed in the Auxiliary Library Facility off campus and will require advance notice for timely retrieval. Please contact the Special and Area Studies Collections department prior to your visit.
- Title
- A Guide to the Records of the University of Florida Press
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Carl Van Ness
- Date
- April 2007 (Updated March 2020; January 2023)
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Revision Statements
- December 2019: Sarah Coates (added folders to box 3)
- March 2020: New addition processed. Major restructuring.
- January 2023: Sarah Coates; added Board of Managers meeting files to box 4; these files came from a Library Dean's office accession
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu