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Office of the Executive Assistant to the President records

 Collection
Identifier: 02/00/02/03

Scope and Contents

This collection, dating from about 1984 to 1999, consists of files related to the work of Richard H. Stinchfield, who was appointed director of the new Planning and Policy Management office by University of Northern Iowa (UNI) president Constantine Curris and later served as Executive Assistant to the President.

The collection is organized according to how the materials arrived in Special Collections and University Archives. The first set of materials dates from roughly the early 1980s to 2000 and contains records pertaining to campus planning, strategic planning, accreditation, budgetary matters, community engagement, the General Assembly, and more. The second set was processed first and dates from about 1985 to 1988. Its arrangement reflected the university’s administrative organization chart at the time and folders are arranged by campus office or department. Types of materials include correspondence, memos, reports, and publications. The correspondence is either to or from Stinchfield or is copies of letters between other people. The larger files tend to be related to offices in which Stinchfield and Curris took a special interest, such as admissions, enrollment, and Broadcast Services.

Dates

  • 1985-1988

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions. Materials are open for research.

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Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy or similar laws, and the Iowa Open Records Law (see Iowa Code § 22.7). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Northern Iowa assumes no responsibility.

Biographical / Historical

Richard Stinchfield served in various administrative capacities during his time at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). He was the Director of Planning and Policy Management from 1983 to 1987, Acting Vice President for Educational and Student Services (1984-1985) and Executive Assistant to the President from 1987 to 1996. He also served as Coordinator of the Center for Energy and Environmental Education (CEEE) before his retirement in 2001.

Prior to UNI, Stinchfield was the Administrative Assistant to the President at Murray State University (1978-1982) and the Assistant to the President at Mount Wachusett Community College from 1982-1983.

Stinchfield earned his Bachelor of Arts in Geology from Colby College (June 1969), Master of Education in Administration (May 1975) from the University of Maine, Ph.D. in Education from the University of Idaho (May 1978), and a Master of Business Education from Murray State University (1982).

Extent

18.96 Linear Feet (16 boxes)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This material was acquired from the Office of the President in multiple installments.

Processing Information

Finding aid updated by Archival Processor Tessa Wakefield, November 2023. Inventory updated and created by Student Assistant Ilse Hooper, October 2023.

Title
Correspondence, records, publications, reports, and other papers from the office of the Executive Assistant to the President
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives Repository