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Florida State University Planning Committee Minutes, Special Collections, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida
Processed in September 2003
The Minutes of the Florida State University Planning Committee document a transition period for Florida State University. On May 15, 1947, the Florida State College for Women became a coeducational institution of university status, the Florida State University. The minutes reflect concerns resulting from this change. The inclusion of men students, growth of the student body, and change in status from a college to a university required appropriate and adequate housing, classroom space, and curricula for the University's current and future needs. The Planning Committee's work addressed these issues, establishing their priorities as the "(1) Needs of the people of the state so far as higher education was concerned; (2) Cooperation with the University of Florida, Regional Education, etc.; (3) Desired functions of the University; and (4) Adequate financing" (Minutes of April 9, 1948).
The Florida State University Planning Committee Minutes contains not only the minutes of this organization for the March 26, 1948 through March 28, 1949 period, but also related items, such as reports from the Functions Sub-Committee and the Sub-Committees on Housing, Committees, and General Education. Two letters from Chairman Hogarth to President Campbell are also included, as well as a questionnaire from civil engineering company Bail, Horton and Associates regarding future University facility functions and needs, and two memoranda from the Library staff, signed by Director Louise Richardson, to the Planning Committee regarding current and future library facility needs. Among topics covered in the items of the collection are facilities, curricula, and housing issues.