Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Department of Speech
UA.16.17
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
- Creator
- Michigan State University. Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences.
- Creator
- Michigan State University. Department of Speech, Dramatics, and Radio Education.
- Creator
- Michigan State University. Department of Speech.
- Title
- Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences (1966- ) Department of Speech, Dramatics, and Radio Education (1937-1966)
- ID
- UA.16.17
- Date [inclusive]
- 1939-1997
- Extent
- 0.5 Cubic feet
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan".
Historical Note
The Department of Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education combined multiple diciplines in its early years. In particular it focused on the performing arts (theater) and radio broadcasting. The faculty files included here refllect the work was done in thest areas in the 1950s- 1966.
In 1967, the Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences was created in the then recently established College of Communication Arts and Sciences. Over the course of the next decades it grew in enrollment, course offerings, and faculty. It developed a separate undergraduate major, with ensuing separate master’s and doctoral degrees in speech(-language) pathology, audiology, and speech and hearing sciences. The Department gained national accreditation from the American Speech(-Language)- Hearing Association for its graduate professional degrees in speech(-language) pathology and audiology. By 1970, a master’s degree was looked upon nationally as the entry-level professional degree for the professions. Further major programmatic shifts occurred in 21st Century, with the Department changing its name to Communicative Sciences and Disorders in 2006, and transitioning to a speech-language pathology, graduate-only program in 2010.
The speech pathology courses began as one of an interest area in “speech correction” in 1937 as part of the Department of Speech and Drama at Michigan State University. It consisted of a single faculty member with interests in speech correction.
Scope and Contents note
Note that the Department of Audiology and Speech is a medical sciences department. There was a department of Speech, Dramatics, and Radio Education until 1966. This department taught subjects related to performing arts and communication arts.
The collection of the department of Audiology and Speech Sciences consists of various reports on topics related to audiology, including one titled “Noise: The Acoustical Pollutant,” pamphlets on course offerings and study abroad programs, newsletters for alumni of the department.
The collection for Speech, Dramatics, and Radio Education includes faculty files for the period that the department was active in dramatics (theater) and radio broadcasting, information on the “Children’s Theatre Institute,” part of a course for students interested in studying the techniques of staging children’s plays.
The collection also includes unpublished annual reports for 1958 - 1969.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Conrad Hall888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu
Revision Description
Added faculty files November 2014
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Legal Status note
Copyright: Michigan State University Property Rights: Michigan State University
Conditions Governing Use
Some materials in this collection are access only and restricted from copying or digital imaging.
Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials
See UA 16.118 (Department of Theater)
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Michigan State University. Forensic Program. -- Chronological subdivision--1966-1967;
- Michigan State University. Speech Abstracts. -- Chronological subdivision--1946;
- Michigan State University. Student Speaker's Bureau. -- Chronological subdivision--1939-1941;
Subject(s)
- Noise -- Physiological effect
- Radio broadcasting
- Speech -- Research
- Speech -- Study and teaching
- Theater -- Study and teaching
Collection Inventory
| Box | Folder | |||
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Children’s Theatre Institute 1954 |
5144 | 1 | ||
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Department of Speech – Miscellaneous 1953 |
5144 | 2 | ||
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Brief Statement - Growth of the Speech Department during Dr. Paul's Administration 1947-1955 |
5144 | 2 | ||
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MSU Forensics Program Annual Summary 1966-1967 |
5144 | 3 | ||
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“Noise: The Acoustical Pollutant” Undated |
5144 | 4 | ||
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Pamphlets 1963, 1964, 1972, 1974, 1988, 1995-1997 |
5144 | 5 | ||
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“A Proposal for MSU Hospital Facility Planning” 1968 |
5144 | 6 | ||
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“Report of the Third Conference on Oral Clefts” 1971 |
5144 | 7 | ||
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“Speech Abstracts”, volumes 5 and 6 1946 |
5144 | 8 | ||
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Speech Department Alumni Newsletter 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956 |
5144 | 9 | ||
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Student Speakers Bureau 1939-1941 |
5144 | 10 | ||
Annual Reports |
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Unpublished |
Annual Reports | |||
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1958-1959 |
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1959-1960 |
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1960-1961 |
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1961-1962 |
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1962-1963 |
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1964-1965 |
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1965-1966 |
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1966-1967 |
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1967-1968 |
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1968-1969 |
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Faculty Files |
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Davis, Jed H. 1953-1960 |
5144 | 11 | ||
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Duckwall, Ralph W. 1951-1958 |
5144 | 12 | ||
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Eek, Nathaniel S. 1957-1962 |
5144 | 13 | ||
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Feher, Edwin M. 1958-1959 |
5144 | 14 | ||
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Kenworthy, O. Franklin 1966 |
5144 | 15 | ||
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Larson, Orville K. 1956-1959 |
5144 | 16 | ||
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Long, Thomas R. 1956-1959 |
5144 | 17 | ||
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Mehta, C.C. (Visiting Professor in Drama from University of Baroda, India) 1967-1969 Controlled Access HeadingsCorporate Name(s)
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5144 | 18 | ||
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