Ohio State University, Office of Ombudservices Records 1970-1996

5.74 Cubic feet

(4) cartons, (2) 5" letter document boxes, (7) file folders

The Ohio State University, Office of Ombudservices Records contain the office files of the University's second and third University Ombudsmen, as well as case files on major policy problems, annual and statistical reports, minutes, correspondence and publications, dated 1970-1993. The files are from the office of the Ombudsman, established in 1970, later expanded and known as the Office of Ombudservices.

[identification of item], Ohio State University, Office of Ombudservices Records, RG 3.J.2, Ohio State University Archives, Ohio State University

The Ohio State University, Office of Ombudservices Records contain the office files of Joanne Murphy and Walter Craig, the second and third University Ombudsmen. It also contains case files on major policy problems, annual and statistical reports, minutes, correspondence and publications from the office of the Ombudsman and later the expanded Office of Ombudservices.

Materials are arranged in the order received.

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Accession Number UA.1977.0094: University Ombudsman; Accession Number UA.1979.0048: University Ombudsman; Accession Number UA.1991.0069: University Ombudservices; Accession Number UA.1993.0124; Accession Number UA.1996.0114: Richard Hollingsworth and Ellen Waits; Accession Number UA.2008.0065

University Archives Oral History Program: Interview of Richard Armitage by Richard Kipling Patterson

University Archives Oral History Program: Interview of Donald W. Good by James J. Bishop

Ohio State University's Council of Graduate Students first proposed the model of an ombudsman to the Faculty Council in 1967 as an impartial channel for student, faculty, and staff complaints at the University. The rule to create the ombudsman role was passed by the Faculty Council in 1970. Richard H. Armitage was appointed the University's first ombudsman in November 1970. Later known as University Ombudservices, the office was phased out in 1996 and student cases were referred to the Student Advocacy Center, which opened in 1995.

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Finding aid written by Karen Glenn, 2016 November

Finding aid prepared by Karen Glenn