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This series consists of the Joint Report of Activities 1955 - 1977 of Visiting Committees for the Schools of Highway Engineering and Transportation and Traffic, as submitted to Council. The report is typed publication of the history of both schools, as well as a set of minutes for the meeting of the two visiting committees.

This series consists of the booklet leaflet collection of the Royal Military College, Duntroon. The material is typed and maintained in a manilla folder and includes booklets, leaflets, reports, journals and handbooks as released by the College, including a confidential proposal for a Four Year BE course and the first issue of the War & Society Journal, produced in 1983 by Duntroon's Department of History.

This series consists of the booklet leaflet collection of the Monomeeth Association. The material is typed and maintained in a manilla folder and includes booklets, leaflets, invitations, programmes and other material as released by the Association, as well as a history of the Association, as compiled by former University Liaison Officer Joyce Davis in June 1978.

This series consists of publications which have been produced by the University Archives, some based on the oral history program. Each item is a typed, paper-bound booklet.

On 9 March 1964 Council decided to create two departments within the School of Philosophy - one as the Department of Philosophy and the other the Department of History and Philosophy of Science (resolution 64/34). On 9 May 1966 Council decided that the latter department would become its own independent school (resolution 66/86). Consequently the Department of Philosophy as an independent unit ceased to exist from this date, as it was esstentially absorbed into the remainder of the school. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 09/03/1964-09/05/1966

This series consists of the UNSW Guide. Each item is a typed booklet containing information about the University, including a brief history and overview of courses available. This guide was designed and published by the Publications Section for prospective students. The Archives holds two copies of this publication.

This series consists of the Annual Reports of the Athletics Club. Each item is a typed publication, which is either stapled together or bound. The reports outline the happenings and changes within the Club throughout the year, and are often accompanied by financial statements. The 25th and 40th Annual Reports also include an historicla review of the Club. The University Archives does not have a complete holding of this series.

This series contains Kensington Racecourse 1890-1942 by Joseph Waugh. This item is a typed, paper-bound volume on the history of the Kensington Racecourse. The Racecourse eventually became part of the Kensington Campus of the University. The Archives holds only one copy of this publication.

In 1967 the School of Accountancy in the Faculty of Commerce introduced an elective subject within its Bachelor of Commerce Accountancy program called Data Processing and Information Systems (UNSW Calendar 1967 Vol 1: D92) and the following year a graduate level subject, Information Systems, was offered. (UNSW Calendar 1968 Vol 1: D101) In 1973 Information Systems became a compulsory subject, and in 1975 final year students were able to specialise in Information Systems in conjunction with their Accountancy major. (Howitt, G. History of Accounting Education and Research at the University of New South Wales 1990: 9 SRF - Accountancy, School of) A chair in Information Systems was created within the Faculty of Commerce in 1974 which was filled by Professor Cyril Brookes (Howitt: 9) and in 1977 the Department of Information Systems was established within the School of Accountancy. (V633/25 Report of the Committee to Review the Faculties of Commerce and Professional Studies, October 1987: 28) In July 1985 the Vice-Chancellor established a committee to review the faculties of Commerce and Professional Studies. One of the recommendations of the working party which was chaired by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ronayne, was that a new School of Information Systems be established by altering the status of the present Department of Information Systems. (Focus 13 May 1988: 10) At the Council meeting on 11 July 1988 major administrative changes were instituted including that the name of the faculty be changed from the Faculty of Commerce to the Faculty of Commerce and Economics and that certain departments within the existing schools within the faculty become schools in their own right. As a consequence, the Department of Information Systems within the School of Accountancy became the School of Information Systems effective from 1 August 1988 (resolution 88/90). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - ?01/01/1977-31/07/1988

The School of Art was established - along with the School of Media Arts - on 23 July 2001 within the College of Fine Arts as a result of the disestablishment of a larger School of Art (Council resolution CL0001/61e). At the time it was noted that the school would comprise the disciplines of painting, drawing, print-media and sculpture. The first head of school was Ms Sylvia Ross. On 3 December 2013 the Academic Board recommended the establishment of the School of the College of Fine Arts in the College of Fine Arts and the consequent disestablishment of the schools of Art, Art History and Art Education, Design Studies and Media Arts with effect from 1 January 2014 (resolution AB13/84). This was approved by the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and President of the Academic Board on 17 December 2013. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 23/07/2001-31/12/2013