I. Subject Files

Description: The records cover a wide variety of subjects that address Ernest Lynton's professional duties and responsibilities at Livingston College and include articles, conference papers, correspondence, drafts, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, proposals. There are several notable topics in this series that reflect Lynton's influence on the planning of the campus. These topics include Lynton's philosophy for Livingston College, his transcripts on the development of Livingston, and the planning committee he started. His foundation as a progressive thinker of higher education can be found in his association with the Union of Experimental Colleges and his correspondence with new colleges in development. Other records documenting the reorganization of Rutgers can be found in memorandums of conversation, news release press clippings, and in the documentation from the Provost's planning committee.

Other important files contain: 1) Lynton's philosophy and his recollections of the development of Livingston College, 2) Interdepartmental correspondence and memorandums that were key to Livingston's success; 3) the development of community responsible centers, student organizations, and programs at Livingston College; and 4) the correspondence between the college and outside organizations fostering collaborations and work opportunities. From its inception, Livingston College sought to involve community activities into its diverse curriculum.. We see that the college was dedicating itself to societal needs through the development of leadership, science and technical skills. The social science goal of this institution was for its student to gain of understanding of their society and community, as stated by Lynton. Dr. Lynton saw Livingston as an urban center which reflected what was occurring in the cities. The college's goal was to prepare its men and women to contribute to these urban communities by developing their abilities. To do this, Livingston College offered a very flexible academic program with the ability of students to terminate in two years with technical training or rise to post-graduate training, including but not limited to, medical studies. As Lynton mentioned, funding through grants, donations, endowments, as well as the Equal Opportunity Fund, will allow the poor or otherwise ineligible to attend college.

Several topics reflect the social issues that were occurring during this time in Rutgers development. Subjects such as the development of Livingston's Intercultural Center, the Urban Affairs center, the R.E.A.P (Rutgers Educational Action Program), the Organization for Black Unity (OBU), the Martin Luther King scholarship, the Tillet group, and selective service during the Vietnam War are represented. The development of Livingston College with an advanced academic curriculum can be found in the topics on police science, computer grants, the planning of the science building, the establishment of statistics courses and urban studies. The collaboration of Livingston College with other institutions and organization, such as Technion in Israel, St. Peter's Hospital, Princeton University, and the African Studies Institute shows Livingston's focus as a socially conscious institution. Earnest A. Lynton emphasis on volunteering, internships, and equal opportunity in education can be reflected in the topics on the Lehecka seminar, the Talent Search Program, the Turrell fund, as well as pre and post college remedial programs. Important to Lynton was the establishment of scholarships to allow students from various ethic and socio-economic backgrounds to attend college. He followed through by creating his own scholarship years later.

Major committees represented include Admissions, Appointments and Promotions, College Readiness Program, Curriculum and Provost's Planning committees. Other meaningful subject concentrations include Curriculum Planning and Dean and Associate Dean Correspondence. The descriptions summarize folder contents, with minimal attempt to catalog individual documents. The evaluation of the intellectual content has been mainly concerned with an analysis of the evolving functions of the Dean's Office and its relations with other college and university offices and departments.

It should be noted that correspondence by Ernest Lynton, Warren Carrier, and Stuart Miller can also be found in this alphabetical listing, under the broad heading "Dean." Box 4, folders 7-9, contains additional correspondence of Warren Carrier, Box 4, folders 14-28, contains additional correspondence of Ernest A Lynton ranging from 1959 through October 1968, and Box 4, folder 35, contains additional correspondence of Stuart Miller.