Intro to Gerontology-GRT 201, 1997-1998

The collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes of various boards and committees, correspondence of the center’s director, a large subject file, and transcripts of speeches given by Professor DeJesus throughout her tenure at SMU/UMD. The bulk of the collection spans the 1980s and 1990s and is divided in to 6 series:

Series I contains information about the center and meeting minutes of UFGC and the executive committee. Within these can be found correspondence and other papers relating to the work of the committees. This series also contains material relating to the precursor SMU Gerontology Committee circa 1983 and the Gerontology Grants Committee which consists of proposals, progress reports and correspondence relating to grants obtained through committee for faculty research on elderly care related subjects.

Series II contains correspondence of the center, mostly that of the executive director, Ora M. DeJesus.

Series III consists of material relating to Gerontology and Nursing courses, including course syllabi, lecture notes, correspondence, student papers and schedules.

Series IV is an alphabetical subject file relating to the Certified Nursing Assistant Program, circa 1996-2000. Includes correspondence, contracts, agreements, news clippings, speeches by Professor DeJesus and other related papers.

Series V contains transcripts of speeches and talks delivered by Ora M. DeJesus. Includes handwritten note cards and other notes, material used to prepare speeches, overheads, information on events and locations of speeches and related correspondence. Speeches are arranged in chronological order.

Series VI consists of subject files related to the center, arranged alphabetically.