Scope and Contents This series contains materials documenting Tranquada's tenure as Chairman of the Pomona College Board of Trustees, 1991-2000. The bulk of the materials consists of Tranquada's correspondence files, which document his involvement with many aspects of college life; his relationship and interaction with other Board members, donors, administrators, faculty, students, and alumni; his role as a communications "hub" through which different elements of the larger college community negotiated issues;...

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This subseries contains materials related to Pomona College's capital fundraising campaign, including a description of the responsibilities of the committee chair, campaign plans, meeting minutes, correspondence between committee members, activity schedules, building blueprints, solicitation worksheets, and research on perspective donors.

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Development program campaign schedule, circa 1993-1996; thank you letter from Tranquada to Draper, 1996; blueprints of student center, no date; solicitation strategy worksheet, 1995; prospect research reports, 1995; correspondence between committee members, 1993-2002.

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Description of Campaign Chair's principal responsibilities, no date; plans for campaign fundraising, 1994; activity schedules, circa 1994; campus center naming opportunities, no date; trustee solicitation schedule, 1995; committee minutes, 1995.

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This subseries contains compensation agreements, including amendments and drafts of contracts, with Pomona College President Peter Stanley, as well as extensive related correspondence. The materials also include an evaluation of Peter Stanley by the Board of Trustees and a newspaper clipping comparing the pay of leading college presidents nationally.

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Peter Stanley's compensation agreement, 1991; Alfred Gibbens' contract agreement, 1991; Peter Stanley's first amendment to agreement, 1997; correspondence from Stanley to Tranquada, 1997.

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Board of Trustees evaluation of Peter Stanley, 2000; Stewart Smith's work notes, no date; Board of Trustees evaluation of Peter Stanley, 1999; correspondence between Chris Elberhardt and Tranquada, 1999; comparison on presidential compensation, 1998; clipping from The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998.

Scope and Contents This subseries contains typed, handwritten, and email correspondence, faxes, meeting minutes, reports, speeches, and other materials relating to the operation of the Pomona College Board of Trustees, including relations between the Board of Trustees and the Pomona College President; relations between the Board of Trustees and donors; planning for campus development, including the new Student Center and the Hahn Building; Pomona College accreditation; and extensive communication between Board...

Contents includes: History of trustee-faculty retreat, 1979; information and research on donors, no date; correspondence between members of the Board of Trustees on insurance policy, 1979-1991; correspondence between members of the Board of Trustees on donor giving, 1979-1991; ephemera from Pomona College president Peter Stanley's inauguration, 1991; correspondence between members of the Board of Trustees on planning stages for new campus center, 1991; newspaper clipping about date-rape awareness on campus,...

Contents includes: Correspondence between Hart and Tranquada, 1992; correspondence between Gibbons and Tranquada, 1992; correspondence between Pomona College lawyers and Citizens Committee to Save Our Village, 1992; ephemera from Pomona College trustee-faculty retreat, 1992; comparative Investment performance - Pomona College, 1992; Pomona College "Planning for the next decade", 1992; record of legal proceedings between Citizens Committee to Save Our Village and Pomona College, 1992; accreditation report,...