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Karen S. Haynes papers, 1988, 2003-2019

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Subseries 4

Scope and Contents

Papers created by the Office of the President by Karen Haynes and her designees. The Karen. S. Haynes papers include records donated by her office as well as those compiled by the archives related to Dr. Haynes and her tenure as President of CSUSM.

Records includle a broad range of materials, including speeches, news clippings, photographs, ephemera, objects (especially plaques and awards), oral interview transcripts, publications, and university website content.

Books authored or co-authored by Dr. Haynes are included in the collection but have been cataloged and are discoverable via the OneSearch Library Catalog: https://csusm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?tab=everything&search_scope=EVERYTHING&sortby=rank&vid=01CALS_USM&lang=en_US&mode=advanced

Search for "Author/contributer" contains "Karen Haynes" for publications from the collection.

Dates

  • 1988, 2003-2019

Conditions Governing Access

The Karen S. Haynes papers is open for research.

The Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room is accessible by appointment only, Monday-Friday, 8am - 4pm. Final requests for materials must be made one hour prior to closing. Please submit requests for archival materials at least 24 hours in advance of desired appointment. Materials requested over the weekend will be available on the following Tuesday at the earliest. Please note that Special Collections and University Archives observes all campus holiday closures as noted in the Library Calendar. For more information, please send an email to archives@csusm.edu.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights reside with California State University San Marcos. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact archives@csusm.edu.

Permission to examine Library materials is not authorization to publish or to reproduce the examined material in whole, or in part. Persons wishing to quote, publish, perform, reproduce, or otherwise make use of an item in the Library’s collections must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of the copyright holder.

The researcher assumes full responsibility for use of the material and agrees to hold harmless the University Library, and California State University, against all claims, demands, costs, and expenses incurred by copyright infringement or any other legal or regulatory cause of action arising from the use of the Library's materials.

In assuming full responsibility for use of the material, the researcher also understands that the materials they examine may contain Social Security numbers, other personal identifiers, and/or sensitive material on potentially living and identifiable individuals (e.g., medical, evaluative, or personally invasive information). The researcher agrees not to record, reproduce, or disclose any Social Security number or other information of a highly personal nature that may be found.

(parts of statement adapted from Schlesinger Library Policies and Procedures)

Biographical / Historical

Term of office: 2004-2019

Karen S. Haynes began her tenure as the third and longest-serving president of CSUSM in 2004. In the summer of 2016, she became the senior president of the 23-campus CSU system — the first woman ever to serve in that role. She has served for over 30 years as an academic administrator.

At CSUSM, Haynes led advances in serving traditionally underrepresented student populations — in spring 2019, 55 percent of graduating students were first in their families to achieve a four-year degree. The university’s student population now mirrors the rich diversity of the region; over half the student body identifies as being a minority. During her tenure, CSUSM notably served the highest per-capita numbers of both military-affiliated and American Indian students in the CSU system and more former foster youth per capita than any institution of higher education in the United States.

Haynes oversaw tremendous growth at CSUSM, including the construction of 14 new facilities, the addition of a Temecula campus and the doubling of relevant new academic programs and career certificates.

Before coming to CSUSM, Haynes was the president of the University of Houston-Victoria for 8½ years. A first-generation college student, she earned a master’s in social work from McGill University in Montreal and a doctorate in social work from the University of Texas at Austin.

Her husband, Jim Mickelson, was the founding director of CSUSM’s ACE Scholars Services, a unique program that provides support to former foster youth.

(Excerpted from Past Presidents on 2019-09-04)

Extent

15.5 Linear Feet (3 document cases, 2 record boxes, 3 oversized archival boxes, and 3 items wrapped in tybek (2 items wrapped together) in a total of two "containers")

Language

English

Overview

Papers created by the Office of the President by Karen S. Haynes and her designees.

Arrangement

The Karen S. Haynes papers are subseries 4 of series 3 (Office of the President) of Collection 2 (Univeristy and President) of the California State University San Marcos University Archives. Papers are arranged at the box level, with description for some boxes by item or folder. Within boxes, contents are roughly arranged by content (e.g. speeches) or format (e.g. photographs). Paper records can be found in boxes 1-4. Oversized items are arranged in box 4. Realia are arranged in boxes 5-8.

Physical Location

Room 1006 8.c.2, 8.d.2, 12.d.1 - 12.d.4

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials have either been transferred from the Office of the President or compiled by University Library staff.

Processing Information

Processed by Dannis Mitchell, ca. 2014. Re-processed by Sean Visintainer and Judith Downey, March 2019 to October 2019.

Repository Details

Part of the CSUSM University Archives Repository

Contact:
California State University San Marcos Library
333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd.
San Marcos CA 92096-0001 United States
760-750-4312