Guide to the Dr. Alan Belsches Papers

Record Group 098

Date Span:  1986 - 2012

Extent:  1.33 cubic feet

Physical Description:  1 Legal DOC Box ; 1 RC Box ; digital file on Archives server (098_Belsches)

Biographical Sketch:  Dr. Alan Belches was a long-time member of the English faculty at Troy State University Dothan (after 2005, Troy University Dothan Campus) who also served as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and as the TSUD chief academic officer.  After the "OGU" merger of 2005 he became an associate dean of the Dothan Campus College of Arts and Sciences, then returned to the classroom.  He retired in 2017.

Scope / Content Note:  Records, photographs, artifacts produced by Dr. Belsches as a result of his administrative positions or accumulated by him as a member of the English faculty.  Includes a large volume of email correspondence with his College of Business counterpart, Dr. Adair Gilbert, digitized records of importance concerning his administrative duties along with the 2005 and later One Great University merger, TSUD memorabilia, and artifacts mocking OGU.  Also includes research notes and PowerPoint scripts / handouts concerning Doug Bailey's novel set in Dothan, Devil Make a Third. 

Organization:  Organized into 5 series:  1. Office Records, 1986 - 2012 ; 2. Correspondence, 2002 - 2008 ;  3. Ephemera, 1986 - 2010 ;  4. Artifacts, 1999 - c. 2006 ; 5. Devil Make a Third Research, 1988 – 2009.

Preferred Citation:  Alan Belsches Papers, RG 098, Wiregrass Archives, Troy University Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.

Acquisition Method:  gift

Donor Name:  Dr. Alan Belches

Access/User Limits?  Open per donor agreement, 1/27/2020

Processing Date:  November 2024

Processor:  MTO

 

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INVENTORY

Series 1:  Office Records, 1986 – 2012.  Three folders plus born-digital files.  Collected or created by Belsches in his many administrative roles.  Contains multiple administrative body meeting minutes and summaries of such meetings for CAS faculty, supervisory materials, reports on administrative assignments (particularly on things related to the 2005 merger), and program adjustments.  Contains some teaching-related items.

File ID                               File Name

098-17-0724-001-001     TSUD Graduate Council, 1986 - 1993

098-17-0724-001-002     TSUD Faculty Advisory Council Faculty Survey, 1991, 1993

098-17-0724-001-003     "Lobbying" [re: TSUD Campus mission after Harrison Retirement]

098-17-0724-Digital        493 Office Records -- Documents and Files, 1998 – 2012.  Includes two sub-files arranged by topic: “Faculty Handbook Revisions, 2005” and “OGU Bulletin Files, 2004.”

 

Series 2:  Correspondence, 2002 – 2008.  Similar to the Office Records series.  Printouts of correspondence from Belsches to his College of Business counterpart Adair Gilbert coordinating with COB on accreditation and moving the CIS major to the College of Arts and Science (then losing it after the merger) and keeping Gilbert informed about CAS administrative goings-on.

File ID                               File Name

098-17-0724-001-004     Distance Learning / eCampus, 2002 - 2005

098-17-0724-001-005     Ft. Rucker [now Ft. Novosel] online course CP-12 (Safety), 2006

098-17-0724-001-006     TSUD Minority Coordinating Committee [re: Consent Decree in Knight v. AL], 2003 - 05

098-17-0724-001-007     TSUD Executive Council / Executive Work Group, 2003

098-17-0724-001-008     TSUD / TU Dothan Campus Deans Council Updates of Meetings, 2003 - 2007

098-17-0724-001-009     TSU / TU [System] CAS Deans Meeting Updates, 2003, 2005 - 2006

098-17-0724-001-010     One Great University (OGU) Merger Administrative Issues, 2003 - 2005

098-17-0724-001-011     TSUD CIS Major and its fate, 2004 - 2005, 2008

098-17-0724-001-012     TSUD / OGU Faculty Overload Policy, Memos, Forms, 2004 - 2006

098-17-0724-001-013     Common Calendar, 2005 – 2006

 

Series 3:  Ephemera, 1986 – 2010.  Three files of photographs, etc., accumulated by Belsches.

File ID                               File Name

098-17-0724-001-014     Pres. Reagan Visit to Dothan, Program Draft, 1986

098-17-0724-001-015     Scotty Kirkland's draft "History of TSUD," c. 2006

098-17-0724-001-016     Two Photographs, c. 2003, 2010 [2010 inscribed by Keith Seagal to Belsches]

 

Series 4:  Artifacts, 1999 - c. 2006.  Accumulated or received by Belsches in his multi-faceted career as a Dothan campus leader.

File ID                               File Name

098-17-0724-001-017     Bookmarks, Humorous Door Hanging

098-17-0724-001-N/A     TSUD / TU Nametags ; Troy 25-year Service Pin

098-17-0724-002001       Homemade "Black Hole of OGU" model (satirical)

 

Series 5:  Devil Make a Third Research, 1988 – 2009.  Research files on Dothan author Dougie Bailey for Belsches's introduction to the 1989 edition of Bailey's novel Devil Make a Third and for a presentation about the book in 2009.

File ID                               File Title

098-20-0109-001-001     Research notes, Photographs viz. Devil Make a Third

098-20-0109-001-002     "Devil Make a Third: Fiction and Fact" presentation scripts and handouts by Alan Belsches

098-20-0109-001-003     Audiocassette interview w/ Mrs. Louie Liddle Bailey (wife of Doug Bailey), c. 1988 ; CD Rom of Belsches presentation, 2/4/2009

098-20-0109-001-004     Doug Bailey [reference sources]

 

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