41/3/11 Guide to the Residence Hall Staff File Residence Hall Staff File

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Guide to the Residence Hall Staff File 1919/1978 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Residence Hall Staff File 1919-1978 41/3/11 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Office of Dean of Student Personnel and Dean of Women 9.30 English University of Illinois Archives
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2 Pages

Additional information may be found at https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/4103011.pdf

Historical Note:

In March, 1874, a position was recommended to the Board of Trustees calling for a "woman of high character and culture" to oversee the growing number of female students entering the University.1 On September 1, 1897, the Board of Trustees established a Dean of Women's Department.

The Dean's duties included the general oversight of all women students, aiding them in their coursework and social life.2 In 1943, the Dean of Women became part of the Office of the Dean of Students.3 Major responsibilities centered on student housing, part-time employment, financial aid, extracurricular activities and the interpretation of campus regulations.4

The Dean of Women added the title of the Dean of Student Personnel when the Dean of Students Office reorganized in 1967.5 In addition to the duties of student counseling and aid, the staff is concerned with personnel and guidance work, freshmen and married students, and culturally handicapped, and residence hall counseling.6 As of April 23, 1966, the responsibilities of this Office were distributed within the Office of the Dean of Students and Associate vice-chancellor, and the Office of the Associate vice-chancellor and Director of Auxiliary Services.7 Office is now concerned with student discipline.

1. Catalogue and Circular of the Illinois Industrial University, 8th Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees, March 10, 1874, p. 92.

2. Transactions of the Board of Trustees, 19th Report, March 9, 1897, p. 64.

3. Transactions of the Board of Trustees, 42nd Report, August 31, 1943, p. 495.

4. University of Illinois Annual Register, 1942-43, p. 112.

5. Transactions of the Board of Trustees, 54th Report, September 20, 1967, p. 711.

6. Staff Directories, 1967-1978.

7. Organizational Chart: Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Papers Topical Term: Chaperones and Residents Dormitories Housing Housing, Women's
Administrative Information Accruals:

2/2/197?; 5/30/1974; 4/30/1986

Conditions Governing Access:

Access to this file is restricted to persons with written permission from the Office of the Dean of Student Personnel.

Arrangement of Materials:

Chronological and alphabetical by employee thereunder

Scope and Contents

Residence hall staff file including correspondence, reports, letters of recommendation, questionnaires and photographs relating to applications, appointments, and evaluations of performance of head residents and house directors (1919-1962) and residence hall staff including quarter and half time graduate student assistants (1948-1972) and head residents and house directors file (1924-1965) including correspondence, reports, memoranda, clippings and photographs relating to applications, references, appointments, regulations and resignations for head residents, house directors and quarter-time graduate assistants.