Finding Aid for Scrapbooks, 1941-1947 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Scrapbooks, 1941-1947

ID: 37/6/14

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Division of Housing

Extent: 0.6 cubic feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Army Specialized Training Program, Dances, Fraternities, Housing, Emergency, Housing, Family, Housing, Men's, Housing, Off-Campus, Housing, Student, Housing Division, Housing Surveys, Housing Veterans, Navy Training, Residence Halls

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings about the men's housing situation (1938), residence halls director and system (1941), taxation of residence halls (1942-44), Navy Diesel, ASTP and V-12 military training programs (1942-45), conversion of facilities for use by military and veterans, portable and prefabricated housing for veterans (1945-47), emergency housing for veterans, housing policy and financing. The series includes photocopies of residence halls and fraternities (1941-42) and holiday dinners (1944) and dance programs (1945-47).

In 1939, the Board of Trustees established a Division of Student Housing.¹ The director had general supervision of all student housing, advised fraternities and sororities on building plans, cooperated with Physical Plant Department "in its supervision of off-campus personal conduct of students," and acted as agent of the Student Officers Committee and secretary of the Student Discipline Committee.² The Housing Division operates and maintains all University-owned residence halls and housing facilities. It is responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for Campus Affairs for the inspection of certified student living quarters, for listing available off-campus housing, and for promoting safety, health, and good living conditions.

Divisions:

--Director's Office

--Administrative Affairs

--Food Services Department

--Student Affairs

--Business Office

--Family Housing

--Central Food Stores

--Housing Information and Off-Campus Housing

--Residential Services Office (Maintenance and Custodial)³

--Food and Residential Services (1974)

--Undergraduate Residence Halls (1971)

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 40th Report, July 21, 1939, p. 505-06.

2. Ibid., Sept. 30, 1939, pp. 580-82.

3. Statement by Lawrence J. Gaffney, Associate Director for Administrative Affairs, Housing, February, 1974.

Army Specialized Training Program
Dances
Fraternities
Housing, Emergency
Housing, Family
Housing, Men's
Housing, Off-Campus
Housing, Student
Housing Division
Housing Surveys
Housing Veterans
Navy Training
Residence Halls

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 4/1/80

Other Note: 1 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/3706014.pdf

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