Finding Aid for Associate Director for Conference Services Subject File, 1955-1986 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Associate Director for Conference Services Subject File, 1955-1986

ID: 37/6/6

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

Extent: 1.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: Chronologically

Subjects: Housing, Conference and Tournament, Housing Directors

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Correspondence File of Associate Director for Conference Services Jim Van Arsdel, 1981-86, includes correspondence, memoranda and agreements regarding the scheduling of conferences, use of university facilities (including residence halls and dining halls), and facility maintenance.  This series also contains wage agreements, wage schedules, and correspondence regarding wage agreements (1966-71) for food service workers and painters employed by the Housing Division.

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.

Housing, Conference and Tournament
Housing Directors

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 2/12/1997

Other Note: Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/3706006.pdf

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