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Title: Housing Division Subject File, 1945-2004

ID: 37/6/1

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

Extent: 96.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: Boxes 1-48: alphabetical by subject; boxes 49-67: chronologically by academic year, and alphabetically by subject/administrative unit thereunder.

Date Acquired: 08/30/1976

Languages: English [eng]

Housing Division Subject File contain meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, publications, reports, calendars, policy statements, work orders, financial statements, audits, committee proceedings, program descriptions, and surveys concerning administration and daily operations of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Housing Division, Food Services, Residential Life, and Building Operations and Maintenance units; includes annual reports (1943-91); Association of College and University Housing Officers (ACUHO) (1956-88); Mid-West Residence Halls Officers (1953-66) and Big Ten Housing Officers (1956-69); Illinois College and University Housing Officers (1964-68); Board of Trustees (1950-90); budgets (1955-90); campus security (1956-90); Central Black Student Union (CBSU) (1983-1989); custodial staff strike (1966); developent of residential computing networks (1979-1990); food service (1964-90); housing construction (1956-90) and operations (1950-90); married student housing (1965-90); off-campus housing (1959-90); physical plant (1964-69); planning (1965-90); policies (1955-93); rates and services (1948-90); Reciprocal Agreement with private housing providers (1982-1989); regulations (1948-90); residence hall life (1966-93); staff (1945-90); statistics (1955-93); student affairs (1966-90); student incident reports (1966-90); surveys (1955-90); university-owned properties (1953-86); vending (1961-90); and visitation (1969-72). Correspondents include: Stanley R. Levy (Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs), Gary B. North (Director of Housing), S. Eugene Barton, Maria H. J. Ramos (Food Service), Stanley C. Kiser (Residential Services), Anne Parker (Family Housing), and Carolyn Palmer (Research for Housing).

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.

Accruals: 10/3/83; 1/10/84; 7/11/94, 2004, 9/14/09; 5/20/10; 12/21/2022

Access Restrictions: Box 67 is RESTRICTED. Please see University Archivist.

Acquisition Source: 2022 Donation by Housing via RIMS

Processing Information: Processing of addition (boxes 49-67; 19 cubic feet) completed in September 2007; covers 1964-1993.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid updated in September 2007.

Other Note: 71 Pages

Other URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/3706001.pdf