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Title: Housing Inspection Folders, 1936-1965

ID: 37/6/11

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

Extent: 6.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: Alphabetical by street name, and numerical by house number thereunder

Languages: English [eng]

Housing inspection folders for approved off-campus housing containing floor plans; housing inspector's reports; municipal fire and electrical safety inspection certificates; and correspondence with applicants for University approval of their facilities, and with individuals involved in tenant-landlord disputes.  Financial statements are included for cooperative housing units. Most files cover the 1938-58 period.

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.