Holdings Alumni Association Executive Director's Office Slide Shows Finding Aid Title: Slide Shows, 1970-79
ID: 26/1/11
Primary Creator: Alumni Association
Extent: 0.6 cubic feet
Arrangement: Numerial by slide number according to the script
Subjects: Alumni Relations, Photographs
Languages: English
Slide shows for the years 1970-78 distributed to alumni groups in 1971-79, including slides (1971, 1973-77), scripts (1971-79) and cassette tapes (1971-79) relating to university activities including commencement exercises, campus personalities, building construction, protest activities and campus scenes. The "Slide Shows" replaced newsreels (RS 26/1/10).
Organized on June 5, 1873,1 the Alumni Association held decennial reunions in 18822 and 1892.3 It is a separate corporation promoting the interests of the University as an educational agency and maintaining contact with alumni of the University.4 It is managed by a Board of Directors elected by the regular members of the Association.5 The Association encourages activities of Illini Clubs, solicits alumni support for University activities and arranges class reunions and other functions. On March 11, 1965, the Board authorized a system of Associate Directors for each campus. In 1967 the word "Associate" was dropped from their titles and each is now known as a Campus Director.6
1. Franklin W. Scott, ed., The Semi-Centennial Record of the University of Illinois, University of Illinois, 1918, p. xxxv.
2. Ibid., p. xxxviii.
3. Ibid., p. xli.
4. Alumni Association Proceedings, 1873-1891, 1916-1920. RS 26/1/1, Box 1, p. 559.
5. Alumni Association Constitution, 1932, in Organizations, Elections, and Publications File, 1914- , RS 26/1/0/3 in University Archives.
6. Donald R. Dodds, University of Illinois Alumni Association, Campus Director, Urbana-Champaign.
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2601011.pdf
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