Finding Aid for Housing Coedification File, 1967-1984 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Housing Coedification File, 1967-1984

ID: 37/6/5

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

Extent: 0.6 cubic feet

Arrangement: Alphabetically by subject.

Subjects: Black Students, Housing, Discrimination, Housing, Men's, Housing, Off-Campus, Housing, Student, Housing, Women's, Student Demonstrations, Student Discipline, Student Life, Student Protests, Student Regulations, Student Riots, Student Surveys

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

The Housing Coedification File includes correspondence, administrative files, publications, reports, and surveys concerning the gender integration and regulation of on-campus student housing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), residency requirements (1970-1982), housing regulation (1969-1979), and the process of coedification (1967-1974); official statements of University students, staff, and administrators regarding a student protest (compiled by the UIUC Security Office in 1968); and reports on student housing at UIUC and other four-year  universities in the United States (1967-1976).

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.

Black Students
Housing, Discrimination
Housing, Men's
Housing, Off-Campus
Housing, Student
Housing, Women's
Student Demonstrations
Student Discipline
Student Life
Student Protests
Student Regulations
Student Riots
Student Surveys

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Acquisition Source: Facilities and Services, Housing Division

Other Note: 1

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/3706005.pdf

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