Overview of the Collection
Repository:
Special Collections & Archives
McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
P.O. Box 4004
105 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54702 – 4004
(715) 836-2739
https://library.uwec.edu/archives/
Reference Code: USGZE AS101
Accession Number: 88-148; 22-006
Collection Number: Archives Series 101
Creators: University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Housing and Residence Life Office
Title: University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Housing and Residence Life Office Records
Dates: 1947-2017
Quantity: 1.0 linear feet (1 record carton)
Location of Collection: D7/3g
Languages: Collection materials are in English.
Summary: This collection contains housing reports and correspondence, informational/introductory booklets and pamphlets, and move-in/welcome week documents and flyers. The bulk of the collection features informational booklets about housing options and campus life spanning almost every school year from the early 1970s to the present.
Biographical / Historical Note
The predecessor institutions of the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire offered no dormitory housing until 1947, when Memorial Hall (the former Dulany Mansion, acquired in 1945) and Campus House, both women’s dormitories, were opened. Barrack housing for men and veterans’ family housing were made available shortly thereafter. By 1958, all female students were required to live in housing. Soon after, underclass male students and male students not living at home were also required to live on campus. The Dean of Men and Dean of Women’s Offices directed student residence life from the late 1940s through the mid 1960s. The Housing Office is first mentioned in the 1967-1968 university catalogue and would become the Office of Housing and Residence Life around 1993. The collection features several pieces of correspondence, reports, and articles related to the struggles with upperclassmen housing in the 1980s and 1990s that would eventually help lead to the building of the apartment style Chancellors Hall dorm, which opened in 2001.
Content Description
The collection primarily contains booklets providing students with introductory information about the residence halls and on-campus life at the university. They describe things such as applying for on-campus housing, differences in dormitories, food service, and recreational opportunities. Many of these booklets, primarily the ones from the mid 1980s and earlier, contain a copy of the housing contract to be filled out by prospective students. The collection also contains numerous pamphlets and booklets with information for new and returning students related to housing, move-in and orientation week, and applying to the university. Other large portions of the collection feature correspondence and information pertaining to regulations and rules for the dorms and various versions of five-year plans from the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information: Transferred to the University Archives prior to March 2006. 0.8 cubic feet of additional material added in July 2017 from Shana German, Housing and Residence Life.
Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public.
Use Restrictions: Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright owned by the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire.
Processing Note: Processed by Colleen McFarland in January 2009 and Stephanie Much in November 2021.
Arrangement: Flat.
OCLC #: 20028195
Subjects
Corporate Names: University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Housing and Residence Life Office
Subject Terms:
Student housing -- Wisconsin -- Eau Claire
Dormitories -- Wisconsin
Detailed List of Contents
Container | Contents | Dates |
Box/Folder 1/1 | Memorial Hall Housing Regulations | 1947-1950 |
Box/Folder 1/2 | Handbooks about resident standards and living off-campus | Undated |
Box/Folder 1/3 | Administrative Records | 1967-1969 |
Box/Folder 1/4 | Surveys of Housing and Residence Life and academics | 1998-2002 |
Box/Folder 1/5 | Newspaper articles and clippings about residence halls and regulations | 1996-2006 |
Box/Folder 1/6 | Questions & Answers mailers and First Year Seminar brochures | 1975-2001 |
Box/Folder 1/7 | Guide for New Students booklets | 1994-2017 |
Box/Folder 1/8 | Move-In and Orientation/Welcome Week papers | 1981-2001 |
Box/Folder 1/9 | Miscellaneous Housing forms, flyers, booklets, and photos | 1979-1993, Undated |
Box/Folder 1/10 | Correspondence, studies, and data about Housing contracts and availability | 1980-1987 |
Box/Folder 1/11 | Versions of the five-year plan for 1995 | 1995 |
Box/Folder 1/12 | Versions of the five-year plan for 1997 | 1996-1997 |
Box/Folder 1/13 | Versions of the five-year plan for 1998 | 1997-1998 |
Box/Folder 1/14 | Five-year plans for 1996 and 2001-2003 | 1996-2001 |
Box/Folder 1/15 | “Residence Hall Information and Housing Contract” booklets | 1971-1976 |
Box/Folder 1/16 | “Residence Hall Information and Housing Contract” booklets | 1977-1980 |
Box/Folder 1/17 | “Residence Hall Information” booklets | 1981-1983 |
Box/Folder 1/18 | “Residence Hall Information” booklets | 1984-1986 |
Box/Folder 1/19 | “Residence Hall Information” booklets | 1988-1991 |
Box/Folder 1/20 | “Residence Hall Information” booklets | 1992-1995 |
Box/Folder 1/21 | “Residence Hall Information” booklets | 1996-1999 |
Box/Folder 1/22 | “Housing & Residence Life” booklets | 2000-2001 |
Box/Folder 1/23 | “Housing & Residence Life” booklets | 2002-2005 |
Box/Folder 1/24 | “Housing and Residence Life” booklets | 2006-2008 |
Box/Folder 1/25 | “Housing and Residence Life” booklets | 2009-2011 |
Box/Folder 1/26 | “Housing and Residence Life” booklets | 2012-2014 |