Student Activities, 1899+ | Northern Illinois University

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Collection Overview

Title: Student Activities, 1899+

Predominant Dates:1940-2010

ID: RHC/UA/35/

Extent: 24.0 Linear Feet

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Student Activities collection documents campus life from 1899 to the present. The records are strongest in the post World War II period and weakest in the decade of the 1930's. The collection has been organized into six series: 1 - Student Affairs Committee Records (1901-2010); 2 - Organizations and Annual Activities (1899-2005); 3 - Homecoming (1950-1974); 4 - Religious Life (1901-1981); 5 - Student Protests and Demonstrations (1967-1977); and 6 - Commencement and Class Programs; Photographs (1900-1979).

Several series give good insight into such annual events as May Fete (later Springfest), Homecoming, Winter Carnival, and Stunt Night during the 1950's through 1970's, and on the period of campus unrest, 1968-1972. Over one hundred clubs or activities are documented in this collection and the researcher should check the container list below, or the Student Organization Index [available at the Reference Desk], for a specific organization.

Researchers should also check related collections in the archives, especially Sorority Records, Fraternity Records, Student Association Records, Intercollegiate Athletics, Student Publications, and Student Housing Records. The Northern Star/Publication Index will also lead to information on specific groups or activities

Administrative Information

Repository: Northern Illinois University

Access Restrictions: There are no restrictions on access to the materials in this record series.

Acquisition Method: The University Archives acquired records documenting student organizations and activities from various individuals over the past several decades.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series I: Student Affairs Committee Records],
[Series II: Organizations and Annual Activities],
[Series III: Homecoming],
[Series IV: Religious Life],
[Series V: Student Protests and Demonstrations],
[Series VI: Commencement and Class Programs; Photographs [See also UA 34]],
[Addendum 1],
[All]

Series II: Organizations and Annual Activities

Box 2

Folder 7-9: Organizations, Lists and Handbooks, 1961-1972

Box 3

Folder 1: Advertising Club
Folder 2: Accounting Society
Folder 3: Alpha
Folder 4: Ars Nova
Folder 5-8: Artist Series, 1899-1979

Box 4

Folder 1: Band, 1959-1965
Folder 2: Beavers Club, 1965-1970
Folder 3: Biology Club, 1954-1967
Folder 4: Black Choir, 1971-1979
Folder 5: Black Student Union, 1967-1978

Box 5

Folder 1: Boots and Calico, 1959-1968
Folder 2: Cavaliers, 1938-1972
Folder 3: Commuters Club, 1960-1962
Folder 4: Concert Choir, 1957-1964
Folder 5: Drama Clubs, 1911-1967
Folder 6: Earth Science Club, 1960-1962
Folder 7: Ellwood and Glidden Societies, 1901-1917
Folder 8: English Clubs, 1959-1970
Folder 9: Film Clubs, 1965-1979
Folder 10: Fine Arts Festival, 1931-1965
Folder 11: Flunkies, 1965-1966
Folder 12: Flying Huskies, 1963-1968
Folder 13: Foreign Student Clubs, 1955-1978

Box 6

Folder 1a: Forensics, 1953-1964
Folder 1b: Freshman Day, June 17, 1911
Folder 2: Graduate Student Association, 1968-1974
Folder 3: History Club, 1957-1967
Folder 4: Home Economics Club, 1955-1970
Folder 5: International Club, 1964-1970
Folder 6: Jazz Ensemble, 1971-1979
Folder 7: Journalism Club, 1960-1970
Folder 8a: Latin American Students, 1974-1978
Folder 8b: Literary Contest, March 18, 1910
Folder 9: Madrigal Singers/Dinners, 1960-1975
Folder 10-11: May Fete, 1925-1978
Folder 12: Men's Union, 1959
Folder 13: Model U.N. Club, 1969
Folder 14: Mother Sunshine, 1971-1981
Folder 15: Norther, 1953-1964

Box 7

Folder 1: Northern Star, 1950-1965
Folder 2: Orchesis, 1937-1972
Folder 3: Outdoor Club, 1967-1979
Folder 4: Philosophy Club, 1969-1973
Folder 5: Physics Club, 1951-1970
Folder 6: Pleiades, 1937-1969
Volume 1-3: Pleiades (3 volumes), 1937-1969
Folder 7: Psychology Club, 1960-1975
Folder 8: ROTC Cadet Corps, 1971-1981
Folder 9: Scuba Diving Club, 1969
Folder 10: Ski Club, 1969-1972
Folder 11: Sociology Club, 1959-1968
Folder 12: Spanish Club, 1949-1957

Box 8

Folder 1: Speech Club, 1965-1970
Folder 2-3: Stunt Night, 1955-1961
Folder 4: Student Alumni Association, 1961-1971
Folder 5: Symphony Orchestra, 1957-1964
Folder 6: Towers, 1957-1964

Box 9

Folder 1-5: Town Girls, 1954-1967

Box 10

Folder 1: Town Girls, 1964-1969
Folder 2: Veteran's Club, 1968-1971
Folder 3: Volunteer Bureau, 1970-1971
Folder 4-5: Winter Carnival, 1957-1972
Folder 6-7: Wives Club, 1958-1971
Volume 1: Student Wives Club Album (1 volume), 1967-1974

Box 11

Folder 1: WNIU-FM, 1952-1964
Folder 2: Women's Recreation Association, 1922-1970
Folder 3: Student Committee for Animal Welfare, 1987
Folder 4: Young Republicans, NIU, 1962-1965, 1960-1993