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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:
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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]],
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Addendum 1],
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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
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]