Office of University Residence Halls records, 1940s-2020s

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Series I: University Residence Halls records, 1959-1994

The series consists housing reports from the 1970s and correspondence regarding space allocation in the dormitories, budget issues, quality of life concerns for dormitory residents as well as overall undergraduate housing issues. Of particular note is the folder "Space Allocation" which contains correspondence regarding the creation of a lounge area for homosexual students and space for minority groups such as the various Asian student associations. Accesssion 2003.028.



Box 1 Folder 1 Association of College and University Housing Officers - 11th Annual Conference, 1959 August

Assorted materials from URH concerning the residence halls. Includes correspondence, reports, publications and statistics. Bulk dates 1964-1979. Some items (e.g. residence hall pamphlets) will be placed in appropriate files/collections and the rest of the materials will be organized into a small residence halls collection or integrated with previously processed Men's Residence Hall materials. 12/16/03: Materials integrated into appropriate files and remaining materials processed into small University Residence Halls Records collection.


Box 1 Folder 3 Budget and Finance, 1969-1970


Box 1 Folder 4 Centrex Dormitory Service for Columbia University, 1968-1969

Telephone service proposal


Box 1 Folder 5 Committee to Study Residence Facilities in the Columbia College Expansion Program meeting minutes, 1964


Box 1 Folder 6 Discipline Committee for Undergraduate Dormitory Council, undated


Box 1 Folder 2 Draft Reports, 1993-1995


Box 1 Folder 7 Drug Abuse, 1970-1971


Box 1 Folder 8 Harvard House Plan, 1964


Housing Reports


Box 1 Folder 9 1975 Fall


Box 1 Folder 10 1976 Fall


Box 1 Folder 11 1977 Fall


Box 1 Folder 12 1978 Fall


Box 1 Folder 13 1979


Box 1 Folder 14 1980-1981


Box 1 Folder 15 Miscellaneous, 1971-1992


Box 1 Folder 16 Report on Resident Staff Counselors, 1965-1966


Box 1 Folder 17 South Field Towers Proposal, 1969


Box 1 Folder 18 Space Allocation, 1971


Box 1 Folder 19 Subcommittee on Undergraduate Housing Report, circa 1971


Box 1 Folder 20 Undergraduate Housing Scenarios of the 1990s, 1993-1994


Box 1 Folder 21 Undergraduate Residence Hall Planning, 1969-1970