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  • Classification number: 5R
  • Title of Record Series: Director of Residence
  • Record Group: Student Services
  • Date: July 6, 1981
  • Accession Number: A75-43, A78-43, A80-35, A77-46, A79-38, A80-47, A80-47
  • Source: Residence Office
  • Restrictions: 1 box restricted (available with permission of President's Office)
  • Volume: 8? boxes
Description

Records of the Office of the Director of Residence (whose title from 1904 to 1917 was Director of Halls of Residence, and from 1919 to 1952 was Dean of Residence); dating from 1940 to 1979 (with some earlier material, including statistics dating 1876 to 1974); consisting of budgets, contracts, correspondence, financial records, handbooks, lists, minutes, newspaper clippings, notices, programs, reports, statistics, and tickets; concerning the duties of the Director of Residence, the operation of the Residence Office, Baccalaureate, Commencement, Float Night, Food Services, the Guest-in-Residence Program, Health, Education and Welfare Department requirements, Honors Day, House Associates, House Presidents and Vice Presidents, housing for employees, faculty and graduate students, maintenance and renovation of dormitories, May Day, minority concerns, parietals, regulations, Reunion, the Recreation Building Committee, Residence Contracts, residence lists, Resident Advisors, the Residential Policy Committee, security, Societies, student rooming, Tree Day, Upward Bound, vacation housing, Vil Juniors, and the Village Committee.

Box 1
  • General (undated, 1940-1944, 1963-1979)
  • Alumnae Council (1969-1971) Automobiles; Bicycles on Campus (1964-1971) Budget (1972-1973)
  • Chaperones (undated, 1908-1931, 1943)
  • College Events and Entertainments (undated, 1942, 1962-1971)
  • College Government Election Committee: Clerical Committee Handbook (1959)
  • Commencement/Reunion (1964-1977) [see also Box 6]
  • Commencement (1978-1979)
  • Commission on Community Life (1974-1975)
  • Coping [at Wellesley] Committee (1974-1975)
  • Director of Residence (1931, 1962-1979)
  • Dormitory Closings for Summer Vacation (undated, 1928-1936, 1968-1974)
  • Dormitory Openings after Summer Vacation (undated, 1932-1934, 1966-1971)
  • Early Return Requests (1968-1971)
  • Employee Housing (1971)
  • Energy (1941, 1971)
  • Faculty Housing (1925-1952); Faculty and Graduate Students' Housing (1944-1954)
  • Fire: Chiefs, Drills, Reports (undated, 1890, 1915, 1952-1966, 1968-1970)
  • Food Services (undated, 1965-1978)
  • Freshman Advisors (undated, 1971)
  • Guest-in-Residence Program (1973-1979)
  • Guest-in-Residence, Susan R. Andrews (1974)
  • Guest-in-Residence, Martin Bronfenbrenner (1974)
  • Guest-in-Residence, Helen J. Cammarata (1975-1976)
  • Guest-in-Residence, Susan J. Foster (1975-1977)
  • Guest-in-Residence, Wilma Scott Heide (1974-1975)
  • Guest-in-Residence, Irene Murphy (1975)
  • Guest-in-Residence, Barbara Lazarus Wilson (1975-1977)
  • Head of House, General (undated, 1943, 1966-1979)
  • Head of House Handbook (1954-1955, 1963-1964)
  • Head of House Handbook, revisions noted (c. 1968-1971)
  • Head of House, Rooming Information (1939, 1960-1974)
  • Head of House, Selection (1) (1923, 1971-1972, 1974)
  • Head of House, Selection (2) (1972-1973)
  • Head of House, Selection (3) (1974-1976)
  • Head of Work (undated, 1953-1956, 1968)
  • Health, Education and Welfare Department Compliance Survey (undated, 1960-1974)
  • House Associates (1979)
  • House Presidents (undated, 1965-1973)
  • House Presidents (1973-1975)
  • House Presidents (1975-1978)
  • House Presidents: Student staffed dormitories (1977)
  • House Vice Presidents (1973-1978)
  • Intercollegiate Residence Forum (1967)
  • January Interim Policy (1973-1974)
  • Judicial House Councils (1975-1977)
  • Linen (1971-1978)
  • Maintenance of Dormitories (1970-1971,1979)
Box 2
  • May Day Book (1949-1963)
  • McAfee Dormitory Project (1973)
  • Minority Concerns Meeting (1971)
  • Non-Residents (1957-1970)
  • Parietals (undated, 1969-1971)
  • Policy (1883, 1939, 1953-1956, 1964-1971)
  • Policy, Heads of House (undated, 1967-1975)
  • Programming Committee (1973-1974)
  • Recreation Building Committee (1954-1956)
  • Registration (1965 -1974)
  • Regulations (undated, 1898-1907, 1961-1971)
  • Regulations, handbooks (undated, 1970)
  • Renovations in the dormitories (1969)
  • Renovations in the dormitories (1970-1972)
  • Renovations in the dormitories (1973-1974)
  • Renovations in the dormitories (1974-1975)
  • Residence Contract (prior to 1973)
  • Resident Contract Complaints (1974)
  • Resident Contract Drafts and Correspondence (1974)
  • Resident List, by Class (Class of 1973 - Class of 1976)
  • Resident List, by Dormitory (1972, 1974)
  • Resident List, Estimates (1940-1971)
  • Resident List, Statistics (general; 1876-1929)
  • Resident List, Statistics (1930-1949)
  • Resident List, Statistics (1950-1974)
  • Resident List, Statistics: Men (1970-1972)/li>
  • Resident Office Notebook (1920-1952): [information on Opening the College, Baccalaureate, Commencement, May Day, Honors Day, Proms, Tree Day, and Float Night]
  • Residence Office Procedures (1969-1973)
  • Residence Staff Meetings, Minutes (1978-1979)
  • Resident Advisors (undated, 1979)
  • Residential Policy Committee, Minutes (1973-1975)
  • Residential Policy Committee, Minutes (1975-1976)
  • Residential Policy Committee, Minutes (1977-1978)
  • Residential Policy Committee, Rooming Procedures (1972-1973)
  • Reunion (1978-1979) [see also Box 13]
  • Rooming: General (undated 1961-1974)
  • Rooming: Correspondence (1) (1971 1973-1974)
Box 3
  • Rooming: Correspondence (2) (1974)
  • Rooming Procedure (1952)
  • Security (undated, 1961-1976)
  • Security: Report of Investigation (1969)
  • Security Committee (1973-1974) Societies (1962-1970)
  • Spring Break (1940, 1968-1976)
  • Student Status Records, Registration (1971-1972)
  • Summer Occupancy (1973)
  • Task Force on Residence Life (1973-1974)
  • Upward Bound (1971)
  • Vacation Policies (during the academic year) (undated, 1967-1971)
  • Vil Juniors (undated, 1972-1977)
  • Vil Juniors (1966-1976)
  • Vil Juniors (1976-1978)
  • Vil Juniors, Selection/Election Process (1971-1974)
Box 4
  • Vil Juniors, Selection/Election Process (1975-1977)
  • Village Committee (1914-1917)
Box 8 RESTRICTED
  • Guest-in-Residence Applicant (1974)
  • Head of House Selection (1) (1972-1973)
  • Head of House Selection (2) (1972-1973)
  • Head of House Contracts (1957, 1967-1972)
  • Head of House Evaluations (1971-1972)
  • Rooming: Correspondence (1974)

Created By: Dorothy Brown '09 || Maintained By: Jane Callahan and Ian Graham || Date Created: January 10, 2008 || Last Modified: October 15, 2012