Guide to Westminster College Office of Residence Life records

Table of Contents

Collection Overview

Collection Inventory+/-

Biographical Note/Historical Note

Content Description

Collection Use

Administrative Information

Subjects

Collection Overview +/-

Title: Westminster College Office of Residence Life records
Dates: 1962-2008 (inclusive)
Collection Number: ACC-191
Summary: This collection consists of residence life records from Westminster College, Salt Lake City. The materials date from 1962-2008 and were created or collected by the Office of Residence Life and Student Life Office (earlier called the Student Affairs Office and Student Services Office).
Repository: Westminster College, Giovale Library
Address:
1840 South 1300 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84105
Phone: (801) 832-2250

Collection Inventory +/-

box 1, folder 1: Residence hall floor plans (undated)
box 1, folder 2: Residential students telephone directories (1992-2008)
box 1, folder 3: Distinguished Residents Program records -- Gordon Baer (1985)
box 1, folder 4: Residential hall handbooks (1962-2003)

Biographical Note/Historical Note +/-

The Student Affairs Office at Westminster College was responsible for student orientation and worked with student government to prepare student handbooks each year. Beginning in 1983, the name of the office changed to the Student Services Office. The name has changed once again, now to Student Life Office. The director of the Office of Residence Life reports to the Dean of Students in the Student Life Office.

Several Westminster College webpages provide students with orientation, housing, and student services information:

Content Description +/-

This collection consists of residence life records from Westminster College, Salt Lake City. The materials date from 1962-2008 and were created or collected by the Office of Residence Life and Student Life Office (earlier called the Student Affairs Office and Student Services Office). There are residence hall floor plans and handbooks, residential students telephone directories, and records of the Distinguished Residents Program.

The residence hall floor plans (Box 1, Folder 1) are undated.

The residential students telephone directories (Box 1, Folder 2) in the collecton date 1992-1994, Fall and Spring 1998, Summer 2000, Spring 2001, Spring and Fall 2005, Spring and Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Spring and Fall 2008.

The Distinguished Residents Program records (Box 1, Folder 3) contain a description of the program, an invitation, and correspondence dated August 19, 1985 from Dean of Students G.D. Fitzer to Gordon Baer regarding his distinguished residency from November 10-16, 1985.

The residential hall handbooks (Box 1, Folder 4) include a "Men's Dorm Handbook, 1962-63", an undated "Hogle and Ferry Hall Handbook" addressed to residents from the Association of Women's Residence Halls, and a "Residence Hall Handbook, 1984".

Collection Use +/-

Restrictions on Access:

Open to public research.

Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Twenty-four hours advance notice is encouraged.

Restrictions on Use:

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material must be obtained from the director of the Giovale Library.

Preferred Citation:

Westminster College Office of Residence Life records, 1962-2008, ACC-191, Giovale Library Archives, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Administrative Information +/-

Arrangement:

Arranged by topic.

Processing Note:

Processed 2012 by Giovale Library staff; revised July 2014 by Nicole La Count.

Creator:

Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah : 1998- ). Office of Residence Life

Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah : 1902-1983). Student Affairs Office

Westminster College of Salt Lake City. Student Services Office

Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah : 1998- ). Student Life Office

Language:

Collection materials are in English.

Quantity:

0.2 linear feet

Language of the Finding Aid:

English.

Author of the Finding Aid:

Finding aid written July 2014 by Nicole La Count and expanded by Sarah Shaw.

EAD Creation Date:

2014 July 22 by Sarah Shaw

Standard:

Describing Archives : A Content Standard (DACS)

Subarea:

Archives

Related Material:

Related collections in Giovale Library Archives:

Subjects +/-

Corporate Names:

Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah : 1902-1983)--Student housing
Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah : 1902-1983)--Students
Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah : 1902-1983). Student Affairs Office--Archives
Westminster College of Salt Lake City--Student housing
Westminster College of Salt Lake City--Students
Westminster College of Salt Lake City. Student Services Office--Archives
Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah : 1998- )--Student housing
Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah : 1998- )--Students
Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah : 1998- ). Office of Residence Life--Archives
Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah : 1998- ). Student Life Office--Archives

Subject Terms:

Dormitories--Designs and plans
Dormitory life--Utah--Salt Lake City
Student housing--Utah--Salt Lake City
Student affairs services--Utah--Salt Lake City

Form or Genre Terms:

Correspondence
Floor plans
Handbooks
Invitations
Telephone directories

Personal Names:

Baer, Gordon
Fitzer, Gary D. (Gary Dean), 1957-1993

Geographical Names:

Salt Lake City (Utah)--History--Sources