Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 7/4/3
Iowa State University.

Vice President for Student Affairs.

Department of Residence.
Residence Buildings' Records, 1915-[ongoing]

Descriptive summary

creator:	Iowa State University. Vice President for Student Affairs. Department of Residence.
title:	Residence Buildings' Records
dates:	1915-[ongoing]
extent:	1.26 linear feet (3 document boxes)
collection number:	RS 7/4/3
repository:	University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	Iowa State University. Department of Residence, Residence Buildings' Records, RS 7/4/3, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Historical note

The Department of Housing was established in 1930. The name was changed to the Department of Residence in 1937. The Department of Residence is responsible for the administration, financing, and development of all university student housing facilities.

The first academic building on campus, Old Main, housed 77 men and 16 women in 1869. The President soon recognized a problem in the co-ed housing situation and appointed Mary Lovelace as Preceptress to look after the women students. A room bureau for the men was handled by the YMCA and supervised by the Committee on Student Accommodations. In 1925, the State Board of Education was authorized to borrow money for the construction of housing facilities with the University pledging the net income from the entire housing system toward repayment indebtedness incurred for additions to any part of it.

After World War II, a great influx of students, specifically male students, severely strained the entire residence hall system. To help manage the large number of students, each floor of the men's dormitories was organized into houses with a head resident in 1949. The head residents comprised the Men's Residence Association, which helped organize and promote activities for the men's residence hall members. It was not until 1965 that a similar system of houses and head residents was instituted in the women's dormitories.

In 1969 many of the residence halls became co-educational. The halls that had been traditionally men's dorms were now organized under the Union Drive Association (UDA) and the halls that were traditionally women's dorms were now called the Richardson Court Association (RCA). The Inter-Residence Hall Association (IRHA) was organized in 1982 to provide services and support for all the students living in the residence hall system.

Collection description

The collection (1915-[ongoing]) contains information regarding the residence halls and university apartments. The records include news clippings, general information, and construction specifications for the buildings.

Organization

The collection is arranged in alphabetical order.

Container list

Box	Title	Dates
1	Barton Hall	1932-[ongoing]
1	Birch – Welch – Roberts Halls – Specifications for rehabilitation	1968
1	Birch Hall	1986-[ongoing]
1	Buchanan Hall	1953-[ongoing]
1	Eaton Hall	2003-[ongoing]
1	Elm Hall	1982-[ongoing]
1	Fisher – Nickell Hall	2000-[ongoing]
1	Frederiksen Court - newsclippings	1956-[ongoing]
1	Frederiksen Court – Hawthorn Court Village Apartment Complex Preliminary Construction Design Program Statement	n.d.
2	Frederiksen Court – Hawthorn Court Renovation Proposals	1998
2	Freeman Hall	1931-[ongoing]
2	Friley Hall	1942-[ongoing]
2	Helser Hall	1956-[ongoing]
2	Hughes Hall	1926-[ongoing]
2	Knapp Hall	1967-[2005]
2	Larch Hall	1966-[ongoing]
2	Larch Hall – Dormitory Improvement Project	1968
2	Linden Hall	1956-[ongoing]
2	Lyon Hall	1915-[ongoing]
3	Maple Hall	1966-[ongoing]
3	Martin Hall	2004-[ongoing]
3	Oak Hall	1965-[ongoing]
3	Pammel Court	1946-[ongoing]
3	Pammel Court Grocery	1947-[ongoing]
3	Richardson Court Complex -Missing	1974-[ongoing]
3	Roberts Hall - missing	1937-[ongoing]
3	Schilletter Village	1971-[ongoing]
3	Schilletter Village Community Center	2005
3	Storms Hall	1965-2005
3	Towers Residence Halls	1964-[ongoing]
3	Towers Residence Halls – Site Improvements	1969
3	Union Drive Community Center	2003-[ongoing]
3	Union Drive Complex	1971-[ongoing]
3	University Student Apartment Community	1966-[ongoing]
3	University Student Apartments – Specifications for Married Student Housing Phase II	1967
3	University Villiage	1966-[ongoing]
3	Wallace Hall	1967-[ongoing]
3	Wallace – Wilson Commons	2001-[ongoing]
3	Welch Hall	2000-[ongoing]
3	Westgate Hall	1955-[ongoing]
3	Willow Hall	2000-[ongoing]
3	Willow Hall – Construction Specifications for Contract Work (1 of 2)	1967
3	Willow Hall – Construction Specifications for Contract Work (2 of 2)	1967
3	Willow Hall – Mural Controversy	2002
4	Wilson Hall	1972-[ongoing]
4	Wilson Hall – Construction Specifications for Contract Work (1 of 2)	1967
4	Wilson Hall – Construction Specifications for Contract Work (1 of 2)	1967
5	Helser Hall – floor plans	n.d.
5	Friley Hall – floor plans	1950, n.d.