Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 7/4/6
Iowa State University.
Vice President for Student Affairs.
Department of Residence.
Towers Houses Records, 1970-2000
Descriptive summary
creator: |
Iowa State University. Vice President for Student Affairs. Department of Residence |
title: |
Towers Houses Records |
dates: |
1970-2000 |
extent: |
4.04 linear feet (2 document boxes and 2 oversized boxes) |
collection number: |
RS 7/4/6 |
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, Towers Houses Records, RS 7/4/6, 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
This collection (1970-2000) contains records from dormitory houses located in the Towers Residence Hall: Boyd, Kilbourne, Rambo and Schmidt Halls. Records include house constitutions, meeting minutes, policies, and scrapbooks. For more information on the early history of the Department of Residence see The First 100 Years of Residential Housing at Iowa State University by Julian C. Schilletter (call no. LD2544.6 S37x). |
Organization
The collection is listed alphabetically by house. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
3 |
1 |
Boyd House Scrapbook (49-3x3 color photographs, 8-3x4 color photographs) |
1972-1973 |
1 |
1 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook: Photographs (50-3x5 color photographs |
1974-1975 |
1 |
2 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook: Photocopies |
1974-1975 |
1 |
3 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook: Photographs (40-3x5 color photographs, 1-8x10 b&w photographs) |
1974-1975 |
1 |
4 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook: Photocopies |
1970-1992 |
1 |
5 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook: (41-3x5 color photographs, 1-8x10 b&w photographs) |
1970-1992 |
1 |
6 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook: (2-8x10 color photographs, 26-3x5 color photographs) |
1992 |
1 |
7 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook: Photocopies |
1992 |
1 |
8 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook: (3 copies) |
1998-1999 |
1 |
9 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook: Photocopies |
1971-1981 ca. |
1 |
10 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook: (27-3x5 color photographs, 1 scrapbook) |
1971-1997 |
1 |
11 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook: Photographs (50-3x5 color photographs, 50-5x7 color photographs) |
1970-2000 ca. |
1 |
12 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook: Photographs (50-3x5 color photographs, 19-5x7 color photographs) |
1970-2000 ca. |
3 |
2 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook (Also Boyd House?) loose pages (233-3x3 color photographs, 148-4x6 color photographs, 2-8x11 color photographs) |
1971-1983 |
4 |
1 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook: grey cover (109-3x3 color photographs) |
1974 |
4 |
2 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook: tan cover (70-3x3 color photographs) |
1971 |
4 |
3 |
Kilbourne House Scrapbook: white cover (16-3x5 b&w photographs, 162-3x5 color photographs, 260-3x3 color photographs, 1-3x3 b&w photograph, 1-5x7 color photograph) |
1978-1979 |
2 |
1 |
Rambo House Scrapbook: Photographs (95-3x5 color photographs, 11-5x7 photographs) |
1970 ca. |
2 |
2 |
Rambo House Scrapbook: Photocopies |
1970 ca. |
2 |
3 |
Rambo House Scrapbook: Photographs (70-3x5 color photographs, 9-5x7 color photographs) |
1977-1978 |
2 |
4 |
Rambo House Scrapbook: Photographs (70-3x5 color photographs) |
1979-1982 |
2 |
5 |
Rambo House Scrapbook: Photographs (37-3x5 color photographs, 2-8x10 b&w photographs) |
1977-1981 |
2 |
6 |
Rambo House Scrapbook: Photocopies |
1977-1981 |
| 2 | 7 | Schmidt House Photographs (10-4x5 color photographs) | 1974-1975 |