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Syracuse University Student Activities Reference Collection
An inventory of the collection at the Syracuse University Archives
Summary |
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| Creator: | Syracuse University. |
| Title: | Syracuse University Student Activities Reference Collection |
| Dates: | 1894-2010 |
| Size: | 7.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Materials related to student life on the Syracuse University campus |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives |
Historical Note
The Syracuse University campus has been buzzing with student activity since its early years. While the number of activities available to students has increased exponentially over the decades, the University's first students still had a number of ways to occupy their free time. For instance, an 1894 student handbook encouraged students to join the YMCA or YWCA. Later publications advertised intramural sports, organizations like the Ski Club, and University-wide events such as Colgate Weekend and the Winter Carnival. Clubs and activities, ranging in interest from theatre to law, have been in abundance.
Scope and Content Note
The Student Activities Reference Collection contains five series of materials related to student life on campus.
The Freshman activities series contains broadsides, tickets, and other printed material for freshman activities, namely Freshman Week.
The General university activities series contains materials related to activities across campus, generally composite papers offering an overview of campus events and acivities.
The Sheets of expression are products of a post-9/11 community grieving exercise involving artistic expressions of grief on bedsheets.
The Student handbooks series contains a large number of student handbooks and guidebooks from 1894 to 2010. These act as overviews of the culture on campus and a reference source for slang, landmarks, and traditions that new students may not know about.
This collection contains materials that users may find objectionable due to derogatory and harmful imagery or language. The representations and lanugage contained in this collection were prevalent at the time of their creation, although no less harmful and inaccurate than they are today. The collection is preserved and presented for its historic and research value.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions for this collection.
Use Restrictions
Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Related Material
Materials concerning student activism were separated to form the Syracuse University Student Activism Collection.
Materials concerning the 1970 student strike were also separated to form the 1970 Student Strike at Syracuse University Collection.
More information on the University's student activities can be found in the Syracuse University Clipping Files, the Syracuse University Student Organizations Reference Collection, and the Syracuse University Photograph Collection.
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Syracuse University Student Activities Reference Collection,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
The materials in this collection have been gathered by the Syracuse University Archives from various sources, including student organizations and alumni.
Processing Information
Materials are housed in acid-free folders and boxes.
Finding Aid Information
Created by: Erin Carter
Date: 2015
Revision history: 2019 - Broadsides folder added (NP);
May 2023 - handbook added; finding aid updated (HVA);
Apr 2025 - Content notice added (VSOM);
Jul 2025 - Student politics, petitions, and strikes series separated to form the
1970 Student Strike at Syracuse University Collection and the Syracuse University
Student Activism Collection; Boxes 11 and 12 eliminated; 2 folders added to General
university activities series. (AES);
Sep 2025 - One item added to existing folder (AES)