Coeducational government bodies
Ask a question |
Request a visit |
Potentially harmful content statement |
Summary |
|
Creator: | Syracuse University. |
Title: | Syracuse University Student Government Collection |
Dates: | 1878-2014 |
Size: | 44 boxes (21.5 linear feet) |
Abstract: | Records from various student government bodies at Syracuse University |
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 |
Shortly after the founding of Syracuse University in 1870, student government bodies started to emerge on its campus. The first recorded student government body was the Student Association of the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Fine Arts of Syracuse University, established in 1878. Thereafter, student government bodies that appeared were divided by gender, and the first women's student governing body, the Women's League, was established in 1897. According to an early Women's League report, the object of the league was to "arouse college spirit and to take action as far as possible upon any matters pertaining to women not under the jurisdiction of the faculty." The Women's League was eventually replaced by the Women's Student Governing Association and then the Women's Student Senate. Men student government bodies were also founded, although their history is less documented. In 1907 the Senior Council was founded, made up of men of the senior class. According to their constitution, the council was established "in order to safeguard the customs and traditions of Syracuse University, to form an executive head for the student body and to endeavor to create a closer and more harmonious communism of interests between the students and faculty." In 1944 the Joint Student Government (JSG) was founded, made up of students of both sexes (although governing bodies for each gender continued to exist). The JSG eventually evolved into the Student Government Association (SGA), commonly known as the Student Association (SA) for short. At the end of the spring 2000 semester, the SGA formally changed its name to the Student Association. As of 2023, the SA continues to operate and represent the student body.
The Syracuse University Student Government Collection contains records from various Syracuse University student bodies dating from 1878 until 2000. The collection comprises minutes, correspondence, reports, legislation, petitions, and subject files. The collection is divided into four series.
Campus organization records contains materials related to different organizations on the campus. Records include constitutions, questionnaires, registrations, and newspaper clippings. This material was collected in the 1940s and 1950s by both the Men's Student Government and Women's Student Government so that they had a list of the different organizations offered on the campus. Also included in the series are materials from the Independent Men's Association, Independent Students' Association, and Independent Women's Association. These associations represented students who did not pledge to a fraternity or sorority.
Coeducational government bodies, the largest series in the collection, contains records for government bodies of both men and women. These include Joint Student Government, Joint Student Legislature, and the current Student Association (SA). The series also holds the constitution for the Student Association of the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Fine Arts of Syracuse University, dated with the year 1878, the earliest record of a student body in the collection. The bulk of the series is the records for the Student Government Association (SGA), primarily dating from the mid-1980s through the late 1990s. The SGA addressed matters relating to student affairs, community relations, student life, and technology at Syracuse University. In the course of their work, the SGA confronted issues such as affirmative action, gay rights, internet access, the Pan Am Flight 103 tragedy, race relations, sexual assault, student fees, and tuition hikes.
Men's government bodies contains records from the Senior Council, Men's Student Assembly, Men's Student Civil Service, Men's Student Court, and the Men's Student Government.
Women's government bodies include Women's League, Women's Student Governing Association, Women's Student Senate, Women's Student Government, and the Association of Women Students. Minutes from the Women's League are the earliest documentation from student government meetings in the collection, with the earliest minutes recorded in 1908.
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
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.
Approximately half a linear foot of material was removed from this collection and placed in the Graduate Student Organization Records and a few files were transferred to the Syracuse University Student Organizations Reference Collection.
The University Archives holds other collections documenting student life and organizations at Syracuse University, including the Syracuse University Student Organizations Reference Collection and the Syracuse University Student Activities Reference Collection. The clipping files also have information relating to the student government bodies. The Syracuse University Photograph Collection contains photographs of student government bodies.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Syracuse University Student Government Collection,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
These materials were donated to the University Archives in 1965, 1972, 2000, and 2022.
This collection was fully processed in September and October 2019 by Dane Flansburgh. Materials were placed in acid-free folders and boxes. Photocopies were made of original newspaper clippings, which were then discarded.
Created by: Dane Flansburgh
Date: October 2019
Revision history: April 2023 - 1.75 linear feet of materials added to Coeducational government bodies
series (HVA)
Campus organizations are arranged alphabetically. Government bodies are arranged in chronological order of their establishment (for example, Women's League was the first women's government body, so it appears first in the inventory). Within the government bodies, materials are arranged alphabetically.
Women's government bodies | |||||||||||
Women's League 1908-1933 | |||||||||||
Box 31 | Constitution and rules and regulations undated | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Handbooks 1914-1917, 1921 | ||||||||||
Box 31 | Minutes 1908-1917 - combined in notebook with Women's Student Governing Association minutes | ||||||||||
Box 31 | Minutes 1908-1910, 1918-1922 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 31 | Minutes 1909-1910 - combined in notebook with Women's Student Senate minutes | ||||||||||
Box 31 | Treasurer's accounts 1908-1933 | ||||||||||
Women's Student Governing Association 1923-1931 | |||||||||||
Box 32 | Executive committee meeting minutes 1925-1931 | ||||||||||
Box 32 | Flint, Charles W. circa 1928 - letter from the chancellor | ||||||||||
Box 32 | Handbooks 1923-1924 | ||||||||||
Box 32 | Large board minutes 1923-1925 | ||||||||||
Minutes | |||||||||||
See Women's government bodies, Women's League, Minutes | |||||||||||
Box 32 | Rules circa 1928 | ||||||||||
Women's Student Senate 1928-1946 | |||||||||||
Box 32 | Budgets circa 1928 | ||||||||||
Box 32 | Elections 1940 | ||||||||||
Box 32 | Men's senate 1928 | ||||||||||
Minutes | |||||||||||
See Women's government bodies, Women's League, Minutes | |||||||||||
Box 32 | Minutes 1931-1946 | ||||||||||
Box 33 | Rules 1928-1929 | ||||||||||
Box 33 | Social committee 1941-1943 | ||||||||||
Women's Student Government 1946-1962 | |||||||||||
Box 33 | Alumni Association report undated | ||||||||||
Box 33 | Assembly by-laws procedural code undated | ||||||||||
Box 33 | Assembly governmental structures panel 1957 | ||||||||||
Box 33 | Assembly minutes 1959-1960 | ||||||||||
Box 33 | Budget board commission 1957-1961 | ||||||||||
Campus leaders | |||||||||||
Box 33 | Conference reports 1947-1953 | ||||||||||
Box 33 | Correspondence 1947 | ||||||||||
Box 33 | Reports and minutes 1947-1955 | ||||||||||
Box 33 | Civil service, activities information commission 1957-1959 | ||||||||||
Box 33 | Constitution 1947, 1956 | ||||||||||
Box 33 | Court 1959 | ||||||||||
Box 33 | Elections commission 1960 | ||||||||||
Box 40 | Executive council 1947-1951 | ||||||||||
Box 33 | Executive council 1951-1953, 1958-1960 | ||||||||||
Box 33 | Football reserved seating commission 1953 | ||||||||||
Box 33 | Government education 1951-1959 | ||||||||||
Box 34 | Guide programs 1954-1955 | ||||||||||
Box 34 | House policy panel undated | ||||||||||
Box 34 | House Presidents' Assembly 1954 | ||||||||||
Box 34 | Infirmary service commission undated | ||||||||||
Box 34 | Internal structures panel 1956 | ||||||||||
Box 34 | Investigation panel 1948 | ||||||||||
National Student Association Commission | |||||||||||
Box 34 | Educational travel 1956 | ||||||||||
Box 34 | Executive committee 1949-1955 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 34 | National congress 1948-1952 (6 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 35 | National congress 1953-1955 (6 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 35 | New York State regional conference 1950-1953 (5 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 36 | New York State regional conference 1954-1955 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 36 | New York State regional executive committee 1953 | ||||||||||
Box 36 | Promotional material undated | ||||||||||
Box 36 | Student Activity Research Study evaluation conference 1955 | ||||||||||
Box 36 | White House conference 1950 | ||||||||||
Box 36 | Newspaper clippings 1953-1957 (6 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 40 | Newspaper clippings 1954 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 37 | Official guide for house standards committees 1954-1958 | ||||||||||
Box 37 | Organizations panel 1951-1958 | ||||||||||
Box 37 | Public relations commission 1961 | ||||||||||
Publications | |||||||||||
Box 37 | How to be in the know 1952-1961 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 37 | A study of women's student government on the SU campus 1958 | ||||||||||
Box 37 | Through the keyhole 1951-1962 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 37 | Regulations board 1952 | ||||||||||
Secretariat | |||||||||||
Box 37 | Christmas card mailing list undated | ||||||||||
Box 37 | Executive secretary and treasurer 1955-1962 | ||||||||||
Box 37 | Journals 1958-1960 | ||||||||||
Box 37 | Ledgers 1960-1961 | ||||||||||
Box 37 | Office procedures undated | ||||||||||
Box 37 | Reports 1953-1957 | ||||||||||
Standards Council | |||||||||||
Box 37 | Minutes 1957-1959 | ||||||||||
Box 38 | Minutes 1960-1961 | ||||||||||
Box 38 | Permissions and penalties undated | ||||||||||
Box 38 | Petitions and decisions 1959 | ||||||||||
Box 38 | Student government conference reports 1955-1960 | ||||||||||
Box 38 | Student welfare panel 1946-1952 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 38 | Syracuse University cross country team report 1951 - "The season in review" | ||||||||||
Box 38 | War or Peace Crossroads student conference 1951 | ||||||||||
Box 38 | Ways and means panel 1952-1954 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 38 | Women in the Defense Decade conference 1951 | ||||||||||
Box 38 | Women's affairs commission 1954-1956 | ||||||||||
Box 38 | Women's apparel and appearance on campus Nov 1946 | ||||||||||
Association of Women Students 1961-1968 | |||||||||||
Box 38 | Campus guide 1967 | ||||||||||
Box 38 | Guide for City Women 1961-1962 | ||||||||||
Box 39 | House Standards committee 1963-1964 | ||||||||||
Box 39 | Meeting minutes 1961-1962 | ||||||||||
Box 39 | Procedures and penalties 1961 | ||||||||||
Box 39 | Publications, handbooks 1962-1968 (3 folders) |