%eadnotat; ]> 6M003stco Finding aid for Swarthmore College Student Council Records, 1943-1981 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2007 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by FHL Staff, 2007 ENG FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2007 Descriptive Summary Swarthmore College Student Council 1943-1981 RG6/M003 Swarthmore College. Student Council 12 boxes; 6 linear feet Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Contains the records of the Swarthmore College Student Council from 1943-1981, with gaps in some series. Student Council was created in 1937 as a companion organization to the Women’s Student Government Association (WSGA) and the Men’s Student Government Association (MSGA), charged with governing situations and activities involving both men and women. After 1970, Student Council has been the sole non-judicial student governing body on campus.

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399

Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

Student Council was created in 1937 and has often changed in structure since then. It was originally created as a companion organization to the Women’s Student Government Association (WSGA) and the Men’s Student Government Association (MSGA), charged with governing situations and activities involving both men and women. In 1940, MSGA was replaced by the Men’s Executive Committee (MEC) which was designed to be a smaller, more useful version of the MSGA, but it too ceased to exist in 1958. WSGA survived until 1970. After 1970, Student Council has been the sole non-judicial student governing body on campus. As such, Student Council is responsible for a wide range of activities, including acting as liaison for communicating student concerns to the faculty, administration, and board of managers; chartering and funding student groups and activities; appointing student representatives to college committees; and overseeing student employment and publication policies.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

Contains the records of the Swarthmore College Student Council from 1943-1981, with gaps in some series. The collection includes Student Council minutes, correspondence, reports, publications. Also records of Student Affairs, Elections, Budget, Student Activities Fund, and Curriculum Committees, and records of several smaller committees.

Organized into five series.

Organization: Constitution and History Minutes Correspondence and Reports Committees Miscellaneous ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Donor: Student Council

Date: Various, to 1991

 Access

Collection is open to researchers

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Swarthmore College Archives, Student Council Records, RG6/M003, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

 Processing information

Materials inventoried under old College Archives format. Reprocessed Fall 2004 together with accession 91-010.

 SELECTED SEARCH TERMS DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Swarthmore College - History Swarthmore College. Student Council Students - Social life and customs Student Activities DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

 Series 1: Constitution and History Student Council Constitution 1968 1 folder 1 Student Council Student Handbook 1954 1 folder 1 Miscellaneous Constitutions (WSGA Constitution and Swarthmore College Purpose) 1 folder 1 Series 2: Minutes Bound Minutes Feb. 1943 - Apr. 1950 1 folder 1 Bound Minutes Oct. 1950 – May 1954 1 folder 1 Bound Minutes Sep. 1954 – May 1956 1 folder 1 Bound Minutes Sep. 1956 – May 1957 1 folder 2 Bound Minutes Sep. 1957 – May 1958 1 folder 2 Bound Minutes Sep. 1958 – May 1959 1 folder 2 Bound Minutes Sep. 1959 – May 1960 1 folder 2 Bound Minutes Sep. 1960 – Jan. 1961 1 folder 2 Bound Minutes Feb. 1961 – May 1961 1 folder 3 Bound Minutes Jun. 1961 – Jan. 1962 1 folder 3 Bound Minutes Jan. 1962 – May 1962 1 folder 3 Bound Minutes Sep. 1962 – Jan. 1963 1 folder 3 Bound Minutes Jan. 1963 – Apr. 1963 1 folder 4 Bound Minutes Jan. 1963 – May 1963 1 folder 4 Minutes Mar. 1963 – May 1963 1 folder 4 Bound Minutes Sep. 1963 – Jan. 1964 1 folder 5 Bound Minutes Feb. 1964 – May 1964 1 folder 5 Bound Minutes (Including Index) May 1964 – Jan. 1965 1 folder 5 Bound Minutes (Including Index) Feb. 1965 – Apr. 1965 1 folder 5 Bound Minutes May 1965 1 folder 6 Bound Minutes Sep. 1965 – Jan. 1966 1 folder 6 Bound Minutes (Including Index) Jan. 1966 – May. 1966 1 folder 6 Bound Minutes Oct. 1966 – Dec. 1966 1 folder 6 Bound Minutes Feb. 1967 – Mar. 1967 1 folder 7 Bound Minutes Mar. 1967 – May 1967 1 folder 7 Minutes 1966 – 1989 (with gaps) 1 folder 7 Series 3: Correspondence and Reports Correspondence 1963 – 1968 1 folder 7 Correspondence 1969 1 folder 7 Correspondence 1977 – 1979 1 folder 7 President’s Reports 1955-1963 1 folder 7 Student Council Opinion Polls 1 folder 7 Series 4: Committees Bookstore Committee 1 folder 8 Budget Committee 1962-1967 1 folder 8 Budget Committee 1962-1969 1 folder 8 Budget Committee 1964-1966 1 folder 8 Budget Committee 1966-1967 1 folder 8 Budget Committee Account Book 1976-1981 1 folder 8 Budget Committee Reports 1965-1966 1 folder 8 Budget Committee Reports 1968-1969 1 folder 8 Budget Committee n.d. 1 folder 8 Curriculum Committee Minutes 1950-1962 1 folder 9 Curriculum Committee Report 1955 1 folder 9 Curriculum Committee Polls 1955-1968 1 folder 9 Curriculum Committee Reports 1965-1968 1 folder 9 Curriculum Committee Miscellaneous 1963-1965, n.d. 1 folder 9 Curriculum Committee Report, vol I 1966-1967 1 folder 9 Curriculum Committee Report, vol II 1966-1967 1 folder 9 Committee on the College Calendar 1965 1 folder 10 Committee on Decent Eating Report 1961 1 folder 10 Community Service Committee 1963-1966 1 folder 10 Elections Committee 1950-1955 1 folder 10 Elections Committee 1953-1979, n.d. 1 folder 10 Elections Committee 1955-1965 1 folder 10 Elections Committee 1966-1969 1 folder 10 Elections Committee: Candidate Platforms n.d. 1 folder 10 Facilities Committee 1965-1966 1 folder 10 Intercollegiate Conference Committee: General File 1 folder 10 Intercollegiate Conference Committee: General Financial File 1 folder 10 Intercollegiate Conference Committee: America, the New Europe and the Atlantic Alliance: Financial: Letters sent out 1964-1965 1 folder 10 Intercollegiate Conference Committee: America, the New Europe and the Atlantic Alliance: Financial: Negative replies 1964-1965 1 folder 11 Intercollegiate Conference Committee: America, the New Europe and the Atlantic Alliance: Invitations 1964-1965 1 folder 11 Intercollegiate Conference Committee: America, the New Europe and the Atlantic Alliance: Miscellaneous 1964-1965 1 folder 11 Intercollegiate Conference Committee: Democracy and Development in Latin America 1962-1963 1 folder 11 Intercollegiate Conference Committee: Miscellaneous 1 folder 11 Off-Campus Affairs Committee 1960-1961 1 folder 11 Social Rules Committee 1 folder 11 Student Affairs Committee 1949-1965 1 folder 11 Student Affairs Committee n.d. 1 folder 12 Student Affairs Committee: Automobiles 1 folder 12 WSRN Committee 1963 1 folder 12 Other Committees 1 folder 12 Series 5: Miscellaneous General file 1958 1 folder 12 Constitutions of Organizations n.d. 1 folder 12 Miscellaneous 1 folder 12 Miscellaneous n.d. 1 folder 12