University of Chicago Student Government records 1948-1981 (inclusive).

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University of Chicago Student Government records 1948-1981 (inclusive).

This collection includes administrative and procedural records of Student Government, Student-Faculty Administration Court documents, and publications and ephemera related to student organizations, political activities, and social service. As well as recording the activities and functions of Student Government, this collection includes documentation of student groups, campus events, and the relationship of the student body to political and social movements of the 1950s-1970s.

7.5 linear feet (16 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7808918

University of Chicago Library

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University of Chicago. Student Government

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The University of Chicago's Student Government advocates for student issues in cooperation with the governing bodies of university faculty and administration. As outlined in its Constitution, the goals of Student Government are "To further the interests and promote the welfare of the students at the University of Chicago; to foster a University community; to represent the body more effectively before University authorities and the community at large." Student Government also oversees the funding...

University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...