Housing Office Records

Collection

Identifier: Series-0089

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

This series contains budget documents, correspondence, memoranda, reports, and surveys. Members of the Housing Office, particularly Almeda Rogers Jacks, Verna Howell and Matthew Watkins, produced these records although a substantial portion appear to be from the general files for the Office. There is some earlier material from the Office of Auxiliary Enterprises. This series spans the years 1932 through 2001 with the bulk of material from 1982-1996.

Noteworthy subjects included in this series are budgetary matters, maintenance and renovation of housing facilities, planning and construction of new buildings, sale of housing, restructuring of student affairs, staff training and recognition activities, and student discipline problems.

Dates

1932-2001

Creator

Clemson University. Housing Office (Organization)

Restrictions

There are two boxes of files concerning personnel and students that are restricted.

Salary printouts listing names, gender, race, salary and Social Security number were destroyed in November 2011.

Administrative History

Missing Title

Prior to 1956
: Clemson cadets live in dormitories under modified military discipline with dormitories divided into companies under the supervision of cadet officers responsible to the Commandant. Civilian students live in dormitories under the general supervision of dormitory supervisors who are responsible to the Commandant. Married student housing consists of 287 houses (prefabs) that had been constructed during World War II for training military personnel.
1956
: Dormitories are under the supervision of dormitory supervisors who are responsible to the dean of student affairs. There is no housing for women who must find accommodations locally. Fifty new two bedroom brick housing units are added for married students. Office of Auxiliary Enterprises manages housing facilities and their financial operations.
1963
: There are eight men’s dormitories capable of housing approximately 3,200 students. There are three married student housing complexes: Littlejohn Apartments, fifty two bedroom units in eleven buildings; East Campus Apartments, one hundred two bedroom apartments in fifty buildings; and 247 two bedroom prefabs. The first women’s dormitory opens in September with the capacity for 144 coeds.
1966
: Eleven men’s dormitories provide housing for 3,632 students. There are two women’s dormitories each with a capacity of 144 coeds with a third 432 unit building nearing completion in 1968. There are only 127 prefabs remaining for married students giving married student housing capacity of 277.
1970
: Manning Lomax, formerly Assistant Dean of Men in Student Affairs becomes Director of the Residence Hall Office in Student Affairs. Ernest Watson continues as Associate Director of Housing in Office of Auxiliary Enterprises in Business Affairs.
1978
: University residence halls house 5,354 students with 320 more residing at the Clemson House. There are 99 Prefabs remaining as well as East Campus and Littlejohn for married students.
1980
: Business and Finance reorganized with Auxiliary Enterprises eliminated. Housing Office continues as part of Student Affairs. 150 apartments are provided for married students. Total residence hall capacity 5,354 students.
1989
: Total student housing capacity 6,865 with 3,448 male undergrads, 3,331 female and 82 grad students.
1995
: Total student housing reduced to 6,435 as Johnstone Hall is demolished and reconstructed. Restructuring of University leaves Housing Office in Student Affairs.

Information for this history is from the Clemson College Record and the Clemson University Record, 1955-2003

Extent

7.2 Cubic Feet (consisting of 22 document boxes, one box of photographs and one oversize folder.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This series contains budget documents, correspondence, memoranda, reports, surveys, and other material organized in an alphabetical subject file.

Arrangement

The files are arranged alphabetically by folder title. Approximately three cubic feet of material were received in boxes without any folders so folder titles in some cases were established based upon the processor's judgment not what the Housing Office had used. The documents within each folder are arranged in chronological order.

Provenance

These records originated in the Housing Office. Some early material may have originated in the Office of Auxiliary Enterprises. They were accessioned as 93-13, 95-13, 95-74, 95-155, 97-35, 98-157, 03-124. Duplicates and material not scheduled for permanent retention were removed.

Processing Information

Kathryn McCarthy, a volunteer intern, began processing this series in late 2003 and early 2004. Additional processing was done by Michael Kohl who prepared the finding aid. Student assistants Christine Mollineaux and Amit Gupta worked on the processing in 2005.

The conversion of this finding aid to Encoded Archival Description format was made possible with a grant from the South Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board in 2009-2010.