Student Handbooks
About the Collection
The Student Handbooks collection dates from 1966 to 2017 in 2.60 cubic feet (2 boxes total). The collection is made up of handbooks containing important information for students about the college and handbooks published by the Fiction Writing, Film, and Photography Departments. The college-wide handbooks contain directories, academic calendars, information on student publications and organizations, campus maps, and school policies.
Dates
- 1966-2017
Creator
- Columbia College (Chicago, Ill.) (Organization)
Terms of Access
The entirety of the Student Handbooks collection is available to all users. Any unprocessed items added to the collection that are not in this current inventory will become available for all users once the Archivist has updated the collection’s description.
Terms of Use
Materials are the property of Columbia College Chicago. Intellectual property rights of work belong to the original creators. Materials within the collection that are published and copyrighted maintain their copyright protections and must be used according to United States Copyright Law. Use of this collection and its materials is understood to be primarily for research, teaching, and creative study; additional uses, such as publication, exhibition, or other appropriate purposes may be considered upon consultation with the Archivist.
History - Student Handbooks at Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago was founded as the Columbia School of Oratory by Mary A. Blood and Ida Morey Riley in 1890. The Student Handbooks collection holds handbooks published by the college starting in 1966, which have been published at various points in time by the Office of the Dean of Student Services, the Office of the Dean of Students, and the Office of Student Affairs.
Extent
2.6 Cubic Feet : Forms of materials: handbooks
Language of Materials
English
Introduction
Columbia College Chicago publishes a yearly student handbook containing relevant information about the college. The Fiction Writing, Film, and Photography Departments have also published handbooks for students studying within those departments. This collection contains college-wide handbooks dating from 1966 to 2017 and departmental handbooks dating from 1973-2000 in 2.60 cubic feet (two boxes).
Collection Arrangement
The Student Handbooks Collection has been arranged into two series by handbook type. Within each series, the handbooks are arranged chronologically:
Series 1: College-wide Handbooks, 1966-2017
Series 2: Academic Departmental Handbooks, 1973-2000 and undated
Requirements for Researcher's Access
All physical materials and reformatted media must be viewed during a scheduled appointment time within the College Archives & Special Collections office. No materials are to be circulated unless otherwise consulted with the Archivist.
Initial Acquisition
The items of the Student Handbooks collection have been regularly transferred to the College Archives & Special Collections over time.
Separated Materials
Approximately 2 cubic feet of extraneous and duplicate materials were discarded in a safe and secure manner on October 17, 2017.
0.37 cubic feet of material were removed from this collection on October 10, 2017 and transferred to other CASPC record groups.
- Duplicate copies of the student handbooks
- Copies of one-off manuals, handbooks, and publications by Columbia College Chicago related to its students
Creator
- Columbia College (Chicago, Ill.) (Organization)
- Title
- Student Handbooks
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the College Archives & Special Collections at Columbia College Chicago Repository