Archives/1. Administrative
Record Group Term
Identifier: Archives/1
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Division of Student Affairs records
Collection
Identifier: A084
Overview
The Division of Student Affairs was originally known as the Office of the Dean of Students. In the 1950s, the office comprised a dean of freshmen, dean of women, and dean of men. In 1970, the Office of Dean of Students was reorganized into the Division of Student Affairs, and many of the tasks that had originally been handled directly by the dean and his assistants were separated into departments that reported to the Vice President of Student Affairs. Among these services were counseling and...
Dates:
1933-2008; Majority of material found within 1965-1985
Reserve Officers' Training Corps records
Collection
Identifier: A038
Overview
Northeastern University's (NU) Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) division was formed in January 1951 with two units, the Corps of Engineers and the Signal Corps. ROTC trained young men (and later young women) to become officers in the United States Army by providing both academic instruction and physical training. ROTC enrolled 886 men in its inaugural year, and by the end of the decade, membership had reached 2,800. By the early 1960s, the NU ROTC program had become the largest in the...
Dates:
1949-1981; Majority of material found within 1951-1969