Administrative Policy Records of the University of Florida Vice President for Student Affairs
Scope and Content
Series 49 contains the administrative records of the University of Florida Vice President for Student Affairs and its predecessors, the Dean for Student Affairs, the Dean of Student Personnel, and the Dean of Students. The series documents a wide range of student matters including campus politics, fraternities and sororities, and disciplinary issues. The earliest files are those of deans Benjamin Arthur Tolbert and Robert Colder Beaty. These include material on war training during World War II, the student honor code, and the National Youth Administration. Dean Beaty served as chair of the National College Work Council of the NYA,1942-1943, chair of the Regional College Work Council, 1941, and director of the Florida NYA, 1936-1937.
Later records in this series contain information on student counseling, student unrest in the 1960s, campus crime, substance abuse, student health issues, and minority issues in the files of Dean Lester Leonard Hale and Vice President C. Arthur Sandeen. Also included in this series are records of Hale and Beaty when they served as Dean of Men. Issues relating to the status of women at the University of Florida are documented in the administrative records of the Associate Dean of Student Services, Phyllis Meek.
Dates
- Creation: 1925 - 2021
Creator
- University of Florida. Vice President for Student Affairs. (Organization)
Access
University Archives collections are available for research. Portions of the collections may be restricted due to the requirements of applicable state and federal laws, including but not limited to FERPA and HIPAA, and in accordance with best practices as defined by the Society of American Archivists.
Extent
33 Linear feet (42 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records of the University of Florida Vice President for Student Affairs and its predecessors, the Dean of Students and the Dean for Student Affairs. The series documents a wide range of student matters including campus politics, fraternities, housing, and disciplinary issues.
Physical Location
Please note that portions of this collection (Subseries 49d boxes 23-45) are housed in the Auxiliary Library Facility off campus and will require advance notice for timely retrieval. Please contact the Special and Area Studies Collections department prior to your visit.
Subject
- Hale, Lester L. (Person)
- Sandeen, Arthur, 1938- (Person)
- Tolbert, Benjamin Arthur. (Person)
- Title
- A Guide to the Administrative Policy Records of the University of Florida Vice President for Student Affairs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Dept. Staff
- Date
- February 2012 (Updated March 2025)
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Revision Statements
- December 2021: Added Box 22 to Series 49d
- February 2023: Added 23 boxes from addition to Series 49d and merged Series 080.
- March 2025: Dalia Dooley; added 2 boxes to Series 49f
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu