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Records of Student Organizations

 Collection
Identifier: 6S

Scope and Contents

This is an artificial collection bringing together the files of Wellesley College student organizations in cases where the Archives does not hold enough material to justify creating a distinct collection for the organization, arranged in alphabetical order. Records date from 1882-2015. Includes materials on organization histories, communications, and event programs and flyers.

Dates

  • Other: 1882-2015

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. To make an appointment to view materials, please contact the Archives staff by email at archives@wellesley.edu or by phone at (781) 283-3745.

Conditions Governing Use

The Wellesley College Archives welcomes researchers to use materials in the public domain, to make fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law, and to request permission to use works whose copyright is held by Wellesley College. All materials from the Archives, regardless of copyright status, should be attributed to the Wellesley College Archives, Library and Technology Services when cited, quoted, or reproduced.

Extent

2.4 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

6S Records of Student Organizations is an artificial collection. Artificial collections are created by Archivists bringing together multiple smaller acquisitions to the archives from multiple creators, and organizing them based on their subject. This is unlike most archival collections which are organized by provenance, meaning by the original creator, and which maintain the original creator’s arrangement of the collection. Files have been arranged alphabetically by organization name.

Related Materials

This is an artificial collection bringing together the files of student organizations in cases where the Archives does not hold enough material to justify creating a distinct collection for the organization. However, in cases where the Archives holds a significant amount of records from a student organization, distinct collections have been created. 6S is the classification for student organizations, 6SH is used for honor societies (e.g. 6SH-Sigma Xi), and 6SS is used for societies (e.g. 6SS-Agora, 6SS-TZE).

Creator

Title
Wellesley College. Records of Student Organizations, 1882-2015: a container list
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Wellesley College Archives Repository

Contact:

781-283-3745