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Student Council of Tufts College Records

 Collection
Call Number: UA142

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two Student Council of Tufts College books containing meeting minutes and correspondence.

Dates

  • Creation: 1926 -- 1952

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Access

Open for research. This collection may require review before it is available for use. Please contact DCA for further details.

Conditions Governing Use

Some material in this collection may be protected by copyright and other rights. Please see “Reproductions and Use” on the Digital Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permission to publish. No documentation is available regarding the intellectual property rights in this collection.

Biographical / Historical

The Student Council meetings are first reported on in the school papers in 1909. The organized in 1916 and ratified the first constitution of the Tufts student body in 1924. The constitution establishing a governing body called the Student Council of Tufts College. Formed to support the unification of the various lines of extracurricular life at Tufts College, and the placing of some authority in the hands of a representative body of Tufts undergraduates. The original structure included ten representatives from student organizations and one faculty member. The Student Council of Tufts College became the Tufts Community Union in 1968.

Extent

.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Arrangement

This collection is organized into one series: Unprocessed accessions.

Processing status

This collection is minimally processed.

Repository Details

Part of the Tufts Archival Research Center Repository

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