US-RPB-of1R.1zp Guide to the Pembroke College, Director of Residence records1940-1968 Finding aid prepared by Brown University Library staff Processing funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Brown University Archives
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English 2.25 Linear feet 1940-1968 The Pembroke College, Director of Residence records contains materials regarding student housing at Pembroke College. The records include materials regarding the budget, dormitory assignments, statistics, student activities, and correspondence to and from Sally McPherson, who was the Director of Residence at Pembroke from 1947 to 1964. The records are dated from 1940 to 1968. Pembroke College (Brown University). Director of Residence. Pembroke College, Director of Residence Records Historical note

Pembroke College in Brown University was the name given to the Women’s College in 1928. The first women students had arrived in October 1891, after some years of negotiations. At the end of the academic year, in the spring of 1892, the Corporation voted to open all degrees of the University to women. The next year there were nine sophomores, fourteen freshmen and 22 special students, and the classes were moved into the building at 235 Benefit Street.

It was not until 1896 that the Corporation finally passed its “Legislation Founding the Women’s College in Brown University.” which recognized the women’s college as a department. The first women graduates in 1894 were Mary Emma Woolley and Anne Tillinghast Weeden. The next year eleven graduated, seven with a bachelor of arts degree and four with a bachelor of philosophy, and their names were listed below a dividing line after the male graduates. The courses and examinations taken by the women were the same as those prescribed for the men, and the performance of the women students was often proclaimed to be superior to that of the men.

In 1903 the Women’s College was given its own faculty, composed of all department heads in the University and the faculty members who taught courses for women, to supervise all academic matters except admission and graduation. On October 20, 1917, the Women’s College celebrated its 25th anniversary, which had been postponed from the previous spring because of the threat of war.

Over the years Brown and Pembroke students merged their student organizations, attended coeducational classes, and in 1969 began living in coed dormitories. On July 1, 1971, the offices of the two colleges for admission, financial aid, placement, housing, and counseling were merged in the final act of making Brown a truly coeducational university.

The information above is taken from the Encyclopedia Brunoniana by Martha Mitchell, copyright ©1993 by the Brown University Library. It is used here by permission of the author and the University and may not be copied or further distributed without permission.

Sally McPherson was Director of Residence from 1947 through the spring of 1964.

 Director of Residence records Series I 1940-1968 Bates House 1 1 1954-1957 Bates House ledger book 1 2 1957-1962 General note

Oversized volume shelved at end of collection.

 Bell duty 1 3 1965-1966 Budget A-300 1 4 1954-1955 Budget A-300 1 5 1955-1956 Budget accounts, A-300 1 6 1956-1957 Budget accounts, A-300 1 7 1957-1958 Budget accounts, A-300 1 8 1959-1960 Budget accounts, A-300 1 9 1960-1961 Budget accounts, A-300 1 10 1961-1962 Budget accounts, A-300 1 11 1962-1963 Budget accounts, #635 1 12 1963-1964 Budget accounts, #635 1 13 1965-1966 Budget accounts, #635 1 14 1966-1967 Budget 1 15 1952 Mar 6 General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 16 1955-1962 General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 17 1956 Feb-Oct General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 18 1957 Jan-dec General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 19 1957 May 15-19 General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 20 1958 Jan-Nov General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 21 1958 Dec-1959 Nov General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 22 1961 Oct-Dec General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 23 1962 Jan-Dec General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 24 1962 Oct 18 General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 25 1962 Oct-1963 Dec General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 26 1963 Jan 23 General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 27 1963 Oct 15 General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 28 1963-1964 General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 29 1964 Jan-Aug General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 30 1965 Apr-Oct General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 31 1965 Aug-Nov General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 32 1965 Nov General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 33 1966 Jan-May General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 34 1966 Aug-Oct General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 35 1966 Jun 27-1967 Mar 20 General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Budget 2 36 1963 Nov 19 General note

Memos, lists of expenditures, etc.

 Building survey made by Mary L. Finch, Social Director 2 37 1940 General note

Information from inquiries Finch made regarding dormitories at other colleges, in preparation for a new dormitory at Pembroke (Andrews Hall).

 Catering Service informational flyers 2 38 Christmas songs 2 39 General note

Song sheets

 Commencement Information 2 40 1965-1966 Correspondence, miscellaneous Sally McPherson 2 41 1959-1967 Correspondence, outside Sally McPherson 2 42 1965-1966 Correspondence, outside,with students Sally McPherson 2 43 1965-1966 Correspondence, outside, regarding head of house position Sally McPherson 2 44 1965-1966 Correspondence, outside, regarding head of house position Sally McPherson 2 45 1960-1962 General note

This file contains personal information about Mary Dutton and is CLOSED until 2020.

 Directory of Student Activities 2 46 1956-1961 Dormitory Council record book 2 47 1948-1953 General note

Filed in 1-size box, which is the last box of the collection. See also Honor Council records in the University Archives.

 Dormitory lists 2 48 1967-1968 Dormitory statistics 3 49 1953-1956 Fire regulations cards 3 50 Freshman Week 3 51 1960-1961 Freshman Week 3 52 1962-1963 Freshman Week 3 53 1964-1966 Freshman, incoming campus addresses 3 54 1963 Freshmen, incoming 3 55 1965-1966 Games for parties and social occasions 3 56 Head of House 3 57 General note

The head of house was supposed to complete this from for each student. The report form was divided into these sections: I. Social adjustment, II. Academic Adjustment, III. Physical disabilities or peculiarities, IV. Family history, V. Personal habits (grooming), and VI. Comments.

 Honor Council record book 3 58 1953-1958 General note

Filed in 1-size box, which is the last box in the collection. See also other Honor Council records in the University Archives.

 Honor Council record book 3 59 1958 General note

Filed in 1-size box, which is the last box in the collection. See also other Honor Council records in the University Archives.

 Intercom 3 60 General note

Instructions

 Interoffice memoranda Buildings and Grounds 3 61 1965-1966 Interoffice memoranda with Dean Rosemary Pierrel 3 62 1965-1966 Interoffice memoranda with Dean Rosemary Pierrel 3 63 1966-1967 Interoffice memoranda with Dean of Students Anne Dewart 3 64 1965-1966 Interoffice memoranda with Dean of Students Anne Dewart 3 65 1966-1967 Interoffice memoranda Office of Student Activities 3 66 Interoffice memoranda 3 67 1965-1966 Inventories of dormitories 3 68 1960-1963 Junior Counselors 3 69 Junior Counselors 3 70 Petty larcenies 3 71 1965-1966 Prayer room sign 3 72 R & P Mostly re: dormitory furniture 3 73 1955-1962 R & P Dormitories 3 74 1964-1967 Registration cards sample 3 75 Report of prowlers 3 76 1965-1966 Room applications 3 77 1967 Room guest tickets 4 78 Room assignments by dormitory 4 79 1955-1957 Room assignments by dormitory 4 80 1957-1959 Room assignments by dormitory 4 81 1958-1961 Room assignments by dormitory 4 82 1961-1963 Room assignments by dormitory 4 83 1963-1965 Room assignments by dormitory 4 84 1965-1967 Room occupancy 4 85 1951-1952 Senior Assistants correspondence 4 86 1965-1966 Sign In cards 4 87 Statistics 4 88 1940-1947 Statistics 4 89 1947-1948 Statistics 4 90 1948-1949 Statistics 5 91 1949-1950 Statistics 5 92 1950-1951 Statistics 5 93 1952-1953 Statistics 5 94 1955-1956 Statistics 5 95 1956-1958 Student Directory reports and class meetings 5 96 1947-1949 Student Directory reports and class meetings 5 97 1949-1951 Student Directory reports and class meetings 5 98 1951-1953 Student Directory reports and class meetings 5 99 1953-1955 Student Directory reports and class meetings 5 100 1955-1957 Student Directory reports and class meetings 5 101 1957-1959 Student Directory reports and class meetings 5 102 1959-1961 Student Directory reports and class meetings 5 103 1961-1963 Student Directory reports and class meetings 5 104 1963-1965 Student Directory reports and class meetings 5 105 1965-1967 Student Government Association reports and class meetings 5 106 1966-1967 Weekend passes 5 107 Collection information

The Pembroke College, Director of Residence Halls records have been organized into one series: I. Director of Residence records.

The Pembroke College, Director of Residence records contains materials related to student housing at Pembroke College before it merged with Brown University. The records are dated from 1940 to 1968 and have been organized into one series:

Series I. Director of Residence records includes materials regarding the housing budget, dormitory assignments, interoffice memoranda, student activities such as "freshmen week", statistics, and correspondence to and from Sally McPherson, who was the Director of Residence at Pembroke from 1947 to 1964.

There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.

Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.

Pembroke College, Director of Residence records, OF-1R-1ZP, Brown University Archives.

 Administrative information

These files were found in the attic of Alumnae Hall in 1989. They were transferred to the Brown University Archives by Christine Dunlap Farnham Archivist Karen Lamoree that year.

 Additional information

These office files were weeded under the direction of Christine Dunlap Farnham archivist Karen Lamoree. Those with "no archival or other values" were destroyed. A complete list of the folder headings of the unweeded, original transfer precedes the first folder of the collection.

 Names Brown University--Directories. Pembroke College (Brown University)--Student housing. Pembroke College (Brown University). Subjects Student housing Occupations

Types of Materials Budgets Financial records Letters (Correspondence) Memorandums Office files RIAMCO Browsing Term Education