University of Utah Dean of Students Office records

University of Utah Dean of Students Office records, 1953-1967

Overview of the Collection

Creator: University of Utah. Dean of Students Office
Title: University of Utah Dean of Students Office records
Dates: 1953-1967 (inclusive)
19531967
Quantity: 10.5 linear feet
Collection Number: Acc0134
Summary: The office of the Dean of Students supervised the Counseling Center, Bureau of Marriage Counsel, Housing Office, Placement Bureau, Student Health Center, Foreign Student Office, Office of Military Relations, student government, and the University Union. The name was changed to Student Affairs in 1973 and to Student Affairs and Services in 1978. The collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, and subject files of Willard W. Blaesser, Dean of Students from 1953 to 1962, and of Assistant Dean Burns D. Crookston, ca. 1953-1962. Their files also reflect their activities in professional organizations, particularly the American Personnel and Guidance Association, of which Willard Blaesser served as president from 1956 to 1957. The files of F. Martin Erickson, ca. 1963-1967, who was Assistant and later Associate Dean of Students are also incorporated into the collection.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, and subject files of Willard W. Blaesser, Dean of Students from 1953 to 1962, and of Assistant Dean Burns D. Crookston, ca. 1953-1962. Their files also reflect their activities in professional organizations, particularly the American Personnel and Guidance Association, of which Willard Blaesser served as president from 1956 to 1957. The files of F. Martin Erickson, ca. 1963-1967, who was Assistant and later Associate Dean of Students are also incorporated into the collection.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: University of Utah Dean of Students Office records, Acc. 134, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 134.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is organized under the folowing series: 1. Dean Willard W. Blaesser and Assistant Dean Burns B. Crookston, 1953-1962; 2. F. Martin Erickson, 1963-1967; 3. Miscellaneous Files; 4. Restricted Materials. The arrangement is alphabetical and chronological thereunder.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Dean Willard W. Blaesser and Assistant Dean Burns B. Crookston, 1953-1963Return to Top

Container(s): Series 1

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1	Correspondence and General Files - Dean Willard W. Blaesser	1953-1960
Folder
1	University Vita on Willard W. Blaesser	1953-1962
2	Advisory Council on University Development	1959
3	American College Personnel Association - Gordon V. Anderson	1954-1958
4	General Education - Sydney W. Angleman	1954-1958
5-6	Authorization for Employment	1947-1959
7	Board of General Education Counselors - Correspondence, Reports	1956-1967
8	Board of General Education Counselors Steering Committee - Correspondence, Minutes, Notes	1958-1959
9	Books Ordered	1956-1959
10	Brigham Young University - Correspondence	1953-1958
11	Campus Security	1956-1958
12	Central General Education Committee	1947-1957
2	Correspondence and General Files - Dean Willard W. Blaesser	1953-1960
Folder
1	College of Education	1953-1958
2	Commencement Exercises Committee	1954
3	Community Development Program	1955
4	Counseling Center - Reed M. Merril Terminal Program	1953-1957
5	Counseling Center - Reports	1947-1955
6	Dean of Women - Correspondence	1954-1955
7	Durham, G. Homer - Academic Vice President	1953-1957
8	Educational Psychology	1954-1958
3	Correspondence and General Files - Dean Willard W. Blaesser	1953-1960
Folder
1	Utah Psychology Association - Educational Psychology Ethics Committee	1953-1954
2	Educational Psychology Graduate Training	1947-1958
3	Educational Testing Service	1958-1959
4	Educational Policies Commission	1956-1959
5	Encyclopedia of Educational Research	1956-1957
6	Executive Training Program - Dugway, Winter	1958-1959
7	Fraternity Housing	1954-1959
8	General Education Early Admissions Program	1952-1956
9	General Education - Miscellaneous	1947-1957
10	General Education 1 - Student Panels	1958-1959
11	General Education 1 - Syllabus Information	1955-1960
12	General Education Terminal Program	undated
13	Graduate Record Exam - Educational Testing Service	1950-1959
4	Correspondence and General Files - Dean Willard W. Blaesser	1953-1960
Folder
1	Health Services	1953-1959
2	High Honor Lists	1955-1958
3	Hodson, Paul - Assistant to the President	1954-1957
4	Intermountain Laboratory for Group Development - Bibliography	1958
5	Interoffice Memos	1955-1959
6	Interorganizational Council	1956-1957
7	Letters and Science - Faculty	1956
8	Long Range Planning Committee - Correspondence, Minutes, Agenda	1959-1960
9	Marriage and Family Counseling	1953-1958
10	Michigan Institute for Social Research	1952-1958
11	Military Relations	1955-1957
12	Morgan, Elmo - Vice President	1954-1957
13	Mountain States Commission	1953
5	Correspondence and General Files - Dean Willard W. Blaesser	1953-1960
Folder
1	National Safety Council	1959
2	National Training Laboratories	1954-1958
3	Office Equipment Brochures, etc.	1953-1959
4	Olpin, A. Ray, President - Correspondence	1956-1957
5	Personal and Family Living Area Committee - Reports	1954
6	Placement Bureau	1953-1957
7	Religious Organizations - Students	1956-1958
8	Research and Evaluation	1951-1955
9	Rotary Youth Conference	1954-1958
6	Correspondence and General Files - Dean Willard W. Blaesser	1953-1960
Folder
1	ROTC, NROTC, AFROTC	1954-1960
2	Scholarships and Fellowships - Miscellaneous	1954-1958
3	Service and Honorary Fraternities	1949-1958
4	Space Needs	1953-1958
5	Student Activities Manager	1954-1957
6	Student Health Insurance	1954-1955
7	Student Personnel Staff - Biennial Projections	1955-1957
8	Union Assistant Director	1955-1957
9	Union Board - Minutes	1957
10	Union Director	1954-1958
7	Correspondence and General Files - Dean Willard W. Blaesser	1953-1960
Folder
1	Union Finances	1953-1958
2	Union Good Services	1956-1958
3	Union - General	1951-1956
4	Union Policies	1954-1957
5	University of Colorado Workshop	1953
6	Ute Adult Workshops	1956-1958
8	Correspondence and General Files - Assistant Dean Burns B. Crookson	1954-1960
Folder
1	University Vita on Burns B. Crookston	1954-1963
2	ASUU Proposed Constitution	1960
3	Athletes - Residence Halls	1955-1960
4	Ballif Hall	1955-1959
5	Carlson Hall	1955-1956
6	Central Hall	1955-1957
7	Conferences: Annual Conference of the National Association for College and University Housing Officers, etc.	1955-1959
8	Conferences: Intermediate Housing Officers' Association	1956-1957
9	Director of Housing - Lewis E. Haines	1955-1959
10	Eligibility Release Dates	1949-1955
11	Faculty Council	1959
12	Financial: Budgets - Annual & Biennial	1957-1959
9	Correspondence and General Files - Assistant Dean Burns B. Crookston	1954-1960
Folder
1	Financial: Budgets - Annual & Biennial	1955-1957
2	Financial: Statements, Etimates, Analysis	1956-1960
3	Financial: " Withholds" for Students who Have Past Due Fraternity Accounts	1957-1958
4-5	Housing Policy Board - Minutes	1954-1959
6	Housing Policy Board - Recommendations	1955-1959
10	Correspondence and General Files - Assistant Dean Burns B. Crookston	1954-1960
Folder
1	Interfraternity Council - Constitution and By-Laws Rules	1925-1957
2	Interfraternity Council - Financial Records	1954-1959
3	Initiation	1955-1959
4	Memorandums	1957-1959
5	Men's Hall	1958-1961
6	Occupancy Statistics - Housing	1955-1958
7	Operation Procedures - Business	1958-1959
8	Planning and Construction - Proposals	1956-1960
11	Correspondence and General Files - Assistant Dean Burns B. Crookston	1954-1960
Folder
1-2	Pledge Lists	1954-1960
3	Residence Halls	1955-1960
4	Rush - Interfraternity Council	1956-1957
5	Scholarships - Miscellaneous Correspondence	1954-1960
6	Staff - Housefellow Annual Reports	1956
7	Staff - Resident Advisors and House Fellows	1955-1958
12	Correspondence and General Files - Assistant Dean Burns B. Crookston	1954-1960
Folder
1	Staff - Resident Advisors	1957-1960
2	Triad Agendas and Notes	1956-1959
3	Women's Residence Halls Advisory Committee - Minutes	1958
13	Fraternity and Sorority Study	1960-1962
Folder
1	Study Committee - Background and Formation	1957-1960
2	Committee Membership	1960-1961
3	Committee Minutes and Memoranda with Enclosures, Memoranda, Notes	1961-1962
4	University of Utah Fraternity Study Committee Notebook - Seashore, Charles N.	1960-1961
5	Computer Financing	1962
6	IBM Codes	1953
7	Conclusions and Recommendations	1962
14	Fraternity and Sorority Study	1960-1962
Folder
1	Alumni Questionnaire	1961-1962
2	Alumni Samples	undated
3	Interviews with Alumni Advisors	1962
4	ASUU Student Activities Survey	1961 December
5	ASUU Research Study Stencils	1961
6	ASUU Research	1961
7	ASUU Research - Current Work	undated
8	Interviews with Chapter Officers	1961
9	Faculty Interview	1962
10	Interviews with House Corporation Presidents	1962
11	Panhellenic Questionnaire	undated
12	Parent Questionnaire	1962
13	Pledge Questionnaire	1959
14	Student Questionnaire	undated
15	Treasurers	1962
16	Compilations from Questionnaires	undated
17	Sorority and Fraternity GPA's (Folder 17 is restricted.)	1961
15	Fraternity and Sorority Study	1960-1962
Folder
1	Board and Room Research	1959-1960
2	Financial Requirements, Treasurers' Workshop, etc.	1960-1961
3	Housing	1955-1961
4	Scholastic Achievement	1959-1961
5	Outside Studies - Sources	1958-1961
16	American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA) - General Files
Folder
1	Report of Committee to Investigate the Abolition of the Guidance and Personnel Services Branch - U.S. Office of Education	undated
2	Activities Committee Report	1953-1954
3	Convention Information and Report	1953-1954
4	Delegate Assembly	1954
5	Executive Council Recommendations	1954
6	Headquarters Report and General Information	1954-1955
7	Activities Committee Report	1954-1955
8	Committees Activities, Coordination of	1955
9	Convention	1955
10	Reports to the Delegate Assembly	1955
11	General	1955-1956
17	American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA) - General Files
Folder
1	Branch Development Committee	1955-1956
2	Committee Reports	1955-1956
3	Constitution	1953, 1956
4	Convention	1956
5	Development Committee - Randall, Helen	1955-1956
6	Membership Committee	1955-1956
7	Planning and Appraisal, Special Committe on - Smallenburg, Harry	1956
8	Executive Council	1954-1957
9	Reports to the Delegate Assembly	1957
18	American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA) - General Files
Folder
1	Headquarter Reports	1954-1958
2	International Relations Committee	1957-1958
3	"Agree - Disagree" Exercise	1956-1959
4-5	General Correspondence	1958-1960
6	Convention	1960
7	Decision Making Process in Higher Education	1960 April 10-14
8	International Relations Committee - General	1959-1960
9	International Relations Committee - Publications	1960
10	Committee on Relationship with Research Centers for Higher Education	1960 April 10-14
19	APGA Division: American College Personnel Administration
Folder
1	Financial Aids Panel	1953-1954
2	Resolutions Committee	1954
3	Detroit Workshop	1955-1956
4	Detroit Workshop Report Revisions	1956
5	Detroit Workshop Followup Correspondence	1956
6	Executive Council	1955-1956
20	APGA Division: American College Personnel Administration
Folder
1	Grass Roots Development Committee	1955-1956
2	Hazen Foundation Proposal, Requests for	1956
3	Policy and Planning - " What Next for ACPA?" Panel	1956
4	Program Committee - Dressel, Paul	1955-1956
5	Reappraisal Proposal	1956
6	Committee Reports	1956-1957
7	Convention Program	1957
8	Pre-Convention Workshop	1957
21	APGA Division: American College Personnel Administration
Folder
1	Membership Committee	1956-1957
2	National Student Assoication Panel for Convention	1957
3	Nominations Committee - Anderson, Roy	1956-1957
4	Policies and Planning Committee	1956-1957
5	President's Address - Detroit Convention	1957
6	Proposal - Suggestions for Next Steps	1956-1957
7	Publications and Research Committee - Ruedisili, Chet	1956-1957
8	Professional Standards and Training	1951; 1956-1957
9	General	1951; 1956-1958
22	APGA Division: American College Personnel Administration
Folder
1	Budget Committee	1954-1958
2	Constitution, Revision of	1956-1958
3	Convention	1957-1958
4	Executive Council Information and Correspondence	1954-1958
5	Higher Education, Committee on - Cordway, Christine	1955-1958
6	Independent Council	1958
7	Convention Program	1958-1959
8	Program Committee	1959
9	General	1959-1960
10	Interassociation Coordinating Committee	1958-1960
23	Other Organizations
Folder
1-2	Adult Education Association of the U.S.A.	1957-1959
3	American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education - General Information	1953-1954
4	American Association of Land-Grant and State Universities - Circulation Records	1961
5	American Council on Education - Commisson on Instruction & Evaluation Commission on Measure	1953
6	American Commission on Education - Eighteenth Educational Conference	1953
7	American Council on Education - Fullbright Conference on Student Life	1953
8	American Council on Education - Japanese Institute for Student Personnel Services	1951-1952
9	American Council on Education - Miscellaneous Literature	1954-1958
10	American Psychological Association - State Representative	1958-1959
11	American Psychological Association - General Information	1949-1961
12	Association of College and University Housing Officers - Literature	1957
13-15	National Association of Student Personnel Administrators	1955-1961
16	National Student Association	1953-1955
24	Other Organizations and Source Files
Folder
1-2	United States National Student Association	1953-1959
3	Utah Conference on Higher Education	1953-1954
4	Bibliographies	1951-1955
5	Contributions of Science and Technology	1951
6	Effective Utilization of Manpower	1951-1952
7	Graduate Education in America	1953
8	Nature and Importance of Attitudes	1956
9	Objectives of Employment Certificating System for Minors	1953
10	Problems of Old Age	1950-1953
11	Register of Specialists in Humanites and Social Studies	1951
12	Student Dormitories	1951-1957
13	Vocational Rehabilitation	1951-1953

F. Martin Erickson, 1963-1967Return to Top

Container(s): Series 2

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
25	Correspondence File
Folder
1	Personal Correspondence - Erickson, F. Martin	1966-1967
2	Chuck Ensign	1965
3	J. Gladys Erickson	1963
4	Jack Gibbs	1958-1964
5	Graystone Apartment - Correspondence, Deeds, etc.	1963
6	Reservations	1958-1964
7	Thank You Letters	1957-1966
8	Memorandums	1958-1965
9	Staff Memoranda	1959-1964
26	Committees
Folder
1	University Committees: Artists and Speakers Committee	1966
2	University Committees: Challenge Steering Committee	1965-1966
3	University Committees: Disciplinary System Ccommittee, Ad Hoc.	1963-1964
4-5	University Committees: Fraternity Advisory Committee	1965-1968
6-7	University Committees: Orientation Committee	1962-1966
8	University Committees: Public Relations, Ad Hoc Committee on	1966
9	University Committees: Publications Council	1964-1966
10	University Committees: Student Affairs, Committee on	1966
11	University Committees: Student-Faculty Relations Committee	1965-1966
12	University Committees: Student Personnel Council	1957-1966
13	Union Committees: Leadership Training Committee	1966 July 15
14	Union Committees: Spotlight Committee	1965
15	State College of Education Curriculum Study Committee: Responses to the University Curriculum Study Committee	1964 November 9, 23
27	Long Range Planning
Folder
1	General Reports	1967
2	Various Departments	1967
3	Regents Committee	1965-1968
28	Student Affairs: Services
Folder
1	Student Personnel: Annual Report	1967-1968
2	Student Personnel: Staff Meetings - Agendas	1963
3	Student Personnel: Meeting with President Fletcher	1964 July 17
4	Student Personnel: Intern Assignments	1959
5	Student Personnel: Ten Year Projections	1966
6	Student Personnel: Lectures	1960-1961
7	Student Personnel: Budget	1965
8	Counseling and Guidance: Counseling Center - Annual Reports	1958-1959; 1961-1962; 1962-1963
9	Counseling and Guidance: Foreign Students - Statistics	1966
10	Counseling and Guidance: Military Relations Counsel	1965-1966
11	Counseling and Guidance: N.D.E.A. Institute	1963-1964
12	Counseling and Guidance: Freshman Orientation	1967
13	Counseling and Guidance: Reading Guides	1963-1965
14	Health Services: General	1963-1966
15	Health Services: University Hospital - Salt Lake County	1963-1967
16	Housing: General	1964
17	Housing: Residence Halls	1961-1966
18	Housing: Applications for Student Advisor and Assistant Head Resident	1966
19	Housing: Bradbrook, Judy (Folder 19 is restricted.)	1965
20	Housing: Residence Hall Minutes	1964-1965
29	Student Affairs: Union Building
Folder
1	Constitution and Minutes of Board	1957-1962
2	History of Unions and Descriptions of University Union	1966
3	Policy Book - Rough Draft	1962
4	Union Brochures and Policy Book	1957-1962
5	House Committee - Policies	1958-1963
6	House Committee - Requests	1962-1965
7	Union Building Utilization	1967-1968
8	Union Policies - Miscellaneous	1964
9	Union Policy on Picketing	1964
10	Food Service Problems	1965
11	Distribution of Literature	1964
12	Dark Room	1963-1964
13	Chronological Listing of Non-Faculty Speakers	1958 September-1963 November
14	Union Expansion	1965
15	Space Projection for Future Needs	1959-1962
16	Furniture for Dean of Students' Office	1964-1965
17	Clark Leaming Company	1963-1965
18	Complaints	1963
19	Union Budget and Expansion	1965-1966
20	Assistantships and Opportunities - Other Institutions	1959-1964
21	" Basic Design for College Union Activity Programs" - Andrew C. Wolf	undated
22	Student Activities Center - Annual Report	1964-1965
23	Student Activities Center - Miscellaneous	1965-1966
24	Student Activities Center - Job Descriptions	1966-1967
25	Student Activities Center - Financial	1964-1966
30	Student Affairs: Organizations
Folder
1	ASUU Constitution	1960-1965
2-3	ASUU Executive Council - Minutes	1966-1969
4	Coordinating Council - Minutes	1965-1966
5	ASUU Senate - Minutes	1964-1965
6	Senate Project - Codification of University of Utah Rules and Regulations	1960
7	Pertinent Information for ASUU	1965-1966
8	ASUU - Financial	1964-1965
9	ASUU Fees	1964-1965
10	Audit Report 61/62 - 62/63	1963 June 30
11	ASUU Nominations for Student-Faculty Committees	1966
12	ASUU Associated Women Students - Information Brochure	undated
13	Athletics - Correspondence	1965
31	Student Affairs: Organizations
Folder
1	Fraternity-Sorority System - Rush Week Questionnaires and Letter	1966
2	Fraternities and Sororities - Zoning	1964-1965
3	Interfraternity Council	1965-1966
4	Interfraternity Hazing	1964
5	PanHellenic	1962-1965
6	Sigma Chi	1966
7	University of Utah Student Action for Social Justice	1965
8	Mortar Board	1966
32	Student Affairs: Organizations outside of the University of Utah
Folder
1	American College Personnel Association (APGA)	1960-1961
2	Associated Student Governments of the United States of America	1964
3	Association of College Unions Conference	1967 April 9-12
4	Registration Material for Ameican College Personnel Association and Association of College Unions	1966-1967
5	Association of College Unions	1966
6	Association of College Unions Regional Conference	1966 November 4
7	Association of College Unions - Speech Notes	1965 April
8	Association of College Unions - National Convention	1965 April
9	Association of College Unions - Regional	1964
10	Association of College Unions - Region XI Conference Training Session	1964 December 4
11	Association of College Unions - Golden Anniversary - 41st Annual Conference - Bloomington, Indiana	1964 April 19-22
12	Report of the Proceedings of the Association of College Unions - Region 10 Conference	1957
13	Epilepsy Foundation	1966
14	Great Lakes Colleges Association - Foreign Study Program in Latin America	1966
15	Intercollegiate Association of Women Students - Correspondence	1965-1966
16-18	Model United Nations	1968-1969
19	National Training Laboratories Workbook for Higher Education Workshop - Table of Contents	undated
20	National Training Laboratories	1963
33	Student Affairs: Organizations Outside of the University of Utah
Folder
1	Intermountain Laboratories for Group Development - General	1962-1964
2	Intermountain Laboratories for Group Development - College Lab	1964
3	Fall Leadership Conference	1964-1965
4	National Conference on Higher Education - Chicago, Illinois	1964 April 19-22
5	National Training Laboratories - General	1962-1966
6	College Lab - Bethel	1964
7	National Training Laboratories - Core Committee	1964 November 20-22
8	Intermountain Laboratories for Group Development	1965
9	National Training Laboratories	1965
10	College Core Committee Meeting	1965 November 12-13
11	National Training Laboratories - College Lab	1965
34	Student Services: Organizations Outside the University of Utah, Other Colleges and Universities, Speeches and Speech Material
Folder
1	Higher Education Lab	1965
2	National Training Laboratories - Revised Roster of Participants and Staff & Reading List	1965 June 23
3	Higher Education Laboratory - Session 1	1966 June 10-25
4	National Training Laboratory - Summer Program in Higher Education	1966
5	National Training Laboratory - Bethel	1967
6	Higher Education Lab - Bethel	1967
7-8	Higher Education Lab - Cedar City	1967
9	National Training Laboratories - Bethel, Summer	1969
10	Utah College Personnel Association	1963-1964
11	University of California Policy Procedures - Elmo Morgan	1967
12	Higher Education in California - Dr. Simon Ramo	1967
13	University Memorial Center - University of Colorado	1951
14	College of Eastern Utah	1966-1968
15	Chicago Speech - F. Martin Erickson	1964
16	General	undated
17	Department of Labor	1964
18	Mesa College Speech	1958
19	Program Advising	undated
20	A University's Characteristics	undated
21	Unitarian Church	1966 December 11

Miscellaneous FilesReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 3

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
35
Folder
1	Central Ticket Office	1965-1967
2	General Education	1963-1964
3	High School Relations	1966-1967
4	I.D. Cards	1965-1966
5	Plan of Operation for and Educational Exchange Program in Faculty-Student Relations	1965
6	Registration Information - Maximum Advance	1966
7	Religious Coordination Program	1962
8	ASUU	1949-1952

Restricted MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 4

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
36
Folder
1	Student Personnel Intern	1957-1959
2	Eligibility Committee	1955-1960
3-4	Rush Preschool Eligibility Release Lists	1956-1959
5	Scholarship Awards Committee - Minutes	1960
6	Applications for Program Advisor	1965
7	Applications for Employment	1965-1969
8	Union Director Applications	1967

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Educational counseling--Utah--History--Sources
Students, Services for--Utah--History--Sources
Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources

Personal Names

Blaesser, Willard W.
Crookston, Burns D.
Erickson, F. Martin

Corporate Names

American College Personnel Association
American Personnel and Guidance Association
University of Utah--Archives
University of Utah--Students
University of Utah. Dean of Students Office--Archives
University of Utah. Student Affairs and Services Office (contributor)

Form or Genre Terms

Correspondence
Memorandums
Minutes
Reports

Archives West Finding Aid

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