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Collection Overview
Title: Orientation Collection, 1972-2006
Predominant Dates:1990-2006
ID: WUA/01/wua00129
Primary Creator: Orientation Office - Washington University in St. Louis
Extent: 2.75 Linear Feet
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into three series by type of media:
Series 01: Photographs and Negatives, 1990 – 2006 (by type, then chronologically).
Series 02: Slides, 1995 – 2000 (arranged chronologically).
Series 03: Other Audio/Visual, 1972 – 2006 (by type). Series 03 is located in the Film and Media vault.
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Most photographs in this collection were taken by various individuals staffing the events and developed into 4 x 6 inch photos. Negatives have been matched with corresponding images when possible, however these are unnumbered. Some from 2006 are digital images created from Department of Photographic Services negatives, and have standard negative numbers listed on the material.
Collection Historical Note
This collection consists of photographs and other media related to student orientation programs at Washington University, conducted by the First Year Center, and its predecessor departments. The First Year Center’s programs include activities such as: dormitory move-in, orientation, picnics, service trips, parents’ orientation, and other events designed to introduce new undergraduate students to Washington University and the St. Louis community.
The First Year Center (FYC) was established in 2009 to assist both freshmen and transfer students join the campus community. Previous to 2009, programs were conducted by various branches of Student Affairs, including the Office of Orientation and Parent’s Weekend, and the department of Campus Life.
Administrative Information
Repository:
WUA University Archives
Accruals:
Accruals are interfiled with the collection.
Access Restrictions:
Open
Use Restrictions:
Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.
Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.
If you wish to publish or license Special Collections materials, please contact Special Collections to inquire about copyright status at (314) 935-5495 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. (Publish means quotation in whole or in part in seminar or term papers, theses or dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital forms, photographs, images, dramatic presentations, transcriptions, or any other form prepared for a limited or general public.)
Acquisition Method:
This material was transferred to the University Archives by staff of the First Year Center in January 2011.
Series 03, Folder 15: 7-inch 45-rpm record: Orientation '72 Washington University donated by Howard Nathanson, WUA2014-053
Separated Materials:
Series 03 is located in the Film and Media vault.
Related Materials:
See also Publications - Office of Student Affairs (WUA00247) and Office of Student Affairs (Student Activities) Records (WUA00149)
Preferred Citation:
[Item description]. From the [collection title, series, box, folder]. University Archives, Washington University in St. Louis.
Processing Information:
Processed by Ashley Eckhardt in August 2011. Updated by Sarah Schnuriger in July 2016.
Finding Aid Revision History:
This finding aid was entered into Archon by Hannah Barg in June 2012. Updated by Sarah Schnuriger in July 2016.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Photographs and Negatives, 1990 - 2006],
[
Series 2: Slides, 1995-2000],
[
Series 3: Other Audio/Visual, 1972 - 2006],
[All]
- Series 1: Photographs and Negatives, 1990 - 2006
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Move-in; Orientation Picnic, circa 1990s
- Folder 2: Orientation, circa 1990s
- Folder 3: Orientation, circa 1990s
- Folder 4: Orientation, circa 1990s
- Folder 5: Orientation, circa 1990s
- Folder 6: Orientation, circa 1990s
- Folder 7: Orientation, circa 1990s
- Folder 8: Orientation; Move-in, circa 1990s
- Folder 9: Orientation; Move-in, circa 1990s
- Folder 10: Orientation; Move-in, circa 1990s
- Folder 11: Orientation Picnic, circa 1990s
- Folder 12: St. Louis Live, circa 1990s
- Folder 13: Student Union, circa 1990s
- Folder 14: YMCA Camp Lakewood, circa 1990s
- Folder 15: Orientation: Various Years, circa 1990s-2000s
- Folder 16: Orientation; Move-in, circa 1994
- Folder 17: Move-in, 1995
- Folder 18: Move-in; Orientation, 1995
- Folder 19: Move-in; Orientation, 1995
- Folder 20: Move-in; Orientation, 1995
- Folder 21: Orientation, 1995
- Folder 22: Orientation, 1995
- Folder 23: Orientation, 1995
- Folder 24: Orientation, 1995
- Folder 25: Orientation, 1995
- Folder 26: Orientation, 1995
- Folder 27: Orientation, 1995
- Folder 28: Orientation, 1995
- Folder 29: Orientation, 1995
- Folder 30: Commencement Stage, 1996
- Folder 31: First Year Challenge, 1997
- Folder 32: Launch, 1997
- Folder 33: River Tour, 1997
- Folder 34: St. Louis Backstage, 1997
- Folder 35: Orientation, 1997
- Folder 36: Orientation Picnic, 1997
- Folder 37: Orientation Picnic, 1997
- Folder 38: Banners; Bookstore; Chancellor's Reception for International Students; Convocation, 1998
- Folder 39: Choices 101; Bears, BBQ, and Fun, 1998
- Folder 40: Convocation, 1998
- Folder 41: Convocation, 1998
- Folder 42: First Year Challenge; Service Project, 1998
- Folder 43: Freshman Hall Floors, 1998
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Orientation, 1998
- Folder 2: Orientation: Miscellaneous, 1998
- Folder 3: Orientation Staff Training, 1998
- Folder 4: St. Louis Science Center, 1998
- Folder 5: St. Louis Science Center; Choices 101, 1998
- Folder 6: Convocation, 1999
- Folder 7: Orientation, 1999
- Folder 8: Parents' Orientation; Convocation, 1999
- Folder 9: Orientation Staff, circa 2000
- Folder 10: Miscellaneous, circa 2000s
- Folder 11: Orientation Assistant Training, circa 2000s
- Folder 12: Bears, BBQ, and Fun; Choices, 2000
- Folder 13: Choices, 2000
- Folder 14: Convocation, 2000
- Folder 15: Convocation, 2000
- Folder 16: Move-in, 2000
- Folder 17: Move-in; Chancellor's Reception for International Students, 2000
- Folder 18: Move-in (Staff); Convocation, 2000
- Folder 19: Move-in; St. Louis Science Center, 2000
- Folder 20: Move-in; St. Louis Science Center; Convocation; Choices, 2000
- Folder 21: Orientation after Hours; St. Louis Science Center, 2000
- Folder 22: Orientation: Miscellaneous, 2000
- Folder 23: Painting the Underpass; Orientation Leaders Orientation, 2000
- Folder 24: Parents' Weekend, 2000
- Folder 25: Parents' Weekend; Chancellor's Talk, 2000
- Folder 26: St. Louis Science Center, 2000
- Folder 27: St. Louis Science Center, 2000
- Folder 28: St. Louis Science Center, 2000
- Folder 29: St. Louis Science Center, 2000
- Folder 30: St. Louis Science Center, 2000
- Folder 31: St. Louis Science Center, 2000
- Folder 32: Activities Fair; Move-in; Convocation, 2001
- Folder 33: Convocation, 2001
- Folder 34: Evening at the Pageant, 2001
- Folder 35: Evening at the Pageant; Convocation; Chancellor's Reception for International Students, 2001
- Folder 36: Evening at the Pageant; Move-in; Bears, BBQ, and Fun, 2001
- Folder 37: Move-in; Convocation, 2001
- Folder 38: Move-in; Convocation, 2001
- Folder 39: Views of Campus and Underpass; Evening at the Pageant, 2001
- Folder 40: Orientation, 2002
- Folder 41: Orientation Assistants and Leaders, 2002
- Folder 42: Orientation Assistants and Leaders, 2002
- Folder 43: What WU is to me: Jeanne Bartram, 2002
- Box 3
- Folder 1: What WU is to me: Adrianne Casagrand, 2002
- Folder 2: What WU is to me: Tony Cissi, 2002
- Folder 3: What WU is to me: Kim Garner, 2002
- Folder 4: What WU is to me: Lauren Glasscock, 2002
- Folder 5: What WU is to me: E'bess Greer, 2002
- Folder 6: What WU is to me: Emily Hathaway, 2002
- Folder 7: What WU is to me: Betsy Herczeg-Konecny, 2002
- Folder 8: What WU is to me: Anita Shah, 2002
- Folder 9: What WU is to me: Tori Willard, 2002
- Folder 10: Leadership through Service, 2003
- Folder 11: Orientation, 2003
- Folder 12: Orientation, 2003
- Folder 13: Leadership through Service, 2004
- Folder 14: Orientation, 2004
- Folder 15: Convocation; Service First, 2006
- Folder 16: 5x7 Prints: Miscellaneous, circa 1990s-2000s
- Folder 17: 5x7 Prints: Parents' Orientation, 1996
- Folder 18: 5x7 Prints: Chancellor's Reception for Parents Council, 1997
- Folder 19: 5x7 Prints: St. Louis Science Center, circa 1998
- Folder 20: 5x7 Prints: Choices, circa 1998-2000s
- Folder 21: 5x7 Prints: Convocation, circa 1998-2000s
- Folder 22: 5x7 Prints: Bears, BBQ, and Fun, circa 2000s
- Folder 23: 5x7 Prints: Faculty, circa 2000s
- Folder 24: 5x7 Prints: Convocation, 2000
- Folder 25: 5x7 Prints: Bears, BBQ, and Fun, 2000
- Folder 26: 5x7 Prints: St. Louis Science Center, 2000
- Folder 27: 5x7 Prints: Convocation, 2004
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Contact Sheets: Parents' Weekend, 2001
- Folder 2: Contact Sheets: Orientation, 2006
- Folder 3: Scrapbook: Orientation, 2000
- Series 2: Slides, 1995-2000
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Orientation, 1995
- Folder 2: Orientation, 1996
- Folder 3: Orientation, 1997
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Orientation: Leadership through Service, 1997
- Folder 2: Orientation: First Year Experience River Tour, 1997
- Folder 3: Orientation: St. Louis Back Stage, 1997
- Folder 4: Orientation: Ruby 3, 1997
- Folder 5: Orientation: Beaumont 2; Shepley 11/12, 1997
- Folder 6: Orientation: Eliot 3 and 4, 1997
- Folder 7: Orientation: Ligget 3; Lee 0 and 1, 1997
- Folder 8: Orientation: Lee 3; St. Louis Live, 1997
- Folder 9: Orientation: Beaumont 3, 1997
- Folder 10: Orientation: Eliot 5; Koenig 1, 1997
- Folder 11: Orientation: Shepley 5 and 6; Genesis, 1997
- Folder 12: Orientation: Koenig 2, 1997
- Folder 13: Orientation: Eliot 6; Shepley 3 and 4; Shepley 9 and 10, 1997
- Folder 14: Orientation: Shepley 9 and 10; Eliot 7; Koenig 3, 1997
- Folder 15: Orientation: Koenig 3; Eliot 21; Ruby 1, 1997
- Folder 16: Orientation: Ligget 1; Umrath 2, 1997
- Folder 17: Orientation: Umrath 3, 1997
- Folder 18: Orientation: Umrath 1; Eliot 8, 1997
- Folder 19: Orientation: Beaumont 1; Eliot 22, 1997
- Folder 20: Orientation: Eliot 10, 1997
- Folder 21: Orientation: Lee 2; Eliot 9, 1997
- Folder 22: Orientation, 1998
- Folder 23: Orientation, 1999
- Folder 24: Orientation, 2000
- Series 3: Other Audio/Visual, 1972 - 2006
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Audio Cassette: Convocation Ceremony, 1999
- Located in the Film and Media vault
- Folder 2: Photo CD: Parents' Orientation: Making Connections, 2006 (negative 06-471) (2 discs)
- Located in the Film and Media vault
- Folder 3: Photo CD: Parents' Orientation: Tailgate Party, 2006 (negative 06-473) (4 discs)
- Located in the Film and Media vault
- Folder 4: Photo CD: Parents' Orientation: Swing Dance Lessons, 2006 (negative 06-476) (4 discs)
- Located in the Film and Media vault
- Folder 5: Photo CD: Parents' Weekend: Check-in, 2006 (negative 06-477)
- Located in the Film and Media vault
- Folder 6: Photo CD: Parents' Weekend: Jazz Performance (negative 06-485) (2 discs)
- Located in the Film and Media vault
- Folder 7: Photo CD: The Undergraduate Experience, 2006 (negative 06-497) (3 discs)
- Located in the Film and Media vault
- Folder 8: Photo CD: Mr. Wash U, 2006 (negative 06-498) (2 discs)
- Located in the Film and Media vault
- Folder 9: Photo CD: Freshman Reading Program, 2006 (negative 06-499) (3 discs)
- Located in the Film and Media vault
- Folder 10: Photo CD: Student Musical Showcase, 2006 (negative 06-500) (3 discs)
- Located in the Film and Media vault
- Folder 11: Helical Scan Video Tape: St. Louis: For Freshman Orientation, 1974
- Located in the Film and Media vault
- Folder 12: VHS Tape: Choices 101, 1998
- Located in the Film and Media vault
- Folder 13: VHS Tape: Choices, 2000
- Located in the Film and Media vault
- Folder 14: VHS Tape: Convocation, 2003
- Located in the Film and Media vault
- Folder 15: 7-inch 45-rpm record: Orientation '72 Washington University
- Located in the Film and Media vault
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Photographs and Negatives, 1990 - 2006],
[
Series 2: Slides, 1995-2000],
[
Series 3: Other Audio/Visual, 1972 - 2006],
[All]
