Few Federation records, 1973-1982

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Few Federation
Abstract:
Few Federation, an undergraduate organization which united House A, Cleland, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Bunch of Guys Houses on Duke University's west campus, from 1971 to the early 1980s. Collection includes agendas, minutes, constitutions, calendars, reports, correspondence, fliers, newsletters, logo sketches, and printed matter. Major subjects include student life at Duke University, dormitories, residence and education, college freshmen, Cleland House, House A, Bunch of Guys, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Houses. Materials range in date from 1973-1982.]
Extent:
1 Linear Foot
1000 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
UA.31.17.0004
University Archives Record Group:
31 -- Student/Campus Life
31 -- Student/Campus Life > 17 -- Living groups

Background

Scope and content:

Contains materials pertaining to the Few Federation, an undergraduate organization which united House A, Cleland, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Bunch of Guys Houses on Duke University's west campus, from 1971 to the early 1980s. Materials range in date from 1973-1982.

Biographical / historical:

Few Federation, an undergraduate organization which united House A, Cleland, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Bunch of Guys Houses on Duke University's west campus, from 1971 to the early 1980s. The Few Federation hosted recreational and credit-earning courses on a variety of topics including auto mechanics, needlepoint, electronic music and leadership. Social events hosted by the Few Federation included concerts, backgammon tournaments, and computer dating parties. New residents of houses in Few Federation were partnered with returning students. This Freshman Advisory Council was widely successful in orienting them to the Duke University and campus life.

Three other Federations existed on campus around from the early 1970s to the early 1980s: the Edens, Baldwin, and Kilgo Federations. These independent living groups, centered around several of the quadrangles on East and West campuses, banded together to form college-type communities within the university setting. Faculty endorsed federations for their potential to help students realize their personal educational goals. Students supported federations because they provided a wider base for friendships and a variety of opportunities for involvement. A federation supplemented the on-campus living experience with a variety of house courses, occasional educational programs, festivals, dances, and parties. Each federation was headed by faculty who were responsible for organizing new programs, guiding governance of the federation structure, and facilitating partnerships among living groups.

In the early 1980s, federations were abolished in order to improve balance between men and women, and between selective and independent living groups on campus. While individual living groups were chartered and occasionally dissolved, the system of selective living, within the parameters of a program of residential living groups within residence halls, remained intact.

Acquisition information:
The Few Federation records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1976, 1988.
Processing information:

Processed by Emily Glenn, January 2003

Encoded by Kimberly Sims, September 2006

Accessions A76-43, A88-0066 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

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Subjects:
Student housing -- North Carolina -- Durham
Residence and education
Dormitories -- North Carolina -- Durham
College students -- Housing
College freshmen -- North Carolina -- Durham
Names:
Duke University. Few Federation
Sigma Alpha Epsilon. North Carolina Nu chapter

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[Identification of item], Few Federation Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.