Xavier University Campus Information Collection
Scope and Contents
The Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) Campus Information collection consists of "Welcome to Xavier" maps, pocket maps, campus accessibility maps, parking maps, self-guided tour maps, and other campus maps with building abbreviations and names. There are also visitor guides (often combined with campus maps), event calendars, "Points of Pride" Xavier fact sheets, "Facts about Xavier" guides, "Xavier at a Glance" brochures, and other informational leaflets. The information in these materials includes historical timelines, enrollment statistics, number of majors/minors, dates of significant building projects, and information about Xavier's logo, mascots, mission, and community. The majority of the collection was created by the Office of Marketing and Communications. The collection materials were mostly designed for external Xavier audiences.
Dates
- Creation: 1929-2023, undated
Creator
- Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for use. Materials must be viewed in the University Archives and Special Collections Research Room by appointment only.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright belongs to Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Historical Information
This collection details the physical and programmatic growth and use of the Xavier University campus, which borders the Evanston, Avondale, and Norwood neighborhoods of Cincinnati, Ohio.
When the college was founded in 1831, the original campus was located downtown Cincinnati on Sycamore Street between 6th and 7th avenues. In 1911, under the leadership of president Fr. Francis Heiermann, the college purchased the 26-acre Evanston property (often referred to as the Avondale campus) for $85,000. The high school department operated on the campus from 1912-1919. In fall 1919, the college department opened at the Evanston property and the high school moved back downtown. Over time, Xavier University has purchased surrounding properties including homes, businesses, and industrial factories, expanding the campus. In 1980, it purchased Edgecliff College, located less than three miles away in Walnut Hills. That property is reflected in campus maps until 1986, when it was closed and subsequently sold.
Extent
.4 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Xavier University Campus Information Collection contains fact brochures, visitor guides, campus maps, quick informational guides, and other leaflets about Xavier University located in Cincinnati, Ohio, created between 1919-2023.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into two series: Series 1, Campus Maps and Visitor's Guides and Series 2, Facts about Xavier.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection has been assembled by University Archives staff from various campus sources, notably the Office of Marketing and Communications, over the years.
Processing Information
This collection was reprocessed into its current arrangement and description as part of a major University Archives reprocessing project in 2012-2013. This reprocessing project was largely an effort to disband a record group system, developed in the late 1970s, used to arrange university records. The record group scheme had been established by the first University Archivist, Lee Bennish, SJ, and chiefly organized materials by originating office and organizational structure. After Bennish’s tenure, oversight of the archives changed several times and resulted in a lack of adherence to the record group scheme for new acquisitions. The 2012-2013 processing project also sought to incorporate records for which little acquisition or contextual information existed. The project staff primarily reorganized records into subject-based collections. Occasionally subjects coincided with offices of origin (e.g. Subject, Presidents; Office, Office of the President; Collection, Xavier University President’s Office). This subject-based arrangement makes it difficult to identify or describe the collections by office of origin but administrative project records do indicate transfers and connections between original record groups and 2012-2013 collections. From 2013-2023, UASC staff added to this subject based collection and in 2023 UASC staff housed all materials in acid-free folders and acid-free boxes.
Subject
- Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) (Organization)
- Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) -- Maps (Organization)
- Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) -- History (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Xavier University Campus Information Collection
- Author
- UASC Staff
- Date
- 2023-03-03
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Special Collections, Xavier University Library Repository