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Xavier University Office of Undergraduate Admission Records

 Collection
Identifier: XUA-85

Scope and Content

This Admission Office collection consists of freshman enrollment statistics, admission records, lists, academic profiles, brochures and marketing materials.

Dates

  • Creation: 1920-2015

Restrictions on Access

Some materials may have restricted access. Please contact the archives staff.

History of Office of Undergraduate Admission

The Office of Undergraduate Admission manages undergraduate admissions at Xavier University.

Extent

2.3 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection contains material on undergraduate admissions and the admission process at Xavier University. It includes viewbooks and other publications produced by the Office of Admission.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is divided into four series and two subseries, as follows: Series I. Freshman Enrollment Statistics, 1980-2010; Series II. Admission Reports, Correspondence and Statistics, 1960-2015; Series III. Lists and Profiles: Subseries 1. Incoming Freshman Lists, 1957-1974; Subseries 2. Freshman Class profiles, 1983-1992; Series IV. Brochures, Pamphlets, and Marketing Materials.

Accruals

XUA2017-003 (Welcome to Xavier pamphlet, 2006); XUA2017-001; 2013 viewbook, added 2019

Related Material

XUA-86, Xavier University Office of the Registrar Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Processing Information

This collection was reprocessed into its current arrangement and description as part of a major University Archives reprocessing project that began 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. During the project, records were rehoused in archival folders and boxes, and new finding aids were created using the OhioLINK Finding Aid Creation Tool.

As of 2017, University Archives no longer employs the 2012-2013 system of arranging collections by subject.

Title
Xavier University Office of Undergraduate Admission Records
Status
Edited Full Draft
Author
Thomas Kennealy, S.J.
Date
2016
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives and Special Collections, Xavier University Library Repository

Contact:
3800 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati Ohio 45207 US
513-745-4821