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Fairwinds Alumni Center collection, 1968-2018

 

Summary

Abstract:
The Fairwinds Alumni Center collection contains scrapbooks and photos of alumni events, Orientation Team (O-Team) retreats, and 4EVER KNIGHTS. Included are two framed artworks and a football poster. This collection is useful to historical research on alumni and orientation activities. Series I: Scrapbooks and Photos, 1968-2018 contains scrapbooks, photographs of Orientation team retreats, alumni events, and 4EVER KNIGHTS. The Fairwinds Alumni Center was established in 2005. They offer a range of services for UCF alumni such as networking and programs to better serve the community and alumni. In 1994, UCF alumni created the group, 4EVER KNIGHTS. The Orientation Team, also known as O-Team, is a group of students who participate in incoming students' academic preparedness.
Extent:
6.6 Linear Feet 11 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

University of Central Florida Alumni Center collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida

Background

Scope and content:

The Fairwinds Alumni Center collection contains scrapbooks and photos of alumni events, Orientation Team (O-Team) retreats, and 4EVER KNIGHTS. Included are two framed artworks and a football poster. This collection is useful to historical research on alumni and orientation activities. Series I: Scrapbooks and Photos, 1968-2018 contains scrapbooks, photographs of Orientation team retreats, alumni events, and 4EVER KNIGHTS.

Biographical / historical:

The Fairwinds Alumni Center was established in 2005. They offer a range of services for UCF alumni such as networking and programs to better serve the community and alumni. In 1994, UCF alumni created the group, 4EVER KNIGHTS. The Orientation Team, also known as O-Team, is a group of students who participate in incoming students' academic preparedness.

Acquisition information:
The Fairwinds Alumni Center transferred these materials to the Special Collections and University Archives department in 2021. Additional material transferred by UCF Advancement in 2022 (Accession no. CFU2022_12).
Processing information:

Collection processed by and finding aid prepared by Eli Jimenez in 2022. Photo sheets were removed from original binders and placed in folders. Any scrapbook was kept in its original binding. At least three versions of publications were kept, and all additional copies were recycled.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into one series pertaining to the scrapbooks and photographs of alumni events and the Orientation Team retreats. This series also includes two framed artworks and a football poster.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The entire collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

University of Central Florida Alumni Center collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida

Location of this collection:
John C. Hitt Library
12701 Pegasus Drive, Building 2
Orlando
FL
32816-8030
USA