Florida State University Senior Class Gift Files, 1912-2003
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 5.00 folders
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Name of Item], [Date of Item], Florida State University Senior Class Gift Files, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2008-029
Background
- Scope and content:
The FSU Senior Class Gift Files include articles, correspondence, lists, pamphlets, photographs, and press releases documenting the history of annual and 50th anniversary gifts given by its senior classes. There is much information about the 1994 Senior Class Gift of a clock for the University Center's Tower, the Westcott Brick Project, and the Louise Richardson Memorial Fountain Project, and a reproduction of a panoramic photo, with negatives, of the Class of 1912.
- Biographical / historical:
Class gifts have been a senior class tradition at Florida State University (FSU) since 1910, when the institution was the Florida State College for Women (FSCW). Examples of these gifts include marble pedestals, the sun dial in front of Bryan Hall, and the bronze doors of the Westcott Building. The Class of 1910 gave two bas-reliefs for the walls of the browsing room in the FSCW Library that was located in Dodd Hall. They are copies of Donatello's "Dancing Boys" and Luca della Robia's "Singing Boys." Other gifts for the browsing room were donated by the Classes of 1926, 1929, and 1932. Money left by the Class of 1926 was used to buy books. Donations from the other classes helped buy furniture for the browsing room.
- Acquisition information:
- Given by Linda Henning, FSU Alumni Association
- Processing information:
Processed by Burt Altman in November 2008.
- Arrangement:
Materials are arranged by record type and chronologically within each record type.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.
- Terms of access:
To request permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from the archives, please contact Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. Researchers must obtain separate permission from the copyright holders of material held within University Archives collections for which the institution does not hold copyright.
- Preferred citation:
[Name of Item], [Date of Item], Florida State University Senior Class Gift Files, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2008-029
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
