Augustana College – Student Government Association, 1977-2000 and undated

The Augustana College Student Government Association records, 1892-2000 and undated, largely includes minutes and records from student government meetings and from various student committees’ meetings. Also included are constitutions (including copies with revisions), bylaws, financial records and contingency requests from student organizations, and correspondence with faculty. In addition, this collection includes student surveys, reports, proposals, the student government’s and committees’ policies, student government and student committee membership records, and articles kept by the student government.

The Augustana College Student Government Association records are arranged chronologically in the following series:

Series I. Augustana College Students’ Union records, 1892-1962, includes minutes and treasury books from the Students' Union. Some correspondence with faculty about students who had broken the honor code is included in the minutes books. This series also includes the constitution, correspondence, and membership letters of the House of Representatives of Augustana College.

Series II. Augustana College Representative Assembly records, 1956-1988, includes RA minutes and student committee meeting minutes and records, including policies, proposals, and correspondence, as well as the RA constitution along with revisions, proposed revisions, and a Bill of Rights. Included in this series are records the RA kept related to King Carl XVI Gustaf’s visit in 1976.

Series III. Augustana College Student Government Association records, 1977-2000, includes minutes, notes, and budget information from SGA meetings and from various student committees. Included in this series are Augustana College Board of Trustees Meeting papers from 1993 and 1998, faculty correspondence on student relations, professor evaluation procedures and surveys, and proposals and policies for Campus Security, as well as notes kept by SGA from the Pi Upsilon Gamma (PUG) fraternity trial and SGA’s promotions and records related to AIDS Awareness Week in 1993-1994.