By Helena Egbert and Elizabeth Nielsen
Title: Associated Women Students Handbooks, 1924-1963
ID: PUB 010-23d
Primary Creator: Oregon State College. Associated Women Students.
Extent: 0.35 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: The Associated Women Students Handbooks are arranged in 4 series: 1. Associated Women Students (AWS) Handbook and Coed Code, 1924-1963; 2. AWS and Administrative Regulations for Women, 1955-1963; 3. Save Your Blushes, 1939-1946; and 4. From the Inside Looking Out, circa 1934.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
The Associated Women Students Handbooks (commonly known as the Coed Code) consist of guides for women students at Oregon State University regarding regulations and expectations. The first handbook was published in 1924 for the 1924-1925 academic year. The Coed Code ceased publication in 1963 with the 1963-1964 issue. The Associated Women Students was established at Oregon State in 1924 with the purpose of furthering the educational, social, and cultural aims of women.
Items from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.
The Associated Women Students Handbooks consist of guides and handbooks published by the Associated Women Students as an orientation for women students at Oregon State University. The handbooks (commonly known as the Coed Code) address a full range of topics including housing requirements for women; visitation hours; social regulations and expectations; sports and recreation; and campus organizations for women, including sororities, honor societies, and clubs. The handbooks describe annual events sponsored by the Associated Women Students and campus traditions for women. Many of the handbooks provide guidance about balancing academic work with social and extra-curricular activities as well as information on campus etiquette and social conventions. The handbooks include a greeting and welcome from the Dean of Women.
The handbooks were published as the Associated Women Students (AWS) Handbook from 1924 through 1934. From the Inside Looking Out was the title of the 1935-1936 handbook and Pathways was the handbook for 1936-1937. In 1937, Coed Code became the title of the handbook and remained so until publication ceased with the 1963-1964 Coed Code. The sole exception during this period was the 1950-1951 handbook, Thru the Years – A Mid-Century Edition.
This collection also includes separate publications of the AWS and Administrative Regulations for Women issued in 1955-1963; Save Your Blushes, a guide to campus etiquette published in 1939 and 1946; and From the Inside Looking Out, a guide for first year women students in 1934-1935 prepared by the Rookess Counselors.
Items from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.
More Extent Information: 1 box
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: These publications were acquired by the former University Archives in multiple transfers from the 1960s through 1990s.
Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holds numerous collections documenting the experiences of women students at Oregon State, including many scrapbooks and the records of women’s clubs and organizations. Included among these are the Associated Women Students Scrapbook (MSS AWS) and the Dean of Women’s Office Records (RG 057). The Associated Women Student Handbooks are also available in the History of Oregon State University (HistOSU) book collection with call numbers LD 4346.2 .A3; LD 4346.2 .A32; and LD 4346 .A3. Social and academic regulations for both women and men are available in the Student Regulations (PUB 012-13c).
Preferred Citation: Associated Women Students Handbooks (PUB 010-23d), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Processing Information: Several separate publication groups were combined to form this collection of handbooks for women. Formerly, the AWS Handbooks and Regulations (PUB 010-23e), Coed Code (PUB 010-23d), Save Your Blushes (PUB 010-23h), and From the Inside Looking Out (PUB 010-23f) were individual collections. All are now described as the Associated Women Students Handbooks (PUB 010-23d) and the former collections have been closed.
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