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These inner pages from an early 1940s student handbook discuss dating rules and various dormitory regulations.

The Student Handbook was, and still is, a major reference for students to find information about school. Dormitory regulations and dating rules are particularly interesting in this handbook from 1941. All students had to register with the Dean of…

Iris Alina Ruiz, nicknamed "Titi," was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico in 1921. When she was 17, she traveled to the United States to attend Madison College for Elementary Education from 1939-1942. Her drawings included in this collection depicted the…

An inner page from the "After High School What" booklet describes resisdence life at Madison College.

An inner page from the "After High School What" booklet depicting Madison College students.

This booklet describes Madison College, and the benefits of further education, to prospective students. They include a section on “Happy Living” and claim that Madison realizes “the desire of every young girl for a personalized ‘room I can live in’”…

By 1969 when this cotton beanie was handed to freshman Sandra Sanford, it was a far less formal occasion and met with little enthusiasm. Rules and expectations for wearing the beanie, very specific up until the mid-sixties, relaxed and the tradition…

Informational tidbits for incoming freshman girls are noted on this page of the "Listen Freshman" booklet.

Informational tidbits for incoming freshman girls are noted on this page of the "Listen Freshman" booklet.

Given to freshman girls to help ease the transition to dormitory life and the Madison College experience, this booklet addressed key concerns for the attendees. These included what to pack, appropriate dress for various situations, dormitory…