The predecessor institutions of the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire offered no dormitory housing until 1947, when Memorial Hall (the former Dulany Mansion, acquired in 1945) and Campus House, both women’s dormitories, were opened. Barrack housing for men and veterans’ family housing were made available shortly thereafter. By 1958, all female students were required to live in housing. Soon after, underclass male students and male students not living at home were also required to live on campus. The Dean of Men and Dean of Women’s Offices directed student residence life from the late 1940s through the mid-1960s. The Housing Office is first mentioned in the 1967-1968 university catalogue and would become the office of Housing and Residence Life around 1993. The collection features several pieces of correspondence, reports, and articles related to the struggles with upperclassmen housing in the 1980s and 1990s that would eventually help lead to the building of the apartment style Chancellors Hall dorm, which opened in 2001.