The pursuit of this history of student life led to the discovery of the minutes of the college faculty from 1910 through 1922 and the records of the college discipline committee from 1926 through 1938. The archives staff knew that these volumes existed, but were unable to locate them. Similarly, at Midwestern State University, file cabinets containing the records of the Women's Self- Government Association were unearthed in the Office of Women Student Services. These records had not been examined by any researcher in the twenty years since their creation. Yet these files contained the record of a great change in the lives of women students.
Every institution has untold stories.
Every campus has old file cabinets and forgotten volumes which deserve to be explored. It is time to begin digging for these important documents. People who held key positions at crucial periods are still living and available for interviews. Many deans of men and deans of women, pivotal in the changing roles of students and student affairs professionals in the 1960s, for example, are in retirement now. They have stories to tell and the freedom to tell them.