A special housing bureau helped veterans and their families locate places to live. Counselors, often former members of the armed forces themselves, aided ex-soldiers with registration, career guidance, and overall readjustment to civilian life. The UH Veterans' Office Records contain material pertaining to the university and government-sponsored office for the support and advising of veteran students during the 1940s and 1950s. Dates for items in the collection range from 1944 to 1958, with the bulk of the material dating from the late 1940s. The original arrangement has been kept intact where possible, however some minor rearrangement was necessary to facilitate research.
Material is grouped chronologically within each series.
Folder headings used by the originators have been adhered to where possible. For additional information on veterans affairs at the University of Houston, researchers should also consult the Veterans' Village Records. There are twenty-one folders in this series containing items dating from 1944 to 1951. Material in this series consists of general correspondence between Veterans' Office personnel and University of Houston administrators, as well as some Veterans' Administration and other assorted letters. The three folders in this series contain minutes and notes from staff meetings held during 1946 and 1947.