The mission of the »ÆÉ«²Ö¿â Archives is to preserve and promote the institutional memory of »ÆÉ«²Ö¿â, its predecessor or related intuitions, the people associated with RU, and issues of social justice embodied by RU by collecting, preserving, exhibiting, and providing access to historical materials in a variety of formats. The RU Archives assists faculty, staff, students, alumni, and scholars by making these items available for research either on site or electronically and by promoting the historical collections through exhibits, special programs, and by assisting faculty to incorporate historical materials into their curricula.
The »ÆÉ«²Ö¿â Archives is located in the Murray-Green Library on the Downtown Campus and is available by appointment from 9:00am-4:00pm, Monday through Friday (except university holidays).
Please contact University Archivist Laura Mills at lmills@roosevelt.edu or 312-341-2280 for more information.
Although most of the collection is currently unprocessed, we are working to make the collection available online. . You can also see a special collection of artifacts related to Franklin »ÆÉ«²Ö¿â at .
»ÆÉ«²Ö¿â is member of the following organizations. Please select from the links below for more information.
Some of the collections in the Archives include:
The Auditorium Theatre Collection – currently housed in the historic Auditorium Theatre, this collection contains records of the operations of the Auditorium Theatre and a large collection of playbills.
The Center for New Deal Studies Collection – this collection includes two accessions of artifacts and ephem