Scope and Contents: The Student Social Co-operative (Co-op) was created by the Carleton Student Association in 1940 in order to make social activities more affordable. Membership was voluntary until the trustees made Co-op an all-college body in 1948-49. Coop is funded and overseen by the CSA, but operates with a large meausre of autonomy.
This record group contains Co-op papers, 1940-88, but primarily for the years, 1947-66. It includes important information about the purpose and organization of Co-op and provides details about the activities the group has sponsored (Junior-Senior Prom, movies, buses, the Cave, etc.). The bulk of the minutes and reports deal with the success and improvement of Co-op events. also included are papers of the Social Council which shared Co-op's concerns about social life at Carleton.
About half of the record group pertains to the Co-op musicals--many programs, clippings, as well as some scripts, a few sketches, and the like. In the Co-op musical miscellaneous folder can be found a listing by year of the musicals Co-op has produced.
No scanned images or documents are available for this collection.
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