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Purdue University. African American Studies and Research Center

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Historical Information

Africana Studies and Research Center was established at Purdue University in 1975 under the leadership of Dr. Samuel Hay, faculty member in Creative and Visual Arts, as a resource to encourage existing departments to include African American experiences in their courses and to support the work of students focused on the subject. The program began offering its own courses in 1978.

The program changed its name to African American Studies Center in the 1980s before becoming African American Studies and Research Center, and continued to develop curriculum and support for faculty and students at Purdue.

Citation:
History of African American Studies, African American Studies and Research Center website. Retrieved 2017-12-14. https://www.cla.purdue.edu/african-american/history.html

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Purdue University African American Students, Alumni and Faculty collection

 Collection — Box 1: Series MSP 154, Series 1; Series MSP 154, Series 2; Series MSP 154, Series 3
Identifier: MSP 154
Scope and Contents The Purdue University African American Students, Alumni and Faculty collection donated by Alexandria Cornelius, was likely gathered during her research on African American students, alumni and faculty at Purdue University. Historical information was gathered from numerous newspapers, Debris yearbooks, directories, statistics, and questionnaires sent to black alumni. Also included are Black Cultural Center newsletters, along with programs and flyers from the Black Cultural Center and The...
Dates: 1961 - 2023; Majority of material found within 1993 - 1994
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University African American Studies records

 Collection — Box 1: Series UA 156, Series 1; Series UA 156, Series 2; Series UA 156, Series 3
Identifier: UA 156
Scope and Contents The Purdue University African American Studies records contain information and publications related to the African American Studies program at Purdue University, including newsletters, publications, planning and development records, and information about sponsored events dating from the early days of the program in the 1960s through the mid-1980s. Most of the materials in this collection were published under one of the program's previous names, as Africana Studies or Afro-American...
Dates: July 9, 1963 - November 6, 2019
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Helen Bass Williams papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310
Abstract

This collection includes documents, correspondence, published materials, photographs, and audio recordings collected and created by Helen Bass Williams that document her personal life, education, and her work as a civil rights activist in the South, educator, and counselor and professor at Purdue University.

Dates: 1915 - 2004; Majority of material found within circa 1960s and 1970s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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African American students -- Indiana 2
Africana Studies 2
African American students 1
African American universities and colleges 1
African Americans 1
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Articles 1
Artifacts (Object genre) 1
Blacks -- Segregation 1
Books 1
Brochures 1
Bylaws (administrative records) 1
Civil rights movements -- United States 1
Civil rights workers 1
Clippings (Information artifacts) 1
Community education 1
Directories 1
Discrimination in medical care 1
Flyers (printed matter) 1
Letters (Correspondence) 1
Medical care 1
Minorities -- Counseling of -- United States 1
Minority college teachers--United States 1
Newsletters 1
Open reel audiotapes 1
Photographs 1
Postcards 1
Programs (documents) 1
Purdue University -- Alumni and alumnae 1
Questionnaires 1
Race discrimination -- United States 1
Research notes 1
Statistical reports 1
Student movements 1
Student organizations 1
Voter intimidation 1
Women in higher education 1
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