Correspondence, memoranda, brochure on Purdue History Department and Indiana, 1963 - 1969
File — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 156, Series 1, File 1
Scope and Contents
Typescript copy of an open letter to President Frederick L. Hovde, dated July 9, 1963, about "equal opportunity for Negroes" at Purdue, encouraging the creation of a faculty committee to investigate the issue, signed by 83 faculty members; memorandum from George Hawkins, Vice President for Academic Affairs, dated June 18, 1968, to the faculty regarding the curriculum of the Department of History; memorandum from George Hawkins, dated August 15, 1968, sharing an open letter by the faculty responding to the memorandum of June 18; Indiana Civil Rights Commission Report for 1969.
Dates
- 1963 - 1969
Access Information
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.363 Cubic Feet (One full-width letter-sized manuscript box)
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Purdue University. African American Studies and Research Center (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Contact:
504 Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu
504 Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu