Purdue University Black Cultural Center records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 176
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Black Cultural Center, founded in 1969, serves to provide support and a home-away-from-home for Black students, as well as education for the general campus community. The materials in this collection document the programs, activities, and community created by and surrounding the Black Cultural Center.
Dates
- 1969 - 2018
Creator
- Purdue University. Black Cultural Center (Organization)
Access Information
The collection is open for research.
Copyright and Use Information
Copyright held by Purdue University. Consult with Purdue University Archives and Special Collections prior to reproduction of materials.
Historical Information
The Purdue University Black Cultural Center (BCC) was established in 1969 as an educational, event, and community-building location for the entire campus. The Center was originally located in a house on University Street, where it existed for nearly 30 years before a new center opened in 1999. The Black Cultural Center includes a library, study rooms, and meeting rooms for student and staff use. Throughout its existence, the BCC has hosted and sponsored numerous programs, events, and activities through its mission to further education, awareness, and understanding among different cultures.
Extent
4.721 Cubic Feet (13 shoe boxes and two cubic foot boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The Purdue University Black Cultural Center collection is arranged into four series. by document type, then, within "events recordings," by production.
- Publications
- Newspaper Clippings, Flyers, and Programs
- Photographs
- Events Recordings
Technical Access Information
Audio-visual materials must be migrated to a digital format before use. Contact Purdue University Archives and Special Collections if interested in using this material.
Acquisition Information
Original transfer from the Black Cultural Center via Renee Thomas and Jolivette Anderson-Douoning on April 7, 2011. Subsequent transfers from the Black Cultural Center Library via Langston Bates on November 13, 2012; BCC Library via Jamillah Gabriel on August 23, 2013; the Black Cultural Center via Jamillah R. Gabriel on December 1, 2015.
Additonal materials donated by Judith Downie, Special Collections and History Librarian, California State University on March 22, 2018.
Other materials transferred from the Black Cultural Center via Nikki Johnson on December 13, 2018. A departmental records transfer on March 6, 2019 from Black Cultural Center followed a donation by Dr. Leonard Harris to Black Cultural Center.
Additonal materials donated by Judith Downie, Special Collections and History Librarian, California State University on March 22, 2018.
Other materials transferred from the Black Cultural Center via Nikki Johnson on December 13, 2018. A departmental records transfer on March 6, 2019 from Black Cultural Center followed a donation by Dr. Leonard Harris to Black Cultural Center.
Processing Information
Materials in binders were removed, and like items were organized into series. Items were placed into acid-free folders and boxes. Newspaper clippings were photocopied onto acid-free paper for preservation and accessibility.
- Activism
- African American philosophy
- African American student movements
- African American students
- African American students -- Indiana
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Study and teaching
- Africana Studies
- Black Cultural Center (West Lafayette, Ind. : 1970-1998)
- Black Cultural Center (West Lafayette, Ind. : 1999-)
- Blacks -- Segregation
- Clippings (Information artifacts)
- College student newspapers and periodicals
- College student newspapers and periodicals
- College students
- College students -- Political activity -- United States
- Color photographs
- Community education
- Construction projects
- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- DVDs
- Dance Companies
- Discrimination in higher education--United States
- Flyers (printed matter)
- Indiana (state)
- Indiana -- History
- International travel
- Lafayette (Ind.)
- Letters (Correspondence)
- Magazines (Periodicals)
- Minority college students -- Services for
- Multiculturalism
- Music -- Performance
- Newsletters
- Newspapers
- Pamphlets
- Plays (performing arts compositions)
- Programs (documents)
- Publications (Documents)
- Purdue University. Black Cultural Center
- Race discrimination -- United States
- Racism
- Singers
- Student activities
- Student movements
- Student organizations
- Student protesters
- Students
- Students -- Indiana -- West Lafayette -- 20th Century
Source
- Purdue University. Black Cultural Center (Organization)
Creator
- Purdue University. Black Cultural Center (Organization)
- Title
- Purdue University Black Cultural Center records
- Status
- Under Review
- Author
- Kay Hawthorne and Neal Harmeyer
- Date
- 2020-11-11
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- Third edition. Collection description first completed 2020-03-04.
Revision Statements
- 2020-05-20: Collection description updated, by Adelle Rogers.
- 2020-11-11: Updated collection description and notes, by Neal Harmeyer
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Contact:
504 W. State Street
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu
504 W. State Street
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu