Box 1
Container
Contains 14 Collections and/or Records:
Administrative information, 1963 - 1976
Series — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 156, Series 1
Scope and Contents
Documents relating to the increased need for African American Studies and support for African American students at Purdue and the planning and development of the program. Records include correspondence, memorandum, the program charter, and reports related to the development and planning of the program.
Dates:
1963 - 1976
Publications, 1969 - 1985
Series — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 156, Series 2
Scope and Contents
Newsletters and papers released by Africana Studies and African American Studies and Research Center at Purdue.
Dates:
1969 - 1985
Events, 1969 - 1989
Series — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 156, Series 3
Scope and Contents
Promotional materials related to events related to African American Studies and Research Center.
Dates:
1969 - 1989
Black Student Program Newsletter, 1969 - 1970
File — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 156, Series 2, File 1
Scope and Contents
Two issues of the Black Student Program Newsletter, one dated August 1969 and one dated October 1970, issued monthly by the Office of the Coordinator of Black Student Programs.
Dates:
1969 - 1970
From the Desk of the Black Advisor, 1970
File — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 156, Series 2, File 2
Scope and Contents
Two copies of "From the Desk of the Black Advisor" newsletter dated April 1970.
Dates:
1970
Nommo, 1977 - 1997
File — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 156, Series 2, File 3
Scope and Contents
Fifteen issues of Nommo, the newsletter of Africana Studies and Research Center.
Dates:
1977 - 1997
Africana Studies Occasional Papers, 1978 - 1980
File — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 156, Series 2, File 4
Scope and Contents
Five papers published by Africana Studies and Research Center: "Richard Wright's 'American Hunger': The Educational Continuum" by Barry D. Amis, 1978 (2 copies); "That's Howard -- Not Harvard" by Rita D. Woods, 1978; "U.S. Investments in Southern Africa" by Randall Robinson, 1978; "Blacks and U.S. Policy Towards Africa" by Elliott P. Skinner, 1979; "Peasants, Feudalism and Revolution in Ethiopia?" by William A. Shack, 1980.
Dates:
1978 - 1980
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...
Dates:
1963 - 1969
Africana Studies information, circa 1975
File — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 156, Series 1, File 2
Scope and Contents
"Africana Studies at Purdue" brochure and "Africana Studies: A Rap" in question-and-answer format.
Dates:
circa 1975
Africa Week and Black Week schedules, 1969 - 1970
File — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 156, Series 3, File 1
Scope and Contents
Two copies of Black Week Schedule, November 6-15, 1969. Schedule for Africa Week, sponsored by the African Students' Association, April 19-April 25, 1970. Events include lectures, movies, exhibits, and performances.
Dates:
1969 - 1970
Event announcement flyers, 1983 - 1985
File — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 156, Series 3, File 2
Scope and Contents
Five promotional flyers for lectures and events sponsored by the Africana Studies and Research Center, later known as the Afro-American Studies Center. Lectures included are "A Focus on Ghana" by Joseph K. Baffour-Senkyire on March 22, 1983; "Beyond Malcolm X: Revolution and Evolution in the 20th Century" by Dr. James Jackson on February 13, 1985; "Talks on the Caribbean" by Willie L. Baber on April 9, 1985; "Corruption and Democracy in Nigeria" by Larry K. Diamond on April 9, 1985. Also...
Dates:
1983 - 1985
Annual Symposium, 1985 - 1989
File — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 156, Series 3, File 3
Scope and Contents
Includes Press Release, Schedule of Events, and two photographs of keynote speaker St. Clair Drake from the 1985 First Annual Symposium "Towards an Afro-American Social Philosophy for the 1990's" as well as flyer with schedule of events for the 1989 Fifth Annual Symposium "Technology and Health: Partners in Development."
Dates:
Other: 1985 - 1989
Charter of Africana Studies and Research, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: UA 156, Series 1, File 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Documents relating to the increased need for African American Studies and support for African American students at Purdue and the planning and development of the program. Records include correspondence, memorandum, the program charter, and reports related to the development and planning of the program.
Dates:
undated
Program planning and development, 1974 - 1975
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: UA 156, Series 1, File 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Documents relating to the increased need for African American Studies and support for African American students at Purdue and the planning and development of the program. Records include correspondence, memorandum, the program charter, and reports related to the development and planning of the program.
Dates:
1974 - 1975