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WUA/01. University Records

 Collection Subgroup Term
Identifier: WUA/01
[i]University Records[/i] consist of records created in campus departments and offices. This includes, but is not limited to, department files, chancellor official records, provost records, commencement, photo services, WU Memorabilia. See Subgroup 02: [i]Publications [/i]for University publications. See Subgroup 05: [i]Student Groups[/i] for records pertaining to materials related to student organizations.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Department of African and African-American Studies Records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-01-wua00334
Scope and Contents The Department of African and African-American Studies Records documents the development of Black Studies Program at Washington University based on one of the principal demands presents in the Black Manifesto position paper issued by the Association of Black Students in 1968. Includes are reviews and progress reports of the Black Studies Program, black student guides, honors and awards information for black students and alumni, chancellor’s roundtables on African-American recruitment,...

Environmental Response Records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-01-wua00271
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of the Environmental Response organization. Material includes organizational correspondence, policy statements and activities, brochures and posters, and project information.

A small group of material in the collection unrelated to Environmental Response is a folder on the Association of Black Collegians. This significant material deals with a sit-in at Brookings Hall in 1968, and includes a copy of the protestors’ Manifesto.