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WUA/05. University Student Groups

 Collection Subgroup Term
Identifier: WUA/05
Washington University Student Groups' material
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Black Manifesto Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WUA-05-wua00049
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the Black Position Paper of 1968, the Black Manifesto of 1968, and correspondence with Chancellor Thomas H. Eliot concerning these documents and goals.  Also included are documents relating the Brookings protest and other documents created by the student group.  The collection also contains documents detailing action taken in 1978 and 1998 by the Association of Black Students and the administrators of Washington University.

Campus Y Records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-05-wua00437
Scope and Contents

The Campus Y Records include mockups for invitations, budget, fundraising information, and general information.

Communist Club Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WUA-05-wua00262
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a clipping from the Saturday Evening Post, a newsletter and flyer regarding Dr. Compton’s communist probe, and newspaper clippings.

Washington University Liberation Front (WULF) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-05-wua00417
Scope and Contents The Washington University Liberation Front (WULF) developed out of anti-war and anti-ROTC protests and sentiments in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The organization was created as an effort to bring greater unity among their supporters.This collection contains documents highlighting the May 1970 student riots at Washington University that culminated in students throwing a Cherry Bomb firecracker at the ROTC building and the subsequent arrests of multiple students. Washington...

Washington University New Left Federation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-05-wua00427
Scope and Contents Washington University New Left Federation Collection consists of a small group of organizational materials from the New Left Federation, the National Student Labor Action Report, the St. Louis Mobilization Committee, the Washington University Ad Hoc Committee on Foreign Policy, etc. Also included are several newsletters of the St. Louis Free Press and the Vietnam Courier; publications by the Black Liberation Commission, Industrial Workers of the World, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights,...

Washington University Pikers Records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-05-wua00338
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of records created by the Washington University Pikers, including programs, photographs, correspondence, and media.

Quadrangle Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-05-wua00186
Scope and Contents

Series 01: Photographs, programs, and other ephemera from Quadrangle Club productions, 1910 – 1963. Arranged in chronological order by production.

Series 02: Historical information about the Quadrangle Club. Mostly articles from Washington University publications and St. Louis newspapers. Arranged in alphabetical order by subject.

Series 03: Audio Recordings of Quadrangle Club Productions

Sigma Xi Honorary Society Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WUA-05-wua00378
Scope and Contents

The Sigma Xi Honorary Society Records consists of two bound volumes of minutes and membership information from 1908-2016.

Office of Student Affairs (Student Activities) Records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-05-wua00149
Scope and Contents

This collection contains records of student groups and organizations and the general office files created and maintained by University staff in the Office of Student Affairs / Student Activities and the Department of Campus Life.

Student Committee For Admission of Negroes (SCAN) Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WUA-05-wua00051
Scope and Contents This collection includes documents that describe SCAN activities such as panel meetings, movie viewings, speakers, recitals, rallies and parades.  The scrapbook also includes Student Life editorials along with other newspaper clippings, pictures, and some correspondence. It includes flyers for group activities and articles that show the results of a campus wide poll on the issue.  Many newspaper clippings show the campus community’s responses to SCAN’s actions.A digital copy of...