Student Committee For Admission of Negroes (SCAN) Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: WUA-05-wua00051

Staff Only

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 this scrapbook is available here.

Dates

Creation: 1949-1950

Creator

Student Committee for Admission of Negroes (SCAN) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Due to the original scrapbook’s fragile condition researchers are asked to utilize the duplicates for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.

Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.

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Extent

2 linear feet

1 boxes

Additional Description

Biographical or Historical Information

This collection recounts activities of the Student Committee for the Admission of Negroes (SCAN) in 1949 and 1950. Judith Saul Stix filled the role of publicity chair and secretary/treasurer while in the group and kept a scrapbook detailing SCAN’s activities. The scrapbook includes documents that detail the activities of SCAN as they sought to persuade the Washington University Administration to allow African American students admission to undergraduate studies.