College students, Black
Department of African and African-American Studies Records
Black Manifesto Collection
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.
Environmental Response Records
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.
John B. Ervin Scholars Program Records
The John B. Ervin Scholars Program Records consists of anniversary materials, event programs, office files, publications, publicity materials, scholarship applications, and scholarship program scholar directories.
Student Committee For Admission of Negroes (SCAN) Collection
Margaret Boyer West Papers
The Margaret Boyer West Papers includes material from the Ervin Scholars Program collected by Margaret Boyer West when she served as Associate Director of the Ervin Scholars Program and Assistant Dean of Arts and Science, 2010-2013.