Archives West Finding Aid

Series 1 contains materials relating to organizations and departments that provided both academic and social resources to students, specifically Black and African American students, at OSU. This includes materials from the Black Cultural Center, Black Student Union, Black Graduate Student Association, Intercultural Student Services (ISS), Ethnic Studies Department, Women’s Center, and National Society of Black Engineers. Materials include office management documents such as meeting minutes, goal setting strategies, student surveys and budget analysis. It also includes multicultural resource guides, information on academic advising and scholarship application information.

Access to various materials in Series 1 are restricted due to the presence of confidential information. All requests for access to these materials should be directed to the University Archivist.

Series 2 includes documents from the financial and budget planning, advertising, and implementation of events on the OSU campus. Materials include event programs, flyers, pamphlets, meeting minutes, budget requests, and location rental agreements. Materials come from specifically Ujima events and events that Ujima collaborated with other organizations to create, such as the Black Cultural Center and the Black Student Union. Series 2 also includes campus and student publications such as Campus Rhythms, Habari, and Promise. There are materials in the series pertaining to UMOJA, an organization with a mission to unite students and student groups of the African Diaspora

Access to various materials in Series 2 are restricted due to the presence of confidential information. All requests for access to these materials should be directed to the University Archivist.

Series 3 contains materials relating to the recruitment and retention of Black and African American students at Oregon State University. This includes research and statistics collected by multiple offices on higher education diversity and minority student retention. The series includes management materials from the Department of Student Affairs, the Minority Education Office, and Housing and Dining Services. Materials include meeting minutes, strategic plans, enrollment summaries, annual reports, and research and statistics on retention.

Access to various materials in Series 3 are restricted due to the presence of confidential information. All requests for access to these materials should be directed to the University Archivist.

Series 4 contains full newspapers from primarily The Barometer, The Portland Observer, The Corvallis Gazette-Times as well as from The Liberty, The Forum, The Skanner, The Jewish Review, and OSU This Week. All of these papers originate from Oregon and are collected based on content rather than dates. The newspaper clippings in this series were gathered by the Ujima Education Office and include articles about Ujima, the African American community, higher education, or other topics related to the collection.