Black Studies Department Records

Black Studies Department Records, 1970-1981

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Washington State University. Black Studies Program.
Title: Black Studies Department Records
Dates: 1970-1981 (inclusive)
19701981
Quantity: 4.25 Linear feet of shelf space, (5 boxes)
Collection Number: Archives 299 (collection)
Summary: The Washington State University Black Studies department was created in 1970 and has since been enveloped into Comparative Ethnic Studies in the College of Liberal Arts. The collection consists of papers on affirmative action, correspondence, grants, Heritage House, proposals, The Western Journal of Black Studies, television and radio programs, photographs and slides, and a print.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open and available for research use.
Languages: English.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Black Studies department was created in 1970 and while the department itself has since been enveloped into Comparative Ethnic Studies in the College of Liberal Arts, black studies classes are still offered as part of that program. An early director of the department was Talmadge Anderson. He had earned an MBA from Atlanta University (as of 2011, Clark Atlanta University) and was faculty in WSU’s College of Business before becoming director for Black Studies. The department was one of the first black studies programs in the northwest, and offered classes included Swahili, Black Literature, Black Psychology and Anderson’s area of expertise, Black Economics.

In 1975, Anderson created the Heritage House, which was WSU’s first African American cultural center. It was originally located on College Avenue, in an area in front of Cleveland Hall, between it and the Owen Science and Engineering Library. As of 2011 it is located at 935 B Street; in 1996 it was renamed in honor of Anderson as the Talmadge Anderson Heritage House. As Anderson planned it, Heritage House was a place to talk about campus involvement and issues that relate to blacks. He also brought in many well known speakers.

In 1977, Anderson created and became editor of The Western Journal of Black Studies, a quarterly journal that specialized in black research, social and political issues, arts, and literature. It is still published today through WSU University Press.

Biographical materials retrieved from http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aaw/anderson-talmadge-1932 in January, 2011.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection consists of papers on affirmative action, correspondence, grants, Heritage House, proposals, The Western Journal of Black Studies, and television and radio programs. Included at the end are photographs and slides, as well as a Black History month print.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[Item Description] Black Studies Department Records, 1970-1981 (UA 299)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is organized alphabetically by subject. Some subjects are further broken down by date.

Location of Collection

Acquisition Information

These records were received from the Black Studies Department at Washington State University as two donations (UA1983-10, June 1983, and UA1979-25, November 1979).

Processing Note

This collection was processed by Library and Information Science graduate student Katrina Burch between September, 2010 and February, 2011.

Related Materials

The oral histories that go with the research paper that is discussed in folder 128 can be found here.

Issues of the Western Journal of Black Studies can be found in Holland and Terrell Libraries at call number E195.5.W48 X.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1-2	Affirmative Action. Committee. 1979-1980
1	3	Affirmative Action. Memos. 1973-1975
1	4	Affirmative Action. Presidents Committee memos and reports. 1974-1978
1	5	Affirmative Action. Pullman School district. 1976-1980
1	6	Anderson, Talmadge. College of Business and Economics. Papers. 1979-1980
1	7	Anderson, Talmadge. Business Administration recruitment. 1979-1980
1	8	Anderson, Talmadge. Business Administration memos and meeting minutes. 1970-1973
1	9	Anderson, Talmadge. Curriculum Advisory Program (CAP). 1978-1980
1	10	Anderson, Talmadge. Events. Expo 1974. 1974
1	11	Anderson, Talmadge. Speeches and awards. 1977
1	12	Anderson, Talmadge. Trips. Libya. 1979
1	13	Black Advisory Council. Meeting minutes and by-laws. 1975-1976
1	14-15	Black Advisory Council. Records. Relating to minority issues and affirmative action. 1971-1974
1	16	Black History Month. Letters and information. 1974-1981
1	17	Black Student Union. Correspondence. 1978
1	18	Black Studies Advisory Group. Misc. papers and meeting minutes. 1971-1976
1	19	Budget. Gifts. 1979
1	20	Classes. Black Studies Seminar 498. Correspondence. 1973-1978
1	21	Classes. Swahili. 1970-1978
1	22	Committees. Education Policies. Meeting minutes and memos. 1971
1	23	Committees. Social Adjustment for Minorities. 1977
1	24	Conferences. Black Eastern Washington Council. 1972-1976
1	25	Conferences. Information. 1977-1979
1	26	Conferences. Northwest Conference on Racism. 1971
1	27	Conferences. Northwest Conference of Black Public Officials. 1980
1	28	Conferences. National Council for Black Studies, the. 1979-1980
1	29-31	Conferences. Washington State Conference on Black Education and Economics. 1972-1975
1	32	Correspondence. Anderson, Talmadge. 1970-1971
1	33	Correspondence. Anderson, Talmadge. 1971-1972 [1]
2	34	Correspondence. Anderson, Talmadge. 1971-1972 [2]
2	35	Correspondence. Anderson, Talmadge. 1972-1973
2	36	Correspondence. Anderson, Talmadge. 1974-1975
2	37	Correspondence. Anderson, Talmadge. 1976-1977
2	38	Correspondence. Anderson, Talmadge. 1977-1978
2	39	Correspondence. Anderson, Talmadge. 1978-1979
2	40	Correspondence. Anderson, Talmadge. 1979-1981
2	41	Correspondence. Boating, Felix Y. 1977-1980
2	42	Correspondence. Jackson, Henry. 1978-1980
2	43	Correspondence. Johnson, Willie. 1976-1977
2	44	Correspondence. Johnson, Willie. Survival of Food producing. 1976
2	45	Correspondence. Memos to Black Studies Faculty. 1978-1979
2	46	Correspondence. Siwundhla, Hulme. 1970-1981
2	47	Correspondence. Taylor, Quintard. 1973-1975
2	48	Correspondence. Williams. 1977-1978
2	49-50	Correspondence. Wilson, Henry, Jr. 1977-1980
2	51	Courses. Black, Chicano, Native American, Asian American, and Womens Studies. 1979-1980
2	52	Department records. Inventory, disposition authorization, and transfer schedule. 1975
2	53	Department. Research papers and memos. 1970-1973
2	54	Director. Anderson, Talmadge. Resume and memos. 1979-1980
2	55	Events. Visiting lecturers. 1970-1978
2	56	Events. Spring Symposium. American foreign policy. 1980
2	57	Faculty. Memos. 1977-1981
2	58	Faculty. Re-appointment applications. 1977
2	59	Faculty Council. 1978-1980
2	60	Grants. Pacific Northwest Black Studies. Summer Workshop and Short Term Institute. Undated
2	61	Grants. Surveys, studies, reports, and applications. 1976-1977
2	62	Grants. Washington Regional Afro-American Studies Summer Institute. 1975-1976
2	63	Grants. Misc. papers. 1979-1980
3	64	Groups. Association for the study of Afro-American Life and History. 1979-1980
3	65	Heritage House. About. 1971-1979
3	66	Heritage House. Advisory Council. 1976-1980.
3	67	Heritage House. Budget. Development fund ledger. 1979-1981
3	68	Heritage House. Budget ledger. 1978-1980
3	69	Heritage House. Building Renovations. 1975
3	70	Heritage House. Correspondence. 1975-1980
3	71	Heritage House. Development Fund: Corporate patrons communications. 1977-1978
3	72	Heritage House. Exhibits. 1977-1978
3	73	Heritage House. Exhibits. The Black Innovators. Correspondence. 1979
3	74	Heritage House. Exhibits. Black Visual Arts Exhibition. Correspondence. 1978
3	75	Heritage House. Funding. 1980
3	76	Heritage House. Gifts. 1975-1978
3	77	Heritage House. Misc. papers: meetings, building plans, and about Heritage House. 1976
3	78	Heritage House. Patrons. 1978-1979
3	79	Heritage House. Western Journal of Black Studies. Form letters, purpose, objectives, and jobs. 1977-1978
3	80	Issues. Women in Washington State. 1978-1979
3	81	Meetings. Faculty. 1970-1980
3	82	Minority Studies. Misc. papers and recruiting. 1970-1978
3	83	Misc. Outside faculty research that involves the department. Undated
3	84	Misc. Memos and building plans. 1970-1978
3	85	Misc. Iraq visit proposal. Undated
3	86	National Council for Black Studies. Memos, publications, and misc. papers. 1976-1980
3	87	Policies and Guidelines. 1974-1975
3	88	Policy. Policies and Guidelines Handbook. 1979
3	89	Policy. Memos. 1979 -1980
3	90	Professors. Visiting. 1977-1978
3	91	Professors. Kasungu, Halima. Swahili/Foreign Language 302. 1972 -1980
3	92	Professors. Wilson, Henry, Jr. Speech rough drafts and misc. papers. 1979-1980
3	93	Professional organizations. 1979
3	94	Projects. Washington Commission for the Humanities. Undated
3	95	Program. Donations. 1978
3	96	Program. Development. Undated
3	97	Program. Fine Arts Recruitment. 1979-1980
3	98	Programs. National Consortium Black Professional Development. 1978
3	99	Programs. Black Student Social. 1975
3	100	Programs. National Council of Black Studies. 1976-1980
3	101	Programs. Libyan Peoples Congress. 1978
3	102	Proposals. Applications and memos. 1979-1980
3	103	Proposals. Black Teenage Mothers. 1978
3	104	Proposals. Ethnic Student Resource Center. 1979
3	105	Proposals. Black Studies Spring Symposium. 1979
3	106	Publications. Purchased. 1971-1977
3	107	Publications. Misc. Pasco Washington. Undated
3	108	Publications. Tony Browns Journal. College Information. 1979-1980
3	109	Publications. Western Journal of Black Studies. Budget ledgers. 1978-1981
3	110	Publications. Western Journal of Black Studies. Article solicitation. 1977 -1978
3	111	Publications. Western Journal of Black Studies. Correspondence. 1977-1980
3	112	Publications. Western Journal of Black Studies. Incoming letters. Contributors. 1977-1978
3	113	Publications. Western Journal of Black Studies. Outgoing letters. Contributors. 1977-1978
4	114	Publications. Western Journal of Black Studies. Outgoing letters and memos. 1976-1977
4	115	Publications. Western Journal of Black Studies. Outgoing. Contributors; rejections letters. 1977-1978
4	116	Publications. Western Journal of Black Studies. Letters, memos and misc. rough drafts. 1977
4	117	Publications. Western Journal of Black Studies. Misc. papers. 1978
4	118-121	Publications. Western Journal of Black Studies. Correspondence. 1976-1980
4	122	Publications. Western Journal of Black Studies. Meeting minutes. 1978
4	123	Publications. Western Journal of Black Studies. Reviewer survey. 1977-1978
4	124	Publications. Western Journal of Black Studies. Materials for issues. 1977-1978
4	125	Publications. Western Journal of Black Studies. Circulation, memos, and reviews. 1977-1980
4	126	Publications. Western Journal of Black Studies. Reviewers comments. 1978
4	127	Reports. Six year projection, accreditation, faculty service, and memos. 1978-1979
4	128	Research. Survey of student shopping habits in Pullman. 1970
4	129	Research. History of Blacks in the Northwest. Proposals and memos. 1971-1972
4	130	Retreats. Eastern Washington Regional Black Council. 1976
4	131	Search Committee. Black Studies. 1977
4	132	Speeches. Undated
4	133	Staff Schedules. Undated
4	134	Teaching Assistants. Battle, Donna. Correspondence and course materials. Undated
4	135	Teaching Assistants. Davis, Mark. Courses. Undated
4	136	Teaching Assistants. Grigsby, Eugene. Correspondence and misc. papers. 1976-1977
4	137	Television/Radio programs. Relating to the department. 1972-1980
4	138	Unite Black Congress. Misc. papers. 1977
4	139	Washington Commission for the Humanities. Proposals and memos. 1975-1976
4	140	Washington Commission for the Humanities. Grants. 1979
4	141	Washington Commission for the Humanities. Black Symposium proposal and information. 1979-1980
4	142	Washington Commission for the Humanities. Symposium. 1980
4	143	Wilson Hall remodel program. 1971
4	144	Workshops. Black Culture Workshop, McNeil Island. 1970-1976
4	145	Workshops. Racism. 1971
4	146	Workshops. Pacific Northwest Black Studies Summer Institute. Correspondence. 1975-1976
4	147	Workshops. Pacific Northwest Black Studies. Student papers, assignments, and surveys. 1975
4	148	Workshops. Pacific Northwest Black Studies summer workshops. Proposals, grants, memos, follow up surveys, and misc. papers. 1974-1976
5	149	Photographs and slides. Heritage House. Exhibits. 1975-1980
5	150	Photographs, misc. Undated
5	151	Printing plate, rough draft, and mock up. Black History Month. 1976

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