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WSU Multicultural Student Services Records, 1976-2008
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- WSU Multicultural Student Services Records
- Dates
- 1976-2008 (inclusive)19762008
- Quantity
- 3.75 linear feet of shelf space, (8 boxes)
- Collection Number
- Archives 366 (collection)
- Summary
- Papers and records from Washington State University’s Multicultural Student Services and associated subsidiary groups, notably the African American Student Center and the Chicana/o Latina/o Student Center. The papers document attempts to recruit, support, and retain minority students, as well as racial issues on campus.
- Repository
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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
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This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
- English.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Washington State University’s Office of Multicultural Student Services can trace back to the formation of a Chicano/Latino Center and a Native American Student Center in 1971. An African American Student Center (the Heritage House) and an Asian Pacific American Student Center would follow. In 1986, the four were pulled together under the new Division of Minority Affairs. In 1992 that became the Division of Multicultural Student Services, and “Division” was changed to “Office” in 1995.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of records and papers from Washington State University’s Multicultural Student Services, dating from the 1970s to late 2000s, but bulking in the 1990s. The papers of the African American Student Center comprise about one quarter of the collection. Reports documents efforts of the MSS to recruit and retain minority students, as well as efforts to support them as students, increase awareness of racial issues, and deal with racial incidents on campus. The collection also include a number of photographs, primarily of social activities, events, and graduations.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description] WSU Multicultural Student Services Records, 1976-2008 (UA 366)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is organized both by type of material and originating office, and then by date or subject within those. First in the collection is records and papers from Multicultural Student Services and some of their subsidiary groups, organized by subject. Following that is one series of records and papers from the African American Student Center, again organized by subject. After those are two sets of media and photographs, the first from MSS in general, and the second from the Chicana/o Latina/o Student Center. Within each of those sets, media precedes photographs, and then within both media and photographs items are in chronological order.
Acquisition Information
This collection was received at Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) from Multicultural Student Services in two accessions, one from Steve Nakata on November 1, 2010, retained as UA2010-13; the other from Amy Poirier on November 10, 2016, retained as UA2016-13.
Processing Note
The collection was processed in December, 2016 by University Archivist Mark O’English. The two collections were combined in a new subject based order and rehoused during processing. Three oversized photographs were scanned at high-quality and archived, reprinted at 8.5”x11” and filed, and the oversized originals were then discarded.
Separated Materials
A few newsletters and other small items were moved to MASC’s WSU Publications sets, under WSU 228.
Related Materials
Records from the Asia American and Pacific Islander Student Center (AAPI) are held in MASC as UA2014-02. Records of the Camarades (a Chicana/o Latina/o Graduate Student Association) as held as UA 2009-06, and MEChA records are held as MS2008-24. Records of the Office of Equity and Diversity, which oversees the MSS, are held as UA2007-08 and UA2012-07.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Multicultural Student Services and Subsidiary GroupsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | La Alianza de WSU |
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| 1 | 2 | Annual Report |
1995-1996 |
| 1 | 3 | Annual Report |
1996-1997 |
| 1 | 4 | Annual Report |
1997-1998 |
| 1 | 5 | Campus diversity reports |
1994-1998 |
| 1 | 6 | CASHE Youth Conference |
1997 |
| 1 | 7 | A Century of Diversity |
1991 |
Common Knowledge for the MindReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 8 | 1990 | |
| 1 | 9 | 1991 | |
| 1 | 10 | 1992 | |
| 1 | 11 | 1993 | |
| 1 | 12 | 1994 | |
| 1 | 13 | 1995 | |
| 1 | 14 | 1996 | |
| 1 | 15 | 1997 | |
| 1 | 16 | 1999-2003 | |
| 1 | 17 | Budgeting & funding |
1990-1996 |
| 1 | 18 | Clippings |
1992-1998 |
| 1 | 19 | Conexion |
2004-2005 |
| 2 | 1 | Commitment to a Diverse Community at Washington State University. A Plan of Action, 1997-2002. |
1998 |
| 2 | 2 | Council of Multicultural Student Presidents |
1993-1994 |
| 2 | 3 | Council of Multicultural Student Presidents |
1994-1995 |
| 2 | 4 | Division of Minority Affairs - Relocation |
1999 |
| 2 | 5 | Ethnic Women's Cultural Week |
1979-1980 |
| 2 | 6 | Five Year Plan |
1997-2002 |
| 2 | 7 | Five Year Plan |
1999-2004 |
| 2 | 8 | Five Year Plan |
2002-2007 |
| 2 | 9 | Multicultural Student Leaders Directory |
1998 |
| 2 | 10 | Native American Education Summit 2000 Report |
2000 |
| 2 | 11 | Native American Student Center Budgets |
2003-2005 |
| 2 | 12 | Newspapers Clippings |
1989-1995 |
Peer Mentor ProgramReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 13 | 1991-1992 | |
| 3 | 1-2 | 1993, Fall | |
| 3 | 3 | 1994, Spring | |
| 3 | 4 | 1994, Fall | |
| 3 | 5 | 1995-1997 | |
| 3 | 6 | 1997-1998 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2000-2001, 2004 | |
| 4 | 2 | Program Review |
2002 |
| 4 | 3 | Programs Supporting Campus Diversity |
1999 |
| 4 | 4 | Programs & Clippings - Chicano/Latino events & individuals |
1976-2006 |
Recruitment - Annual ReportReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 5 | 1988-1989 | |
| 4 | 6 | 1991-1992 | |
| 4 | 7 | 1992-1993 | |
| 4 | 8 | 1993-1994 | |
| 4 | 9 | 1994-1995 | |
| 4 | 10 | 1995-1996 | |
| 4 | 11 | 1996-1997 | |
| 4 | 12 | 1998-2003 | |
| 4 | 13 | Recruitment brochures |
1989-2000 |
| 4 | 14 | Reorganization |
1998 |
| 4 | 15 | Retention Progress Report |
1997-1998 |
| 4 | 16 | Scholarship Program pamphlets |
1989-1999 |
| 4 | 17 | Status Report on Ad-Hoc Committee on Multicultural Student Services |
1997 |
| 4 | 18 | Town Hall Meeting on Race |
1999 |
| 4 | 19 | Visions and Directions Report |
1995-1997 |
Series 1: African American Student Center (AASC)Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | African American Alumni Alliance |
1989-1993 |
| 5 | 2 | Black History of the Pacific Northwest |
Undated |
| 5 | 3 | Black Students Counseling Office |
Undated |
| 5 | 4 | Budgets |
2001-2004 |
| 5 | 5 | Commission on the Status of Minorities |
1997-1998 |
Events (primarily Black History Month / Week and MLK) |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 6 | 1976 | |
| 5 | 7 | 1978 | |
| 5 | 8 | 1978 | |
| 5 | 9 | 1981 | |
| 5 | 10 | 1982 | |
| 5 | 11 | 1989 | |
| 5 | 12 | 1991 | |
| 5 | 13 | 1992 | |
| 5 | 14 | 1993 | |
| 5 | 15 | 1994 | |
| 5 | 16 | 1995 | |
| 5 | 17 | 1998 | |
| 5 | 18 | 2000 | |
| 5 | 19 | 2001 | |
| 5 | 20 | 2002 | |
| 5 | 21 | 2005 | |
| 5 | 22 | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf |
1980 |
| 5 | 23 | Freedom School |
2005 |
| 5 | 24 | Graduation |
1995-2001 |
| 5 | 25 | Graduation |
2002 |
| 5 | 26 | Graduation |
2004 |
| 5 | 27 | Graduation |
2005 |
| 5 | 28 | Graduation - photographs |
Undated |
| 6 | 1 | Greek - Alpha Phi Alpha |
1990 |
| 6 | 2 | Greek - Black groups |
1982-1991 |
| 6 | 3 | Greek - Delta Sigma Theta |
1982-1983 |
| 6 | 4 | Greek - National Pan Hellenic Council |
1997-1998 |
| 6 | 5 | Greek - National Pan Hellenic Council |
1999-2000 |
| 6 | 6 | Greek - National Pan Hellenic Council |
2001 |
| 6 | 7 | Greek - National Pan Hellenic Council |
2003 |
| 6 | 8 | Heritage House |
1995-1998 |
| 6 | 9 | Incidents |
1990, 1994 |
| 6 | 10 | Incidents - Attic |
2002 |
| 6 | 11 | Incidents - blackface |
1989 |
| 6 | 12 | Incidents - racist remarks |
1991 |
| 6 | 13 | Incidents - Stepshow complaint |
1991 |
| 6 | 14 | Incidents - SWAT misconduct |
1991 |
| 6 | 15 | Student recruitment |
2002-2003 |
Media |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 16 | How to Recruit and Retain Students of Color (DVD) |
2002 |
| 6 | 17 | Future Cougars of Color (DVD) |
2004 |
| 6 | 18 | Building Tomorrow's Diverse Leaders (DVD) |
2006 |
| 6 | 19 | Uniting for a World Class Undergraduate Experience (DVD) |
2008 |
Photographs |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 1 | 1991 | |
| 7 | 2 | 1993 | |
| 7 | 3 | 1995 | |
| 7 | 4 | 1996 | |
| 7 | 5 | 1997 | |
| 7 | 6 | 1998 | |
| 7 | 7 | MLK March |
1998 |
| 7 | 8 | 2001 | |
| 7 | 9 | MSS Staff Retreat |
2000-2004 |
| 7 | 10 | Undated | |
| 7 | 11 | Multicultural Center Open House |
Undated |
Media, Chicana/o Latina/o Student Center |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1 | Recruitment (2 VHS tapes) |
Undated |
| 8 | 2 | Semana de la Raza (2 VHS tapes) |
2002 |
| 8 | 3 | Graduation (DVD) |
2006 |
Photographs, Chicana/o Latina/o Student Center |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 4 | Graduation |
1997, 1999 |
| 8 | 5 | Graduation |
2003 |
| 8 | 6 | Graduation |
2004 |
| 8 | 7 | National Chicano Student Conference |
1988 |
| 8 | 8 | from Norma Duran |
Undated |
| 8 | 9 | from Norma Duran |
Undated |
| 8 | 10 | Student Center Mural |
Undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English.
2017
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