Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Archives 299
Washington State University. Black Studies Program
Washington State University Black Studies Department Records
1970-1981
4.25 Linear feet of shelf space
5 Boxes
The collection consists of papers from the Washington State University Black Studies department.
Collection materials are inEnglish.
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.
The collection consists of papers of the Washington State University Black Studies
Department from 1970-1981. Included are records 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.
The collection is organized alphabetically by subject. Some subjects are further broken down by date.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item Description]
Washington State University Black Studies Department Records, 1970-1981 (Archives 299)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
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).
This collection was processed by Library and Information Science graduate student Katrina Burch between September, 2010 and February, 2011.
Black Oral History Digital Collection
Black Oral History Interviews, 1972-1974 (CT 2)
Issues of the Western Journal of Black Studies can be found in Holland and Terrell Libraries at call number E195.5.W48 X.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Washington State University. Black Studies Program
African Americans -- Study and teaching
African Americans
Colleges and Universities
Washington (State)
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