Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- IUPUI (Campus). Africana Studies
- Abstract:
- The Africana Studies Program Records include correspondence, course syllabi, minutes, relevent scholarship, and reports. The records cover the department, its professors, and related programs between 1973 to 1998.
- Extent:
- 1.25 cubic feet (1 record carton and 1 letter-sized document case)
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
Africana Studies Program Records, Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
The Afro-American Studies Program was established in 1981 to offer classes leading to a minor in the subject. The program functions within the School of Liberal Arts. In 2003 the program was renamed the African American and Diaspora Studies Program. The program is currently known as the Africana Studies Program.
- Scope and Content:
The Africana Studies Program Records houses the administrative records, faculty records, and correspondence of the IUPUI Africana Studies interdisciplinary program. This collection, which dates from 1973 to 1998, consists of correspondence, reports, publications, conference papers, and other materials. This collection covers the inner workings and early development of the department in the School of Liberal Arts.
- Acquisition information:
- Accessions: A89-24.
- Arrangement:
The records are arraigned aphabetically.
- Rules or conventions:
- DACS-Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- General note:
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Indexed Terms
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Personnel and student records and other personal information in these records are restricted. All other material is open to the public without restriction.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Copyright laws of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) govern the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Africana Studies Program Records, Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
- CAMPUS:
- IUPUI
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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University Library755 West Michigan StreetRoom 0133Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States
- CAMPUS:
- IUPUI
- CONTACT:
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speccoll@iupui.edu