Guides and Collections
Collections Pertaining to African American People and Culture in Oregon
Photographs, motion picture films, and videotapes
Beaver Yearbook Photographs (P 3)
1969 yearbook photos include several images of the Black Student Union walkout and protest over the treatment of football player Fred Milton by coach Dee Andros. See the "Best of the Archives" digital collection at http://digitalcollections.library.oregonstate.edu/archives/
index.html?CISOROOT=/archives for some of these images online.
News and Communication Services Photographs (P 57)
P57:2280-2300 - Black Student Union speakers, ca. 1969
P57:2301-2315 & 2354-2362 - Black Student Union protest and walkout, 1969
P57: 2546-2552 -- Dee Andros at Black Student Union (BSU) rally, 1969
P57: 3388-3400 -- Black Student Union (BSU) in the MU, ca. 1969
P57: 3417-3420 -- Black Student Union (BSU) speakers, ca. 1969
P57:5270 - Black Cultural Center opening, spring 1975
University Publications Photographs (P 94)
Accession 2004:036
(box 1) - Diversity -- Images of African American students on campus, sorority
(box 2) - Black cultural center Thanksgiving, Nov. 22, 1987
John Horner Photograph Collection (P 100)
P100:68 & 87 - Louis Southworth, early African American resident of Corvallis. See the "Best of the Archives" digital collection for an online version of P100:87.
Extension and Experiment Station Communications Photographs (P 120)
P120:2594 - African-American group working a bean field near Scappoose, 1947.
University Records
Associated
Students of OSU (ASOSU), 1917-2006 (RG 11)
President's Office (RG 13)
Subgroup 13 (Jensen and Young), series 1 - Black Student Union, 1968-69
Subgroup 17 (Risser) - general file pertaining to the Oregon Assembly for Black Affairs, 1996
Memorial Union (RG 99)
Accession 2005:035 - Includes a student paper on the involvement of African-American students in OSU student activities.
Student Affairs (RG 102)
Accession 83:10 - Black Student Union (file), 1967-1972
Accession 87:11 - Policy/historical correspondence, black students-athletic controversy, winter 1969
Accession 88:3 - Incidents - BCC (Black Cultural Center) cross burning (between 1972 and 1980)
Accession 90:25 - Milton/athletic department dispute, 1969
Accession 2003:107 - Includes records of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Commission
Manuscript Collections
Corvallis
College Benefit Broadside
The Corvallis College Benefit Broadside publicizes a program of
vaudeville performances, music, and a blackface minstrel
act on women's rights presented on December 31, 1859 as a benefit
for Corvallis College.
Urban League
of Portland Records
The Urban League of Portland Records document the administration
and programs of the League from its founding in
Portland, Oregon, in 1945. The Records include correspondence, reports
and publications, meeting minutes, financial records,
and clippings as well as scrapbooks, photographs, videotapes, and
sound recordings.
Memorabilia Collection files
Black Cultural Center - articles on the history and events of the Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center.
Black History Month - Newspaper articles and flyers pertaining to local events surrounding Black History Month. Also includes a student paper, "Historical Perspectives of Blacks in Oregon."
Black Issues Conference - Flyer to a 1991 conference at OSU.
Buildings - Carrie Halsell Residence Hall - contains information on the residence hall named for OSU's earliest known African-American graduate.
Halsell Ward, Carrie Beatrice - biographical information on OSU's first known African American graduate.
King, Martin Luther, Day - contains information on OSU and Corvallis activities surrounding the celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.
Student Unrest - Pertains to the 1969 walkout of the Black Student Union over the treatment of football player Fred Milton by football coach Dee Andros.
United Black Student Association - posters and other information about events sponsored by this student organization, 1989-1991.
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