Guides and Collections

Collections with General Information Pertaining to Cultural and Ethnic Groups and Diversity

Photographs, motion picture films, and videotapes

University Publications Photographs (P 94)
Accession 97:100, Box 4 - Minorities - includes a variety of photographs of students, faculty and staff from various ethnic and cultural groups from the 1970s and 1980s. Depict teaching and classroom activities, student life, and athletics.

University Records

Associated Students of OSU (ASOSU), 1917-2006 Records (RG 11)

President's Office Records (RG 13)
Subgroup 14 (MacVicar)
          series 3 - several general subject files pertaining to affirmative action at OSU, 1972-1979
          series 5 - Anti-Discrimination Board, 1973

Subgroup 16 (Byrne)
          series 7 - records of the President's Commission on Hate Related Activities, 1995
          series 8 - Affirmative Action, 1986-1994; Multicultural Affairs, 1991-95

Subgroup 17 (Risser), series 5 - general subject files pertaining to the Minority Education Offices, 1996-99, the Affirmative Action Office, 1996, and Multicultural Affairs, 1997-98

Accession 2006:006

Box 1 -- meeting records of the Board of Visitors for Minority Affairs, 1997-2004; Multicultural Affairs, 1999-2004

Box 4 -- OSU Diversity Report, 2001 (progress and accomplishements, vision); TEAM (Together Everyone Accomplishes More), 1996-2001 (establishment of T.E.A.M., activities of coalition to promote diversity at OSU)

Faculty Senate Records (RG 44)
Series 1 - records of the Committee on Martin Luther King's Birthday, 1982

Student Affairs Records (RG 102)
Most accessions of records from Student Affairs contain information pertaining to multiculturalism or ethnic groups at OSU.

Accession 85:41 - Minority recruiter "75" (file), 1973-74.

Accession 90:25 - Recruiting and programming for minority students (file), 1969-70.

Accession 93:074 - Minority recruiting, 1985-89.

Accession 95:009 - Minority Student Affairs Advisory Council, 1987-88.

Accession 95:024 - Contains the following files:
          Discrimination and Harassment, 1989-90
          Racial Harassment Incident in the Fall of 1990, 1990-91

Accession 95:032 - Minority Student Affairs Advisory Council, 1987-1994

Accession 97:061 - Includes the following two files:
          Minority Action Plan
          Minority Students/Fraternities and Sororities

Accession 99:01 - Includes correspondence on the 1999 National Campus Week Dialogue on Race.

Accession 99:109 -- 1988 survey of minority students at OSU.

Accession 2000:047 - Includes information on the cultural centers.

Accession 2002:078 - Consists of records pertaining to the Difference, Power and Discrimination program from 1993 to 1999.

Accession 2003:016 - Includes the 2002 covenant signed by OSU President Paul Risser and representatives of the four cultural centers for enhancing diversity at OSU through support of the cultural centers.

Accession 2003:107 - Includes information on the funding of the cultural centers

Extension Service Records (RG 111) - Subgroup 2 (Director's Office) contains extensive, county-by-county information on affirmative action and equal opportunity within the Extension Service, 1964-1996.

Budgets and Planning Records (RG 125) -- Contain a variety of reports sent to federal agencies that include ethnic statistical data pertaining to student enrollment and faculty. The OSU Fact Book series also includes some of this information from 1989 to 2002.

Dean of Men Records (RG 134) -- Non-discrimination policy for student organizations at Oregon State College, 1960.

Affirmative Action (RG 172) - This record group contains university policies and procedures related to affirmative action, compliance reviews, affirmative action plans and annual reports, and correspondence to the campus community on affirmative action issues. Records date from 1972-2004.

University Advancement (RG 210) Accession 2006:010 -- includes information on diversity workshops held at OSU, 2000-2001.

Office of Multicultural Affairs Records (RG 225) - This record group contains a variety of records (reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, studies) pertaining to the office's role in promoting awareness of diversity and cultural sensitivity issues. The records reflect the various administrative support and outreach activities of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, such as: involvement in committees and advisory panels in the development of university policy regarding diversity, the sponsorship of workshops and presentations to the university community, interaction with regional agencies and organizations serving under-represented communities, and consultation to OSU offices and departments. Also found among these records are correspondence, clippings, and reports sent to OMA describing incidents of racial harassment and discrimination filed by students. The collection consists of 14.3 cubic feet and covers the years 1989-2004.

Diversity Development Office (RG 228) 1998-2002.

Memorabilia Collection files

Affirmative Action - newspaper articles, brochures and other materials pertaining to the OSU office that enforces university, state and federal regulations pertaining to equal rights and opportunity within the campus community.

Anti-Discrimination Board - newspaper articles pertaining to a campus organization established in the early 1970s to deal with cases of discrimination in employment and hiring.

Cultural Centers - general information on the cultural centers at OSU.

Difference, Power and Discrimination Program - newspaper articles pertaining to the DPD, a program established in 1993 to help incorporate multiculturalism into OSU's curriculum.

Minorities and Special Service Programs Office - Contains a June 1970 report on the OMSSP that includes information on OSU students from a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

Minority Education Offices - Brochures, flyers and newspaper clippings relating to the four components of the Minority Education Office - the Casa Educacional, the Asian/Pacific American Education Office, the Indian Education Office, and the Ujima Education Office.

Minority Scholars - Information on this 1980s and 1990s scholarship program.

Multicultural Affairs, Office of - Newspaper clippings, brochures, flyers and memos pertaining to this office that directs the Minority Education Offices, the annual Martin Luther King , Jr., celebration and generally promoted diversity and multiculturalism on campus.

Protests - Includes newspaper articles about protests, boycotts, demonstrations and rallies at OSU and in Corvallis held to protest racism and promote diversity.

Race Relations - Newspaper clippings, flyers, memos, etc. pertaining to general issues of race and diversity at OSU.

Student Protests - Same as protests, but also includes flyers, memos, programs and other literature. Pertains to OSU only.

 

 
 
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