Minorities and Diversity, 1972, 1976-1979
Dates
- Creation: 1972, 1976-1979
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted. Permission for all access must be obtained from the College Archivist. Files closed until 2023 at Stevens request, letter, May 10, 2005; Letter to Stevens from Thomas R. Tritton, May 17, 2005: "I suggest that the College be in contact if requests come to locate specific information in your papers so that you might consider, on a case-by-case basis, whether historical information could be made available prior to 2023."
Extent
11 folders (Memoranda, correspondence, reports on efforts to expand diversity in faculty and administration, student body, and curriculum. Includes: -1972 protest of Black Students' League, Puerto Rican Students at Haverford; boycott of non-class and non-job activities (clubs, student govt., athletics) -1976, Spring students' Minority Coalition (including Asian Student Group, Social Action Caucus, Students' Council) formed — through Fall -- concerns, demands, administration/EPC responses -1977 Spring—issue again heats up, with promises from Board of Managers to monitor progress, student demonstrations, College Committee on Faculty Appointments est.; 6/77 "Draft, Evaluating Institutional Commitment to Minorities at Haverford College; fall Office of Minority Affairs established, summer-fall, administrative hiring, including presidential Search -1978, Apr. memo: "…circuitous arguments, renewed each year at the urgings of the minority students, but progressing nowhere—covering the same, restructured, rephrased opinions that last until mid-April a few weeks shy of final examinations." Adolphus Levi Williams, Jr. (Dean of Student Affairs, unofficial minority counselor) -1979: Jan. chronological list of all minority related data in Williams office files; March Students for Democratic Action non-negotiable demands.)
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