Black Caucus records
Scope and Contents
The Black Caucus Records are comprised of donations from members of UCSF's Black Caucus, founded in 1968, after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., and open to all Black men and women at UCSF. The materias span roughly 1968-2010 and document the early activities of the Black Caucus, as well as of other similiar groups on campus, such as the Council of Minority Organizations (COMO) and the Latin American Campus Association (LACA).
Materials include photographs, posters, fliers, and other ephemera documenting the activities of the Black Caucus, as well as audiovisual materials, a hard drive, and a digital transfer. There are also files from the Office of UCSF Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity and Diversity, which include statistics about diversity at UCSF and other UCs, as well as articles and fact sheets on workplace descrimination and retaliation. There are also materials documenting Black Caucus celebrations and anniversaries.
Dates
- Creation: 1968-2010
Language of Materials
English.
Access
Collection is open for research. Unprocessed accrual [3], 2019, or accession # MSS 2019-52, contains one folder of legal materials that have been restricted.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the UCSF Library Archives and Special Collections All requests for permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the Head of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of UCSF Archives and Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Biography
The Black Caucus at the University of California San Francisco was founded in May of 1968, one month after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. It is open to all black men and women on this campus.
During the late 1960s and 1970s the Black Caucus was instrumental in the establishment of an Affirmative Action Office, minority training programs and focused attention on the need for increased minority student enrollment at the UCSF campus.
Extent
9 Linear Feet (4 cartons, 5 boxes, and 2 oversize folders)
.73 Gigabytes (1 digital transfer)
Abstract
Materials, dating from 1968-2010 and comprising approximately 9 linear feet and .73 gigabytes of materials donated by Black Caucus officers as well as by employees in the Office of Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, and Diversity, documenting the activities of these groups and their mission to support and empower Black employees at UCSF. Materials include files documenting the activities of these groups and offices, as well as photographs, ephemera, and digital and audiovisual materials.
Arrangement
The collection is comprised of 7 separate donations, one of which is processed (2 cartons). It is described in this finding aid, and has been divided into eight series.
Six other unprocessed accruals (approximately 7 linear feet) were added to the finding aid in 2020 as Series IX: Unprocessed accruals, and are described briefly in notes at the top level of each accrual.
Physical Location
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
A substantial portion of this collection was complied, preserved, and donated to the archives by Elba Clemente-Lambert. Materials were also donated by LaMisha Hill, Marisa McFarlane, and Karen Newhouse.
Accruals
Additional accruals are expected.
Processing Information
Original donation (MSS 85-38) of two cartons was processed by Special Collections staff and the finding aid was created by Brooke Dykman Dockter in 1997. Additional accruals were accessioned and minimally arranged (where appropriate) by Erin Hurley and Charlie Macquarie in 2019 and 2020.
- Title
- Guide to the Black Caucus Records, 1968-82
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Brooke Dykman Dockter. Updated by Erin Hurley in 2020.
- Date
- © 1997
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- March 23, 2004: PUBLIC "-//University of California, San Francisco::Archives and Special Collections//TEXT (US::CU-M::MSS 85-38::Black Caucus Records)//EN" "blackcau.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.cdl.xsl (2004-09-16).
- December 21, 2020: Revised to add Series IX: Unprocessed accruals.
Repository Details
Part of the UCSF Archives and Special Collections Repository
UCSF Kalmanovitz Library
530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco CA 94143-0840 USA
https://www.library.ucsf.edu/archives/ask-an-archivist/