Alumni Oral History Collection
Scope and Contents
Alumni Oral History Collection consists of files dated 2016. Topics include the interviewees' involvement in Black Student Services (now Black/African American Cultural Center), Black Student Alliance, Mexican-American Committee for Equality and the United Mexican-American Students. The collection contains born digital video and PDF files.
Dates
- 2016
Creator
- Shelstad, Mark L. (Person)
Restrictions on Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Restrictions on Use
Not all of the material in the collection is in the public domain. Researchers are responsible for addressing copyright issues.
History
In 2016, Coordinator for Digital and Archives Services Mark Shelstad interviewed several Colorado State University alumni who were heavily involved in student activism in the 1960s or who directed student services offices on campus that formed in the wake of the 1960s protests.
CSU saw an increase in student protests in the late 1960s. Protests covered civil liberties and civil rights, women's rights, control of student resources by students, and government war policies and actions. The Black Student Alliance (BSA) formed in the autumn of 1968 to oppose racial segregation and advance civil rights; the Mexican-American Committee for Equality (MACE) formed concurrently. (MACE later became the Union of Mexican-American Students). The BSA and MACE established joint demands and presented them to CSU administration in 1968, and their continued protests influenced CSU establishment of Project GO to provide Black and Hispanic students with financial aid and academic support at CSU. Seeing a need for further support of diverse students at CSU, several student services offices were established in the 1970s which formed the Advocacy Group in 1979 (now the Student Diversity Programs and Services). These included Black Student Services and El Centro/Chicano Student Services among others.
Extent
11 Gigabytes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Alumni Oral History Collection contains three oral histories of Colorado State University alumni captured in 2016. Topics include the interviewees' involvement in Black Student Services (now Black/African American Cultural Center), Black Student Alliance, Mexican-American Committee for Equality and the United Mexican-American Students, as well as efforts to oppose racial discrimination, and increase the number of people of color attending the university. The collection contains born digital video and PDF files.
Acquisition
Alumni Oral History Collection was created by Archives staff from interviews collected by Coordinator for Digital and Archives Services Mark Shelstad in 2016.
Online Materials
All files are available through the Colorado State University Libraries website.
Processing
Permissions were acquired from all interviewees. Digital files were backed up.
Inventory Note
Note: Interviews are listed alphabetically.
- Title
- Guide to the Alumni Oral History Collection
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Prepared by Clarissa J. Trapp
- Date
- Copyright 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the CSU Libraries Archives & Special Collections Repository
Fort Collins Colorado 80523-1019 USA
970-491-1844
library_dl_specialcollections@mail.colostate.edu