Records of the College of Arts and Sciences: Records of the African and African American Studies Program

1971-2018
University Archives #UA25-24
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East Carolina University. African and African American Studies Program
Physical description
1.5 Cubic Feet
Preferred Citation
[Item Description and date]. Records of the African and African American Studies Program. UA25-24, Box [number]. University Archives, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
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East Carolina University Archives
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This collection contains the administrative records for the East Carolina African and African American Studies Program. Record types include annual reports, committee meeting minutes, curriculum and course proposals, correspondence, promotional materials for related programs and events, press releases, and newspaper clippings.

Biographical/historical information

The African and African American Studies Program (AAAS) at East Carolina is an interdisciplinary program housed in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. The program is designed to complement many existing programs that seek to prepare undergraduate students for competitive careers and productive work in a global world of different cultures, political systems, and economic infrastructures. Students who are enrolled in the program develop a broad perspective on human values and ethnic diversity, as well as an understanding of the socio-political, religious, and historical evidence related to African peoples, both in Africa and the diaspora communities of North America and the Atlantic World.

Scope and arrangement

This collection contains the administrative records for the East Carolina African and African American Studies Program. Record types include annual reports, committee meeting minutes, curriculum and course proposals, correspondence, promotional materials for related programs and events, press releases, and newspaper clippings.

Administrative information
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This collection is a part of Records of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Key terms
Corporate Names
East Carolina University. African and African American Studies Program--Records and correspondence
Topical
African Americans--Study and teaching (Higher)
African diaspora--Study and teaching (Higher)
Black people--Study and teaching (Higher)
Container list
Box 1 African Studies Committee Meeting Minutes, 1971-1972
Box 1 African Studies Committee Meeting Minutes, 1972-1973
Box 1 African Studies Committee Meeting Minutes, 1975-1976
Box 1 African Studies Committee Meeting Minutes, 1985-1986
Box 1 African Studies Committee Meeting Minutes, 1986-1987
Box 1 African Studies Committee Meeting Minutes, 1987-1988
Box 1 African Studies Committee Meeting Minutes, 1988-1989
Box 1 African Studies Committee Meeting Minutes, 1989-1990
Box 1 African Studies Committee Meeting Minutes, 1990, 1992-1998
Box 1 African and African American Studies Program Committee Meeting Minutes, 2007-02-07
Box 1 African Studies Committee Annual Report, 1988
Box 1 African Studies Committee Annual Report, 1988-1989
Box 1 African and African American Studies Program Annual Report, 2011-2012
Box 1 African and African American Studies Program Committee Meeting Agendas, 1986, 1989-1992, 1995-2001, 2006, 2015-2018
Box 1 African Studies Committee By-Laws, undated
Box 1 African Studies Program description, undated
Box 1 B.A. in African & African American Studies course catalog description, undated
Box 1 Request for Authorization to Establish a New Degree Program-African & African American Studies, 2017-01-18
Box 1 Interdisciplinary Programs Review Report, 2015-12-2016-01
Box 1 Review of African & African American Studies Program at East Carolina University, 2015-03
Box 1 Response to Unit Academic Program Review: Interdisciplinary Program in African & African American Studies, 2016-01
Box 1 African and African American Studies (AAAS) Program Governance Guideline, 2016
Box 1 Assessment Unit Four Column, HCAS Program-African and African American Studies (BA), 2016-06-28
Box 1 Appendix A: Notification of Intent to Plan a New Baccalaureate, Master's, or CAS Program (African and African American Studies Program), 2005-02-16
Box 1 Appendix C: Request for Authorization to Establish a New Degree Program (African and African American Studies Program), 2006-11-22
Box 1 East Carolina University African Studies Organization (ASO) Constitution, Founding Date: 12/2/2005
Box 1 African and African American Studies Program brochure, undated
Box 1 Selected Courses from East Carolina University's 2004-2005 Undergraduate Catalog for the Proposed African and African American Studies Major at East Carolina University, 2005-03-08
Box 2 Correspondence, 1971-1976
Box 2 Correspondence, 1977-1979
Box 2 Correspondence, 1980-1982
Box 2 Correspondence, 1983-1985
Box 2 Correspondence, 1986-1989
Box 2 Correspondence, 1990-1995
Box 2 Correspondence, 1996-1999
Box 2 Correspondence, 2005-2009
Box 2 Correspondence, 2014-2017
Box 2 Correspondence, undated
Box 2 Course Proposal Form for AAAS 1000: Introduction to African and African American Studies, undated
Box 2 Course Proposal form for AAAS 2000: Study Abroad, 2006
Box 2 Course Proposal Form for AAAS 3000: Research & Writing Forum: Problems, Themes, & Methodology, 2007
Box 2 Course Proposal Form for AAAS 4000: Senior Seminar in African and African American Studies, 2006
Box 2 AAAS 1000: Introduction to African and African American Studies course syllabus, Fall 2007
Box 2 AAAS 1000: Introduction to African and African American Studies course syllabus, Fall 2009
Box 2 AAAS 4000: Senior Seminar in African and African American Studies course syllabus, Fall 2006
Box 3 Application for Project Grant from the North Carolina Humanities Committee: "Apartheid and the United States" and Final Evaluation, 1985-1986
Box 3 Application for Project Grant from the North Carolina Humanities Committee: "African Roots of Southern Culture: A Symposium", 1988
Box 3 Exxon Education Foundation Curriculum and Teaching Grant, 1985-1986
Box 3 The Teaching Grants Committee: Field Trip to Establish Student/Faculty Exchange Programs between East Carolina University and South African Universities, 1985-01-08
Box 3 The Teaching Grants Committee: Field Trip to Establish Student/Faculty Exchange Programs between East Carolina University and African Universities, 1985-01-14
Box 3 "Black Theatre Symposium for Eastern North Carolina" grant application by Dr. Camille Hardy of the East Carolina University Black Studies Committee, 1972-10-12
Box 3 African Studies Symposium promotional poster, undated
Box 3 African Studies Symposium promotion poster, 1976-03
Box 3 Twenty-First Annual Symposium on History and The Social Studies: Teaching About Africa in the Middle and Secondary Schools brochure and program schedule, 1985-09-27
Box 3 East Carolina University Office of International Studies presents "Great Decisions 1989: A Forum on International Issues for Students, Faculty, and the Public", 1989-04-12
Box 3 The African Studies Committee and The Center for International Programs Present Recent Scholarship from ECU Africanists, undated
Box 3 South African ECU Summer Study Abroad in Cape Town informational flyer, 2016
Box 3 "Apartheid and the United States" A Public Symposium promotional brochure, 1986-03-25
Box 3 "Africa Week 2012" poster, 2012-03
Box 3 "African Roots of Southern Culture" A Symposium , 1988-03-14
Box 3 Open House on Apartheid: "Literature, Women, and the African National Congress in South Africa" schedule of events, 1989-03-15
Box 3 The African Studies Committee Annual Celebration of Africa's Day and Send-Off Gathering flyer, 1998-05-25
Box 3 East Carolina University African Insitute for Public School Teachers Lecture Series, 1972-06-21
Box 3 East Carolina University 16th International Symposium, sponsored by the Asian and African Studies Programs., 1984-04
Box 3 East Carolina University 15th International Symposium, sponsored by the Asian, African, and Medieval-Renaissance Area Studies Programs, 1983-03
Box 3 East Carolina University "The Afro-Asian World Today" Symposium, 1973-05
Box 3 East Carolina University International Studies Festival Programme, 1973-05
Box 3 East Carolina University Black Arts Fesitval, 1971-10
Box 3 "Poverty and Hunger in Africa" by Dr. Mulatu Wubneh. Paper Presented at the East Carolina University 15th Annual Symposium on History and Social Studies, 1985-09-27
Box 3 Press Releases, 1975-1976, 1985, and undated
Box 3 Newspaper Clippings, 1971-1972, 1975, 1989, and undated
Box 3 Draft Minutes of the Meeting Between Provost Marilyn Sheerer and the African Art Museum Board, 2012-06-2012-07
Box 3 International Programs Annual Reports, 1981-1983, 1985-1986
Box 3 Latin American Area Studies Committee Meeting Minutes, 1979
Box 3 European Area Studies Committee Meeting Minutes, 1983-03-27