University of California, Berkeley, American Cultures Center records

carton 1

Committee minutes, course and program proposals, department procedures, grant proposals, and reports 1988-2008

Physical Description: 46 folders

Scope and Contents

Files including reports on the Student Information Systems forum, campus student grievance procedure, division of undergraduate education meetings, supervisor training for employee treatment (ADA, etc.), reports: internal audit, annual report, Ford Foundation grant proposal, National Endowment for the Humanities grant proposal, AC course approval guidelines, faculty advisory board meeting documents, American Cultures Executive & Review Committee documents, AC subcommittee correspondence and list of courses, exemption from AC credit documents for the School of Optometry, AC subcommittee meetings and minutes, summer sessions data, committees on diversity, divisional reorganization, and advisory committee.

digital_folder 001

Summer session 2007 targets 54 excel files including 1989-2006 historical AC course data 2006

Physical Description: 0.001 GB(54 files)

Scope and Contents

Digital media was originally located in carton 1.

carton 2

Clippings, flyers, reports, fellowship and seminar files 1977-2012

Physical Description: 51 folders

Scope and Contents

Files include intercampus publications and reports, event flyers, correspondence, AC delinquents file, McGraw Hill publishing project, clippings from the Daily Californian and other press news articles, flyers advocating for the instatement of an Ethnic Studies requirement, American Cultures Faculty Fellowship, and community college seminar.

carton 3

Correspondence, course petitions, fellowship files, reports, newsletters, and program information 1970-2009

Physical Description: 57 folders

Scope and Contents

Files include intercampus publications and reports, event flyers, correspondence, AC delinquents file, McGraw Hill publishing project, clippings from the Daily Californian and other press news articles, flyers advocating for the instatement of an Ethnic Studies requirement, American Cultures Faculty Fellowship, and community college seminar. Course petitions for African American studies, American studies, and anthropology.

carton 4

Course petition files 1990-2002

Physical Description: 27 folders

Scope and Contents

Petitions, syllabi, and correspondence sent to the subcommittee on the breadth requirement in American Cultures for courses in the following departments: architecture, art history, comparative literature, dramatic arts, education, English, ethnic studies, film studies, geography, history, humanities, info systems, journalism, language arts, linguistics, music, peace and conflict studies, political science, public health, public policy, and psychology.

carton 5

Course petition files 1990-2010

Physical Description: 99 folders

Scope and Contents

Petitions, syllabi, and correspondence sent to the subcommittee on the breadth requirement in American Cultures for courses in the following departments: rhetoric, social welfare, sociology, Spanish, urban planning, visual studies, women's studies, English, forestry, ethnic studies, Native American studies, and history.

carton 6

Course petition files 1988-2008

Physical Description: 124 folders

Scope and Contents

Petitions, syllabi, and correspondence sent to the subcommittee on the breadth requirement in American Cultures for courses in the following departments: ethnic studies, history, geography, english, African American studies, and American studies.

carton 7

Course petition files 1987-2006

Physical Description: 112 folders

Scope and Contents

Petitions, syllabi, and correspondence sent to the subcommittee on the breadth requirement in American Cultures for courses in the following departments: anthropology, American studies, African American studies, comparative literature, architecture, and art history.

digital_folder 003

003_WP 6.0 d172 bib.fnl d172 con.fnl Anthropology of Minority Cultures Bibliography 1997

Physical Description: 0.001 GB(2 files)

Scope and Contents

Digital media was originally located in carton 7.

carton 8

Course petition files 1990-2007

Physical Description: 113 folders

Scope and Contents

Petitions, syllabi, and correspondence sent to the subcommittee on the breadth requirement in American Cultures for courses in the following departments: comparative literature, education, history, journalism, integrative biology, info systems, interdisciplinary studies, linguistics, and music.

carton 9

Course petition files and clippings 1987-2007

Physical Description: 83 folders

Scope and Contents

Petitions, syllabi, and correspondence sent to the subcommittee on the breadth requirement in American Cultures for courses in the following departments: political science, peace and conflict studies, Near Eastern studies, psychology, rhetoric, public health, and religious studies. Clippings from the Chronicle of Higher Education.

carton 10

Clippings 1988-1993

Physical Description: 26 folders

Scope and Contents

Arranged and described by subject, including "affirmative action," "African Americans," "Asian Americans," "Chicano/Latino," "demography," "immigration," "mixed-race Americans," "Jews," "Middle East American," "multiculturalism," "Native American," "culture theory," "ethnic conflict," "Euro-American," "folklore," and "racism."

carton 11

Clippings, correspondence, fellowship and grant files, and reports 1986-2010

Physical Description: 51 folders

Scope and Contents

Materials related to the American Cultures center, American Cultures requirement, American Cultures fellowship, grant applications, and program awards.

carton 12

Correspondence and course petitions 1976-2013

Physical Description: 59 folders

Scope and Contents

Includes course petitions from community colleges related to the American Cultures requirement. Incoming and outgoing correspondence for first American Cultures Center Director, William Simmons, first Assistant Director, Ronald Choy, and American Cultures Librarian, Corliss Lee.

carton 13

Course petitions and award and fellowship files 1991-2009

Physical Description: 65 folders

Scope and Contents

Includes course petitions from community colleges related to the American Cultures requirement. Material related to the American Cultures faculty fellowship, student research prizes, and teaching awards.

carton 14

Correspondence, faculty and fellowship files, and seminar and lecture material 1989-2013

Physical Description: 42 folders

Scope and Contents

Correspondence for first American Cultures Center Director, William Simmons, first Assistant Director, Ronald Choy, and American Cultures Librarian, Corliss Lee.

carton 15

Course petitions, faculty fellowship applications, AC department files 1986-2005

Physical Description: 101 folders

Scope and Contents

Syllabi and correspondence sent to the subcommittee on the breadth requirement in American Cultures for courses in the following departments: dramatic arts, interdisciplinary studies, social welfare, sociology, Spanish, and women's studies. Files related to the Faculty Teaching fellowship and AC department, including data, job ads, course listings, and correspondence.

carton 16

Community college seminar material, course petitions, and faculty fellowship applications 1984-2016

Physical Description: 56 folders

Scope and Contents

Syllabi and correspondence sent to the subcommittee on the breadth requirement in American Cultures for courses in the following departments: communications, ethnic studies, dance, history, music, Spanish, and sociology. Files related to the Faculty Teaching fellowship.

carton 17

AC Center events, budget material, committee and fellowship files 1989-2012

Physical Description: 18 folders

Scope and Contents

Files including Identifying Identities conference, AC Center Issues report, Ford Foundation and Mellon grant files.

carton 18

Event files, AC center files, course petitions, and fellowship files 1980-2016

Physical Description: 80 folders

Physical Description: 2 sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

Syllabi and correspondence sent to the subcommittee on the breadth requirement in American Cultures for courses in the following departments: English, psychology, history, political science, music, and sociology. Material related to the AC Faculty Fellowship and AC Center events and department activities.

carton 19

Student evaluations 1991-1997

Physical Description: 15 folders

Scope and Contents

Anonymous student evaluations issued by the academic senate.