Student Activism at The Claremont Colleges
Finding aid prepared by Sara Chetney, MA
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont 91711
Email: spcoll@cuc.claremont.edu
URL: http://libraries.claremont.edu/sc/default.html
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Claremont University Consortium. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Student Activism at The Claremont
Colleges
Dates: 2015
- 2018
Collection number: H.Mss.1081
Extent:
1 Linear Foot
(2 document boxes)
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd
Library. Claremont, CA 91711
Abstract: This collection contains
materials related to student activism and political protests at the Claremont
Colleges, as well as the responses to current events and student actions made by
campus administration. Beginning with protests sparked by events at Claremont
McKenna College in November 2015, it contains news articles, emails; blog posts,
flyers, and other print and web materials regarding student activism at the
Claremont Colleges. Additions have been made through 2016, 2017, and 2018, containing
primarily correspondence, publications, event promotions, and responses created by
students and college administrators relating to the 2016 presidential election and
its aftermath. Additional materials will be added in the event of future
student protests or other activisim at the colleges.
Language of Material: Languages represented in the
collection: English.
Physical Location: Please consult
repository.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in
writing to Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Student Activism at The Claremont Colleges
(H.Mss.1081). Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont, California.
Provenance / Source of Acquisition
Acquired by Special Collections staff, 2015-2018.
Accruals
Additions to the collection are anticipated.
Processing Information
Processed by Hannah Blythe (2016), additions processed by Sara Chetney and Shiv
Pandya (2017).
Biographical / Historical
This collection consists of materials related to student activism and political
protests at the Claremont Colleges, beginning with protests sparked by events at
Claremont McKenna College in November 2015. Materials regarding other student
protests, campus events, student vandalism, and student correspondence at the
Claremont Colleges related to domestic and international events such as
terrorist attacks in Europe and the Middle East, as well as the 2016 U.S.
presidential election, are also included.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains news articles, emails, blog posts, flyers, and other print
and web materials regarding student activism at the Claremont Colleges beginning in
the fall of 2015, and continuing through 2018. The collection will be added to
during future school years.
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged in the following series:
Series 1: 2015
Series 2: 2016
Series 3: 2017
Series 4: 2018
Items are organized chronologically within each folder and folders are arranged
alphabetically within each box.
Related Materials
For information on student activism and political protest at the Claremont Colleges
prior to 2015 see the College Archives of Special Collections at Honnold/Mudd
Library.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library’s online public access catalog.
Subject Terms
Students -- political activity
Student activities
Claremont Colleges
Genre and Form of Materials
Posters
Ephemera
Correspondence
Box 1, Folder 2
Faculty/staff communication
2015
Box 1, Folder 3
Individual student responses
2015
Box 1, Folder 4
News articles from Claremont Colleges publications
2015
Box 1, Folder 5
News articles from non-Claremont Colleges
publications
2015
Box 1, Folder 6
Official correspondence from college administrations
2015
Box 1, Folder 7
Official correspondence from student organizations
2015
Box 1, Folder 8
Zine, unidentified creator
2015
Box 1, Folder 9
Official correspondence from college administrations
2016
Box 1, Folder 10
Students for Justice for Palestine
2016
Box 1, Folder 11
Vandalism at Pitzer College
2016
Box 2, Folder 1
Correspondence
2016 November
Box 2, Folder 2
Correspondence, students
2016
Box 2, Folder 3
DACA, correspondence and statements
2016
Box 2, Folder 4
Events, activism and protests
2016
Box 2, Folder 8
Events, activism and protests
2017
