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Campus Unrest Process Committee Recordings
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Campus Unrest Process Committee Recordings Collection
Creator:
San Fernando Valley State College
Identifier/Call Number: UAC.CUPC
Extent:
6.38 Gigabytes
Date (inclusive): 1969 January 10-14
Abstract: The
Campus Unrest
Process Committee Recordings Collection
includes eight transcribed audio recordings
of negotiations that took place between January 10 and January 14, 1969 between students,
campus administrators, and community members, following the events of the Black Student
Union (BSU) takeover of the Administration Building on November 4, 1968. Among topics
discussed are amnesty for CSUN student protestors and the creation of the first ethnic
studies programs on campus, then called Afro-American Studies (now Africana Studies) and
Mexican-American Studies (now Chicana/o Studies).
Language of Material: English
The San Fernando Valley campus of Los Angeles State College opened to students in 1956 on
land that once produced citrus, avocado, and walnuts. Just two years later, in the Fall
1958, that campus became San Fernando Valley State College (SFVSC). With the creation of the
CSU system in 1972 SFVSC became California State University, Northridge (CSUN). The campus
gained a national reputation for being one of the centers of campus activism during the
mid-1960s and the early 1970s, and the documentation supports the University's struggles
against such national issues as the Vietnam War, racism, and social and educational
inequality.
Racial tensions erupted with the take‑over of the Administration Building on November 4,
1968. Charges of racism were leveled against a white football coach, Don Markham, and the
Black Student Union called for his dismissal. Several black students and white faculty
members walked to the Administration Building to take up their grievances with acting
President Dr. Paul Blomgren. In subsequent action, the students took over the fifth floor of
the Administration Building in an attempt to have their demands met.
In the Fall of 1969, Dr. James Cleary, who had past experience at the University of
Wisconsin in dealing with student unrest, was inaugurated as the new President of SFVSC. He
. He remained President at SFVSC/CSUN for twenty-three years, retiring in 1992.
The
Campus Unrest Process Committee Recordings Collection
eight transcribed audio recordings of negotiations that took place between January 10 and
January 14, 1969 between students, campus administrators, and community members following
the Black Student Union's takeover of the Administration Building on November 4, 1968.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital reproductions of items in this collection are available electronically as a part of
the
CSUN University
Archives
digital project.
This collection is open for reseach use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright
status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected
by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the
written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William Huling and Merwin (Gene) Soyster, 1988
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiovisual materials
Documents