Series 1. MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement) Program 1964-2010
Subseries 1.1 Correspondence 1969-2010
Brown, John F. – Commission on Teacher Credentialing 1984
Curry, James 1978-2006
Darling, Crystal 1989-1993
Easter, Fred 1990-1991
Finnell, Robert 1977-1996
Frank, Austin 1976-1987
Lobman, Theodore 1983
Miller, William 1973-1978
Somerton, W.H. 1970-1976
Somerville, Bill 1969-1973
MESA Alumni 1976-2010
MESA General – Incoming and Outgoing 1970-1991
MESA at California State University Northridge 1977
University of California, Berkeley, Mills College 1975-1976
Collaboration with the Northern California Council of Black Professional Engineers and the United States Energy Research and Development Administration 1975-1977
Received During Absence 1980-1981
MESA Responses to Requests for Comments, Handwritten Notes 1983-1991
Junior Center of Arts and Sciences, Advisory Board Member/African American inventors 1991-1995
Bill Somerton Fund 2001
Letters Addressed to Norvel Smith 1985-1995
Personal and Personalia circa 1987-1999
Subseries 1.2 Administrative Materials 1970-2008
Miscellaneous 1970-1991
Starting Educational Grant 1970
"Consider the Sciences" Conference – Professional Development Program, University of California, Berkeley 1976
Student Learning Project Proposals 1976-1978
Conferences and Workshops Attended 1977
Work with Bob Finnell 1977
Handbooks for MESA Advisors 1977-1986
MESA Advisors' Handbook Fall 1999
University of California, Irvine – Saddleback High Program 1977
Field Trip Evaluations 1977-1978
MESA Directories 1977-1985
Job Descriptions 1977-1979
MESA Workshops, including Advisors' Workshop Reports – Asilomar 1977-1979
Awards and Recognition 1977-1992
University of California Berkeley Newsletter, including MESA Information 1978
Black Students Interested in Engineering and Science (BESSA) – University of California, Berkeley – Brochure circa 1978
Conference Sites 1978
MESA Advisors' and Coordinators' Workshops 1978-1985
MESA Newsletters 1978-1994
MESA Newsletters 1995-2007
Notes, Magazine of Learning Article, Certificate Template 1979
Checklists for MESA Coordinators 1979-1981
Program Reporting Forms 1979
MESA Center Checklist and Profile 1979
MESA Monographs 1979
Working with Industry Guidelines 1980
Mary Perry Smith Resume circa 1980
"Directory of Campus Activities for Elementar and Secondary School Students and Teachers," University of California, Berkeley 1981
Program Summary 1982
MESA Leadership Conference 1982
MESA Coordinator Procedures Handbook 1983
Governance Plan 1984
Revisions to Directors Procedure Handbook 1985
MEP Administrative Assessments circa 1985
MESA Employment Resource Catalog (Draft) 1985
MESA Participation in National Urban League Conference 1986
Advisors' Conferences and Participant Directories 1988-1991
MESA/MEP Program Planning Document 1989
Article in Carnegie Quarterly 1990
Kareem Abdul Jabbar Fundraising 1991
Preliminary Design of the MESA Program Review 1994
Resource Development circa 1994
Goals for 1995-1997 1995
MESA Awards Program undated
Annual Reports 1985-1994
MESA Informational Materials and Prospectus circa 1993-2008
University of New Mexico MESA Program 1999
Letterhead and Logo Folders undated
Informational Materials – Other Organizations undated
Subseries 1.3 Board of Directors 1969-2014
Grant Proposals, including National Science Foundation, Mathematics Workshop, Creation of a Program in Business and Economics at University of California, Berkeley 1969-1988
Advisory Committee, Advisory Board, Board Committees 1970-1977, 1995
Meeting Materials, including Agendas, Budgets, Memos, Minutes, Proposals, Reports 1970-1989
Meeting Materials, including Agendas, Budgets, Memos, Minutes, Proposals, Reports 1987-2009
Financial Records, including Budgets, Travel Receipts, Funding, Fiscal Reports 1971-1995
Student Questionnaire 1973
Belmont High School – Cal State Los Angeles Program 1976-1980
MESA Coordinating Agency Conference Documents 1977
MESA Expansion Proposal and Conference 1977
Visits to MESA Centers 1977-1978
Student Survey Results, Workshop, Meeting Materials 1977-1979
East Bay MESA 1977-1979
Assistant Director for Center Programs – Reports 1978-1981
Conferences and Workshops, including National Urban League Conference and San Diego 1979-1985
Speech Materials 1977-1984
Planning, Program Calendars, Budgets 1979-1986
MESA Summaries, Program Summaries 1981-1990
Mary Perry Smith Resume circa 1982
Executive Director Search 1983
Mary Perry Smith Award 1983
Junior MESA Expansion/Program, including Planning Sessions, Symposiums, Meetings, Guidelines 1983-1985
Melvin Bell Final Report 1984
Evaluation for Proposed Program 1984
Memos 1984
Student Incentive Ideas circa 1984
MESA Proposed Expansion Strategy 1985
Proposed By-Laws 1985
End of the Year Events, Meetings 1985
Center Directors Meeting 1985
Los Angeles Council of Black Professional Engineers-MESA Negotiations 1986
American Association for the Advancement of Science/Office of Opportunities in Science Linkages Project, including Agendas, Meetings, Parents' Workshops, Letters of Thank You 1986
Transcript of Smith Interview – Linkages Project 1986
Fred Easter 1987-1988
MESA Day, Other Memos 1989-1990
MESA Statewide Business Plan 1989-1990
MESA Center Directors' Retreat, San Luis Obispo 1990
Teamwork Seminar 1990
MESA 20th and 30th Anniversary Celebrations 1990, 2001
Advisors' Survey, Outreach Strategies 1992-1993
Awards Banquet and Other Events 1992-1996
MESA Community College Programs 1993
Draft of the Fundraising and Development Plan for the MESA Statewide Coalition/Alliance 1993-1994
MESA Review and Improvement Efforts 1994-1997
MATI (MESA Advisors' Training Institute 1995-2001
MESA San Francisco Project 1996
Michael Aldaco-Chuck DeVore Correspondence 1996
MESA Problems – Kinard Group Consultation, De-funding Los Angeles Programs 1996-1999
Budget, Advisor Awards 1997-1998
Los Angeles MESA – Reforming California State University Long Beach and Loyola Marymount University Programs 1999
Roster, Expanding Eligibility, Data, Correspondence 1999-2002
Demographic Status 2000
Mike Beasley 2000
Presidential Award for Excellence 2000
Board Retreat at Oracle 2001
Miscellaneous 2001-2002
MESA Best Practices 2002
Budget Cuts 2003-2004
MEP History 2005
MEP and MCCP Advocacy Toolkits 2005
Advocacy Toolkit to Combat Budget Cuts 2005-2007
MESA Academy for Science and Mathematics Educators (MASME), including Conference 2007-208
Labor and Workforce Development Project 2007-2008
Work with State Politicians 2007-2008
MESA Academy for Science and Mathematics Education Conference 2008
Conference – MESA in Its 40s 2008
Student Leadership Conference 2014
Multi-Year Strategic Plan and Related Documents 2014
MESA Expansion into Teacher Insurance Activities undated
Incentive Awards undated
Notes from Conference Speeches Heard undated
Subseries 1.4 Program Materials Circa 1950-2008
Letters of Recommendation, including College Applications 1961-1981
Lawrence Hall of Science 1967-1970
MESA Notes to Students and Miscellaneous circa 1970-1972
Student Interview Notes 1971
MESA Correspondence and Rosters circa 1970-1977
MESA Students and Graduates, including Correspondence, Information, Board Rosters 1970-1988
Tutoring 1970-1978, undated
Journal Log of MESA Activities 1970-1972
Program Explanation Sheets 1970-1972
Student Questionnaires and Evaluations 1970-1977
Student Reports, includes Correspondence, Summer, Absences, Field Trips circa 1976-1977
Field Trips, including Standard Oil 1971-1978
Forms, including MESA Application Forms 1971-1978
Evaluation of MESA 1972-1977
Summer Jobs for MESA Students 1972-1978
Teaching Materials 1972-1977
MESA – Scholarships Won and Tutoring circa 1973-1976
Bay Area Science Fair 1974
Informational Pamphlets, Blank Forms 1974-1991
Black Professional Engineers and African Scientific Institute 1974-1981
MESA Speakers 1975
Resume Writing, Resumes, and Newspaper Clippings 1975-1978
College Planning Resources 1975
Oakland Technical High School, including Baccalaureate Award Night, and Graduation 1975-1976
University of California, Berkeley Study Guide for Chemistry 1975
MESA Student Meetings 1975-1978
Math Games 1975-1977
Career and Academic Counseling 1976
Awards Banquets, including East Bay MESA, Programs, 6th Annual, Advisors' 1977-1989
Summer School/Summer Programs 1978, 1990-1991
Miscellaneous 1978
Incentives/Suggestions 1979
Team Learning Materials 1979-1980
Student Handbooks, Manuals circa 1979-1987
"MESA: In Action" – Student Newsletter 1980
Parent Involvement 1981
Mary Perry Smith KSOL Interview by Bill Somerville/Tanya and Wendy's Dinner with Norvel and Mary Smith – Audiotape 1982
Study Skills Workshop circa 1982
MESA Operations Manual circa 1983
Bell High School Handbook 1985
Rules for 1989 MESA Day/MESA Day Schedules 1988-1993
Pacific Bell MESA Day – Academies Contest Rules for 1999-2000 1999
Marlene Watson 1991-1992
Parent/Student Conference 1998
Biology Diagrams undated
Photographs, Negatives, and Cards – MESA and Personal, including Travel circa 1950-1982
MESA 20th Anniversary Commemerative Frame and Photograph 1990
"MESA Works" 1989
"MESA – University of California, Irvine" undated
Lecture on Need for Math undated
Artifacts – Buttons, Clocks, Plaques circa 1978-2008
Subseries 1.5 Reports circa 1966-1995
Subseries 1.6 MESA History 1991-1993
Research Materials circa 1991
"Oakland Tech High School 1970...a School in Transition" 1991
Crossroads Radio Program circa 1992
Correspondence 1992-1993
Staff and Program Leader Profiles circa 1992
Interviews 1990-1992
Drafts, Publishing Materials 1991-1993
Draft/Editing of Book 1992-1993
Subseries 1.7 Newspaper Clippings 1970-2005
Subseries 1.8 MESA Student Records 1968-1978
Series 2. Oakland Technical High School Teaching Materials circa 1961-1977, 2000
Mary Perry Smith's Math Notebooks 1963-1964, undated
Math Games, Teaching Tools, and Reference Materials circa 1962-1965
California Mathematics Council/National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Publications 1961-1966
Student Teachers 1974-1978
Student Magazine and Newspaper – "Illuminations" and "Scribe News" 1970-1975
Graduation Program 1977
Class of 1970 – 30th Reunion 2000
Series 3. Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame 1977-2000
Annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremonies, including Scripts, Planning, Public Relations Binder, and Photographs 1977-1992
Black Independent Film Awards Ceremony Script 1991
President Margaret Smith Hicks 1977-1978
San Francisco Foundation Grant, Progress Report, Proposal 1978-1979, 1992
"Clarence Muse" Documentary Proposal – Thurman White and Woodi Webb 1978
Board of Directors – Budgets, Meeting Minutes, Calendars 1978-1979, 1998
Executive Committee Meeting 1979
Education Programs 1979
Travis, Benjamin 1979
Summer Camp 1979
Events – Film Lecture Series, Screenings, Workshops, Awards 1978-2000
Publicity Committee – Letters, Reports, Members 1980
Softball Game 1982
Letters Seeking Corporate Contributions 1983-1984
Redevelopment Proposal For Fox Oakland Theater 1985
Griffin, Booker – President, Pan African Productions 1986
Miscellaneous 1986-1992
Funding and Finances 1987-2000
UniWorld Entertainment, including "America's Black Forum," Accounts, Photographs, and Legal Agreements 1988-1990
Volunteers 1988
Lillian Media Awards Luncheon 1988
Requests for Information 1988-1992
Incoming Correspondence 1988-2000
News Clippings 1988-2000
Business Liability Insurance 1989
Matty Rich, "Straight Out of Brooklyn" 1991
Cash, Rosalind 1991
Proposal to the Eastman Kodak Company for 20th Anniversary Program Funding 1992
Sidney Poitier Fellowship 1992
Andrew Eyck – Arusha Centre 1992
Marina Yarnell – National Geographic 1992
City of Oakland 1992-1993
National Endowment for the Arts Advancement Program 1992-1993
Black Filmmakers Festival Programs 1992-1996
World African Network 1993
"Sister, I'm Sorry" 1999
Charles Blatcher – "Invisible Soldiers" Dispute 1999
Legal File 1999-2000
CitiCentre Dance Theater 2000
Notes/To-Do undated
Logo Folders undated