UC San Diego. Contemporary Black Arts Program records
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
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Descriptive Summary
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: UC San Diego. Contemporary Black Arts Program Records
Creator:
University of California, San Diego. Third College. Contemporary Black Arts Program
Identifier/Call Number: RSS 1275
Physical Description:
2.4 Linear feet
(6 archives boxes and 1 map case folder)
Date (inclusive): 1975-1993
Abstract: The records include brochures, correspondence, membership lists, minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, posters and printed
programs, proposals and reports that document the establishment and growth of the Contemporary Black Arts Program at UCSD.
These records consist chiefly of administrative files from this academic program, friends organization, and Black History
Month celebrations, as well as various publicity materials for events sponsored by CBAP.
Languages:
English
.
Acquisition Information
Not Available
Preferred Citation
UC San Diego. Contemporary Black Arts Program records, RSS 1275. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by UC Regents.
Administrative History
The Contemporary Black Arts Program developed from the Cultural Traditions Program at John Muir College in 1979. Strongly
interdisciplinary, the Program was established to satisfy general education requirements, to add richness and diversity to
the process of educating students, and to serve as a means of increasing the involvement of African Americans in university
and local community affairs. In 1979, the Program moved to the Third College, now named Thurgood Marshall College, under the
guidance of Dr. Floyd Gaffney, Professor of Drama. Gaffney continued as Director of the program until his retirement in June
1994.
Since 1981, the Program has offered a Contemporary Black Arts Minor which provides a broad introduction to African American
performing arts. The minor offers lecture, studio, and performance courses. Through the concerted efforts of the faculty and
strong support from university administration, the Program expanded its unique combination of instructional, research, and
performing arts missions throughout the 1980s. The Program's involvement in the planning of Black History Month events and
its successful sponsorship of performances by African American artists attest to its important contributions to the cultural
life of the UC San Diego campus and the surrounding community.
In 2005, Provost of Thurgood Marshall College Dr. Cecil Lytle proposed that the Contemporary Black Arts Minor should be expanded
into an African American Studies Minor (AASM), and it was eventually solidified in the same year. It is now not only a study
of arts, but an interdisciplinary study of the humanities and social sciences, as well.
Scope and Content of Collection
The records of the Contemporary Black Arts Program consist of program files related to its academic administration, publicity
materials for various events sponsored by CBAP, files associated with the participation of the program director, Floyd Gaffney,
in the Black Faculty and Staff Association, subject files concerning African-American education, administrative files of the
Friends of the CBAP, and files documenting the program's involvement with Black History Month celebrations at UCSD.
The materials are arranged in six series: 1) PROGRAM FILES, 2) PUBLICITY MATERIALS, 3) BLACK FACULTY AND STAFF ASSOCIATION
FILES, 4) SUBJECT FILES, 5) FRIENDS OF THE CONTEMPORARY BLACK ARTS PROGRAM FILES, and 6) BLACK HISTORY MONTH FILES.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographic prints -- 20th century
Friends of the Contemporary Black Arts Program -- Archives
University of California, San Diego. Black Faculty and Staff Association -- Archives
University of California, San Diego -- Curricula -- Archives
University of California, San Diego -- History -- Archives
University of California, San Diego. Third College. Contemporary Black Arts Program -- Archives
PROGRAM FILES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 1) PROGRAM FILES: Ranging from 1979 to 1988, this series is organized by subject and arranged chronologically within
each folder. These documents include correspondence, faculty meeting agendas and minutes, program information, proposals,
reports and budget requests.
Box 1, Folder 1
Gaffney, Floyd - Curriculum vitae
ca. 1992
Box 1, Folder 2
Proposal for Creative Black Arts Program (CBAP)
1979
Box 1, Folder 3
Program information - Brochures, hand-outs, and flyers
1982-1985
Box 1, Folder 5-6
Layout
1985-1986
General note
Includes draft edited by Edith Fisher.
Box 1, Folder 7-8
Undergraduate course descriptions
1985-1986
Box 1, Folder 9
Program information - News release
1985 December 18
Box 1, Folder 10-11
Academic plan 1986-2000
1986
Box 1, Folder 12
Contemporary Black Arts minor - General Information
1981-1991
Box 1, Folder 13-14
Course requirements
1983-1984
Box 1, Folder 15-16
Proposal and course requests
1984
General note
Include course approval request form.
Box 1, Folder 18
Experimental Dance Studies major proposal
1983
Box 1, Folder 19
Dance class proposal
1982
General note
Includes proposal by Vladimir Vooss, as well as materials related to a collaboration between dancers and musicians.
Box 1, Folder 20
Under-representation of African-American Theatre Arts at UC San Diego
1989-1990
Box 1, Folder 21
Institute for Afro-American Studies proposal
1975-1980
Box 1, Folder 22-26
Afro-American Studies program proposal
1987-1988, undated
Box 1, Folder 27
UCSD Afro-American Studies tenure-track
1988-1989
General note
Includes draft and tenured position announcement.
Box 1, Folder 28
Ethnic Studies department proposal
1988
Box 2, Folder 1-3
Program changes proposals
1983-1986
Box 2, Folder 4
Course outlines
1984-1985
Box 2, Folder 5-13
Faculty meetings
1981-1989
General note
Includes agendas, meeting minutes, and budget information.
Box 2, Folder 15
Budget request for 1982-1983
1982
Box 2, Folder 16
Activity report for 1987-1988
1988
Box 2, Folder 17
Pre-graduate advising coordinator
1982
Box 2, Folder 18
Teaching assistantship
1984-1985
General note
Includes infromation regarding the establishment of program's writing adjuncts' courses.
Box 2, Folder 19
Teaching assistantship files
1985-1987
Box 2, Folder 20
Adolf Coors Company endowment
undated
Box 2, Folder 21
Black alumni scholarship competition
1986-1987
PUBLICITY MATERIALS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 2) PUBLICITY MATERIALS: Ranging from 1981 to 1992, this series includes flyers, news-releases, photographs, posters
and programs.
Box 2, Folder 23
Calendar of events
1982-1992
Box 2, Folder 24-31
Publicity for events
undated, 1981-1990
Oversize MC-033, Folder 1
Publicity for events - Posters and calendars
1984-1989
Box 2, Folder 32
Dr. Keyan Tomaselli lecture
1986
Event publicity photographs
Box 3, Folder 1
National Dance Company of Senegal
undated
Box 3, Folder 2
Wajumba Cultural Ensemble
1981
Box 3, Folder 5
UCSD Gospel Choir directed by Reverend Joseph L. Slade
1980-1981
BLACK FACULTY AND STAFF ASSOCIATION FILES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 3) BLACK FACULTY AND STAFF ASSOCIATION FILES: Ranging from 1975 to 1986, this series primarily contain agendas and
minutes of association meetings along with reports and correspondence related to various issues under discussion at these
meetings.
Box 3, Folder 6-7
Agendas, minutes, and program changes
1975-1977
Box 3, Folder 8
Executive Committee
1975
General note
Includes agendas, meeting minutes, and, correspondence.
Box 3, Folder 9-10
Black Faculty Association
1984-1986
General note
Includes agendas, meeting minutes, and information regarding the Minority Honors Workshop Space.
SUBJECT FILES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 4) SUBJECT FILES: Ranging from 1982 to 1990, this series is organized by subject and arranged chronologically within
each folder. These files include bibliographies, brochures, directories, newspaper clippings and reports related to issues
in African-American higher education.
Box 3, Folder 11
African Studies Review
1985
General note
Includes paper submitted by Martha Gephart.
Box 3, Folder 13-14
Department information
1984-1987
Box 3, Folder 15
General information
1984-1986
Box 3, Folder 16
Recent library acquisitions list
1987-1988
Box 3, Folder 17
Report to the Ford Foundation
1985
General note
Report written by Nathan I. Huggins.
Box 3, Folder 18
Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History
1986 October 15-16
General note
Includes meeting information.
Box 3, Folder 19
Black Student Union (BSU)
1981-1986
Box 3, Folder 20
Black Studies programs - National directory
1987-1988
Box 3, Folder 21
Chicano Studies Program - Committee on Educational Policy (CEP) review
1984
Box 3, Folder 22
Coalition for a Free South Africa
1986
Box 3, Folder 23-24
Library resources list, volume 1
1979-1983
General note
Resources compiled by Edith Fisher and Bonnie Ward.
Box 3, Folder 25
Minority Women's Network
1988
Box 3, Folder 27
Third College staff meetings - Work rules
1989
FRIENDS OF THE CONTEMPORARY BLACK ARTS PROGRAM
Scope and Content of Series
Series 5) FRIENDS OF THE CONTEMPORARY BLACK ARTS PROGRAM FILES: Ranging from 1983 to 1992, this series is divided into two
subseries: A) Administrative Files and B) Administrative Events.
A) Administrative Files: Organized by subject and arranged chronologically within each folder. These files include by-laws,
correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, membership lists, newspaper clippings and scholarship records.
B) Events Files: Include proposals and publicity material.
Box 4, Folder 4
Prospective Steering Committee - Informal Gathering
1988
General note
Meeting held at home of Dr.Floyd Gaffney.
Box 4, Folder 5
Friends brunch meetings
1985-1991
Box 4, Folder 6-9
Meeting information
1985-1992
General note
Includes agedas, meeting minutes, and funding guidelines.
Box 4, Folder 10
Initial honorary chair solicitation
1985
Box 4, Folder 11
Members and honorary chair rosters
1985-1993
Box 4, Folder 12
Prospective members and honorary chairs
1991-1993
Box 4, Folder 13-14
Membership solicitation
1985
Box 4, Folder 15
Prospective members
1987-1989
Box 4, Folder 16
Member biographical data sheet
1985-1992
Box 4, Folder 17
Friends membership and Steering Committee brochures
1987
Box 4, Folder 21
Scholarship program
1990-1991
Box 4, Folder 22
Friends nomination form - Master copy
1985
Box 4, Folder 23
Friends stationery
undated
Box 4, Folder 24
Faculty and staff pledge card
1988
Box 4, Folder 25
Donations log book
1985-1987
Box 4, Folder 26
Newspaper clippings
1985-1986
Box 5, Folder 1
Combined Arts and Education Council (COMBO)
1987
General note
Includes UCSD CBAP Friends brochure and program evaluation form.
Box 5, Folder 2
Friends PROPOSAL - Chancellor Associate funds
1986
Box 5, Folder 3
California Afro-American Museum reception
1989
General note
Includes an exhibit preview and sponsored student tour information.
Box 5, Folder 4
Friends new projects - Ideas and examples
1983-1989
Box 5, Folder 5
A Celebration of UCSD's Contemporary Black Arts Program
1986
Box 5, Folder 6-8
Porgy and Bess, San Diego Opera, Civic Theatre - Publicity, Sponsorship solicitation, and ticket sales
1986-1987
Box 5, Folder 9-10
The Colored Museum, San Diego Repertory Theatre - Gala preview event
1988
Box 5, Folder 11
Joe Turner's Come & Gone, Old Globe Theatre
1988
Box 5, Folder 12
Alvin Ailey Dance Company, San Diego Symphony Hall
1989
Box 5, Folder 13
Williams & Walker, San Diego Repertory Theatre - Special preview
1989
Box 5, Folder 14
Fences, Lyceum Space, Horton Plaza - Preview reception
1990
Box 5, Folder 15
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
1991
Box 5, Folder 16
The Life and Life of Bumpy Johnson, San Diego Repertory Theatre
undated
Box 5, Folder 17
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre - Scholarship Fund
undated
General note
Premiered at Spreckels Theatre.
Box 5, Folder 18
Membership reception at Dana Fayman's home
1987
Box 5, Folder 19
Mardi Gras benefit reception
1991
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Scope and Content of Series
Series 6) BLACK HISTORY MONTH FILES: (1985-1992) Arranged in chronological order by year of celebration and, within this arrangement,
by document type, including correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, publicity material, and subject files.
Box 6, Folder 1
Resource material
1985-1987
Box 6, Folder 2
Black history quiz
undated
Box 6, Folder 3
Writing contest
1987-1989
Box 6, Folder 4
Black history month 1986 - Funding and correspondence
1985
Box 6, Folder 5
Committee agendas, minutes, and correspondence
1986-1987
Box 6, Folder 9
Committee agendas, minutes, and correspondence
1987-1988
Box 6, Folder 12
Library Exhibit
1987-1988
Box 6, Folder 14
Committee Agendas, Minutes etc.
1988-1989
Box 6, Folder 17
Performer Background Information
1985-1988
Box 6, Folder 18
Script for
Keep Hope Alive
1989
Box 6, Folder 19
Black History Month 1990 - Committee agendas and minutes
1989
Box 6, Folder 20-21
Black History Month 1991 - Correspondence and publicity
1990-1991
Box 6, Folder 22-23
Black History Month 1992 - Correspondence and publicity
1991-1992
