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Black Caucus Records
MSS.85.38
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Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: Black Caucus records
Creator:
UCSF Black Caucus
Creator:
UCSF Office of Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, and Diversity
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.85.38
Physical Description:
9 Linear Feet
(4 cartons, 5 boxes, and 2 oversize folders)
Physical Description:
.73 Gigabytes
(1 digital transfer)
Date (inclusive): 1968-2010
Abstract: Materials, dating from 1968-2010 and comprising approximately 9 linear feet and .73 gigabytes of materials donated by Black
Caucus officers as well as by employees in the Office of Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, and Diversity, documenting
the activities of these groups and their mission to support and empower Black employees at UCSF. Materials include files documenting
the activities of these groups and offices, as well as photographs, ephemera, and digital and audiovisual materials.
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material: English.
[identification of item], Black Caucus Records, MSS 85-38, Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San
Francisco.
Collection is open for research. Unprocessed accrual [3], 2019, or accession # MSS 2019-52, contains one folder of legal materials
that have been restricted.
Copyright has not been assigned to the UCSF Library Archives and Special Collections All requests for permission to publish
or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the Head of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of UCSF Archives and Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
A substantial portion of this collection was complied, preserved, and donated to the archives by Elba Clemente-Lambert. Materials
were also donated by LaMisha Hill, Marisa McFarlane, and Karen Newhouse.
Original donation (MSS 85-38) of two cartons was processed by Special Collections staff and the finding aid was created by
Brooke Dykman Dockter in 1997. Additional accruals were accessioned and minimally arranged (where appropriate) by Erin Hurley
and Charlie Macquarie in 2019 and 2020.
The Black Caucus at the University of California San Francisco was founded in May of 1968, one month after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. It is open to all black men and women on this campus.
During the late 1960s and 1970s the Black Caucus was instrumental in the establishment of an Affirmative Action Office, minority
training programs and focused attention on the need for increased minority student enrollment at the UCSF campus.
The Black Caucus Records are comprised of donations from members of UCSF's Black Caucus, founded in 1968, after the death
of Martin Luther King, Jr., and open to all Black men and women at UCSF. The materias span roughly 1968-2010 and document
the early activities of the Black Caucus, as well as of other similiar groups on campus, such as the Council of Minority Organizations
(COMO) and the Latin American Campus Association (LACA).
Materials include photographs, posters, fliers, and other ephemera documenting the activities of the Black Caucus, as well
as audiovisual materials, a hard drive, and a digital transfer. There are also files from the Office of UCSF Affirmative Action,
Equal Opportunity and Diversity, which include statistics about diversity at UCSF and other UCs, as well as articles and fact
sheets on workplace descrimination and retaliation. There are also materials documenting Black Caucus celebrations and anniversaries.
The collection is comprised of 7 separate donations, one of which is processed (2 cartons). It is described in this finding
aid, and has been divided into eight series.
Six other unprocessed accruals (approximately 7 linear feet) were added to the finding aid in 2020 as Series IX: Unprocessed
accruals, and are described briefly in notes at the top level of each accrual.
Additional accruals are expected.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Diversity in higher education
Discrimination in employment
University of California San Francisco