Dow Chemical Multicultural Resource Center records, 1908-2008

Summary

Creator:
Library
Physical description:
10.50 Linear Feet, 8.00 Boxes Post-Fire Oversize Extent: Box 6-8 (16.5x20.5); 509S: 19/5/2
Language:
English
Latin

Background

Scope and content:

This collection is comprised of material from the Dow Chemical Multicultural Resource Center at Kansas State University Libraries. Material within this collection covers multicurtural issues, personalities, and events at Kansas State University as well as the surrounding area. The bulk of the material in the collection is from the 1960s to the 1990s. There are photographs taken by Lawerence Wright, Jr., as well as posters from events sponsored by the Dow Chemical Multicultural Resource Center.

Biographical / historical:

The Minority Resource and Research Center was first established in 1971 as a way to promote diversity and meet the informational needs for the diverse community at Kansas State University. The Center has sponsored and co-sponsored a number of programs over the years, such as Movies on the Grass, forums, and lectures that focus on diversity and culture.
In 1978 the "We are the Dream!" mural was started by Kansas State Univesity minority students and completed in 1980. In 2001, the Dow Chemical Company created an endowment to be used by the library to support the multicultural mission of the Center. As a result, the resource center was renamed to the Dow Multicultural Resource Center. In 2012, it was renamed the Dow Center for Multicultural and Community Studies.

Acquisition information:
Acqusition Source: Dow Chemical Multicultural Resource Center Acqusition Method: Records Transfer Acqusition Date: 20110714
Processing information:

Finding Aid Author: James W. Smith
Processing Info: Jeremiah T. VanGilder began processing this collection in 2011 and James W. Smith completed processing it in April 2013.
Publication Date: 2013-04-17

Arrangement:

Arranged by series: 1) Subject Files, 1908-2006, undated; 2) Administration Files, 1970-2008, undated; 3) Photographs, 1975-1978, undated; 4) Newsletters, 1976-1984; 5) Posters, 1977-2008, undated; 6) Oversized, 1972-2007, undated; 7) Artifacts, 1981.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Note:

Each folder in the Subject Files series should include an item-level inventory.

General note:

Published

Dacs citation:

[Item title], [item date], Dow Chemical Multicultural Resource Center records, Box [number], Folder [number or title], Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries.

Subjects

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Subjects:
Kansas State University history

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