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SC0154
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Call Number: SC0154
Creator:
Stanford University. Assistant to the President
for Black Affairs.
Title: Stanford University, Assistant to the President for Black
Affairs, records
Dates: 1968-1973
Physical Description:
4.5 Linear feet
Summary: The records of the office of James E. Simmons under its several
titles includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, general material on black affairs at
Stanford and some additional files on Native American students. Also includes Simmons'
1973 report to the President.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative transfer, Dean of Student Affairs Office, 1977.
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Stanford University, Assistant to the President for Black Affairs, Records (SC0154).
Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
In 1968, Stanford University created the new office of Assistant Provost for Minority
Affairs, naming James E. Simmons to the post; in 1969, Mr. Simmon's title was changed to
Assistant to the President for Black Affairs. The office developed and supported
educational, economic, and social activities of black Stanford students, faculty and
staff on campus and in East Palo Alto, and worked with the Black Student Union.
Convinced of the necessity to integrate the needs and concerns of blacks at Stanford
with other minority groups and seeing more staff and faculty resources for black
students on campus, Simmons recommended the discontinuation of a separate Black Affairs
Office in 1973 and the redeployment of its services to the Dean of Student Affairs, the
Office of Financial Aids and the Graduate Division.
The records of the office of James E. Simmons under its several titles includes
correspondence, memoranda, reports, general material on black affairs at Stanford and
some additional files on Native American students. Also includes Simmons' 1973 report to
the President.
Office files by subject.
Simmons, James E.
Stanford University. Assistant Provost for Minority
Affairs.
Stanford University. Assistant to the President for
Black Affairs.
Stanford University. Black Student Union.
Stanford University. Dean of Student Affairs
Office.
Stanford University. President's Office.
Affirmative action.
Minorities--Blacks.
Minorities--Native Americans.
Student aid.
Student employment.
- BAADASSS - Black Athlete's Academic Development Association by Stanford Student Service
- BAP - Budget Adjustment Program
- CAPER - Committee on Athletics and Physical Education
- CRUD - Committee on New Undergraduate Living Ideas [?]
- CUS - Committee on Undergraduate Studies
- SES - Study of Education at Stanford
- SGES - Study of Graduate Education at Stanford
- YOP - Youth Opportunity Program