California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) Records, circa 1963-2017

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Summary

Creators:
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Associated Students, Inc.
Abstract:
The collection contains photographs, flyers, event schedules, clippings, newsletters, booklets, and other materials pertaining to Associated Students Incorporated (ASI), the non-profit corporation and student government organization at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; campus events; and the university.
Extent:
3.34 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) Records, Collection no. 0100, University Archives, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains photographs, flyers, newsletters, event schedules, clippings, booklets, and other materials pertaining to Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona); campus events; and the university. The collection also includes the articles of incorporation and bylaws for ASI at Cal Poly Pomona, correspondence from a former ASI president who was in New York City during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2011, and information related to the University Union and the Bronco Recreation and Intramural Complex (BRIC) at Cal Poly Pomona.

Biographical / historical:

Associated Students Incoporated (ASI) is the nonprofit corporation and student government organization at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. It operates as a California State University auxiliary organization.

It was founded in 1938 under the name Student Activities Committee (SAC) by student Avon Carlson, who also led the group. At that time, students attended classes at the Voorhis Unit in San Dimas, which operated as a southern unit of what is now known as California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. A year later, the group's name was changed to the Student Affairs Council. Over the years, the group was also named Associated Students and Associated Student Body. It took on its current name in 1963, when the school was known as California State Polytechnic College, Kellogg-Voorhis. Cal Poly Pomona split from San Luis Obispo in 1966 and officially became a university in 1972.

In 1970, ASI released a document proposing a student union that would include a games room, a lounge with a television set, and other services. The University Union opened in 1974. The University Union underwent an expansion throughout out the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2003, it was given its current name: the Bronco Student Center (or BSC).

ASI currently manages the Bronco Student Center and the campus recreation center known as the Bronco Recreation and Intramural Complex (BRIC), which opened in 2014. Students pay fees each semester that go to ASI, Bronco Student Center, and the BRIC.

Acquisition information:
The materials in the collection were transferred by Associated Students Incorporated to the University Library in 2017 and gathered from University Archives files.
Processing information:

The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

The collection was processed by Rob Strauss in March 2019.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) Records, Collection no. 0100, University Archives, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Location of this collection:
3801 West Temple Ave.
Pomona, CA 91768, US
Contact:
(909) 869-3775
speccollections@cpp.edu
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