ua021_436 Guide to the North Carolina State University Student and Other Organizations, Association for the Concerns of African American Graduate Students Records, 1976-1991 UA 021.436 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Kellie Strickland ;machine-readable finding aid created by: Kellie Strickland Special Collections Research Center 2008 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-06-28T16:07-0400 Finding aid written in English. 2012 June North Carolina State University, Student and Other Organizations, Association for the Concerns of African American Graduate Students Records UA 021.436 Special Collections Research Center 0.25 Linear feet 1976-1991 The Association for the Concerns of African American Graduate Students Records includes correspondence and information about the organization, copies of the VOICE newsletter, materials from the 1991 National Black Graduate Student Association Conference, and annual awards banquet booklets. The Associationfor the Concerns for African American Graduate Students was created as a student organization at North Carolina State University for all students seeking to address the needs, concerns, and interests of African American graduate students. This organization was recognized by the university in 1976 as the Association for the Concerns of Black Graduate Students. By 1983, it had become the Association for the Concerns of Afro-American Graduate Students and was renamed again in late 1984 or early 1985 as the Association for the Concerns of African-American Graduate Students. The hyphen was subsequently dropped, and the organization officially became the Association for the Concerns of African American Graduate Students. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. 1 half box Association for the Concerns of African American Graduate Students. Restrictions to Access

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Preferred Citation

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Historical Note

The Associationfor the Concerns for African American Graduate Students was created as a student organization at North Carolina State University for all students seeking to address the needs, concerns, and interests of African American graduate students. This organization was recognized by the university in 1976 as the Association for the Concerns of Black Graduate Students. By 1983, it had become the Association for the Concerns of Afro-American Graduate Students and was renamed again in late 1984 or early 1985 as the Association for the Concerns of African-American Graduate Students. The hyphen was subsequently dropped, and the organization officially became the Association for the Concerns of African American Graduate Students.

Scope and Content Note

The Association for the Concerns of African American Graduate Students Records includes correspondence and information about the organization, copies of the VOICE newsletter, materials from the 1991 National Black Graduate Student Association Conference, and annual awards banquet booklets.

Organization of the Collection

The collection is arranged chronologically by topic.

Related Material Student and Other Organizations, Society of Afro-American Culture Records (UA 021.513) Student and Other Organizations, University Graduate Student Association Records (UA 021.464) North Carolina State University--Societies, etc. African American college students--North Carolina--History African American students--North Carolina--History Graduate students--North Carolina--Societies, etc. Minority college students--North Carolina--History Correspondence and information 1 1 1976-1980 VOICE newsletter and African-American Cultural Center Occupants Checklist 1 2 1990-1991 National Black Graduate Student Association Conference 1 3 1991 Annual Awards Banquet Booklets and State of the Black Mind 1 4 1983-1991 End of the Year Awards Banquet form 1 5 1983