Guide to the Cornell University Africana Studies And Research Center Records,
1969-1976.

Collection Number: 53-1-3363

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
March 2009
EAD encoding:
Jessica Shon, Feb 23, 2009

© 2009 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cornell University Africana Studies and Research Center records, 1969-1976.
Collection Number:
53-1-3363
Creator:
Cornell University.Africana Studies and Research Center.
Quantity:
.3 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Manuscripts
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Contains course syllabi for courses taught in the 1970s.
Language:
Collection material in English


ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Africana Studies and Research Center was formally the Afro-American Studies Center.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Publicity items, history, lectures, and other ephemera relating to the center and Africana studies. Contains course syllabi for courses taught in the 1970s.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University.
Cornell University--Students.
Cornell University--Curricula.
Cornell University--Faculty.
Cornell University.Afro-American Studies Center.

Subjects:
African American college students.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Cornell University Africana Studies and Research Center records, #53-1-3363. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Series I. Publicity
Publicity Flyers
Box 1 Folder 1
Series II. Course Syllabi
1969-1970
Education in the Urban Black Communities
Box 1 Folder 2
1969-1970
Issues in Contemporary Black Writing and Black Political Thought by Rukudzo Murapa
Box 1 Folder 3
1969-1970
Afro-American Writing and Expression and History: Politics of Racism and Segregation- J. Congress Mbata
Box 1 Folder 4
Black Resistance- South Africa and North America- J. Congress Mbata; The History of Blacks in Theatre adn Drama in America- C. Bethany Jenkins
Box 1 Folder 5
1971
Perspectives in Black Theatre and Dramatic Literature- Chestyn Everett; The African Diaspora and the Black Experience- James Turner
Box 1 Folder 6
Communications and Development in Africa- Arnold Gibbons; Psychological Aspects of the Black Experience- Dalton Jones
Box 1 Folder 7
Development Seminar- Dalton Jones; Colonialsim and Africanization of Public Administration- R. Murapa
Box 1 Folder 8
20th Century America: Infancy, Family and "The Street"; Teaching and Learning in Black Schools- Dalton Jones
Box 1 Folder 9
An Intro to Modern African Political Systems- Tendai Mutunhu: Swahili Literature- Willie Kamera
Box 1 Folder 10
1970
History of Independent African Nations to 1800 A.D.; 19th Century Resistance Movements; African and Afro-American- John Clarke
Box 1 Folder 11
1971
Black Writing and Black Techniques of Survival 1876-1970 J. Mayfield; Black Critique: Towards Defining and Developing a Black Aesthetic- C. Everett
Box 1 Folder 12
Afro-American History/ 20th Century- Robert Harris; Racism Social Structure and Social Anlysis- James Turner
Box 1 Folder 13
1971
Men and Movements in the Black Urban Ghetto- J. Clarke; The Africans in the Making of the New World- J. Clarke
Box 1 Folder 14
Politics and Black Community Organization- James Turner; Infancy, Family and the Community- Dalton Jones
Box 1 Folder 15
1970
Black American Writing and Politics- J. Mayfield; Advanced Seminar in Total Black Theatre- C. Everett
Box 1 Folder 16
Ideology and Development in East Africa; Contemporary African History- John Higginson
Box 1 Folder 17
1976
History of Afro-American Literature- Bell; Black Politics and the American Political System; The Political Economy of Black America- Bailey
Box 1 Folder 18
1972
Themes in African History- Mbata; Slave Trade of Africans- Mutunhu; Blacks in Communication Media and Film Workshop- Gibbons and Bourne
Box 1 Folder 19
1972-1973
Political History of Social Development- Riviere; Political Ideology, Planning and Development in Africa- Folson
Box 1 Folder 20
1972-1973
Workshop in Teaching about Africa- Mbata; Politics in the Afro-Caribbean World- Riviere; African Literature- Fadahunsi; African Philosophy and the Origins of Major West Religions- ben-Jochannan
Box 1 Folder 21
1971,1973,1976
Course listings
Box 1 Folder 22