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Department of African American Studies Records
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The Department of African American Studies at Princeton University is an academic department of Princeton University. Organized in 1969 under the title Afro-American Studies, the program was funded early on by generous grants from the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Professors in the program have included such notable names in African American literature and scholarship as Toni Morrison and Cornel West, who served as chairman from 1988-1994.
In 2006, the program became the Center for African American Studies, with English scholar Valerie Smith (later Dean of the College) serving as the Center's first chair until her 2011 appointment as the Dean of the College. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., professor in the Religion Department, succeeded Smith as chair of the Center. In the spring of 2015, the Center achieved Department status and became the Department of African American Studies, with professor Glaude, Jr. serving as the Department's first chair.
Consists of course proposals and descriptions, proposals for a post-doctoral program, and meeting minutes and correspondence of the interdepartmental committee. The origin of the bulk of the correspondence is committee member Professor Steve Slaby. Much of it pertains to the appointment of new program chairman Cornel West in 1987-88. Also included in the collection is a report to the Rockefellar Foundation describing the Program's graduate and faculty research from 1970-1977. Also includes a compilation of Program in African American Studies Memoirs. The collection also contains past versions of the department's websites.
Materials have been transferred in the following accessions: AR.2007.094, AR.2012.073, and AR.2014.068.
Full text searching of the Department of African American Studies archived websites is available through the Archive-It interface.
This collection was processed by Mudd Library staff in 2012. Finding aid written by Mudd Library staff in 2012 and edited by Jarrett M. Drake in 2014.
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- 2014
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Collection Inventory
Steve Slaby Files, consists of course proposals and descriptions, proposals for a post-doctoral program, and meeting minutes and correspondence of the interdepartmental committee. Much of the material pertains to the appointment of new program chairman Cornel West in 1987-88. Also included is a report to the Rockefellar Foundation describing the Program's graduate and faculty research from 1970-1977.
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Reports and information gathered by Selden for article on Center for African American Studies in Stanhope Hall.
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Includes annual reports, course syllabi, student course evaluation surveys, and materials related to an internal program review.
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This series contains two versions of the public website of the (then) Center for African American Studies and the (later) African American Studies Department.
Full text searching of the Department of African American Studies archived websites is available through the Archive-It interface.
The websites retain their original order as when captured by the University Archives.
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This website provides information on the Center for African American Studies, including information about the Center's faculty, students, certificate requirements, and course offerings. Full text searching of the Department of African American Studies archived websites is available through the Archive-It interface.
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This website contains general information about the African American Studies Department at Princeton University as well as written and published pieces by faculty members that pertain to their diverse research and scholarly interests.
Full text searching of the Department of African American Studies archived websites is available through the Archive-It interface.
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This website contains general information about the Department of African American Studies at as well as written and published pieces by faculty members that pertain to their diverse research and scholarly interests. Also contained in the website are notifications for lectures, seminars, and news pieces featuring department faculty members.
Full text searching of the Department of African American Studies archived websites is available through the Archive-It interface.
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