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Latinx Studies Independent Concentration Application Materials
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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: University Archives. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Arlene B. Gamio Cuervo is an undergraduate student in the Princeton Class of 2018. Cuervo, a History major, is also the author of the published poetry collection Qubanitx, released in July of 2016.
This collection contains applications, support letters, and planning documents created and used by Arlene B. Gamio Cuervo '2018 during the spring semester of 2016 in their proposal for an independent concentration in Latinx Studies. In May of 2016, the Office of the Dean of the College rejected the application and later rejected an appeal meeting. The records cover both the original application materials as well as email messages with students' reaction to the decision.
The collection retains its original order as when transferred to the University Archives.
The records were transferred to the University Archives in June of 2016 as part of the Archiving Student Activism at Princeton (ASAP) initiative (AR.2016.047).
This collection contains records created and used on computing devices. Researchers are responsible for meeting the technical requirements needed to access these materials, including any and all hardware and software.
This collection was processed by Jarrett M. Drake in 2016. Finding aid written by Jarrett M. Drake in 2016.
No materials were separated from the collection.
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- University Archives
- Finding Aid Date
- 2016
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The collection is open for research use.
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Collection Inventory
This series consists of Cuervo's proposal and application materials submitted to the Office of the Dean of the College in pursuit of an independent concentration in Latinx Studies, which the Office ultimately rejected. Also included in this series are email messages exchanged between Cuervo and fellow students, professors (Patricia Fernandez-Kelly), and administrators (President Christopher L. Eisgruber and Dean of the College Jill S. Dolan). Most of the emails from fellow students are in protest of the Office's rejection of Cuervo's application.
This series retains its original order.
Physical Description7 digital files
This public petition was published by Arlene B. Gamio Cuervo '2018 in support of their application for an independent concentration in Latinx Studies, which the Office of the Dean of the College rejected in May of 2016.
This series retains its original order.
Physical Description1 website