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Intercultural Center Records

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
RG6.Q030
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
7 linear ft. (16 boxes and 1 photograph album in a slip case)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Swarthmore College Archives, RG6/Q030, Intercultural Center Records, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1988-2017 (inclusive)
Creator:
Swarthmore College. Intercultural Center
Abstract:
The Intercultural Center (IC) at Swarthmore College was founded in 1992 to promote systemic change toward a multicultural perspective across the institution and to foster community-building and collaboration among diverse groups within and outside of the college. The collection contains records relating to the founding of the IC and its activiites, as well as records that detail the activities of groups within the IC, specfically HOLA (Hispanics Organized for Latino Awareness/Hispanic Organization for Latino Awareness), SAO (Swarthmore Asian Organization), SQU (Swarthmore Queer Union), and NASA (Native American Student Association).

The Intercultural Center (IC) was founded in 1992 by students at Swarthmore College to promote systemic change toward a multicultural perspective across the institution and to foster community-building and collaboration among the many diverse groups within and outside of the college. It hosts programs and services that support the personal and intellectual development of Asian American, Latinx, multiracial, Native American, queer (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender), low-income, international and first-generation college students at Swarthmore College.

While organizing began around 1989, it was in 1992 that the IC officially opened and in 1993 that the first part-time staff person was hired. At the time of its founding it consisted of three groups: SAO (Swarthmore Asian Organization), Hispanics Organized for Latino Awareness (HOLA), and Action Les-B-Gay. They emphasized that they did not see the formation of the IC as solving the problems facing marginalized students on campus, but rather hoped that the IC would enact gradual changes that would "bring about a new consciousness" at Swarthmore.

See the folder entitled "Intergroup IC Records: Proposal for the establishment of the IC and IC Operating Manual" for a more complete history of the IC. See below for more detailed descriptions of SQU, HOLA, and SAO.

This collection contains documents related to the founding of the IC and its intergroup activities, as well as records specific to several of its constituent groups: HOLA (Hispanics Organized for Latino Awareness/Hispanic Organization for Latino Awareness), SAO (Swarthmore Asian Organization), SQU (Swarthmore Queer Union, known previously as Action Les-B-Gay), and NASA (Native American Student Association).

The documents in this collection range from 1989, the date of the earliest student organizing towards the creation of the IC, up to 2014. Most of the documents cover the years between 1990 and 2000. An important document is the 2010 Bridge Program Report compiled by the IC/BCC Coalition.

The collection is organized into six series:
0
Photographs from IC events
1
IC Intergroup Records
2
SQU Records
3
HOLA Records
4
SAO Records
5
NASA Records

The SAO series is further divided into sub-series, which include: SAO Organizational Materials, SAO Publications, SAO Events, Conference Materials, Asian American Studies, News Articles/Newsletters on Asian Americans, Asian American student groups at other colleges, and Miscellaneous.

Organization
Subject

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
2018 May
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Collection Inventory

Series 0. Intercultural Center Photographs, 1999-2013.
Case 0
Scope and Contents

Photographs date from 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, and 2012-2013. Includes photographs from celebration of 10th anniversary of the Intercultural Center, the 2001 Diversity Week, international orientation of 2012 and the Han barbeque of 2012.

"Critical Politics in a Neoliberal Institution: Gay and Lesbian Organizing at Swarthmore College, 1988-1993," Ali Roseberry-Polier's undergraduate thesis, 2013.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

IC/BCC Bridge Program Report, 2009-2010.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

IC/BCC Coalition: The Intercultural Center and Black Cultural Center coalition is a community of leaders from different groups within the IC and the BCC that are "all working toward the promotion of diversity programming and understanding both on campus and in the greater community." The IC/BCC coalition was especially involved in the 2010 push for a Bridge program, which resulted in the publication of the 2010 Bridge Program Report.

Physical Description

1 folder

2007 IC Newsletter, 2007.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

IC Records related to establishment of Jerry Wood Lectures, 2004-2005.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Intergroup IC Records: list of IC programs and resources, pamphlet on 2001 Diversity Week, correspondence related to creation of Latin American Studies minor, 1998-2001.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Alumni Records, 2001.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Intergroup IC Records: ADVICE's charter, IC Operating Manual,and document on Ethnic Studies at Swarthmore, 1999-2000.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Document entitled "The Student Experience," with a section on Intercultural Education and Support, 1998.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Intergroup IC Records, 1997-1998.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes Resolution to Increase the number of Faculty of Color at Swarthmore

Physical Description

1 folder

CEP Recommendation on Interdisciplinary Units, 1994-1995.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Intergroup IC Records about admissions at Swarthmore, 1993-1994.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Intergroup IC Records: Emails, Requests for Funding, letter of introduction to IC, meeting minutes, flyer announcing IC History Day, 1991-1993.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Tri-Co Summer Institute Records: Schedules, descriptions, flyer, 1991-1992.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Intergroup IC Records, 1990-1992.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Intergroup IC Records: Proposal for the establishment of the IC and IC Operating Manual, 1989-2000.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

IC History, 1990-2010.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Phoenix issues - articles related to IC groups, 1986-1993.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes article on official opening of IC

Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous IC group records, 1992-2001.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes dissertation on the evolution of Swarthmore's institutional mission, HOLA group materials, and Council of Educational Policy Report (1992)

Physical Description

1 folder

Resource Guides, pamphlets, and articles, 1992-1998.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Includes resource guides on being Black at Swat, Latin@ at Swat, Queer and Questioining at Swat, International at Swat. Also includes 2 issues of CelebrASIAN (SAO Publication)

Physical Description

1 folder

SASS Position Paper on Intercultural Center, 1990.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Copy. The original can be found in RG6/Q006, BCC Records, Official Documents and Constitutions, 1971-1992.

Physical Description

1 folder

Phoenix articles, 1995-1996.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Materials on search for new Dean of College, 1997-1998.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

IC Operating Manual, as of May 1996 and first person narrative on Indian American identity, 1996.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, letter to Fernando Chang Moy (IC director), 1994.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

IC Awards dinner, flyers and notes, 2004.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

IC Forum on Social Justice and Activism, 2004.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

IC Operating Manual and Alumni Newsletter, 2000.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

IC Operating Manuals, 2000.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

ADVICE (Advocating Diversity and a Variety of Ideologies in a campus environment) mission statement, 1998.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, calendars, meeting minutes, 1997.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Includes CEP notes and correspondence regarding discussion of Asian American Studies and Ethnic Studies

Physical Description

1 folder

Notes from IC Executive Board Meeting, IC pamphlets, documents on IC history and mission, 1996-1997.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

Tablecloth printed with silk screen images of students at demonstration, carrying signs, n.d.
Othertype Relics
Physical Description

1 folder

Tri-College Summer Institute, 2002.
Box 2
Tri-College Summer Institute, 2003.
Box 2
Tri-College Summer Institute, 2004.
Box 2
Tri-College Summer Institute, 2005.
Box 3
Tri-College Summer Institute, 2006.
Box 3
Tri-College Summer Institute, 2007.
Box 3
Tri-College Summer Institute, 2008.
Box 3
Tri-College Summer Institute, 2009.
Box 3
HOLA, SAO, SQU, NASA Missions.
Box 3
Miscellaneous articles and flyers, 2004-2005.
Box 3
Black Cultural Center and Intercultural Center Community Retreat, 2012-2013.
Box 3
Intercultural Center Newsletter, Fall 2007.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Includes CDs (see #892-913).

Intercultural Center Awards Dinners, 2003, 2006-2010.
Box 3
Alumni newsletters and outreach, 1998, 2001, Fall 2000.
Box 3
Intercultural Center History questionnaire and responses, 2000.
Box 3
Letter for incoming students to put in first year packet, Fall 2000.
Box 3
Intercultural Center meeting notes and correspondence, 1993, 1997, Fall 2000, 2001.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Includes general information on and policies of the Intercultural Center, information on intern orientation and duties, policies for group briefings, notes from several meetings (1993, 2000), rules and responsibilities for use of Intercultural Center rooms, angeda from 1997 Deans' staff retreat.

Psychological health and campus resources, 1993.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Includes information on psychological services, peer support resources and sexual assault resources.

Miscellaneous documents (folder 1), 1998, 2002, 2007-2008, 2009, 2010-2011, 2012-2013.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Includes MULTi's proposal to join Intercultural Center as core group; admissions reports of 2007-2008 and 2010-2011; and the 2008 and 2009 handbooks for academic advisors.

Miscellaneous documents (folder 2), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Includes several event flyers and "Helping Students: A faculty guide for assisting students in need."

Career Services Annual Report and Senior Survey, 2012-2013.
Box 4
Honors Study, 1994, 1996, 1997-1998.
Box 4
Student Life Planning Committee, 1997.
Box 4
Resources, websites, books, etc. for queer, questioning, Asian, and queer and Asian students.
Box 4
Information for minority seniors considering graduate school.
Box 4
Brochures for CRL (Community Resources Library?), Spring/Summer 2001.
Box 4
10 year anniversary correspondence with speakers and agents, schedule, 1999, 2001.
Box 4
Diversity Week, 2001.
Box 4
Posters from Sager series events (folder 1), 2012, 2014.
Box 4
Posters from Sager series events (folder 2), 2013.
Box 4
IC information binder, 2001 and 2006-2007.
Box 16
Scope and Contents

IC Manual (revised Spring 2001); IC Forms and Rules/Regulations; IC Alumni Information; IC Programs, Services and Resources; IC Things To Do; Job Descriptions for All IC Staff; IC Leadership Institute; IC Focus Group Information

Labels and print-outs used in IC 25 Anniversary Exhibition, 2018.
Box 16
Miscellaneous event posters, 2005-2017.
Box 16
Cooper Fund application, 2007.
Box 16
Intercultural Center awards programs, 2016-2017.
Box 16
Visibility Zine, 2016.
Box 16
Related Materials

See also RG6/A Swarthmore College Publications for additional issues

Intercultural Center staff list, 2012.
Box 16
IC Awards certificates (blank), 2002-2015.
Othertype Oversize folder
IC-Sponsored Event Posters , 2013-2017.
Othertype Oversize folder

Scope and Contents

A group for gay and lesbian students on campus had existed since at least the mid-1970s. In 1989, the group for gay and lesbian students was called AS IS (Alternative Sexualities Integrated at Swarthmore). In the spring of 1991, it changed its name to Action Les-B-Gay, and in 1993 it became the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Alliance (LGBA). In 1995, it became Swarthmore Queer Union (SQU), the name which is still in use today. The Gay and Lesbian Union seems to have been an umbrella term given to different groups for gay and lesbian students which together formed support, social, and activist functions on campus. Note: This history relies largely on Ali Roseberry-Polier's 2013 thesis, "Critical Politics in a Neoliberal Institution: Gay and Lesbian Organizing at Swarthmore College, 1988 – 1993."

The series includes documents associated with queer student activism on campus during the time span covered, including all the name changes.

Homophobic flyer, 1980.
Box 14
Journal of Homophobic Events on Campus in 1986, Phoenix Issue on Homophobia, Proposal and syllabus for student-run course on gay history, 1986, 1987.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

Workshop script, letter to Equal Opportunity Office re: homophobic graffiti, Student Council all-campus memo re: gay/lesbian concerns letter, 1983-1987.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

Bathroom Graffiti Discussion of Sexuality and Sexual Orientation, Phoenix Column about graffiti, 2000, 2001.
Box 14
Scope and Contents

Also includes Timothy Stewart-Winter's letter concerning the materials he added to the collection, the bathroom graffiti and the LGBT organizational records

Physical Description

1 folder

SQU Records on campaign for co-ed housing options on campus, SQU meeting notes and flyers, 1993-2002.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

Action Les-B-Gay's letter to other IC folks in April '92, 1992.
Box 14
Scope and Contents

A copy of this letter also exists in the folder "Intergroup IC Records, 1997-1998"

Physical Description

1 folder

Lesbian and Gay Union meeting minutes and commentary, 1990-1991.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

Gay and Lesbian Union Records, 1988-1993.
Box 14
Scope and Contents

Includes documentsand articles on gay and lesbian students and student groups at different universities across U.S., and documents on sexual assault on college campuses

Physical Description

1 folder

Sager planning, Queer Studies planning, 1998-1999.
Box 14
Bisexual and Questioning Circle statement of purpose, 1984-1985.
Box 14
Miscellaneous documents, 1997-1998, 2001-2002.
Box 14
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Asexual student group records, 1993-1995.
Box 14
Binder containing articles, newsletters and notes about bisexuality, late 1980s.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook containing meeting minutes of Lesbian/Gay Union, 1989- 1990.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

Collection of students' handwritten responses to vandalism of SQU sign at IC, 2003-2004.
Othertype Oversize folder
Physical Description

1 folder

Swarthmore QT (Queer + Trans) Room Posters, 2005-2017.
Othertype Oversize folder
Scope and Contents

Event posters and posters on community guidelines.

Scope and Contents

HOLA (Hispanics Organized for Latino Awareness) was a political, social, and education organization "open to all students with any Latin American, South American or Hispanic cultures". HOLA's name has since been changed to Enlace.

HOLA meeting notes, emails, and articles, 1999-2000.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

HOLA calendars, meeting notes, and flyers, 1998-1999.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

Newsletter and Position Paper to hire more Latino/a Faculty, 1997-1998.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

1997 HOLA Newsletter, Lo De Hola, 1997.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

HOLA Intra-group email correspondence and lists of Latino/Latina faculty and staff, 1994-1995.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

HOLA Intra-group email correspondence, 1993-1994.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

Newspaper Articles about HOLA events, meeting minutes, intra-group letters and correspondance with IC director Joan Friedman, 1992-1993.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

HOLA Records: Program for workshop on Latino identity at Swat, letters to faculty members, letters requesting funding, correspondance with new IC director, newspaper articles, 1991-1992.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

HOLA's Constitution and petition for '500 Years Coalition' (group organized around impending 500 years celebration, native rights, and effects of colonization), 1990-1991.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

HOLA records, 1991-1992.
Box 15
HOLA en la locha (HELL), 1998.
Box 15
Miscellaneous documents, 1996-1997.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

Includes information on Latino/a alumni network, event flyers and coordinator correspondence, 1997 HOLA mission, and a budget proposal for 1996-1997.

Scope and Contents

SAO, the Swarthmore Asian Organization, was established in 1987 as a "support, social, and political group open to any Swarthmore student who identifies as Asian, Pacific Islander, Asian American, or Pacific Islander American." It currently is activie under the same name.

SAO Records:Proposed constitution, workshop announcements, group statement with regards to IC, 1990-1991.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Includes SAO's constitution

Physical Description

1 folder

Proposed SAO Constitution, 1992.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

1997 SAO Calendar, 1997.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

SAO Records, 2005-2006.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Includes Cooper event application, meeting minutes, APIA month planning notes, personal reflections

Physical Description

1 folder

SAO charter, budget requests, and calendars, 2003-2005.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

IC Intern and SAO President Notes, 2002,2003.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

SAO event planning, SAO calendar, IC Retreat notes, 2002.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Organizational information, semester event listing, executive board notes, 2002.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Admissions office notes, 2002.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Includes notes on and schedule for student of color pre-frosh weekend

Physical Description

1 folder

SAO celebrating 10 years of existence, SAO Board correspondence, event flyers, 1998.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Cooper funding applications, 1997-2000.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Includes talk on Ethnic Studies from Professor Ronald Takaki, a performance by a Chinese Folk Dance Company, and a lecture/reading series by David Ho and David Henry Hwang

Physical Description

1 folder

Event listings, correspondence re faculty diversity letter, meeting agendas, APIA month planning notes, notes on hiring Asian American studies professor, 1997.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

SAO and IC Calendar of Events, 1996,1997.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American Arts Initiative Flyers,articles about Asian Americans, Report on Asian American Recruitment and Admissions at Swarthmore, 1996.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

SAO correspondence with professors, workshop flyers, meeting notes, 1996.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence related to hiring of Asian American studies prof in English department

Physical Description

1 folder

SAO Email Correspondence, celebrAsian meeting minutes, 1995-1997.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, calendars, notes on creating Asian American studies program at Swarthmore, 1998.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

SAO Board materials: readings, statistics on admissions rates at Harvard and Stanford, 1995.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

SAO Email Correspondence, 1994.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence with Asian American Legal Defense and Education Funds, 1994.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Newsletter, admissions materials, planning materials for Beyond the Box conference at Swarthmore, issue of "The L-Word", 1993-1998.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American awareness week notes, magazine, film catalogue, 1992,1994, 1997, 2003.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Grant proposals, events, proposal for establishment of Asian/Asian American Resource Center, 1992-2000.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Records related to Asian American Studies Program at Swarthmore, 1992-1996.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Notes, Correspondence, lists of books, 1992-1997.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with other IC groups and notes on coordinated meetings/events among IC groups

Physical Description

1 folder

SAO Correspondence and Inter-IC Correspondence, 1992-1997.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Lobbying/Organizing: Correspondence with Organization of Chinese Americans, 1992-1993.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

SAO meeting minutes, 1991-1993.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Personal Correspondence with Margaret Okuzumi, 1991.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Past SAO Events, Inter-IC Correspondence, 1991-1993.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

SAO Presidential Candidate Platform, note on SAO's role at Swarthmore, 1991.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Collected Articles realted to SAO, mostly from Phoenix, 1990-1992.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Notes from discussion of Asian-American stereotypes, history, and culture, n.d.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

on oversize poster paper

Physical Description

1 folder

SAO Event Posters, 2017.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Poster for Lunar New Year 2017 celebration.

Issues of CelebrAsian, 2003,2005.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

CelebrAsian, Asian American student publication, spring 1998, 1998.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

CelebrAsian, Asian American student publication, 1997.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

The Swarthmore Asian Organization Newsletter, 1991-1992.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Schedule for Asian Pacific American Symposium for Social Change, 1999.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Notes from APIA Heritage Month talk, 2004.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Materials, 2004.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Events, flyers, calendars, 2003.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American Jazz Festival, Cooper Series, 2002.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Info, Flyers, and Mailbox Stuffings, 2002.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

SAO Talks and Events, 2002.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

SAO Talk: Japanese Internment and Wen Ho Lee, 2001.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Notes/flyer about Magdalen Hsu-Li, 1998-1999.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Great Leap theatre company, information, pamphlets, correspondence with SAO, 1998.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Potential Programming, 1992 and n.d.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Notes on Speakers/Performers, n.d.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Conference Notes, College Leadership Training, 2002.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Conference Notes, Asian and Pacific Americans in Higher Education, 2002.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

"Beyond the Box IV - Community Partnerships: Changing Apathy to Activism", 2001.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

East Coast Asian Student Union Conference Notes, 2001.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

"Rethinking Paradigms, Rethinking Strategies for Asian American Studies", 1997.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Chinese Culture Center, Symposium Notes, 1996.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Georgetown, Columbia conference, conferences on law and public policy, 1994-2003.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

Includes Georgetown conference, Columbia conference, and 9th National Asian Pacific American Conference on Law and Public Policy, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association 1994 Convention

Physical Description

1 folder

Past Conferences/Workshops, 1991-1993.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Event flyers and pamphlets, and Notes on Asian American Studies at other universities, 2004.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Pamphlets, Asian American Studies at Penn and Asian Arts Initiative, 1999 and n.d.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American Studies and Ethnic Studies notes and course listings, at Swarthmore and UC Berkeley, 1997.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American Studies materials from other universities, 1995-1996.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Paper on cultural identity presented at Association for Asian American Studies Conference, 1994.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American Studies information, newsletters, conferences, 1991-1997.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Faculty Notes, hiring Asian/Asian-American faculty, and hiring professor to teach Asian American literature courses, 1991-1997.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American Studies conference materials, 1991-1995.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Syllabus and reading list for class on Chinese Culture and Society, mid-1990s.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

English Lit Department: Asian American literature courses, correspondence and discussion, 1991-1993.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles, pamphlets, magazines on multiculturalism and Asian American Studies, 1990-1993.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles, pamphlets, magazines on multiculturalism and Asian American Studies, 1990-1993.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American Studies Questionnaires (given to Swat students who had taken an Asian American Studies course), early 1990s.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian Women Against War Materials, Asian American Studies Materials, 1989, 1992-1999, 2003.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Chinese Studies Materials, 1989-1997.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Asian American Studies Articles, 1986-1993.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American Studies workshop materials, 1976-1993.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Article on Asian American Studies, n.d.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Ethnic Studies Materials, n.d.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Flyers and Newsletters from "here and now," an Asian Pacific Islander American theatre group, 1999.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Issue of the Filipino Express, 1996.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Newsletters and listing of acts of anti-Asian American violence in Phaildelphia, 1995and1997.
Box 9
Scope and Contents

Includes newsletters from Asian Americans United, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, Journal of Law and Social Change and pamphlet on institutional racism at Penn

Physical Description

1 folder

Newsletters/Reports and Materials for HIV/AIDS Panel where Fernando Chang-Muy presented, 1994.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Includes Newsletters/Reports from Asian Law Caucus, American Friends Service Committee Asian/Pacific Network

Physical Description

1 folder

Articles Discussing/Featuring Asian American Stereotypes, 1993-1998.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance pamphlets and national convention flyer, 1992-1995.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Newspaper Articles, 1991-1995.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American magazines, 1991-1996.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

News Articles and letter on anti-Asian American violence, 1991-1993.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

American Friends Service Committee, Asia Pacific Program Proposal and Meeting Minutes, 1991.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American Arts Dialogue, APABA Newsletter, 1991,1994.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Newspaper Clippings concerning racism, stereotypes, anti-Asian violence, 1991.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Newsletters and Memorandums from Asian American Legal Groups, 1990,1994.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Includes Asian American Bar Association of Delaware Valley and Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, newsletter and memorandum

Physical Description

1 folder

Articles on Racism and Multiculturalism, 1990-1993.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Articles on local social/political activism, 1991-1993.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Newsletters, newspapers and flyers about Ethnic Studies and anti-Asian American violence, 1991-1992.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Includes newsletters from Asian Americans for Equality and from Asian American Justice Watch

Physical Description

1 folder

Newspaper articles, national news issues, student paper about Japanese internment camps, 1990-1992.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American Artists/Performers: Flyers and Newsletters, 1990-1991.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American Studies bibliography, paper discussing Asian American access to higher education, 1989-1990.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

Newsletters, articles, poetry and prose on Asian American identity, racial justice, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1996.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

People of Color and Asian American newspapers/news collectives and literary magazines, 1976, 1992-1997.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

Newspaper Articles, n.d.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

Book listings and calendar from University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

ECASU materials, Asian American studies articles, list of outside-of-Swat organizations relevant to SAO, 1998.
Box 11
Scope and Contents

ECASU stands for East Coast Asian Student Union

Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American Student Alliance at Penn, materials, 1992-1993.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

East Coast Asian Student Union materials, 1991.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American admissions at various colleges, newsletters from groups at other colleges, 1991.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American studies and student programming/activities at other universities, 1991.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American Studies course listings at Penn, n.d.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

Protest against Abercrombie and Fitch, 2002.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

Korea Peace Day Records and Schedule for Minority Pre-Frosh Weekend, 2002.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

Notes on Asian American Admissions and Recruitment, 1997.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

Course Readings, Anthropology class on China, 1997.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

"North Korea Now," Forum and background readings, 1997.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

Syllabus for course on Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, pamphlets on Overseas Chinese affairs and undergraduate study in Asia, 1997-1998.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

Literature and Film Catalogues, 1996-1998.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

Paper on Vietnamese Americans, Asian American and Pacific Islander Journal of Health, 1994.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

LEAP Materials and Civil Liberties Public Education Fund grant information, 1993, 1996.
Box 12
Scope and Contents

LEAP stands for Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.

Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Newsletters, 1992-1997.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

District of Columbia Circuit court, 'Joseph C. Steffan V. Les Aspin, Secretary of Defense', 1993.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

Book and Film Catalogues, 1992-1993.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Flyers, Pamphlets, Newsletters, Conference Programs for Asian American and Latino organizations and events, 1991-1995.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian American Organizations, media, 1991-1993.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.)Materials, 1991.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Admissions/Recruiting, 1991.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Bryn Mawr's affirmative action policy, 1991.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Asian Law Center materials, 1990,1991.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Status Report on Asian Americans, Select Committee on Hunger, House of Representatives, 1990.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Community Resources, National, 1990.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Papers on Asian American career development, 1985,1994.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

"A Study of the Chinese in Cuba, 1847-1947", 1971.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Listing of Internship/Fellowship Oppourtunities, n.d.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Proposal about sanctuary for Indochinese Refugees, n.d.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Paper on ethnicity, multiethnic communities, n.d.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Paper titled "Healing Racism: Education's Role", n.d.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Chronological chart, Chinese history, n.d.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Pamphlet on developing multicultural organizations, n.d.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

East Coast Asian-American Administrators in Higher Education, 1994, 1998.
Box 13
Asian Programs information, 1995, 1996.
Box 13
Swarthmore Asian Organization scholarships, fellowships and career opportunities, miscellaneous resources, 2001.
Box 13
Swarthmore Asian Organization constitution, 1990.
Box 13
Miscellaneous documents, 2000, 2001-2002.
Box 13
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and event posters.

Cooper grant coordination, 2001.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

NASA brought Sherman Alexie for an event funded by a Cooper grant.

Miscellaneous documents (folder 1), 2000-2001.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

Includes flyers, lists of publications, videos/documentaries and public radio programming, information on other Native American student associations and the Intercultural Center opening manual.

Miscellaneous documents (folder 2), Fall 1993, 1998, 2001.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

Includes flyers, Cooper grant planning, original charter, constitution of the Six Directions, the University of Pennsylvania's association for Native American students (formed 1992), etc.

Native American Student Association mission.
Box 15
Student-led course description, 2017.
Box 15
Scope and Contents

POLS 099SR: U.S. Federal Indian Policy, a student-led discussion class, Spring 2017.

Physical Location

These artifacts are not stored with the Intercultural Center records, but are instead stored with RG6/W003: Swarthmore College Relics.

Relics #1258. IC Banner, circa 1996-2002.
Box 20 (relics RG6/W003)
Scope and Contents

Banner with IC group logos: HOLA, SQU, and SAO.

Relics #1255. IC Canvas Sign, 2011-2015.
Box 20 (relics RG6/W003)
Scope and Contents

Canvas sign with painted "Swarthmore Intercultural Center" painted in the center with student writing in markers saying what the IC has provided them.

IC Lounge Plaque, 1996-2014.
Box 18 (relics RG6/W003)
Physical Description

Rectangular, grey plaque with white letters. White arrow directing viewers to the IC Lounge.

Relics #1256. Graduation stoles, 2010-2015.
Box 20 (relics RG6/W003)
Scope and Contents

6 items. 1256a: 2010 (Deshi). 1256b: 2011 (FOTS). 1256c: 2011 (Rainbow). 1256d: 2013 (IC/BCC). 1256e: 2014. 1256f: 2015.

Relics #1254. Canvas Sign for Immigrant Rights, 2016.
Box 20 (relics RG6/W003)
Scope and Contents

Material is canvas with "Swarthmore College for Immigrant Rights" painted on it.

Relics #1253. Queer + Trans room bedsheet with signatures, circa 2001.
Box 20 (relics RG6/W003)

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