Guide to the Student Groups Collection
RG 9.5.3
Summary Information
- Repository
- Sarah Lawrence College Archives
- Title
- Student Groups Collection
- ID
- RG 9.5.3
- Date [inclusive]
- undated, 1930-Present
- Extent
- 2.0 linear feet 1 doc box, 1 half-box, 1 oversize flat box, digital objects
- Language
Historical Note
Founding dates of various student groups:
Lesbian Collective - Fall 1977 Unidad - April 1989 BiSexual Liberation Organization - December 1994
Scope and Contents note
The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, and flyers relating to various student groups on campus such as the Coffee House, the Student Entertainment Committee, the Sarah Lawrence chapter of the ROTC, and WSLC, the College Radio Station. Of particular interest is a 1948 analysis of the composition and impact of the student organizations and a transcript from a discussion that aired in 1940 between faculty and students, entitled “Democracy in Relation to Education.” Beginning in the 2000s, the collection becomes primarily born-digital.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Sarah Lawrence College.
Genre(s)
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Commemorative quilts
- Correspondence
- Electronic mail
Subject(s)
- College students - United States - Social life and customs
- College students - United States - Societies, etc.
Cataloging status
Uploaded to OCLC March 2013 OCLC # 830395395
Collection Inventory
| Title | Box | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
AIDS Action Coalition 2002-2003 | 1 | |||
| Title | Oversize | |||
AIDS Quilt circa 2002-2003 | 3 | |||
| Title | Box | |||
Alliance of Lesbians Speaking Out undated | 1 | |||
Alliance for White Anti-Racist Action (AWARA) 2012 Digital Object Available | ||||
American Chemical Society 2011-2012 Digital Object Available | ||||
American Sign Language Club 2012 Digital Object Available | ||||
American Student Union 1940 Digital Object Available | ||||
| Title | Box | |||
Anti-Apartheid Group 1989 | 1 | |||
Asian Student Union undated, 1991, 1994, 1996 | 1 | |||
Association of Minority Students 1982-1983 | 1 | |||
Black Students Association undated, 1968-March 1969 Digital Object Available | 1 | |||
Black Students Association April 1969- 1973 | 1 | |||
Body Art 2013 Digital Object Available | ||||
Brainwashed 2012 Digital Object Available | ||||
| Title | Box | |||
Campus Community Chest (a.k.a. “Aid to Outside Organizations”) 1953-1958 | 1 | |||
Civil Rights Committee 1960 | 1 | |||
The Coffee House undated, 1979, 1984 | 1 | |||
Compost Club 2011-2012 Digital Object Available | 1 | |||
Creative Arts Thinking Space 2013 Digital Object Available | ||||
| Title | Box | |||
Discordian Society circa early 1990s | 1 | |||
Ecology Action Committee 1967-1970 | 1 | |||
Energy Conservation Groups (includes SLC Ecology and Energy Conservation Group and The Energy Awareness Group) 1980-1981 | 1 | |||
Feminist Alliance undated, 1981-1987 | 1 | |||
Feminist Association 1975-1976 | 1 | |||
Fight Israeli State Terrorism (FIST) 2000 See alsoProtest and Activism Collection | 1 | |||
Film Networking Cooperative 2013 Digital Object Available | ||||
| Title | Box | |||
FLUX (Feminist group) 2006-2007 | 1 | |||
Food Co-op 2012 Historical noteThere is mention of a Food Co-op in the weekly calendar as early as September 1977. It is possible it began prior to that. | 1 | |||
General undated, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1966-1967 | 1 | |||
Geography Coalition 2012 Digital Object Available | ||||
| Title | Box | |||
Graduate Student Association 1998 | 1 | |||
Hillel 2011-2012 Digital Object Available | ||||
| Title | Box | |||
Historians Organized to Promote Equality (HOPE) and The Revisionary 2004-2005 | 1 | |||
| Title | Half-box | |||
“Hits and Misses" (Theatre Group) undated, 1946-1947 | 2 | |||
International Relations Club 1952-1958 | 2 | |||
Jewish Student Union/ Chavurah undated, 1987-1997 | 2 | |||
Kamikazes Anonymous 2007 | 2 | |||
Kung-Fu Klub 2013 Digital Object Available | ||||
| Title | Half-box | |||
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Studies Steering Committee circa late 1990s | 2 | |||
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Union (LGBU) 1993 | 2 | |||
Lists 2010-2012 Digital Object Available | ||||
Melancholy Players 2013 Digital Object Available | ||||
| Title | Half-box | |||
NAACP undated, 1950-1958 Digital Object Available | 2 | |||
National Student Association undated, 1959-1960, 1999 | 2 | |||
Occupy SLC 2012 Digital Object Available | ||||
Outdoor Club 2013 Digital Object Available | ||||
| Title | Half-box | |||
Political Action Coalition undated, 1981-1982 | 2 | |||
Queer Voice Coalition (QVC) 2012 Digital Object Available | ||||
| Title | Half-box | |||
ROTC 1985 | 2 | |||
S.A.N.E. (Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy) 1960 | 2 | |||
Sarah Lawrence Activities Council (SLAC) 2011-2013 Digital Object Available | 2 | |||
Sarah Lawrence Film Society 2012-2013 Digital Object Available | ||||
Shakespeare Club 2013 Digital Object Available | ||||
| Title | Half-box | |||
SL Committee for Political Action/Review/Change 1976 | 2 | |||
SLC Democrats 2008 Digital Object Available | ||||
SLC Food Co-op 2012 Digital Object Available | ||||
SLC Worker Justice 2012 Digital Object Available | ||||
South East Asian Society 2008 Digital Object Available | ||||
Spiritual Space 2013 Digital Object Available | ||||
STAND 2008 Digital Object Available | ||||
| Title | Half-box | |||
Student Entertainment Committee undated, 1930, 1946, 1950-1958 | 2 | |||
Student Programming Board 2006-2007 | 2 | |||
Students Against Sexual Harassment 2000 See alsoProtest and Activism Collection | 2 | |||
Students for Democratic Action 1954-1955 | 2 | |||
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) undated, 1968-1969 | 2 | |||
Sustainable SLC 2008 Digital Object Available | ||||
| Title | Half-box | |||
Third World Coalition 1980-1982 | 2 | |||
TransAction 2013 Digital Object Available | ||||
Vanguard 2009-2011 Digital Object Available | ||||
| Title | Half-box | |||
WSLC (Radio Station) undated, 1946-1951 | 2 | |||
WSLC (Radio Station) 2011-2012 Digital Object Available | ||||
| Title | Half-box | |||
WSLC: Transcript, “Democracy in Relation to Education" 1940 | 2 | |||
Young Republicans Club 1952-1957 | 2 | |||