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Affirmative Action Subject Files

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0069

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, memos, documents, and reports from the Affirmative Action Office under the leadership of Edyth Cole, and Jack C. Coleman, correspondence with Louis Allen, James Drake, Chick Francis, John Keiser, Larry Shiner, Robert Spencer, and Dottie Troop. It also contains memos from the Coleman Chronological files, 1976-78, agenda, minutes, and memos from the Division heads Meetings, 1967-77, as well as memos and correspondence from Good Faith Searches/ Affirmative Action recruitment, 1972-76; and information on Nepotism, Newhouse Report, League of Women Voters, "Rights of the Handicapped", Springfield Human Relations Committee, and the Urban League. The information was collected by Edyth Cole, Affirmative Action Officer from 1972-76 and C. Jack Coleman, Affirmative Action Officer from 1976-78.

The collection is mostly alphabetical order. There are two series, those folders that were labeled Affirmative Action, and the Colemand Chronological file, which holds the papers, mostly correspondence, of one of the Jack Coleman.

Dates

  • 1971-1978

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the University of Illinois- Springfield (UIS)

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection are held by UIS.

History

It is unclear when the Affirmative Action Office started, however, the department is still an active part of the University of Illinois-Springfield. It is currently called the Office of Access & Equity.

Extent

2 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

Transferred to the Archives on January 16, 1991, from the Affirmative Action Office under Edyth Cole and C. Jack Coleman.

Related Materials

UA 0064 Affirmative Action Office Subject Files

Property Rights

UIS owns the property rights to this collection.

Processing Information

This collection was reprocessed in October 2024. The order was kept as close to the original as possible.

Title
Finding Aid to the Affirmative Action Subject Files
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520