Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Custodial History:

This collection was previously part of the Student Organizations Collection.

Preferred Citation:

Latin American Student Union records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Acquisition Information:

Various Gifts. Acc. 2011.192 was hand delivered to the SCRC by Stephany Lazo on 3/29/2011. Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.

Processing Information:

Acc. 2011.192 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in March 2011. Acc. 2011.281-283 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in May 2011. Materials received after 2011 were processed by William & Mary Special Collections staff.

Accruals:

Future accruals are expected. The finding aid will be updated to reflect additions to the collection

Scope and Contents

This collection contains administrative records, fliers, photographs, scrapbooks and posters created by the Latin American Student Union (LASU). The LASU is a student group at William & Mary. Included in the records are drafts of the group's consitution, agendas from meetings, and posters and fliers related to the LASU sponsored event "State Terrorism in Latin America Awareness Week" in March 2011.

Related Material

Hispanic Cultural Organization (UA 7.041); University Archives Poster Collection (UA 12); University Artifact Collection (UA 13).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--Students
• Latin American students
• Minority college students
• Student Life--2000's
• Student Organizations