A Guide to the Records of the Virginia Tech Black Organizations Council, 1982-2017
A Collection in
Special Collections and University Archives
Collection Number RG 08/02/06e
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Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
2020 ( CC0 1.0 )
Processed by: L.T. Wilkerson, Student Assistant and Anthony Wright de Hernandez, Archivist Special Collections and University Archives
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research. Access to unredacted BOC and BGSO administrative records is restricted. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Records of the Virginia Tech Black Organizations Council must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Records of the Virginia Tech Black Organizations Council, RG 08/02/06e, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Records of the Virginia Tech Black Organizations Council were transferred to Special Collections and University Archives in 2017.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Black Organizations Records commenced in April 2018 and was completed in December 2019.
Administrative History
Founded on the Virginia Tech campus in 1985, the Black Organizations Council (BOC) is the umbrella and resource body for the Black student organizations. BOC serves to ensure the betterment of the Black community through providing a unified voice for the Black community in a university population where the Black community lacks adequate representation. BOC also serves as a liaison between the administration, university organizations, and the Black community, provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and dissemination of information, promotes the Black organizations individually and collectively, coordinates events which require the participation of all entities of the Black community and supports the development of campus camaraderie within the university community. BOC has a mission of being the governing, representing, and coordinating body for the primarily African American student organizations. We will also provide activism and advocacy, while meeting the challenge of the social and political forces affecting the Black community. We encourage each representative organization to empower themselves to create a paradigm in the area of leadership and service in the community.
Source: BOC GobblerConnect page, https://gobblerconnect.vt.edu/organization/BOC .
Scope and Content
This collection contains video cassette tapes of events and programs relating to the Black community at Virginia Tech and programs of other minority groups. It also contains 3 boxes of pictures of events and programs relating to minority groups at Virginia Tech. The events documented include Black History Month programs, the Donning of the Kente ceremony, Multicultural Center events, Hispanic Heritage Month, Asian American Student Union cultural heritage programs, book signings, and guest speakers. There are also pictures of various faculty, staff, and students. Additionally, the collection contains flyers and calendars from the Black Organizations Council and related organizations, a binder of slides of paintings, drawings, and portraits, accounting documents, a history of events booklet, and folders of records, minutes, and other documents.
Arrangement
The collections has been divided into six series.
Series 1: Operational Records includes documents related to the running of the Black Organizations Council. This series is divided into four subseries: administrative files, meeting agendas and minutes, photographs, and financial records.
Series 2: Member Organizations includes photographs and other records related to student organizations that were members of the Black Organizations Council. This series has one subseries: Black Graduate Student Organization.
Series 3: Other Campus Organizations includes constitutions from the Jewish Student Union, University Council, and Student Budget Board as well as materials about the Interfraternity Council, the Asian American Student Union, and the Cultural Centers Advisory Committee.
Series 4: Events includes information about event planning by the Black Organizations Council, videos and photographs of events hosted in whole or in part by the Black Organizations Council, and videos and photographs of events hosted by other campus organizations. This series has nine subseries: Afrikan Awareness Weekend, Asian American Student Union, Black History Month, Black Student Leadership, Celebration of Diversity, Donning of the Kente, Filipino-American Student Association Culture Night, State of the Black Union, and Other Events.
Series 5: Presentations and Resources includes research from presentations given by members of the Black Organizations Council and materials maintained by the Black Organizations Council as resources for its membership.
Series 6: Black Cultural Center and Multicultural Center includes photographs of these two centers. This series has three subseries: Displays, Internal and External Views, and Faculty, Staff, and Students.
Index Terms
- African American history
- Johnson, Nicole
- University Archives
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Subjects:
Container List
- Subseries 1: Administrative Files, 1984-2013
- box-folder 1 folder: 1
Constitution, 1984-2009
- box-folder 1 folder: 2
Member Organizations Information (Redacted), n.d.
- box 12
Member Organizations Information (Unredacted), n.d.
- box-folder 1 folder: 3
Pamphlets, 2002-2003
- box-folder 1 folder: 4
Administrative Information, 1989-2009
- box-folder 1 folder: 5
Administrative Binder, 2015-2016
- box-folder 1 folder: 6
Policies and Guidelines, 2002-2012
- box-folder 1 folder: 7
Calendars and Schedules, 1989-2013
- box-folder 1 folder: 8
Elections Paperwork (Redacted), 2000-2010
- box 12
Elections Paperwork (Unredacted), 2000-2010
- box-folder 1 folder: 9
Sign-in Sheets (Redacted), n.d.
- box 12
Sign-in Sheets (Unredacted), n.d.
- box-folder 1 folder: 1
- Subseries 2: Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 1988-2010
- box-folder 1 folder: 10
General Body Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2005-09-21 to 2009-11-19
- box-folder 1 folder: 11
Executive Board Agendas and Minutes, 1988-2009
- box-folder 1 folder: 12
Campus Programming Committee Minutes, 2010-10-21
- box-folder 1 folder: 13
Meetings with President Steger, 2006, n.d.
- box-folder 1 folder: 10
- Subseries 3: Photographs, 2008
- box-folder 6 folder: 1
Black Organizations Council Pictures CD-ROM, 2008-09-29One CD-ROM
- box 10
Scrapbook: Fall/Spring 2008, 2008
- box-folder 6 folder: 1
- Subseries 4: Financial Records, 1995-2016
- box-folder 1 folder: 14
University Chartered Student Organization (UCSO) Budget Manager Workshop, Funds Handling Policy, 2010-2016
- box-folder 1 folder: 15
Black Organizations Council Budget Managers Workshop, 2010
- box-folder 1 folder: 16
Accounting Records, 1995-1996
- box-folder 1 folder: 17
Accounting Records, 1997-1998
- box-folder 1 folder: 18
Accounting Records, 1998-1999
- box-folder 1 folder: 19
Accounting Records, 2000-2001
- box-folder 1 folder: 20
Accounting Records, 2002-2003
- box-folder 1 folder: 21
Accounting Records, 2004-2005
- box-folder 1 folder: 22
Accounting Records, 2009-2011
- box-folder 1 folder: 23
Accounting Records, 1998-2016
- box-folder 1 folder: 14
- box-folder 6 folder: 2
African Student Association (ASA) Photographs, 2001-10-31
- box-folder 6 folder: 3
Alpha Phi Alpha (ΑΦΑ) Photographs, 2001-10-03
- Subseries 1: Black Graduate Student Organization (BGSO), 1995-2014
- box-folder 6 folder: 4
Photographs, n.d.
- box-folder 1 folder: 24
Administrative Papers (Redacted), 1998-09-2014
- box 12
Administrative Papers (Unredacted), 1998-09-2014
- box-folder 1 folder: 25
Pamphlets, 2002-2006
- box-folder 1 folder: 26
Event Flyers and Programs, 2012-2014
- box 11
Proclamation Plaque, 1995-1996
- box-folder 6 folder: 4
- box-folder 6 folder: 5
Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ) Photographs, 2001-10-31
- box-folder 6 folder: 6
Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS) Pictures for Black Student Orientation powerpoint, n.d.
- box-folder 6 folder: 7
Phi Beta Sigma (ΦΒΣ) Photographs, 2001-09-17
- box-folder 6 folder: 8
Sigma Gamma Rho (ΣΓΡ) Photographs, n.d.
- box-folder 6 folder: 9
Zeta Phi Beta (ΖΦΒ) Photographs, 2001-10-31, n.d.
- box-folder 1 folder: 27
Constitutions from Other Campus Organizations, 2007-01-12, 2007-10-01, n.d.Scope and Contents
Includes constitutions from the Jewish Student Union (JSU), University Council, and Student Budget Board.
- box-folder 1 folder: 28
Interfraternity Council (IFC), 1988, n.d.
- box-folder 1 folder: 29
Asian American Student Union (AASU), 2000
- box-folder 6 folder: 10
Cultural Centers Advisory Committee (CCAC) Photographs, Fall 2001
- box-folder 1 folder: 30
Event Planning, 1998-2016
- box-folder 1 folder: 31
Black Organizations Council History of Events Booklet, 1990-2000
- Subseries 1: Afrikan Awareness Weekend, 1990-1991
- box 3
1. Afrikan Awareness Weekend, "The Role of Black Students in Building Black Businesses", Dr. E. Curtis Alexander & Dr. LaFrancis Rodgers-Rose, 1990-02-031 VHS
- box 3
2. 1st Afrikan Awareness Weekend, "Racism, White Supremacy vs. Black Liberation", Dr. Frances Cress Wesling, M.D., 1990-02-031 VHS
- box 3
3. Afrikan Awareness Weekend, "Self-Discovery 101: You Gotta Havit", Umoja Na Kazi Theatre Company, 1990-02-031 VHS
- box 3
6. Afrikan Awareness Weekend, "Self-Discovery 101: You Gotta Havit", Umoja Na Kazi Theatre Company - Camera II, 1990-02-021 VHS
- box 3
8. Afrikan Awareness Weekend, "Strategies for Resolving Conflicts in Male Female Relationships", Dr. LaFrancis Rose, 1990-02-021 VHS
- box 3
9. 2nd Afrikan Awareness Weekend at Va Tech, Gordon + Bolling, 1990-02-021 VHS
- box 3
11. Afrikan Awareness Weekend, "Self-Discovery 101: You Gotta Havit", Imoja Na Kazi Theatre Company, 1990-02-041 VHS
- box 3
13. Afrikan Awareness Weekend, "Black Student Guide to Positive Education", Dr. Zak Kondo, 1990-02-031 VHS
- box 3
15. 1st Afrikan Awareness Weekend, "Creative Writing as a Tool for Liberation". Dr. Opal Moore, 1990-02-031 VHS
- box 3
16. Afrikan Awareness Weekend, "Black Student Guide to Positive Education", Dr. Zak Kondo, 1990-02-031 VHS
- box 3
18. Afrikan Awareness Weekend, "The Endangered Black Male / The Bald Eagle", Dr. Jeffrey Jonnson, 1990-02-031 VHS
- box 3
19. Afrikan Awareness Weekend, "Role of Religion in the Liberation of Black People", Closing Remarks, Dr. E. Curtis Alexander & Kwame Alexander, 1990-02-041 VHS
- box 3
20. 2nd Afrikan Awareness Weekend at Va Tech, Keynote Address: Sonia Sanchez, 1991-02-011 VHS
- box 3
22. 2nd Afrikan Awareness Weekend at Va Tech, Cox, Gay, and Fulani, 1991-02-021 VHS
- box 3
23. 2nd Afrikan Awareness Weekend at Va Tech, Moore, Alexander, and Afetse, 1991-02-021 VHS
- box 3
24. 2nd Afrikan Awareness Weekend at Va Tech, Plunky and Woody King, 1991-02-021 VHS
- box 3
26. 2nd Afrikan Awareness Weekend at Va Tech, Sonya Sanchez, 1991-02-011 VHS
- box 3
27. Dr. E. C. Alexander & Dr. LaFrancis Rodgers-Rose, "The Role of Black Students in Building Black Businesses", c.19911 VHS
- box 3
30. 2nd Afrikan Awareness Weekend at Va Tech, Bell, Subira, McKeever, 1991-02-021 VHS
- box 3
Afrikan Awareness Weekend, 1991-02-04, "Role of Religion in the Liberation of Black People", Dr. E. Curtis Alexander, 1991-02-041 VHS
- box 3
- Subseries 2: Asian American Student Union, 1997-2001
- box-folder 6 folder: 11
Culture Night "Our Rising Tradition" Photographs, 1997-11-01
- box-folder 6 folder: 12
Cultural Exhibition Photographs, 1999
- box-folder 6 folder: 13
Culture Show Photographs, 2000-11-04
- box-folder 6 folder: 14
Culture Night Photographs, 2001-10-27
- box 3
10th Annual Cultural Exhibition, 2001-10-271 VHS
- box-folder 6 folder: 15
RICE Concert Photographs, 2000-12-02-2000-12-03
- box-folder 6 folder: 16
Panel Photographs, 2001-04-30
- box-folder 6 folder: 11
- Subseries 3: Black History Month, 1990-2002
- box 3
First Black History Month Parade, "Keeping the Dream Alive", Community Awareness Council of Salem, VA, Produced by the staff of VTTV Channel 33, Blacksburg, VA, 1990-02-031 VHS
- box-folder 1 folder: 32
Planning Documents and Flyers, 1991, n.d.
- box 3
7. Pearl Cleage, Black History Month, 1991-02-241 VHS
- box-folder 6 folder: 17
Photographs, 1997
- box-folder 6 folder: 18
Photographs, 1999
- box-folder 6 folder: 19
Program Photographs, 2000-01-27
- box-folder 6 folder: 20
Lucinda Roy Book Signing Photographs, 2000-02-01
- box-folder 6 folder: 21
Costume Ball Photographs, 2000-02-01
- box-folder 6 folder: 22
United States Representative Maxine Waters Photographs, 2000-02-03
- box-folder 6 folder: 23
Kip Fulbeck Photographs, 2000-02-23
- box-folder 6 folder: 24
Finale Photographs, 2000-02-29
- box-folder 6 folder: 25
Judge Joe Brown Photographs, 2001-02-08
- box-folder 6 folder: 26
Black History Month Photographs, 2002-01-30 to 2002-02-11
- box 3
- Subseries 4: Black Student Leadership, 1999-2002
- box-folder 6 folder: 27
Student Leadership Institute Photographs, Fall 1999
- box-folder 6 folder: 28
Carroll F. S. Hardy National Black Student Leadership Development Conference Photographs, 2002-01-05
- box-folder 6 folder: 27
- Subseries 5: Celebration of Diversity, 2000-2002, n.d.
- box-folder 6 folder: 29
Photographs, n.d.
- box 3
Video, 2000-08-301 VHS
- box-folder 6 folder: 30
Photographs, 2001-09-12
- box-folder 6 folder: 31
Photographs, 2002-09-11
- box 3
Video, 2002-09-111 VHS
- box-folder 6 folder: 29
- Subseries 6: Donning of the Kente, 1995-2002
- box-folder 6 folder: 32
Photographs, n.d.
- box-folder 6 folder: 33
Photographs, Spring 1995
- box 10
Scrapbook: Donning of the Kente & Million Man March, 1995-1996, 2000
- box-folder 6 folder: 34
Photographs, Spring 1997?
- box-folder 1 folder: 33-34
Programs and Planning Records, 1997-20111 DVD, Papers
- box-folder 6 folder: 35
Photographs, 2000-05-12
- box-folder 6 folder: 36
Photographs, 2000-12-15
- box-folder 6 folder: 37
Photographs, 2001-05-11
- box-folder 6 folder: 38
Photographs, 2001-12-21
- box-folder 7 folder: 1
Photographs, 2002-05-10
- box-folder 6 folder: 32
- Subseries 7: Filipino-American Student Association Culture Night, 1997-1998
- box 5
9th Annual Cultural Night, Iba't-Ibang Kultura, Isang Identidad "Many Cultures, One Identity", 1997-04-051 VHS
- box 5
Tenth Annual Cultural Night, "A Decade of Making A Difference" 1988-1998, 1998-04-041 VHS
- box 5
- Subseries 8: State of the Black Union, 2011, 2015, n.d.
- box-folder 1 folder: 35
Programs and Flyers, 2011, n.d.
- oversize folder: 3
Response Posters, November 2015Scope and Contents
In fall of 2015, the Black Organizations Council held an event titled State of the Black Union: Do Black Lives Matter at Virginia Tech?. These posters were part of an associated community feedback event where students were asked to write their responses to the prompt "Why do Black Lives Matter at Virginia Tech?" The event took place a few months after racially charged protests at the University of Missouri and students here at Virginia Tech were eager to have their voices heard.
- box-folder 1 folder: 35
- Subseries 9: Other Events, 1995-2016
- box-folder 7 folder: 2
An African American Food Taste Photographs, n.d.
- box 3
Biz Markie Featuring Run DMC, 1997-11-071 VHS
- box-folder 7 folder: 3
Black Cultural Center Quarter Drive Photographs, n.d.
- box 3
Black Greek Speaker, Step Show, n.d.1 VHS
- box-folder 7 folder: 4
Black Organizations Showcase Photographs, 1997-02
- box-folder 1 folder: 36
Black Student Showcase, 1995-2015
- box-folder 1 folder: 37
Black Student Preview, 2009, n.d.
- box-folder 7 folder: 5
Brian Collier Presentation Photographs, 2000-11-01
- box 3
Candlelight Vigil, 19971 VHS
- box-folder 7 folder: 6
Celebrations Around the World Photographs, 2000-11-13
- box-folder 7 folder: 7
De LaVega Presentation Photographs, 2000-03-24
- box-folder 1 folder: 38
Black Graduate Student Organization (BGSO) Ebony Affair, 1999-2015
- box-folder 7 folder: 8
Hispanic Heritage Month: Solazo Photographs, 2001-09-14 to 2001-10-12
- box-folder 7 folder: 9
Kwanzaa Photographs, 2001-11-28
- box 5
March of the Living, n.d.1 VHS
- box-folder 7 folder: 10
Million Man March Photographs, 1995-10-16
- box 11
The Music of Charles Mingus Event Poster, 2014-02-28Scope and Contents
A concert poster signed by Charles Mingus and John D'earth. The event description from Facebook read: "Join the Virginia Tech Jazz Ensemble and special guest John D'earth in celebrating the music of Charles Mingus. This concert is presented in conjunction with the Office of Multicultural Programs' celebration of Black History Month. This performance will also feature the award winning jazz ensemble from Albemarle HS $5 Students/$8 Adults"
- box-folder 7 folder: 11
Project S.A.F.E. (Sexual Assault Facts & Education) Photographs, 2000-02-28
- box-folder 2 folder: 1
Relay for Life, 2011
- box-folder 7 folder: 12
Safe Zone Reception Photographs, 2000-02-04
- box-folder 7 folder: 13
Safe Zone Reception Photographs, Spring 2002
- box-folder 7 folder: 14
Student Preview Photographs, 1999
- box-folder 7 folder: 15
Theatrical Publicity Photographs for Mad at Miles, c.1990s
- box-folder 7 folder: 16
Virginia Nations Pow Wow Photographs, 2002-02-23 to 2002-02-24
- box-folder 7 folder: 17
White Ribbon Campaign Photographs, 2002-10-08
- box-folder 7 folder: 18
Unidentified Event Photographs, 1998-1999
- box-folder 7 folder: 19
Unidentified Event Photographs, 2000-05-04
- box-folder 7 folder: 20
Unidentified Event Photographs, 2000-05-19
- box-folder 7 folder: 21
Unidentified Event Photographs, 2000-08-30
- box-folder 7 folder: 22
Unidentified Event Photographs, 2000-09-23
- box-folder 7 folder: 23
Unidentified Event Photographs, 2002-01-05
- box-folder 7 folder: 24
Miscellaneous Event Photographs, c.1999-c.2001
- box 9
Events Photographs Album, 1997-1998
- oversize folder: 1
Event Signs and Posters, 2016, n.d.
- oversize folder: 2
Event Trifold Poster Displays, n.d.
- box-folder 7 folder: 2
- box-folder 2 folder: 2
Minority Newsletter, 1982-1983, Spring 1987
- box 2 folder: 3
Diverse Issues in Higher Education Magazine, 2005-08-25
- box 2 folder: 4
Predominantly Black Churches List, n.d.
- box 2 folder: 5
Admissions Applications and Degrees Awarded by Ethnicity, 1995-1999
- box 2 folder: 6
Jermaine Floyd "Appreciated Responses to Paper on Martin Luther King, Jr.", 2008-02-08
- box 8 folder: 1
Keeping Cultural Centers Relevant: One University's Approach, 2002-01-021 3.5" Floppy
- box 8 folder: 2
Mixtapes, c.2005, 20082 CDs
- box 4
4. Portrait of A Carribean Artist: Wilcox Morris, 1991-011 VHS
- box 5
5. Hampton University's "Don't Grieve After Me", n.d.1 VHS
- box 4
21. Alex Bostic Paintings, n.d.1 VHS
- box 4
28. Dr. Molefi Kete Asante, n.d.1 VHS
- box 4
29. The Consortium of Musicians Presents Spirituals of the Invisible Church, Dr. Jester Hairston, Directing, Consortium of Musicians, n.d.1 VHS
- box 4
Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African-American Artists, Presented By Phillip Morris Companies, Inc., n.d.1 VHS
- box 9
Artwork slides, 1989-1993
- box 4
Legacies of Resistance and Survival: The First Black Women Students at Virginia Tech, n.d.1 VHS
- box 4
Legacies of Resistance and Survival, Workprint, 2000-05-011 VHS
- box 4
How Can We Help Each Other?, n.d.2 VHS
- box 4
How Can We Help Each Other? Part I, 1994-04-211 VHS
- box 4
Virginia Tech: A Community of Conscience, 1997 Update, 19971 VHS
- box 4
VT Video, Summer Orientation '98, 19981 VHS
- box 4
VT Video, 20041 VHS
- box 4
Beyond the Dream, n.d.1 VHS
- box 4
BSA Film's Com., Rod Roger's Dance Troop / Ain't I a Woman, Ezibu Muntu, n.d.1 VHS
- box 4
Condoms & Common Sense, Modern Education Services, Inc., Sponsored by: Carter-Wallace, Inc., n.d.1 VHS
- box 4
Creative Dating Workshop, Coleman Productions, n.d.1 VHS
- box 4
KRS-One Footage / Off Tha Hook Footage, KRS-One Lecture - Back off room (No Volume), n.d.1 VHS
- box 4
Michael Dyson vs. Dinesh D'Souza, International Lecture Management, n.d.1 VHS
- box 4
The People's Court, Judge Marilyn Milian Introduction, n.d.1 VHS
- box 4
Saint Johns University, Experience College, RT: 15:00, n.d.1 VHS
- box 4
Saturday Night Live: Michael Jordan & Public Enemy, Fall 19911 VHS
- box 4
VISION 2000, Russell-McCloud & Associates, 1994-04-131 VHS
- box 4
Your Voice Television Talk Show, Highlights of the 1st Season, Florida State University College of Education, n.d.1 VHS
- Subseries 1: Displays, 1999-2000
- box-folder 2 folder: 7
Mounted photographs from Multicultural Center Reunion, 1999
- box-folder 8 folder: 3
Hall Display Case Photographs, Fall 1999
- box-folder 8 folder: 4
Black Cultural Center Display Photographs, Spring 1999-Fall 1999
- box-folder 8 folder: 5
Multicultural Center Display Photographs, Fall 1999
- box-folder 8 folder: 6
Photographs, 1999-2000
- box-folder 2 folder: 8-10
Mounted Photographs from Black Cultural Center and Multicultural Center Displays, n.d.
- box-folder 8 folder: 7
Photographs of Displays in the Black Cultural Center and Multicultural Center, n.d.
- box-folder 8 folder: 8
Photographs of Black Cultural Center Art, n.d.
- box-folder 2 folder: 7
- Subseries 2: Internal and External Views, 1999-2001
- box-folder 8 folder: 9
Photographs of the Black Cultural Center, Fall 1999
- box-folder 8 folder: 10
Miscellaneous Photographs of the Black Cultural Center, c.1999-c.2001
- box-folder 8 folder: 11
Miscellaneous Photographs of the Multicultural Center, c.1999-c.2001
- box-folder 8 folder: 9
- Subseries 3: Faculty, Staff, and Students, 1999-2001
- box-folder 8 folder: 12
Photographs of Faculty and Staff, Spring 2000
- box-folder 8 folder: 13
Meet Your Community Board, Fall 2001
- box-folder 8 folder: 14
Miscellaneous Photographs of People, c.1999-c.2001
- box-folder 8 folder: 12