General records, 1940-1997.

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General records, 1940-1997.

Materials include history of Langston University; calendar of events (1992-1993); class schedules (1948-1996); program descriptions (1997); commencement programs (1964-1997); Founders Day programs (1963-1997); football programs (1956-1996); building dedication programs (1940-1975); A Cappella Singers programs (1955); issues of the Langston Letter published by the Public Relations Department (1964-1975); library handbooks; issues of Library Links (1994-1996); Faculty Institute programs (1961-1975); faculty handbooks (1946-1981); Career Development programs (1975-1976) and descriptive brochures; scholarship pageant programs and news clippings (1959-1997); Student Affairs newsletter and calendar (1992-1997); affirmative action compliance manual (1993); alma mater, Dear Langston, words by Samuel Sadler, music by John W. Work; and photographs of buildings, the campus and presidents. aNational Alumni Association materials include programs (1975-1978), financial membership list (1973), midwestern regional convention program booklets (1971-1977), The Langston University Club of Los Angeles handbook (1971), programs (1972-1981), clippings (1975-1988), Alumni Newsletter and Development Report (1973), Alumni Newsletter (1964-1978), constitution (1960, 1972), Board of Directors minutes (1962), directories (1966-1991), 1994 alumni directory, and news clippings and photographs about alumni deaths (1956, 1988). Additional materials include Art Department news clippings (1956-1989), announcements, and programs for exhibits (1968-1997); Student Government Association correspondence, minutes, and newsletters (1965-1970); Cooperative Extension Service (1974-1975) newsletter and news clippings; Cooperative Extension Work narrative report by Parker (1955); descriptive brochure of the Baptist Student Union; assessment plan; evaluation submitted to the Oklahoma State Regents (1992); men's and women's basketball news clippings (1955-1988), program description (1958), and press guides (1971, 1989); Biology Club news clippings (1974) and program (1964); handouts from The African-American Summit organized by the Black Caucus (1990); business research; student statistics; and history of the City of Langston. Materials pertaining to the May 8, 1969 boycott include survey of the number of students absent, student demands, letter to the Student Senate, letter from the Oklahoma governor to students assuring them of his commitment to keep the University open, and news clipping of 1968 food boycott. Black Heritage Center materials include request list, University Cooperative Extension Program narrative accomplishment report (1985); Langston University's response to the desegregation of the traditionally black institution; poem by Kelvin B. Telson; programs and flyers (1977, 1997); financial correspondence; art donation correspondence; employment files; purchase files; list of materials; news clippings; and Black Heritage Week programs (1971-1997).

ca. 10 linear ft.

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Langston University was established as a land grant college in 1897; the Colored Agricultural and Normal University opened in 1898 in a Presbyterian church to instruct male and female colored persons in the art of teaching common and higher education in the agricultural, mechanical, and industrial arts; later built on land purchased with funds raised by the local black community, the college in addition to the town, was named for John Mercer Langston (1829-1897), a black Virginian educator who o...