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Asian American college students

 Subject
Subject Source: Local

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Asian American Coalition Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG02.0003.052
Scope and Contents

The Asian American Coalition collection primarily documents the first ten years of the organization’s existence from 1998 to 2008 with a smaller percentage of documents being from after 2009 to 2014. The collection contains documents such as the founding constitution, an issues paper which laid out why the organization was necessary, internal emails between the original student leaders which highlight their goals as an organization, communications with the University administration where they expressed many of their demands to the University, fliers and meeting notes for the various events they hosted on campus and in the community, and early newspaper coverage of the organization from the Daily Iowan.

Dates: 1998 - 2014

Vietnamese Student Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG02.0003.057
Scope and Contents The Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) records contain materials from the student organization on the University of Iowa Campus from their early years in 1986 to 2020. Containing organizational administrative records including constituions in both Vietnamese and English, a run of their VSA magazine published predmominately in Vietnamese, and brochures, programs, and fliers from their annual Lunar New Year celebration, this collection represents the breadth of their activities on campus.This collection is part of the Student Organizations Organizing their Records (SOAR) project in the University Archives. The Purpose of SOAR is to ensure that the legacy of each student organization on the University of Iowa campus is being actively preserved. Involving students in the organization, description, and care for their organization’s archival collection is an integral part of making the history of student organizations visible on our campus. ...
Dates: 1986-2020

WAVES Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG02.0003.053
Scope and Contents

The WAVES collection documents the student ran the Asian film festival, WAVES, from 2003 to 2007. The collection contains documents such as program booklets, fliers for their events, and emails where the WAVES leadership team planned the film festival by communicating with potential filmmakers, corporate sponsors, and the student body.

Dates: 2003-2007