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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.

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. ...