Black Graduate and Professional Student Association records, 1988-2001, bulk 1988-1989

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Black Graduate and Professional Student Association
Abstract:
The Black Graduate and Professional Student Association (BGPSA) exists to "address the needs and concerns of minority graduate and professional students and to promote diversity within the Duke University community." It received its charter around 2003. Collection contains material pertaining to the planning and execution of the First Annual Julian Abele Awards and Recognition Banquet, held 21 April 1989, which was established by the BGPSA.
Extent:
0.8 Linear Feet
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
UA.31.10.0004
University Archives Record Group:
31 -- Student/Campus Life
31 -- Student/Campus Life > 10 -- Student Organizations - Professional and Occupational

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains material pertaining to the planning and execution of the First Annual Julian Abele Awards and Recognition Banquet, held 21 April 1989. These materials include correspondence, financial records, programs, newspapers and newspaper clippings, memoranda, and other printed materials. The materials in the collection date from 1988-1989.

Biographical / historical:

According to the mission statement of the Black Graduate and Professional Student Association (BGPSA) the organization exists to "address the needs and concerns of minority graduate and professional students and to promote diversity within the Duke University community." These goals are met through community service, social, and academically-based programming events, contributions to the community, and assisting in the development of future minority leadership. The BGPSA is an umbrella organization and its membership includes students from the following organizations: Black and Latino MBA Organization, Black Law Students Association, Black Seminarians Union, Bouchet Society, Student National Medical Association, and Hurston-James Society.

The BGPSA established the annual Julian Abele Awards and Recognition Banquet in honor of the Black American architect who designed Duke University's Chapel and buildings of the original West campus. Its purpose is to celebrate the Black presence on Duke's campus in general, and the Black graduate and professional student community in particular. It was chartered around 2003.

Acquisition information:
The Black Graduate and Professional Student Association records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1990.
Processing information:

Processed by Sherrie Bowser, December 2006

Encoded by Kimberly Sims, January 2007

Accession A90-12 is described in this finding aid.

Updated by Tracy M. Jackson, February 2016, to include folder names and 2001 flyer.

Arrangement:

The records were originally housed in a loose-leaf binder with the individual pages encapsulated in plastic page protectors. Due to preservation concerns the materials were removed from the binder and re-housed in archival folders. Original order has been maintained.

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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[Identification of item], Black Graduate and Professional Student Association Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.