Duke Students with Interracial Legacies records, 1993-2020
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Summary
- Creator:
- Duke University. Students with Interracial Legacies
- Abstract:
- Duke Student with Interracial Legacies (SWIRL) is a cultural group that was established in 2016. The group seeks to foster a sense of belonging and community for students with mixed background experiences. This collection consists of meeting notes, events planning materials, photographs of events, and budgeting records. Records span 1993 to 2020.
- Extent:
- 297 Megabytes
- Language:
- Materials in English.
- Collection ID:
- UA.31.04.0020
- University Archives Record Group:
- 31 -- Student/Campus Life
31 -- Student/Campus Life > 04 -- Student Organizations- Religious and Cultural Organizations
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of administrative and financial records spanning 1993 to 2020. Includes events planning records, funding documents, meeting notes, agendas, photographs, promotional materials, and reading materials. Also contains photographs from Springternational and planning materials for Culture Shock.
- Biographical / historical:
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Duke Students with Interracial Legacies, or SWIRL, is a student group with a mission "to foster a community of students with multiracial, multiethnic or multicultural experiences." Since its establishment in 2016, SWIRL has hosted events like ice cream socials, discussion groups, and Culture Shock, an event held at the end of the academic year to recognize and bring together cultural groups at Duke. Through public engagement, collaboration with other student groups, publications, and campus activities, SWIRL "seeks to educate and empower students" while cultivating an open and welcoming Duke community.
Source: https://studentaffairs.duke.edu/ihouse/student-groups
- Acquisition information:
- The Duke Students with Interracial Legacies records were received by the University Archives as a gift in 2020.
- Processing information:
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Processed by April Blevins, June 2022.
Accessions described in this collection guide: UA2020-0012.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], Duke Students with Interracial Legacies records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
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