African American Collections
Stanford University boasts the most African American Collections in Project STAND.


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Stanford University has the largest African American physical collection.
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University of Michigan has the largest digital collection.
Most collections (Ohio)
State with the most institutions reporting African American collections.
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UNC Chapel Hill has the second largest African American collection.
Stanford University
Institution reporting the most African American Collections.
Full and Partial
Below is an alphabetized list of African American collections (Both full and partial).

Springfield College has contributed three collections for Project STAND, including Springfield College of the Office of the President Records.





African American Collections (Full and Partial) 1st Section
Collections Button Legend:
Go To Collection – Collection is digitized and is accessible online, in full or in part.
Physical Collection – The collection includes primarily physical materials that have not been digitized, and/or contains digitized items that are not accessible online.
Contact Institution – Collection is at the Institution and is either unprocessed or does not have an inventory/finding aid available online.
1970 Student Demonstrations
1970 Student Demonstrations, 1970-1979 (The Ohio State University)
A Dream Deferred
A Dream Deferred: The University of Virginia and Equal Opportunity, 1967-1970 (University of Virginia)
Academics for Affirmative Action and Social Justice Records
Academics for Affirmative Action and Social Justice Records, 1997-2000 (University of Michigan- Bentley Historical Library)
Activist Student Organizations
Activist Student Organizations, 1965-1972 (University of Virginia)
Ad-Hoc Committee to Student Strike of 1970
Ad-Hoc Committee to Student Strike of 1970 (University of Virginia)
African-American and African Studies Dept. Records
African-American and African Studies Dept. Records, 1960-1979 (The Ohio State University)
Afro-American Society Records
Afro-American Society Records, 1968-1998 (Case Western Reserve University Archives)
Allen Building Takeover Collection
Allen Building Takeover Collection, 1969-2002 (Duke University Archives)
Alternative Press Collection
Alternative Press Collection, 1960’s-2010’s (University of Connecticut).
Anti-Racism Protests/Activism Materials
Anti-Racism Protests/Activism Materials, 1960-1969, 2000-present (Denison University)
Anti-War Material and Student Protest Tapes from Chancellorsville
Anti-War Material and Student Protest Tapes from Chancellorsville, 1969 (University of Virginia)
Archiving Student Activism at Princeton
Archiving Student Activism at Princeton (ASAP) Collection, 2014-2016 (Princeton University)
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
Atlanta Student Movement Collection, 1960-2000 (Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library)
Austin McCoy Papers
Austin McCoy Papers, 2000-present (University of Michigan)
Barbara Cook Papers
Barbara Cook Papers, 1964-1977 (Purdue University)
Being Black at Illinois Records
Being Black at Illinois Records, 2014 (University of Illinois)
Being Black at the University of Michigan) Twitter Archive
#BBUM (Being Black at the University of Michigan) Twitter Archive, 2013-2015 (University of Michigan- Bentley Historical Library)
Black70
Black70, 1970 (Stanford University Archives)
Black Action Movement
Black Action Movement (I, II, and III), 1970-1987 (University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library)
Black Action Society Files
Black Action Society Files, 1968-1998 (University of Pittsburgh)
Black Community Services Center Records
Black Community Services Center Records, 1973-1988 (Stanford University)
Black Cultural Center Media Collection
Black Cultural Center Media Collection, 1980’s (Purdue University)
Black Gold (student newspaper)
Black Gold (student newspaper), 1972-1973 (University of Rhode Island)
Black Student Alliance Records
Black Student Alliance Records, 1969-2018 (Duke University Archives)
Black Student Alliance Records
Black Student Alliance Records, 1980-2013 (University of Virginia)
Black Student Association Publications
Black Student Association Publications, 1967-1974 (University of Illinois)
Black Student Movement Records
Black Student Movement Records, 1970’s-2000’s (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Black Student Union
Black Student Union, 1969-present (University of Michigan)
Black Student Union
Black Student Union, 1970-1972 (University of Toledo)
Black Student Union Records
Black Student Union Records, 1971-2015 (University of California- Irvine)
Black Students for Revolution Records
Black Students for Revolution Records, 2015-present (University of Illinois).
Black Students Union
Black Students Union, 1970-2010 (Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University)
Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center Records
Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center Records, 1970’s-1990’s (Wright State University)
Brage Golding Presidential Papers
Brage Golding Presidential Papers, 1966-1972 (Wright State University)
Brilliant Corners (student publication)
Brilliant Corners (student publication), 1970-1971 (Stanford University Archives)
Buchtelite Student Newspapers
Buchtelite Student Newspapers, 1889-present (University of Akron)
Campus Activism Collection
Campus Activism Collection, 1962-1992 (Connecticut College)
Campus Environment Team Records
Campus Environment Team Records, 1990-1994 (Arizona State University)
Campus Unrest Collection
Campus Unrest Collection, 1964-1990 (University of Cincinnati)
Case Western Reserve University Ahmed Evans Protest Records
Case Western Reserve University Ahmed Evans Protest Records, 1969-1978
African American Collections (Full and Partial) 2nd Section
Collections Button Legend:
Go To Collection – Collection is digitized and is accessible.
Physical Collection -The collection includes primarily physical materials, with few or no digitized items for public access.
Contact Institution – Collection is at the Institution but lacks an inventory list/is not processed
Co -Contact Institution- Collection is at the Institution but lacks an inventory list/is not processed
Case Western Reserve University President’s Office- Robert W. Morse Records
Case Western Reserve University President’s Office- Robert W. Morse Records, 1955-1970
Chicago Circle Focus
Chicago Circle Focus, 1968 (University of Illinois-Chicago)
Chronology of Campus Protests
Chronology of Campus Protests, ca. 1972 (University of Illinois)
Civil Rights Protest
Civil Rights Protest, 1960-1969 (Denison University)
Collection of Leroy Keyes Press Photos
Collection of Leroy Keyes Press Photos, 1967-1969 (Purdue University)
Committee of Inquiry Records
Committee of Inquiry Records, 1966-1974 (The Ohio State University)
Common Sense- Charlottesville Activist Coalition,
Common Sense- Charlottesville Activist Coalition, 1981 (University of Virginia)
Confederate Monument Protest Materials
Confederate Monument Protest Materials, 2017-2018 (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Cornell A. Bell Papers
Cornell A. Bell Papers, 1933-2009 (Purdue University)
Cross Cultural Center Records
Cross Cultural Center Records, 1972-2015 (University of California-Irvine)
Demonstration Photographs
Demonstration Photographs, 1968-1971 (The Ohio State University)
Department of Afro-American and African Studies Records
Department of Afro-American and African Studies Records, 1966-2010 (University of Michigan- Bentley Historical Library)
Disorientation Guide
Disorientation Guide, 1996-2001 (Stanford University Archives)
Duke Vigil Collection
Duke Vigil Collection, 1968-1988 (Duke University Archives)
Edward and Shirley Crosby papers
Edward and Shirley Crosby papers (unprocessed), 1960’s-1970’s (Kent State University)
Eggshell Press Records
Eggshell Press Records, 1966-1968 (Indiana University Archives)
Forrest Hall Protest Collection
Forrest Hall Protest Collection, 1930-present (Middle Tennessee State University Albert Gore Research Center)
For What It’s Worth
For What It’s Worth, 1972 (Stanford University Archives)
Grapevine
Grapevine, 1973-1988 (Stanford University Archives)
The Guardian
The Guardian, 1965-present (Wright State University)
Guide to the University of California-Irvine Dramatic Transformations Records
Guide to the University of California-Irvine Dramatic Transformations Records, 2012-2015
Harold Enarson Items
Harold Enarson Items, 1940’s-2002 (The Ohio State University)
Indiana University Students for a Democratic Society Newsletters
Indiana University Students for a Democratic Society Newsletters, 1965-1966 (Indiana University Archives)
Jay Cassidy Photograph Collection
Jay Cassidy Photograph Collection, 1967-1970 (University of Michigan- Bentley Historical Library)
Jessica Curtin Collection
Jessica Curtin Collection, 1997-2007 (University of Michigan- Bentley Historical Library)
John W. Jackson Manuscript Collection
John W. Jackson Manuscript Collection, 1949-1980 (Jackson State University Margaret Walker Center)
Joseph A. Labadie Collection
Joseph A. Labadie Collection, 1850-present (University of Michigan- Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library)
Joseph Kadane Papers
Joseph Kadane Papers, 1964-1966 (Stanford University Archives)
Kassandra Agee Chandler Papers
Kassandra Agee Chandler Papers, 1978-1980 (Purdue University)
Kent State University Black United Students records
Kent State University Black United Students records, 1968-present (Kent State University)
KZSU Project South Interviews
KZSU Project South Interviews, 1965 (Stanford University Archives)
Lafayette Tolliver papers and photographs
Lafayette Tolliver papers and photographs, 1967-1971 (Kent State University)
Madison Foster Papers
Madison Foster Papers, 1969-1970 (University of Michigan- Bentley Historical Library)
Margaret Walker Personal Papers
Margaret Walker Personal Papers, 1929-1998 (Jackson State University Margaret Walker Center)
Mary Ann Smith Wilson-Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
Mary Ann Smith Wilson-Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism, 1948-2008 (Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library)
Mary Church Terrell Papers
Mary Church Terrell Papers, 1884-1953 (Oberlin College Archives)
May 4 Collection (Kent State Shootings)
May 4 Collection (Kent State Shootings), 1950-present (Kent State University)
Melvin G. Holli Papers
Melvin G. Holli Papers, 1967-1998 (University of Illinois-Chicago)
Milton E. Wilson, Jr., papers
Milton E. Wilson, Jr., papers, 1965-1944 (Kent State University)
Mississippi Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Mississippi Freedom Summer Digital Collection, 1960-2017 (Miami University)
African American Collections (Full and Partial) 3rd Section
Collections Button Legend:
Go To Collection – Collection is digitized and is accessible.
Physical Collection-The collection includes primarily physical materials, with few or no digitized items for public access.
Contact Institution – Collection is at the Institution but lacks an inventory list/is not processed
Naomi Markee Harward Papers
Naomi Markee Harward Papers, 1929-1989 (Arizona State University)
NAACP- University of Michigan Chapter
NAACP- University of Michigan Chapter, 1968-1989/ 2017-2019 (University of Michigan)
National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
National Council of Negro Women, Inc., 2008-2014 (Center for Archival Collections- Bowling Green State University)
Novice Fawcett Papers
Novice Fawcett Papers, 1930-1987 (The Ohio State University)
Oberlin and Civil Rights
Oberlin and Civil Rights, 1950’s-1980’s (Oberlin College Archives)
Occupy Purdue Movement Records
Occupy Purdue Movement Records, 2017 (Purdue University)
Office of Communications & Marketing Photograph Collection
Office of Communications & Marketing Photograph Collection, 1966-present (Wright State University)
Office of Student Affairs
Office of Student Affairs, 1951-2001 (The University of Toledo)
Office of the President- Asa Knowles Papers
Office of the President- Asa Knowles Papers, 1947-1958 (The University of Toledo)
Office of the President- Subject Files
Office of the President- Subject Files, 1954-2014 (The University of Toledo)
Opie Evans Papers
Opie Evans Papers, 1965 (The University of Akron)
Oral Histories
Oral Histories, 1960-1979 (The Ohio State University)
Orangeburg Massacre Collection
Orangeburg Massacre Collection, 1968-present (South Carolina State University)
Our Choking Times
Our Choking Times, 1970-1982 (The Ohio State University)
Paul M. Gaston Papers
Paul M. Gaston Papers, 1950-1990 (University of Virginia)
Peninsula Times Tribune- Stanford University photographs
Peninsula Times Tribune- Stanford University photographs, 1959-1992 (Stanford University Archives)
Philosophy Born of Struggle Conference records
Philosophy Born of Struggle Conference records, 1994-2014 (Purdue University)
Phoebe Farris Papers
Phoebe Farris Papers, 1972-2011 (Purdue University)
Photography and Cinema- Film of Student Demonstration
Photography and Cinema- Film of Student Demonstration, 1968 (The Ohio State University)
Pictorial Record of African-American Students
Pictorial Record of African-American Students, 1998-1992 (Purdue University)
Poor Peoples Campaign records
Poor Peoples Campaign records, 1972 (Case Western Reserve University Archives)
President Jerome Papers- Black Student Union Negotiations File
President Jerome Papers- Black Student Union Negotiations File, 1970 (Center for Archival Collections- Bowling Green State University)
President Moore Papers- Black Student Union Materials
President Moore Papers- Black Student Union Materials, 1970-1971 (Center for Archival Collections- Bowling Greene State University)
President Olscamp Papers- Black Student Union Issues
President Olscamp Papers- Black Student Union Issues, 1970-1980 (Center for Archival Collections- Bowling Green State University)
Purdue University African-American Students, Alumni and Faculty Collection
Purdue University African-American Students, Alumni and Faculty Collection, 1961-2014 (Purdue University)
Ready Reference Demonstration Material
Ready Reference Demonstration Material, 1969-1971 (The Ohio State University)
Records of the 1968 Bursar Office Takeover
Records of the 1968 Bursar Office Takeover, 1968-2008 (Northwestern University)
Records of the Multicultural Center
Records of the Multicultural Center, 1956-2004 (University of Rhode Island)
Reorientation Guide
Reorientation Guide, 2010 (Stanford University Archives)
Richard W. Lyman Provost of Stanford University Papers
Richard W. Lyman Provost of Stanford University Papers, 1959-1972 (Stanford University Archives)
Richard W. Lyman Personal Papers
Richard W. Lyman Personal Papers, 1965-1981 (Stanford University Archives)
Robert I. White papers
Robert I. White papers, 1963-1971 (Kent State University)
Robert J. Kegerreis Papers
Robert J. Kegerreis Papers, 1971-1984 (Wright State University)
Robert W. Beyers Papers
Robert W. Beyers Papers, 1965-1992 (Stanford University Archives)
Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History records
Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History records, 1984-2013 (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Southern Students Organizing Committee Papers
Southern Students Organizing Committee Papers, 1959-1977 (University of Virginia)
The Spectator
The Spectator, 1966-1970 (Indiana University Archives)
Spring of Dissent Exhibit
Spring of Dissent Exhibit, 1970 (The Ohio State University)
Stanford Activism (Archive-It)
Stanford Activism (Archive-It), 2018 (Stanford University Archives)
Stanford Historical Photograph Collection
Stanford Historical Photograph Collection, 1887-2018 (Stanford University Archives)
African American Collections (Full and Partial) 4th Section
Collections Button Legend:
Go To Collection – Collection is digitized and is accessible.
Physical Collection-The collection includes primarily physical materials, with few or no digitized items for public access
Contact Institution – Collection is at the Institution but lacks an inventory list/is not processed
Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program Interviews
Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program Interviews, 1999-2016 (Stanford University Archives)
Stanford News Service Audio-Visual Records
Stanford News Service Audio-Visual Records, 1936-2011 (Stanford University Archives)
Stanford Stories Collection
Stanford Stories Collection, 2015 (Stanford University Archives)
Stanford University- Assistant to the President for Black Affairs records
Stanford University- Assistant to the President for Black Affairs records, 1968-1973 (Stanford University Archives)
Stanford University- Faculty Senate Records
Stanford University- Faculty Senate Records, 1891-2014 (Stanford University Archives)
Stanford University Instagram Collection (Archive-It),
Stanford University Instagram Collection (Archive-It), 2017-2018 (Stanford University Archives)
Stanford University Poster Collection
Stanford University Poster Collection, 1892-2018 (Stanford University Archives)
Stanford University Student Organizations Website Collection (Archive-It)
Stanford University Student Organizations Website Collection (Archive-It), 2016-2018 (Stanford University Archives)
Student Demonstration Files
Student Demonstration Files, 1960-1975 (The Ohio State University)
Student Publications
Student Publications, 1960-present (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Students for the Defense of Angela Davis
Students for the Defense of Angela Davis, 1971 (Stanford University Archives)
Student Tenure Protest
Student Tenure Protest, 1974-2002 (Denison University)
Tel-Buch Yearbooks
Tel-Buch Yearbooks, 1960-1989 (The University of Akron)
Tell Us How UC It: A Living Archive
Tell Us How UC It: A Living Archive, (1960-present) University of California- San Diego)
The Colonist
The Colonist, 1969-1970 (Stanford University Archives)
The Michigan Daily
The Michigan Daily, 1890-present (University of Michigan- Bentley Historical Library)
The Oberlin Sanctuary Project
The Oberlin Sanctuary Project, 1840s-1970s (Oberlin College Archives)
The Real News
The Real News, 1970-1971 (Stanford University Archives)
Thomas W. Benson Papers
Thomas W. Benson Papers, 1962-2012 (Penn State University Special Collections)
Underground and Political Student Newspapers
Underground and Political Student Newspapers, ca. 1939-2008 (Purdue University)
Unite the Right Rally and Community Response
Unite the Right Rally and Community Response, 2017-2018 (University of Virginia)
Unity House Records
Unity House Records, 1968-2017 (Connecticut College)
University of Connecticut Photograph Collection
University of Connecticut Photograph Collection, 1968-1974 (University of Connecticut)
University Photographs
University Photographs, ca. 1960-1989 (The University of Akron)
Virginia Weekly
Virginia Weekly, 1969-1972 (University of Virginia)
VP for Academic Affairs/ Provost records
VP for Academic Affairs/ Provost records, 1957-1981 (Center for Archival Collections- Bowling Green State University)
Western Reserve University Panel of Americans Records
Western Reserve University Panel of Americans Records, 1952-1955 (Case Western Reserve University Archives)
Western Reserve University Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee Records
Western Reserve University Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee Records, 1965 (Case Western Reserve University Archives)
Yes We Can
Yes We Can, 1974 (Stanford University Archives)