Early Black Students, 1946 - 1968

File — Box: V-01

Identifier: V:004

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: This series includes materials relating to Black students and the Navy Program, minorities at Muhlenberg, Educational Opportunity Pilot Program (EOP), international students, college diversity statements, Office of Minority Affairs, Office of Multicultural Life, reflections on teaching Black history.

Includes brochures, President Tyson's personal correspondence, student essay, newsletter, handbooks, magazine article, newspaper clippings, faculty personal reflections, event schedules.

Dates

1946 - 1968

Creator

Muhlenberg College (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research, with only a few very limited restrictions; access by appointment.

Extent

From the Collection: 50 Linear Feet (The bulk of the printed material (previously the vertical files) is contained in flip-top document cases. Textiles, memorabilia, and other realia is stored in appropriate lidded boxes.)

Additional Description

President Tyson letter to Registrar, Harry Benfer, regarding admission application of Robert H. Jackson, black student;

President Tyson writes letter to Allentown draft board requesting deferment for Black student William E Jackson (Elmo), presently a senior at the college;

Julius Wesley Becton, Jr., black student on campus for three years, decorated Vietnam Army commander, receives honorary Doctor of Laws 1988;

Includes "BECTON: Autobiograpy of a Soldier and Public Servant";