Princeton University Asian American Student Association Records, 1978-2015

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Creator:

Princeton University. Asian American Students Association

Title:

Princeton University Asian American Student Association Records

Repository:

Princeton University Archives

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/db78tf665

Dates:

1978-2015

Size:

1 box and 1 websites

Storage Note:

Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1

Language:

English

Abstract: The Princeton University Asian American Students Association (AASA) was organized in 1971 to address the needs of Asian American students at Princeton through social, cultural, political, and educational programs. The Asian American Students Association Records chiefly consist of correspondence, petitions, reports, and proposals that document the campaign for developing an Asian American Studies program at Princeton as well as records that document campus events and activities led and sponsored by the Asian American Student Association.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The Asian American Students Association Records chiefly consist of correspondence, petitions, reports, and proposals that document the campaign for developing an Asian American Studies program at Princeton as well as records that document campus events and activities led and sponsored by the Asian American Student Association. The collection also holds documents of the founding of the Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton (A4P).

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically by year.

Collection Creator Biography:

Princeton University

The Princeton University Asian American Students Association (AASA) was organized in 1971 to address the needs of Asian American students at Princeton through social, cultural, political, and educational programs. An original committee member of the Third World Center, AASA emerged on Princeton's campus during a time of student unrest at many American universities and primarily functioned to support current students. After drafting its first constituion in 1978, the organization co-founded and later hosted the first East Coast Asian Students Union (ECASU) Conference.

In the early 1980's, AASA rebounded from a brief period of inactivity to reaffirm its commitment to the student experience of Asian American students at Princeton by publishing The Seedling magazine and the AASA Press. The 1990's ushered in a renewed focus on activism for the organization, reaching its height on April 20, 1995, with a 35-hour sit-in at Nassau Hall led by 17 students who advocated for the establishment of programs and professorships in Asian American Studies and Latino Studies, to which the University responded in part during the fall of 1995 with an announcement of faculty member searches for each discipline as well increased library holdings for each discipline.

With the Program beginning soon thereafter, AASA returned to its focus on the student experience of Asian American students at Princeton by sponsoring programs, hosting lectures, and establishing Unfound: The Princeton Journal of Asian American Studies, whose inaugural issue was published in the fall of 2014.

Collection History

Acquisition:: Materials were transferred to the University Archives in two Accessions: AR.2014.033 and AR.2015.037.
Appraisal: No materials were separated from the collection during processing.
Processing Information: This collection was processed by Jarrett M. Drake in 2015. Finding aid written by Jarrett M. Drake in 2015. Finding aid updated by Valencia L. Johnson in 2019.

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

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Credit this material:

Princeton University Asian American Student Association Records; Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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