Oberlin College. Asian American Alliance (1972-present)

Scope and Contents This folder consists of the single issue of Asia News, published in 1977. Asia News was a single-edition journal published in newspaper format by the Oberlin College Asian American Alliance. It was designed to further unity and cohesion inside and outside the Asian and Asian American community. Presented as a source of news, Asia News focuses on Oberlin's internal politics. The...

Scope and Contents Dating from 1970 through 2014, the records of the Asian American Alliance (AAA) contain four decades of conference material, correspondence, photographs, student work, fliers, and organization records related to the group’s operation at Oberlin College. The records reflect the work that the AAA members performed to create a space for the representation of the broader Asian American community at Oberlin, within the Midwest, and within the United States. The annual reports, student government...

Scope and Contents This folder contains a single issue of Bridges, an outreach newsletter published by the Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association (OSMA) in 1993. The issue in this file features items from "Creative Activities for Teaching about the Countries and Regions of the World: India" (Stevens and Shea Publishers, In., 1988). Bridges is a two-page publication with an insert from OSMA explaining the Asian Outreach Program, advocating...

Scope and Contents Records from the Multicultural Resource Commons (MRC) Records date from 1979 to 2024 and reflect the operations of the MRC at Oberlin College. A large portion of this collection is made up of materials from the binders of the four Community Coordinator (CC) positions within the MRC: the Asian/Pacific American Community Coordinator, the Africana Community Coordinator, the Latine Community Coordinator, and the LGBTQ+ Community Coordinator. These files relate to the position and...