Guide to the Grambling State Univ.​ Student Exchange Program,​ 1970-​1980

Overview of the Collection

Repository:               
Special Collections & Archives
McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
P.O.  Box 4004
105 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54702 – 4004
(715) 836-2739
https://library.uwec.edu/archives/

Reference Code: USGZE AS182

Accession Number: 81-44

Collection Number: Archives Series 182

Creators: University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Grambling State University Student Exchange Program. 

Title: University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Grambling State University Student Exchange Program.

Dates: 1970-1980
Quantity: 1.8 linear feet (5 archives boxes)

Location of Collection: D6/4e

Languages: Collection materials are in English.

Summary: Correspondence, school newspapers, photographs, and student applications related to the student exchange program between Grambling State University in Louisiana and the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire between 1970 and 1980.

Biographical / Historical Note

The University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Grambling State University Student Exchange Program began in 1970 as a way to introduce students to new racial and cultural experiences. The University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Grambling State University Student Exchange Program offered the opportunity for students at each of the schools to spend a semester as a minority member at the other participating campus with the goal of increasing an understanding of regional, historical, and cultural differences. GSU, located in north central Louisiana, is a predominantly black four-year state-supported university, emphasizing the liberal arts and teacher education. In the decade that the program existed, 45 UW-Eau Claire and 40 Grambling students participated. By 1980, due to lack of interest and applicants, the exchange program ended.

Content Description

This collection contains correspondence of students to and from the director of the Exchange Program, John Stoelting. Other records include various administrative correspondence and memos, press releases, The Gramblinite and The Spectator Grambling State University class schedules and catalogs, student applications, photographs, and various programs, fliers, and brochures from Grambling State University.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information: Transferred to the University Archives by the Foundations of Education Department in September 1980.

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public.

Use Restrictions: Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright owned by the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire.

Preferred Citation: University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Grambling State University Student Exchange Program, 1970-1980.  AS182. Special Collections & Archives.  McIntyre Library.  University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Eau Claire, WI.

Processing Note: Processed by Lark Keating-Hadlock in April 2007.

Arrangement: Flat arrangement, chronological order.

OCLC #: 180188475

Subjects

Personal Names: Stoelting, G. John

Corporate Names: University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Grambling State University Student Exchange Program.

Subject Terms:
Student exchange programs – Wisconsin – Eau Claire
Race relations
African-Americans – Wisconsin – Eau Claire

Genre Terms:
Correspondence
Promotional materials

Detailed List of Contents

Container 

Contents 

Dates  

Box/Folder 1/1

Student Exchange

1973-1974

Box/Folder 1/2

Student Exchange Study

1972

Box/Folder 1/3-1/4

Student Exchange: Students from Grambling

1970-1971

Box/Folder 1/5-1/8

Student Exchange

1971-1973

Box/Folder 2/1-2/6

Student Exchange

1973-1976

Box/Folder 3/1-3/7

Student Exchange

1976-1980

Box/Folder 3/8

Grambling Exchange Applications

1970-1978

Box/Folder 3/9

Misc. Grambling State

undated

Box/Folder 4/1

Grambling State General Catalog

1977-1979

Box/Folder 4/2

Dr. Stoelting’s Folder

1975

Box/Folder 4/3

Grambling State Class Schedule

1978, 1980

Box/Folder 4/4

The Gramblinite 

1976

Box/Folder 4

Grambling State yearbooks

1971, 1973

Box/Folder 5/1-2

Student Exchange: Photographs

1970-1976