Cougar Pride Club, WSU Vancouver: Event Posters and Planning Records, 2016-2017
Scope and Contents
The materials were used to promote various Cougar Pride events for the campus community as well as documents from meetings and activities in 2016. A small amount of material is included for 2017. The collection includes event posters, surveys conducted during World AIDS Day, meeting agendas, photographs from events, social media posts about scholarships and events on campus, and fliers.
Dates
- 2016-2017
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Biographical / Historical
WSU Vancouver Cougar Pride Club was established in 2007 to provide a safe forum for LGBTQ+ and ally individuals to exchange information and resource materials concerning culture, sexual-orientation and gender-identity. Part of the club’s mission is to build a sense of community for LGBTQ+ and ally individuals; to raise awareness; and to promote organization citizenship in order to serve the interests of the student body and the surrounding community. The students and alumni who make up the Cougar Pride Club host regular meetings; LGBTQ+ and Allies Socials on campus; and sponsor programs.
Extent
21.2 Megabytes (46 digital files originally in various formats (JPEG, PNG, PDF, XLS, DOC). Files are on a CD.)
Abstract
There are approximately 46 digital images and files documenting Cougar Pride Club events in 2016-2017. Materials include event photos and ephemera from Ally Week, Monster Ball and World AIDS Day. In addition, there are meeting itineraries, social media posts, Involvement Fair materials, and club logos. The donation was received as part of a Diversity Council grant project conducted by the WSU Vancouver Library to encourage representation of diversity from student organizations and to document diverse groups as part of campus culture and history. The contents are a part of the UA-WSUV-2017-001 accession.
Arrangement
This collection has no series. It is arranged by event with additional organization for Facebook posts and meeting agendas, which cover the scope of events for 2016 and 2017. There are seven total folders in this collection arranged on CD.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This material was donated by a representative for Cougar Pride Club. The donation was part of a Diversity Council grant project, which focused on outreach to student clubs for inclusion in the campus archives. The collection was received in 2017 (UA-WSUV-2017-001)
- Title
- Cougar Pride Club, WSU Vancouver: Event Posters and Planning Records, 2016-2017 Archives.DR.006
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Samantha Edgerton and Robert Schimelpfenig
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Washington State University Vancouver, Archives and Special Collections Repository