University of Kentucky. Office of Minority Affairs and Office of Multicultural and Academic Affairs: Lauretta Byars papers
Abstract
The University of Kentucky. Associate Provost for Multicultural and Academic Affairs and Office of Minority Affairs: Lauretta Byars papers (dated 1948-2007, undated; bulk 1990-2005; 11 cubic feet, 11 record storage cartons) primarily comprise correspondence, reports and planning documents, financial records, meeting agendas and minutes, subject files and institutional data, event flyers, and printed material documenting the administration and operations of and events undertaken by the Office of Minority Affairs (1990-2003) and the Office of Multicultural and Academic Affairs (2003-2004) during Lauretta Byars' tenure as head administrator.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- University of Kentucky. Office of Minority Affairs and Office of Multicultural and Academic Affairs: Lauretta Byars papers
- Date
- 1948-2007, undated (inclusive)
- 1990-2005 (bulk)
- 1990-2005 (bulk)
- Creator
- Byars, Lauretta F. (Lauretta Flynn), 1949-
- Extent
- 11 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Minorities in higher education
- Universities and colleges -- Kentucky.
- College attendance -- Kentucky -- Statistics
- Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- Kentucky -- Statistics
- Scholarships -- Kentucky
- African American college students -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc.
- Universities and colleges -- Administration -- Kentucky.
- Byars, Lauretta F. (Lauretta Flynn), 1949-
- University of Kentucky. Office of Minority Affairs
- University of Kentucky. Office of Multicultural and Academic Affairs
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject into three series: Administrative Files, Subject Files, and Lauretta Byars Personal Files.
- Preferred Citation
- 2004ua064 : [identification of item], University of Kentucky. Office of Minority Affairs and Office of Multicultural and Academic Affairs: Lauretta Byars papers, 1948-2007, undated, bulk 1990-2005, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- In 1971, the University of Kentucky Board (UK) of Trustees established the position of Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs for Minority Students and hired Jerry L. Stevens to fill it. The role of this position was to advise, assist, and counsel the University and its administration "in the interest of improving current efforts and developing new services for minority students." Simultaneously, the Office of Minority Student Affairs was created. The office reported to the Vice President for Student Affairs and the goal of the office was to "assist both students and University staff in the development of coordinated programs and supportive services for minority students when specific needs cannot be met effectively through the use of existing resources." In addition, the office provided institutional support and representation for underrepresented student, faculty, and staff populations at the university.
- In July 1975, John T. Smith was hired for a newly-created position, the Vice President for Minority Affairs, which became Vice Chancellor for Minority Affairs June 1982 when the University instituted a chancellor system. This position was over the areas of Minority Student Affairs, Affirmative Action, and Employee Counseling. William C. Parker took over the position in August 1984, and Lauretta Byars was hired as acting Vice Chancellor in July 1990. After a national search, Byars was appointed permanently in April 1991.
- In October 1991, the Lyman T. Johnson Alumni Association (affiliated with the UK Alumni Association) as part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the office. During this time, the office focused on developing educational and cultural programming, the recruitment and retention of minority students and non-academic counseling. In July 2001, the position of Vice Chancellor of Minority Affairs was renamed Associate Provost of Minority Affairs. Based on one of the recommendations of then-President Lee T. Todd to the Board of Trustees, the Office of Minority Affairs was renamed the Office of Multicultural and Academic Affairs effective July 1, 2003. Byars continued as head of the unit as the Associate Provost for Multicultural and Academic Affairs. The units and programs under this office expanded to include the UK Center for Academic Resources and Enrichment Services (UK CARES), the Freshman Summer Program, the Critical First-Year Program, the Science Living-Learning Community, the Martin Luther King, Jr., Cultural Center, Multicultural Student Programming, and Student Support Services. The name change reflected the broader range of services and broader mission acquired by the office, which was to "assume university-wide responsibility to lead diversity and equity efforts across the campus."
- Just a year later, in July 2004, the Board of Trustees established a new administrative position reporting to the President and the Provost, the Vice President for University Initiatives/Associate Provost for Multicultural Affairs. Under this new position, the Board consolidated the areas of the Vice President for Academic Outreach and Public Service, the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, and the Associate Provost for Multicultural and Academic Affairs. The new position was "responsible for outreach and service programs on behalf of the communities throughout Kentucky, particularly in Appalachia, promoting the University's ability to develop and evaluate solutions to some of the state's most persistent social, economic, health, and educational problems, improving the recruitment and academic success of multicultural students, and providing oversight of the University's efforts to enhance its overall diversity." Also, in 2004, Lauretta Byars left the university, and William H. Turner was appointed to this new position. In September 2005, Philip A. Greasley was appointed as Associate Vice President for University Initiatives. In June 2006, the position name changed slightly to Vice President for University Engagement/Associate Provost for Multicultural and Academic Affairs.
- In November 2006, the Board of Trustees established a Vice President for Institutional Diversity to serve as the "...senior administrative officer responsible for promoting collaboration across faculty, staff, administration, and students in earnest pursuit of the university's diversity goals." In 2008, Judy "JJ" Jackson was hired into this new position, the office was renamed the Office for Institutional Diversity, and the position of Associate Provost for Multicultural Affairs was eliminated. Currently, the office now manages several units including the Center for Academic Resources and Enrichment Services (CARES) department; Center for Graduate and Professional Diversity Initiatives department; Office of LGBTQ* Resources department; Martin Luther King Center; the Kentucky-West Virginia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation; Inclusive Excellence and Education; and Student Support Services. The departments are known to "work across academic and non-academic units to implement ideas, collaborate on outreach and recruitment efforts, and to enhance student retention and achievement." Following Judy Jackson's retirement in 2015, Sonja Feist-Price (2017-2020) and Gerald Wright (2020- ) have led the unit. The complete list of leaders includes Jerry L. Stevens (1971-1975). John T. Smith (1975-1984), William C. Parker (1984-1990), Lauretta Byars (1990-2004), William H. Turner (2004-2005), Philip A. Greasley (2005-2008), Judy "JJ" Jackson (2008-2015), Sonja Feist-Price (2017-2020), and Gerald C. Wright (2020- ).
- Lauretta Flynn Byars was born on April 4th, 1949. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from Morehead State University in 1970, her Masters in Social Work in 1972 from the University of Kentucky, and her Doctorate in Education in 1982 from the University of Kentucky. A member of the faculty of the UK College of Social Work, prior to her appointment at UK as Vice Chancellor of Minority Affairs in 1990, Byars served as Director of the Undergraduate Program (1985-1990), Assistant Dean for Student Affairs in the UK College of Social Work (1980-1985), and as Executive Director of the federal Office of Education grant-funded University Educational Talent Search (1972-1979). In 2001, her title changed to Associate Provost for Multicultural and Academic Affairs, heading the activities of that office. Her responsibilities included budgeting, personnel management, planning, recruiting and retaining students, supporting minority faculty and staff, and helping to ensure a positive and supportive environment for diversity at the University. She is noted for transforming the office from Minority Affairs to the Office Of Multicultural and Academic Affairs (2003), generating more than $4.5 million in external funding, and establishing the Jamal Mashburn Endowment Scholarship and critical first-year retention programs. Byars left UK in 2004 to become the Vice President for Institutional Relations and Public Service at Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas. In 2008, she was appointed Vice President for Student Affairs and Institutional Relations. She retired from Prairie View A&M in 2018.
- Sources: 1. University of Kentucky Bulletin. General Information for Undergraduates, vol. 66, no. 5, 1974-1975. 2. University of Kentucky University Senate (Faculty Senate) meeting minutes, 1971 September 13 and 1990 November 12 3. Blackford, Linda. "Long Search for UK diversity chief results in one internal candidate." Lexington Herald-Leader, 2017 March 2. https://www.kentucky.com/article135961583.html 4. Office for Institutional Diversity. "Units and Contacts." https://www.uky.edu/inclusiveexcellence/units-contacts 5. University of Kentucky Board of Trustees. Meeting Minutes, 1972 June 14; 1975 Jan. 27; 1982 June 22; 1984 Sept. 18; 1990 June 19; 1991 Oct 22; 2003 September 16; 2004 May 4; 2004 June 2; 2005 September 20 8. 2020ua031 : "Minority Affairs Office, 1971-1992." University of Kentucky. Special Collections Research Center. Office of Minority Affairs/Office of Multicultural Affairs/Office for Institutional Diversity General Records. University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Scope and Content
- The University of Kentucky. Associate Provost for Multicultural and Academic Affairs and Office of Minority Affairs: Lauretta Byars papers (dated 1948-2007, undated; bulk 1990-2005; 11 cubic feet, 11 record storage cartons) primarily comprise correspondence, reports and planning documents, financial records, meeting agendas and minutes, subject files and institutional data, event flyers, and printed material documenting the administration and operations of and events undertaken by the Office of Minority Affairs (1990-2003) and the Office of Multicultural and Academic Affairs (2003-2004) during Lauretta Byars' tenure as head administrator. The offices' administrative activities include semester planning meetings and workshops; oversight and tracking of annual budgets, income and expenses; and short-term and long-term goal setting and evaluation. Operating activities include leadership of and participation on university and Lexington, Ky., committees and boards; fundraising for and establishment and management of scholarships, endowments, and awards; and planning for and carrying out events and long-term programs. Subject files include statistical data, journal articles, news clippings, and university institutional data on a range of multicultural topics that informed the work of the Office of Minority Affairs and Office of Multicultural and Academic Affairs primarily during the 1990s and 2000s. There is also a small amount of Byar's personal papers,including resumes, articles and publisher correspondence, and research files documenting Lauretta Byars' professional and academic work.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment
- Use Restrictions
- Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Administrative Files, 1968-2007, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises correspondence and memoranda, reports and planning documents, budgets and other financial records, meeting agendas and minutes, event flyers, and printed material documenting the operations administration and events undertaken by the Office of Minority Affairs and the Office of Multicultural and Academic Affairs primarily from 1990 to 2005 during Lauretta Byars' tenure as head. The offices' administrative activities include semester planning meetings and workshops; oversight and tracking of annual budgets, income and expenses; and short-term and long-term goal setting and evaluation. Operating activities include leadership of and participation on university and Lexington, Ky., committees and boards such as the Equal Opportunity Panel and Inclusive Learning Community; fundraising for and establishment and management of scholarships, endowments, and awards; and planning for and carrying out events and long-term programs, including Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), the UK-Central High School (Louisville, Ky.) partnership, the Lyman T. Johnson Alumni organization and scholarships, the Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration (Lexington, Ky.), First Year Focus initiative, Partnership for Reform Initiatives in Science and Mathematics (PRISM), Gear-Up program, and Freshman Summer Program. The series also includes records documenting the activities of units within the Office. The series is arranged into five subseries by format or subject and thereunder alphabetically by folder title: Annual Reports and Planning, Committees and Boards, Financial, General, and Programming. Original folder titles have been retained.
Annual Reports and Planning, 1971-2007
Benchmark Universities report, 2002
Measures of Progress report, 1991-1992
Mission statement, 2003, undated
Office of African American Student Affairs, 1990, undated
Office of Minority Affairs (OMA) annual reports (2 folders), 1990-2003
Office of Multicultural and Academic Affairs (OMAA) annual reports, 2000-2003
OMAA, 2004-2005
OMA accomplishments, 1992-1993
OMA historical information, 1971-1992
OMA external review team, 2003
OMA review, 1992 December
OMA self-study, 2001
Performance development partnership, 1998
Performance evaluation highlights, unit (2 folders), 1999-2001
Performance evaluations, unit (3 folders), 1996-2000
OMA strategic plan (6 folders), 1993-2007, undated
Spring planning (5 folders), 1999-2004
Spring planning agenda, 2000
Spring planning retreat, 1995 April
Spring planning sessions, 2004
Spring planning workshop (2 folders), 2002-2003
Winter planning (3 folders), 2000-2004
Winter planning workshop (2 folders), 2001-2003
Committees and Boards, 1990-2005, undated
Ad Hoc Funkhouser Committee, undated
Advisory Committee on Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, 2003
Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) campus representative, 2000-2002
Cabinet for Family and Children, Kentucky state, 2003-2004
Commissioner's Advisory Council, Kentucky Department of Education, 1993
Committee assignments, University of Kentucky, 2001-2002
Consumer Advisory Board, UKHCP, 2000
Engineering Committee (Minority Engineering Program), University of Kentucky, 1996-1998
Equal Opportunity Awards, 2004
Equal Opportunity Panel (EOP), University of Kentucky (6 folders), 1997-2005
EOP and archives from Anne Bowling, 1992
EOP annual reports (2 folders), 1998-2002
EOP memos and archives, 2001-2002
EOP minutes, 2001-2002
EOP panel agendas, 2001-2002
EOP proposals, 2004
Equal Opportunity Office Effectiveness Report (2 folders), 2000 June
Fayette County Public Schools strategic planning, 1997
Financial Aid, University of Kentucky Financial Aid Committee, 1990-1992
Graduate School Advisory Committee, UK , undated
Holiday Committee, Martin L. King Peal Gallery Series, 1991-1992
Humanitarium: Center for Culture and Diversity Committee, Lexington, 2001-2002
Inclusive Learning Community (ILC), University of Kentucky (4 folders), 1996-2003
ILC annual reports, 1997-2004
ILC meeting, 1998-1999
ILC meeting agendas, 2001-2002
ILC news clippings, undated
ILC notebook (2 folders), 1998-1999
Institutional Purpose Committee, UK, 2000
Institutional Review Board, UK, undaetd
Interdisciplinary Human Development Task Force, UK, 1992-1996
Kentucky Appalachian Science Enrichment Program, 2000
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, 2000-2001
Kentucky Committee on Equal Opportunities (2 folders), 1997-1999
Lexington Commission on Race Relations, 2003-2004
Medical Center Resident Minority Scholarship, UK, 1991-1994
Minority Educational Mentorship Program, UK, 1993
Nominations for Administrative Committee, UK, 2000-2001
Picnic Committee, Office of Minority Affairs (OMA), 2003
Program review, student affairs
Student Development sub-committee, 1999-2000
UK Alumni Diversity, 2001
UK College of Social Work Advisory Board, 2003
University Extension External Review, unit, 2003
University Extension External Review, unit , 2002-2003
Women's study advisory committee, UK, 1992
Financial, 1968-2006
Advancement Via Indivdiual Determination (AVID) Eisenhower funds, 1995-1996
African-American out-of-state academic scholarships, UK, 2002
African-American scholarships, UK , 1995-1996
Award plaques, OMA, 1997
Bennett Winston scholarship, UK, 2003
Budget, 2004-2005
Budget hearing, 1994-1996
Budget notebook (6 folders), 1995-1997
Campaign gifts and pledges, UK, 2000 December
Development file (2 folders), 2000-2006
Development office (2 folders), 1991-2003
Development plan (2 folders), 2001-2004
Development, phonathon statistics, 2002
Office of Minority Affairs (OMA) donors, 1999-2000
Endowment Zolondek, MLK Fund, 2002
Excel/Mashburn Scholarship (3 folders), 2003 August
Financial aid, 1986-1989
Gates Millennium Scholars, national, 1999-2000
Gats Scholarship, Donovan Memorial Scholarship, 2000
Jonas Fields Minority Scholarship, UK, 1993 September
MLK Jr. Fund committee, 1968-1982
MLK Jr. Memorial endowment fund, 1988-1998
Pursuit of Excellence, 1997-2003
Ralph J. Bunche Summer Study Abroad Scholarship Committee, OMA, 1992
Resident minority scholarship desegregation funding, UK (3 folders), 1991-1994
Robinson Scholars Program, UK (2 folders), 1995-2000
Scholarship proposal, William Parker Scholarship, 2001
Scholarship request, William Parker Scholarship, 2002
Scholarships, 1993-2000
Scholarships/Black students, 2003-2004
Sullivan Awards Committee, UK, 1999-2004
Sullivan Awards, UK (2 folders), 1994-2004
Video project receipt, 2000
General, 1976-2004, undated
ACT east region, Dr. Joe Dell Brasel, 2002
Adena retreat, 2000-2001
Admissions numbers, UK , 2001-2002
African American studies and research program, 2002 April
African-American Student Academic Recognition Luncheon, 1991
African-American students on campus, undated
Alumni gym space, PRISM and SSS, 1993
Alumni newsletter, 1998
American Council on Education, undated
Appalachian Explorers Program, 2000
Army ROTC, undated
Attorney Shirley Cunningham, 2002 June
Bailey, Mildred (Cooperative Extension Diversity), 2000
Barnes and Noble books, undated
Black Campus Ministry, 1991-2001
Black students University of Kentucky, undated
Bucks for Brains program, UK, 2002-2003
Carolyn Carter, undated
Carolyn Wilson Interviews, 1991
Carpet maintence, OMA , undated
CHE president's cabinet report, 1992
College Business Management Institute (CBMI), 1991
Come See For Yourself recruitment program, 2002 August
Congressman John Lewis lunch, 2004
Council on Social Services, 1997-1998
Curriculum institute transformations, 2001-2002
David Stockham, race dialogues, 2000 January
Dean Neitzel, 2002-2003
Department of Health and Human Services, 1993
Documentary: Techniques, Poltics, Vision, 2000
Donovan scholars, 1998-2002
Dr. David Watt, 2003 May
Dr. George Wright reception, 2004
Dr. Lee Todd's presentation: Diversity in the UK community, 2003
Dr. Lester P Monts, 2002
Educational pipeline project, 1992-2000
External review, undated
Full staff meeting (3 folders), 2000-2003
Futures task force, undated
Graduate symposium on retention of African-American students, 1996
Grant proposals, 2004 March
Human Resource services, 2003 April
Innovation and Excellence Funds, 1991-1992
Institute for Educational Management (2 folders), 1993
Institutional effectiveness, 1999
International First Year Conference, 2001
Inventory insurance, 1990-1992
Jefferson Community College (2 folders), 1992-1994
Job descriptions, OMA, 1990
Kappa house students, 1997
Kentucky Association of Blacks in Higher Education, 1992-2003
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Edcatuon-Office for Civil Rights partnership, 1999-2003
Kentucky Plan for Equal Opportunities in Higher Education, 1993
Kentucky State University, 2004
Kentucky tour, 2000
Law school, undated
Leadership Kentucky, 1999 August
Learning Services Center (3 folders), 1998-2003
Learning Services Center meeting minutes, undated
Lexington Herald-Leader, 1993
Lilly Endowment, 1990 August
Louisville Defender Expo, 1990
"Making High School Count" presentation, 2002
Math Excel, 2001 March
Mathematics focus groups, 2002 September
Minority College Awareness Program (MCAP), 1993, 1998-1999
McNair program file, 2003
Medical Center academic deans presentation, 2003
Midnight Crunch Brunch, 2001
Admissions and Office of Minority Affairs (OMA) (2 folders), 2001-2004
OMA activities, 1999-2000
OMA Black mixer event, 1999
OMA cabinet, 1999-2000
OMA cabinet meeting (4 folders), 1993-1999
OMA holiday staff party, 1998-1999
OMA Medical Center, 2002 February
Office of Multicultural and Academic Affairs (OMAA) Medical Center, 2004
OMA organizational chart, 1999
OMA restructuring, 1992
OMA Task Force II, undated
Minority faculty/staff mixers , 1992
Minority Student Fiscal Affairs (2 folders), 1993-1998
MLK Cultural Center, 2003 December
Multidisplinary Feasibility Assessment Grant, undated
National Association of Medical Minority Educators, Inc., 1992 November
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (3 folders), 1998-2004
National Conference for Community and Justice, 1991 March
National Conference on Minority Recruitment and Retention, 1993-1994
National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) (3 folders), 1998-2003
Racism Awareness: NCORE, 2002
National Conference on the Black Family (2 folders), 1994 March 10-13
National Council for Black Studies, 1990
National Society of Black Physicists Conference at UK, 1998
Net G class, 1999 August
Newspaper clippings
Nominees for Emerging Leadership Institute, 1997
Opportunity Fellowships, 2001 July
Parents information, 1998
Physics, National Society, 1993 March
POD conference (Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education), 2002
Presentation, diversity, 1996
Presentation, Dr. Todd, 2001
Presentation, fifty years, undated
Presentation, parents, 2002
Presentation, poverty, 2002
President George Wright's inauguration, 2003
President Kaunda- former President of Zambia, 2001
Press Releases, 1976-1998
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, 2002 October
Program review OMA, 2002-2003
Prospective African-American freshman highlights, 2000
Racial Representation symposium, Harry Belafonte, 2002
"Racism on Campus: Toward an Agenda for Action" program, 1988
Recruitment plan and admissions, 1990-2001
References, 1993-2004
Relocation, 1986-1988
Research support grants, 1992-1993
Responses (Colleges/Universities), 1990
Retention study and committee, UK
Ron Mercer Scholars program, undated
SACS self study calendar, 2002
Scholarship information, 1990-1991
School secondary equity indicators, 1999
Space renovations, OMA, 1993 January
Space requests, SSS, 1999 October
Speeches, undated
Spirit awards, OMA , 1999 March
Sponsored projects, 2000
"Stacking the Deck for Minority Candidates?" article, 1992
Student concerns with curriculum, 1992
Student internships/practicums learning contracts, 1995-2000
Student Support Services (7 folders), 1998-2003
Student Leadership Initiative (2 folders), 1999-2000
Study abroad programs, OMA, 1992 August
Summer research opportunities program for minority students, 1991
Teaching and Learning Center (2 folders), 1996-1997
Teaching and Learning Center teaching excellence, 2003 April
Thomas N. Robinson, speaker, OMA, 2000
UK College of Pharmacy recruitment, 2003
United States Department of Interior, 2002 February
United Way fall festival, 1996-1997
University of Kentucky pipeline meeting, 2004-2005
University of Tennessee (Knoxville), 1993 May
Vanbooven, Paul (race-based scholarships), 2003
Ventures Scholars program, 1999
White Privilege Dialogue, 1997
William C. Parker scholarships College of Medicine, 1996-2004
WYCS-TV, 1997 November
Programming, 1968-2004, undated
"Fifty Years of African-Americans at the University of Kentucky", 1997
50th Year African-American Celebration, 2000
Advancement Via Indivdiual Determination (AVID) (2 folders), 1998-2000
Advancment Via Indidvidual Determination binder, undated
African American alumni, 1991
Attitudes Are Contagious leadership retreat, 1998
Black faculty and staff educational workshop, 2001-2002
Black Student Leaders Round Table, 1986
Bridges (2 folders), 1993-2001
Central High School, 2000-2003
Central KY Black Achievers Program, 2001
Central/UK partnership, 2001
Central/UK steering committee, 2001-2002
Critical First Year, 1994-1995
UK Critical FIrst Year program, 1995-2001
Donovan trust, 2002
Ethnic dialogues program, 2002-2003
Excel/Mashburn Scholarship, 2002-2003
UK Summer Excel, 1996-1997
UKExcel program report, 1998 March
Financial planning workshop for seniors, 2001
First Year Focus orientation, 2001 August
First Year Focus program, undated
First year retention, 2002 January
Freshman Summer Program (4 folders), 1991-2003
Gear-Up National Conference, 2000-2002
Gear-Up Project, Kentucky (2 folders), 2001-2002
Langston Hughes (2 folders), 2002
Lincoln Foundation, 2003
Lyman T. Johnson, 2003
Lyman T. Johnson cue books and programs, 2003
Lyman T. Johnson alumni banquet (3 folders), 1996-2003
Lyman T. Johnson alumni committee, 1993-2003
Lyman T. Johnson Fellowship selection committee, 1993-2003
Lyman T. Johnson graduates homecoming, 1998
Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. celebration (2 folders), 2000-2002
MLK Jr. Center programming, 1980-1992
MLK Jr. Fund committee, 1968-1982
MLK Jr. holiday, 1992
MLK Jr. holiday planning committee, 1993-2001
MLK Jr. planning committee, 2004
Mask-making project, 1993
Minority Career Fair, 2001
Operation Outreach, UK, 1991
Phon-a-thon, Office of Minority Affairs (OMA), 1991-1993
Pre-Freshman Enrichment Program, 1992-1993
College Prepartory Mathematics Program (CPMP) - Partnership for Reform Initiatives in Science and Mathematics (PRISM), 1993
PRISM articles, 1990-1992
PRISM program (2 folders), 1993-1996
PRISM slides, 1991-1993
PRISM-fiscal affairs, 1992-1993
Richard Hunt visit, 2004
Rites of Passage program, 1994
Spring workshop, 2002
The American Spiritual Ensemble, 2000 February 27
Tim Wise, 2003
UK Jazz Series, 1997-2002
URTV 50 years of commemoration (2 folders), 1998
Use and Misuse workshop, 2004 March 30
Welcome to the Community reception, 1995-1997
Whitney M. Young Scholars program (2 folders), 2002-2003
Subject Files, 1948-2005, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises statistical data, journal articles, news clippings, and university institutional data on a range of multicultural topics that informed the work of the Office of Minority Affairs and Office of Multicultural and Academic Affairs primarily during the 1990s and 2000s. Topics include national, Kentucky, and university diversity and inclusion activities, organizations, and conferences; African American, minority, and multicultural UK student admissions, recruitment and retention, demographics, scholarly success, and graduate rates; Kentucky-wide high school student demographics; multicultural events and figures in Lexington and across the state; economic disparity; minorities in higher education; race; and class. The series is arranged into three subseries by topic and thereunder alphabetically by folder title : University of Kentucky, Kentucky, and General. Original folder titles have been retained.
University of Kentucky, 1955-2005, undated
Advisory committee for retention initiatives, graduate school, 2001-2002
Affirmative action and managing diversity, undated
African American (AA) alumni at College of Business, 1997
African American alumni list, approximately 1996
African American athletes, UK, 1997
African American employment, 1997-1998
African American newspapers at UK, approximately 1990
African American students, undated
African American students at University of Kentucky (UK) Law School, 1993
African American students in the classroom, 1998
African American Studies and Ressearch Program (AASRP), 1998-2002
African American women at UK, historic data, 1955-1956, undated
African American Women's Conference, undated
Assessment and institutional data, 2000-2002
Biographies, 2000-2001
Black faculty recruitment, approximately 1997-2003
Black student enrollment, 1984
Black Student Union (3 folders), 1968-1998
Black students, UK, 1992-1993
Black Voices spring concert, 1998
Brown vs. Board of Education (50 years), 2004
Campus climate survey, approximately 1990s or early 2000
Charles Wethington correspondence, 1993-2002
College Board, 2002
College of Education, 1993-2000
College of Engineering, undated
Committee on General Education report, approximately 1980s
Committee on Graduate Education report, 1996
Communicator newspaper (UK), 1981-1988
Counseling and testing, undated
Counseling and testing, position candidate, 2003
Cultural Diversity, articles, 1990-1992
Dean of Students review, 2000
Degrees awarded to African American students (2 folders), 1993-2002
Desegregation plans, UK, undated
Discussing diversity/faculty workshop, 2003
Dr. Mordean Taylor-Archer, 2002
Dr. Patricia Collins, 2002
Dr. Todd (UK President), 2001-2003
Enrollment management, 2002
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Reserach (EPSCOR), 2004-2005
Equal opportunty statistics, 2002
Erica McDonald (UK grad), 2001-2007
Fayette County, Kentucky public schools, 1996-2002
Freshman profile, undated
Graduate students (at UK), undated
Greek organizations, 1992-1993
Health Careers Opportunity Program, 1975-1988
Higher education, undated
Historic Preservation master's program, 2002
Honorary/Recognition, 1991
Latin American studies, 1997-2000
Lexington campus action plan, 1998
Lexington campus administrative council retreat, 1999
Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS, Minorities in Agriculture), 2000
Micro-city government (Lexington, KY), 1992
Minority faculty, staff, and students, 2002
Minority Teacher Recruitment program evaluation, 2001
Mr. S. T. Roach nomination for honrary PhD, 2001
Nubian council, 2003
Parker, William C., approximately 1980s
Recruitment (2 folders), 1984-2006
Retention (2 folders), 1984-2000
Status of Minorities at UK report, approximately 1990
Status of Women at UK report and recommendations, 1994
Sunz of Hetep, 1997-1998
Task Force on Minority Students report, 1989-1990
The President's Initiative on Undergraduate Education, 1999
The Summit Magazine, 2001
UK affirmative action plan, 1974
UK Athletics, 2002-2003
UK Commission on Diversity, 2001-2002
UK Commission on Women, 2002
UK enrollment, 2001
UK students, 1984-1994
UKNews articles, 1999-2002
UKY honors program, 1991
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, undated
Kentucky, 1948-2002, undated
"A Tale of Two Cities: Reform Without Politics in Louisville" article, undated
ACT standardized test report, 1999-2001
African American students and faculty data (CHE - waiver), 1987-1994
Articles, undated
Center of Excellence, undated
Community Chest correspondence, undated
Community Voice newspaper clippings, 2000
Kentucky ACT High School Profile Reports (3 folders), 1999-2001
Kentucky Kernel and Community Voice newspaper clippings, 1993-2003
KY Civil Rights Act, 1996
KY Civil Rights Hall of Fame, 2001
KY Department of Education statistics on African American students, 2002
Lexington Arts and Cultural Council, 1993
Lexington Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission, 1993
Louisville Central High School, 2002
Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, 1992
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Convention (Louisville, KY), 1979
National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, 1996
Redistricting CHE (Fayette Co., KY), 1993
"Separate and Unqual, 1940-1948" article, 1997
The Blue Moon newsletter, 2002
The Humanitarian Diversity Directory, 2002
"The Rise and Decline of Private Schools" thesis, 1948
Urban League (Lexington, KY), 1990-1991
General, 1969-2004, undated
"1.3 Million More Drop into Power" article, 1994
Access newsletter, 1993-1995
African American enrollment, 1969-1971
African American retention rate, 1991
African Americans soldiers in the military, 2004
Arab Americans data, 2004
Articles on race, approximately 1994-1998
Articles/reports/essays, 1988-1989, undated
"Atlas of American Diversity: A Comparison of American Race..." article, undated
Bell South grant proposals, 2001
Bibliographies/Libraries, 1994
Black aviators, 2003
Black men articles, 1996
Black students, general, 1995
Book Reviews, 2003
"Crossing the Color Lines" article, 1998
Dynamics of student retention, 1994
"Economic Disparity is Key for Minorities" article, 1998
Education (articles), undated
"Education in the Ghetto" article, 1969
Essays/articles/important papers, undated
Georgia Tech Office of Minority Affairs, undated
"Hale's Inventory for Assessing an Institution's Commitment to Multicultural Programming" article , undated
Higher Education, undated
Hispanic Scholarship Fund, 2002
"Human Diversity: A Model..." article, 1997
"Interactive Phases of Curricular" article, 1990
Michigan Law Suit, 2003
Minority engineering program, 2000
"Multiculturalism and Higher Education" article, 1998
National Black Programming Consortium, 1986, undated
National Black United Front, 1981-1998
Native Americans data, 2001-2003
"Obscuring the Importance of Race" article, 1991
Ohio State University Office of International Affairs, undated
Pan Africanist Congress, approximately 1985-1987
Paul Robeson Cultural Center Penn State University (evaluation), 1995
"Race and Class Drive Most Conflict Now" article, 1998
Recruiting and hiring minority teachers, 1993
Recruitment and retention of minorities in teacher education, 1991
Reparation (African National Reparations Organization), undated
"Reports and Comment: Was America a Mistake?" article, 1992
Reports/articles, 1977-1993
Research supplements for minorities, 1992
Retention (2 folders), 1994-1995, undated
"Selections from the Biography of Huey P. Newton" article, undated
"Shape of the KY River" article, 1998
"Social Services" article, undated
"Strategies for Teaching About Prejudice and Racism" article, 1996
Students in math and science, 1996
"Success Dividing Blacks: Growing Economic Disparity" article, 1991
Susan Taylor, 2002
Texas A&M University / diversity, 2002
The Black Experience, 1984
"The Schools and Equal Opportunity" article, undated
"The Silenced Dialouge" article, 1988
"Toward Multiculturalism" article, 1988
Trio Center, 1999 January
University of Michigan, undated
University of Virginia, 2000
West Virginia University (2 folders), 1996
"White Privilege: Unpacking the..." article, 1989
Lauretta Byars Personal Files, 1980-1993, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises resumes, articles and publisher correspondence, and research files documenting Lauretta Byars' professional and academic work. Articles include "Lexington's Colored Orphan Industrial Home, 1892-1913"; "Rethinking Sisterhood: Dynamics of Race and Class in a Southern Community"; "Meeting the Need: Raising Funds for Higher Education"; and "Illusive Equality: Blacks in Higher Education in Kentucky 1866-1931". Research topics include the Colored Orphan Industrial Home, the Colored Women's Club, and the Colored League of Women Voters.
Byars biographical sketch and curriculum vitae, undated
Child Welfare League of America, Inc. submission, 1993
Colored Orphan Industrial Home (COIH) board members photograph, 1991 August
COIH correspondence, 1990-1991
COIH oral history transcript, 1990
COIH pictures annual report, undated
COIH research materials, undated
COIH staff list, undated
COIH submissions for awards and revisions, approximately 1990-1991
"Colored Orphan Industrial Home" manuscript, 1991
"Lexington's Colored Orphan Industrial Home, 1892-1913" manuscript, approximately 1991
Colored Women's Club, Lexington, Ky., research file, approximately 1985
Colored Women's League of Voters, research file, undated
"Illusive Equality: Blacks in Higher Education in Kentucky 1866-1931" manuscript, 1980
"Meeting the Need" manuscript, 1987
"Rethinking Sisterhood" manuscript, 1992
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