The files contain mostly correspondence; course and curriculum information in the form of
syllabi, tests, and assignments; and minutes of department committees. The folders about the
center include letters of support from people on campus and within the community, proposal
documents with budgets and class lists, and the mission statements of the center. The
correspondence of the department is from and to on- and off-campus individuals and documents
the ongoing development of the academic program. Some of the files deal with UWM African
American students and faculty and how they related to the campus and inner-city
communities.
There are several folders of department and faculty minutes, but the dates are scattered
and there are no complete runs. The collection also includes summaries of student
evaluations (1984-1990) which reveal the thoughts of students at the time about the courses
and the university at large. Also included are memos and brochures by and about the
department.
The most recent addition to this collection, in addition to adding to the above runs of
content, also includes a large number of folders concerning the creation of the Africology
PhD program in 2008. At the time, the program was the first Africology PhD program in
Wisconsin and one of only five in the United States.
