Finding Aid for the Kent State University Student Organizations collection

Author: Kristin Silvestro, October 2024

Descriptive Rules: DACS 2nd Edition

Origination: Kent State University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and Archives, curator. 

Inclusive Dates: 1929-2024

Bulk Dates: 1965-1985

Extent:  7.27 cubic feet (7 boxes= 3 Record Storage Boxes, 1 oversize document case, 3 oversize flat boxes, 2 oversize folders)

Physical Location: 10th floor

Language of Materials: English

Abstract: This collection includes records from various student organizations that have existed at Kent State University from the 1920s-2020s. The bulk of the files are from the late 1960s through the early 1980s.  

Scope and Content: 

This collection is comprised of various student organization files that were sent to the archives over time, most without any documentation of who sent them or when they were sent. This collection does not contain records for all student organizations that have operated on campus. The records focus heavily on the late 1960s through the early 1980s. Many folders only have a single document or record for the group, and that may be the only item we have for that organization. Due to the transient and ever evolving nature of student organizations, it is often difficult to get comprehensive archives for student groups.  A majority of the collection is made up of flyers, newsletters, publications, or ephemera. Also of special interest are some of the lists of student groups and calendars of events. Notably absent from this group of records are those related to student government (student senate), social fraternities and sororities, and honorary and academic Greek organizations. 

While not an exhaustive record of the groups that have existed, the collection does provide insight into the different interests of Kent State University students as well as information on groups of students from different backgrounds that are not as well documented or represented in other collections. If you are not finding a specific group or topic please reach out directly to Special Collection and Archives to see what else we may have in our collections. 

Statement of Arrangement: The collection is arranged alphabetically by organization name. 

Preferred Citation: Kent State University Student Organizations records. Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.

Acquisition Information: The provenance and dates of acquisition are not known for these records.

Related Material: Some student groups have their own collections including but not limited to the Black United Students records, the Kent Gay Liberation Front records, and Progressive Student Network records. 

Box 1
Folder -- Contents

1. Aikido Club [martial arts], 1974
2. All Campus Programming Board [ACPB], 1970s-1980s, undated
3. All Campus Programming Board [ACPB]: Newsletters, 1970s
4. All Campus Programming Board [ACPB]: Newsletters, 1990s
5. All Campus Programming Board [ACPB]: Stadium Proposal, 1977-1978
6. Allerton Enterprise Group of Inter-cultural Students [AEGIS], 1990s, undated
7. Alternative Lifestyles Collective, 1970s
8. Amigos De Las Americas Kent Chapter, 1981?
9. Anti Racist Action, 2003
10. Assembly and Entertainment Committees, 1941, 1952
11. Associated Women Students, 1950s-1960s
12. Bands, 1960s-2010s
13. Bands, 1960s-2010s
14. Bicycle Club, 1970s
15. Campus Ministries and related religious and spiritual groups, 1950s-1980s
16. Campus Ministries and related religious and spiritual groups, 1950s-1980s
17. Campus Ministries and related religious and spiritual groups, 1950s-1980s
18. Campus Ministries and related religious and spiritual groups, 1950s-1980s
19. Campus Ministries and related religious and spiritual groups, 1950s-1980s
20. Campus Ministries and related religious and spiritual groups, 1950s-1980s
21. Campus Ministries and related religious and spiritual groups, 1950s-1980s
22. Campus Ministries and related religious and spiritual groups, 1950s-1980s
23. Campus Ministries and related religious and spiritual groups, 1950s-1980s
24. Campus Ministries and related religious and spiritual groups, 1950s-1980s
25. Campus Ministries and related religious and spiritual groups, 1950s-1980s
26. Campus Ministries and related religious and spiritual groups, 1950s-1980s
27. Campus Ministries and related religious and spiritual groups, 1950s-1980s
28. Campus Ministries and related religious and spiritual groups, 1950s-1980s
29. Campus Ministries and related religious and spiritual groups, 1950s-1980s
30. Chestnut League: Posters, 1970
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the map case.
31. Chinese Student Association, 1970s-1980s undated
32. Chorale, undated
33. Chorus, 1978, undated
34. Committee Against Repressive Legislation, 1970s
35. Committee Against the Murder of Gary Sherman, 1970s
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
36. Committee For Nonviolence, 1970, undated
37. Committee to Fight the Food Coupon Rip-Off, 1974
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
38. Committee to oppose the Glorification of Recreational Killing, undated 
39. Commuter and Off-Campus Student Organization, 1970s-1990s
40. Commuter and Off-Campus Student Organization, 1970s-1990s
41. Concerned Students and Alumni for Kent State, 1997
42. Constitutional Convention: Ballots, 1973
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
43. Constitutional Convention: Petitions, 1973
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
44. Council on Freedom: Campus Report Newsletter, 1964
45. Disabled Students Advisory Committee, undated
46. Environmental Conservation Organization, 1970s, undated
47. Farah Strike Support Committee, 1973
48. Figure Skating Club, 1970s
49. Friendship Association of Chinese Students and Visiting Scholars, undated
50. Gymnastics Club, 1950s, 1970s
51. Health Physical Education Club, undated
52. History Club, undated
53. Improvisation Theater group, 1970
54. Independent Student Association [ISA], 1953-55, undated
55. Independent Student Association [ISA]: Scrapbook, 1951
    Physical Location: This scrapbook is filed in oversized box 2.
56. Indochina Peace Campaign. 1974, undated
57. Industrial Arts Club, 1941, 1959-1960
58. Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 1990s-2000s
59. International Film Society, 1970s-1980s
60. International Socialist Organization, 2003
61. Jewish Services Center, 1970s, undated
62. KCEWV [Kent Committee to End the War], 1968
63. Kent African Liberation, 1970s, undated
64. Kent African Students Association, 1975
65. Kent Anthropology Club, 1975
66. Kent Area Tenants Organization, 1978
67. Kent Attica Brigade, undated
68. Kent Cruisers Club [group activities for people with and without disabilities], 1980s
69. Kent Guitar and Stringed Instruments Association, 1976
70. Kent Interhall Council, 1970s, undated
71. Kent Interhall Council, 1970s-1980s
72. Kent Interhall Council: Newsletters, 1970s-1980s

Box 2
Folder -- Contents

1. Kent International Students and Internationals Club, 1950s-1990s
2. Kent International Students and Internationals Club, 1950s-1990s
3. Kent International Students and Internationals Club, 1950s-1990s
4. Kent Iranian Student Club, 1978, undated
5. Kent Reform Council, 1970s
6. Kent State University Hillel, 1970s, undated
7. Kent State University Isshinryu Karate Club, undated
8. Kent Student Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, 1970s
9. Kent Student Mobilization Committee to End the War, 1969
10. Kent Student Union, 1970s, undated
11. Kent Women's Action Collective, undated
12. Kent Women's Alliance, undated
13. Kindergarten & Primary Club: Yearbooks, 1942-43, 1947-48
14. Kindergarten & Primary Club: Scrapbooks, 1928-1936, 1937-1940, 1936-1945, 1942-1943, 1947-1948
    Physical Location: These 5 scrapbooks are filed in oversize boxes. Scrapbooks 1928-1936 and 1937-1940 are in oversized box 2. Scrapbooks 1936-1945 and 1942-1942 are in oversized box 3. Scrapbook 1947-1948 is in oversized box 4.
15. KSU Association for Computing Machinery, undated
16. KSU Campus Calendar, 1959-1962, undated
17. KSU Campus Calendar, 1959-1962, undated
18. KSU Campus Calendar, 1959-1962, undated
19. KSU Green Dragon Intramural Kung Fu Club, 1989
20. KSU Medieval Society, undated
21. KSU United for Biloxi [hurricane relief group], 2005-2008
    Physical Description: This folder also contains a CD.
22. KSU Vets, 1971, 1975
23. KSU Women's Liberation Organization: Newsletter, 1972-1973
24. Kwan Yhing Kenpo Club [Shaolin Kung-Fu], 1973
25. Latvian Student Delegation, 1978
26. Little United Nations Assembly [Model UN], 1960s
27. Little United Nations Assembly [Model UN], 1970s
28. Married Students Organization, 1960s
29. May 4 Ad Hoc Strike Committee, 1976
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
30. Med-Dent Club, undated
31. Men Student's Association [Men's Union], 1952-1963, undated
32. Military Draft organizations, 1971, 1979-1980
33. Mobilization for Survival, undated
34. National Organization of Women, 1979
35. Native American Indian Rights Association, 1970s
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
36. Native American Indian Rights Association, 1974-1976
37. No Time for Classes [theater group], 1950s-1960s
38. Orchestra, 1947
39. Public Interest Research Group, 1975-1976
40. Publication: A Book of Orville's, undated
41. Publication: A.M., June-August 1972
42. Publication: Adult Outlook: News for Undergraduate Adult, Evening, and Weekend Students, 1980s-2000s
43. Publication: Blank-the ragazine of high and low art,1970s
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
44. Publication: Bulletin of Women's Organizations & Activities, 1936-1937
45. Publication: Chestnut Burr, 1920s, 1977
46. Publication: Collage, 1966
47. Publication: Daily Kent Stater: Policies and Standards, 1960s-1970s
48. Publication: Fourth Dimension Con, 1970s
49. Publication: Ha-Kol: The Jewish Students Voice at Kent, 1976
50. Publication: Infinite Dreams, 1970s
51. Publication: Inner Angle Creative Arts Magazine, 1970s
52. Publication: Kent Co-ed, 1950-1961
53. Publication: Kent Co-ed, 1950-1961
54. Publication: Kent Contemporary Arts Group [Schema], 1981, undated
55. Publication: Kent Ford, undated
56. Publication: Kent Progressive: Voice of the Kent Progressive Student Alliance, 1979-1981
57. Publication: Kent State Free Press and C.O.R.E. [Congress of Racial Equality] Newsletter, 1964
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
58. Publication: Kent Weekly, 1977
59. Publication: Kent Writers Club 1933-1935
60. Publication: Monday Sneaker Newsletter, 1970s
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
61. Publication: Nous, 1960s
62. Publication: SEEDs of Change [Students Eliminating Environmental Destruction], 2005
63. Publication: Summit Street Journal, 1995
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
64. Publication: The International Scholarly Review, 1975
65. Publication: The Phoenix- Newsletter of the Nonviolent Revolution, 1971, undated
66. Publication: The Student, 1962
67. Publication: Voice of the Seven, 1948
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
68. Publication: Wardarian, 1960s
69. Publication: Weekly Reader, 1970s

Box 3
Folder -- Contents

1. Pyramid Zen Society, 1976
2. Radical Action Collective, 1976
3. Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade, 1970s, undated
4. Revolutionary Student Brigade, 1970s-1980s, undated
   Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
5. Revolutionary Student Brigade, 1970s-1980s, undated
6. Revolutionary Union, 1971
   Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
7. Romanian Cultural Studies Group, 1970s, undated
8. Sailing Club, undated
9. Sharks: Synchronized Swim Club, 1960-1961, undated
10. Social Committee of KSU, 1950s-1960s
11. Social Committee of KSU, 1950s-1960s
12. Socialist Educational Forum, 1970s
13. Spartacus Youth League, 1975-1967, undated
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
14. Student Activities Board, 1970s, undated
15. Student Activities Board: The Date Book, 1962-1964, 1968-1969 
16. Student Activities Office, 1971-1972, 1993-1994, undated
17. Student Affairs Council, 1960s-1980s
18. Student Affairs Council, 1960s-1980s
19. Student Affairs Council, 1960s-1980s
20. Student Affairs Council, 1960s-1980s
21. Student Bar Association, 1974
22. Student Coalition Against Racism, 1975
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
23. Student Legal Services Fees, ca. 2004
24. Student Ombudsman, 2000s
25. Student Organizations: Lists, 1971, 1992-1993, 2001,2003
26. Student Organizations: Policy and Procedure Manuals, 1980s-1990s
27. Students and Cultural Program Committee, 1950s-1960s
28. Students for a Decent Education, 1975, undated
29. Students for a Democratic Society, 1968, 1973, undated
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
30. Students for Israel, 1970s-1980s, undated
31. Students for Native American Rights, 1973
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
32. Students in Free Enterprise, 1970s
33. Students Maintaining & Advocating Cooperation & Constructiveness at Kent [SMACCK], 1978
34. Students Supporting Students, 1990s
35. Students Ticked About Book Prices [STAB]- Dial a Book, 1970s
36. Students United Against the War, 1990s
37. The Merrymen of Kent [singing group], 1950s-1970s
38. Tuesday Cinema [Filmworks], 1970s, undated
39. United Front, 1976
40. United Students Against Rhodes, undated
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
41. Universities and the Quest for Peace, 1969-1973
42. University Ad Group, 1974
43. Varsity K: Athletics Hall of Fame, 1980s-2000s
44. Varsity K: Athletics Hall of Fame, 1980s-2000s
45. Vietnam Veterans Against the War, 1970s
46. Voices in Vital America, undated
47. Women's Athletic Association, 1936-1938
48. Women's League of Kent State, 1929-1938
49. Women's Recreation Association [WRA], 1950s-1970s
50. Young Americans for Freedom, 1970, undated
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the oversized box 1.
51. Young Democrat Club: Newsletter, 1960
    Physical Location: This folder is filed in the map case.
52. Young Socialist Alliance, 1970s