Records of the Virginia Tech Asian American Student Union
Scope and Content
This collection contains event posters, DVDs, VHS tapes, a cut-out from the Collegiate Times, and a painted muslin canvas created by the Virginia Tech Asian American Student Union. The majority of this collection is made up of event posters and audiovisual materials created by the VTAASU.
Dates
- 1997 - 2018
Creator
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.
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Administrative History
The Virginia Tech Asian American Student Union (VTAASU) was founded in the early-1990s, in either 1991 or 1992. The VTAASU acts as an umbrella organization for the Asian/Pacific Islander/Desi American (APIDA) organizations on campus. The organization's mission statement is to "strive to enhance and further the individual, cultural, and ethnic diversities that exist in the APIDA communities" and to "make efforts to address the problems, issues, and concerns of the APIDA communities to the administration and other fellow student organizations".
Source:
Virginia Tech Asian American Student Union Gobbler Connect Website
Extent
0.7 Cubic Feet (1 box, 1 oversize folder, 1 roll storage tube)
Abstract
This collection contains event posters, DVDs, VHS tapes, a cut-out from the Collegiate Times, and a painted muslin canvas created by the Virginia Tech Asian American Student Union.
Arrangement
This collection contains one series and a number of items not organized into series.
Series I: Events contains event posters, video recordings, and other items related to events hosted by the Asian American Student Union.
Source of Acquisition
The Records of the Asian American Student Union were transferred to Special Collections and University Archives in 2019.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Records of the Asian American Student Union by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Records of the Asian American Student Union commenced and completed in November 2022.
- Title
- Records of the Virginia Tech Asian American Student Union, 1997-2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Tyler Williams, Student Assistant
- Date
- 2022 (CC0 1.0)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu