Folder #1: Report of the AAFRO Program Study Committee, 17 March 1981, including a historical overview of black student experience at Manchester College and formation of AAFRO House.

Folder #2: History of A.A.F.R.O. House and purpose.

Folder #3: Transcription of AAFRO House tape - 1 December 2982 - racism at Manchester College.

Folder #4: Committee for Minority Concerns - Meeting Minutes 5 December 1984.

Folder #5:

• Student invitation to join Black Student Union, August 1995.
• Letter regarding and idea to rename and rededicate the AAFRO House, August 1995.
• Invitations to the traditional Thanksgiving Dinner sponsored by AAFRO House and Office of Multicultural Affairs (various years 1995 - 1999).
• Agendy of AAFRO House Staff meeting, October, 1996.
• AAFRO House Program evaulation form (blank).
• Program - 5th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Awards Ceremony, 2003, with speaker, Albert Cotton, Manchester College alumnus, 1998.

Folder # 6:

• Questionnaire regarding the importance of the AAFRO House "Live-In Program Coordinator." (blank form).
• 1986 Academic Policies Committee Survey of Seniors Concerning Cultural Pluralism in the Manchester Curriculum, 1985 blank form.
• Manchester College Summer Minority Recruitment Project Report by Zenebe Abebe, Assistant Dean of Student Development, Director of Minority Affairs, September 1990.
• Class Presentations - Spring 1991.  African-American Alumni (and others) - a Black History Month Activity at Manchester College.

Folder #7:

• Oak Leaves article, 4 March 2005. "Black Student Union Brings 'Brown' into 21st Century" - a production of "Brown v. The Board of Education" and "Justice for All."
• 1993-1994 brochure - AAFRO House - "Striving for Excellence."
• 1991 booklet - Manchester College Special Orientation for Minority and International Students, 1991.
• 1988-1989 brochure - "Minority Affairs Program, 'Education is Sharing.'"
• Handbook for new African American and Hispanic Students from the College Vision Office (for Multicultural Education).
• Brochure - "College Vision for Multicultural Education," (Manchester College).
• Manchester College College Vision Project for Multicultural Education:
• 3 day workshop - 28 February - 1 March 1992.
• 2 day workshop - August 1991.
• Spring weekend, April 1993.
• Fall weekend, August 1992.
• Copy of the Minority Affairs Program including the African American Alumni Class Program.
• Brochure - "Mentoring Support Group" - Office of Multicultural Affairs.
• Brochure - "Scholarship in Motion - SIM - Striving for Excellence."  - Invitation to be part of Scholars in Motion - a program adminsitered by the Office of Multicultrual Affairs to support first year African American, Hispanic and other ethnically diverse students.

Folder #8

Booklets - "Host Family Programs for International Students."

Folder #9 - Newspaper clippings regarding the International Fair, 2000.

Folder #10 - Newspaper clippings regarding the International Fair, 1998 and 1999.

Folder #11 - Newspaper clippings:

April 2000 - (Gwendolyn) Brooks to share Poetry at Manchester College Public Programs.

April 2000 - Multicultural Affairs Honors Professor, V.P. (Charles Boebel and Stan Escott).

A.A.F.R.O. stands for Afro-Americans Forming Rightful Objectives.

When submitting these materials for inclusion in the Archives, Michael Dixon (Director of Intercultural Services) and Jasmine Espino-Muniz (Summer Multicultural Affairs Programmer) wrote a statement regarding their importance.  Following is an excerpt from that statement.  The original statement can be found in the Transfer Agreement file - Folder: Office of Multicultural Affairs.

We, at the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA), believe that these items should be included into the archives at Manchester University.  These documents show the past of the office as well as the intercultural Center.  They share the circumstances in which the AAFRO House was created and the dynamic changes it endured to change into the intercultural Center and developing OMA.