Coalition of Black Faculty and Administrators (CBFA) Records

Access and use

Location of collection:
Old Dominion University
3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library
Old Dominion University
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Ritchie
Phone: (757) 683-4483
Fax: (757) 683-5954
Restrictions:

The collection is open to researchers without restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Coalition of Black Faculty and Administrators (CBFA) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
2.00 Linear Feet and 5 Hollinger document cases boxes
Creator:
Coalition of Black Faculty and Administrators (CBFA)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Coalition of Black Faculty and Administrators (CBFA) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes material related to the Coalition of Black Faculty and Administrators (CBFA), a faculty organization at Old Dominion University. The objective of the organization is to promote the recruitment and retention, promotion and tenure, and greater involvement of African American faculty and administrators in college life. The coalition also works to provide networking opportunities and a forum for African American issues. Included in the collection are minutes and agendas, correspondence, both personal and professional, and financial reports of the organization. Newspaper clippings related to African American issues, reports on the progress of equal opportunity and affirmative action at Old Dominion University, elections for association officers, and newsletters produced by the CBFA are also present.

Biographical / historical:

In 1985, an ad hoc group of black faculty and administrators met with former Old Dominion University president Joseph Marchello to voice concerns about the recruitment and retention of African American faculty administrators and students. Subsequent to that meeting, over the next several years, a small group of African American faculty and administrators met to develop a strategy and propose a structure and by-laws for a coalition or caucus designed to provide moral and sound support and advocate for African American faculty and administrators. All African American faculty and administrators were invited to an organizational meeting in the fall of 1989, which marked the official beginning of the Coalition of Black Faculty and Administrators.

Note written by Greg Magier

Acquisition information:
Gift of Victoria E. Burke
Processing information:

This collection was processed by Greg Magier, SCUA volunteer, from November to December 2015.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into three series: I. Administrative Records; II. Public Relations; III. Reference Material.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard