Abstract The Springfield College Collegium report was published on August 31, 1970. Meetings to write the report were held from May 1970 through August 1970. The Collegium consisted of a group of 32 elected students and faculty, as well as administrators, trustees and alumni. The Collegium was formed after the Black Student protests and campus building takeovers from 1968 to 1970. In addition to the issues that these events revealed, there were everyday structural problems and financial issues at the...

Abstract Sub-Group number 18 of the RG108 - Office of the President Records contains materials that document events pertaining to the civil rights protests on the Springfield College campus in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The majority of the material in the collection is comprised of letters and documents created and collected by the Springfield College Office of the President. Materials includes multiple the lists of demands created by the Black Student Union (BSU) as they pursued equal rights,...