Latino Student Union Digital Collection
La Union de Estudiantes Latinos, or the Latino Student Union, is a student organization at Bowling Green State University. Founded in 1972, La Union de Estudiantes Latinos continues to celebrate Latinx culture, educate others, advocate for the Latinx community, support students, serve the surrounding community, and welcome people today. For more information, please see the Latino Student Union’s organizational webpage.
The Latino Student Union Digital Collection features historical records from the UA 0096 Latino Student Union records at the Center for Archival Collections. Records include meeting and membership materials, correspondence, subject files, promotional materials, photographs, and scrapbooks. Additional information about the UA 0096 Latino Student Union records at the Center for Archival Collections is available in the UA 0096 Latino Student Union records finding aid.
Digitization and metadata of Latino Student Union records are being completed by Emily Kay, Ohio History Service Corps volunteer, AmeriCorps program, 2024-2025.
Related materials at the Center for Archival Collections include:
MS 1124 United States Latino Issues Collection
pUA 1338 A history of La Union de Estudiantes Latinos, 1979-1981, by Carlos M. Flores
pUA 1560 A preliminary study of the LSU history, by Iris Resendez
pUA 1997 May 7, 1980 LSU sit-in at Bowling Green State University December 14, 2015, by Roxann Brown
Latino Student Union records:
Box 1: Meeting and Membership Materials, 1972-2002
Box 1 Folder 1
Box 1 Folder 2
Boxes 2-3: Correspondence, 1972-2003
Boxes 4-5: Event Subject Files, 1973-2008
Boxes 6-7: Office Subject Files, 1971-2006
Box 8: Reports; Literary Productions, 1972-2003
Box 9: Legal and Financial Documents, 1972-2006
Box 10-11: Newspaper clippings and printed materials, 1970-2010
Box 12: Photographic materials, artifacts, 1976-2009
2009 Addition, 1967-2009
2011 Addition, 1973-2013
2014 Addition, 1979-2014