Westside Action Group records
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains press clippings, correspondence, programs, agendas, minutes, photographs, and other materials pertaining to the Westside Action Group (WAG), a political action group based in San Bernardino, California that advocates for the African American community. Includes business and personal correspondence between WAG members and other organizations, agendas and minutes from WAG meetings, programs and photographs detailing WAG events, and newspaper articles covering WAG's efforts in the community.
Dates
- Creation: 1963-2015, undated
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1980-2007
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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Historical Note
The Westside Action Group (WAG) was founded in 1972 by Hardy Brown, Sr. and Bob Parker as a political action organization to advocate for and support San Bernardino’s African American community in the city’s political and economic landscapes.
Extent
5.0 Linear Feet (8 document boxes, 1 record storage box)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Abstract
This collection contains press clippings, correspondence, programs, agendas, minutes, photographs, and other materials pertaining to the Westside Action Group (WAG), a political action group based in San Bernardino, California that advocates for the African American community.
Collection Arrangement
The original order of this collection has been maintained. Materials are arranged into the following two series:
- Series 1: Vertical Files, 1963-2015, undated
- Series 2: Notebooks/Manuals, 1982-2009, undated
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated by Wilmer Amina Carter.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Special Collections & University Archives staff (2024).
- Title
- Westside Action Group records
- Author
- Finding aid created by Eric Milenkiewicz, University Archivist.
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Pfau Library Special Collections Repository
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino CA 92407 United States
909-537-5112
archives@csusb.edu