The Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley records are now open to researchers at The Bancroft Library. The Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley (ASUC) is the officially recognized students’ association of the University of California, Berkeley. The ASUC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, and is the largest and most autonomous students’ association in the nation. Founded in 1887, the ASUC continues to operate separate from University governance. The ASUC controls funding for all ASUC-sponsored clubs and organizations, provides resources and student programming, oversees commercial activities and student services including the Cal Student Store and Lower Sproul Plaza in partnership with the ASUC Student Union, and advocates for students on a University, local, state, and national level.
The collection includes ASUC constitutions, executive office files, Student Advocate’s Office files, senate bills, agendas, and resolutions, committee files, financial and budget materials, planning and renovation files, ASUC program files, and other material documenting student services, groups, and activities from 1893 to 2012.
The collection also contains materials documenting student activism on campus, including the Free Speech Movement, People’s Park advocacy, affirmative action, the Third World Liberation Front, divestment in South Africa, and LGBTQ rights.
