Women Studies Program Records 1980-1983
Archives 221

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Title
Women Studies Program Records
ID
Archives 221
Date [inclusive]
1980-1983
Extent
7 linear feet,  12 containers
Abstract
Includes administrative records, project documentation, grant proposals, correspondence; series 4 also contains the script of the play and musical scores.

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Organizational History:

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the WSU Women Studies Program was involved in four grant projects: Women and Law, Futures in Science for Women, On Stage with Washington Women, and Washington Women's Heritage Project.

Women and Law was a program held at Washington State University in 1978 for the purpose of informing audiences of women about their legal rights. The Washington Commission for the Humanities provided funding and Faye Bancroft, Assistant Professor of Business Law at WSU directed the program which included workshops on citizenship and alien rights, due process and the woman defendant, domestic relations, physical abuse, employee rights, and credit and finance.

Futures in Science for Women was a science career workshop sponsored by the WSU Women Studies Program and directed by Dr. Aldora Lee. The National Science Foundation funded the program which was held on at Washington State University in 1979. Women scientists, career counselors, and specialists participated in the two day program.

On Stage with Washington Women was a one hour dramatic presentation based on letters, diaries, and oral histories of eastern Washington women. The Washington Commission for the Humanities provided funding, and Assistant Professor of History, Susan Armitage, directed the project. The play traveled with the "Working and Caring" photographic exhibit which was sponsored by the Washington Women's Heritage Project.

The Washington Women's Heritage Project began in 1980 under a National Endowment for the Humanities grant that permitted organizers to collect histories of Washington women. Researchers consulted diaries and letters, conducted oral history interviews, and obtained photographs. These sources, reflective of women's experiences with various ethnic groups, enabled the project team to produce "Working and Caring," a photographic exhibit that along with a series of programs, concerts, dramatic presentations, and films, that toured Washington state in 1982. Evaluators judged the project successful because it illuminated øøthe vital roles women have played at work inside and outside the home, in community organizations and women's clubs, and through their caring about people and issues, . . . [most of which] traditional histories had overlooked."

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Scope and Content

Records of off-campus public information projects of the Womens' Studies Program consists chiefly of administrative records, as well as some documentation of each of the projects.

The collection contains considerable administrative records as well as some contextual information relevant to each of the projects.

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Arrangement

The records are organized into four series: Series 1: Women and Law, Series 2: Futures for Women in Science, Series 3: On Stage with Washington Women, and Series 4: Washington Women's Heritage Project.

The Women and Law series contains the grant proposal, correspondence, administrative and conference records.

The Futures for Women in Science series includes the grant proposal, correspondence, and miscellaneous administrative records.

The On Stage with Washington Women series contains the grant proposal, correspondence, the script of the play, musical scores, and miscellaneous administrative records.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

The Collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The Women Studies Program at Washington State University donated the records public programs funded by the state humanities commission to the university archives in 1984.

Processing Information

Jean Johnson processed the collection in August, 1995.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Washington State University. Women Studies Program--Archives
  • Washington Women's Heritage Project--Archives
Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University. Women Studies Program--Records and correspondence

Subject(s)

  • Women's studies--Research--Archives
  • Women--Washington (State)--History--Archives
  • Women in higher education--Research--Archives
  • Washington (State)
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Women
  • Performing Arts

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Detailed Description of Collection

1 Women and Law  1977-1978 

Administrative Records  

box folder

CUB Facilities and Accommodations  

1 1

Cost Sharing Statements  

1 2

Fiscal Records  

1 3

Grant and Contract Certification Budgets  

1 4

Personnel  

1 5

Recommendation for Lecturer or Visiting Professor  

1 6

Resumes: Coordinator Position  

1 7

Scholarships, Travel Stipends, Inquires  

1 8

Speaker Honoraria and Travel Expense  

1 9

Vitae of Speakers and Moderators  

1 10

Conference  

Adjunct Materials  

box folder

List of Resources  

1 11

Spanish Translation, Women and the Law in Washington State  

1 12

"The League and the ERA"  

2 13
box folder

Evaluation  

2 14

Keynote Address  

2 15

Proceedings  

2 16

Program and Miscellaneous Literature  

2 17

Publicity and News Releases  

2 18

Registration and Mailing List  

2 19

Speakers  

2 20

Workshops  

box folder

Credit and Finance  

2 21

Divorce  

2 22

Domestic Relations  

2 23

Due Process and the Woman Defendant  

2 24

Employee Rights  

2 25

Immigration and Alien Rights  

2 26

Physical Abuse  

2 27
box folder

Correspondence  

2 28

Grant Proposal  

2 29

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2 Futures for Women in Science  1979-1980 

box folder

Budget Information  

3 30

Conference Materials  

3 31

Correspondence  

3 32

Grant Proposal  

3 33

Grant Requisitions  

3 34

Participants  

3 35

Publicity and Program  

3 36

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3 On Stage with Washington Women  1980-1982 

box folder

"Armitage File"  

4 37

Budget  

box folder

Amendments  

4 38

Goods and Services  

4 39

Miscellaneous  

4 40

Personnel  

4 41

Statements  

4 42

Summary  

4 43

Travel  

4 44

Correspondence  

box folder

General  

4 45

Washington Commission for the Humanities  

4 46

Evaluations  

4 47

Grant  

box folder

Information  

5 48

Proposal  

5 49

Itinerary  

5 50

Music  

5 51

Program  

5 52

Publicity  

5 53

Script  

5 54

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4 Washington Women's Heritage Project  1980-1983 

Administrative Records  

box folder

Addresses and Mailing Lists  

6 55

Coordinator's Meetings  

6 56

Forms  

6 57

Miscellaneous  1980 

6 58

Brochure  

6 59

Budget  

box folder

Purchase Orders and Telephone Use  

6 60

Salaries and Travel Expense  

6 61

Statements  

7 62

Subcontracts  

7 63

Civic Directories  

7 64

Correspondence  

7 65

Eastern Washington Conference  

7 66

Exhibit  

box folder

Design  

8 67

Notes and Correspondence  

8 68

Sites  

8 69

Films  

8 70

Grant  

box folder

AAWU Grantswomanship Workshop  

8 71

Exhibit, Preliminary  

8 72

Final Report  

8 73

Interim Report  

8 74

Proposal  

box folder

Approval  

9 75

Implementation  

9 76

Preliminary Materials  

9 77
box folder

UW, Washington Commission for the Humanities  

9 78

Music, Linda Allen  

9 79

Newsletters  

9 80

Programs  

box folder

Docents  

9 81

Evaluations  

10 82

General  

10 83

Local Panels  

10 84

Publicity  

box folder

Bellingham  

10 85

Colville  

10 86

Ellensburg  

10 87

General  

10 88

Okanogan  

10 89

Pullman  

10 90

Seattle  

10 91

Spokane  

11 92

Tri-Cities  

11 93
box folder

Sites  

11 94

Project Handbook  

11 95

Research  

box folder

Bibliographies  

11 96

Guidelines  

11 97

Oral History  

11 98

Photographs and Miscellaneous Media  

11 99

Seattle Curricular and Bibliographic Materials  

11 100

Themes  

11 101

"Women Make History" Video  

11 102

Women Studies Program  

11 103

Slide Show  

box folder

David Current  

11 104

Script  

11 105
box

Miscellaneous Oversize Materials from All Projects  

12

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