Eastern Washington University, Women's Studies Program Records, 1976-2003

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Eastern Washington University. Women's Studies Program
Title
Eastern Washington University, Women's Studies Program Records
Dates
1976-2003 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.0 cu ft
Collection Number
EWU 984-0094
Summary
Departmental records including records of the Eastern Washington University Women's Studies Program, including the 1982 oral history project, "Women of a Small College Town".
Repository
Eastern Washington University
Archives & Special Collections
Eastern Washington University Libraries
320 Media Lane - 100 LIB
Cheney, WA
99004-2453
Telephone: 5093592475
archives@ewu.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Records of the Eastern Washington University Women's Studies Program, including the 1982 oral history project, "Women of a Small College Town" and departmental records documenting Program activities including the 2002 25th anniversary celebration.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Use of this collection is subject to the rules concerning access to archival and manuscript collections at Eastern Washington University. For more information, see: http://www.ewu.edu/Library/Services/Archives.xml

Copyright restrictions may apply. For more information or permission to publish, contact Eastern Washington University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections at (509) 359-2475, or archives@ewu.edu.

Preferred Citation

Eastern Washington University, Women's Studies Program Records; EWU 984-0094; box number; folder number; Archives & Special Collections, Eastern Washington University.

Alternative Forms Available

Transcriptions of the "Women of a Small College Town" oral history interviews have been digitized and are available as part of the Women of a Small College Town Oral Histories digital collection.

Selected documents have been digitized and are available as part of the Women's and Gender Education Center Publications digital collection.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

EWU 984-0094: Women's Studies Program. Transmitted by Dixie Massengale. 1984.

Processing Note

Individual accessions have been grouped under one collection number: EWU 984-0094. Individual accession contents and their accession numbers are listed as series in the finding aid.

Other accessions that make up this record group are: EWU 85-112; EWU 989-0227; EWU 990-0240; EWU 004-0534.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. EWU 984-0094:  Eastern Washington University, Women's Studies Program Records, 1976-1983Return to Top

1.0 linear feet

Records of the Eastern Washington University Women's Studies Program, including the 1982 oral history project, "Women of a Small College Town".

Container(s) Description Dates
EWU 984-0094: "Women of a Small College Town" Oral History Project
1.0 cu ft
Administrative records, oral history tapes, and transcripts generated by the oral history project "Women of a Small College Town" undertaken by the Women's Studies Program as part of the Eastern Washington University centennial celebration in 1982.
Oral history interviews with eighty-four (84) women from the Cheney, Washington area describing their lives and contributions to the community. The period under discussion is the late 19th century to the late 20th century.
Collection is available for research
Literary Property Rights: Releases on file in collection. Permission to quote from tapes supplied by Eastern Washington State Historical Society (EWSHS) must be obtained from EWSH prior to use.
EWU 984-0094: Women's Studies Program. Transmitted by Dixie Massengale. 1984.
1976-1983; 1982-1983
Box Folder
1 1
Grant proposal
1982
1 2
Centennial program materials - clippings and correspondence
1976-1983
1 3
Centennial program materials - handwritten quotations for use in booklet
undated
1 4
Typescript copies of booklet, with annotations
undated
1 5
Centennial program materials - master copy of booklet, with annotations
1983
1 6
Centennial program materials - copies of booklet and forms from project
1983-2014
1 7
Centennial program materials- 35mm slides used for each program
1984-1994
1 8
Centennial program materials-black and white negatives
undated
1 9
Centennial program materials-black and white prints for use in booklet
1930-1980
1 10
Centennial program materials- black and white prints of fashion show
1983
1 11
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices, "A-E"
1982-1983
1 12
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices, "A-E"
1982-1983
1 13
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices, "A-E"
1982-1983
1 14
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices, "A-E"
1982-1983
1 15
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices, "A-E"
1983
2 1
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices,"F-W"
1982-1983
2 2
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices,"F-W"
1982-1983
2 3
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices,"F-W"
1982-1983
2 4
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices,"F-W"
1982-1983
2 5
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices,"F-W"
1982-1983
2 6
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices,"F-W"
1982-1983
2 7
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices,"F-W"
1982-1983
2 8
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices,"F-W"
1982-1983
2 9
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices,"F-W"
1983
2 10
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices,"F-W"
1982-1983
2 11
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices,"F-W"
1982-1983
2 12
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices,"F-W"
1982-1983
2 13
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices,"F-W"
1982-1983
2 14
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices,"F-W"
1982
2 15
Oral history materials - releases and tape indices,"F-W"
1982-1983
tape
3 1, 2
Ableman, Elsie
3 3
Anderson, Janet B
3 4
Bair, Marian F.
3
Barber, Marguerite
Tape Not Received
tape
3 5
Baumann, Nancy
3 6
Billings, Shirley
3 7
Booth, Mary Jane
3 8
Boots, Helen
3 9
Bruntlett, Christine
3 10
Bryceson, Agnes K.
3 11
Carney, Sylvia Eva
3 12, 13
Conley, Hattie
Courtesy EWSHS
3 14
Conley, Irma
3 15
Conrath, Patricia
3 16, 17
Coontz, Patricia
3-4 18, 19
Cordill, Mabel
4 20
Court. Helen
4 21
Cutting, Lula
Courtesy EWSHS
4 22
Dickson, Prudence W.
4
Dobbins, Flora Belle
Tape Not Received
tape
4 23
Dummeir, Binna
Courtesy EWSHS
4 24
Dunbar, Ellen
4 25
Dustin, H. Antionette
4 26
Elliott, Marylin M.
4 27
Fisher, Dorothy B.
Closed for lifetime
4 28
Fleckenstein, Opal
4 29, 30
Frost, Ella
4 31, 32, 33
Gamon, DeDe
4 34
Geschke, Sue
Closed for lifetime
4 35
Goodwin, Eloise
4 36
Heiydt, Mary Ann
5 37-42
Hilton, Ernestine
5 43
Jerue, Annetta
5 44
Johnson, Jean
5 45
Johnson, Thordis
5 46
Jones, Ellen
4 24
Jones, Sharon
On tape with Dunbar
5 47
Kabat, Carol
5 48
King, R. Jean
5 49, 50
Lang, Jessie
5 51
Lepski, Lorraine K.
5 52, 53
Lewis, Marian
5 54
MacDonald, Eleanor
6 55
Mamanakis, Jean
6 56
Maxon, Katherine
6 57
McMillan, Judy
6 58
McMillan, Myrtle
6 59
McNeal, Roberta
6 60
Mill, Myrtha
6 61
Miller, Jean
6 62
Morrow, Ara
6 63
Murphy, Edna
6 64
Nelson, Mary Ann
6 65
Neubauer, Karen
6 66
Okerstrom, Grace
6 67
Owen, Frieda
Courtesy EWSHS
6 68, 69
Parker, Vonice
6 70, 71
Pierson, Lucille
6 72
Prugh, Louise
7 73
Ratcliffe, Minnie
7 74
Reed, Cindy
7 75
Rhoades, Carol
7 76
Rowles, Thekla
7 77
Rue, Florence
7 78
Sanders, Estella
Courtesy EWSHS
7 79
Schadegg, Elizabeth
7 80
Scott, Meredith
8 99
Donna Short
7 81
Sister Antonia
7 82
Smith, Georgiana
7 83
Stevens, Jean
7 84, 85
Surbeck, Camilla
5 50
Swedberg, Gertrude L.
On tape with Lang
7 86
Terrell, Donrothy Young
7 87
Tibbitts, Sally
7 88
Tiedt, Hattie
7 89
Tracy, Joan
8 90
Van Kuren, Ruth
8 91
Wainwright, Nancy
8 92
White, Judy
8 93
White, Louise
8 94, 95
White, Virginia L.
8 96
Whitehill, Altamae
8 97
Williamson, Ruth
8 98
Wittenbach, Minnie

Accession No. EWU 004-0534:  Eastern Washington University, Women's Studies Program Records, 1964-2003Return to Top

1.0 linear feet

This accession of the Women's Studies Program Records consists of files on events and programs organized by the Women's Center, the formation of the Women's Studies Program, the first director of the Women's Center professor Patricia Coontz, and clippings about the Women's Center and Women's Studies Program.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
25th anniversary material
November 12-15, 2002
1 2
Gender Balancing the Curriculum
1988-1989
1 3
Feminist Research series
1996-2002
1 4
Have You Considered a Women's Studies Minor?
1980-circa 1990
1 5
Music concerts
1987-1990
1 6
News clippings - Washington State Conference for Women
1997
1 7
Brochures
circa 1970-2003
1 8
Vagina Monologues and playbills
2002-2003
1 9
Eastern Washington University sexual harassment brochures and information
1987-1999
1 10
Programming flyers
1981-2002
1 11
News clippings - Women's Center movement
1990-2003
1 12
Northwest Women's Studies Association (NWWSA) Conference - Planning minutes, call for papers, etc.
1984-1986
1 13
Northwest Women's Studies Association (NWWSA) Conference - Entertainment material
1986
1 14
Northwest Women's Studies Association (NWWSA) Conference material
1986
1 15
Women's Center newsletter
1985-1988
1 16
Women's Center newsletter
1990-1994
1 17
Women's Center newsletter
1995-1999
1 18
Women's Center newsletter
2000-2003
1 19
Women's Studies course descriptions
2000-2003
1 20
Women's Studies course announcements
1978-1988
1 21
Women's Studies course announcements
circa 1985
1 22
Women's Studies course announcements
circa 1995
2 1
Women's Studies Symposium clippings
1978
2 2
Submission for a new major or minor
November 20, 1979
2 3
Rape-Free Environment information materials
2001
2 4
Eastern news on Women's Center
November 12, 2002
2 5
Women's Center addresses
2002
2 6
Patricia Coontz file
1964-2002
2 7
Single Parent Project and Eastern Washington University Children's Center
1990-2002
2 8
Welcome reception flyers
2002
2 9
Women in Action and North Dakota photographs - book
1982
2 10
Press releases
1977-1981
2 11
Affirmative Action officer search committee
1989-1990
2 12
Women's Studies advisory board
1977-1979
2 13
Miscellaneous flyers on women's issues
undated
2 14
Women's Studies Program summaries
2003
2 15
Women's Center Program flyers
1980-1998
2 16-20
Clippings
1977-1981
2 21
HOPE (Helping Ourselves Prepare for Employment)
undated
2 22
Slides
1995
2 23
Community Builders: Women of a Small College Town
May 12, 1983
2 24
Women's Studies Programs clippings
1977-1987
2 25
Women's Studies faculty clippings
1977-2001

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