University of Wyoming. Gender and Women's Studies Program records

University of Wyoming. Gender and Women's Studies Program records, 1970-2011

Overview of the Collection

Creator: University of Wyoming. Gender and Women's Studies Program
Title: University of Wyoming. Gender and Women's Studies Program records
Dates: 1970-2011 (inclusive)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection

Website capture 2016-ongoing (inclusive)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection
Quantity: 11.10 cubic ft. (12 boxes) + 12.63 GB + website
Collection Number: 545021
Summary: Collection contains materials relating to Women and Gender Studies at the University of Wyoming.
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The University of Wyoming Gender and Women's Studies program offered students the opportunity to explore issues of gender and sexuality through a major, minor, and graduate minor in Gender and Women's Studies and an undergraduate and graduate minor in Queer Studies.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The materials include self-study kits and course outlines, a diversity initiative study (2001), grant information, Wyoming Heritage and Contemporary Values project (1979), planning documents and publicity for Women's History Month, photographs and website captures, administrative records, and audio-visual materials. The collection is organized into two series: physical records and digital records.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by the University of Wyoming Gender and Women's Studies Program at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from the University of Wyoming, Gender and Women's Studies Program from 2014-2020.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Irlanda Jacinto in May 2015 and updated by Jamie J. Greene in April 2017 and May 2022.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Administrative FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Sub-series 1. Physical Records	1970-2011
		1970-1999
Box
		Files from start-up of the WMST program:	1974-1980
Box
2		Women Studies at various universities	1974-1980
2		Women - Washington, Idaho, Wisconsin, Montana	1970-1980
2		Graduate programs	1993-1994
2		WMST's courses, other colleges	1985-1991
2		Other WMST programs - correspondence	1988-1991
2		Women's studies programs, feminist press, Northwest Women's Studies Association	1976-1979
2		Whitehouse news on women, women associations, United Nation's conference on women	1976-1982
2		Association of American Colleges	undated
		Wyoming Heritage and Contemporary Values Project (1979) Kathy Jensen:
Box	Folder
3 and Digital	ahcdm_545021_007	Journal/pictures - interview list and transcripts (CD)	1979
3		Bain, Leah Marsh	1979
3		Brown, Irene	1979
3		Brown, Mable Edwards	1979
3		Burns, Agnes	1979
3		Corbett, Clarissa	1979
3		Cundall, Myrtle	1979
3		Davis, Myrtle	1979
3		Deahl, Olive B.	1979
3		Dunnewald, Helen	1979
3		Hein, Lillian	1979
3		Henberg, Agnes	1979
3		Hughes, Florence	1979
3		Hutchison, Regina	1979
3		Miller, Ruth	1979
3		Moran, Beatrice	1979
3		Preuit, Ruby	1979
3		Rhone, Sudie	1979
3		Ries, Grace	1979
3		Rocha, Consuelo	1979
3		Scott, Muriel B.	1979
3		Smith, Elizabeth	1979
3		Smith, Madge Yoder	1979
3		Trenholm, Virginia Cole	1979
3		Utter, Hattie	1979
3		Youtz, Lela	1979
1		Women's Studies Program University of Wyoming Self Study	1985-1986
		2001-2002
Box
1		Diversity Initiative Study: Binder One Compiled by Janel C. Kasper Department of Sociology	2001-2002
1		Diversity Initiative Study: Binder Two Compiled by Janel C. Kasper Department of Sociology	2001-2002
1		Diversity Initiative Study: Binder Three Compiled by Janel C. Kasper Department of Sociology	2001-2002
1		Diversity Initiative Study: Binder Four Compiled by Janel C. Kasper Department of Sociology	2001-2002
		2003-2011
Box
1		Course Materials Introduction to Women's Studies WMST 1080 Professor Dawn Flood	2003-2004
		McKay grant paperwork:
Box	Folder
5 and Digital	ahcdm_545021_008-012	Conf/reallocation/misc/media - project files and PAR videos (4 DVDs)	2007-2011
5		2008 Oak	2008
5		Pro Victims	2008
5		Compton	2007
5		4261-11533 OAKFND46280 (McKay)	2006-2007
5		Participants and research objectives	2007-2009
		Sub-series 2. Department Records
Box
6		5 year plan	Fall 1988
	Folder
6 and Digital	ahcdm_545021_022	"Absolutely Safe" A Documentary by Carol Ciancutti-Leyva (DVD)	undated
6		Addresses for WMST Newsletter Recipients	undated
6		Adjunct Appointments	2001-2006
6		Advertising	1992-1993
6		Academic Planning	1998
6		American Heritage Center	1996-2001
6		American Indian Studies	1998-2002
6		Anthropology and Women	1992-2000
6		Articles - Gender, Society, etc.	1998-2000
6		Articles	Fall 1996
6		Assessment	Fall 1996
6		AWIS (Association for Women in Science)	1994
6		Books and Articles	2000
6		Budget Planning	1983-1990
6		Campus Resource Fair	1999
6		Centralized Planning	2000
6		Chicano Studies	1999-2000
6		Class Lists	Summer 1995
6		Class Schedule	1985-1987
6		College of Arts and Sciences Survey	Spring 2010
6		Comparisons to Other Universities	1993
6		Conferences, Calls for Papers, Newsletters, etc.	1992-1993
	Folder
6 and Digital	ahcdm_545021_015	Conference Correspondence (5.5" floppy disc)	1993-1994
6		Copyright	1990-1994
6		Correspondence	1999-2000
6		Correspondence: Internal	1987-1989
6		Correspondence: Interdisciplinary	1996-2000
6		Correspondence: With office	1990-1992
6		Correspondence: Women's Studies Committee/ Faculty	1993-1994
6		Council Forms - Humanities	1999-2000
6		Courses	Fall 1993
6		Course Changes for 4580-5970	1990-1998
6		Course Evaluations	1990-1994
6		Course Packets	undated
6		CTE Grant - Faculty Development Seminar	1996
6		Curry	1999-2000
6		Daniella Pafunda	2006-2008
6		Desktop Order Forms	undated
6		Directors Spring 2001 Report Materials	Spring 2001
6		Dis-Ed	2000
6		Discipline Based Courses/Syllabi from other Universities	1992-1994
6		Eliza Swain Monument	2003
6		Exams	1999-2000
6		Exit Interviews	2001-2006
6		Equipoise Info	2003-2004
6		Faculty Lines (history)	1995-1998
7		Faculty Meetings	2003-2004
7		Feminist Theory	1994-2000
7		Feminist Theory Syllabi/Capstone Courses	1992-1996
7		Feminist Theory Syllabi/Graduate Level Courses	1990-1996
7		Feminist Theory - ss. Methods	1996
7		Flyers	2012-2013
7		Garofalo, Jeaneane	2001
7		Gender and Science	1996-1998
7		Gender Studies at UW - Directory	1996
7		Governance and Faculty Lines	1995-1997
7		Grad Course Development	1995
7		Grad Differential Index	2004
7		Grant - Flood	2004
7		Grant Proposal - Susan B. Anthony	1999-2000
7		Graphics Standards Major Writing Style Manual	2001
7		Indigenous Women's Network Gathering	1994-1995
7		International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival	2004
7		Internship - Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal Court	Summer 2006
7		Introduction to Women's Studies - Sally Dunn	1982-1991
7		LSA Call for Papers	1997
7		Mailing Label Lists	undated
7		The Major (at UW) (History)	1991
7		Master's Degree Interdisciplinary	1997
7		Mentoring - Subcommittee	1995-1997
7		Memos from Ollie (Dean Oliver Walter)	1990-1992
7		Minors	1990-1994
7		Minor Flyers	1990-1995
7		Miscellaneous	undated
		Miscellaneous:	1998-2004
Box
11		Flood	2003-2004
11		Porterfield	1998
11		Riabora	2000-2001
11		Stanford	2003-2004
11		Winters	2000
11		Woolcott, Michael	2001
Box
7		Moving Forward	2002
7		Moving Forward II	undated
7		Museum Statement	1998
7		New Classes	1999-2000
7		New Course Additions	1990
7		Newsletter: UW	1995-1997
7		Newsletter	1997-1998
7		Newsletter- Spring/Summer Mailing Labels	undated
7		Newspaper Clippings	1999-2000
7		"Nice Girls Don't Sweat"	1999
8		NWSAction (National Women's Studies Association)	2000-2004
8		NWSA (National Women's Studies Association)	1995-2002
8		OIA (Office of Institutional Analysis) Class Verification	1999-2000
8		OIA (Office of Institutional Analysis) Data on WMST Courses and Other Enrollment	1991-1993
8		OIA (Office of Institutional Analysis) Data Sets - JJ - Susan Jones	1998
8		Old Teaching Evaluations - Archives	1987-1994
8		Orientation Guide	1997
8		Patricia A. Taylor Files	1993-2000
8		Perry, Ruth	undated
8		Personnel Review Procedures	2000
8		Personnel Comm.	2000-2001
8		Phelan, Shane- Performer	1999-2000
	Folder
8 and Digital	ahcdm_545021_019	Photographs (CD)	1993-2010
8		Plagiarism Cases	2001-2002
8		Potential Speakers	1992-1995
8		Position Recommendation	2001
8		Post-Tenure Review	1998-1999
8		Presidential Speakers	1999
8		Probation Info	1995-1996
8		Programs	2015
8		Program Assessment	1993-1996
8		Program Descriptions	1994-1999
8		Program Director, Transitions	1990-1998
8		Program Info	1994-2000
8		Program Reviews	1986-2001
8		Promotional Material: Other UW Departments	2000
8		Proposal for Major	1991
8		Publications	2001
8		Publicity and (photos)	1995-1996
8		Publicity for Ollie	1997
8		Race for the Cure	1996
8		Race Relations Action Plan	undated
8		Radio - KUWR	2000
8		Reallocation Work	1988-1990
8		Recruitment	2000-2001
8		Recruitment - Correspondence, Calls, Ideas	1996-1999
8		Recruitment- Models	1998
8		Research Centers	2002
8		Resource Faculty and Professor Stats	1996
8		Retreat	2001
8		Reviews of the Program	1986-1994
8		Ross Hall Space	2002
8		Sabbatical Guidelines	2001
8		Safe	1997-1999
8		Safe Zone Info	undated
8		Salary Info	1994-1999
8		Saraton Scholars	2001
8		Saratov/Vanov X-Change	2002
8		Schedule - Classes	2000
8		Schedule Grids	undated
8		Schoolmarms and Scholars	1997-1998
8		Scully, Diana	Fall 1996
9		Self-Reg: Moms & Babe	2001
9		Self-Study	1986
9		Sexual Harassment	1977-2001
9		Shane Phelan: WMST Workshop	Spring 2000
9		Shanghai Scholars	2002
9		Shared Faculty	2000
9		Shared Space with Sociology	1991-1995
9		Siren Song - Newsletter	2005-2013
9		SIROW (Southwest Institute for Research on Women)	1995-2000
9		Social Inequality Workshop	1997-1998
9		Speakers Flyers	1983-1985
9		Speaker Ideas	1998-1999
9		State History Day	1995-1999
9		Standard Data Sets	2001
9		Stats - UW	1997
9		Stipends	2002
9		Strobel, Melinda	1998-2000
	Folder
Digital	ahcdm_545021_020-021	Student Work (2 CDs)	2006
9		Subscriptions	1995
9		Summer Brochure	1982-1993
9		Summer Courses	1988-2002
9		Summer Course Schedules	1996-2001
9		Summer Initiative Funding	2001-2002
9		Summer Orientation	1997
9		Summer School	1981-1986
9		Summer School Funds	1999-2000
9		Summer School POL	1996-1999
9		Summer School - Women and Communication	1990-1991
9		Susan McKay's Art and Science Grant Account	Spring 2000
9		Syl - Feminist Research	2000
9		Syllabi (Misc.) Models	1995-1996
9		Symposium on Social Inequality	1997
9		Take Our Daughter to Work Day	1990-1995
9		Tenure and Promotion Procedure	1998
9		Thank You Letters to WMST	1999
9		Thornhill	Fall 2000
9		Transformation Newsletters	2002
9		Travel Requests	1996-1997
9		TRS	1993-1998
9		UGLW Consulting	2001
9		Unemployment Expectations	1993-1999
9		United Nations	undated
9		Unireg 643	1995
9		Unireg 802	1991
9		Unireg 803	1991
9		University Studies	2001
9		USP (University Studies Program) 1000 Materials	1998
9		USP (University Studies Program) - A&S Extended Core	1996-2000
9		USP (University Studies Program) - Booklets, Info	1993-1998
9		USP (University Studies Program) - Guidelines	1999
9		UW Institutional Response- Title IX	November 15, 1993
9		Vagina Monologues	2002
9		Vagina Monologues posters and articles	2002-2004
10		Vendor Agreement Form	1998
	Folder
Digital	ahcdm_545021_018	Video Catalogue - WMST (3.5" floppy disc)	1997-1998
10		Vote	undated
10		Wait List Policy	1995-1996
10		Wake Up Little Susie	1994-2000
10		WAN (Women's Action Network) Information and History	2000-2004
10		WCH (Wyoming Council for the Humanities)	1999
10		WCWI (Wyoming Council on Women's Issues) Newsletter on Women's Issues	2001
10		Web Site	1997-1999
10		Why WMST?	undated
10		WID (Women in Development)	1996
		Women Studies (WMST):
		Courses:
Box
10		WMST 1080	1982-1999
10		WMST 2001	2000
10		WMST 2010	1999
10		WMST 2060	1999
10		WMST 2700	2004
10		WMST 3610	Spring 2001
10		WMST 4000/4970	1995-1998
10		WMST 4970/4975	1991-1996
Box
10		Academic Plan - Version 1	1998
10		Articulation Conference	1999
10		Assessment	1997-1999
10		Assessment of Other Programs	1986-1997
10		Best Paper Contest	1994
10		Brochure Information	1986-2001
10		By-Laws other programs	1998-1999
10		Committee Minutes	Fall 2000-2001
10		Committee	2000-2001
10		Course Flyers	2000-2001
10		"Connections" Safe House	1998
10		Curriculum Committee Minutes	September 9, 1998
10		Curriculum Committee Meeting	October 20, 2004
10		Women Faculty	1992
10		Faculty Vitae	undated
10		Film Information	1998
	Folder
10 and Digital	ahcdm_545021_013-014	Gender and Society Assessment (2 CDs)	2008
10		Honors	1993-1994
10		Job Openings	1999
10		Major - What to do with?	undated
10		Mentoring	1998
10		National Merit	1987
10		Newsletter Labels	Fall 1999
10		Newsletters from Elsewhere	1988-2002
10		Newsletters - Other Programs	1993-1995
10		Newspapers	1995-1996
10		P. Taylor's Files	191-1992
10		Posters, Pre-2000	1980-1999
12		Poster: Gender and Science	March 1993
10		Retreat	2002
11		Search	2009
11		Sexual Harassment	1998-1999
11		SIROW	1999
11		Sponsored Events	2000-2001
11		Stats on Students	1995
11		Subscriptions	undated
11		Syllabi	1999-2004
11		V-Day	2000
11		Video Catalogue	1999
11		WSC (Women Studies Coalition)	1999-2000
Box
11		Women Administrators	1996-1997
11		Women as Leaders	1998
11		Women's Center/SEO Info	1994-1996
11		"Women in the Global Factory"	1984
	Folder
11 and Digital	ahcdm_545021_016-017	Women's History Month (2 3.5" floppy discs)	1996-2004
11		Women's Leadership Forum	April 22, 2005
11		Women and Minorities Committee	1996-1999
11		Women's Resource Agencies	undated
11		Women's Resource Center	2002
11		Women's Studies Course Offerings	1992-1995
11		Women's Studies Handbook	2001
11		Women's Studies Program Handbook	2009
11		Women's Studies Info	undated
11		Women's Studies: What is… (articles)	undated
11		Women and Work Business Panel	2002
11		World Diversity - USP	undated
11		World Wide Web Info	1995
11		Workload Policy	1992-1993
11		WSC (Women's Studies Coalition)	1995-2000
11		Wyoming Community Foundation	2000-2001
11		Wyoming Council for Women's Issues	2000
11		Wyoming Women's Business Directory	July 31, 2004
11		Wyoming Women's Foundation	2002-2006
11		Wyoming Women, History of	1996
11		Wyoming WMSI Assoc.	1992-1993
11		WYSAC	June 2004

Series II. Digital Records, 1997-2007Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1. 1997-1998
Digital Folder 1997-1998	Course Syllabi	1997-1998
	Sub-series 2. 1999-2000
Digital Folder 1999-2000	Budgets	1999-2000
Digital Folder 1999-2000	Course Offerings	1999-2000
Digital Folder 1999-2000	Course Syllabi	1999-2000
Digital Folder 1999-2000	Course Exam	1999-2000
Digital Folder 1999-2000	Images	1999-2000
Digital Folder 1999-2000	Instructors Evaluations	1999-2000
Digital Folder 1999-2000	Poster and Flyers	1999-2000
	Sub-series 3. 2000-2001
Digital Folder 2000-2001	Budgets	2000-2001
Digital Folder 2000-2001	Business Records Mailings Materials	2000-2001
Digital Folder 2000-2001	Business Records Statistics	2000-2001
Digital Folder 2000-2001	Correspondence	2000-2001
Digital Folder 2000-2001	Course Offerings	2000-2001
Digital Folder 2000-2001	Course Syllabi	2000-2001
Digital Folder 2000-2001	Donors	2000-2001
Digital Folder 2000-2001	Instructors Evaluations	2000-2001
Digital Folder 2000-2001	Instructors Miscellaneous	2000-2001
Digital Folder 2000-2001	Newsletter	2000-2001
Digital Folder 2000-2001	Poster and Flyers	2000-2001
	Sub-series 4. 2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Budgets	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Business Records Forms	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Business Records Foundation	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Business Records Grants	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Business Records Mailings Materials Letter Head	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Business Records Travel Expenses	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Conference	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Correspondence	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Employee Records Job Descriptions	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Employee Records Rejection Letter	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Employee Records Time sheets	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Images Class Photos	2001-2002
	1080-Kasper
	4500-Guzzo
	4780-Schaefer
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Images GIFs	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Images Miscellaneous	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Images Women 18th Century	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Images Women 20th Century	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Images Women Egypt	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Images Women Political Figures	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Images Women Sport Figures	2001-2002
Digital Folder 2001-2002	Posters and Flyers	2001-2002
	Sub-series 5. 2002-2003
Digital Folder 2002-2003	Images GIFs	2002-2003
Digital Folder 2002-2003	Images Miscellaneous	2002-2003
Digital Folder 2002-2003	Instructors	2002-2003
Digital Folder 2002-2003	Posters and Flyers	2002-2003
	Sub-series 6. 2006-2007
Digital Folder 2006-2007	Images Banquet	2006-2007
	Sub-series 7. Website This series includes access to the archived University of Wyoming Gender and Women's Studies program webpage.	2000-2001, 2016-ongoing
Digital Folder 2000-2001	Website	2000-2001
Digital	Website: Gender and Women's Studies program,	2016-ongoing

Series III. Audio-VisualReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description
	Audio:
Box
3	Interview with Ntozake Shange - "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf" (audio cassette tape)	1970-1979
3	"Woman to Woman: A Feminist Poetry Reading" (audio cassette tape)	1975
3	"Fantasy Theme Analysis: An Exploration and Assessment" tapes I-III (3 audio cassette tapes)	undated
3	Katherine Jensen on Wadlow as Fem. Mentor (audio cassette tape)	undated
3	Opening Remarks - Anne Fausto, Sterling and Patricia Rolberg (audio cassette tape)	undated
	Video:
Box
4	"Healthy Future" (VHS)	1991
4	"Math Anxiety: An Update" (3 copies) (VHS)	2005
4	"Seneca Reflections: Celebrating 150 Years of Women's Rights" (VHS)	1998
4	"People Like Me" (VHS)	1990
4	"Cowgirls" and "Labors of Love" (VHS)	1986
4	Amanda Johnson: "Project Influential Women" (VHS)	undated
4	Amanda Johnson: "Domestic Violence" (VHS)	undated
4	"Mommie Queerest" (VHS)	1997
4	"Math Anxiety" (VHS)	undated
4	Women's studies program assessment (VHS)	undated
4	"The Vagina Monologues" (VHS)	2003-2004
4	"20/20 Interview: Matt Shepard" (VHS)	1979
4	"Birth in the Squatting Position" (VHS)	undated
4	WMST assessment video (VHS)	1998-1999
4	Winona LaDuke (VHS)	1999
4	"Not for Ourselves Alone" (VHS)	1999
4	"To Empower Women: The UN Women's Conference in Beijing" (VHS)	1997
4	"UN Women's Conference: One Year Later" (VHS)	1996

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Gender identity
Women
Women's History Month

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