NTE2mssm_086.xml Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Association for Faculty Women Records circa 1981-2002 Washington State University Association for Faculty Women Records Finding aid prepared by Cheryl Gunselman. Updates by Will Gregg. Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2020 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. Updated by Will Gregg. 2020 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections MSSM.086 Association for Faculty Women (Washington State University) Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Association for Faculty Women Records circa 1981-2002 3.5 Linear feet 5 Boxes Papers of the Association for Faculty Women at Washington State University including: reports and other documents related to a 1981 salary equity study; president's papers; award files; workshops; event preparation; mailers; subject files; and general association records from the 1980s and 1990s. (MASC STAFF USE) MS-2010-13, MS-2011-21, MS-2024-20: 1-38-5-6 Collection materials are in English

The Association for Faculty Women (AFW) originated in 1975. The forerunner of the group was the subcommittee on academic women of the Committee of Women, a Pullman organization founded in 1968. This early group proposed the first women's studies course at Washington State University and also secured modification of several other university policies changes that furthered faculty women's opportunities.

After AFW was formed it continued working on equity issues important to women in academia. Additionally, in 1984 the group began honoring outstanding women graduate students.

The association is active to date (as of 1999), and its highest priority for the future is to open up the university's decision-making positions to capable women.

(From the guide to the Association for Faculty Women Papers, Cage 631)

This collection of papers of the Association for Faculty Women at Washington State University includes: reports and other documents related to a 1981 salary equity study; president's papers; award files; workshops; event preparation; mailers; subject files; and general association records from the 1980s and 1990s.

This is an unprocessed collection. Arrangement reflects a pre-existing order from the records’ creators or previous custodians.

This collection is open and available for research use.

Copyright restrictions may apply.

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Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Association for Faculty Women Records, circa 1981-2002 (MSSM.086)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

On behalf of the Association for Faculty Women, Susan Armitage donated the bulk of the materials in this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 2011 (MS-2011-21). The materials accessioned in 2010 (MS-2010-13) were received from an unidentified source. Sue Durrant donated an additional six folders of materials in 2024 (MS-2024-20).

The original version of this finding aid left out one box of records (MS-2011-21 box 4). The box been mistakenly labeled as MS-2011-22 but was housed with the other boxes of MS-2011-21. MASC staff updated the finding aid in 2024 to incorporate this box.

Washington State University Association for Faculty Women Papers, 1972-1993 (Cage 631).

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Association for Faculty Women (Washington State University) -- Records and correspondence. Washington State University -- Faculty -- Women -- Societies, etc. Washington State University -- Faculty -- Women -- History. Feminism and higher education -- Washington (State) -- History -- Archives. Women in higher education -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- History. Women in higher education -- Societies, etc. -- Archives. Women Colleges and Universities Washington (State)