WSEMss003.xml Guide to the Seattle University Oral History Recordings 2003 June-December Seattle University Oral History Recordings Rick Block and Mary Linden Sepulveda Funding for preparing the finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The interviews were funded by a grant from the Seattle University Endowed Mission Fund. Special Collections, Lemieux Library and Learning McGoldrick Commons, Seattle University 2011
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Finding aid encoded by: Jeff Winter 2011 Finding aid written in: English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard) Seattle University, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Special Collections
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Mss 003 Seattle University Seattle University Oral History Recordings 2003 June-December 71 audio cassettes A collection of interviews with prominent women associated with Seattle University as part of an oral history project titled Celebrating 70 Years of Women at Seattle University, 1933-2003 Collection materials are in English.

The oral history project and selected interviews were the feature cover story in the Fall 2004 issue of Seattle University Magazine (pp. 18-23), Making HERstory: The Maverick Women Who Shaped Seattle University

A collection of interviews with prominent women associated with Seattle University as part of an oral history titled "Celebrating 70 Years of Women at Seattle University, 1933-2003." The interviews were recorded June 12-December 19, 2003 by Janet Bishop. The twenty-one participants include alumnae from the class of 1937 to the class of 2003, three deans, two librarians, a vice president, an associate provost, a registrar, an alumna daughter of a faculty member, a faculty wife, and eight professors. A notable Seattle University alumna is Peggy Joan Maxie, the first African-American woman elected to the Washington State Legislature. The complete list of interviewees includes: Hamida Bosmajian, Theresa Earenfight, Patrick Howell SJ, Margaret Hudson, Jeanette Hulburt, Dolly Ito, Loretta Jancoski, Mary Alice Lee, Mary Anne Madsen, Peggy Joan Maxie, Becky McNamara, Toni Murdock, Virginia Parks, Jane Peterson, Jane Prouty Eliott, Sister Christopher Querin FCSP, Mary Ridge, Eileen Ridgeway, Mary Linden Sepulveda, Juliana Tadie, and Sister Rosaleen Trainor FCSP.

Partially edited transcripts are available on request. Master and service copies available for most interviews.

The collection is open for research.

Seattle University Oral History Recordings, Special Collections, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Seattle University.

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