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Susan McKay papers, 1970-2017

Overview of the Collection

Creator
McKay, Susan, 1942-
Title
Susan McKay papers
Dates
1970-2017 (inclusive)
Quantity
12.76 cubic ft. (18 boxes) + 4.49 GB
Collection Number
400036
Summary
Research, oral history interviews, and instructional material related to women at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, pregnancy in rural Wyoming, and women of armed conflict and peace-building.
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

Series IV. Personal papers, boxes 15-18 and digital folders ahcdm_400036_024-048 are restricted from use until January 1, 2060 except to Julie McKay and Sharon McKay.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Susan McKay was born on July 26, 1942 in Los Angeles, California to L.F. and Ethel Richardson. Following her graduation from DePauw University in Indiana, she and her husband, John, moved to Boulder, Colorado where she earned a master's degree in maternal child nursing at the University of Colorado. In 1966, they moved to Laramie, Wyoming where her daughters, Julie and Sharon, were born. She earned a Ph.D. in 1978 at the University of Wyoming and was a W.K. Kellogg National Fellow from 1983-1986. In 2000 she was awarded the Presidential Faculty Achievement Award at the University of Wyoming where she was a professor of Women's and International Studies.

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Content Description

The Susan McKay collection contains research materials, audio tapes and transcripts of interviews, and other materials from McKay's research on the Heart Mountain Japanese Relocation Center near Cody, Wyoming during World War II and the resulting publication, "The Courage Our Stories Tell: The Daily Lives and Maternal Child Health Care of Japanese American Women at Heart Mountain", published in 2002. Also included are series of audio visual instructional materials, research, photographs, slides, articles, and books regarding pregnant women in rural Wyoming; and research files, presentations, photographs, slides, books, and articles regarding McKay's research of women/mothers from areas of armed conflict such as Sierra Leone in West Africa.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

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Restrictions on Use

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Susan McKay Papers, Collection Number 400036, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Susan McKay at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Susan McKay from 2006-2017.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Rhonda Wright in April 2006, Shaun Hayes in June 2013, Chelsea Nelson in February 2015, and updated by Jamie J. Greene in October 2016, and April 2018.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

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Subject Terms

  • Maternal and infant welfare -- Wyoming -- Park County -- History -- 20th century.
  • Maternal health services -- Wyoming -- Park County -- History -- 20th century.
  • Peace-building -- Women.
  • Rural health services -- Wyoming.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Health and hygiene -- Wyoming -- Park County.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Social conditions -- Wyoming -- Park County.

Corporate Names

  • Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)

Geographical Names

  • Sierra Leone.
  • Wyoming -- History, 1939-1945.
  • Wyoming -- History, 1946-1999.

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Abe, Atsuko, interviewee
    • Emi, Amy, interviewee
    • Emi, Susie, interviewee
    • Endo, Ada, interviewee
    • Hironaka, Katie, interviewee
    • Ikegami, Midori, interviewee
    • Jio, Mary, interviewee
    • Kawakami, Mary, interviewee
    • Kessel, Velma, interviewee
    • Komatsu, Michi , interviewee
    • Kuromiya, Emiko, interviewee
    • Masunaga, Hiroko, interviewee
    • Masunaka, Mitsuko, interviewee
    • McKay, Susan, 1942- : Courage our stories tell
    • Morita, Fumiye, interviewee
    • Pease, Aiko, interviewee
    • Shiba, Rose, interviewee
    • Takagi, Mary, interviewee
    • Toriumi, Sophie, interviewee
    • Uriu, Alice, interviewee
    • Watanabe, Chiye, interviewee
    • Yoritsune, Charlene, interviewee
    • Yoritsune, Shigeko, interviewee

Processed by Rhonda Wright, Shaun Hayes, Chelsea Nelson, and Jamie Greene
2006; 2013; 2015; 2016

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