Archives 221 Women Studies Program Records 1980-1983 Women Studies Program Records Finding aid prepared by Jean Johnson Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2012
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Archives 221 Women Studies Program Records 1980-1983 7 linear feet 12 containers Includes administrative records, project documentation, grant proposals, correspondence; series 4 also contains the script of the play and musical scores. Organizational History:

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the WSU Women Studies Program was involved in four grant projects: Women and Law, Futures in Science for Women, On Stage with Washington Women, and Washington Women's Heritage Project.

Women and Law was a program held at Washington State University in 1978 for the purpose of informing audiences of women about their legal rights. The Washington Commission for the Humanities provided funding and Faye Bancroft, Assistant Professor of Business Law at WSU directed the program which included workshops on citizenship and alien rights, due process and the woman defendant, domestic relations, physical abuse, employee rights, and credit and finance.

Futures in Science for Women was a science career workshop sponsored by the WSU Women Studies Program and directed by Dr. Aldora Lee. The National Science Foundation funded the program which was held on at Washington State University in 1979. Women scientists, career counselors, and specialists participated in the two day program.

On Stage with Washington Women was a one hour dramatic presentation based on letters, diaries, and oral histories of eastern Washington women. The Washington Commission for the Humanities provided funding, and Assistant Professor of History, Susan Armitage, directed the project. The play traveled with the "Working and Caring" photographic exhibit which was sponsored by the Washington Women's Heritage Project.

The Washington Women's Heritage Project began in 1980 under a National Endowment for the Humanities grant that permitted organizers to collect histories of Washington women. Researchers consulted diaries and letters, conducted oral history interviews, and obtained photographs. These sources, reflective of women's experiences with various ethnic groups, enabled the project team to produce "Working and Caring," a photographic exhibit that along with a series of programs, concerts, dramatic presentations, and films, that toured Washington state in 1982. Evaluators judged the project successful because it illuminated øøthe vital roles women have played at work inside and outside the home, in community organizations and women's clubs, and through their caring about people and issues, . . . [most of which] traditional histories had overlooked."

Records of off-campus public information projects of the Womens' Studies Program consists chiefly of administrative records, as well as some documentation of each of the projects.

The collection contains considerable administrative records as well as some contextual information relevant to each of the projects.

The records are organized into four series: Series 1: Women and Law, Series 2: Futures for Women in Science, Series 3: On Stage with Washington Women, and Series 4: Washington Women's Heritage Project.

The Women and Law series contains the grant proposal, correspondence, administrative and conference records.

The Futures for Women in Science series includes the grant proposal, correspondence, and miscellaneous administrative records.

The On Stage with Washington Women series contains the grant proposal, correspondence, the script of the play, musical scores, and miscellaneous administrative records.

The Collection is open for research use.

The Women Studies Program at Washington State University donated the records public programs funded by the state humanities commission to the university archives in 1984.

Jean Johnson processed the collection in August, 1995.

 Washington State University. Women Studies Program--Archives Washington Women's Heritage Project--Archives Washington State University. Women Studies Program--Records and correspondence Women's studies--Research--Archives Women--Washington (State)--History--Archives Women in higher education--Research--Archives Washington (State) Colleges and Universities Women Performing Arts 1 Women and Law 1977-1978 Administrative Records 1 1 CUB Facilities and Accommodations 1 2 Cost Sharing Statements 1 3 Fiscal Records 1 4 Grant and Contract Certification Budgets 1 5 Personnel 1 6 Recommendation for Lecturer or Visiting Professor 1 7 Resumes: Coordinator Position 1 8 Scholarships, Travel Stipends, Inquires 1 9 Speaker Honoraria and Travel Expense 1 10 Vitae of Speakers and Moderators Conference Adjunct Materials 1 11 List of Resources 1 12 Spanish Translation, Women and the Law in Washington State 2 13 "The League and the ERA" 2 14 Evaluation 2 15 Keynote Address 2 16 Proceedings 2 17 Program and Miscellaneous Literature 2 18 Publicity and News Releases 2 19 Registration and Mailing List 2 20 Speakers Workshops 2 21 Credit and Finance 2 22 Divorce 2 23 Domestic Relations 2 24 Due Process and the Woman Defendant 2 25 Employee Rights 2 26 Immigration and Alien Rights 2 27 Physical Abuse 2 28 Correspondence 2 29 Grant Proposal 2 Futures for Women in Science 1979-1980 3 30 Budget Information 3 31 Conference Materials 3 32 Correspondence 3 33 Grant Proposal 3 34 Grant Requisitions 3 35 Participants 3 36 Publicity and Program 3 On Stage with Washington Women 1980-1982 4 37 "Armitage File" Budget 4 38 Amendments 4 39 Goods and Services 4 40 Miscellaneous 4 41 Personnel 4 42 Statements 4 43 Summary 4 44 Travel Correspondence 4 45 General 4 46 Washington Commission for the Humanities 4 47 Evaluations Grant 5 48 Information 5 49 Proposal 5 50 Itinerary 5 51 Music 5 52 Program 5 53 Publicity 5 54 Script 4 Washington Women's Heritage Project 1980-1983 Administrative Records 6 55 Addresses and Mailing Lists 6 56 Coordinator's Meetings 6 57 Forms 6 58 Miscellaneous 1980 6 59 Brochure Budget 6 60 Purchase Orders and Telephone Use 6 61 Salaries and Travel Expense 7 62 Statements 7 63 Subcontracts 7 64 Civic Directories 7 65 Correspondence 7 66 Eastern Washington Conference Exhibit 8 67 Design 8 68 Notes and Correspondence 8 69 Sites 8 70 Films Grant 8 71 AAWU Grantswomanship Workshop 8 72 Exhibit, Preliminary 8 73 Final Report 8 74 Interim Report Proposal 9 75 Approval 9 76 Implementation 9 77 Preliminary Materials 9 78 UW, Washington Commission for the Humanities 9 79 Music, Linda Allen 9 80 Newsletters Programs 9 81 Docents 10 82 Evaluations 10 83 General 10 84 Local Panels Publicity 10 85 Bellingham 10 86 Colville 10 87 Ellensburg 10 88 General 10 89 Okanogan 10 90 Pullman 10 91 Seattle 11 92 Spokane 11 93 Tri-Cities 11 94 Sites 11 95 Project Handbook Research 11 96 Bibliographies 11 97 Guidelines 11 98 Oral History 11 99 Photographs and Miscellaneous Media 11 100 Seattle Curricular and Bibliographic Materials 11 101 Themes 11 102 "Women Make History" Video 11 103 Women Studies Program Slide Show 11 104 David Current 11 105 Script 12 Miscellaneous Oversize Materials from All Projects