Women's studies program records
Scope and Contents
This collection about the Women’s Studies Program has a wide range of materials included in it. This collection deals with the curriculum design of the Women’s Study Program. It includes student and teacher perspectives and includes information about a publication associated with the department, Frontiers. There are records of special events like the George Sand Festival and financial records from the program. There are curriculum design notes from the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) which were gathered to inform the program at CU. There are also course evaluations, student view tests like FIRO-B, and interviews. A large part of this collection deals with Frontiers magazine and has details about submissions and rejections to the publication. The collection is organized into two main parts documentation of the Women’s Studies Program and then Frontiers magazine. The time frame of the material ranges from 1975 to 1985.
Dates
- 1979 - 1984
Conditions Governing Access
This collection contains or may contain private and personally identifiable information (PPII). Researchers must sign the University Libraries’ Private and Personally Identifiable Information Agreement in advance of access to collection materials. Contact rad@colorado.edu for more information.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers may not make notes, reproductions (including photographs), or other record of any private and personally identifiable information (PPII) located in this collection and may not publish, publicize, or disclose that PPII to any other party for any purpose. Exclusions may apply to researchers who have obtained authorization from the University of Colorado Institutional Review Board to produce human subject research records in de-identified form. All researchers must sign the University Libraries’ Private and Personally Identifiable Information Agreement indicating their understanding of the use restrictions for PPII found in this collection. Contact rad@colorado.edu.
Biographical / Historical
The Women’s Studies Program at CU Boulder has the distinction of being the oldest program of its kind in the state of Colorado, and one of the oldest in the nation. Established in 1974 after student and founding committee member Betsy Graef collected 3,000 signatures in five days to interest in such a program. The process to officially make the program part of the CU Boulder curriculum then began. Noteworthy faculty names associated with the beginning of the program include: Doris Havice, Religious Studies; Joyce Frost, Communication; Suzanne Foster, Fine Arts; Gary Metz, Fine Arts; Tom Mayer, sociology; Ruth Cline, Education; and Dennis Eckart, Political Science. In the fall of 1974 Carol Pearson was named the first director of the Women’s Studies Program. From 1974 to 1983 the program was independently structured. This can cause an issue with conferring degrees. In 1983 the major was able to be awarded through under the auspices of the American Studies Program. This was unfortunate because it did not allow the program to be independent and achieve its goals. In 1998 the program was finally awarded its own independent major. And in keeping with those goals, the program changed its name in 2006 to Women and Gender Studies Program to better indicate the subject matter and ideals of the program.
Extent
7.5 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection deals with the curriculum design of the Women’s Study Program. It includes student and teacher perspectives and includes information about a publication associated with the department, Frontiers. There are detailed records of what was submitted to the magazine.
Processing Information
Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, Rare and Distinctive Collections Repository
