Christine Weiss Daugherty Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4509
This collection includes materials pertaining to Christine Weiss Daugherty and her work with women’s economic development, rural economic development, non-profit management, and international development.
Materials include correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, resumes, a diploma, magazines, books, pamphlets, notes, contact lists, journals, scrapbooks, research materials, interviews, family history materials, economic reports, newsletters, and CDs. The collection is divided into five series. There is some overlap between the series, especially concerning Daugherty’s work with the Kellogg Foundation and international economic development.
Series 1. Christine Weiss Daugherty Life and Achievements: This series contains materials produced and collected by Christine Weiss Daugherty pertaining to her family history, personal life, and professional achievements from 1954-2021. Prominent topics include a family biography, personal photographs and correspondence, interview with Daugherty, and news articles featuring Daugherty. The types of materials included are CDs, resumes, family biography, photographs, a diploma, awards, correspondence, notes, interview, papers, and newspaper clippings. Materials can be found in boxes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Series 2. Women and Employment: This series contains materials produced and collected by Christine Weiss Daugherty related to work she did for women’s economic rights in West Virginia and abroad from 1974-2013. Prominent topics include women working in coal mines and women’s job creation. The types of materials included are notes, flyers, newspaper clippings, books, photographs, and scrapbooks. Materials can be found in boxes 1, 2, 3, and 5.
Series 3. International Development: This series contains materials produced and collected by Christine Weiss Daugherty related to her work as an advocate for economic development abroad. Prominent topics include notes from her work in Slovakia, Ghana, India, Kenya, and Tunisia from 1985-2008. The types of materials included are notes, newspaper clippings, journals, pamphlets, books, and photographs. Materials can be found in boxes 1, 2, 4, and 5.
Series 4. Kellogg Foundation: This series contains materials produced and collected by Christine Weiss Daugherty related to her work with the Kellogg Foundation from 1990-1993. The materials span from 1983-2020. Prominent topics include international development, community organizing, and work in consulting. The types of materials included are notes, correspondence, research materials, pamphlets, contact lists, economic reports, and newspaper clippings. Materials can be found in boxes 1, 4, and 5.
Series 5. Appalachia Activism: This series contains materials produced and collected by Christine Weiss Daugherty related to activist work she did in West Virginia and Appalachia from 1981-2018. The types of materials included are journals, newspaper clippings, notes, reports, books, and correspondence. Materials can be found in boxes 2, 3, and 4.
Material in box 4, folder 26 is restricted for 50 years after the latest date of creation due to the presence of student works. It may be accessed in 2071.
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Christine Weiss Daugherty is an advocate in issues related to women's economic equality, rural economic development, and non-profit management. The content of this collection reflects Daugherty's varied professional and avocational background. Early in her career, she ran Garretts Bend Pottery Studio (1972-1979), which was located on Great Oak Farm in Lincoln County, West Virginia. Great Oak Farm was a non-profit camp for low income Appalacian youth founded by Daugherty and her then husband, Dr. Robert (Bob) Weiss, which Daugtery was active with until the 1990s. From 1979-1988, she was the executive director of Women and Employment (later, Center for Economic Options) which advocated for career advancement for women in West Virginia. In 1988, she became the senior project associate with the Ms. Foundation for Women.
Beginning in 1988, she started Rural Strategies, a consulting firm specializing in rural economic development and women and community economic development. From 1990-1993, she had a fellowship with the Kellogg International Leadership Program that facilitated her travel to international destinations.
She served as interim co-director of the West Virginia University Center for Women's Studies for the academic year 1992-1993 and earned her Regents B.A. from West Virginia State College in 1994. In 1996, she was named senior program advisor to the Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (VOCA/VOKA) Rural Development Project in Slovakia which lasted 3 years. In addition, she has participated in numerous other projects and volunteer organizations. She has received multiple awards for her activist work, including the Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson Women Making History Award.
3.5 Linear Feet (2 record cartons, 15 in. each; 2 document cases, 5 in. each; 2 flat storage boxes, 1 in. each )
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Gift of Weiss, Christine Daugherty, 2019 August 22, 2020 August 28, 2022 August.
Acquired by WVU, Libraries, West Virginia and Regional History Center, 2022 March 15.
Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository