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West Virginia University -- Women's Centenary (1891-1991)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Carroll Wilkinson Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4576
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials collected and created by Carroll Wilkinson during her time working for West Virginia University (WVU) Libraries and Women’s and Gender Studies Center between 1979 and 2019. It includes materials from her work in several positions within the library and WVU Women’s Studies Center, including Chief Circulation Librarian, Women and Gender Studies Bibliographer, Head of Access Services, Director of Instruction and Information Literacy, Director of Strategic...
Dates: 1914-2018 and undated; Majority of material found within 1979-2018 and undated

Lillian Waugh, Professor, Papers and Artifacts

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4518
Scope and Contents Papers, photographs, binders, artifacts, and newspapers belonging to Lillian Waugh, professor of Women's Studies at WVU and gender equality activist. This collection contains personal family photographs, correspondence, and research about Waugh keeping her surname after marriage. Protest and activism papers, photographs, and artifacts include assorted materials related to Waugh's involvement in the National Organization for Women (NOW), the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) campaign, gender...
Dates: 1884-2021; Majority of material found within 1960-2018

West Virginia University, Women's Studies Center, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5048
Scope and Contents The collection contains materials from the West Virginia University Women’s Studies Center, now called the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies. Materials include financial documents, organization records, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, posters, and textiles. The earliest materials in the collection are letters from the first women to attend West Virginia University in 1885 prior to their admittance to the university in 1889. The latest materials include...
Dates: 1885-2002 and undated

West Virginia University, Women's Studies Center, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5131
Overview

This collection contains materials from the West Virginia University (WVU) Women's Studies Program (WSP), Center for Women’s Studies (CWS), Council for Women’s Concerns (CWC), and Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (CWGS), mostly dated between 1974 and 2018.

The majority of materials relate to the growth and development of the CWS, particularly through events they hosted or supported, such as the Dickinson Symposium and the Women’s Centenary.

Dates: 1838-2018 and undated; Majority of material found within 1967-2018