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West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: This subject heading serves to unite all of the collections held by WVU that pertain to this special collecting effort.

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

West Virginia University, Medical School, History

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2046
Overview Seventeen (17) volumes in 18 books containing the typescript history of the West Virginia University Medical School, 1869-1964, as compiled by Dr. E.J. VanLiere and Dr. G.S. Dodds. It represents research material, too, which VanLiere and Dodds gathered for their history, including correspondence, photographs, charts, maps and pamphlets. Volumes contain lists of women who graduated from the medical school, correspondence with them, and completed survey forms. Generally, this collection...
Dates: 1964

West Virginia University, Student Anti-War Movement, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2506
Overview

Materials concerning West Virginia University student activities in opposition to the Vietnam War in 1969 and 1970. Includes announcements of meetings and demonstrations, campus newsletters, anti-war literature, and publicity of other student concerns.

Dates: 1969-70

West Virginia University, Women's Centenary, 1891-1991, Videotape and Publications

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Collection Number: A&M 3107
Overview A multi-media packet containing publications and a videotape about the first one hundred years of West Virginia University as a co-educational institution. The materials document the achievements of women at WVU and provide a glimpse into women's student life and how it has changed over the years. Women discussed include Harriet E. Lyon, Agnes J. Morrison, Mary C. Busweel, Eva Hubbard, Blanche Lazzell, Victorine Louistall, Annette Chandler-Broome, Margaret Workman, Lea Anderson, and Barbara...
Dates: 1989-1991 and undated

West Virginia University, Women's Studies Center, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5052
Overview

The collection contains materials from West Virginia University's (WVU) Women’s Studies Center, renamed the Center for Women's and Gender Studies in 2012. It primarly consists of records and recordings created about the various WVU women's organizations between 1972 and 2000, including the Caucus for Women's Concerns (CWC), the Council for Women's Concerns (CWC),the Women's Information Center (WIC), the Center for Women's Studies, and the Center for Women's and Gender Studies.

Dates: 1972-2000, and undated

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

West Virginia University, Women's Studies Center, Women's Centenary, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3376
Overview

This collection contains materials collected or created by the WVU Center for Women's Studies (CWS) in preparation for the Women's Centenary between 1989 and 1991. It mostly consists of research on early women students at WVU as well as planning materials for events to commemorate the Women's Centenary.

Dates: 1849-2000 and undated; Majority of material found within 1890-1992

Women's Information Center Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3635
Overview

Records of the Women's Information Center of Morgantown, West Virginia. Includes correspondence, minutes, reports, newsletters, clippings, and other material.

Dates: 1973-1993

Women's Radio News and Interviews on WWVU-FM, Recordings and Report

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4671
Overview

In the spring of 1985, West Virginia University (WVU) student Diana Lee Murrell produced a series of eight women’s radio shows as part of her professional project at the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism. The show aired weekly on WWVU-FM, which is owned by WVU. This collection contains the eight recordings and a final report written by Murrell on the production and implementation of the show.

Dates: 1985-1986

Womynkind Foundation Newsletters and Other Records

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Collection Number: A&M 4515
Overview The Womynkind Foundation was formed in Charleston, West Virginia and sought to promote the artistic endeavors and issues relevant to women. The Womynkind Foundation started a newsletter, the Womynkind’s Community Newsletter to spread events of interest for women and feature women’s thoughts, poetry, and experiences. This collection contains a full run of the Womynkind's Community Newsletter published by the Womynkind Foundation and the...
Dates: 1990-1997