University of Chicago Women's & Gender Studies Department Collection
Scope and Contents
Materials include newsletters, publications, subject files, and press clippings on feminism, women’s issues, and academic women’s studies.
Dates
- 1969 - 2006
- Majority of material found within 1974 - 1987
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
No donor restriction. Standard restrictions apply (see G/H “Confidentiality Agreement” for archives use).
Biographical / Historical
The Women’s Union was active during the 1970s and 1980s as a student organization focused on second-wave and organizing at the University of Chicago. Interested faculty and students organized teaching and research on women’s and gender studies into the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality in 1996.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Material is arranged by topic or by specific publication title when possible.
Physical Location
D5F (Row D, Bay 5, Shelf F)
Provenance
Unknown. Materials seems to have been collected by different people associated with the Women’s Union or the Women’s & Gender Studies Department at the University of Chicago.
Separated Materials
- Counter-Clout, Volume 1, Number 2
- Chutzpah, Number 13, 1977
- Lesbian Connection, Volume 2, Issue 1, March 1976
- Matrices: A Lesbian-Feminist Research Newsletter
- Volume 2, Number 2
- Volume 2, Number 3, June 1979
- Volume 3, Number 3, May 1980
- Volume 4, Number 1, November 1980
- Volume 5, Number 1, October [1981 Misprint?], 2 copies
- Volume 5, Number 2, February 1982, 2 copies
- Mountain Moving: A Feminist Quarterly
- Volume 1, Number 2, Spring 1976, 3 copies
- Volume 2, Number 1, Fall 1976
- Volume 2, Number 2, Winter 1977
- Volume 3, Number 1, Fall 1977, 2 copies
- Sister Source
- Volume 1, Number 2, September 15, 1981
- Volume 1, Number 3, November 1, 1981
- Volume 1, Number 4, December 15, 1981, 2 copies
- Volume 1, Number 5, February 1, 1982
- Volume 1, Number 6, March 15, 1981
- Volume 1, Number 8, June 18, 1982
- Volume 2, Number 1, August 1, 1982
- Sisters United
- September/October 1979
- May/June 1980
- November/December 1980
- May/June 1981
- Summer 1987
- Thrice-Born, Women’s Union at the University of Chicago
- Volume 1, Number 1, [1981?], 2 copies
- [Volume 1, Number 2, 1981?]
- Volume 1, Number 3, January 15, 1982
- Volume 1, Number 4, January 29, 1982
- Volume 1, Number 6, April 15, 1982
- Volume 1, Number 7, May 6, 1982
- WomanSpirit
- Fall Equinox 1978
- Spring Equinox 1979
- Women’s News, For a Change
- Volume 1, Number 6, October 18, 1977, 3 copies
- Volume 1, Number 9, January 24, 1978
Processing Information
Processed by Amanda Kesek, Volunteer, 6/22/2019
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid for the University of Chicago Women’s & Gender Studies Department Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Amanda Kesek
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Gerber/Hart Archives Repository