Abstract
Records are comprised of memoranda, committee minutes, and planning documents from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Women's Studies Department from 1966 to 1993. The records document the inception of both the Women's Center and Women's Studies program at UNLV. The materials from the Women's Center document the efforts of UNLV staff to begin a women's center on campus and efforts to create a Women's Studies program.
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Scope and Contents Note
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Women's Studies Department Records are comprised of memoranda, committee minutes, and planning documents from the UNLV Women's Studies Department from 1966 to 1993. The records document the inception of the Women's Club, Women's Center, and the Women's Studies program at UNLV. The materials from the Women's Center document the efforts of UNLV staff to begin a women's center on campus and efforts to create a Women's Studies program.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials remain in the order which they were received.
Biographical / Historical Note
The Women's Studies Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) was established in 1979 with the goal of meeting the unique needs of women. The program was designed to give clarity and organization to existing data on women, increase research in neglected areas, create new research, and evaluate feminist theory. The program was initiated in 1978 when UNLV staff members formed a Women’s Studies Committee. The Women's Studies program was originally housed under the College of Arts and Letters as an interdisciplinary degree. Eventually the Women's Studies Program grew to form its own department, the Women's Studies Department, housed under the College of Liberal Arts. In 2011 UNLV faced budgetary cutbacks and the Women's Studies Department lost its department status and in 2012 Women's Studies became an interdisciplinary degree housed in the College of Liberal Arts. As of 2021, UNLV offers a Gender and Sexuality interdisciplinary degree which seeks to correct institutional neglect, denial, and devaluation of the study of women and gender in higher education.
Preferred Citation
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Women's Studies Department Records, 1966-1993. UA-00018. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were transfered periodically to the University Archives; accession numbers 2017-040 and 2019-027.
Processing Note
A summary of materials was created by Maggie Bukowski in 2017. To prepare the inventory, the described materials were reviewed to create a contents list, estimate dates, and identify material types. In 2021, Sarah Jones added additional materials to the collection and updated the finding aid.als.