UG 59

University of Idaho Women’s Center

Records, 1958-1997
1.5 cubic feet

The Women’s Center transferred its records to the University of Idaho Library between 1998 and 2001 (accessions UA1998-009; UA 2001-13). Jessica Bowman processed them in February 2007.

History

The Women’s Center was founded in November 1972 to benefit the women of the University of Idaho and the community of Moscow. Its original goals were to increase the number of University women and decrease the dropout rates. Goals later expanded to include development and sponsorship of programs designed to increase awareness of the status, needs, and problems of Idaho women and to provide informative and educational resources.

The Women’s Center has had four different locations on campus since it’s beginning. Until 1975, funding came directly from a $.50 fee assessed to every woman student. It has evolved into the largest and most active women’s centers of the Pacific Northwest as well as one of the oldest in the United States.

Scope And Content

The records of the Women’s Center span the years 1958 to 1997, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1972 to 1980. Included in the records are photographs, newspaper articles, lawsuits, a rape survey, budget and grant proposals, and various projects concerning the Women’s Center.

Arrangement and Description

Most of the content of this archival group was in labeled folders when received. Although many of the files have retained their original title, some were changed to clarify their contents. The organization of the files was rearranged to create a more coherent arrangement.

The first series consists of office files and provides an historical background for the Women’s Center. It includes publications, advertisements, projects, broadcasts, articles, photographs, videos, and annual records.

The second series is a collection of laws, rights, and statistics. It includes information on the Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse, expense statements, Affirmative Action procedures, legal statutes, a UI rape survey of 1990, and various lawsuits pertaining to the Women’s Center.

The third series is restricted. The Head of Special Collections may grant permission for access. This box contains the original rape survey research forms, summaries of which are available in Box 2.

Series List

I. Office Files	Box 1
II. Laws, Rights, and Statistics	Box 2
III. Restricted	Box 3

Inventory

I. Office Records
Box	Folder	Description		Items
1	1	Women’s Caucus	1972-1980
	2	Beginnings	1968-1972
	3	History and Members	1997
	4	Women’s Center Logos	1978-1994
	5	25th Anniversary Contributions	1997
	6	Miscellaneous records	1995-1997
	7	Newspaper Articles	n.d.
	8	Booklets	1958-1972
	9	Publicity and Blueprints	n.d.
	10	Equal Rights Amendment Convention Photograph	n.d.
	11	Women’s Center Quilt	1997
	12	Quilt Exhibit Photographs	1997
	13	Quilt Exhibit Photographs	1997
	14	READI	1983-1985
	15	Rural Women’s History Project	1975-1976
	16	Articles, aims, budget	1973
	17	Articles, poetry	1974
	18	“Half the Sky,” photographs, Survival Catalogue	1975
	19	Articles, broadcasts, grant proposal	1976
	20	Survival Catalogue, letter, pamphlet on women and law	1977
	21	Articles, letters	1978
	22	Articles, sexual harassment information, broadcasts, Women’s Center functions	1979
	23	Articles, Survival Catalogue, broadcasts, objectives	1980
	24	Articles, broadcasts, caucus survey	1981
	25	Articles, Survival Catalogue	1982
	26	Articles, Building Bridges booklet	1983
	27	Articles, broadcasts, famous quotes	1984
	28	Articles, broadcasts	1985
	29	Articles, photographs, letter	1986
	30	Articles, faculty newsletter	1987
	31	Articles	1988
	32	Articles, photographs	1989
	33	Articles, photographs, Elizabeth Zinser	1990
	34	Articles	1991
	35	Articles, student/faculty newsletter	1992
	36	Articles, open house	1993
	37	Articles, photograph	1994
		Video - Martin Luther King Jr. Promotion	1987
		Video - Oprah Winfrey “College Age Date Rape”	1996
II. Laws, Right, and Statistics
2	38	Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse	1985-1991
	39	Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse workshop, audit, miscellaneous	1989-1992
	40	Alternatives to Violence By-Laws	1984
	41	Rape/sex survey statistics	1988-1990
	42	Rape education grant proposal	1992-1993
	43	Domestic violence media	1995-1996
	44	Women’s Caucus Conciliation Agreement	1974
	45	Lawsuit and related {Implications of Conciliation Agreement}	1972-1996
	46	Laws: Idaho Statutes, Sexual Abuse Victim’s Rights and Compensation	1985-1989
	47	State vs. Gonzales	1986-1988
	48	State vs. Gonzales	1986-1988
III. Restricted
3	49	Rape Survey [Original forms]	1990
	50	Rape Survey [Original forms]	1990
	51	Rape Survey [Original forms]	1990
	52	Rape Survey [Original forms containing additional hand-written responses]	1990
	53	Rape Survey Statistics	1990
	54	Lawsuit proceedings	1988-1994

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