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Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Business Number: 540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu
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Clare Carter, Student Worker, and LM Rozema, Archivist
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Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Records of the Virginia Tech Women's Network, RG 30/7, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The Records of the Virginia Tech Women's Network were transferred to Special Collections and University Archives in May 1989, October 1990, and January 2004.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Records of the Virginia Tech Women's Network were commenced and completed in February 2020.
Appraisal
The contents of Series I was received in binders. The binders were removed and destroyed. The contents were retained and placed in archival folders.
Administrative History
The Virginia Tech Women's Network was founded in 1977 within the College of Education, as a branch of the Virginia Women's Network. The goal of the group was to provide support for the university's professional women as well as advocate for an equal voice for women in the university.
Scope and Content
This collection contains records from the Women's Network at Virginia Tech, dated from about 1973 to 1991. It comprises correspondence, reports, publicity materials, and records related to the administration and the group's support of related causes.
Series I: Chronological files, 1973-1981, 1984-1991, contain records from the collection arranged by academic year, including letters, reports, meeting minutes, and more.
Series II: Publicity and Correspondence, 1978-1984, undated, consists of publicity materials, correspondence, letterhead, articles, newsletters, and "Women's Network News."
Series III: Causes, 1972-1973, 1975-1984, undated, contains information about different causes the Women's Network supported. This includes the Affirmative Action task force, the childcare task force, trying to get a class at Virginia Tech for Women's Studies, fighting for Women's Equity, preventing sexual harassment in the workforce, and more.
Series IV: Administration, 1980-1985, undated, is items related to the administrative side of the organization, such as a progress report, minutes for meetings, and ideas for the network.
Arrangement
This collection is separated into four series:
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- University Archives
- University History
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-)
- Women -- History
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Records of the Virginia Tech Women's Network by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your- work/public-domain/cc0/ ).
Container List
- box-folder 1 folder: 1-2 1973-1981
- box-folder 1 folder: 3 1985-05-1986-10
- box-folder 1 folder: 4 1986-07-1987-04
- box-folder 1 folder: 5-7 1986-1987
- box-folder 1 folder: 8-9 1987-1988
- box-folder 1 folder: 10-11 1988-1989
- box-folder 1 folder: 12-13 1989-1990
- box-folder 1 folder: 14-15 1990-1991
- box-folder 2 folder: 1
Network Publicity (Newsletters, Coverage)1979-1982
- box-folder 2 folder: 2
Network Resources1978, 1980-1982
- box-folder 2 folder: 3
Network Correspondence1980-1982
- box-folder 2 folder: 4
Network - Correspondence with VT Administration1983-1984
- box-folder 2 folder: 5
Liaison - Staff Network1980, undated
- box-folder 2 folder: 6
Network and Liaison with Other Groups1981-1982
- box-folder 2 folder: 7
Spectrum Articles1982-1983
- box-folder 2 folder: 8
Letterhead1982-09-14, undated
- box-folder 2 folder: 9
Women's Network - Letterhead1983-1984, undated
- box-folder 2 folder: 10
General Membership Lists and Memos1983-1984
- box-folder 2 folder: 11
Newsletter1982-1983
- box-folder 2 folder: 12
Newsletters and Network1983-1984
- box-folder 2 folder: 13
Newsletter1984, 1988, undated
- box-folder 2 folder: 14
Network - Public Relations/News General1983-1984
- box-folder 2 folder: 15
Old Women's Network News1983-1984
- box-folder 2 folder: 16
Women's Network NewsFall 1984
- box-folder 2 folder: 17
Women's Network NewsFall 1985
- box-folder 2 folder: 18
Women's Network NewsWinter 1985
- box-folder 2 folder: 19
Women's Network NewsFall 1986
- box-folder 2 folder: 20
Women's Network NewsWinter 1986
- box-folder 2 folder: 21
Women's Network News--COPYWinter 1986
- box-folder 2 folder: 22
Women's Network Notes1984-1991
- box-folder 2 folder: 23
Women's Network Paste-Ups/Blanks1984, 1986, undated
- box-folder 2 folder: 24
Other Women's Network News Itemsundated
- box-folder 2 folder: 25
Network Mailing Lists and Membershipundated
- box-folder 2 folder: 26
Network Brochure Planningundated
- box-folder 2 folder: 27
Coalition1978, 1980-1982
- box-folder 2 folder: 28
Network Policy/Task Forces1981-1982
- box-folder 2 folder: 29
Job Bank1981-1982
- box-folder 2 folder: 30
College Personal Committees1981, 1983-1984
- box-folder 2 folder: 31
University Child Care Task Force1982-1983
- box-folder 2 folder: 32
Child Care Task Force1982-1983
- box-folder 2 folder: 33
Child Care Task Force1982-1984
- box-folder 2 folder: 34
Status of Affirmative Action Program and Appendices1975-1981
- box-folder 2 folder: 35
Original of Task Force Report on Affirmative Action1978-1979, 1982-1983
- box-folder 2 folder: 36
Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity (AA/EEO)1980-1982
- box-folder 3 folder: 1
Affirmative Action Task Force1982-1983
- box-folder 3 folder: 2
Stuff from Patricia Hyer on Affirmative Action1983
- box-folder 3 folder: 3
Network - Affirmative Action Task Force1983
- box-folder 3 folder: 4
Women's Week Committee1982-1983
- box-folder 3 folder: 5
Women's Week1983-1984
- box-folder 3 folder: 6
Catharine Stimpon "Understanding Women: the State of the Art" Tape1982-05-07
- box-folder 3 folder: 7
Catharine Stimpon, "Understanding Women"1982-05-07
- box-folder 3 folder: 8
Bibliography and Materials on Salary Equity Studies1972-1973, 1977, undated
- box-folder 3 folder: 9
Grievance Procedures and Women's Equity1982, undated
- box-folder 3 folder: 10
Sexual Harassment1981-1982
- box-folder 3 folder: 11
Perceptions of Sex Equity1982-1983
- box-folder 3 folder: 12
Salary Survey1982-1983
- box-folder 3 folder: 13
Final Draft - The Status of Women Faculty at VPISU1983-03-08
- box-folder 3 folder: 14
Women's Studies Concentration1983
- box-folder 3 folder: 15
Women's Studies1983-10-22
- box-folder 3 folder: 16
Network Administration1980-1983
- box-folder 3 folder: 17
Network Minutes1980-1982
- box-folder 3 folder: 18
Network Minutes and Letters1982-1983
- box-folder 3 folder: 19
Advisory Board1982-1983
- box-folder 3 folder: 20
Progress Report and Recommendations1982-1983
- box-folder 3 folder: 21
Other Women's Network Info1982-1983
- box-folder 3 folder: 22
Ideas for Network1983-1984
- box-folder 3 folder: 23
Elections for 1984-19851984
- box-folder 3 folder: 24
Sheets on Women's Records for Network1984, undated
- box-folder 3 folder: 25
Roanoke Network for Professional and Managerial Women Info1984-1985, undated
- box-folder 3 folder: 26
Women's Network Early History1977-1981, 1984-1985, 1988