Guide to the Women and Gender Studies Center records, 1990-2010 R0090
Women and Gender Studies Center records
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George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
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URL: https://scrc.gmu.edu
Maegan Jankowski, Robert Vay and Jimmy Luong
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions on personal use.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Women and Gender Studies Center records, R0090, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Accessioned by Special Collections Research Center in 2011 and 2022.
Processing Information
Original collection processed in 2018 by Jimmy Loung. Additional materials processed in 2025 by Maegan Jankowski and Robert Vay.
Historical Note
Conceived in 1989 as a complement to George Mason University's newly created Women's Studies Program the Women and Gender Studies Center (formerly called the Women's Studies Research and Resource Center) serves both George Mason faculty and students.
George Mason University's Women's Studies Program began during the Spring 1990 semester as an undergraduate interdisciplinary minor. Today the program offers undergraduate and graduate opportunities with concentrations in Women Studies in both the Bachelor of Arts in Integrative Studies and Master of Arts in Individualized Studies.
The Women's Studies Research and Resource Center opened in 1990 in a small office located on the first floor of Student Union Building I. It was tasked with provideing academic programming on women and gender-related issue, supporting faculty and student research, and promoting outreach to students. In 1994 the Center moved to the 2nd Floor of the George W. Johnson Center and remains there to this day.
While the Women's Studies Program was a unit of Mason's former College of Arts and Sciences, the Women and Gender Studies Resource Center is administered by both the College Humanities and Social Sciences and the Office of University Life.
Scope and Content
The records primarily document the Womens Studies Program (WSP) and, to a lesser extent, the Women and Gender Studies Center (WGSC) from 1990-2009.
Types of materials in the collection include memoranda and correspondence pertaining to the operation and activities of WSP and WGSC from 1990 to 1997; application and renewal paperwork for affiliate faculty in WSP; fliers, pamplets, calendars and other documents detailing events sponsored by WSP and WGSC; photographs and a scrapbook containing narratives of the history of the WGSC as told by former employees and administrators in 2006.
Records are arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Administrative correspondence and memoranda
Series 2: Records pertaining to Affiliate Professors application to a membership in the Women's Studies Program (1997-2009)
Series 3: Materials documenting Women's Studies Program courses and Women and Gender Stusies Center activities and events
Series 4: Photographs of events and programs sponsored by the Women and Gender Studies Center.
Series 5: Scrapbook containing narratives of former WGS staff detailing the history of the Women and Gender Studies Center
Arrangement
Records are arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Administrative correspondence and memoranda (1990-1997)
Series 2: Records of Affiliate Professors belonging to the Women's Studies Program (1997-2009)
Series 3: Materials documenting Women's Studies Program courses and Women and Gender Stusies Center activities and events
Series 4: Photographs of events and programs sponsored by the Women and Gender Studies Center.
Series 5: Scrapbook containing narratives of the history of the Women and Gender Studies Center as told by former employees and administrators.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- George Mason University
- Women in higher education
Container List
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
Correspondence and memoranda 1 of 21990
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
Correspondence and memoranda 2 of 21990
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
Correspondence and memoranda 1 of 31991
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Correspondence and memoranda 2 of 31991
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
Correspondence and memoranda 3 of 31991
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
Correspondence and memoranda1992
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
Correspondence and memoranda1993
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
Correspondence and memoranda1994
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
Correspondence and memoranda1995
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
Correspondence and memoranda1996
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
Correspondence and memoranda1997
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
Email messages/memoranda, Anita Taylor1998
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1
Womans Studies faculty membership applications1997
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2
Womans Studies faculty membership applications 1 of 31998
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 3
Womans Studies faculty membership applications 2 of 31998
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 4
Womans Studies faculty membership applications 3 of 31998
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5
Womans Studies faculty membership applications1999
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 6
Womans Studies faculty membership applications2000
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1
Womans Studies faculty membership applications2001
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 2
Womans Studies faculty membership applications2002
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 3
Womans Studies faculty membership applications2003
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 4
Womans Studies faculty membership applications2004
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 5
Womans Studies faculty membership applications2005
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 6
Womans Studies faculty membership applications2006
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 7
Womans Studies faculty membership applications2007
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 8
Womans Studies faculty membership applications2008
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 9
Womans Studies faculty membership applications re-affirmed2008
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 10
Womans Studies faculty membership applications2009
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 11
Womans Studies faculty membership applications re-affirmed2009
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 12
Womans Studies faculty membership applications2010
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 13
Women's Studies Faculty and Affiliates List1997-1998, 2000
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 14
Women's Studies faculty meetingApril 8, 1998
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 15
Women's Studies Membership Committee, draft letters/memorandaCa 1998-1999
- Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 16
Executive Committee ElectionsSeptember 24, 1997
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 1
Fall 2008 Syllabi2008
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 2
Spring 2009 Syllabi2009
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 3
Spring 2010 Syllabi2010
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 4
Fall 2009 Syllabus2009
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 5
Fall 2010 Syllabi and Course Descriptions2010
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 6
Women's Studies Course Offerings and flyers1996
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 7
Women's Studies Course Schedule2004-2005
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 8
Women's Studies Operating Principles and Bylaws1996
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 9
Women and Gender Studies informational flyers2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 10
Scholarships for Women and Minorities1995-1996
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 11
Student organizations affiliated with the the Women's Center1995-1996
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 12
Activities organized by the Women's Center1995-1996
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 13
On-campus activities co-sponsored or promoted by the Women's Center1995-1996
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 14
Off-campus activities co-sponsored or promoted by the Women's Center1995-1996
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 15
Women's Studies Resertch and Resource Center information1995-1996
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 16
Women's Studies Resertch and Resource Center Calendar of Events and Affiliated EventsFall 2004
- Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 17
Women's Studies Center: reception honoring Women's Studies faculty book authorsSeptember 28, 2006
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 1
Goat Distribution, Women's Center for Jog CreationMarch 2009
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 2
Goat Project, correspondence2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 3
Helping Women, The Goat ProjectOctober 10, 2009
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 4
"I Sent a Goat to a Woman in Uganda" Goat Project2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 5
"Stalking" and "Harassing Phone Calls" George Mason Police and Public Safety Office brochures1990s
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 6
"Faculty Facts" and "Take Back the Night" Sexual Assault Services1995, 2004
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 7
Sexual Minority Youth: An Annotated Bibliography1984
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 8
Women in Science and Technology1997
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 9
Why are there goats at Mason on Earth Day, Goat Project2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 10
What We Do, Women's Center for Jpb Creation,Goat ProjectNovember 2009
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 11
Women's Center for Job Creation, Goat Project2006
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 12
Women's Studies Programs [brochures]1987-1998
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 13
Women and Gender Studies [brochures]1990, 2006-2009
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 14
Newsletters: Women's Studies Center and others1991-2007
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 15
Newspaper clippings, various topics2002-2003
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 16
Fliers and calendars detailing Women's Studies - related events1990-2011
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 17
Women's Studies Research and Resource Center Calendar of Events1990s-2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 18
The Mason Gender Project: A Collection of Student Rearch Papers2010
- Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 19
Sojourner Truth LectureFebruary 9, 2018
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 1
Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [1 of 13]1980s-2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 2
Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [2 of 13]1980s-2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 3
Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [3 of 13]1980s-2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 4
Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [4 of 13]1980s-2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 5
Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [5 of 13]1980s-2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 6
Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [6 of 13]1980s-2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 7
Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [7 of 13]1980s-2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 8
Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [8 of 13]1980s-2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 9
Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [9 of 13]1980s-2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 10
Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [10 of 13]1980s-2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 11
Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [11 of 13]1980s-2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 12
Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [12 of 13]1980s-2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 13
Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [13 of 13]1980s-2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 14
Women's Studies speaker event2000s
- Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 15
Pride Week photographs2000s