Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publsh or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia University Women in Law History Project Records, A&M 5283, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the West Virginia University College of Law Library, 2021 April 15.

Scope and Contents

The collection outlines 100 years of women in law at West Virginia University. Starting with the first women law graduate to the graduates in the early 1990s, the project explores the lives and achievements of the individuals who obtained their law degree from West Virginia Univeristy College of Law. Records in this collections includes research materials on the women who graducated from West Virginia University through the College of Law from 1895 through 1996, celebrating 101 years of women in law at West Virginia University. This collection includes little archives but rather research collected for the project. The project published a chronicle titled "West Virginia University Women in Law: A Chronicle of 101 Years of Achievements." The publication can be found at the West Virginia and regional History Center.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Minority women lawyers
• West Virginia University College of Law Archives
• Women law students
• Women lawyers