Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Business Number: 540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu
URL: http://spec.lib.vt.edu
Kat Zinn, Student Assistant, and Kira Dietz, Archivist
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Copyright restrictions may apply to materials in the record group; other materials may be in the public domain. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.
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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: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Records of Women and Gender in International Development, RG 35/01/01b, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The Mary Rojas/Women in World Development records were donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 2015.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Records of Women and Gender in International Development, Subgroup I: Records of Mary Rojas was completed in March 2023. Additional subgroups will be processed as received.
Scope and Content
This record group contains materials received by Special Collections and University Archives relating to the Women and Gender in International Development at Virginia Tech. This includes records documenting programs leading up to the current program, especially Women in World Development.
Arrangement
The record group is organized in sub-groups by creator/collector.
Related Material
See also the vertical file for Women and Gender in International Development .
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- University Archives
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Women and Gender in International Development
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Women in World Development
- Women -- History
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Records of Women and Gender in International Development by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).
Container List
This record group contains materials created and collected by Mary Hill Rojas in her role as director of the Women in World Development (WID) (later Women in Development and Women and Gender in International Development) program at Virginia Tech. Included are documents that led to the creation of WID, government and VPI publications and reports, newsletters and pamphlets relating to women in agriculture and development, a DVD of an interview, and professional documents from Rojas.
This sub-group is in the original order it was received from the creator.
- box-folder 1 folder: 1
Mary Hill Rojas Publications for the United States Agency for International Development1990-1991
- box-folder 1 folder: 2
Mary Hill Rojas Publications for the Agency for International Food Development (U.S.) and Ecogen Case Studies Series1984, 1994
- box-folder 1 folder: 3
[Mary Rojas] on Nightline (DVD)undated
- box-folder 1 folder: 4
3rd World Women: Family, Work, and Empowerment (includes slides)1993
- box-folder 1 folder: 5
Contemporary Issues for Women in Latin America (includes slides)1991
- box-folder 1 folder: 6
Contemporary Issues for Women in Africa South of the Sahara1990
- box-folder 1 folder: 7
Internationalizing the Curriculum: Developing Faculty Capabilites1990
- box-folder 1 folder: 8
The Andean Peace Scholarship Project: A Proposal for Training in Development Skills for Peruvian Women Leaders1990
- box-folder 1 folder: 9
Mary Hill Rojas Presentations1991, undated
- box-folder 1 folder: 10
Mary Hill Rojas Papersundated
- box-folder 1 folder: 11
Mary Hill Rojas Notes/Outlinesundated
- box-folder 1 folder: 12
WID (Women in Development) Historyundated
- box-folder 1 folder: 13
Video Guidesundated
- box-folder 1 folder: 14
Nairobi, Kenya Forum1985
- box-folder 1 folder: 15
Newspaper Clippingsundated
- box-folder 1 folder: 16
Title XII Projectundated
- box-folder 1 folder: 17
Photographsundated
- box-folder 1 folder: 18
Proceedings of the Virginia Humanities Conference1990
- box-folder 1 folder: 19
USAID (United States Agency of International Development)undated
- box-folder 1 folder: 20
Newsletter/Flyersundated
- box-folder 1 folder: 21
Foreign Publications (Finland; Sweden)undated
- box-folder 1 folder: 22
Socio-economic and Gender Outlinesundated
- box-folder 1 folder: 23
Mary Hill Rojas CorrespondenceApril 11, 1997
- box-folder 1 folder: 24
Mary Hill Rojas Career Informationundated