The President's Commission on Women's Issues is a successor to the Chancellor's Commission on Women's Affairs. The commission's records contain minutes, committee files, reports, publications, budgetary materials, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Issues addressed in the files include athletics, violence, minority relations, and the treatment of women faculty and undergraduates.
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21.00 Linear Feet
2 Folders
English
The President's Commission on Women's Issues advocates for the interest of the entire community of women at the University of Maryland College Park. This collection includes documents from 1974-1999, and includes documentation of meeting minutes, conference and event information, faculty searches, strategic plans, and news articles, among many other topics.
The 2024-0008-UA accrual was donated to the University of Maryland Libraries by Lillian Doherty on September 1, 2023.
These materials are unprocessed, and preliminary inventories are available.
The 2024-0008-UA accrual came to the Libraries in two folders, and the original folders and order were maintained. The folders were assigned folder titles.
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives