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President's Commission on Women's Issues records

 Collection 0045-UA

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.

Dates

  • Creation: 1973-1999
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1988-1990

Use and Access to Collection

This collection is unprocessed. This means that materials are in the same state we received them and have not been reviewed for content or condition. The collection may need to be screened prior to use. Please contact us before visiting the Special Collections reading room to view this collection. A preliminary inventory is available under the Inventories/Additional Information section.

Conditions Governing Use

Photocopies or digital surrogates may be provided in accordance with Special Collections and University Archives duplication policy.

Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs unless otherwise specified. It is the researcher's responsibility to secure permission to publish materials from the appropriate copyright holder.

Archival materials may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal and/or state right to privacy laws or other regulations. While we make a good faith effort to identify and remove such materials, some may be missed during our processing. If a researcher finds sensitive personal information in a collection, please bring it to the attention of the reading room staff.

Extent

21.00 Linear Feet

2 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Scope and Contents

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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The 2024-0008-UA accrual was donated to the University of Maryland Libraries by Lillian Doherty on September 1, 2023.

Related Material

Related information may be found in the University Publications collection, under the call number UPUB P42.

Processing Information

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.

Title
Guide to the President's Commission on Women's Issues records
Status
Minimally Processed
Author
Processed by Evie Giaconia
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Revision Statements

  • 2007-04-15: EAD markup checked and verified using JEdit software by Jennie A. Levine.
  • 2017-07-13: Revised post-ArchivesSpace import by Kendall Aughenbaugh.
  • 2017-12-19: Finding aid reviewed and minor updates made by Caitlin Rizzo.
  • 2024-09-23: Finding aid updated to include accession 2024-0008-UA by Evie Giaconia.

Library Details

Part of the Special Collections and University Archives

Contact:
University of Maryland Libraries
Hornbake Library
4130 Campus Drive
College Park Maryland 20742
301-405-9212