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UCSC Feminist Studies Department Records UA.097 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8ng4wqx No online items Guide to the UCSC Feminist Studies Department Records UA.097 Alix Norton and Alina Ivette Fernandez University of California, Santa Cruz 2017 1156 High Street Santa Cruz 95064 [email protected] URL: http://guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll Guide to the UCSC Feminist UA.097 1 Studies Department Records UA.097 Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz Title: UCSC Feminist Studies Department records Creator: University of California, Santa Cruz. Feminist Studies Department Identifier/Call Number: UA.097 Physical Description: 25 Linear Feet (26 boxes) Physical Description: 11.6 GB (624 digital files) Date (inclusive): 1970-2014 Date (bulk): 1974-2013 Language of Material: English Access Collection is open for research. Audiovisual media is unavailable until reformatted. Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room. Some files may require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files. Access to digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view access copies. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to audiovisual media and digital files. Immediate Source of Acquisition Inventory created in 2014 by Nicolette M. Czarrunchick, Academic Advisor in the Feminist Studies Department. Transferred to University Archives in 2015. Arrangement This collection is arranged in six series: Series 1: Curriculum Series 2: Initiatives Series 3: Events Series 4: Administrative files Series 5: Subject files Series 6: Digital files and media Materials within each series are arranged chronologically unless otherwise specified. Administrative History The UC Santa Cruz Feminist Studies Department is one of the oldest and largest programs of its kind in the United States. Founded in 1974 as the Women's Studies program by student and faculty initiative, it fosters the development of interdisciplinary, transnational, and community-oriented scholarship on the UC Santa Cruz campus and beyond. In 1972, 700 students signed a petition in support of the establishment of a Women's Studies program. The Women's Studies Bachelor of Arts degree was approved in 1974, with its first class of students graduating in 1975. The Women's Studies Collective was also established in 1974, whose members joined task forces to create policy for the program, communicate updates, and organize activities in conjunction with the academic Women's Studies major. In 2005, the department name changed from Women's Studies to Feminist Studies in order to "signal [their] commitment to new directions in feminist scholarship and [recognize their] strengths and interests in feminism and transnationalism" ( The Wave , vol. VIII no. 1, 2005). In the fall of 2013, after nearly eighteen years of planning and preparation, the Feminist Studies Department's first PhD cohort began their studies. The Feminist Studies Department has actively supported many campus initiatives, including the establishment of the Institute for Advanced Feminist Research (IAFR), the Focused Research Activity/Organized Research Activity (FRA/ORA) in Feminist Studies, and the UC Santa Cruz Women's Center. It also has a long history of engagement in social justice initiatives on local, national, and international scales. The Feminist Studies Department at UC Santa Cruz continues to serve as a model for similar programs around the country. 1971 First Women's Studies course Literature and Society: The Women's Movement offered at Merrill College 1972 700 students sign a petition endorsing the establishment of a Women's Studies program at UC Santa Cruz 1973 Academic Senate adopts proposal to establish a Coordinating Council for Women's Studies Women's Studies Office opens at Kresge College 1974 Women's Studies Bachelor of Arts degree approved Women's Studies Collective established 1975 First Women's Studies graduating class Guide to the UCSC Feminist UA.097 2 Studies Department Records UA.097 1979 Restructuring of Women's Studies program by Helene Moglen, dean of humanities; funding increases and curriculum expands 1980 Bettina Aptheker appointed to teach WMST 1, Introduction to Feminism 1984 Feminist Studies Focused Research Activity (FRA) established for faculty and graduate student research collaboration Helene Moglen becomes chair of Women's Studies program 1985 UCSC Women's Center established at Cardiff House 1986 Women's Studies awarded Committee status, i.e., approved for tenure-track faculty appointments 1992 "Parenthetical Notation" in Women's Studies approved by the Graduate Council First Annual Women of Color Film and Video Festival, founded by History of Consciousness graduate student Margaret Daniel 1993 Five concentrations in the Women's Studies major are established: Representations; Race, Class, and Ethnicity; Nations and Cultures; Movements, Institutions, Policy, and Legal Studies; and Theory Women's Studies Library established at Kresge College 1995 First Women's Studies graduate course, WMST 205: Feminism, Nationalism, and Sexuality in the Third World , taught by Emily Honig 1996 External review of Women's Studies program 1998 First issue of The Wave newsletter published in June 2000 25th Anniversary celebration of Women's Studies at UC Santa Cruz 2005 Name of department changes to Feminist Studies 2013 Inaugural cohort of PhD students begin in Fall Additional Collection Guides For a complete inventory of the digital files, see the following guide: UCSC Feminist Studies Department Records Digital Files Directory. Preferred Citation UCSC Feminist Studies Department records. UA 97. University Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz. Processing Information Processed by Alina Ivette Fernandez in the Center for Archival Research and Training (CART) with assistance from Alix Norton, 2017. Most titles in this collection were derived from the original folder titles as received from the department. The digital portion of the collection was processed by Special Collections staff Alix Norton in 2020. Digital files were transferred from carrier disks in 2017 and 2020. Duplicate files, system-generated files, and temporary files were removed using the tool TreeSize Pro, and files that were out of scope were manually removed. Files were not reformatted, and file names are original to the creator. Original disks were retained after file transfer and are included in the collection, with the exception of materials that were deemed to be out of scope and materials that were not able to be transferred. Related Materials The following publications created by or related to the Feminist Studies Department are available via the Library Catalog: Introduction to Feminisms course on DVD, Bettina Aptheker, 2003 (Call number DVD6474) Bodies in the Making (Call number GN298 .B59 2006) Shock and Awe (Call number PN6014 .S49 2004) The Wave: Women's Studies at UC Santa Cruz Sub/versions (Call number HQ1101 .W389) Helene Moglen and the Vicissitudes of a Feminist Administrator Crossing Borders: The UCSC Women's Center, 1985-2005 Scope and Content This collection documents the administrative and curricular functions of the Feminist Studies (formerly Women's Studies) Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as well as events, initiatives, and lectures sponsored by the department. It includes curriculum planning and advertising materials, staffing reports, professional correspondence, event advertisements, lecture recordings, course syllabi, and collected files on the development of Women's Studies programs outside of UC Santa Cruz. Major topics covered in these papers include the establishment of the department, development of the undergraduate curriculum and PhD program, the Institute of Advanced Feminist Research (IAFR), the Focused Research Activity (FRA) in Women's/Feminist Studies, and the development of similiar women's studies programs around the country. Guide to the UCSC Feminist UA.097 3 Studies Department Records UA.097 Publication Rights Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. In some cases, copyright is held by the Regents of the University of California. The publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information on copyright or to order a reproduction, please visit guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/reproduction-publication. Subjects and Indexing Terms Women's studies -- California -- Santa Cruz Curriculum 1971-2014 Related Materials Recordings of selected undergraduate course lectures are located in the Digital Files and Media series of this collection. Scope and Contents This series contains materials related to both the undergraduate and graduate programs of the Feminist Studies department. Included are undergraduate course proposals and syllabi, major requirements, curriculum planning meeting agendas and notes, review/ revision reports, and self studies. It also contains committee notes on establishing the graduate level "Parenthetical Notation" (former name of Designated Emphasis) in Women's Studies in 1992 and chronicles the eighteen year process to establish
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