R0090Women and Gender Studies Center recordsGuide to the Women and Gender Studies Center records, 1990-2010 R0090Women and Gender Studies Center recordsMaegan Jankowski, Robert Vay and Jimmy LuongGeorge Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

June 2025

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-07-01 07:03:23 -0400.Description is in English Describing Archives: A Content StandardJune 10, 2025Original records were combined with a recent accession of records from the same office, and finding aid revised to reflect additional accretion. George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center Women and Gender Studies Center records George Mason University. Women's Studies Research and Resource Center R0090 /repositories/2/resources/277 6.5 Linear Feet 7 Boxes 1990-2010 Seven boxes containing records pertaining to the operation and activities of both the George Mason University Women and Gender Studies Center and the Women's Studies Program. R87, C4, S7 English Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

 Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use.

 Preferred Citation

Women and Gender Studies Center records, R0090, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

 Acquisition Information

Accessioned by Special Collections Research Center in 2011 and 2022.

 Processing Information

Original collection processed in 2018 by Jimmy Loung. Additional materials processed in 2025 by Maegan Jankowski and Robert Vay.

 Scope and Content

The records primarily document the Womens Studies Program (WSP) and, to a lesser extent, the Women and Gender Studies Center (WGSC) from 1990-2009.

Types of materials in the collection include memoranda and correspondence pertaining to the operation and activities of WSP and WGSC from 1990 to 1997; application and renewal paperwork for affiliate faculty in WSP; fliers, pamplets, calendars and other documents detailing events sponsored by WSP and WGSC; photographs and a scrapbook containing narratives of the history of the WGSC as told by former employees and administrators in 2006.

Records are arranged in the following series:

Series 1: Administrative correspondence and memoranda

Series 2: Records pertaining to Affiliate Professors application to a membership in the Women's Studies Program (1997-2009)

Series 3: Materials documenting Women's Studies Program courses and Women and Gender Stusies Center activities and events

Series 4: Photographs of events and programs sponsored by the Women and Gender Studies Center.

Series 5: Scrapbook containing narratives of former WGS staff detailing the history of the Women and Gender Studies Center

Arrangement

Records are arranged in the following series:

Series 1: Administrative correspondence and memoranda (1990-1997)

Series 2: Records of Affiliate Professors belonging to the Women's Studies Program (1997-2009)

Series 3: Materials documenting Women's Studies Program courses and Women and Gender Stusies Center activities and events

Series 4: Photographs of events and programs sponsored by the Women and Gender Studies Center.

Series 5: Scrapbook containing narratives of the history of the Women and Gender Studies Center as told by former employees and administrators.

Historical Note

Conceived in 1989 as a complement to George Mason University's newly created Women's Studies Program the Women and Gender Studies Center (formerly called the Women's Studies Research and Resource Center) serves both George Mason faculty and students.

George Mason University's Women's Studies Program began during the Spring 1990 semester as an undergraduate interdisciplinary minor. Today the program offers undergraduate and graduate opportunities with concentrations in Women Studies in both the Bachelor of Arts in Integrative Studies and Master of Arts in Individualized Studies.

The Women's Studies Research and Resource Center opened in 1990 in a small office located on the first floor of Student Union Building I. It was tasked with provideing academic programming on women and gender-related issue, supporting faculty and student research, and promoting outreach to students. In 1994 the Center moved to the 2nd Floor of the George W. Johnson Center and remains there to this day.

While the Women's Studies Program was a unit of Mason's former College of Arts and Sciences, the Women and Gender Studies Resource Center is administered by both the College Humanities and Social Sciences and the Office of University Life.

 George Mason University Women in higher education Series 1: Administrative correspondence and memoranda/repositories/2/archival_objects/3906721990-19981Correspondence and memoranda 1 of 2/repositories/2/archival_objects/390673199011Correspondence and memoranda 2 of 2/repositories/2/archival_objects/390674199012Correspondence and memoranda 1 of 3/repositories/2/archival_objects/390675199113Correspondence and memoranda 2 of 3/repositories/2/archival_objects/390676199114Correspondence and memoranda 3 of 3/repositories/2/archival_objects/390677199115Correspondence and memoranda/repositories/2/archival_objects/390678199216Correspondence and memoranda/repositories/2/archival_objects/390679199317Correspondence and memoranda/repositories/2/archival_objects/390680199418Correspondence and memoranda/repositories/2/archival_objects/390681199519Correspondence and memoranda/repositories/2/archival_objects/3906821996110Correspondence and memoranda/repositories/2/archival_objects/3906831997111Email messages/memoranda, Anita Taylor/repositories/2/archival_objects/3906841998112Series 2: Records pertaining to Affiliate Professors application to a membership in the Women's Studies Program/repositories/2/archival_objects/3906851997-20092-3Womans Studies faculty membership applications/repositories/2/archival_objects/390686199721Womans Studies faculty membership applications 1 of 3/repositories/2/archival_objects/390687199822Womans Studies faculty membership applications 2 of 3/repositories/2/archival_objects/390688199823Womans Studies faculty membership applications 3 of 3/repositories/2/archival_objects/390689199824Womans Studies faculty membership applications/repositories/2/archival_objects/390690199925Womans Studies faculty membership applications/repositories/2/archival_objects/390691200026Womans Studies faculty membership applications/repositories/2/archival_objects/390692200131Womans Studies faculty membership applications/repositories/2/archival_objects/390693200232Womans Studies faculty membership applications/repositories/2/archival_objects/390694200333Womans Studies faculty membership applications/repositories/2/archival_objects/390695200434Womans Studies faculty membership applications/repositories/2/archival_objects/390696200535Womans Studies faculty membership applications/repositories/2/archival_objects/390697200636Womans Studies faculty membership applications/repositories/2/archival_objects/390698200737Womans Studies faculty membership applications/repositories/2/archival_objects/390699200838Womans Studies faculty membership applications re-affirmed/repositories/2/archival_objects/390700200839Womans Studies faculty membership applications/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907012009310Womans Studies faculty membership applications re-affirmed/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907022009311Womans Studies faculty membership applications/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907032010312Women's Studies Faculty and Affiliates List/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907041997-1998, 2000313Women's Studies faculty meeting/repositories/2/archival_objects/390705April 8, 1998314Women's Studies Membership Committee, draft letters/memoranda/repositories/2/archival_objects/390706Ca 1998-1999315Executive Committee Elections/repositories/2/archival_objects/390707September 24, 1997316Series 3: Materials documenting Women's Studies Program courses and Women and Gender Stusies Center activities and events/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907081987-20104-5Fall 2008 Syllabi/repositories/2/archival_objects/390709200841Spring 2009 Syllabi/repositories/2/archival_objects/390710200942Spring 2010 Syllabi/repositories/2/archival_objects/390711201043Fall 2009 Syllabus/repositories/2/archival_objects/390712200944Fall 2010 Syllabi and Course Descriptions/repositories/2/archival_objects/390713201045Women's Studies Course Offerings and flyers/repositories/2/archival_objects/390714199646Women's Studies Course Schedule/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907152004-200547Women's Studies Operating Principles and Bylaws/repositories/2/archival_objects/390716199648Women and Gender Studies informational flyers/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907172000s49Scholarships for Women and Minorities/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907181995-1996410Student organizations affiliated with the the Women's Center/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907191995-1996411Activities organized by the Women's Center/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907201995-1996412On-campus activities co-sponsored or promoted by the Women's Center/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907211995-1996413Off-campus activities co-sponsored or promoted by the Women's Center/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907221995-1996414Women's Studies Resertch and Resource Center information/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907231995-1996415Women's Studies Resertch and Resource Center Calendar of Events and Affiliated Events/repositories/2/archival_objects/390724Fall 2004416Women's Studies Center: reception honoring Women's Studies faculty book authors/repositories/2/archival_objects/390725September 28, 2006417Goat Distribution, Women's Center for Jog Creation/repositories/2/archival_objects/390726March 200951Goat Project, correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907272000s52Helping Women, The Goat Project/repositories/2/archival_objects/390728October 10, 200953"I Sent a Goat to a Woman in Uganda" Goat Project/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907292000s54"Stalking" and "Harassing Phone Calls" George Mason Police and Public Safety Office brochures/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907301990s55"Faculty Facts" and "Take Back the Night" Sexual Assault Services/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907311995, 200456Sexual Minority Youth: An Annotated Bibliography/repositories/2/archival_objects/390732198457Women in Science and Technology/repositories/2/archival_objects/390733199758Why are there goats at Mason on Earth Day, Goat Project/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907342000s59What We Do, Women's Center for Jpb Creation,Goat Project/repositories/2/archival_objects/393599November 2009510Women's Center for Job Creation, Goat Project/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907352006511Women's Studies Programs [brochures]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907361987-1998512Women and Gender Studies [brochures]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907371990, 2006-2009513Newsletters: Women's Studies Center and others/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907381991-2007514Newspaper clippings, various topics/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907392002-2003515Fliers and calendars detailing Women's Studies - related events/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907401990-2011516Women's Studies Research and Resource Center Calendar of Events/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907411990s-2000s517The Mason Gender Project: A Collection of Student Rearch Papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907422010518Sojourner Truth Lecture/repositories/2/archival_objects/393598February 9, 2018519Series 4: Photographs of events and programs sponsored by the Women and Gender Studies Center/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907431980s-2010s6Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [1 of 13]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907441980s-2000s61Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [2 of 13]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907451980s-2000s62Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [3 of 13]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907461980s-2000s63Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [4 of 13]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907471980s-2000s64Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [5 of 13]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907481980s-2000s65Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [6 of 13]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907491980s-2000s66Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [7 of 13]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907501980s-2000s67Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [8 of 13]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907511980s-2000s68Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [9 of 13]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907521980s-2000s69Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [10 of 13]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907531980s-2000s610Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [11 of 13]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907541980s-2000s611Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [12 of 13]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907551980s-2000s612Conferences, Fundraisers and Events [13 of 13]/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907561980s-2000s613Women's Studies speaker event/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907572000s614Pride Week photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/3907582000s615Series 5: Scrapbook containing narratives of former WGS staff detailing the history of the Women and Gender Studies Center/repositories/2/archival_objects/390759March 20067