DACS

sewsa Inventory of the Southeastern Women's Studies Association Records, 1977-2006 Processed by: Alice Poffinberger and Meghan Lyon; machine-readable finding aid created by: Meghan Lyon David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 004285985

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: February 2010Processed by Alice Poffinberger and Meghan Lyon, February 2010; finding aid encoded by Meghan Lyon, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, February 2010 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Southeastern Women's Studies Association Records, 1977-2006 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Southeastern Women's Studies Association. Southeastern Women's Studies Association Records, 1977-2006 Material in English 1.8 Linear Feet 1350 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Group based in Southeastern United States, founded in 1977 at the first National Women's Studies Association Convention. SEWSA is committed to the promotion and support of women's studies and women's advocacy in schools, universities, and communities. Includes correspondence, minutes, newsletters, membership lists, papers presented at conferences, 12 photographs, SEWSA conference materials, and travel grant files. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Southeastern Women's Studies Association Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The Southeastern Women's Studies Association Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2006.

Processing Information

Processed by Alice Poffinberger and Meghan Lyon, February 2010

Encoded by Meghan Lyon, February 2010

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2006-0065.

This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Historical Note

The Southeastern Women's Studies Association, founded in Atlanta in 1977, is a regional organization under the National Women's Studies Association. SEWSA members includes individuals, institutions, students, and faculty, and the organization serves Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. According to its website, SEWSA is a feminist organization committed to scholarship, activism against oppression and discrimination, and the promotion of women's studies. It does this through a newsletter, annual conferences and workshops, travel grants for students, and networking within various women's studies departments. For more information on SEWSA, refer to their website: http://sewsa.nwsa.org/index.html

Collection Overview

Accession (2006-0065) contains a variety of administrative, business, financial, and other materials relating to the operation of the Southeastern Women's Studies Association. The majority of the materials date from 1985 through the mid-1990s, with additional items from both before and after that period.

Files have been loosely arranged into series. The Administrative and Business Records series includes the organization's bylaws and its subsequent updates; correspondence; agendas and meeting minutes from committees and business meetings; financial statements and accounts; conference proposals and some conference papers; travel grant materials; membership lists and addresses; stationary and other templates; and lists of officers and committee members from various points throughout the organization's history. Conference planning is a large component of this series, resulting in some overlap with the Conferences series. Another notable portion is the files relating to SEWSA's travel grants, which include both applications, acceptances, and information about the grant program. This series has been largely sorted by date, with occassional subjects filed separately.

The Conferences series include conference planning materials, as mentioned above, as well as conference programs and calls for papers announcements. The Newsletters series includes a run of the newsletters as well as newsletter preparation files from the 1980s. Finally, there are also some conference and SEWSA buttons as well as a SEWSA 1985 t-shirt present in the Ephemera series.

Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

Southeastern Women's Studies Association. Women's studies--Conferences. Women's studies--Research. Women--United States--History. Feminism--United States--History. Contents of Collection Administrative and Business Materials (2 boxes) 1By-laws, circa 1979-2003 Chronological files, 1981-1996 (11 folders) Travel grant information, 1994-1996 2Travel grants, 1996 Chronological files, 1997-1999 (3 folders) NWSA and SEWSA membership project, 1977 and no date Membership and mailing lists, 1990-2003 (2 folders) Gay and Lesbian literature, 2002-2003 and no date Membership forms, no date Stationary, 1986 Graphics, no date Letterhead, no date Conferences (2 boxes) 2University of Alabama, 1985 Appalachian State, 1986 Vanderbilt, 1987 UNC-Chapel Hill, 1988 (2 folders) Emory University, 1989 (2 folders) Eastern Carolina University, 1994 University of Florida, 1998 Florida Atlantic University, 2001 3Calls for papers, 1984-2000 Conference programs, 1984-2006 (3 folders) Newsletters (1 box) 3Materials, 1982-1986 (2 folders) Newsletters, 1983-2003 (2 folders) Ephemera (1 box) 3Buttons 1985 SEWSA t-shirt