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uacontinuinged Preliminary Inventory of the Office of Continuing Studies records, 1969-1992 Processed by: University Archives staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Emily Glenn University ArchivesDuke University

Durham, N.C., U.S.A.

Aleph Number: 003258645

Machine-readable finding aid derived from automated markup system. Date of source: 1995 Processed by University Archives staff 1995; Finding Aid encoded by Emily Glenn, University Archives, Duke University, April 2003 and updated by Kimberly Sims, Duke University, February 2007 Description is in English. 05-01-2006 PUBLIC "-//University Archives//TEXT (US::NDD::::Office of Continuing Studies records)//EN" uacontinuinged.xml converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) was changed to conform to the NC EAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. Preliminary Inventory of the Office of Continuing Studies records, 1969-1992 University Archives Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0202 USA

Descriptive Summary Office of Continuing Studies records, 1969-1992. Duke University. Office of Continuing Studies. 36 Linear Feet, 28,000 Items (28 boxes) University Archives, Duke University. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult University Archives, Duke University. Contains the records of the Office of Continuing Studies, established in 1969 as the Office of Continuing Education at Duke University. The Office provides year-round training, short courses, certificate programs, and credit courses for students and non-students wishing to further their education or prepare for standardized tests. In 1992, the Office of Continuing Education merged with the Summer Session office to create the Office of Continuing Education and Summer Session. Types of materials include student records, subject files, correspondence, progress reports, program proposals, newsletters, annual reports, minutes, flyers, pamphlets, clippings, grant applications, directories, and course schedules. Major subjects include Duke University, career guidance, Office of Continuing Education, Center for Career Development and Continuing Education, and Office of Continuing Education and Summer Session. Contains rectricted materials. English. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the office of origin and the University Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the University Archivist.

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Use Restrictions

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Office of Continuing Studies records, University Archives, Duke University.

Provenance

Transfer; 1992; A92-91 (Boxes 1-16)

Transfer; 1991; A91-112 (Box 24)

Unknown source; 1989; A89-0029 (Box 23)

Transfer; 1989; A89-28 (Boxes 17 and 23)

Transfer; 1982; A82-57 (Boxes 18-22)

Transfer; 1984 A84-50 (Box 24)

Transfer; 1982; A82-79 (Box 25)

Transfer; 1976; 76-121 (Boxes 26)

Processing Information

Processed by University Archives staff

Completed 1995

Encoded by Emily Glenn, April 2003

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Historical Note

The Duke University Center for Continuing Education (formerly known as the Office of Career Development and Continuing Education) was established in September 1969, with funds from the Alumni Association of the Woman's College. The Center was oriented toward satisfying the educational needs of women beyond college age and helping women find educational and professional programs in the Triangle area that best fit their career goals and family situations. The Center especially focused on undergraduate women, but later developed into a way for older women to reenter the Duke community by completing interrupted education, re-training or updating skills, changing careers, or developing new interests. Jean O'Barr was director of Continuing Education from 1971 to 1983.

The Office of Career Development and Continuing Education, active from about 1969 to 1975, provided undergraduate and continuing education students with assistance in establishing career goals. Working in cooperation with the University Counseling Center, the Office of Placement Services, and deans in the undergraduate colleges and professional schools, the Office sponsored the Apprenticeship Program, which arranged volunteer placement in community businesses and agencies and the Continuing Education Program which used student teachers, tutors, and assistants in meeting community needs. Other internship projects included helping local Girl Scouts groups, tutoring school-aged children, working in hospitals, counseling older adults, and acting as mentors to at-risk youth. The Office also worked with other campus organizations to bring professionals to speak on campus about the issues of young women in a professional work environment. Although the Office of Career Development and Continuing Education worked with both men and women, the Office was especially collaborative with student groups interested in women's programs and studies.

Around 1975, the Office of Career Development and Continuing Education became part of the Office of Continuing Education. The Office continued to perform many of the same services for students, but with less focus on young women professionals. The development of the Women's Studies Program at Duke University (1983) and other activities on campus continued to support young women's professional development.

The Office of Continuing Education functioned in cooperation with the Counseling Center and Appointments Office (later the Office of Placement Services and the Career Center). The Office of Continuing Education worked closely with student groups and programs of the Woman's College, such as Directions for Education of Women (DEW), a committee organized to inform women of career opportunities and to encourage them to coordinate career and family plans, and the Internship Program in Community Service, organized to place student volunteers of the Woman's College in community services. Service expanded to include year-round training, short courses, certificate programs, and credit courses for male and female students and non-students wishing to further their educations or prepare for standardized tests.

Jean O'Barr was the Director of the Office of Continuing Education from 1971 to 1983. During that time, she developed conferences about women and work, and guided the Institute for Learning in Retirement and the Peer Counseling Program. In 1983, she left the Office of Continuing Education to become Director of the Women's Studies Program at Duke University. In 1992, the Office of Continuing Education merged with the Summer Session Department to form the Office of Continuing Education and Summer Session. In 2003, the name changed again to the Office of Continuing Studies.

Collection Overview

Contains undergraduate and graduate student records, curriculum planning, and administrative materials related to the Office of Continuing Education (formerly known as Office of Career Development and Continuing Education) at Duke University. Office of Continuing Education was directed by Jean O'Barr from 1971 to 1983, and functioned in cooperation with the Appointments Office (later the Office of Placement Services and the Career Center) and the Woman's College. The Office initially focused on career development of women students, but expanded to offer guidance services to all students. In 1992, the Office of Continuing Education merged with the Summer Session Department to form the Office of Continuing Education and Summer Session. The records include student records, correspondence, progress reports, program proposals, newsletters, annual reports, minutes, flyers, pamphlets, clippings, grant applications, directories, and course schedules. Undergraduate and graduate student records are ordered alphabetically by last name of student. Subject files are ordered alphabetically. Contains restricted materials.

Subject Headings

These and related materials may be accessed under the following subject headings in the Duke University Libraries online catalog.

Continuing education centers--North Carolina--Durham. Adult education. Career education--North Carolina. Career education--North Carolina--Planning--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Duke University. Appointments Office. Duke University. Office of Continuing Education. Duke University. Office of Placement Services. Duke University. Woman's College--History. Duke University. Students. O'Barr, Jean F. Occupational training for women. Vocational guidance. Vocational guidance for women--North Carolina. Vocational guidance for women. Women--Employment. Preliminary Description of the Collection Container List:

The contents of Boxes 1-16, Undergraduate and Graduate student records, are RESTRICTED.

1 Undergraduate student records, 1970-1992, Aml-Bro 2 Undergraduate student records, 1970-1992, Bog-Coleman, Je 3 Undergraduate student records, 1970-1992, Coleman, Ju-Drap 4 Undergraduate student records, 1970-1992, Drau-Ghir 5 Undergraduate student records, 1970-1992, Gian-Haye 6 Undergraduate student records, 1970-1992, Hea-Jon 7 Undergraduate student records, 1970-1992, Jord-Levy 8 Undergraduate student records, 1970-1992, Lew-Men 9 Undergraduate student records, 1970-1992, Mer-O'Ga 10 Undergraduate student records, 1970-1992, Ogi-Reynal 11 Undergraduate student records, 1970-1992, Reynolds-Shaw, F 12 Undergraduate student records, 1970-1992, Shaw, R-Stud 13 Undergraduate student records, 1970-1992, Stuh-Watkins, P 14 Undergraduate student records, 1970-1992, Watkins, S-Zw 15 Graduate student records, 1970-1992, A-O 16 Graduate student records, 1970-1992, P-Z 17 Access Project Alternative Work Patterns Proposal Alumni Astin study Ball's proposal for continuing education Blind services Browning Conference Cable TV Report, career development course Career workshops [2 folders] Careers for Humanists Cell Leaders in Tanzania City Hall dedication Conferences Cocktail party with women faculty Conference, Law Day Conference, Second Careers for Women Conference, "Need Assessment" conference and training Conference, Take Charge! Conference, Where the Jobs Are Conference materials Covitz, Sharon Education Committee, Stagville EPA vocational counseling Faculty advising Flowers Foreign diplomat fellows program George Washington University, June 9-10 conference Governor's conference Governor's conference on mental health IDC Jansen, Roxy Junior League Loblolly The Major Step Math Proposal 18 Medtronic, Inc. N.C. Humanities Values Conference Nees, Monica NUEA/NEA workshop application Nose Against the Window Pane Panel, Conversation in Continuing Education Panel, Career Choices Women Make, and Careers in Communication Panel, Careers in Education Panel, Careers in Counseling Panel, Health Career Peer Counseling Development Program Pre-Retirement seminar Program for Retired Professionals Project Upstart Quinney, Valeria Seminar in Writing Self-evaluation report Seminar, Careers for Humanities Smeal reception Sociology Department State meeting for women in NCCE State summer course Survey, HE61S Tanglewood Title IV self-evaluation Tutorial article on adult leadership Wellesley conference Women in medicine Workshop on Older Women Alone Workshop, September 24, 1979 Year-round operation East Campus Committee files, 1978-1979 General lists of courses and people on committees Long Range planning, East Campus library planning materials Board of Housing, Residential Life Committee Women on East Campus, statistics of residents Agendas and Minutes and correspondence Residential Life Committee 19 Clippings, general publicity, 1969-1980 Short talks notes (generally women in the work force), ca. 1973-1976 Speaking engagements of Continuing Education staff Conference announcements and supplementary materials 20 General correspondence between office staff, ca. 1974-1979 Fliers and announcements for seminars, panels, conference sponsored by the Office of Continuing Education Ad Hoc Committee on Continuing Education, minutes, 1970-1972 Center for Continuing Education, handbooks, 1972-1974 Second Careers Conference materials, 1974 Position descriptions and office correspondence Seminar materials (fliers, notes, registration lists, course evaluations) 21 Continuing Education of Women, correspondence, programs, notes, ca. 1971-1972 Class visitation Tuition and special cases for tuition remission Undergraduate Faculty Council speech, 1969 General counseling and admission Materials range in date from Course materials, fliers, brochures, lists, notes, correspondence, course evaluations, 1977-Spring 1978 Course materials, fliers, brochures, lists, notes, correspondence, course evaluations, Summer 1978-1980 22 Course materials, fliers, brochures, lists, notes, correspondence, course evaluations, Summer 1978-1980 23 Carolina Consulting Scientists and Engineers, Inc., 1979-1985 Includes minutes, grant requests, publicity, incorporation papers, conference materials, correspondence, flyers, financial materials, directories. 24 Lecture Series notices, 1974-1983 Dual Careers Conference, 1978 The Scholar's Letter, 1983-1985 Pamphlets Fliers, brochures, clippings Clippings Miscellaneous printer materials 25 Annual reports, 1981-1988 Course offerings, 1972-1984 Handbooks, 1974-1976, 1987 26 Course catalogs, 1985-1992 27 Tutoring, projects, correspondence, 1969-1973 Course evaluations, 1969-1973 Correspondence, 1971-1973 Internships in social services, 1969-1973 Course materials, fliers, brochures, lists, notes, correspondence, course evaluations, 1968-1972 Insternship announcements in Spectrum newsletter, ca 1972 28 Handbooks, continuing education, general internship, ca. 1974-1979 Internship announcements, notes and correpsondence, 1967-1971 Internship evaluations, 1967-1971 Directions for Educated Women Committee conference materials, correspondence, fliers, brochures, annual reports, 1965-1971 Directions for Educated Women Committee, annual reports, 1965-1971 Engineering program correspondence, ca. 1975 General engineering jobs recruiting YWCA Women in Action Episcopal Student Center National Organization for Women, task force and conference materials, ca. 1975 Women in higher education reports Early women's studies pamphlets U.S. Department of Labor, discussion on women in the work force and general education of women Conference materials Clippings Directions for Educated Women (DEW) materials Status of women in Research Triangle Park businesses Bibliographies on women (for courses and general reference) Related Material Appointments Office records. University Archives, Duke University. Center for Continuing Education and Summer Session records. University Archives, Duke University. Office of Placement Services records. University Archives, Duke University.