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Student Life: Women's Organizations Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 19-003-005-000

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of files related to various women's organizations at Oberlin College. These include the Oberlin Association of Women Students, Mainstream, Oberlin College Feminist Majority, Oberlin Student Women's Group, Oberlin Women's Collective, Women's Athletic Association, and the Women's League.

Dates

  • Creation: 1903-2002, undated
  • Other: Date acquired: 01/25/1988

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted.

Extent

1.40 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This general collection holds records of various Oberlin College women's organizations.

Arrangement

INVENTORY

Women’s Center, 1971-2002

Box 1-2

See separate finding guide for RG 19/3/5/1.

Oberlin Association of Women Students (OAWS), 1956-1973, undated

Box 1

Committees (3f)

Foreign Student Committee, 1960-65

Judicial Committee, 1959-61, 1966, undated

Nominations Committee, undated

Constitution and Bylaws, 1958-66, undated

Correspondence, 1961, 1971

Election material, 1965, undated

GLCA Women’s Studies Resource Handbook, 1973

House Council Manual, undated

House Officers, 1958-1962, undated

Housing Concerns, 1960-66, undated

International Association of Women Students (IAWS) (3f)

Convention, 1959, undated

Manual, 1965

State Day, 1961

Joint Board (1f)

Minutes, 1960-63, undated

Minutes, 1958-61

Miscellaneous, 1958-63, undated

Newspaper Articles, 1957-61, undated

Posted Notices, 1961-66, undated

Reports (2f)

Chairman’s Reports, undated

Treasurer’s Reports, 1957-63

Rule Book, 1961-62, 1966

Women’s Board (3f)

Correspondence, undated

Minutes, 1956-65

Minutes – handwritten, 1964-65

Miscellaneous

Box 1

Mainstream, 1979-80, undated - see 19/3/7, Curriculum-Based

Oberlin College Feminist Majority, 1996 - see 19/3/6, Activist/Political

Oberlin Student Women’s Group - “Proposal for a Women’s Collective,” undated

Oberlin Women’s Collective, 1975, undated

Ruby, 1996 - see 19/00/1, Student Publications

Women’s Athletic Association, 1903, 1913-14, 1920, 1928, 1936, ca. 1950, undated (See also RG 9/6 Physical Education Department.)

Women’s Information and Resource Center, 1990

Women’s League, 1913-38, undated

Women's Rugby Football Club, 1995-98 (3f) - see 19/3/8, Social

Women’s Self-Government League, 1944-1958, undated

Women’s Senate Treasurer’s Book, 1910-1914, 1919

Women’s Softball Club, 1990

Women’s Sports Committee, 1984

Young Ladies Missionary Society, 1879-94 - see 19/3/1, Religious

Method of Acquisition

The records were received in two accessions in 1988 from the Women's Center and from the Oberlin Student Women's Group.

Accruals and Additions

Accession Nos: 1988/7, 1988/49.

Title
Student Life: Women's Organizations Records
Author
Roland M. Baumann, Kenneth M. Grossi, Tara L. Ikenouye
Date
01/01/1988
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 1998 April: Revised by Kenneth Grossi and Tara L. Ikenouye.
  • 2000 February: Updated by Joshua Adler.
  • 2002 July: Revised by Jonathan Thurn.
  • 2013 December: Revised by Archives staff.
  • 2025: Prepared for migration by Emily Rebman.

Repository Details

Part of the Oberlin College Archives Repository

Contact:
420 Mudd Center
148 West College Street
Oberlin OH 44074-1532 US
440-775-8014
440-775-8016 (Fax)