Access to Collection
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Biographical / Historical
Preferred Citation
Scope and Contents
Publication Rights
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Karen M. Offen papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC1169
Physical Description:
56 megabyte(s)
Physical Description:
61.75 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1870-2016
Physical Location: Special Collections and University
Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more
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http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Access to Collection
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in
original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Karen M. Offen, 2016-2019.
Biographical / Historical
Karen Offen is a Senior Scholar with the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research
at Stanford University. Her research interests include history of Modern Europe, especially
France and its global influence; Western thought and politics with reference to family,
gender, and the relative status of women; historiography; women's history; the national,
regional and global histories of feminism; and comparative history. Offen earned a B.A. in
History from the University of Idaho in 1961, and an M.A. (1964) and Ph.D. (1971) in Modern
European History from Stanford University.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Karen Offen Papers (SC1169). Dept. of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Scope and Contents
Papers include Offen's files about K-12 curriculum; people files and correspondence, and
research about the birth of the field of Women's History. Also included documents and
letters related to Offen and Bell's book "Women, the Family, and Freedom: The Debate in
Documents." Accession 2017-022 includes Offen's dissertation research material on Paul de
Cassagnac.
Publication Rights
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women in education -- California -- Stanford.
Women historians -- Archives
Women authors.
Women's studies.
Women -- History -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United
States.
Women -- United States -- History.
Women -- History -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Women -- Education (Higher) -- United States.
Women in education -- United States.
Offen, Karen.
Cassagnac, Paul de, 1843-1904