Access
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Administrative History
Chronology
Additional Collection Guides
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Related Materials
Scope and Content
Publication Rights
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: UCSC Feminist Studies Department records
Creator:
University of California, Santa Cruz. Feminist Studies
Department
Identifier/Call Number: UA.097
Physical Description:
25 Linear Feet
(26 boxes)
Physical Description:
11.6 GB
(624 digital files)
Date (inclusive): 1970-2014
Date (bulk): 1974-2013
Language of Material: English
Access
Collection is open for research. Audiovisual media is unavailable until reformatted.
Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room. Some
files may require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical limitations may hinder
the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files. Access to digital files on
original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view access copies. Contact Special
Collections and Archives in advance to request access to audiovisual media and digital
files.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Inventory created in 2014 by Nicolette M. Czarrunchick, Academic Advisor in the Feminist
Studies Department. Transferred to University Archives in 2015.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in six series:
- Series 1: Curriculum
- Series 2: Initiatives
- Series 3: Events
- Series 4: Administrative files
- Series 5: Subject files
- Series 6: Digital files and media
Materials within each series are arranged chronologically unless otherwise
specified.
Administrative History
The UC Santa Cruz Feminist Studies Department is one of the oldest and largest programs of
its kind in the United States. Founded in 1974 as the Women's Studies program by student and
faculty initiative, it fosters the development of interdisciplinary, transnational, and
community-oriented scholarship on the UC Santa Cruz campus and beyond.
In 1972, 700 students signed a petition in support of the establishment of a Women's
Studies program. The Women's Studies Bachelor of Arts degree was approved in 1974, with its
first class of students graduating in 1975. The Women's Studies Collective was also
established in 1974, whose members joined task forces to create policy for the program,
communicate updates, and organize activities in conjunction with the academic Women's
Studies major. In 2005, the department name changed from Women's Studies to Feminist Studies
in order to "signal [their] commitment to new directions in feminist scholarship and
[recognize their] strengths and interests in feminism and transnationalism" (
The
Wave
, vol. VIII no. 1, 2005). In the fall of 2013, after nearly eighteen years of
planning and preparation, the Feminist Studies Department's first PhD cohort began their
studies.
The Feminist Studies Department has actively supported many campus initiatives, including
the establishment of the Institute for Advanced Feminist Research (IAFR), the Focused
Research Activity/Organized Research Activity (FRA/ORA) in Feminist Studies, and the UC
Santa Cruz Women's Center. It also has a long history of engagement in social justice
initiatives on local, national, and international scales. The Feminist Studies Department at
UC Santa Cruz continues to serve as a model for similar programs around the country.
Chronology
Department Timeline
1971 |
First Women's Studies course
Literature and Society: The Women's
Movement
offered at Merrill College
|
1972 |
700 students sign a petition endorsing the establishment of a Women's Studies
program at UC Santa Cruz
|
1973 |
Academic Senate adopts proposal to establish a Coordinating Council for Women's
Studies
|
|
Women's Studies Office opens at Kresge College |
1974 |
Women's Studies Bachelor of Arts degree approved |
|
Women's Studies Collective established |
1975 |
First Women's Studies graduating class |
1979 |
Restructuring of Women's Studies program by Helene Moglen, dean of humanities;
funding increases and curriculum expands
|
1980 |
Bettina Aptheker appointed to teach WMST 1,
Introduction to
Feminism
|
1984 |
Feminist Studies Focused Research Activity (FRA) established for faculty and
graduate student research collaboration
|
|
Helene Moglen becomes chair of Women's Studies program |
1985 |
UCSC Women's Center established at Cardiff House |
1986 |
Women's Studies awarded Committee status, i.e., approved for tenure-track faculty
appointments
|
1992 |
"Parenthetical Notation" in Women's Studies approved by the Graduate
Council
|
|
First Annual Women of Color Film and Video Festival, founded by History of
Consciousness graduate student Margaret Daniel
|
1993 |
Five concentrations in the Women's Studies major are established:
Representations; Race, Class, and Ethnicity; Nations and Cultures; Movements,
Institutions, Policy, and Legal Studies; and Theory
|
|
Women's Studies Library established at Kresge College |
1995 |
First Women's Studies graduate course, WMST 205:
Feminism, Nationalism,
and Sexuality in the Third World
, taught by Emily Honig
|
1996 |
External review of Women's Studies program |
1998 |
First issue of
The Wave newsletter published in June
|
2000 |
25th Anniversary celebration of Women's Studies at UC Santa Cruz |
2005 |
Name of department changes to Feminist Studies |
2013 |
Inaugural cohort of PhD students begin in Fall |
Additional Collection Guides
For a complete inventory of the digital files, see the following guide:
Preferred Citation
UCSC Feminist Studies Department records. UA 97. University Archives, University Library,
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Processing Information
Processed by Alina Ivette Fernandez in the Center for Archival Research and Training (CART)
with assistance from Alix Norton, 2017. Most titles in this collection were derived from the
original folder titles as received from the department.
The digital portion of the collection was processed by Special Collections staff Alix
Norton in 2020. Digital files were transferred from carrier disks in 2017 and 2020.
Duplicate files, system-generated files, and temporary files were removed using the tool
TreeSize Pro, and files that were out of scope were manually removed. Files were not
reformatted, and file names are original to the creator. Original disks were retained after
file transfer and are included in the collection, with the exception of materials that were
deemed to be out of scope and materials that were not able to be transferred.
Related Materials
The following publications created by or related to the Feminist Studies Department are
available via the Library Catalog:
Scope and Content
This collection documents the administrative and curricular functions of the Feminist
Studies (formerly Women's Studies) Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz,
as well as events, initiatives, and lectures sponsored by the department. It includes
curriculum planning and advertising materials, staffing reports, professional
correspondence, event advertisements, lecture recordings, course syllabi, and collected
files on the development of Women's Studies programs outside of UC Santa Cruz. Major topics
covered in these papers include the establishment of the department, development of the
undergraduate curriculum and PhD program, the Institute of Advanced Feminist Research
(IAFR), the Focused Research Activity (FRA) in Women's/Feminist Studies, and the development
of similiar women's studies programs around the country.
Publication Rights
Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary
rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. In some cases,
copyright is held by the Regents of the University of California. The publication or use of
any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational
purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility for obtaining
permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information on
copyright or to order a reproduction, please visit
guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/reproduction-publication.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women's studies -- California -- Santa Cruz