Guide to the Ellen Rosser Smith papers, 1972-1978

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Title: Ellen Rosser Smith papers
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 1986/03
Contributing Institution: California State University, Sacramento Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 2.5 Linear feet (2 record cartons)
Date (inclusive): 1972-1978
Abstract: Ellen Rosser Smith was an English professor at California State University, Sacramento. She was also involved in developing the Women's Studies Program at the University as well as being active in the Women's Caucus, the United Professors of California, and both of the University's and UPC's Affirmative Action Committee. The collection includes material used in teaching and material that relates to her activities in the women's movement. Of special interest are the papers that discuss discrimination against women and minorities in the California University system.
Language of Materials: English.

Custodial History

Ellen Rosser Smith assembled these papers over many years as part of her effort to address discrimination against women and minorities, and to further advance women's studies.

Scope and Contents

Ellen Rosser Smith was an English professor at California State University, Sacramento. She was also involved in developing the Women's Studies Program at the University as well as being active in the Women's Caucus, the United Professors of California, and both the University's and UPC's Affirmative Action Committee. The collection includes material used in teaching and material that relates to her activities in the women's movement. Of special interest are the papers that disucss discrimination against women and minorities in the California University system.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections and University Archives staff.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item including date], [Folder Title], MSS 1986/03, Ellen Rosser Smith papers, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, The Library, California State University, Sacramento.

Accrual Information

No additions are expected.

Access

Collection is open for research. Some restrictions may apply.

Publication Rights

Copyright is protected by the copyright law, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code. Requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce from collections must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Permission for publication is given on the behalf of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, The Library, California State University, Sacramento as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Acquisition Information

The Ellen Rosser Smith papers were given the CSUS Special Collections and University Archives by Ellen Rosser Smith in 1987.

Biographical / Historical Note

Ellen Rosser Smith was born in 1936. She received her B.A. and her M.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin. She received her PH D from the University of Michigan. Her thesis topic was titled Yeat's Cultural Touchstone: the period from Dante to Shakespeare. She was an English professor at California State University, Sacramento and was also involved in the women's movement. She published volumes of collected poetry, printing the material of her own press. Random Collective, printed in 1974 and Hard Pressed, published in 1975 are two such collections. She called her press Ellen's Old Alchemical Press.
After retirement in 1986, she has been active in the antiwar movement against involvement in the Middle East. She has also taught at the Pierian Springs Academy, a senior learning facility, located in Sarasota, Florida. Her most recent course listing is Islam and The History of the Middle East in the 20th Century.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Smith, Ellen Rosser
Affirmative action programs--California.
California State University, Sacramento. College of Arts and Letters
California State University, Sacramento. English Dept.
Women's studies.

 

Series 1: Teaching Materials, circa 1970s

Arrangement note

Included are class handouts and several folders of mimeographed pages of women's poetry divided by country. Also included are class syllabus from fellow professors Joan Moon, Judy Rosenthal, and Mary Mackey. Folder 1:7 includes poems written by Mary Mackey. Folder 1:22 - 1:26 contain papers that appear to be class papers on women in science. Folder 1:1 has a Women's Studies Newsletter that contains a history of the early years of the Women's Studies Program at California State University, Sacramento.
Box 1, Folder 1

Women's Studies Program - Position Paper, Fall 92 to start program

Box 1, Folder 2

Women's Caucus - Women's Studies, 1974

Box 1, Folder 3

Course Syllabus and Exams - Women's Studies classes, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 4

Course Handouts, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 5

Mary Mackey English 158, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 6

Student Papers Mary Mackey English 30, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 7

Poems by Mary Mackey English 30, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 8

Joan Moon Syllabus - History 132, 1977

Box 1, Folder 9

Dr. Judy Rosenthal - Syllabus - Eng. 169T and 150T, 1972

Box 1, Folder 10

Anti-War Poems by Women, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 11

Black Women Poets, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 12

British Women Poets, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 13

Chinese Women Poets, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 14

French Women Poets, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 15

Japanese Women Poets, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 16

Russian Women Poets, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 17

Spanish American Women Poets, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 18

Women Poets (asst.), n.d.

Box 1, Folder 19

Nellie Sachs (Poets), n.d.

Box 1, Folder 20

Sappho, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 21

Mona VanDuyn, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 22

Course Material, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 23

Women In Science - Part I, Fall 1972

Box 1, Folder 24

Women In Science - Part II, Fall 1972

Box 1, Folder 25

Women In Science - Part III, Fall 1972

Box 1, Folder 26

Women In Science - Part IV, Fall 1972

Box 1, Folder 27

Bibliographies, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 28

Papers, Essays, Articles, Various Authors, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 29

Women Trade Unions, 1973

Box 1, Folder 30

OPEU General Strike, 1977

Box 1, Folder 31

Material on Women/Tutorial Program, 1972

Box 1, Folder 32

Essay: "Feminism and Literature" by Florence Howe, 1972

Box 1, Folder 33

Essay: "The Status of Women in the Historical Profession in the Western States" by Dorothy A. Sexter, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 34

Survey UC Berkeley, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 35

UPC Women's Caucus, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 36

Status of Women at CSU San Diego, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 37

Hearing - Joint Committee on Legal Equality, 1973

Box 1f, Folder 38

Grievance Procedures, 1973

Box 1, Folder 39

Affirmative Action Report, 1974

Box 1, Folder 40

California State University and Colleges - Affirmative Action Plans, 1974

Box 1, Folder 41

University Affirmative Action Committee, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 42

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 43

UPC Advocate, 1974-1975

Box 1, Folder 44

Poetry Collection Photocopies, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 45

Authors and Publishing, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 1

Miscellaneous Notes, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 2

Union documents, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 3

Public Law 92-318, 1972

Language of Material: English
 

Series 2: Women's Studies, Discrimination, and Affirmative Action, circa 1970s

Arrangement note

This series contains material demonstrating Ellen Rosser Smith's involvement with the United Professors of California, the Women Caucus, and the California State University Affirmative Action Committee. Included are questionnaires filed out by many professors, statistics gathered from several campuses in the California college system, and copies of grievances and lawsuits, many alleging that women and minorities were refused tenure on the basis of sex and ethnic discrimination.
Box 2, Folder 4

UPC Questionnaire on Discrimination, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 6

Affirmative Action Committee / Minutes, Jan - May 1972

Box 2, Folder 7

Affirmative Action Committee / Minutes, 1972-1978

Box 2, Folder 9

Memo to James Meyer (Chancellor) UC Davis, 1974

Box 2, Folder 10

Class Action / UPC Affirmative Action Committee, 1975

Box 2, Folder 11

Affirmative Action Committee, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 12

UPC / Memos Bud Hutchinson, 1973-1974

Box 2, Folder 13

Affirmative Action / Lloyd Johnson, May - July 1978

Box 2, Folder 14

CSUC Statement on Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action, 1973-1974

Box 2, Folder 15

UPC Women's Caucus, 1973

Box 2, Folder 16

UPC Women's Caucus / Survey, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 17

Report on Affirmative Action CSUC, 1975

Box 2, Folder 18

Articles for agreement CFA, 1973

Box 2, Folder 19

UPC Affirmative Action Workshop, circa 1974

Box 2, Folder 20

UPC - Officers, 1974-1975

Box 2, Folder 21

UPC Affirmative Action, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 22

Complaints / Fair Employee Practices, 1975

Box 2, Folder 23

EEO Higher Education Staff Information, 1976

Box 2, Folder 24

Status of Faculty in CSUC, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 25

Faculty Affairs Subcommittee on Grievance Procedures, 1971-1972

Box 2, Folder 26

UPC / AFC Grievance Workshop, 1973

Box 2, Folder 27

Liberal Studies Major, 1974

Box 2, Folder 28

Apprise / newsletter, 1974-1975

Box 2, Folder 29

UPC Women in Education - A Resource Notebook, 1972

Box 2, Folder 30

Academic Senate Report / Women in CSUC, 1972

Box 2, Folder 31

Affirmative Action Program / Stanislaus, 1972-1973

Box 2, Folder 32

Employment Survey CSUC, 1973

Box 2, Folder 33

Women in the Curriculum Project, 1973-1974

Box 2, Folder 34

Preliminary Analysis Class Action, 1974

Box 2, Folder 35

Report on Discrimination CSUS, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 36

Affirmative Action Plans / CSUS Departments, 1972-1973

Box 2, Folder 37

CFT Standards - Update, 1975

Box 2, Folder 38

Faculty Statistics Rank and Tenure CSUS, 1972

Box 2, Folder 39

Affirmative Action Program - Other CSUs, 1972-1974

Box 2, Folder 40

Class Action Lawsuit 1972-1974

Box 2, Folder 41

Discrimination Lawsuit / Berkeley, 1972

Box 2, Folder 43

UPC Meetings / Workshops, 1972-1975

Box 2, Folder 44

EEO Report - California State College Sonoma, 1975