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Women's Council of the State University Collection
CSU.025
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Archives
Title: Women's Council of the State University Collection
Creator:
Women's Council of the State University
Creator:
Women of the Chancellor's Office
Identifier/Call Number: CSU.025
Physical Description:
3 boxes
(1.25 Linear Feet)
Date (inclusive): 1969-1998, undated
Abstract: Correspondence, newsletter, brochure, meeting minutes, memoranda, and by-laws concerning the Women's Council of the State
University (WCSU). Also includes Women and Leadership bibliography, Crossing Boundary Conference, directory of Women's Organization
in the CSU System, and the Status of Women Conference.
Language of Material: Collection material is in English
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
For information about citing archival material, see the
Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.
Materials in this collection were transferred by the Chancellor's Office, California State University.
Processed during 2004-2006 CSU System-wide Archives Processing Project. Finding aid prepared by Greg Williams, finding aid
updated by Petra Warren in 2021.
The California State University System was formally established in 1960 by the Donahoe Higher Education Act. It is the nation's
largest university system, with 23 campuses. The CSU is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California
(the others are the University of California and the California Community College System). The System is the direct descendant
of the California State Normal School (now, San Jose State University) established by the California Legislature on May 2,
1862. By 1895 there were four State Normal schools. In 1921, the schools were re-named the State Teacher's Schools. In 1935
the colleges were re-named the California State Colleges and were run by the State Department of Education. With the creation
of the California Master Plan for Higher Education along with the Donahoe Act, the California State Colleges were placed under
control of the CSC Board of Trustees. In 1972 the system was renamed the California State Colleges and Universities. The term
"Colleges" was dropped in 1982.
Responsibility for the California State University is vested in the Board of Trustees, whose members are appointed by the
Governor of the State of California. The Trustees appoint the Chancellor, who is the chief executive officer of the system,
and the Presidents, who are the chief executive officers of their respective campuses. The Academic Senate of the California
State University, made up of elected representatives of the faculty from each campus, recommends academic policy to the Board
of Trustees through the Chancellor. Chancellors of the system include Buell Gallagher (1961-1962); Glenn S. Dumke (1962-1982);
W. Ann Reynolds (1982-1990); Ellis E. McCune [Acting] (1990-1991); Barry Munitz (1991-1998); Charles B. Reed (1998-2012);
Timothy P. White (2012-2021); and Joseph I. Castro (2021- ).
Correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, newsletters, brochures, and by-laws concerning the Women's Council of the State
University (WCSU), and its predecessor, Women of the Chancellor's Office (WOCO). Also included are records of WCSU Dominguez
Hill Chapter consisting of meeting minutes, correspondence, membership, and contracts. Collection also includes Women and
Leadership bibliography, Crossing Boundary Conference, directory of Women's Organization in the CSU System, and the Status
of Women Conference.
Records are arranged chronologically withing three groups: Women of Chancellor's Office (WOCO), Women's Council of State University
(WCSU), and Women Council of State Dominguez Hills Chapter (WCSU/DH).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women -- Societies and clubs
University women
California State University