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Call Number: SC0733
Creator:
Shuer, Marjorie L.
Title: Marjorie L. Shuer papers
Dates: 1966-1997
Physical Description:
0.75 linear foot
Summary: These papers largely reflect Shuer's interest in women's sports
and include correspondence, clippings, articles, reports, notes, and assorted records
from several Stanford University athletic committees and from its Department of
Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation. The clippings primarily date from the
1970s, with some from the 1990s. The correspondence includes incoming and outgoing
letters; subjects include her participation in Stanford athletic committees, her own
career, and the effort to get recognition for Stanford women athletes. Also of note in
the papers are materials from a questionnaire distributed to female athletes at Stanford
in 1971.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
This collection is open for research.
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 94304-6064. 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:
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Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Marjorie L. Shuer Papers (SC0733). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Marjorie L. Shuer M.D. earned her AB in 1972 in psychology at Stanford; as an
undergraduate she was a member of the women's swimming, track and field, and sailing
teams. She received an M.A. in exercise physiology from the University of Michigan and
her M.D. for the University of Texas School of Medicine. In her career she has been
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UCSD, chief psychiatrist at San
Diego County's Juvenile Hall, and the Lead Medical Officer for Slalom Kayak and the Flat
Water Canoe and Kayak at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
These papers largely reflect Shuer's interest in women's sports and include
correspondence, clippings, articles, reports, notes, and assorted records from several
Stanford University athletic committees and from its Department of Athletics, Physical
Education and Recreation. The clippings primarily date from the 1970s, with some from
the 1990s. The correspondence includes incoming and outgoing letters; subjects include
her participation in Stanford athletic committees, her own career, and the effort to get
recognition for Stanford women athletes. Also of note in the papers are materials from a
questionnaire distributed to female athletes at Stanford in 1971.
Shuer, Marjorie L.
Stanford University--Athletics.
Stanford University--Students.
Stanford University. Dept. of Athletics, Physical
Education and Recreation.
Sex discrimination in sports.
Sports for women