Guide to the Marjorie L. Shuer Papers
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
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:
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Stanford, CA 94305-6064
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Phone: (650) 725-1022
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This collection is open for research.
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Cite As
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.
Description of the Collection
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.
Access Terms
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
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Article (photocopy of typescript) on Margie Shuer, ca. 1975
Box 1, Folder 2
Articles by Shuer 1974, 1982
Box 1, Folder 3
Athletic questionnaire (Stanford), 1971
Box 1, Folder 4
Bem, Sandra, "Training the Woman to Know her Place: the Power of a
Nonconscious Ideology," 1971
Box 1, Folder 5
Class materials, Human Biology
Box 1, Folder 6
Clippings on women's college sports
Box 1, Folder 7
Clippings on women's college sports
Box 1, Folder 8
Clippings on women's college sports [original newsprint]
Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence miscellaneous [not to or from Shuer], 1978,
1993
Box 1, Folder 11
A Guide for Stanford Women, ca. 1972
Box 1, Folder 13
Indiana University swim team
Box 1, Folder 15
Paper on women and athletics, n.d.
Box 1, Folder 16
Personal papers: copies of USOC certification and CA teacher's
credential
Box 1, Folder 17
Schleihauf, Bob, "Swimming Propulsion: A Hydrodynamic
Analysis"
Box 1, Folder 18
School papers by Shuer, 1971 and n.d.
Box 1, Folder 20
Typescript reports, articles, notes, primarily on women's sports, some
specific to Stanford University
Box 1, Folder 21
Stanford University Administrative Panel on Internal Athletic, Physical
Education and Recreational Programs, records, 1971-72
Box 1, Folder 22
Stanford University Committee on Athletics, Physical Education and
Recreation (CAPER), minutes and agenda, 1970-72
Box 1, Folder 23
Stanford University CAPER, reports and memos, 1971-72
Box 2, Folder 1
Stanford University Dept. of Athletics, Physical Education and
Recreation, assorted memos, reports, and other records, 1970-75
Box 2, Folder 2
Stanford University Dept. of Athletics, Physical Education and
Recreation, assorted memos etc., 1970-77
Box 2, Folder 3
Washington State document re Title IX 1976
Box 2, Folder 4
Women, sports and the law – notes
Box 2, Folder 5
Women's Equity Action League Newsletter, March 1974
Box 2, Folder 6
"SU 69"
Physical Description: 2 film reels (8mm)
