Guide to the Myra H. Strober Papers SC1344

Jenny Johnson

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

March 2017

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

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Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Myra H. Strober Papers

creator: Strober, Myra H.

Identifier/Call Number: SC1344

Physical Description: 9.5 Linear Feet

Date (inclusive): 1970-2016

Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.

Abstract: Collection consists of Strober's professional files, teaching materials, writing files, and audiovisual materials. Also included are 10,890 megabytes of Strober’s digital files.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item] Myra H. Strober Papers (SC1344). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Conditions Governing Use

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 94305-6064. 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: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Myra Strober, 2017.

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of Strober's professional files, teaching materials, writing files, and audiovisual materials. Also included are 10,890 megabytes of Strober’s digital files.

Biographical / Historical

Myra Strober is Professor Emerita at the School of Education at Stanford University and Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University (by courtesy). Strober is a labor economist whose research focus is on gender issues at the workplace, work and family, and multidisciplinarity in higher education. She is the author of numerous articles on occupational segregation, women in the professions and management, the economics of childcare, feminist economics and the teaching of economics. In 2016 Strober published the book "Sharing the Work: What My Family and Career Taught Me About Breaking Through (and Holding the Door Open for Others)." Biographical information excerpted from: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/myra-h-strober

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Women economists -- United States

Feminism -- United States

Strober, Myra H.

Stanford University. Graduate School of Business. Faculty

Papers Accession ARCH-2017-225 1970-2016

Professional Files

Box 1

Vitae 2017-03

Box 1

Undergraduate Papers and Syllabi (Cornell University)

Box 1

Papers from Graduate School (MIT)

Box 1

Women in Academia (Stanford, Berkeley, Harvard) 1970-1975

Box 1

Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP)

Box 1

CSWEP Newsletters

Box 1

Women in Management Conference - Graduate School of Business 1974

Box 1

Center for Research on Women at Stanford (CROW)

Box 1

Development of Feminist Studies at Stanford University

Box 1

Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG)

Box 1

Myra’s Tenure and Promotion Decisions 1978, 1990

Box 1

Institute for Finance and Governance (IFG) at Stanford School of Education 1984

Box 1

Photographs

Box 2

Newsclippings

Box 2

School of Education

Box 2

International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)

Box 2

Report on Stanford Provost’s Committee on the Recruitment and Retention of Women 1993

Box 2

The Wendt Case (Connecticut Divorce Case) Expert Witness testimony and Judge’s Decision 1998

Box 2

Spencer Foundation Conference on Women’s Studies 1999

Box 3

MIT Meeting on Women Faculty at Research Universities

Box 3

Other Research University Reports on Women Faculty

Box 4

Talks

Box 3

Russell Sage Grant on Occupational Segregation 1980-1985

Box 6

Retirement 2007

Box 6

Miscellaneous

Writing

Box 5

Chapters for Unfinished Book

Box 5

Papers (many of these are published in difficult to find places)

Box 5

Fear of Feedback

Box 6

Feminist Economics

Box 6

Atlantic Philanthropies

Teaching

Box 3

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Box 4

Course Readers for Work and Family 2011, 2016

Box 3

Stanford Joint Degree Program – MA in Education and MBA

Box 3

Work and Family Class at Graduate School of Business

Audiovisual Materials

Box 6

Women in Management – An Ongoing Revolution: A History of Women at the Stanford Business School 2006

Physical Description: 1 optical disc(s) (DVD)

Box 6

Honoring Myra Strober - Introduction and Welcome and Panel on Women’s Education, Work and Families 2007-05-05

Physical Description: 1 optical disc(s) (DVD)

Box 6

Honoring Myra Strober - Panel on Institutional Change at Retirement Symposium, and Conversation with Lisa Petrides, and Strober Closing Remarks 2007 May 5

Physical Description: 1 optical disc(s) (DVD)

Box 6

Myra’s Class