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Title: Nancy Stoller papers
Dates: 1973-1996
Collection Number: 2002-14
Creator/Collector:
Stoller, Nancy E.
Extent: 18 cartons, 1 oversize box
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Nancy Stoller was a lesbian sociology professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who was denied tenure in 1982
and filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the university. This collection includes materials related to Stoller's
tenure case before the Privilege and Tenure Committee; correspondence and legal documents from Shaw v. Regents of the University
of California; and correspondence, publicity, and fundraising materials related to the Nancy Shaw Legal Defense Fund. (Shaw
was Stoller's former married name, which she used professionally for a number of years.)
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research. The following materials may be restricted: personnel files in cartons 1, 7, 8, and 14; student
materials, including evaluations, in cartons 14 and 18; materials on Estelle Freedman lawsuit in carton 16. Please contact
the GLBT Historical Society archives for details.
[Identification of item]. Nancy Stoller papers. Collection Number: 2002-14. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Nancy Stoller on June 3, 2002.
Biography/Administrative History
Nancy Stoller was a lesbian sociology professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who was denied tenure in 1982
and filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the university.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection includes materials related to Stoller's tenure case before the Privilege and Tenure Committee; correspondence
and legal documents from Shaw v. Regents of the University of California; and correspondence, publicity, and fundraising materials
related to the Nancy Shaw Legal Defense Fund. There are also publications by Stoller and subject files. GSSO linked terms:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://2Fpurl.obolibrary.org/obo/LifO_0000064; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C16529
Education
Law
Lesbians