Nancy Stoller papers

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2023

Descriptive Summary

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

Access

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.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Nancy Stoller papers. Collection Number: 2002-14. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

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

Indexing Terms

Education

Law

Lesbians

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