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Call Number: SC0733
Creator:
Shuer, Marjorie L.
Title: Marjorie L. Shuer papers
Dates: 1966-1997
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear feet
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
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
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: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
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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. Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation.
Stanford University. Department of Athletics.
Sex discrimination in sports.
Sports for women.