Guide to the Allen Controversy Papers
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0050
Creator:
Allen, Lucille A., 1906-
Title: Allen controversy papers
Dates: 1965
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet (3 boxes)
Summary: Reports, interviews and correspondence concerning Lucille Allen, Stanford University Dean of Women, and the Women's Council
of 1964, consisting of University of women students. Controversy centers around a May, 1964, Women's Council meeting and alleged
discussion of "sexual content" of reading materials in freshman English classes.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36-48 hours in advance. For more
information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html.
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
Administrative Information
Provenance
Administrative transfer, President's Office, 1968.
Information about Access
Restricted until Jan 1, 2040.
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Cite As
Allen Controversy Papers (SC0050). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Lucille A. Allen was the Dean of Women from 1961-1965.
Description of the Collection
Reports, interviews and correspondence concerning Lucille Allen, Stanford University Dean of Women, and the Women's Council
of 1964, consisting of University of women students. Controversy centers around a May, 1964, Women's Council meeting and alleged
discussion of "sexual content" of reading materials in freshman English classes.
Access Terms
Allen, Lucille A., 1906-
Stanford University. Dean of Women.
Stanford University. Department of English.
Stanford University. Women's Council.
Interviews.
Reports.
Universities and colleges--Curricula.
Box 1, Folder 1
The Women's Council Meeting (reconstruction of events)
1964 May
Box 1, Folder 3
Interview with Dean Allen
1965 Feb 4
Box 1, Folder 4
Interview with Kate Bransten
1965 Feb 5
Box 1, Folder 5
Interview with Nora Crow
1965 Feb 5
Box 1, Folder 6
Interview with Vicky Ganz
1965 Feb 5
Box 1, Folder 7
Interview with Chana Chiba
1965 Feb 8
Box 1, Folder 8
Interview with Leah Kaplan
1965 Feb 8
Box 1, Folder 9
Interview with Terry Moran
1965 Feb 6
Box 1, Folder 10
Sub-committee inquiry, written statement by participants of Women's Council Meeting
Box 1, Folder 11
Ad Hoc Committee Report drafts
1965 Feb 12
Box 1, Folder 12
Ad Hoc Committee Report drafts
1965 Feb 12
Box 1, Folder 13
Dean Allen's reply ot the Committee's report
1965 Feb 23
Box 1, Folder 14
Stanford University News Service, press releases
1965 Feb 23
Box 1, Folder 15
Stanford Daily, news article concerning Women's Council and Dean Allen
1965 Feb 4
Box 2, Folder 1
Dean Allen-President Sterling correspondence, report of sub-committee and Dean Allen's reply to report
1965 Feb
Box 2, Folder 2
President Sterling's report cocnerning Dean Allen
1965 Feb 9
Box 2, Folder 3
President Sterling's copy-Ad Hoc Committee report
1965 Feb 3
Box 2, Folder 4
Report of the sub-committee on tenure
1965 Feb 11
Box 2, Folder 5
Dean Allen's request for and correspondence concerning, a terminal leave of absence
Box 3, Folder 1
Rough notes of interview with Dean Allen
1965 Feb 4
Box 3, Folder 2
Rough notes of interview with Dean Avery
1965 Feb 6
Box 3, Folder 3
Rough notes of interview with Bliss Carnochan
1965 Feb 7
Box 3, Folder 4
Rough notes of interview with Nora Crow
1965 Feb 9
Box 3, Folder 5
Rough notes of interview with Caroline Ward
1965 Feb 5
Box 3, Folder 6
Rough notes of interview with Marian Lieb
1965 Feb 5
Box 3, Folder 7
Rough notes of interview with Karen Booth, Kate Bransten, Fran McArthur, Terry Moran, and Susan Sokol
Box 3, Folder 8
Miscellaneous rough notes
