Stanford University, Center for Research on Women, female sexuality project records, 1973-1991

Printable guide [HTML]
Request items

Summary

Creators:
Yalom, Marilyn
Abstract:
Questionnaire masters, completed forms, correspondence, reports, and other records from a 1977-78 study of "communication between mothers and college-aged daughters on the subject of sexuality" undertaken by Marilyn Yalom, Suzanne Estler, and Wenda Brewster at Stanford University's Center for Research on Women. Questionnaires were completed by members of the class of 1954 at Stanford University and Wellesley College and by members of the Stanford class of 1980. Collection also includes miscellaneous papers of Yalom including correspondence, photographs, articles, and biographical materials.
Extent:
3 Linear Feet
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Stanford University, Center for Research on Women, Female Sexuality Project Records (SC0829). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Questionnaire masters, completed forms, correspondence, reports, and other records from a 1977-78 study of "communication between mothers and college-aged daughters on the subject of sexuality" undertaken by Marilyn Yalom, Suzanne Estler, and Wenda Brewster at Stanford University's Center for Research on Women. Questionnaires were completed by members of the class of 1954 at Stanford University and Wellesley College and by members of the Stanford class of 1980. Collection also includes miscellaneous papers of Yalom including correspondence, photographs, articles, and biographical materials.

Biographical / historical:

Marilyn Yalom received her BA in French from Wellesley and her MA in German and French from Harvard, completing a PhD in comparative literature at Johns Hopkins, 1963. She has been affiliated with the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University (formerly the Institute for Research on Women and Gender) since 1976.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Marilyn Yalom, 2006.
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.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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

Terms of access:

While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred citation:

Stanford University, Center for Research on Women, Female Sexuality Project Records (SC0829). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Website