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Ariel (Joan) files on Women's Studies at the University of California, Irvine
AS.105
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Joan Ariel files on Women's Studies at the University of California, Irvine
Creator:
Ariel, Joan
Identifier/Call Number: AS.105
Physical Description:
6.2 Linear Feet
(14 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1968-2000
Abstract: This collection comprises files retained by Joan Ariel that document the University of California, Irvine Women's Studies
program, resources for women at UC Irvine, and the UC Irvine LGBT community. As the Women's Studies Librarian and a Women's
Studies faculty member at UC Irvine, Ariel served with numerous groups and organizations that supported women's issues and
the LGBT community on and off campus, including the Women's Studies Program Steering Committee, The Lilac Collective, and
the Pacific Women's Studies Association. This collection reflects her involvement with these groups and many others and documents
their activities from 1971 to 2000.
Language of Material: The collection is in English.
The collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head
of Special Collections and Archives.
Joan Ariel files on Women's Studies at the University of California, Irvine. AS-105. Special Collections and Archives, The
UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Gift of Joan Ariel, 2006.
Processed by Joanna Lamb, 2009
Joan Ariel played a vital role in the development of the UC Irvine Women's Studies program. In addition to serving as the
Women's Studies librarian for nearly twenty years, she served on the Women's Studies Steering Committee, as a Women's Studies
course instructor, and as the academic coordinator for Women's Studies. Ariel participated in numerous campus groups and organizations
that supported women's issues. She also contributed to the establishment of the many gay and lesbian groups that remain active
on the UC Irvine Campus including the Lilac Collective and the Gay and Lesbian Faculty and Staff Network.
Ariel excelled as a women's studies librarian, contributing considerably to the field of women's studies librarianship. She
was an active member of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and in 1983 she helped form the ACRL Women's
Studies Discussion Group. In 1987 Ariel published her book
Building Women's Studies Collections: A Resource Guide. That same year the ACRL discussion group that Ariel helped establish became the ACRL Women's Studies Section. In 2002 Ariel
received the ACRL Women's Studies Section Achievement Award for significant achievements and contributions to the field of
academic women's studies librarianship. She ended her career at the University of California in 2006 as the shared print planning
manager for UC system wide library planning in the Office of the President. At the time of her retirement she planned to continue
working as the part-time library director at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises files retained by Joan Ariel that document the University of California, Irvine Women's Studies
program, resources for women at UC Irvine, and the UC Irvine LGBT community. As the Women's Studies Librarian and a Women's
Studies faculty member at UC Irvine, Ariel served with numerous groups and organizations that supported women's issues and
the LGBT community on and off campus, including the Women's Studies Program Steering Committee, The Lilac Collective, and
the Pacific Women's Studies Association. This collection reflects her involvement with these groups and many others and documents
their activities from 1971 to 2000.
This collection includes agendas, minutes, correspondence, publications, reports, proposals, newsletters, photographs, and
ephemera.
This collection is arranged in 3 series: 1. Women's Studies files, 1975-2000. 2. Resource materials for women at UC Irvine,
1971-1998. 3. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community files, 1984-1996.
Related materials can be found in the following collections:
Joan Ariel Files on Women's Political Activism. MS-R111. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine,
California.
Joan Ariel Collection of Lesbian Periodicals. MS-R136. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine,
California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Syllabi -- 20th century
Gays -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Women's rights -- California -- Orange County -- History -- Sources
Lesbians -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Bisexuals -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Women's studies -- California -- Irvine -- 20th century.
Transgender people -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
California Commission on the Status of Women -- Archives
Affirmative action programs -- California -- Irvine -- Sources
Ariel, Joan -- Archives
University of California, Irvine -- Archives