CJ 370: Magazine Editing and Design

Generally Useful Resources for Studying the History of Women and Feminism at UWEC and in the Chippewa Valley

• “Voices from Eau Claire: Some Perspectives on Women and the Campus.”  Box 1, Folder 10.  Sarah Harder Papers, 1970-2000. AS586. Special Collections & Archives, McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Eau Claire, WI.

• Spectator (Student Newspaper), 1923-present. 2nd floor microfilm
  
  
• Eau Claire Leader Telegram (and its predecessors), 1858-present, 2nd floor microfilm
  
  
• Periscope (Yearbook), 1917-1995, Archives reading room
  
  
• University Catalogs, 1916-present, Archives reading room and vault (AS67)
  
  
• University Photo Archives, Archives reading room and vault
  
  
• Chippewa Valley Regional Photo Archives, Chippewa Valley Museum
  
  
• University Factbook (an excellent source of historical statistics about UWEC!)
  
  
• Carter, Hilda R. and John R. Jenswold. The University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire: A History, 1916-1976 Eau Claire: UW Eau Claire Foundation, 1976. (General stacks and Archives reading room)
  
  
• Barland, Lois Sawdust City (1960) and The RIvers Flow On (1965). Stevens Point, Wis.: Worzalla Publishing Company. (General stacks and Archives reading room).

Topic Suggestions

UWEC / Wisconsin State University at Eau Claire before Feminism

• Student life:
  
  
  • Gamma Sigma Sigma Scrapbooks, 1958-1978.
  • University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Memorial Hall Collection, 1946-1957. AS483.
  • University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Housing and Handbook Guides, 1947-2001. AS101
  • Periscope Yearbooks
  • Spectator Newspaper.
    
    
• Women's organizations:
  
  
  • University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Student Wives Club Records, 1963-1980, AS260.
  • University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire University Women’s Association Records, 1946-2006. AS261.
  • Periscope Yearbooks
  • Spectator Newspaper
    

Chippewa Valley Women's Organizations / Activism

• Pre-1960s:

• Eau Claire Woman's Club Records, 1895-1961. Eau Claire Mss BP.
• Dunn County Suffrage Party Minutes, 1912-1916. Stout SC 38.
• Eau Claire Leader Telegram
  
  
• Post-1960s:
  
  
  • Margo House Papers, 1973-1980.  Eau Claire Mss BU.
  • National Organization for Women. Eau Claire Chapter (Wis.), 1972-1983. Eau Claire Mss DA.
  • Women in Higher Education (Eau Claire, Wis.) Records, 1971-2001. AS518.
    

Careers of Female Faculty, Administrators, and Alumnae

• Sarah Harder Papers (professor, administrator, AAUW national president), 1970-2000.  AS586.
  
  
• Veda Stone American Indian Reference Collection (instructor and mentor to UWEC American Indian students), 1945-1970. Eau Claire Mss AP.
  
  
• Mabel Chipman Papers (UWEC business manager), 1890-1988. AS392.
  
  
• Grace Walsh Papers (Speech professor and forensics coach), 1931-1988. AS 551.
  
  
• M. Emily Hannah (Chancellor, 1981-1984), Chancellor's Correspondence and Subject FIles, 1939-1999, AS 1.
  
  
• Anne Devroy (White House correspondent and alumna), Transcripts of Devroy Presentations, 1998-2007, Video of the first Devroy lecture in the Archives (Local History Video PN4874 .D42 1998.), Devroy's articles in the Spectator and the Leader Telegram, circa 1966-1971.
  

Women's Issues at UWEC / UW System

• In the curriculum: University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Women’s Studies Program Records, 1974-1990. AS587. UWEC College of Arts & Sciences Records (Curriculum Committee Minutes), 1948-1998. AS48.
  
  
• In the administration: University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Commission on the Status of Women Records, 1984-. AS467; History of Women at the University of Wisconsin;
  UWEC Affirmative Action Plans, 1973-2001. AS123.
  
  
• In athletics: University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Athletics Committee Records, 1947-1991. AS547.
  

State-wide Women's Organizations / Initiatives -- Available at UWEC via Wisconsin Historical Society's Lending Network

• Wisconsin National Organization for Women Records, 1975-1995, WHS Mss 1035.
  
  
• Wisconsin. Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women Administrative Records, 1963-1978.  WHS Series 2193. ;  Continued by Wisconsin. Governor. Women and Family Initiatives Office Records, 1979-1983. WHS Series 1849.
  
  
• Wisconsin Women’s Network Records, 1967-1996. WHS Mss 961. 
  
  
• Wisconsin Society for the Equal Rights Amendment Records, 1945-1962. WHS Mss. 130. 
  
  
• Wisconsin Women’s Council Publications

National / International Context

• Use the McIntyre Library Catalog, the Universal Borrowing Catalog, and WorldCat to find scholarly books and contemporaneous popular books on the women's movement, feminism, and other relevant social currents and ideologies.
  
  
• Find full-text scholarly articles on the same subjects in JSTOR ("Feminist and Women's Studies" Journals), Project Muse ("Women's Studies" Journals), and citations to scholarly articles in Women's Studies International.
  
  
• Find articles from the popular feminist press in GenderWatch (PQ)
  
  
• Find articles from the mainstream press at The New York Times Web site (don't pay for the articles, though -- get them on microfilm at the library) and ProQuest Newspapers.

Previous Projects for Ideas and Inspiration: History 489 Papers

Bertelsen, Dana Rae. The Normal School: An Opportunity for Rural Women, 1916-1925 (2008)

Davis, Melisa.  Chippewa Valley Rosies: The Economic, Social and Cultural Impact of World War II on the Women of the Chippewa Valley (2003)

Dykema, Janet.  Royaleers and Rubberheads: Women Workers at Eau Claire’s U.S. Rubber Plant (1999)

Hanson, Jodi. The Triumvirate: Manifestations of Protest at Wisconsin State University at Eau Claire in the 1960s. (2003)

Jahnke, Jill.  From Tomboys to Athletes: How Title IX Changed Women's Athletics at UW-Eau Claire, 1972-1980 (2008)

Kordovsky, Laura K. The Influence of National Movements on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire: Abortion and Contraception (2008)

Lambert, Laura M. The Roles Women Played in Wisconsin Chippewa Treaty Rights, 1984-94 (2002)

Lee, Mary. The Changing Gender Roles of Hmong Women in the United States (2003)

Lidtke, Suzanne. Enough is Enough: The Creation and Evolution of a Refuge Shelter (2002).

Mierzejewski, Marie Lynn. The Imprint of One Woman: Veda Stone's Influence on Wisconsin Native Americans (2007)

Volkers, Erica. Thunderbird Sky Woman:  A Legacy of Education and Leadership in Indian Communities (1996)