Kentucky Women Writers Conference records.

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Kentucky Women Writers Conference records.

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The Kentucky Women Writers Conference records contain files and publicity materials, reports, and advisory committee papers that were created by the staff of the Kentucky Women Writers conference and its affiliates. The collection spans from 1979-2007, with the bulk of the collection spanning from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. This collection documents the work of those who directed and organized the Women Writers Conference. It includes grant proposals written to fund the conference, planning and organization correspondence, and advisory committee meetings that shaped the conference. The collection includes promotional materials generated by conference staff, which display the dates of the conference, the times of conference sessions, and who presented at which conference.

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Kentucky Women Writers Conference.

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Kentucky Women Writers Conference. Staff and Advisory Committee.

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The Kentucky Women Writers Conference began at the University of Kentucky in 1979 with a group of six faculty members from several departments at the university (English, Honors, Undergraduate Studies, and Special Collections). The goal of the original conference was to expose undergraduate students to the issue of the woman writer and the nature of women's writing. The presenters at the first conference included Maya Angelou, Ruth Whitman, and Alice Walker. Between the ...

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The University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY is a land grant institution founded in 1865. The University evolved through three stages before becoming the University of Kentucky in 1916: the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky University, 1865-78, a private, denominational institution in Lexington created by an act of the legislature on February 22, 1865; the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky, 1878-1908; and State University, Lexington, 1908-1916. A statute in 1916 changed ...