Women's Resource Center records, 1962-1991 (bulk 1971-1989)

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Women's Resource Center records, 1962-1991 (bulk 1971-1989)

This collection contains brochures, correspondence, course materials, flyers, memoranda, minutes, news articles, newsletters, press releases, proposals, reports, and surveys, the bulk of which come from the administration of Shauna Adix (1971-1989) and the actind directorship of Beverly Purrington (June-August 1989). Approximately one half of a linear foot of material originates from University of Utah departments outside of the Women's Resource Center. This includes records from earlier women's programs offered through the Extension Division and the Division of Continuing Education. Another half of a linear foot of material is from non-University of Utah organizations with which the Women's Resource Center had interacted.

6.25 linear ft.

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University of Utah. Women's Resource Center

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The Women's Resource Center was founded in 1971 as a means of improving the general quality of coed education at the University of Utah through the implementation of programs which were responsive to the needs and concerns of female students, faculty, and staff. During the period covered by this collection, the Women's Resource Center fulfilled its mission by implementing a Women's Studies Program, establishing a branch office for the Higher Education Resource Services network for the western Un...

Consortium of Utah Women in Higher Education.

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HERS/West.

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University of Utah.

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The paleontological research was sponsored by the University of Utah. From the description of Utah vertebrate paleontological field photographs, [ca. 1965]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155518067 The following history is from the UTAH HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA article on the University of Utah, by Dr. Gregory C. Thompson: Originally named the University of Deseret, the University of Utah is the oldest state university west of the Missouri River. Founded...

Adix, Shauna McLatchy, 1932-

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Shauna McLatchy Adix was born 13 June 1932. She married Vern Adix, a professor of theater at the University of Utah. They had two children, David and Allison. Adix was a professor at the University of Utah, the first director of the Women's Resource Center (1971-1989), and an activist in women's issues. She obtained her bachelor's degree in Sociology in 1953 from the University of Utah. In 1958 she received her master's degree in human relations from Ohio University. Adix earned a Ph.D from the ...