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Penn Women's Center records

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
UPE 504
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Extent:
  • 12 cubic feet (8 record cartons, 1 document box, and 1 oversize flat box)
  • 6.8 gigabyte(s)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Penn Women's Center records (1969-2023) UPE 504, University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Date:
1969-2023 (inclusive) and 1973-2009 (bulk)
Creator:
Penn Women's Center (1973-)
Form:
Fliers (Ephemera), Computer source media, Agendas (administrative records), Minutes (administrative records), Clippings, Photographs, Clothing, Reports, Architectural drawings (visual works), Correspondence, Brochures, Posters, Printed ephemera, and Periodicals
Abstract:
The Penn Women's Center at the University of Pennsylvania was founded in the fall of 1973 following a four day "Stop Rape" protest on campus. The Center's mission is to provide advocacy, education, support, and outreach services to all women in the greater Penn community. The records in this collection are not comprehensive, but they nevertheless provide a good overview of the Penn Women's Center's first fifty years of history, with the decades of the 1980s and 1990s best represented. The types of material most commonly found are reports, committee meeting materials, reference files, and event planning records and ephemera.

The catalyst that led to the creation of the Penn Women's Center was a four day "Stop Rape" sit-in at College Hall by Penn community women, including students, faculty, and staff. The protest concluded on April 6, 1973 and among the numerous agreements that were made by University leadership to improve safety on campus was a commitment to create a women's center. In September of the same year, Sharon M. Grossmann was appointed as the first Coordinator of the new Penn Women's Center, which was organized under the Office of the Dean of Students and located in Room 110 of Logan Hall (now Cohen Hall). Cara Crosby, an Annenberg Center staff member, described the Center's official opening on October 3, 1973, as a "jam packed, joyful event." (1) Crosby's October 11 letter to the editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian went on to say that the new Penn Women's Center gave "hope for the future" to the more than 200 women who attended, but she also revealed that her motivation for writing was her disappointment that the newspaper had failed to mention the event over the preceding days.

The enthusiasm that Crosby witnessed remained evident a year later in the Penn Women's Center's first annual report. Two full-time staff, an unknown number of work study students, and 10 volunteers, utilized a "suite of rooms" in Logan Hall that also accommodated meetings, classes, projects, and socializing. The report noted that space in Houston Hall was also being utilized on an ad-hoc basis. It's not clear exactly when, but by the mid-1980s Houston Hall had become the primary home of the Women's Center.

From its inception, the Penn Women's Center sought to help address the concerns of women at Penn at all levels - students, faculty, and staff - as well as women from throughout the wider community. These concerns ran the gamut from basic safety, practical needs, and both academic and professional achievement. To meet these concerns, the Center gathered information on available resources throughout the region, partnered with allied organizations both on and off campus, and developed its own services and programs. In their 1985-1986 annual report, the staff had grown to three full-time and one part-time employee, with 11 student workers and/or interns. A counseling program was run by two Ph.D. students from the Graduate School of Education, which provided services to 32 women that year. In addition, sixty women had come to the Center to seek assistance with other concerns.

By 1990, a growing movement to "Diversify Locust Walk" to better reflect the demographics of the Penn community, lead to an opportunity for the Penn Women's Center to acquire a home of its own. That opportunity was a nineteenth century residence at 3643 Locust Walk, known as "Locust House" that had fallen in disrepair following years of use by the Theta Xi fraternity. Locust House would be refurbished and designated for the Center's use, but only after years of extensive debate and study across all levels of the Penn community. According to Colleen Mastony, writing in the September, 1996 edition of, The Labyrinth, the repurposing of Locust House, as well as other changes made to Locust Walk, occurred "in spite of the controversy and hostility from supporters of the old establishment." (2)

Providing the Women's Center with a central home in the heart of campus was a significant achievement for those who supported changing the character of Locust Walk, but it also helped to alleviate the Center's chronic shortage of space in Houston Hall. As Mastony described the situation, the Penn Women's Center, "had long been burdened by the space constraints of the current location, where committee members and employees became accustomed to sitting on the floor during meetings and shuffling around from room to room to make space available for counseling sessions."

The Penn Women's Center held an open house and reception on October 3, 1996, to formally celebrate their new home in Locust House. In the years since, the Center has addressed concerns around women's health and safety by offering workshops, counseling services, and organizing public awareness campaigns, such as "Take Back the Night" and the "Clothesline Project." The Center has presented trainings, seminars, and events on a range of topics from career development, personal health, gender discrimination, educational equity, and parenting. The Center has collaborated with other organizations, such as Wharton Women and the Black Student League to promote women's leadership. The Penn Women's Center has served as a clearinghouse of information on a range of topics of interest to women, such as: child care, employment opportunities, self-defense, stress management, and medical, legal, and mental health services. Locust House continues to serve as the administrative home for the Penn Women's Center, but as their website currently notes, it is also a safe space for, "for women, female-identified persons and feminists of all genders to study, relax, host meetings, and workshops or team up for civic engagement projects." (3)

Citations:

(1) Crosby, Cara. "Letters to the Editor." The Daily Pennsylvanian, 11 Oct. 1973, dparchives.library.upenn.edu/?a=d&d=tdp19731011-01.2.18. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

(2) Mastony, Colleen. "The Penn Women's Center Moving to High Profile Location." Labyrinth: The Philadelphia Women's Newspaper, Sept. 1996.

(3) Penn Women's Center. "About Us." pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/aboutus/#who. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

Other works consulted

Murphy, Marilyn. "Women Plan College Hall Protest; Meetings, Sit-In Set for Tuesday." The Daily Pennsylvanian, 2 Apr. 1973, dparchives.library.upenn.edu/?a=d&d=tdp19730402-01.2.3. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

"Report of the Committee to Diversify Locust Walk." University of Pennsylvania Almanac, 3 Sept. 1991, almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v38pdf/n04/091791-insert.pdf. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

"Women on the Walk: Locust House Opening October 3." University of Pennsylvania Almanac, 24 Sept. 1996.

The Penn Women's Center records are arranged alphabetically and organized into four series: I. Administrative records, II. Events and promotional materials, III. Reference materials, and IV. Digital source media.

The Administrative records series contains reports, correspondence, meeting records, mailing and contact lists, strategic plans, and other documents of the Center's activities. Of particular interest are annual reports from select years, compilations of select newspaper articles and editorials, and resources on safety and security.

The Events and promotional materials series largely contains a collection of flyers, handbills, post cards, and other ephemera that promoted or commemorated events that the Penn Women Center either organized, was associated with, or was of general interest to its members. Also of note is a collection of records from the Women of Color Day Planning Committee from the mid-1990s and a small set of event photographs. Some event planning records and ephemera for anniversary events can also be found in the Administrative records series.

The Reference materials series contains a variety of publications, from pamphlets to magazines to other materials, that reflect the Center's longstanding practice of serving as a library and clearinghouse of information that could be of interest to its members. A diverse range of topics is covered, from abortion, to empowerment counseling, to poetry and public safety.

The Digital source media series contains the original diskettes, optical disks, and other digital media that came with this collection. This media is available to see, but the original files that were stored on the media can only be accessed with a special laptop in our reading room. For more information, please see the Conditions Governing Access note.

I. Administrative records

II. Events and promotional materials

III. Reference materials

a. Publications

b. Newspapers and magazines

c. Reference files

IV. Digital source media

Records were transferred to the University Archive, September 11, 2024.

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Access Restrictions

Access to collections is granted in accordance with the Protocols for the University Archives and Records Center.

The bulk of this collection is open for research use, however, use of computer disks in Series IV. Digital source media is restricted. The computer files originally stored on these disks have been processed and are available for research use (see items described as "Digital Content (Reading Room Access Only)" along the right-hand side in the Collection Inventory). These computer files are reading-room access only on a dedicated computer in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library.

Collection Inventory

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15th anniversary flyer, undated.
Box 1 Folder 1
20th anniversary of Penn anti-rape sit-in flyer, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 2
25th Anniversary - event fliers and correspondence, 1998.
Box 1 Folder 3
30th anniversary - invitation packets, award lists, 2003.
Box 1 Folder 4
30th anniversary contact / remembrance cards, 2003.
Box 1 Folder 5
30th Anniversary Planning Committee - correspondence, budgets, meeting notes, clippings, 2003.
Box 1 Folder 6
30th Anniversary Planning Committee - correspondence, budgets, meeting notes, clippings [RESTRICTED], 2003.
Box 10 Folder 1
30th Anniversary Planning Committee - correspondence, budgets, meeting notes, clippings, 2003.
Box 1 Folder 7
30th Anniversary Planning Committee - correspondence, budgets, meeting notes, clippings [RESTRICTED], 2003.
Box 10 Folder 2
40th anniversary binder - collection of past events, 2013.
Box 1 Folder 8
Additional space needs for Penn Women's Center - report and correspondence, 1974-1976.
Box 1 Folder 9
Advisory Board agenda and report, computer files (84.5 kilobytes), circa 1997-2000.
Digital Content (Reading Room Access Only) puar-UPE-504-001
Affirmative action conference - correspondence, schedule, survey, 1981.
Box 1 Folder 10
Affirmative Action Council - meeting minutes, procedures, correspondence, memoranda, 1985-1988.
Box 1 Folder 11
Affirmative Action Council - meeting minutes, procedures, correspondence, memoranda, 1987-1989.
Box 1 Folder 12
Affirmative Action Council - meeting minutes, procedures, correspondence, memoranda, 1991-1992.
Box 1 Folder 13
Affirmative Action Council - meeting minutes, procedures, correspondence, memoranda, 1990-1991.
Box 1 Folder 14
Affirmative Action Council - meeting minutes, procedures, correspondence, memoranda, 1990-1991.
Box 1 Folder 15
Affirmative Action Council - meeting minutes, procedures, correspondence, memoranda, 1990-1991.
Box 1 Folder 16
Affirmative Action Council, Grievance Procedure Subcommittee - agendas, meetings, drafts, 1987-1989.
Box 1 Folder 17
Affirmative Action Plan, revision planning, 1988.
Box 1 Folder 18
Annual report, 1985-86, 1985-1986.
Box 1 Folder 19
Annual report, 1986-87, 1987.
Box 1 Folder 20
Annual reports, computer files (25.7 megabytes), circa 1998-1999.
Digital Content (Reading Room Access Only) puar-UPE-504-002
Bad Things Happen to Good People all the Time - draft pamphlet, undated.
Box 1 Folder 21
Campus crime prevention achievement awards, undated.
Box 1 Folder 22
Campus resources on sexuality issues, 1986.
Box 1 Folder 23
Christmas card list - cards received, undated.
Box 1 Folder 24
City Council of the City of Philadelphia, Citation on National Women of Color Day - photocopy, 1994 March 1.
Box 1 Folder 27
City Council of the City of Philadelphia, formal welcoming of participants in the 20th anniversary celebration of the historic anti-rape sit-in at Penn, 1993 April 3.
Box 9
Conference and workshop recommendations, 1978.
Box 1 Folder 28
Contact lists, 1997-2003.
Box 1 Folder 30
Contact lists [RESTRICTED], 1997-2003.
Box 10 Folder 3
Contact lists, 2012-2013.
Box 1 Folder 31
Contact lists [RESTRICTED], 2012-2013.
Box 10 Folder 4
Contact lists - groups, 1992.
Box 1 Folder 32
Correspondence, 1974-2005.
Box 1 Folder 33
Counseling proposal for Penn Women's Center, 1990.
Box 1 Folder 35
Critical Issues Committee - minutes, agendas, reports, 2003.
Box 1 Folder 36
Critical Issues Committee - minutes, agendas, reports [RESTRICTED], 2003.
Box 10 Folder 6
Daily Pennsylvanian, list of articles, 1972-1973.
Box 2 Folder 18
DiLapi, Elena Maria - committees, 1996-1997.
Box 1 Folder 37
DiLapi, Elena Maria, congratulatory messages, 1985.
Box 1 Folder 29
DiLapi, Elena Maria - curriculum vitae, undated.
Box 1 Folder 38
Diversity education - checklist, 1992.
Box 1 Folder 39
Division of University Life, Directors meetings - agendas, minutes, correspondence, 1985-1987.
Box 1 Folder 40
Division of University Life, Directors meetings - agendas, minutes, correspondence, 1985-1987.
Box 2 Folder 1
Division of University Life, Directors meetings - agendas, minutes, correspondence, 1987-1989.
Box 2 Folder 2
Division of University Life, Directors meetings - agendas, minutes, correspondence, 1989-1991.
Box 2 Folder 3
Division of University Life, retreat - schedules, reports, correspondence, 1985-1987.
Box 2 Folder 4
Escort service reports, 1986.
Box 2 Folder 5
First annual awards luncheon - flyer and correspondence, 2004-2005.
Box 2 Folder 6
First annual awards luncheon - flyer and correspondence [RESTRICTED], 2004-2005.
Box 10 Folder 7
First International Conference on Campus Sexual Assault - correspondence and feedback, 1991.
Box 2 Folder 7
FY 2000 strategic goals, computer files (302.1 kilobytes) - [RESTRICTED], circa 2000.
Digital Content (Reading Room Access Only) puar-UPE-504-003
FY 2000-2001 budget planning, computer files (285.5 kilobytes), circa 1999.
Digital Content (Reading Room Access Only) puar-UPE-504-004
FY 2000-2001 workplans and activities, computer files (111.1 kilobytes), circa 1999.
Digital Content (Reading Room Access Only) puar-UPE-504-005
FY 2001 strategic planning, computer files (380.4 kilobytes), circa 1999.
Digital Content (Reading Room Access Only) puar-UPE-504-006
Grant application materials for programs on abortion, affirmative action, and violent pornography, 1980-1981.
Box 2 Folder 8
Grant received for programs on abortion, affirmative action, and violent pornography - survey, correspondence, publicity, 1981.
Box 2 Folder 9
Grievance Committee - draft procedures for staff, 1988.
Box 2 Folder 10
Groundbreaking mailing list, 1995 April 17.
Box 2 Folder 11
Gutmann, Amy, correspondence upon her appointment as Penn President, 2004.
Box 1 Folder 34
Gutmann, Amy, correspondence upon her appointment as Penn President [RESTRICTED], 2004.
Box 10 Folder 5
Hefner visit - editorial [Christie Hefner, CEO of Playboy Enterprises visits Wharton School], 1994.
Box 2 Folder 12
How to bring a speaker to campus - guide and forms, 1992-1993.
Box 2 Folder 13
Information requests, 1992-1996.
Box 2 Folder 14
Ivy League women's centers, comparative data, 1980-1981.
Box 2 Folder 15
Leadership Award recipients - annotated , 2006.
Box 2 Folder 16
Leadership Award recipients - annotated [RESTRICTED], 2006.
Box 10 Folder 8
Letters to the Editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian, 1981-1982.
Box 2 Folder 17
Locust House, operations and maintenance manual for renovations, 1996 December 10.
Box 2 Folder 29
Locust House renovation, construction plans, 1996-1997.
Box 2 Folder 19
Locust House site plan, 1996.
Box 2 Folder 20
Locust Walk, chronology of incidents, 1990.
Box 1 Folder 25
Locust Walk planning study, 1990 October.
Box 10
Locust Walk, thank you letters related to move, 1995.
Box 3 Folder 4
Mailing lists, 1989-1991.
Box 2 Folder 21
Mailing lists, 1990-1992.
Box 2 Folder 22
Mailing lists, 1994-1995.
Box 2 Folder 23
Mailing lists, 1995-1996.
Box 2 Folder 24
Media contacts, circa 1995.
Box 2 Folder 25
Multicultural women at Penn - flyers, outline of concerns, undated.
Box 2 Folder 26
Notes, drafts, clippings, and other materials, undated.
Box 2 Folder 27
Old brochures, 1996.
Box 2 Folder 28
Penn Women's Center - 5-year goals, fact sheet, newsletter, 1980.
Box 2 Folder 30
Penn Women's Center Advisory Board - correspondence, agendas, notes, 1985-1989.
Box 2 Folder 31
Penn Women's Center awards, certificate copies, 2003.
Box 2 Folder 32
Penn Women's Center break-in - police report, 1998 February 15.
Box 2 Folder 33
Penn Women's Center, issue of collectivity, chronology, 1976 November18.
Box 1 Folder 26
Penn Women's Center, services to Individuals: documented case management / counseling Services 1996-97, 1997.
Box 2 Folder 39
Penn Women's Network Vol. 1 No. 1, 1985 February.
Box 2 Folder 34
Penn Women's News, Vol. 1 No. 6 and Vol. 2 No.2, 1973.
Box 2 Folder 35
Penn Women's Studies Planners: Proposal for a Department of Women's Studies, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 36
"Potential PWC alums", undated.
Box 2 Folder 37
Proclamation of "Penn Women's Center Day" by City of Philadelphia - photocopy, 2003 October 3.
Box 2 Folder 38
Rape Survivors Group - memoranda, flyer, evaluation, 1996.
Box 2 Folder 40
Relocation to Locust Walk - drawings, correspondence, clippings, planning materials, 1994-1996.
Box 2 Folder 41
Responding to Rape: The Penn Experience by Elena Marie DiLapi and Ruth Smith Wells - report, extract, correspondence, 1988.
Box 2 Folder 42
Safety and Security binder, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 43
Safety and Security binder, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 44
Senate of Pennsylvania formal congratulations on the opening of the Locust House Penn Women's Center, 1996 October 2.
Box 10 Folder Unknown
Sexual assault awareness program - program and clippings, 1997.
Box 2 Folder 45
Sexual assault counseling resources, 2004-2006.
Box 2 Folder 46
Sexual assault counseling resources [RESTRICTED], 2004-2006.
Box 10 Folder 9
Sponsored events - invoices and correspondence, 1995-1996.
Box 2 Folder 47
Staff meetings - schedules, notes, memoranda, 1985-1989.
Box 2 Folder 48
Staff meetings - schedules, notes, memoranda, 1991.
Box 2 Folder 49
Staff meetings - schedules, notes, memoranda, 2004.
Box 2 Folder 50
Staff meetings - schedules, notes, memoranda [RESTRICTED], 2004.
Box 10 Folder 10
Staff members and works study students - lists by year, 1985-2002.
Box 3 Folder 1
Subscriptions - periodicals, undated.
Box 3 Folder 2
"TCPW" alumni mailing list, 2003.
Box 3 Folder 3
"TCPW" alumni mailing list [RESTRCITED], 2003.
Box 10 Folder 11
The Women's Center at Stanford University - photocopied pamphlet, 1973.
Box 3 Folder 5
University Council - year-end reports, 1985-1986.
Box 3 Folder 6
University Council - bylaws, correspondence, minutes, reports, 1986-1987.
Box 3 Folder 7
University Council - bylaws, correspondence, minutes, reports, 1987-1988.
Box 3 Folder 8
White Women Against Racism, 1987-2001.
Box 3 Folder 9
Women at Penn: A Progress Report, Penn Arts & Sciences, Spring 1989, 1989.
Box 3 Folder 10
Women for Equal Opportunity at the University of Pennsylvania, 1981.
Box 3 Folder 11
Women's courses regarding safety and security - statement and report, 1988.
Box 3 Folder 12
Women's resource guide - pamphlet, notes, and documents, 1989.
Box 3 Folder 13

35mm color negatives and two photographs [1 sheet of negatives, 2 color photographs, context unknown], undated.
Box 3 Folder 14
40th anniversary exhibit materials, 9 mounted photographs and 5 text panels, circa 2003.
Box 3 Folder 15
A History of the University of Pennsylvania's National Women of Color Day Awards Luncheon, 1995.
Box 3 Folder 16
ABUSE ISSUES IN DATING VIOLENCE, Elena Marie DiLapi, ACSW, Penn Women's Center, University of Pennsylvania -- paper or talk, computer files (54.3 kilobytes), 2000.
Digital Content (Reading Room Access Only) puar-UPE-504-007
African American Resource Center 10th Anniversary t-shirt, black, 1990.
Box 10
Button designs and other artwork, undated.
Box 3 Folder 17
Buttons, undated.
Box 3 Folder 18
Event flyers and handbills, 1977-2023.
Box 3 Folder 19
Event flyers and handbills, 1977-2023.
Box 3 Folder 20
Event flyers and handbills, 1977-2023.
Box 3 Folder 21
Event flyers and handbills, 1977-2023.
Box 3 Folder 22
Event planning - list of events with sponsors, publicity, attendance, demographic info, space planning, computer files (274.1 kilobytes), 1999-2000.
Digital Content (Reading Room Access Only) puar-UPE-504-008
Events and outreach, 1980s - flyers, correspondence, calendar, 1981-1983.
Box 6 Folder 29
Flyers, brochures, and handouts, from Penn and other regional resources, 1983-2012 and undated.
Box 3 Folder 23
Flyers, brochures, and handouts, from Penn and other regional resources, 1983-2012 and undated.
Box 3 Folder 24
Flyers, brochures, and handouts, from Penn and other regional resources, 1983-2012 and undated.
Box 3 Folder 25
Flyers, brochures, and handouts, from Penn and other regional resources, 1983-2012 and undated.
Box 3 Folder 26
Flyers, brochures, and handouts, from Penn Women's Center, 2009 and undated.
Box 3 Folder 27
"Herstory" Women's Week 2012 t-shirt, green, 2012.
Box 10
"I am a Woman Taking Charge" t-shirt, white, 1989.
Box 10
Mayor of the City of Philadelphia proclamation of "Ending Campus Violence Week", 1988 October 23.
Box 10
"One in Four" t-shirt, navy blue, undated.
Box 10
OWN IT Penn Women's EmPOWERment Conference tickets, undated.
Box 3 Folder 28
Pens, keychains, and other promotional ephemera, undated.
Box 3 Folder 29
Penn Pro-Choice banner.
Box 10
Penn Women's Center, campaign presentation materials, 2019.
Box 10
Penn Women's Center, infant onesie, grey, undated.
Box 10
Penn Women's Center, "Thank you for helping us grow" coffee mug, undated.
Box 8 Folder 8
Posters and Placards.
Box 10
Posters and Placards.
Box 10
"Take Back the Night" t-shirt, maroon, 2012.
Box 10
"Take Back the Night" t-shirt, navy blue, 2013.
Box 10
"The Penn Monologues" banner.
Box 10
Unknown event - case studies, question and answers, on the experience of difference, May 10, 2000, computer files (175.6 kilobytes), circa 2000.
Digital Content (Reading Room Access Only) puar-UPE-504-009
"What Does a Feminist Look Like" t-shirt, white, undated.
Box 10
Women of Color Day - advertising information, 1994-1995.
Box 3 Folder 30
Women of Color Day Awards Luncheon - planning and event information, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 31
Women of Color Day Planning Committee - agendas, contact list, correspondence, subcommittees, 1995-1996.
Box 4 Folder 1
Women of Color Day Planning Committee - announcements, 1995-1996.
Box 4 Folder 2
Women of Color Day Planning committee - correspondence, agendas, minutes, notes, and other materials, 1992-1995.
Box 4 Folder 3
Women of Color Day Planning committee - correspondence, agendas, minutes, notes, and other materials, 1992-1995.
Box 4 Folder 4
Women of Color Day Planning Committee - correspondence, flyers, agendas, 1991-1999.
Box 4 Folder 5
Women of Color Day Planning Committee - correspondence, flyers, agendas, 1993-1996.
Box 4 Folder 6
Women of Color Day Planning Committee - events and merchandise, 1996.
Box 4 Folder 7
Women of Color Day Planning Committee - invitation letters, 1995-1997.
Box 4 Folder 8
Women of Color Day Planning Committee - notes, agenda, 1994.
Box 4 Folder 9
Women of Color Day Planning Committee - notes, agenda, correspondence, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 10
Women of Color Day Planning Committee - solicitation letters, 1995-1996.
Box 4 Folder 11
Women of Color Logistics Subcommittee - events, correspondence, task lists, 1996.
Box 4 Folder 12
Women of Color Logistics Subcommittee - events, correspondence, task lists, ephemera, 1996-1997.
Box 4 Folder 13
Women's Work event photo album, 2006.
Box 10
Women's Week photos - includes Maya Angelou talk, computer files (39.8 megabytes), undated.
Digital Content (Reading Room Access Only) puar-UPE-504-010

A Voyage Out, Spring 1975 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1975.
Box 4 Folder 14
A Voyage Out, Spring 1976 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1976.
Box 4 Folder 15
A Voyage Out, Spring 1977 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1977.
Box 4 Folder 16
A Voyage Out, Spring 1978 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1978.
Box 4 Folder 17
A Voyage Out, Spring 1979 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1979.
Box 4 Folder 18
A Voyage Out, Spring 1980 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1980.
Box 4 Folder 19
A Voyage Out, Spring 1981 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1981.
Box 4 Folder 20
A Voyage Out, Spring 1985 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1985.
Box 4 Folder 21
A Voyage Out, Spring 1986 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1986.
Box 4 Folder 22
A Voyage Out, Spring 1987 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1987.
Box 4 Folder 23
A Voyage Out, Spring 1990 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 24
A Voyage Out, Spring 1991 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1991.
Box 4 Folder 25
A Voyage Out, 1992/1993 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1992-1993.
Box 4 Folder 26
A Voyage Out, 1996 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1996.
Box 4 Folder 27
A Voyage Out, 1997 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1997.
Box 4 Folder 28
A Voyage Out, 1998 - Penn Women's Literary Magazine, 1998.
Box 4 Folder 29
Women of the Ivy League, Fall 1986 - literary magazine, 1986.
Box 4 Folder 30
34th Street magazine, 2017 October 30 - 2019 August 28, 2017-2019.
Box 9
Almanac, 1979, 1981, 1983, and 2008, 1981-2008.
Box 4 Folder 31
American Women: Emancipation and Radicalism, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 32
American Women: Their Image, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 33
American Women: Today, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 34
American Women: Transition Period, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 35
The Atlantic magazine, 1970 March, 1970.
Box 4 Folder 36
The Black and Blue, circa 1997.
Box 4 Folder 37
Brown Alumni Monthly, 1992 February, 1992.
Box 4 Folder 38
Campus Times, 1984-1985 academic year, 1984.
Box 4 Folder 39
Community, Philadelphia's Progressive Paper, 1981 March 12 - April 1, 1981.
Box 4 Folder 40
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Spring '90 - abortion, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 41
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Spring '90 - child care issues, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 42
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Spring '90 - crime, violence, safety, and security issues, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 43
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Spring '90 - fraternity and sorority issues, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 44
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Spring '90 - harassment (sexual and racial), 1990.
Box 4 Folder 45
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Spring '90 - health issues, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 46
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Spring '90 - lesbian and gay issues, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 47
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Spring '90 - minority affairs, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 48
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Spring '90 - miscellaneous, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 49
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Spring '90 - racism and race relations, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 50
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Spring '90 - rape, abuse, and battering, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 51
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Spring '90 - tenure issues, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 52
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Spring '90 - women in high positions, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 53
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Fall '94 - abortion, 1994.
Box 5 Folder 1
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Fall '94 - crime, violence, safety, and security, 1994.
Box 5 Folder 2
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Fall '94 - fraternity and sorority affairs, 1994.
Box 5 Folder 3
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Fall '94 - harassment, 1994.
Box 5 Folder 4
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Fall '94 - health issues, 1994.
Box 5 Folder 5
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Fall '94 - lesbian and gay issues, 1994.
Box 5 Folder 6
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Fall '94 - minority affairs, 1994.
Box 5 Folder 7
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Fall '94 - miscellaneous, 1994.
Box 5 Folder 8
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Fall '94 - race and racism, 1994.
Box 5 Folder 9
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Fall '94 - rape, abuse, and battery, 1994.
Box 5 Folder 10
Daily Pennsylvanian clippings, Fall '94 - women in high positions, 1994.
Box 5 Folder 11
Esquire magazine, 1973 July, 1973.
Box 5 Folder 12
Harper's magazine, 1981 October, 1981.
Box 5 Folder 13
Life magazine, 1970 September 4 and 1971 August 13, 1973.
Box 100 Folder Unknown
Ms. magazine, spring and summer - 1972, 1972.
Box 5 Folder 14
Ms. magazine, August, October, November - 1973, 1973.
Box 5 Folder 15
Ms. magazine, September - 1985, 1985.
Box 5 Folder 16
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1985 - multiple topics, 1985.
Box 5 Folder 17
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1986 - racism, 1986.
Box 5 Folder 18
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1986 - multiple topics, 1986.
Box 5 Folder 19
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1986 - multiple topics, 1986.
Box 5 Folder 20
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1987 - multiple topics, 1987.
Box 5 Folder 21
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1988 - Penn Women's Center director resigns, 1988.
Box 5 Folder 22
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1988 - multiple topics, 1988.
Box 5 Folder 23
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1989 - multiple topics, 1989.
Box 5 Folder 24
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1990 - multiple topics, 1990.
Box 5 Folder 25
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1991 - multiple topics, 1991.
Box 5 Folder 26
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1992 - multiple topics, 1992.
Box 5 Folder 27
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1993 - multiple topics, 1993.
Box 5 Folder 28
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1994 - multiple topics, 1994.
Box 5 Folder 29
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1994 - multiple topics, 1994.
Box 5 Folder 30
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1995 - multiple topics, 1995.
Box 5 Folder 31
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1996 - multiple topics, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 32
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1997 - multiple topics, 1997.
Box 5 Folder 33
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1998 - multiple topics, 1998.
Box 5 Folder 34
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 2001-2018 - multiple topics, 2001-2018.
Box 5 Folder 35
Newspaper and magazine clippings, undated - multiple topics, undated.
Box 6 Folder 1
On Campus with Women, summer 1985 - winter 1986, 1985-1986.
Box 6 Folder 2
Penn Current, 2008 June 12 - 2008 October 2, 2008.
Box 6 Folder 3
The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 1986, April 1991, 1986-1991.
Box 6 Folder 4
Perspective, fall 1994 - spring 1995, 1994-1995.
Box 6 Folder 5
Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine - "The Incident at Alpha Tau Omega", 1983 September 11.
Box 6 Folder 6
Philadelphia NOW Newsletter, 1981 February - March, 1981.
Box 6 Folder 7
Return of the Goddess, poetry and date book, 1994.
Box 6 Folder 8
Saturday Review magazine, 1975 June 4, 1975.
Box 6 Folder 9
Sociolog, fall 1990 - May 1998, 1990-1998.
Box 6 Folder 10
TELL-A-WOMAN, March 1981, 1981.
Box 6 Folder 11
Time magazine, 1972 October and 1990 fall, 1972-1990.
Box 6 Folder 12
wH2O: The Journal of Gender and Water, April 2012, 2012.
Box 6 Folder 13
Women: A Journal of Liberation, 1969 fall - 1970 summer, 1969-1970.
Box 6 Folder 14
21st Century Strategic Plan for University Life Excellence - plan, presentation, report, 1996-1998.
Box 6 Folder 15
Abortion program, 1981.
Box 6 Folder 16
Affirmative Action Council - correspondence and minutes, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 17
AIDS - correspondence, retreat information, articles, 2001-2003.
Box 6 Folder 18
Acquaintance rape / sexual violence policy training - understanding the issues, undated.
Box 6 Folder 19
Association of Alumnae Board Members - agendas, minutes, and "Herstory" presentation, 1988-1989.
Box 6 Folder 20
Association of Black Social Work Students, 1993-2004.
Box 6 Folder 21
Brennan, Patty, hiring records, 1996.
Box 7 Folder 15
Campus based women's centers [not at Penn], 2004-2007.
Box 6 Folder 22
Combating Racism Resource Kit, 1993.
Box 6 Folder 23
CV: The College Magazine, "Young Hate, Racism on Campus", 1990.
Box 6 Folder 24
Diversity rows [controversies], 1988-1919.
Box 6 Folder 25
Drexel University grant to combat violence against women on college campuses, 2000-2001.
Box 6 Folder 26
Empowerment counseling, undated.
Box 6 Folder 27
Evaluation forms, undated.
Box 6 Folder 28
Federal Laws and Regulations Prohibiting Sex Discrimination in Educational Institutions, 1977.
Box 6 Folder 30
Gay and Lesbian Center News, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 31
General resources, 1970-2011.
Box 6 Folder 32
Girl Talk, A Book of References binder, volume I, circa 1991-2001.
Box 6 Folder 33
Girl Talk, A Book of References binder, volume I, circa 1991-2001.
Box 6 Folder 34
Girl Talk, A Book of References binder, volume II, circa 1991-2001.
Box 6 Folder 35
Girl Talk, A Book of References binder, volume II, circa 1991-2001.
Box 6 Folder 36
Girl Talk, A Book of References binder, volume II, circa 1991-2001.
Box 6 Folder 37
Giving Lynda A Standing Ovation: Penn Pays Tribute to a Great Educator and Scholar, by Elena Marie DiLapi, 2002.
Box 6 Folder 38
Graphics for International Women, 1991.
Box 6 Folder 39
Healthy sexuality, undated.
Box 6 Folder 40
International Conference on Women and the Constitution, 1986-1987.
Box 7 Folder 1
Jordan, Barbara, memorial tribute to, 1996.
Box 7 Folder 7
Lesbian Connection catalog - three issues, 1996-1997.
Box 7 Folder 2
LGBT Communities and Domestic Violence, 1986-2007.
Box 7 Folder 3
Marital rape - brochure and program information, 1984.
Box 7 Folder 4
Marriage counseling - Marriage Council of Philadelphia brochures and program information, 1987-1992.
Box 7 Folder 5
Masterson School sexual harassment training, 1988.
Box 7 Folder 6
Mid-80s poetry - two poems, undated.
Box 7 Folder 8
Minority women and higher education, undated.
Box 7 Folder 9
National Coming Out Day, 1994-1997.
Box 7 Folder 10
National Conference of Puerto Rican Women - correspondence, 1986.
Box 7 Folder 11
"Older Collegians, Date Rape" letter in The Black Collegian, 1991.
Box 7 Folder 13
Parenting and child care - correspondence, article clippings, 1987-1988.
Box 7 Folder 14
Penn Extension - letter and brochure, 1986.
Box 7 Folder 16
Penn LGBT - flyers, brochures, and clippings, 1993-1996.
Box 7 Folder 17
Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations - nomination form for Penn Women's Center, 1996.
Box 7 Folder 12
Philadelphia LBGT - flyers, brochures, clippings, newsletters, 1991-1998.
Box 7 Folder 18
Poor Richard, spring 1981 - Penn alumni activities, 1981.
Box 7 Folder 19
Pornography and the Subordination of Women, by Jennifer Richards, 2002.
Box 7 Folder 20
Posters - photographs of, undated.
Box 7 Folder 21
Progress notes - blank forms, notes, outline, undated.
Box 7 Folder 22
Prostitution, 1985-1992.
Box 7 Folder 23
A Psychological Analysis of an Institutional Setting, by Kathie E. Murphy, undated.
Box 7 Folder 24
Psychological rape, correspondence and article clippings, 1979-1983.
Box 7 Folder 25
Public Safety at Penn, 1985-1988.
Box 7 Folder 26
Racial Harassment Policy Committee - reports, correspondence, enclosures, 1986-1992.
Box 7 Folder 27
Rape bibliography, 1988.
Box 7 Folder 28
Rape on Penn Campus: Myths, Attitudes, and Realities, by Michelle Levy and Felicia Staub, undated.
Box 7 Folder 29
Rape Squad - police line-up, arrest, case information and correspondence, 1975-1976.
Box 7 Folder 30
Rape, Safety, and Violent Crime - brochures and pamphlets, undated.
Box 7 Folder 31
Rape, Safety, and Violent Crime - resources, correspondence, article clippings, 1973-1995.
Box 7 Folder 32
Rape, Safety, and Violent Crime - resources, correspondence, article clippings, 1973-1995.
Box 7 Folder 33
Rape: Whose Words Count?, by Karina Dimidjian, undated.
Box 7 Folder 34
Renovations - Houston Hall Women's Center, 1984.
Box 7 Folder 35
Safety off campus, 1979.
Box 7 Folder 36
School of Social Work - course materials for SW603 and SW613, computer files (79.9 kilobytes), circa 1997-1999.
Digital Content (Reading Room Access Only) puar-UPE-504-011
School of Social Work - course materials for SW756, computer files (1.0 megabyte) [RESTRICTED], 2000.
Digital Content (Reading Room Access Only) puar-UPE-504-012
Sexual harassment - policies, correspondence, reports, and resources, 1981-1993.
Box 7 Folder 37
Sexual harassment - policies, correspondence, reports, and resources, 1981-1993.
Box 7 Folder 38
Sexual offence policy - Penn, Clark University, and Antioch College, 1988-1991 and undated.
Box 7 Folder 39
Social Work Alumni Day - correspondence, committee minutes, 1986-1987.
Box 7 Folder 40
Telling Stories, Constructing Narratives: Gender Equity and Archaeology, (DVD source files), copyright Uzma Z. Rizvi, 2007, computer files (3.5 gigabytes), 2007.
Digital Content (Reading Room Access Only) puar-UPE-504-013
The Second Sex: New Directions international conference - correspondence, essays [French], 1984.
Box 7 Folder 41
The Third Annual National Student Conference on Campus Sexual Violence - schedule, workshop materials, 1994.
Box 7 Folder 42
University and College Women's Centers: A Journey Toward Equity edited by Sharon L. Davie [inscribed], 2002.
Box 7 Folder 43
Violence Against Women Act brochure and correspondence, 1991-1992.
Box 7 Folder 44
Violence Against Women 2004 Consortium, 2003.
Box 7 Folder 45
We Are The Ones We Are Waiting For: Women of Color Organizing for Transformation, 1995.
Box 7 Folder 46
West Philadelphia Collaborative Program to Reduce Violent Crimes Against Women on Campus - proposal outline, 2003-2004.
Box 8 Folder 1
When Love Hurts Dating Violence Resource Manual - from Penn Women's Center, 1994.
Box 8 Folder 2
Women's Empowerment (DVD source files), computer files (3.2 gigabytes), unknown.
Digital Content (Reading Room Access Only) puar-UPE-504-014
Women's Special Status: Final Report and supporting materials, 1978.
Box 8 Folder 3
Work, Violence, and Social Ills: Implications for Social Policy and Practice, by David G. Gill, circa 1991.
Box 8 Folder 4
Working Women, Sexual Harassment and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by Valentina K. Hosking, 1978.
Box 8 Folder 5

Digital source media - 3.5-inch diskettes, circa 1999.
Box 8 Folder 6
Digital source media - optical discs and zip disk, circa 1999.
Box 8 Folder 7

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