Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections

Archival Inventory

Historical Sketch:
The Mount Holyoke Women's Studies Department became a formal department in the 1982/1983 academic year. The department is interdisciplinary in its approach,

Description of Records:
The Mount Holyoke College Women's Studies Department Records contain newspaper clippings; advertisements; brochures; reports; and student papers. The records include information about the Women's Studies Department's special events in addition to information about the events, lectures, and presentations of the Five College Women's Studies Research Center which is housed at Mount Holyoke. Information about the Women's Studies Department internship/field work program can be found in the records. Student papers from Professor Martha Ackmann's courses are also contained in the records. Also included in the records are the annual reports of the Women's Studies Department to the President of the College.

Cite as: Women's Studies Department Records, Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley, MA.

Access Restrictions: Records restricted to use by office/department of origin for 25 years from date of record creation.