Records of the American Council on Education Commission on the Education of Women, 1953-1961
Overview
Minutes, financial records, correspondence, etc., of the American Council on Education's Commission on the Education of Women, which conducted research on the role of education in women’s lives.
Dates
- Creation: 1953-1961
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the records created by American Council on Education Commission on the Education of Women as well as copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
6.75 linear feet (3 cartons, 9 file boxes)Minutes, financial records, correspondence, pamphlets, and clippings describe the Commission's creation and activities.
HISTORY
The American Council on Education founded in 1953 the Commission on the education of women to carry on research on the role of education in the lives of women. The Commission was disbanded in 1961.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 401
Received December 1961. Gift of the Commission on the Education of Women American Council on Education
SEPARATION RECORD
The following items have been removed from the collection:
- Information and Research Notes, Commission on the Education of Women, 1958-1961. Transferred to Schlesinger Library periodicals.
- How Fare American Women. 1955. Transferred to Schlesinger Library book collection (376.9 A51).
CONTAINER LIST
- Box 1: 1-10
- Box 2: 11-22
- Box 3: 23-37
- Box 4: 38-51
- Box 5: 52-70
- Box 6: 71-90, 14.1, 19.1
- Box 7: 91-100
- Box 8: 101-115
- Box 9: 116-136
- Carton 10: EC 1-EC 40
- Carton 11: EC 41-EC 64
- Carton 12: EC 65-EC 98
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- American Council on Education. Commission on the Education of Women. Records of the American Council on Education Commission on the Education of Women, 1953-1961: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00519
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
The preeminent research library on the history of women in the United States, the Schlesinger Library documents women's lives from the past and present for the future. In addition to its traditional strengths in the history of feminisms, women’s health, and women’s activism, the Schlesinger collections document the intersectional workings of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.