Records of the Radcliffe College Office of the Dean, 1967-1989
Overview
Records of Radcliffe College's Office of the Associate Dean (formerly Assistant Dean), which directed research on women's careers and education.
Dates
- Creation: 1967-1989
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Records are closed for 50 years from the date of creation except with the permission of the Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Student records are closed for 80 years from the time of separation. Records must be screened by archivist before research use. Appointment may be required. Contact public services.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the records created by the Radcliffe College Office of the Dean is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College for the Schlesinger Library. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Records may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
18.67 linear feet (17 cartons, 4 file boxes)Collection includes Project on Interdependence office files including working papers and annual reports; Dean Norma Ware’s administrative materials and research studies including the Seven College Study, surveys for the classes of 1983-1987, and the 1978 centennial study. Also included are files pertaining to the Workshop on Conflict Negotiation, the Radcliffe-Hangzhou Exchange Program (1986-89), Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation, and the Women’s Leadership Project (1988).
Series 1. Office files, including Project on Interdependence
Series 2. Research and administrative files
HISTORY
This office, formerly the Assistant Dean’s Office (1982-1985), grew out of the Office of Institutional Policy Research on Women’s Education (1978-1982), jointly funded by Radcliffe and the Harvard President’s Office. The Office of Institutional Policy Research was administered by Susan Bailey and was in charge of studies and research evaluating women’s education at Harvard and Radcliffe. With the ending of joint funding in 1982, Norma Ware was appointed Assistant Dean for Special Projects. This office coordinates research activities on women at Harvard and Radcliffe, and develops, implements and evaluates programs that address women's needs. It administers the Radcliffe Summer Program in Science (1983- ) with the Harvard Extension School, and offers high school girls an opportunity to learn about science careers, have discussions with women scientists and pay visits to labs and industies in the greater Boston area. It is in charge of the Radcliffe College alumnae records, a repository of information on living alumnae.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Index to studies, subjects, authors
- Annual reports 2-9
- Athletics 405, 414
- Battered women 546-548
- Bok, Derek 50-51
- Bulimia 203, 475-519
- Bunting Institute 343-347
- Centennial survey 416-421
- Class of 1977 396-398, 13c-14c
- Class of 1983 439-445
- Class of 1984 446-456
- Class of 1985 457-464
- Class of 1986 465-469, 15c
- Class of 1987 470-474, 16c-17c
- Concentration choice 208, 210, 422-434
- Eating disorders see Bulimia
- Eating disorders, Irish 362, 513
- Graduate students, study of 399-415
- Hangzhou exchange program 80-132
- Harvard assessment seminars 133
- Holton, Gerald 360-361
- Hugh O'Brien Youth Foundation 136-183
- Mental health 33-35
- Program in Business Administration 373-375
- Project on Interdependence 222, 236-331
- Radcliffe Career Services 348-350
- Radcliffe Seminars 351-353
- Reisman, David 211
- Seven College Study 520-628
- Sexuality survey 376-380
- Women dentists 399-400
- Women faculty 408, 415
- Women in mathematics 207, 369-372
- Women in medicine 399-400, 520-628
- Women in science 23, 31, 36, 39, 193-194, 208, 360-361, 364-368, 406, 422-434
- Women's Leadership Project 337-339
- Workshop on Conflict Negotiation 332-336
Subject
- Keller, Evelyn Fox, 1936- (Person)
- Title
- Radcliffe College. Office of the Dean. Records of the Radcliffe College Office of the Dean, 1967-1989: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Radcliffe College Archives, Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch01136
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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