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Restrictions to Use

No usage restrictions.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Southern Association of Women Historians #4152, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Provenance

Received from the Southern Association of Women Historians beginning in the 1970s.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Historians--Southern States--History--20th century.
• History--Southern States--Societies, etc.
• Southern Association of Women Historians (U.S.).
• Women historians--Southern States--History--20th century.
• Women--Southern States--Societies and clubs.

The Southern Association of Women Historians (Caucus of Women in History until 1976) was founded in 1970 at the annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association in Louisville, Ky., to study and advance the status of women at all levels of the historical profession; to oppose discrimination against women in the profession; to encourage the teaching of women's history, and to develop research in the field; and to disseminate information on research grants, fellowships, and other aids to professional advancement for women.

Most of the items in these records are letters and Southern Association of Women Historians (SAWH) newsletters. The remaining papers are SAWH questionnaires and newsletters from other women's organizations. The earliest papers date from the founding of the organization. Topics include recruitment of women historians as members; finances; faculty and program committee appointments; conferences and workshops; women's history courses; affirmative action; and the Equal Rights Amendment.

Additional materials have been received, but not incorporated into the original organization of the collection. The folders in the beginning series are, therefore, numbered separately. Additions are arranged chronologically as received. Material contained in the additions is similar to that in the original deposit, with more material relating to executive council activities, finances, annual meetings, conferences, and prizes awarded by the organization.

Separated materials include oversize papers (OP-4152/1).