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History 398 (Women in the West)
Oral Histories, Student Papers, etc., 1979-1986

Oral histories, student reports and associated papers emanating from classes in Women's History (History 398) presented by Prof. Susan Armitage of the Washington State University History Department were transfered to the Washington State University Libraries on several occassions. These were combined into the present arrangement by amalgamation of several despersed sequences (CT-4, CT-15, UA82-13, and MS86-31) in order to bring related materials into one unit. Arrangement was completed in October 1987 by Lawrence Stark.

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Womens' history projects, including oral history efforts and papers based on regional subjects were undertaken by students enrolled in History 398 on several occasions from 1979 onward. The organizer of this effort was Professor Susan Armitage of the WSU Department of History.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

The materials generated by students of History 398, Women in the West, consist of research notes, research papers, oral history interviews, transcriptions and abstracts of interviews, releases of literary rights to interviews, and other such documents.

The materials are arranged in four alphabetical sequences reflecting the four seperate accessions. However, some materials had been disruputed from original sequences over time, and consequently some interfiling was done at the Libraries.

To expedite the location of a given project, an index has been prepared and appended to the following container list.

CONTAINER LIST

INDEX