Women's Resource Center Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: A-06061203

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Materials relating to the activities and administration of the Women's Resource Center on The Evergreen State College campus. Materials include flyers, zines, records and correspondence, feminism, queer issues, the Ovarian, and the 2006 production of The Vagina Monologues. Box 1 and 2 contain issues of the Ovarian; Box 3 contains advertising, budget, production reports, internship material, grant prposals, interviews, photographs, correspondence, workshops, scholarship information; Box 4 contains scrapbook materials, materials relating to abortion, Mumia Abu-Jamal commencement sppech, the ACLU, creative writing from members, feminist newsletter, The Beat; Box 5 contains zines, material relating to topics on International Women's Week, civil rights for lesbians, midwifery, the Olympia Gender and Sexuality Conference, police services, quuer issues, self-defense, sexual and domestic violence, TESC sexual harrassment policy, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual violence on minorities, women auto-mechanics; Box 6 contains materials relating to the topics of women's health,women prisoners,women's studies, victim advocate program, volunteers, Women of Color Coalition (Relocation), zine fliers, and the 2006 production of The Vagina Monologues. Box 7 contains audio/visual material relating to the the production of the 2006 The Vagina Monologues.

Dates

Creation: 1997-2009

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to the public.

Biographical / Historical

The Evergreen State College Women's Resource Center was created in the 1970s and existed until 2016 and was one of the oldest student organizations on TESC's campus. Its mission was to serve all women-identifying people and their allies. It housed a lending library featuring books on subjects ranging from Arts to Mental Health, to Sexuality, and Religion and a collection of zines that could be checked out. Along with the books and zines, the Center made available menstrual products, contraceptives, pregnancy tests, and provided referrals to resources on the campus and in the community.

The Center also published a quarterly zine called The Ovarian: Reclaiming the Feminine from 1999-2011 containing art pieces, poetry, artwork, discussions about gender and sexuality, and different themes. The Center ran events like poetry readings and potlucks as well as organizing self-defense classes and workshops on Bystander Intervention Training. As part of V-Day awareness, members of the Center put on Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues for twelve consecutive years. Proceeds went to different charities supporting women. In 2009 TESC student Sara Meister conducted research on the Women's Resource Center, arranged the collection and created an exhibition out of the work.

Extent

1.7 Cubic Feet (4 large archival boxes, 2 small archival boxes, 1 A/V box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection documents the archival material produced by the student organization, The Women's Resource Center at The Evergreen State College from 1997-2009.

Arrangement

Arranged by TESC student Sara Meister as part of an Independent Learning Contract in 2009.

Processing Information

Material has been left as originally processed, except the Informed Consent Agreements have been removed to a secure file as they contain email addresses and phone numbers of a student.