The Center for Information on Women in Engineering, an institution jointly sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers and the Georgia Institute of Technology, was formed to create a biographical database of women engineers and to collect the papers of prominent women in engineering. The Center remained in operation from 1986 to 1990.
Originally conceived in 1984 by Margaret Pritchard, the Society of Women Engineers Archives Chair, and Anne Bonds, the President of the Atlanta Chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, it was decided to house the Center at Georgia Tech in 1984. The Georgia Tech Foundation provided initial funding in 1985; a grant from AT&T supported the project beginning in about 1986. The project was mainly run by Gail Garfinkle, Assistant to the Director of Libraries, and overseen by Miriam A. Drake, Director of Libraries at Georgia Tech. The group mounted the first database in May 1986. In later years, the Center undertook the integration of the database of the Society of Women Engineers with the Center's database, and it solicited the papers of prominent women engineers.
In January 1990, the Society of Women Engineers terminated sponsorship of the Center. The project apparently ceased operations completely later that year.
Series 1 of this collection contains administrative files, including correspondence, reports, news clippings, and other materials relating to the Center and its operations. The research files in Series 2 consist of general materials on engineering organizations that include women as well as information on awards and patents received by women engineers. Also included in this series are publications on women in engineering. Series 3 contains two sets of alphabetical files with biographical information on individual women engineers. Series 4 is made up of files containing printouts of the database and literature and database searches. Electronic records in the form of 5 1/4" computer disks are found in Series 5.
Fuller descriptions of each series and subseries is found in the detailed description of the collection.
When possible, the original order of the files has been retained.
Access to one folder in Series 3, Subseries 2 is restricted. Special equipment is required to access the floppy disks in Series 5. With these exceptions, there are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Permission to publish materials from this collection must be obtained
from the Head of Archives and Special Collections.
The Lottye E. Miner Papers (MS310) were acquired by the Georgia Tech Archives as a result of the work of the Center.
Photographs from this collection have been separated and will be processed as VAUA305. Some accession records have been removed from the files and placed in the Georgia Tech Archives' administrative files.
Drake, Miriam A.
Floppy disks.
Garfinkle, Gail.
Manuscripts.
Society of Women Engineers.
Women engineers--United States.
Women in engineering.
NOTE: Access to the disks in Series 5 requires special equipment that may not be available in the archives.
Please cite [Item, Folder Title, Series Title,] Center for Information on Women in Engineering Records (UA305),
Archives, Library and Information Center, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Immediate provenance is unknown (assumed to be donated by the Center for Information on Women in Engineering after the conclusion of its operations). Accession number: 2000.071.
Christine de Catanzaro processed these records in October 2006.
A print copy of this finding aid is available in the Georgia Tech Archives reading room.
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SERIES 1:
Administrative files,
1977-1990
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Scope and Content
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Series 1 consists of the general administrative files of the Center for Information on Women in Engineering. The series contains information on the AT&T grant that funded the Center, correspondence, publicity items and press releases, reports, and memoranda of agreement between the Center and the Society of Women Engineers. Also included in this series is a file on the termination of support of the Center.
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Arrangement
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1
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Advertisement,
1987
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Advisory board: Composition and function,
1988
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Article for "Price's Write",
1986
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ASCE news release,
1987
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AT&T grant,
1986-1988
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Background files, history of women engineers,
undated
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Biographical Data Sheet,
undated
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Books for collection,
1987
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Brochure,
1988
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Certificate of merit program,
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Charter members list,
undated
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Collection development guidelines,
undated
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Contacts,
1987-1989
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Correspondence,
1986-1988
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Correspondence,
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Correspondence,
1988-1989
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Correspondence,
1990
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Data for database,
undated
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Database information, working material,
1987
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Education statistics,
1977-1985
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Expenditures,
1987
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Funding,
undated
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Funding, Clare Boothe Luce fund,
1989-1990
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General information,
undated
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Historical files on women in engineering,
1919-1942
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Inventors exhibit -- University of Minnesota,
1988
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Meetings and correspondence,
1989
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Memorandum of agreement,
1987
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Memorandum of agreement,
1989
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Memos (internal),
1987-1988
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Minutes,
May 1986
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Newsclippings and newsreleases,
1987
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Newsclipping: SAE Update,
1988
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2
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Notes,
1988
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Officers and board of directors (Society of Women Engineers),
1986-1987
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Operation Sweet (Girls Club of America),
1988
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Oral history material,
undated
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Patent articles and information,
1980-1985
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Presentation,
1986
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Procedures for database,
July 1985
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"A Profile of the Female Engineer",
1982-1984
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Proposal and report,
1984-1985
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Report,
1985
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Report materials,
1985
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Reports to board,
1987
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Report, Society of Women Engineers database,
1989
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Research files, correspondence (folder 1 of 2),
1985
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Research files, correspondence (folder 2 of 2),
1985
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Society of Women Engineers newsletters,
1986-1989
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Survey,
undated
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Society of Women Engineers list (database): File instructions,
1988
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19 |
Termination of support,
1990
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U.S. Women Engineer article,
1987
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21 |
U.S. Women Engineer: List of missing
issues,
undated
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Women in engineering: General information,
undated
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Working files,
1988-1989
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SERIES 2:
Research files,
1955-1990
(bulk 1986-1990)
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Scope and Content
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Series 2 contains the Center's research files on women in engineering, technology, and other fields.
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SERIES 2, Subseries 1:
Research on individual women engineers,
1966-1989
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The first subseries of Series 2 consists of files on specific women who achieved notoriety or won awards in the field of engineering.
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Achievement awards and biographies,
December 1980
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Award winners: Structural Engineers Association,
1988-1989
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Distinguished New Engineers, Senior
Members (folder 1 of 2),
1966-1986
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Distinguished New Engineers, Senior
Members (folder 2 of 2),
1966-1986
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Patents,
undated
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Resumes, correspondence,
1987
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Solicitation information,
1988
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Solicitation possibilities,
1970-1986
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Women engineers to be researched for database,
1987
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SERIES 2, Subseries 2:
General research on women,
1955-1988
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This subseries includes printed materials, papers and manuscripts pertaining to women in engineering and in other fields.
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Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
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ACRL Women's Studies Newsletter,
1988
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Air Pollution Control Association,
1987
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American Society for Engineering Management,
1987
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Center for Information on Women in Engineering, University of
Washington,
undated
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Commission on Science in Engineering,
undated
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Engineering Society publications,
undated
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IEEE Transactions on Education,
1975
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Women in Engineering, edited by Patricia L. Brown,
1955
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Women in Management Worldwide,
1987
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Women in Technological History newsletter,
1988
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SERIES 3:
Individual biographical files,
1944-1993
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Scope and Content
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This series contains biographical files gathered by the Center on individual women who achieved prominence in engineering.
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SERIES 3, Subseries 1:
Solicitations,
1987-1989
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The Center actively solicited the personal papers of some women engineers. The files on these individuals are found in this subseries. (Note that the dates in this subseries refer to the approximate dates of accumulating the files, not the dates of the documents themselves.)
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Barth, Emma,
1987-1988
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Barger, Phyllis,
1988
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Fitzroy, Nancy Deloye,
1988
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Flugge-Lotz, Irmgard,
undated
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Gleason, Kate,
1987-1988
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Harness, Arminta,
1988
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Johnson, Barbara,
1988
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Kern, Ruth,
1988
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Lamme, Bertha,
undated
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Nicholson, Loring,
1988
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Page, Mary Michael,
1988
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Pellier, Laurence,
1988
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Pellier, Laurence publications,
ca. 1988
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Pressman, Ada,
1987
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Ross, Mary G.,
1988
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16 |
Rousseau, Margaret Hutchins,
1988
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17 |
Simon, Dorothy,
1987-1988
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Sink, Mary Virginia,
undated
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Spear, Amy,
1987-1988
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Spear, Jaclyn,
undated
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Telkes, Maria,
1987-1988
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Thomas, Martha,
1988
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SERIES 3, Subseries 2:
Individual women engineers,
1944-1993
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The Center kept a series of files on prominent individual women engineers from which they selected individuals to solicit for their papers. The general alphabetical files on individual women are included in this subseries. (Note that the dates in this subseries refer to the dates of the documents themselves, not the dates the documents were accumulated.)
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Baily, Betty,
1962-1968
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Amour, Anna,
1985
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Berkowitz, Joan B.,
1974
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Brill, Yvonne,
1980-1987
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Brock, Clara,
1972-1973
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Brower, Elayne,
1954-1969
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Cavanaugh, Aileen,
1952-1985
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Cambra, Jessie,
1962-1981
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Clark, Pearl,
1952-1963
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Clark, Yvonne,
1952-1985
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Clarke, Edithe,
1985
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Conwell, Esther,
1952-1972
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Cox, Geraldine,
1982-1984
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Dagnell, Chris,
1987
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Davey, Betty,
1963-1979
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Daves, Clarence,
1968-1976
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Dresselhaus, Mildred,
1972-1985
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Eaves, Elsie,
1958-1983
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Eiden, Catherine,
1952-1977
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Estrin, Thelma,
1952-1975
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Fossler, Ivy,
1972
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French, Isabelle,
1962-1981
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Fuller, Darlyne,
1977-1984
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24 |
Gardner, Alfred,
1976
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Gerla, Miriam,
1944-1967
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Gilbreth, Lillian,
1956-1984
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Golden, Constance,
1969-1982
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Graham, Lois,
1951-1986
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Grosvenor, Aluah,
1976
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30 |
Hardwich, Isabel,
1962-1986
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Haeron, Elise,
1955-1995
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Hauser, Consuelo,
1957-1963
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Heising, Carolyn,
1987
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Hicks, Beatrice,
1951-1979
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Holmgreen, Shirley,
1957-1982
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Hopper, Grace,
1954-1986
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Huckenpahler, Helen,
1961-1986
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Hutchinson, Margaret,
1952-1964
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Ingersoll, Alfred C.,
1971-1980
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Juillard, Jacqueline,
1959-1986
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Karle, Isabella L.,
1963-1968
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Konecny, Christine C.,
1958-1985
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Lawrence, Stella,
1952-1971
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Lazurenko, Lydia,
undated
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Le Beau, Desiree,
undated
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Leenhouts, Lillian,
1963-1979
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Lincoln, Virginia,
1968-1981
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Lindquest-Skelley, Sharon,
1984-1986
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Loeffier, Sharon,
1961-1984
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Loring, Paula L.,
1970-1986
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McAfee, Naomi,
1967-1985
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MacDonald, Anne L.,
1992-1993
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McFadden, Mattie,
1951-1986
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Macgill, Elizabeth (Elsie),
1952-1981
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Maddox, Judith H.,
1971-1986
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Martin, Alice Morgan,
1953-1971
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Matthews, Alva T.,
1969-1971
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Miner, Lottye E.,
1964-1988
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Morris, Helen,
1988
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Munger, Mary V.,
1963-1985
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Murad, Lillian G.,
1951
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Murray, Evelyn,
1971-1982
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Orans, Robin M.,
1988
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Owen, Marie,
1954-1986
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Parrish, John B.,
1974-1976
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Peden, Irene C.,
1963-1974
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Phillips, Carolyn F.,
1962-1980
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Pickup, Lydia,
1960-1983
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Pitts, Elaine R.,
1966-1988
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Plunkett, Elizabeth,
1958-1959
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Rathjen, Edith,
1964-1986
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Ray, Margaret R.,
1988
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Richardson, Frances,
1958-1986
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Riggs, Harriet,
1973
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Rockwell, Mabel Macferran,
1956-1980
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Roennau, Laurel van der Wal ,
1958-1962
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Rogers, Marguerite,
1966-1969
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Rushmeier, Holly,
1987
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Ryan, Irene E.,
1964-1986
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Salembier, Olive Lynn,
1956-1978
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Schine, Lois Gildersleeve,
1987
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Shafer, Ruth I.,
1971-1972
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Sparling, Rebecca H.,
1956-1983
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Stinson, Katherine,
1951-1972
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Stoll, Alice,
1969
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Tesoro, Giuliana C.,
1978
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Tierney, Tess,
1952-1986
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Whatley, Susan,
1977-1985
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White, Winnifred (Gifford),
1967
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Williams, Beatrice M.,
1953-1970
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Williams, Esther,
1952-1988
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Wollmerhauser, Barbara (RESTRICTED),
1974-1981
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Wu, Susan,
1985-1986
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Yost, Betty Jane,
1963-1981
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Zimmerman, Mary Ann,
1963-1986
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SERIES 4:
Database and data entry,
1989;
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Scope and Content
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Series 4 contains files relating to the database that the Center operated, which consisted of personal information on American women engineers. This series also includes printouts of searches carried out by the Center's staff and other information on data entry.
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Dialog search,
1989
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List of database problems,
undated
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List of maiden names,
undated
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List of names,
undated
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List of names, downloaded order,
undated
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List of Society of Women Engineers members, alphabetical order,
undated
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Literature search,
1989
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Printout (folder 1 of 5),
undated
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Printout (folder 2 of 5),
undated
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Printout (folder 3 of 5),
undated
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Printout (folder 4 of 5),
undated
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Printout (folder 5 of 5),
undated
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Society of Women Engineers membership database,
1989
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XT files,
undated
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SERIES 5:
Electronic records,
undated
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Scope and Content
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Series 5 consists of two folders containing 5 1/4" computer disks. The disks apparently contain material related to the database, as well as some administrative files.
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5 1/4" disks (folder 1 of 2),
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5 1/4" disks (folder 2 of 2),
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