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Women's History

An introduction to resources available through Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections.

Western Libraries Special Collections

Contact Special Collections to find out more about resources including:

  • WWU Student Newspapers (1899-present)
  • WWU Student Yearbooks (Klipsun, 1913-1970)
  • Campus History Collection Photographs
  • Student Handbooks
  • Archival Collections
  • Children's Collection
  • Judaica/Holocaust & Genocide Studies Collections
  • Rare Book Collection

WWU Archives and Records Center

Contact WWU Archives and Records Center to find out more about records of the following:

  • American Association of University Women, 1937-2006
  • Associated Women Students Activities, 1939-1965
  • Blue Barnacles (synchronized swim club), 1941-1972
  • Commission for Women, 1988-1996
  • Dean of Women Reports, 1916-1919
  • Women’s Studies, 1975-2004
  • Women's Athletics
  • Women's League of the Normal School, 1923-1938
  • Women's Recreation Association, 1920-1972

Locating Primary Sources on Campus

Many of the resources housed by Archives & Special Collections document different aspects of campus, local and regional women's history. Contact staff at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Special Collections and the WWU Archives with questions about how to find and access resources on a particular topic.