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"Our challenge is to move forward, enthusiastically and energetically. We must carry on in the spirit of the Pioneer Woman -- boldly facing the future, with vision and courage..."

-- Hannah Atkins, YMCA Membership Campaign speech, Oklahoma City, 1987

About the Women's Archives

The Women's Archives at Oklahoma State University serves as a central information source about women associated with Oklahoma. Its goal is to preserve the contributions women make to family and community, science and culture, as well as business and government.

Major collections include the Angie Debo Collection, the Jessie Thatcher Bost Collection, the Hannah Atkins Collection and the WAVES Collection.

To Use the Women's Archives

The OSU Library invites you to use the Women's Archives. Currently scholars, students, historians, journalists and researchers from a variety of disciplines value the unique materials. Groups throughout the state also use the Archives as the basis for programs and exhibits that celebrate women's achievements.

Collections in the Women's Archives have cataloged records--complete with keyword and subject references--that are searchable in the OSU Library Catalog.

SCUA Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. or by appointment.

NOTE: Hours vary during intersessions, summer sessions, and university holidays.
OSU Library Hours
Special Collections & University Archives Hours Handout (PDF Format)

Contacting the office by phone at 405-744-6311 or email before starting a research project is recommended.

About the Women's Archives To Use the Women's Archives Women's Archives Endowment To Donate Gifts of Materials

Women's Archives Endowment

The Women's Archives Endowment was established in September 1997 through the generosity of an anonymous donor. A recently completed challenge grant from this same donor helped raise over $250,000 for the Endowment and a related work scholarship in the Women's Archives. The Women's Archives Endowment supports the costs associated with acquiring, processing, preserving and promoting materials for the Women's Archives. Gifts to the Women's Archives are tax deductable and may be made payable to the "Oklahoma State University Foundation" by check or major credit card. Gifts may be sent to: OSU Foundation, PO Box 1749, Stillwater, OK 74076-1749.

To Donate Gifts of Materials

The Women's Archives welcomes gifts that reflect women's interests, activities and thoughts. Gifts may be from any era, including territorial and early statehood days, the Depression and World War II, up to the present. Of particular interest are materials that document Oklahoma women's experiences during the Dust Bowl.

In addition to long-term care of your items, your gift will be recognized by the inclusion of your name in records that can be searched in the OSU Library Catalog.

Gifts may include, but are not limited to: letters and correspondence, photographs, diaries, school mementos, reminiscences, scrapbooks, videotapes, interviews, manuscripts, research notes and business or work-related materials.

If you have questions about items you would like to donate, please contact SCUA staff.

About the Women's Archives To Use the Women's Archives Women's Archives Endowment To Donate Gifts of Materials

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