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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: The Stanford Workshops on Political and Social Issues (SWOPSI), records
Creator:
Stanford Workshops on Political and Social
Issues.
Identifier/Call Number: SC1383
Physical Description:
.50 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1977-1982
Physical Location: Special Collections
and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance.
For more information on paging collections, see the department's website:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the
original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational
purposes.
[identification of item], The Stanford Workshops on Political and Social Issues (SWOPSI),
records (SC1383). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
The materials are open for research use; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in
advance of intended use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and
must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jane Benson, 1998.
SWOPSI course proposals regarding feminism, including reading lists, section outlines,
workshop leaders' resumes, and other miscellaneous notes; SWOPSI course description catalog,
along with dates, times, and locations of first meetings with workshop leaders for Winter
1979-1980.
The SWOPSI workshops were first organized by two graduate students and one undergraduate at
Stanford University in fall 1969. There was a desire present among the student body to study
issues of local and national concern directly – specifically in order to consider what can
be done about them. The subjects of these courses ranged from air pollution in the San
Francisco Bay Area to international arms control and disarmament, and almost all of them
were offered for full academic credit.
Excerpted from http://dynamics.org/SWOPSI/ADVICE_AND_DISSENT/
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Feminism.
Marxism
Lesbianism.