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The "View now" link directs to the finding aid only. Please email wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com or call 304-293-3536 for more information about accessing collection A & M 4518 Lillian Waugh, Professor, Papers and Artifacts, 1884-2021. Papers, photographs, binders, artifacts, and newspapers belonging to Lillian Waugh, professor of Women's Studies at WVU and gender equality activist. This collection contains personal family photographs, correspondence, and research about Waugh keeping her surname after marriage. Protest and activism papers, photographs, and artifacts include assorted materials related to Waugh's involvement in the National Organization for Women (NOW), the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) campaign, gender equality movements, and anti-war protests. The collection features research, correspondence, and curriculum from Waugh's time as a WVU professor. It likewise includes substantial research for WVU's Women's Centenary Project, which Waugh directed. Series include: Series 1. Personal Papers and Photographs (Box 1); 1932-1999 Series 2. Protests and Activism (Box 1); 1972-2018 Series 3. West Virginia University Women's Studies Program (Box 1); bulk dates 1976-2017 Series 4. Women's Centenary Project Research (Box 2); 1884-2017 Series 5. Artifacts (Boxes 5-9); 1966-1995 Series 6. Newspapers and Newspaper Clippings (Box 10); bulk dates 1977-1999 Series 7. Oversize Material (Box 11); 1973-1984

This collection consists of records for the Montana affiliate of the National American Woman Suffrage Association including correspondence, organizationa, a speech by Jeannette Rankin, newsletters of the Montana Equal Suffrage State Central Committee, ephemera, writings, and miscellany. After the passage of the suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution the name was changed to the Good Government Committee. [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: map case]. (SC 567)