Support the Women's Collection

Donate Materials

The Georgia State University Women's Collection seeks the donation of collections of papers and records from both individuals and women's organizations. It wishes to acquire materials relating to women's lives-both public and private; collections dealing with both historic and contemporary issues. The types of materials sought include correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, organizational records, photographs, and oral histories. These materials provide insight into the unique roles of women, along with changing attitudes and special problems faced by women. They also document the importance and influence of women's organizations in Women's political activities, specifically in relation to the attempted ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in Georgia and the Southeast, as well as, feminist activities from the 1920s to the present.

• Women's education, documenting women's experienceat Georgia State University.
• Women and gender, documenting the lives of women, interpretation of gender, and expressions of sexual identity, as well as records of organizations that are defined by gender, or focus on issues of sexual identity or gender equality.
• And most broadly, the empowerment of women through health, human and reproductive rights, economic equality and violence prevention.

To donate historical materials to the Women's Collection, please contact the women's archivist. The archivist has information available and guidelines for preserving and managing active and inactive records, and can assist in records management planning. When in doubt, don't throw it out!

Financial Support

Basic support for all Women's Collection programs is provided by the University Library at Georgia State University and is augmented by funds generated through donations. The following endowments have been established to help sustain the collection's projects well into the twenty-first century. Prospective donors may address enquiries to the head of Special Collections.

Donna Novak Coles Georgia Women's Movement Archives Endowment
Supports acquistition, preservation and promotion of collections that document efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in Georgia and the second wave of the Women's Movement

Lucy Hargrett Draper U.S. Equal Rights Amendment (1921-1982) Research Collection Fund
Supports acquisition, preservation and promotion of the Lucy Hargrett Draper U.S. Equal Rights Amendment (1921-1982) Research Collection

Anne Deeley Easterly Endowment
Supports acquisition, preservation and promotion of all collections relating to women

Linda Kurtz Oral History Fund
Supports the Georgia Women's Movement Oral History Project