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Personal papers

Subseries consists of biographical information, personal papers, legal documents, autograph books and notebooks. Also includes letters written to Fanny by her parents, and letters written by Fanny to secure repayment of her loan of $19,000 to the Augustinian Fathers of Shanghai.

Sound recordings

Subseries consists of three commercial phonograph recordings (Folkways Records) relating to Ida Halpern's research into the music of the Pacific Northwest Indians. Also includes one phonograph recording, "Music I Like," by Ida Halpern, made from a CBC broadcast, October 16, 1949, and an interview with Ida Halpern (undated).

Graduate Studies Committee

Series consists of records relating to the development and delivery of courses to graduate students. GRIDS was composed of one faculty member from each department or program offering a graduate degree, the Associate Dean, and two students. Series includes agendas, minutes, correspondence, working papers and other documents.

Executive Board meeting files

Sub-series comprises records relating to meetings of the Society's Executive Board of Directors. The Board consists of the president, two vice-presidents, treasurer, secretary, two directors at large, and the past president as a director ex officio. Directors are elected at the Annual General Meeting and serve one-year terms. The positions are all volunteer and directors are not remunerated, although they may be reimbursed for their expenses. According to the SCWIST constitution, Board meetings must be held at least four times per year, but typically meetings are held monthly. Board meetings are open to all members of the Society, but only directors may vote. The meeting hears reports from each director and committee, in addition to other Board business. Records consist of agendas, minutes, reports, financial statements, correspondence, proposals, and publicity brochures.

Events and projects files

Sub-series comprises records relating to SCWIST-organized events and projects. Activities documented include the founding of the BC chapter of the Canadian Association for Girls in Science (CAGIS); the organization of educational conferences and workshops (Discover the Possibilities, High School Outreach pilot project, Quantum Leaps in conjunction with Douglas College, Say Yes to Math and Science Careers for Women, Science for Young Canadians, Visiting Scientists Project, Women Do Math conferences, and the Women Inventors Project); the production of professional and educational resource material (the Registry of Skilled Women, BC and Yukon, the video What Do Scientists Do?); and the organization of information and networking events for professionals in the fields of science and technology (Speakers' Bureau, Small Business Women's Workshops, Women in Science panels, XX Evenings at Science World). Records consist of correspondence; reports; grant applications and supporting documentation; presentations; audio recordings; handbooks and manuals; event evaluations; publicity brochures, and contracts.

Elementary Science Workshop program files

Sub-series comprises records relating to the development and delivery of the Elementary Science Workshops, a program designed to improve science instruction by elementary school teachers. Sessions for local teachers were held in the community by a Resource Person while the workshops as a whole were overseen by a Project Coordinator, assisted by a SCWIST program committee. Records consist of correspondence; reports; committee meeting minutes and supporting papers; grant applications and supporting documentation; workshop presentation materials; photographs; and publicity brochures.

Women's Centre policies and organization files

Sub-series consists of records relating to the development of Women's Centre policies, procedures and organizational structure. Records includes the Women's Centre Handbook, procedures relating to workmen in the Women's Centre, and guidelines for managing the Centre's vertical files and newsletter lists.

On-campus issues files

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Women's Centre's involvement in campus issues, including childcare, student activism, pornography on campus computer systems, sexual harassment, and labour conflicts. Records include correspondence, notes, minutes, drafts, policies, news clippings, posters, and flyers.

Off-campus issues files

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Centre's involvement in feminist issues of a more general nature extending beyond the SFU campus, including the portrayal of women in the media, abortion, homophobia, violence against women, gun control, immigration, sexual harassment, children's rights, and other topics. For a list of organizations included in the correspondence, see "Access points" below. Records include correspondence, notes, minutes, drafts, policies, news clippings, flyers, newsletters, and reports.

Promotion and communication files

Sub-series consists of records relating to the promotion of Women's Centre programs and activities, the production of the Women's Centre newsletter and zine, and production of The Peak column "Surfacing." Records include posters, brochures, artwork, newsletters, and news clippings.

BCFW Lower Mainland Region records

Sub-series consists of records relating to the activities of the Lower Mainland Region of the BCFW, the section in which the Women's Centre participated as an affiliate member of the Federation. Activities documented include meetings of representatives from the regional groups and correspondence with BCFW committees and other Regions. Records include agendas, minutes and meeting support papers; correspondence and reports.

BCFW organization records

Sub-series consists of records relating to the governance and internal organization of the BCFW. Activities documented include the development of BCFW policies, procedures and organizational structure; Annual General Conventions; and meetings of the Coordinating Collective and Convention Planning Committee. Records include constitution and policy handbook; agendas, minutes, and meeting support papers; and correspondence, proposals and reports.

Women's centres

Sub-series consists of records relating to the SFU Women's Centre's interaction with other women's centres. See access points for the list of organizations. Records include reports, minutes, correspondence, newsletters, and other documents.

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