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Resources
- MS 02 – John Nichol Papers
- Folders on affirmative action/equal opportunity employment, women at Bentley, and women in higher education from the 1970s – 1990s
- RG 01 – Division of the President Records
- Series 01 – A small collection of biographical and inaugural material related to Gloria Cordes Larson, Bentley’s first female president.
- Series 03 – The Office of Equal Opportunity records include a folder on the Gender Issues Committee from the late 1980s – early 1990s.
- RG 02 – Board of Trustees Records
- Series 06 – Surveys prepared for accreditation typically contain information about gender makeup of the student body and faculty populations
- RG 07 – Division of Student Affairs Records
- Series 08 – Of particular interest in the Student Life records are the records of Beta Sigma Alpha, one of Bentley’s first sororities. Their records include meeting minutes from the early 1950s – 1960s as well as scrapbooks with photographs, brochures, and letters.
- RG 08 – Division of University Advancement Records
- Series 05 – The records of the Center for Women in Business and an exhibit created for Women’s History Month.
- RG 09 – Faculty and Staff Records
- Faculty Senate Records (minimally processed) may contain records of initiatives designed to create gender parity or related to gender issues.
- Profiles of female faculty and staff members, see finding aid for names
- RG 10 – Graduating Class and Student Records
- Series 01 – Records arranged by class year contain donations from individual students, as well as class rosters and updates
- Series 02 – Individual donations from Cecilia Clapp and Ellen Winters who were students in the early years of co-educational admission at Bentley.
- RG 11 – University Publications
- Series 01 – Yearbooks can provide context for gender-based organizations like sororities or the Bentley Women’s Caucus
- RG 14 – Bentley History Records
- Series 01 – Folder on admission of women contains promotional material and notices from the first wave of co-educational admission during WWI, through the 1990s
- Series 01 – Folder on the Faculty Wives Club/Women’s Association in the 1960s and 1970s
