Joan Wallach Scott papers (MS.2021.005)

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Joan Wallach Scott, scholar of historical practice and labor, power, and gender in France. She is Professor Emerita in the School of Social Science in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and was the founding director of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown University. Materials include correspondence, administrative files, conference materials, draft writings, subject files, and print materials dating from 1954 – 2019.

Please note that folder titles listed in quotations are the creator's original folder titles. The processor created all other folder titles.

Series 1, BIOGRAPHICAL, 1954 – 2019, includes clippings and interviews about Scott, correspondence between Scott and her parents, and papers written by Scott during her time as an undergraduate student. This series is arranged alphabetically by record type.

Series 2, CORRESPONDENCE, 1965 – 2012, contains professional and scholarly correspondence. Correspondents include Barbara Anton, Dagmar Herzog, Sharon Marcus, Carole Pateman, and Mary Lou Roberts. Topics include Teachers for a Democratic Culture, visits to other universities, talks, and events. Additional correspondence that is personal or related to Scott's writings is found throughout the collection. This series is arranged alphabetically by provenance then alphabetically by correspondent's last name or by subject.

Series 3, ADMINISTRATIVE, 1966 – 2019, includes correspondence, handwritten notes, meeting materials, and reports from various institutions at which Scott was affiliated. Institutions include American Association of University Professors, American Historical Association, Brown University, Institute for Advanced Study, and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. This series is arranged alphabetically by institution then by record type.

Series 4, CONFERENCES, 1968 – 2017, includes agendas, booklets, correspondence, handwritten notes, and papers by Scott for conferences she attended. Conferences include "Anthropology and History Round Table," "The Dilemma of Difference and Arguments About Equality for Women," "The Fifth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women," "Gender, Technology, and Education," and "Women's Studies Research: Critical issues Past, Present, and Future." This series is arranged alphabetically by conference title then by record type.

Series 5, TEACHING, 1986 – 2005, includes correspondence, syllabi, and course evaluations for various courses Scott taught. Courses include "Dilemmas of Difference," "Foucault for Historians," "History, Literature, and Feminist Scholarship," and "Psychoanalysis and History." This series is arranged alphabetically by course title then by record type.

Series 6, WRITINGS AND RELATED, 1966 – 2018, includes clippings, correspondence, handwritten notes, and handwritten and typed drafts of articles, books, chapters, edited books, reviews, and talks. Titles include "Clio's Consciousness Revisited: Historians and the Study of Women and Development," "Women's Work and European Fertility Patterns," Gender and the Politics of History, The Glassworkers of Carmaux, Women, Work, and Family, "The Fantasy of Feminist History," "On Language, Gender, and Working Class History," and "Women's Archives and Women's History." This series is arranged alphabetically by format then by title then by record type.

Series 7, SUBJECT FILES, 1962 – 1998, includes clippings, correspondence, handwritten notes, and readings used for research. Topics include "Brown University CIA protests," "Inter-University Committee for Debate on Foreign Policy," "Students for a Democratic Society," "Vietnam," and "Women's Studies." This series is arranged alphabetically by subject then by record type.

Series 8, PRINT MATERIALS, 1964 – 2008, includes booklets, journals, magazines, and newsletters. Titles include Vietnam: number 1 in the read-in series, Personal Lives and Professional Careers: Report of the Women's Committee of the American Studies Association, "On Our Backs," and "Vietnam: A Faculty Student Committee Publication number 6." This series is arranged alphabetically by record type then by title.