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COLLECTION Identifier: A/V933

Papers of Serena Yuan Volpp, 1988-1992

Overview

The papers of Serena Yuan Volpp contain flyers, brochures, clippings, and correspondence with Radcliffe College President Linda S. Wilson concerning efforts to establish a women's center at Harvard University. Also included are five Harvard and Radcliffe College women's event posters collected by Volpp.

Dates

  • Creation: 1988-1992

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions:

Access. Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright. Copyright in the papers of Serena Yuan Volpp may be held by their creators, or the creators' heirs or assigns.

Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.

Extent

2 folders (1 folder, 1 oversize folder)

The papers of Serena Yuan Volpp contain flyers, brochures, clippings, and correspondence with Radcliffe College President Linda S. Wilson concerning efforts to establish a women's center at Harvard University. Also included are five Harvard and Radcliffe College women's event posters collected by Volpp: "Montreal Massacre Rememory Day," December 6, 1990?, "Radcliffe Union of Students Presents Women's Expo 89," 1989, "Take Back the Night," 1991?, "Take Back the Night," 1992, and "Women in the Arts Women's Expo '90," 1990.

BIOGRAPHY

Serena Yuan Volpp received a BA in women's studies and biology from Harvard University/Radcliffe College in 1992, an MD from the University of California, San Francisco, and an MPH from the University of California, Berkeley. A clinical associate professor in the department of psychiatry at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Volpp previously worked at Bellevue Hospital, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession numbers: 2020-M23, 2020-M109

The papers of Serena Yuan Volpp were given to the Schlesinger Library by Serena Yuan Volpp in February and November 2020.

Processing Information

Processed: November 2020

By: Johanna Carll

The Schlesinger Library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.  Finding aids may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.

Author
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Language of description
eng
Sponsor
Processing of this collection was made possible by the Jeannette Ward Fund.
EAD ID
sch01905

Repository Details

Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository

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