Series: Curriculum Vita, 1976-2000
Series
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The Joan Jensen papers span the years 1976-1994. The bulk of material is concentrated between 1980-1992. The papers represent her academic career at New Mexico State University. The material prior to 1980 is sparse and includes information regarding attendance at conferences and grant proposals. The material following 1991 suggests that Jensen was busy with several book projects. The Joan Jensen papers have been arranged into ten series.
The first series, Curriculum and Vita, consists of one folder, and houses a copy of Professor Jensen's vita from the early 1980's. The vita shows Jensen's prior employment, publications, and educational background before her arrival at New Mexico State University.
The second series, Manuscripts, has been divided into five subseries, appropriately titled after Jensen's book publications. The series includes chapters and books that Jensen eventually published while a professor at New Mexico State University. Most of the typed and book copies have handwritten notes on them from various editors. The book titles are as follows: Passage From India; A Needle, A Bobbin, A Strike: Women Needleworkers In America; Loosening the Bonds: Mid-Atlantic Farm Women, 1750-1850; Promise To The Land: Essay's On Rural Women, and The Army and Internal Security.
The third series, American Farm Women in Historical Perspective Conference, span the years 1982-1984, and offers detailed information on the organization of the conference. The series is arranged in four boxes and covers the conference from its infancy through the final requests for payment months after the conclusion of the conference. The material includes grant proposals, correspondence with participants and panelists, call for papers, paper proposals, local area information, campus information, printed material, financial documents, travel arrangements, conference programs, photographs, letters to and from the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities, and Jensen's personal notes on conference aesthetics.
The fourth series, Conference Participation, shows Jensen's interests and participation in different Women's Studies conferences throughout the United States. Jensen did not participate in some of the conferences, but was interested in material and ideas generated from the scholarly meetings. The material in this series span the years 1975-1988, and includes paper proposals, conference newsletters, conference programs, journal advertisement, conference correspondence, interoffice memos, vouchers, grant proposals, and travel arrangements. The conferences mentioned in this series include: Oral Tradition Conference, Mogollon Conference, Agriculture Change and Human Value Conference, Women's Role in United States Farms Conference, The National Association for the Cottage Industry, The Women and Food Information Network, Institutions of the West Conference, 4-H Conference, Women and Society Conference, Middle East Oil and New Mexico Conference, Women's West Conference, New Mexico Family and Community Conference, Women's Studies Conference.
The fifth series, Oral History Projects, is divided into two subseries. The material in this series span the years 1980-1984. The first subseries is States, and has been arranged in alphabetical order. The information in this series was collected by the National Homemakers Extension Service and includes oral histories of farm women throughout the United States. The material consists of audio cassette tapes and photocopied transcripts of oral history taken from individual women. Dr. Jensen used this information in the paper she presented at the American Farm Women in Historical Perspective Conference. The second subseries, Oral History Papers includes paper proposals and a dissertation written on oral history.
The sixth series, Professional Activities, is a glimpse inside Jensen's busy professional and academic career. The series is divided into seven subseries. The subseries includes Grant Proposals, New Mexico Humanities Council, American Historians Association, National Endowment for the Humanities, New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities, Organization of American Historians, and Ellis Island. The material in this collection spans Jensen's entire academic career at New Mexico State University (1976-1994) and includes correspondence, financial documents, printed material, committee minutes, grant application, brochures, pamphlets, paper proposals and conference programs. The series includes six boxes and documents Jensen's professional activities outside her commitments at New Mexico State University.
The seventh series, Printed Material, is small and consists of one box of material. These printed materials shows Jensen's interests outside of her immediate academic area. Series material includes Old Time Agriculture Ads, Country Cloth To Coverlets, Trees of San Diego, California State Parks, Enjoy Your Recorder, Tibetan Buddhism, Humanities: The American Farm, No Dust in Heaven, Zuni History, Center for Creative Photography, The American Farm, The Future of Agriculture In The Rocky Mountains, M.C. Escher Clippings, Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings.
The eighth series, Women's Studies, is small and shows Jensen's desire to incorporate the discipline into the larger historical picture. The series is organized into three folders, and shows the integration of Women's Studies, and Women's History into primary and secondary levels of public education. The material that composes this series includes: newsletters, journal articles, guidebook, and correspondence. The university records for the department can be found in the Hobson Huntsinger University Archives at the Archives and Special Collections Department.
The ninth series, Oral History Tapes includes four tapes with an interview of Gussie Mae Brady. The interview was conducted by Bee Stagl on January 7, 1987. The tapes were assigned the control numbers RG T208.1-T208.4.
The Photographs series is a collection of photographs that Jensen used for book publications. The photographs are arranged into three folders and have been assigned a number in the collection. The second folder contains photo Ms03210008, which has been titled ???Winnowing???. This photo has been restricted by the Library of Congress for the viewing only. No reproduction of this photo may be made unless approved by the Library of Congress.
The first series, Curriculum and Vita, consists of one folder, and houses a copy of Professor Jensen's vita from the early 1980's. The vita shows Jensen's prior employment, publications, and educational background before her arrival at New Mexico State University.
The second series, Manuscripts, has been divided into five subseries, appropriately titled after Jensen's book publications. The series includes chapters and books that Jensen eventually published while a professor at New Mexico State University. Most of the typed and book copies have handwritten notes on them from various editors. The book titles are as follows: Passage From India; A Needle, A Bobbin, A Strike: Women Needleworkers In America; Loosening the Bonds: Mid-Atlantic Farm Women, 1750-1850; Promise To The Land: Essay's On Rural Women, and The Army and Internal Security.
The third series, American Farm Women in Historical Perspective Conference, span the years 1982-1984, and offers detailed information on the organization of the conference. The series is arranged in four boxes and covers the conference from its infancy through the final requests for payment months after the conclusion of the conference. The material includes grant proposals, correspondence with participants and panelists, call for papers, paper proposals, local area information, campus information, printed material, financial documents, travel arrangements, conference programs, photographs, letters to and from the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities, and Jensen's personal notes on conference aesthetics.
The fourth series, Conference Participation, shows Jensen's interests and participation in different Women's Studies conferences throughout the United States. Jensen did not participate in some of the conferences, but was interested in material and ideas generated from the scholarly meetings. The material in this series span the years 1975-1988, and includes paper proposals, conference newsletters, conference programs, journal advertisement, conference correspondence, interoffice memos, vouchers, grant proposals, and travel arrangements. The conferences mentioned in this series include: Oral Tradition Conference, Mogollon Conference, Agriculture Change and Human Value Conference, Women's Role in United States Farms Conference, The National Association for the Cottage Industry, The Women and Food Information Network, Institutions of the West Conference, 4-H Conference, Women and Society Conference, Middle East Oil and New Mexico Conference, Women's West Conference, New Mexico Family and Community Conference, Women's Studies Conference.
The fifth series, Oral History Projects, is divided into two subseries. The material in this series span the years 1980-1984. The first subseries is States, and has been arranged in alphabetical order. The information in this series was collected by the National Homemakers Extension Service and includes oral histories of farm women throughout the United States. The material consists of audio cassette tapes and photocopied transcripts of oral history taken from individual women. Dr. Jensen used this information in the paper she presented at the American Farm Women in Historical Perspective Conference. The second subseries, Oral History Papers includes paper proposals and a dissertation written on oral history.
The sixth series, Professional Activities, is a glimpse inside Jensen's busy professional and academic career. The series is divided into seven subseries. The subseries includes Grant Proposals, New Mexico Humanities Council, American Historians Association, National Endowment for the Humanities, New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities, Organization of American Historians, and Ellis Island. The material in this collection spans Jensen's entire academic career at New Mexico State University (1976-1994) and includes correspondence, financial documents, printed material, committee minutes, grant application, brochures, pamphlets, paper proposals and conference programs. The series includes six boxes and documents Jensen's professional activities outside her commitments at New Mexico State University.
The seventh series, Printed Material, is small and consists of one box of material. These printed materials shows Jensen's interests outside of her immediate academic area. Series material includes Old Time Agriculture Ads, Country Cloth To Coverlets, Trees of San Diego, California State Parks, Enjoy Your Recorder, Tibetan Buddhism, Humanities: The American Farm, No Dust in Heaven, Zuni History, Center for Creative Photography, The American Farm, The Future of Agriculture In The Rocky Mountains, M.C. Escher Clippings, Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings.
The eighth series, Women's Studies, is small and shows Jensen's desire to incorporate the discipline into the larger historical picture. The series is organized into three folders, and shows the integration of Women's Studies, and Women's History into primary and secondary levels of public education. The material that composes this series includes: newsletters, journal articles, guidebook, and correspondence. The university records for the department can be found in the Hobson Huntsinger University Archives at the Archives and Special Collections Department.
The ninth series, Oral History Tapes includes four tapes with an interview of Gussie Mae Brady. The interview was conducted by Bee Stagl on January 7, 1987. The tapes were assigned the control numbers RG T208.1-T208.4.
The Photographs series is a collection of photographs that Jensen used for book publications. The photographs are arranged into three folders and have been assigned a number in the collection. The second folder contains photo Ms03210008, which has been titled ???Winnowing???. This photo has been restricted by the Library of Congress for the viewing only. No reproduction of this photo may be made unless approved by the Library of Congress.
Dates
- 1976-2000
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access and Use
Open. All materials in this collection are available for research under supervised conditions in the Research Room.
Copyright. Copyrights associated with materials in this collection have not been transferred to New Mexico State University.
Restrictions. Certain copy restrictions apply to the photographs within the collection.
Copyright. Copyrights associated with materials in this collection have not been transferred to New Mexico State University.
Restrictions. Certain copy restrictions apply to the photographs within the collection.
Extent
From the Collection: 16 Linear Feet
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository