Ann C. Carver papers

Collection

Identifier: MS0044

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Material for courses in women's studies taught by a UNC Charlotte English professor. The collection also contains Dr. Carver's poems, lectures and articles.

Dates

Creation: 1975 - 2016

Creator

Carver, Ann C. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

Biographical Note

A faculty member of the English Department since 1969, Dr. Carver was also the former chair of the Black Studies Committee, who selected the first director of UNC Charlotte’s Black Studies Program, Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey. Dr. Carver worked side by side with Dr. Maxwell Roddey to teach, advise, and help students in the Black Studies Program. After teaching in the English Department and in the Black Studies Program for several years, she responded to the demands of female students to offer Women’s Studies courses at the University. In the spring of 1984, after years of negotiations, the Concentration in Women’s Studies, an interdisciplinary program, was approved by the UNC administration. Dr. Carver was the first Coordinator of UNC Charlotte’s Women’s Studies Program.

Source: UNC Charlotte, Women and Gender Studies Program, Dr. Ann C. Carver Essay Contest - http://womensandgenderstudies.uncc.edu/node/629

Extent

.4 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Dr. Carver was a UNC Charlotte English professor. She was the first Coordinator of UNC Charlotte’s Women’s Studies Program, previously serving as chair for the Black Studies Committee. Collection consists of materials for courses in women's studies. Also included are poems, lectures and articles.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into two series with a videotaped seminar that belongs to neither series. The two series are:

Women's Studies course documents and Writing