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Queer Studies Program Records, 2012-2020

By Vanessa Vanderzee

Collection Overview

Title: Queer Studies Program Records, 2012-2020

Predominant Dates: 2013-2015

ID: RG 278

Primary Creator: Oregon State University. Queer Studies Program.

Extent: 0.45 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: The Queer Studies Program Records are arranged in one series: 1. OSU Queer Studies Program Files

Date Acquired: 00/00/2016

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Queer Studies Program Records documents the establishment and contributions of Oregon State’s queer studies program, which began in the summer of 2013 and continues to offer classes today.

Scope and Content Notes

The Queer Studies Program Records is a small but growing collection which contains a broad range of materials documenting the program’s founding and development. The records consist of course-related and promotional materials; creative work produced by queer studies students; press coverage of the program and its faculty; and programs, handouts, and posters for both on- and off-campus events centering on LGBT or queer topics.

Biographical / Historical Notes

The Queer Studies curriculum was introduced in summer term of 2013 at Oregon State University with the Introduction to Queer Studies course thanks to the work of Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill and other faculty in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) at OSU. Since its launch, the Queer Studies curriculum--which is a nested program within WGSS--now offers over ten different courses, an undergraduate minor, a graduate minor, and may now serve as a secondary or third field of study in the master’s in interdisciplinary studies degree (MAIS) program.

The Queer Studies curriculum at Oregon State centers on the activism and scholarship of women of color, transnational feminisms, Two-Spirit Indigenous people, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) people of color, and examines homophobia and transphobia's relationship with racism, colonialism, sexism, ableism, classism and other forms of systematic oppression.



Author: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Oregon State University

Administrative Information

Accruals: Additions to the collection are expected.

More Extent Information: 2 boxes, including 1 oversize box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: Items were donated by Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill, Queer Studies co-founder and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies core faculty member

Related Materials: This collection is a part of the OSU Queer Archives (OSQA). Other collections related to LGBTQ+ history include the Pride Center Records (RG 236), the Queer History Research Collection, and the Thomas Kraemer Papers, as well as the OSU Queer Archives Oral History Collection.

Preferred Citation: Queer Studies Program Records (RG 278), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Creators

Oregon State University. Queer Studies Program.
Driskill, Qwo-Li

People, Places, and Topics

Bisexual college students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Gay college students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Lesbian college students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon State University--Curricula.
Oregon State University--History.
Oregon State University. Queer Studies Program.
Transsexual college students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Universities and colleges--Curricula--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History
Women--Social conditions.


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