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Item consists of sound recordings of Debby Yaffe discussing her childhood, schooling and family life in California, including gendered family roles, expectations of femininity in the 1950s, university, marriage and life in Europe, her feminist consciousness raising experience in London, teaching high school in London, the differences between English and American societies, sex discrimination, radical feminist activities, restructuring of sexual relationships, life in Canada and involvement in the Women's movement in Victoria, Status of Women Action group, Everywoman's Books, disordered eating as feminist issue, work as a fitness instructor, abortion rights, impact on feminist awareness of the December 6, 1989 killings at École Polytechnique in Montréal, radical feminism, women's lives in Canada and England, life as a lesbian, resisting dominant domestic relationship constructs, teaching Women's Studies, feminist theory, and the Victoria Women's Movement Archives.

The Debby Yaffe interview was conducted by Joy Fisher as a research project in the course History 358A, "Women in Canada," taught by Dr. Lynne Marks, which covered histories of women in Canada from the era of New France to the present. Fisher"s resulting essay is entitled "Riding the Wave/ Watching the Wave: A Second Wave Feminist Talks about Gender Ideologies and her Life."

The collection consists of nineteen interviews with instructors and students discussing their experiences while at the PNS. Interviewees include: Margaret Dunn Beckwith, George and Winnett Brand, Dr. Harold Campbell, Mrs. Kay Christie, Benjamin Crawford, Norman and May Forbes, Jack Fouracre, Helen Fulton, Dorothy Germaine, John Gough, Olive Wilson Heritage, Marjorie Hoey, Laurette Holdridge, Wilfrid Johns, Alfred Loft, George Love, Sylvia McKay, Eleanor Piggott, and Percy Wilkinson.

The fonds consists of 16 audiocassettes and transcripts of interviews with the following members of the Faculty Women Caucus: Marilyn Callahan, Radhika Desai, Jean Dey, Monika Langer, Hester Lessard, Margie Mayfield, Norma Mickelson, Phoebe Noble, Clare Porac, Alison Preece, Christine St. Peter, Judith Terry, Paddy Tsurumi, Jennifer Waelti-Walters, Barb Whittington, and Margo Young. Tapes and transcripts arranged in alphabetical order.

The fonds consists of conference packages given to each delegate, including conference programme, biographies of recognition awards recipients, names of conference attendees, and blank evaluation forms. Also included in original material used for producing the art exhibit catalogue in 1993.

The fonds consists of the working files for plays of Henry Carey (1980); The Dynamics of Progress (1989); Time: A Bibliographic Guide (1993); and the Encyclopedia of Time (New York: Garland, 1994). Series for the Encyclopedia include correspondence, text marked for index, files for non-contributors, and subject files: Aging, Biology, History of Archaeology, Physics and Astronomy, Religion, Sociology, and Time Management.

The fonds consists of Sewell's correspondence, lecture notes, teaching materials, work as a Ph.D. student, drafts of papers, articles, and reports, published materials, collected research materials and unpublished academic papers, as well as personal documents including his curriculum vitae.

W.R. Derrick Sewell's research focused on topics of water sources, water management, environmental science, geography, renewable energy and water problems/crises, both in Canada and around the world. This is reflected in his publications and papers, as well as in the maps he collected.

The fonds consists of two accessions of material relating to Charlotte Girard academic career, teaching career and publications, including correspondence, research work and drafts of papers, drafts of book, "Canada in World Affairs, vol,.XIII" and Girard's Ph.D. dissertation.

The fonds consists of members files, and of the files of several chairs, and members of the Steering Committee: Margie Mayfield (member), 1985-90; Jennifer Waelti-Walters (member), 1988-94; Judith Terry (chair and member), 1988-96; Nancy Galambos (chair), 1990-92; Clare Porac (member), 1990-96; and Alison Preece (chair and member), 1992-95. The files include correspondence, minutes and reports of the steering committee; files relating to the Faculty Association Status of Women Committee, 1993-1994; the President's Advisory Committee on Employment Equity, 1989-93; and the Political Science dilemma, 1992-95.

The fonds consists of Chairs files, 1987-91, including minutes, correspondence and issues; Advisor's files, 1975-90, including correspondence and reference material about equity issues; and a member's file, 1987-91, including correspondence and reports.