5.75 Linear Feet, 5 ft. 9 in. (3 record cartons, 15 in. each); (2 flat boxes, 4 in. each); (2 index card boxes, 3 1/2 in.
each); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (2 flat storage boxes, 1 1/2 in. each)
Creator
Waugh, Lillian J., 1941-2018
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Lillian Waugh, Professor, Papers and Artifacts, A&M 4518, West Virginia
and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Lillian Jane Waugh was born in Lewistown, Maine, on 1941 June 1, and passed away in Morgantown, West Virginia, on October
8th, 2018. Growing up in Maine and New Hampshire, Lillian was a competitive student and athlete. Her career in social sciences
began at Colby College, from which she received her BA in History. She went on to earn her MA in History at Bowling Green
State University before teaching the very subject at Parsons College for three years. Lillian then attended the University
of Massachusetts-Amherst where she completed her Ph.D. in History.
Her 1973 move to Morgantown, West Virginia, with husband David Yelton marked the beginning of her impact as a women's rights
advocate in the community. She was an instrumental cofounder for the Morgantown chapter of the National Organization for Women
(NOW), serving as an officer, and contributing decades of advocacy for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Lillian helped to
form the Rape Information Services (now Rape and Domestic Violence Information Center). This was the first shelter of its
kind in West Virginia. She was also one of the early creators and faculty of West Virginia University's new Women's Studies
Department (now Women's and Gender Studies). In addition to her role as a professor, Lillian led the WVU Women's Centenary
project as its director in 1991 to collect and archive materials about the first century of women legally educated in West
Virginia. The project aligned with her research interests in the early coeducation of women and women's labor. She received
a Mary Catherine Buswell Award for her work on the project and continued building on it through the early 2000's.
Papers, photographs, binders, artifacts, and newspapers belonging to Lillian Waugh, professor of Women's Studies at WVU and
gender equality activist. This collection contains personal family photographs, correspondence, and research about Waugh keeping
her surname after marriage. Protest and activism papers, photographs, and artifacts include assorted materials related to
Waugh's involvement in the National Organization for Women (NOW), the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) campaign, gender equality
movements, and anti-war protests. The collection features research, correspondence, and curriculum from Waugh's time as a
WVU professor. It likewise includes substantial research for WVU's Women's Centenary Project, which Waugh directed.
Series include:
Series 1. Personal Papers and Photographs (Box 1); 1932-1999
Series 2. Protests and Activism (Box 1); 1972-2018
Series 3. West Virginia University Women's Studies Program (Box 1); bulk dates 1976-2017
Series 4. Women's Centenary Project Research (Box 2); 1884-2017
Series 5. Artifacts (Boxes 5-9); 1966-1995
Series 6. Newspapers and Newspaper Clippings (Box 10); bulk dates 1977-1999
This series includes assorted personal papers and photographs, especially photographs and papers of Lillian's family and friends,
holiday cards, her college report cards, her research and correspondence regarding keeping her surname (Waugh) upon marriage
to David Yelton, and her 2018 obituary. Family photographs range from 1932-1950s.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Holiday cards and letters from friends to Lillian Waugh (includes unlabeled photograph of Lillian with friends, undated)
1973, 2001-2002, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Family photographs (includes photographs of Keoughs' wedding day, Lillian as a child, 'Dexter,' Lillian and her sister with
Goodwin twins and their mother, and Lillian's paternal grandmother and her children)
1932, 1951, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Program for funeral service of Robert M. Waugh [father]
1979 August 29
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Assorted materials regarding David Yelton [husband] (includes photographs from 1977 WV Youth Science Camp and 1980-1981 WVU
Outstanding Teacher Award photograph and certificate)
1977-1982, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Undergraduate and graduate school materials (includes report cards, college handbooks, letter of admission to WVU)
1958-1982 May 10, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Job applications, correspondence, and compliance materials
1965 February 16-1983 November 3
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Research on women keeping their surnames upon marriage
1972 October 15-1981 June, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Correspondence regarding Lillian keeping her surname after her marriage to David Yelton
1975 October 8-1978 November 16, 2003 August 23
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Assorted materials from sabbatical in Paris, France (includes photographs and correspondence)
This series includes assorted files and a binder, all containing materials from Waugh's participation in protests and activism
from the 1970s-2000s. The files consist of papers, badges, membership cards, and photographs from her involvement with the
National Organization for Women [NOW] and its protests for the Equal Rights Amendment [ERA], conferences, and gender equality
initiatives. They also feature programs, flyers, publications, and newspaper clippings related to other activist movements
and protests. The binder contains photographs and newspaper clippings from these other movements, especially those from anti-war
protests.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
National Organization for Women [NOW] newsletters and handbook
1982 January-1984
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Programs, resolutions, and flyers from National Organization for Women 1977 Conference (includes Lillian's conference badge)
1977 April 22-1977 April 24
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Photographs and assorted materials from National Organization for Women conferences (includes Lillian's conference badges)
1984 June-1993 September 18
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
Membership cards and Helaine Victoria suffrage stamps from the National Organization for Women
1974 December 31-1986 March 9, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
Photographs and newspaper clippings from the Equal Rights Amendment [ERA] March on Washington with the National Organization
for Women
1978 July 9-1979 July 9
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
Assorted materials for the Equal Rights Amendment Campaign with the National Organization for Women (includes flyers, ERA
stickers and informational letters)
1980 February-1982 June 16, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
Assorted promotional materials from the Equal Rights Amendment Countdown Campaign with the National Organization for Women
1981-1982 June 6, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
Research and news regarding the Equal Rights Amendment (includes materials provided by NOW)
1972 February-1982 May 24
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
Papers from the Volunteerism and Community Needs Forum sponsored by the National Organization for Women and Monongahela Volunteer
Action Center [MonVAC]
1977 February 24-1978, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20
Slides and tape recording from the Volunteerism at the Crossroads Forum sponsored by the National Organization for Women and
WVU Center for Extension and Continuing Education
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
Assorted papers and research regarding the National Organization for Women's equal education initiatives
1972-1979 September 4
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22
Correspondence from abortion rights letter writing initiative with the National Organization for Women
1982 March 17-1987 April 9
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23
Correspondence regarding a men's cookbook sponsored by the Charleston Chapter of the National Organization for Women (includes
letters from legislators)
1975 January 22-1977 April 28
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24
Photographs from the National Organization for Women's picnic at the Cheat Lake Marina, WV
ca. 2005
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25
Assorted photographs from National Organization for Women events
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26
Assorted protest and advocacy events, flyers, brochures, and reports (includes newspaper clippings)
1978, 1992 October 17-2008 November 4, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27
Eleanor Smeal Reports [women's rights publications]
1983 November 4-1984 December 18
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 28
Assorted publications and articles on women's rights and advocacy (includes The Prairiedog Dispatch , Newsweek , and League of Women Voters' newsletter)
This series includes assorted papers and audiovisual media pertaining to Waugh's involvement as a founder and faculty member
of the WVU Women's Studies (now Women and Gender Studies) Program. Most materials range from the 1970s-2000s. Materials include
research that Waugh incorporated into her curriculum about the first Black students to graduate from WVU and women's suffrage
movements. This material also contains departmental correspondence and academic consultations, the department's "Nexus" publications,
an announcement of Waugh receiving the Buswell Award, grant reports, conference papers, and materials related to Waugh's retirement
from WVU. The series also features an original telegram from 1920 announcing the passage of women's suffrage in West Virginia.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29
Research regarding the integration of WVU and its first Black students
1992 April, 2007 April 19-2007 May 3
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 30
Guidance and news regarding WVU's Center for Women's Studies
1987 October-1993 May 18
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31
WVU event invitations, flyers, brochures, and speeches
1989 March 1-2010 September 13, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 32
Women's Studies curriculum and pedagogy research
1982-1995 July 8, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 33
Women's studies curriculum syllabi, programs, and handouts
1986 July 22-1989 September, 1999-2000 April 8
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 34
Research on women's suffrage movements (includes 1920 telegram about the ratification of suffrage in WV and papers on WV suffragists)
1892, 1920 March 10, 1976-2000
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 35
Give the Ballot to the Mothers: Songs of the Suffragists by Francie Wolff (signed copy to Lillian Waugh)
1998
Computer Disks Box: 1 Folder: 36
"Mothers of Invention: Documentary in Progress" [VHS tape]
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 37
Nexus publications from the Center for Women's Studies (ediitions include articles about Lillian Waugh and a 1997 article by Waugh
about her sabbatical in France)
1992-2000; 2010
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 38
Women Making Connections: WV Humanities Council Grant Poposal
1997
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 39
National Women's Studies Association conference program and WVU Proposal Documents
1997 November 14-1998 June 14
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 40
Center for Women's Studies internal correspondence (includes email print-outs from co-workers)
Series 4. Women's Centenary Project Research (Box 2)
Mixed Materials Box: 2 1884–2017Bulk, 1980–2017
Scope and Contents
This series includes assorted papers and digital media containing research, program materials, publications, and conference
applications regarding the WVU Women's Centenary Project. Most materials are from the 1980s-2000s. Two binders include research
on the first WVU women students and graduates. This series also contains resesearch on women's inequality, labor, and education
in West Virginia and Appalachia, including correspondence between Waugh and potential donors to the Centenary collection.
They also feature the Centenary Project's publication, Centenary Currents .
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Correspondence with WVU women graduates and their relations for the Women's Centenary Project (includes newspaper clipping
about Willa Brand and deed of gift for Rosalyn Fleming Heironimus)
1962 May 5, 1993 November 4-2005 June 27, undated
Computer Disks Box: 2 Folder: 2
Digital copies of research, notes, and letters fro the Women's Centenary Project [magnetic disks] (includes research on the
Brown and Adams families and backups of the Centenary Currents )
1990-2002 June, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Research on women's labor in Appalachia
1986 June-1995, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Research on women's education inequality and history (includes newspaper clippings regarding Jane Crawford)
1972 September 5-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Research on women's education inequality and history at WVU (includes copies of cartoons from 1912)
ca. 1889-1912, 1989, 2000, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Centenary Currents publications
1989 January-1991
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Assorted programs, speeches, and planning Materials for Women's Centenary Project events
1989 June 20-1993 April 13, 2005 April 16-2016 April 5
This series consists of assorted artifacts, including buttons, pins, sashes, clothing, and a handbag related to Lillian Waugh's
involvement in protests and activism. Most materials are from the 1960s-1990s. A majority of artifacts relate to the National
Organization for Women's initiatives and the campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment. Other artifacts relate to the Mondale-Ferraro
1984 presidential campaign, anti-war movements, and the WVU Women's Centenary Project.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3a
Campaign buttons and bracelet (includes ERA campaign buttons and a bracelet, NOW buttons, Mondale-Ferraro 1984 presidential
campaign buttons, and Dukakis-Bentsen 1988 presidential election campaign buttons) [box 3a in box 3]
1978-1988, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3b
ERA campaign and gender equality buttons and pins (includes ERA pins, a NOW pin, and gender equality buttons in English and
Spanish) [box 3b in box 3]
ca. 1978-1980 May 10, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3c
Campaign buttons and pendant for peace and gender equality (includes buttons for March on Washington 1983, 1975 International
Women's Year, buttons in Spanish for International Day of Action for Women's Health, in English and German for gender equality,
and a gender equality pendant) [box 3c in box 3]
1966-1992 April 5, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3d
Assorted protest buttons and pins (includes Clinton-Gore presidential campaign button, anti-Bork and anti-Anita Bryant buttons,
and The West Virginia Dinner Party for the Spring Equinox of 1982 button) [box 3d in box 3]
1982-ca. 1992, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Votes for Women miniature yellow felt sash (found with 1920 telegram in Box 1, folder 34)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5
National March for the Equal Rights Amendment 1978 yellow sash and accompanying buttons (includes Ferraro for vice president
1984 pin and pin of Lillian Waugh's daughter)
1978 July 9-1984, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Black gender equality handbag (Lillian Waugh's name printed in white and white image of woman and male figures in the bottom
right corner)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7
Assorted artifacts from the National March on Washington for the Equal Rights Amendment with the National Organization for
Women (includes yellow "March for Women's Equality: Women's Lives" sash, "National ERA March '78" yellow sash, purple/white/yellow
sash, "white handkerchief salute" reward for Waugh's involvement in the Leauge of Women Voters, and photographs of the Morgantown
chapter of NOW at the March on Washington)
1978 July 9, 1995 April 29
Mixed Materials Box: 8
T-shirts for the National Organization for Women Mondale-Ferraro presidential campaign
ca. 1984
Mixed Materials Box: 9
T-shirt for the National Organization for Women 1982 State Conference and sweatshirt for the WVU Women's Centenary Project
This series includes assorted newspapers regarding David Yelton (husband), women keeping their surnames upon marriage, anti-war
protests, gender equality movements, and reserach for the Women's Centenary Project. Most newspapers range from the 1970s-1990s.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1
Article regarding David Yelton winning 1982 WVU Teacher of the Year for his teaching and cancer research
1982 February 7
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 2
Article regarding museums, markets, and parks in Paris, France
1997 November 2
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 3
Articles regarding women keeping their surnames upon marriage
1977 July 31-1982 February 22
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 4
Assorted articles regarding anti-war protests (including the War in Iraq)
2003 January 27-2006 July 26, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 5
Assorted articles regarding gender equality (including the Equal Rights Amendment and the Equality Act)
1899 April, 1972 October 15-1994, 2017 January 22-2021 May 30
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 6
Assorted articles regarding women in education and women's studies programs
1982 February, 1997 April 11
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 7
Articles referenced in research for the Women's Centenary Project
These oversize materials include a magazine and campaign sticker regarding the Mondale-Ferraro 1984 presidential campaign,
National Organization for Women [NOW] papers, papers regarding the Equal Rights Amendment [ERA], and research about women
keeping their surnames upon marriage. Materials range from the 1970s-1980s.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 1
Magazine with article about the Mondale-Ferraro presidential campaign and 1984 campaign sticker
1984 September 30
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 2
National Organization for Women Task Force Conference schedule
1977 April 22-1977 April 24
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 3
Equal Rights Amendment and women's rights songs and prayers
1983, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 4
Excerpts from letters received by the Center for a Woman's Own Name
1973 July 9
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 5
National Organization for Women bylaws as amended 1980 October