Summary Information
Title: Sarah Harder Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1970-2000
Creator: Harder, Sarah
Call Number: Archives Series 586
Quantity: 7.4 linear ft. (1 archive box, 7 record center cartons)
Repository: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, McIntyre Library, Special Collections & Archives
Archival Locations: UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library / Eau Claire Area Research Ctr. E6/5c-E6/5f
Abstract: Sarah Harder was a professor and administrator from 1970 to 2000 at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The collection includes biographical and administrative files.
Language: English
Biography/History
Sarah Snell Harder was born in 1937 in Chicago. In 1963 she received bachelors' degrees in History and English from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. She received an M.A. in English from Bowling Green State University in 1966. In the mid-1960s, she married Harry Harder, and both were hired as faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1968.
Harder held many administrative positions at the university, including Assistant to the Chancellor for Affirmative Action and Education Opportunity, Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Educational Opportunity Programs, and Women's Studies Coordinator. From1968 to 2000 Sarah Harder was active in numerous campus and UW System committees, including the Affirmative Action Review Board, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Children's Center Advisory Board, Faculty and Curriculum Development Committee. She also served in university administrative roles, implementing programs for affirmative action, Title IX, and 504 regulations. Responsibilities as an administrator included developing university programs related to adults, minorities, disabled, and educationally underprepared students. She oversaw departments and programs such as the Academic Skills Center, Adult Opportunity Office, American Ethnic Coordinating Office, Upward Bound Program, and Special Services Projects for Disadvantaged Students. She also taught English courses and helped establish the Women's Studies program at UWEC.
Sarah Harder participated in many state, regional, national and international women's organizations. Most notably, she served as President of the Association of University Women from 1985 to 1989. She retired from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2000.
Scope and Content Note
The collection includes biographical information and administrative files from Sarah Harder's tenure at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The collection is divided into three series: Biographical Information and Publications, Women's Issues in Higher Education, and Programs and Events. Other materials related to Sarah Harder can be found in Archives Series 429: Affirmative Action Files, and Archives Series 486: Educational Opportunity General Files. Also, the Wisconsin Historical Society holds a collection of Sarah Harder's papers focusing on her involvement in the national and international women's movement.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to the public.
Use Restrictions
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright not owned by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Acquisition Information
Donated to the University Archives and Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire prior to March 2006 (accession 08-019).
Preferred Citation
We recommend the following citation model:
Sarah Harder Papers, 1970-2000. AS 586. Special Collections & Archives. McIntyre Library. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Eau Claire, WI.
Processing Information
Processed by Allen Ramsey in August 2007.
Arrangement of the Materials
By series
Search Terms
Personal Names: Harder, Sarah
Corporate Names: University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Educational Opportunity
Subject Terms:
College teachers--Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Biography o College administrators--Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Biography
Women--Education (Higher)--Wisconsin--Eau Claire o Affirmative action programs--Wisconsin--Eau Claire
Genre Terms: School Records
Contents List
Series: 1. Biographical Information and Publications, 1970-1998 | ||
Box 1 | Photos, ca. 1970-1980 | |
Box 1 | Memorabilia (buttons), ca. 1970s | |
Box 1 | Memorabilia, ca. 1970s | |
Box 1 | Vita, 1990-1998 |
Box 1 | Personal Correspondence, 1980-1998 |
Box 1 | Writings and Speeches, ca. 1970-1985; 1986-1989; 1992-1998 |
Box 1 | Publications About Sarah Harder, 1978-1997 |
Box 1 | Voices from Eau Claire: Some Perspectives on Women and the Campus (based on interview with Sarah Harder), Circa 1978 |
Series: 2. Women's Issues in Higher Education, 1970-2000 | |
Box 2 | UW System Task Force on Women's Studies—Final Report, 1974 |
Box 2 | Presentation—Board of Regents, 1977 |
Box 2 | Sarah Harder Reports, 1977-1978, 1981-1985 |
Box 2 | Women's Task Force—Minutes, 1979-1980 |
Box 2 | Women's Task Force—Academe and Staff, 1979-1980 |
Box 2 | Status of Women Task Force—Report on Status of Women, 1980 |
Box 2 | Status of Women Task Force—Reports (Blueprint for Achievement and Appendices), 1981 |
Box 2 | Status of Women Task Force—Correspondence, Misc., 1981-1982 |
Box 2 | UW System Status of Women Report, 1981-1984 |
Box 2 | Women—UW System Report on Status, August, 1982 |
Box 2 | UW System Task Force on Women, 1983-1987 |
Box 2 | Status of Women Report—UW System, 1985 |
Box 2 | Regent Study Group on Future of UW System—"Women as Students and Faculty", July, 1986 |
Box 2 | Women & Future of UW System, 1987 |
Box 2 | Women's Studies—Students "Equal Opportunities in Education—Eliminating Discrimination on Basis of Gender" UW System, 1989 |
Box 2 | UW System Gender Data, 1990 |
Box 2 | Gender Issues UW System and Academe, 1990-1991 |
Box 2 | UW System Gender Policy & Statute, 1990-1991 |
Box 2 | Report to UW-System Task Force on Status of Women, UW-Eau Claire, April, 1980 |
Box 2 | UWEC Report to UW System Task Force on Status of Women, April, 1980 |
Box 2 | UWEC Response to Task Force on Status of Women, ca. 1981 |
Box 2 | Task Force on Women's Issue Survey, 1983 |
Box 2 | Consultation and Reports to the Commission on Status of Women on Regents Task Force Recommendations, undated |
Box 2 | Commission on the Status of Women, 1973-1981 |
Box 2 | PEER, 1981-1983 |
Box 2 | Status of Women—Resource Committee, 1980 |
Box 2 | Resource Committee on Women, 1980 |
Box 2 | Commission on Status of Women, 1982-1983; 1982-1987 |
Box 2 | Regents Task Force Women—Background Papers 2-33, undated |
Box 3 | UW Regents Task Force on Women, 1979-1981 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Faculty—UW System Report on Employment-Status of Women, 1976, 1980 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Faculty—UW System Salaries, 19801992 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Faculty—UW System Regents Task Force on Women-Report, 1981 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Faculty—UW System Regents Task Force on Women-Implement, 1986 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Faculty—UW System Women/future Regents Document, 1986 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Faculty—UW System Women/future, 1986-1988 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Faculty—Status of Academic Staff— Women Following Swoboda, June, 1988 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Faculty—UW System Equal Employment Annual Report-Swoboda, 1988-1992 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Faculty—UW System Women in Admin., 1990 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Faculty—UW System Tenure—Women and Minorities, 1990 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Faculty—UW System Report on the Status of Women Employees, 1990 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Faculty—UW System Management, 19901992 |
Box 3 | Child Care—UW System, 1992 |
Box 3 | Commission on the Status of Women-Focus Groups, 1999 |
Box 3 | UWEC Resource Committee on Status of Women, 1980 |
Box 3 | Individual/Intercultural Difference Committee, 1980-1985 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Faculty—UW System Entry Profile, 19801992 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Faculty—Staff Data, 1980-1991 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues—Classroom Climate—"Classroom Climate: A Chilly One for Women", 1983 |
Box 3 | "Mentoring Through Scholarly Collaboration", 1993 |
Box 3 | Equal Justice Task Force—Judge Peterson, 1990 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Faculty—Teacher Ed Gender Issues, 1989-1990 |
Box 3 | Commission on the Status of Women, 1988-1991 |
Box 3 | Task Force: Increasing the Retention of Women at UWEC, 1992-1993 |
Box 3 | Commission on the Status of Women, 1992-1993 |
Box 3 | Commission on the Status of Women/Task Force on the Retention of Women, 1993-1994 |
Box 3 | Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), 1994-1995; June 1996-1997 |
Box 3 | CSW-Meetings, February-May, 1996 |
Box 3 | CSW, 35325 |
Box 3 | Commission on the Status of Women Meeting—Handouts, 35346 |
Box 3 | CSW-Arrowhead Room, 35409 |
Box 3 | CSW, February 26, April 9, September 16, 1997 |
Box 3 | CSW-Final Meeting, 35570 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Diversity-Task Force on Diversity, 1993 |
Box 3 | Women's Issues-Diversity-Friends of Diversity at UWEC, 1993 |
Box 3 | "The Diversity Climate at UWEC", 1995-1999 |
Box 4 | Task Force on the Status of Women, 1982-1983 |
Box 4 | Academic Staff-Gender Equity, 1991-1993 |
Box 4 | Title IX Legislation, 1970-1977 |
Box 4 | Title IX Seminar, 27831 |
Box 4 | Title IX Hearings UWEC, May, 1976 |
Box 4 | Title IX Meeting, September 13-14, 1977 |
Box 4 | AIAW Correspondence, 1980-1981 |
Box 4 | UW System/Women's Athletics, 1989-1991 |
Box 4 | Title IX Self Evaluations & Surveys (Blue Binder), ca. 1975-1976 |
Box 4 | Title IX UWEC Chronology (Blue Binder), 1976-1977 |
Series: 3. Programs and Events, 1970-2000 | |
Box 5-8 | Program and Events Series, circa 1970-1990 |