Sheila Tobias Collection

Sheila Tobias Collection

1978-1999

Collection: NAC-

Size: 3 cubic feet

Accession number: 00-001

Location: NCCROW, NAC-

SOURCE OF ACQUISITION:

Donated by Sheila Tobias

RESTRICTIONS:

None.

PROCESSOR:

Jennifer Kaltwasser.

ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT:

The materials are separated into three boxes. One box contains manuscript drafts of Tobias’s books. They are organized chronologically. A second box contains published periodicals and booklets, organized alphabetically. The third box contains miscellaneous papers, articles, notes, syllabi, etc. Every effort was made to preserve the order in which the latter materials were donated.

There is also a Sheila Tobias Collection of catalogued books. They are currently on display and when moved will continue to be non-circulating. They are marked with bookplates indicating that they were gifts of Sheila Tobias. They are organized by Library of Congress order. The assigned numbers can be found on identifying strips and in pencil on the copyright page. For a listing of the books in the collection, see library donations.

SCOPE AND CONTENT:

The bulk of this collection is manuscripts and papers saved by and donated by Sheila Tobias in exquisite order.

The Sheila Tobias Collection of books contain personal notes in Sheila Tobias's hand. Also, many of the books are signed by the author and/or inscribed by or to Sheila Tobias.

The material, which covers the period from 1978 to 1999, may be helpful to researchers interested in the education of women, the education of women in math and sciences, pedagogical debates, the writing and teaching styles of Sheila Tobias, the writing process, or the feminist personal library.

Box 1 of 3

Manuscript drafts.

Faces of Feminism, 1997

Science as a Career, 1995

Overcoming Math Anxiety, rev. ed., 1993

Breaking the Science Barrier, 1992

Breaking the Science Barrier, 1992

Succeed with Math, 1987

Overcoming Math Anxiety, 1978

Box 2 of 3

Periodicals and booklets.

AWIS [Association for Women in Science] Magazine, vol. 22, no. 3 (May/June 1993)

AWIS [Association for Women in Science] Magazine, vol. 22, no. 2 (March/April 1993)

AWIS [Association for Women in Science] Magazine, vol. 22, no. 1 (Jan/Feb 1993)

AWIS [Association for Women in Science] Magazine, vol. 21, no. 4 (July/August 1993)

"A Birthday Book: Gloria at 50" Gala Celebration, Grand Ballroom, Waldorf-Astoria,

May 23, 1984

Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 13, no. 2 (Winter 1993)

Equal Rights Advocate, vol. 20, no. 4 (Winter 1999)

"The Equal Rights Amendment: Our Legacy, Our Goal," July 18, 1998, First Presbyterian Church, Seneca Falls, NY

Feminist Periodicals, vol. 10, no.3 (Fall 1990)

Feminist Periodicals, vol. 10, no.2 (Summer 1990)

Feminist Periodicals, vol. 10, no.1 (Spring 1990)

Feminist Periodicals, vol. 9, no.4 (Winter 1990)

"The Feminist Press, 1970-1985"

Feminist Publishers

Forum 98 National Consultation Participants

Forum 98: Taking Action for Women in the 21st Century

Journal of College Science Teaching, vol.21, no.5 (March/April 1992)

Ms. vol. 8, no.2 (Sept/Oct 1997)

Ms. vol. 8, no.1 (July/Aug 1997)

Ms. vol. 7, no.5 (Mar/Apr 1997)

Ms. vol. 5, no.4 (Jan/Feb 1995)

Ms. vol. 5, no.3 (Nov/Dec 1994)

Ms. vol. 5, no.1 (July/Aug 1994)

Ms. vol. 4, no.6 (May/Jun 1994)

Ms. vol. 4, no.2 (Sept/Oct 1993)

Ms. vol. 4, no.6 (May/Jun 1994)

Ms. vol. 3, no.6 (May/Jun 1993)

Ms. vol. 3, no.4 (Jan/Feb 1993)

Ms. vol. 2, no.6 (May/Jun 1992)

Ms. vol. 2, no.3 (Nov/Dec 1991)

Ms. vol. 1, no.2 (Sept/Oct 1990)

Ms. Premier Issue 1990

Off our backs, vol. 26, no.4 (October 1985)

People weekly, Special Collector’s Edition 1998, "Unforgettable Women of the Century"

"Re-Visioning Feminism Around the World," the Feminist Press at CUNY

Women make movies: 1998 Film & Video Catalogue

The Women’s Review of Books, vol. 10, no. 12 (Sept 1993)

 

Box 3 of 3

Papers, articles, notes, syllabi, etc.

Selected Syllabi for Women’s Studies Courses

"Programs That Work: Some Notes on the Theory and Practice of Science Education Reform"

"Gender and Politics: The Legacy of the New Feminism in America," in progress, 1993

"Sexual Politics: The Legacy" May 1996 Draft

"Sexual Politics: The Legacy" May 1996 Draft

Engineering 600: Teaching Engineers 1990 Syllabus

Peer Perspectives Live Talk

Reports on the Math Course at Saint John’s and Indiana

"Professors as physics students: What can they teach us?" Am. J. Phys. 56 (9), September 1998

Peer Perspectives on the Teaching of Poetry

[What Can We Learn From Our Learners?] collaboration with John S. Rigden

Book Reviews of They’re Not Dumb, They’re Different

Talk to UC System-Wide Advisers Conferences, May 17, 1991

Sheila Tobias Biographies

Interview with Sheila Tobias Transcript

Succeed with Math articles

Overcoming Math Anxiety articles

"The Frustrations of a College Physics Class," Chronicle of Higher Education, October 15, 1986

"What Makes Science Hard?" J.Chem.Ed. (September 1986)

"Peer Perspectives on Physics," Physics Teacher (February 1988)

"Peer Perspectives on the Teaching of Science," Change (March/April 1986)

Incomplete, unidentified article

"The M.A. and Ph.D. in Education" brochure Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA,

Gender Issues in Education (Education 409) July 20-24, 1998-Class syllabus and readings

Gender Issues in Education (Education 409) July 19-23, [1999]-Class syllabus and

Readings

Reform Process, vol. 2

"What Makes Engineering and Science Hard?" (1992)

"Math Anxiety: An Update" (1990)

"Moving the Mountain: How to Get the Physics Community to Change" (1993)

"The Great Vowel Shift"

"Science Illiteracy: A Contribution to the Debate"

Santa Cruz talk, Spring 1992

"What Do Our Tests Tell Our Students? About Themselves? About Science?’ (1992)

Miscellaneous pages on department-based concerns in academia

Personal notebook

Photocopies of signatures and inscriptions from Sheila Tobias Collection of books

Papers found in Sheila Tobias Collection of books