Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1971-2015 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
0.82 m of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This series contains mainly professional correspondence covering most of Prof. Prentice’s career as a scholar of women’s history. Included is correspondence regarding research projects, informal reviews of scholarly works, involvement on committees and attendance at meetings and conferences. The correspondence strongly documents the exchange of information, ideas and sources among colleagues in the developing fields of women’s history, the history of education and women studies.
Correspondence is arranged by year with incoming correspondence filed separately from outgoing correspondence. After the chronological files, there are files arranged alphabetically by subject or name. These include correspondence files with many colleagues and past students throughout Canada, Australia and Japan.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
B1998-0017/001: Incoming and Outgoing, 1971-1982
B1998-0017/002: Incoming and Outgoing, 1983-1990
B1998-0017/003: Incoming and Outgoing, 1991-1993
B1998-0017/003: Correspondence by subject, 1978-1994
B2009-0010/002: Incoming and Outgoing 1994-1999
B2009-0010/003: Incoming and Outgoing 2000-2008
B2009-0010/004: Correspondence by name 1982-2004
B2015-0020/001(02)-(12): Incoming and Outgoing Correspondence 2009-2015
B2019-0015/002 Mainly incoming with academic friends 1990s, 198- -2001
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Restricted. Correspondence in B2009-0010/004 and and B2019-0015/002 is closed until 2029. All other files are Open.