Sexuality, Women, and Gender (SWAG) Center records
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Scope and Contents
The Sexuality, Women, and Gender (SWAG) Center records contain the files and artifacts of the center. The records are arranged in two series: Subject Files and Artifacts. The records document the history of LGBTQ and feminist advocacy on campus largely in the 21st century. A large collection of posters documenting the events and campus sentiments toward LGBTQ activism are contained in the records.
Dates
- Creation: 1970 - 2024
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Starting in 2005, the Women’s Resource Center also housed the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity along with the Trans-Queer Resource Center. In 2017, these centers merged to become the Sexuality, Women, and Gender (SWAG) Center. Since then, SWAG has endeavored to cultivate a campus environment which women and queer people feel safe, valued, and supported through academic, co-curricular, and personal development. Remaining at 24 College Street, SWAG has continued to curate events and programs surrounding issues of gender and sexuality on campus including Women’s Herstory Month, Winning Together, Wild Women Adventures, OUTPeers and OUTAllies.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (1 ovsz-box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Resource and advocacy center for Bowdoin students.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was transferred by Kate Stern in 2023.
- Title
- Guide to the SWAG Center records
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Emma Barton-Norris
- Date
- 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository
