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Nancy E. Stoller papers concerning prison inmate health

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2012-11

Scope and Contents

The papers of professor and social activist Nancy E. Stoller in this collection date from the 1970s-2000s. The material documents her research and writing regarding health issues in prisons, often specifically those of female inmates. The papers are comprised of published articles, scholarly articles and studies, book chapter drafts, interviews, research data and notes, correspondence, and ephemera.

Stoller has published three major works that draw from this collection: Standards for Health Care in Jails and Prisons, with 2003, as co-author and co-editor; Improving Access to Care for California's Women Prisoners, 2000; Pregnancy in Prison: A Needs Assessment of Perinatal Outcome in Three California Penal Institutions, 1985, as co-author. Furthermore, Stoller wrote and published a number of journal articles and book chapters dating from 1980-2009 that are based on this material.

Dates

  • Creation: 1970s-2000s

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Some materials are restricted due to privacy and confidentiality concerns. Containers that have been identified as having restricted material are noted. Contact the UCSF Archivist for information on access to these files.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright has not been assigned to the Library and Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Library and Center for Knowledgement Management as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Extent

28.75 Linear Feet (21 cartons and 6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection of professor and social activist Nancy E. Stoller's papers concern her research related to inmate's health in prisions, often focusing on women's health, and date from the 1970s-2000s. The material documents her research and publications concerning prison-related health issues through notes, data, drafts, publications, correspondence, and ephemera. Stoller has done significant research in AIDS and the health of prison inmates and been active in many social movements and civil rights issues throughout her career. She began teaching at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1973 and officially retired in 2007. Stoller has since returned as an emeritus professor from 2007-2009 and 2011.

Arrangement

The collection is unprocessed. Materials have been rehoused and are in their original order within box groupings. The contents of each box has been recorded and maintained from the original containers.

Provenance

Donated to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections by Nancy Stoller in 2012-2013.

Related Materials

Related materials include the http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7c6029zb Nancy Stoller papers, 1985-1995, MSS 2000-06. Material within the collection relates primarily to Stoller's AIDS research for the book Lessons from the Damned: Queers, Whores and Junkies Respond to AIDS. In smaller quantities is also material connected to Women Resisting AIDS: Feminist Strategies of Empowerment, co-edited with Beth E. Schneider, and examples of her work on healthcare for prisoners, Latinas, and breast cancer.

Title
Inventory of the Nancy Stoller papers concerning prison inmate health
Author
Margaret Hughes
Date
2013
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Repository Details

Part of the UCSF Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
UCSF Kalmanovitz Library
530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco CA 94143-0840 USA