Descriptive Summary
Schott, Linda.
Linda Schott Papers
1950s-1990sMaterials are in English.
MS 162
6 linear feet (6 Boxes)
University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
Linda Kay Schott was an Associate Professor of History and American Studies, and Director of the Center for the Study of Women and Gender, at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Schott was the driving force behind the establishment of the Archives for Research on Women and Gender at UTSA, now the UTSA Library's Archives and Special Collections Department. Before coming to UTSA, Schott worked as a history and humanities instructor at Southwest Texas State University and Texas Lutheran University. She is the author of Reconstructing Women's Thoughts:
the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom before World War II.
The collection chiefly includes writings and teaching materials, with some personal items. Writings include Schott's dissertation, as well as numerous scholarly articles and a book manuscript pertaining to American history, with an emphasis on women's history. Teaching materials primarily document Schott's positions at Texas Lutheran University and Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) and include Schott's notes, syllabi, articles, and general curriculum information. Personal items comprise correspondence, school papers, and newspaper clippings.
Biographical NoteLinda Kay Schott was an Associate Professor of History and American Studies, and Director of the Center for the Study of Women and Gender, at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Schott was the driving force behind the establishment of the Archives for Research on Women and Gender at UTSA, now the UTSA Library's Archives and Special Collections Department.
Before coming to UTSA, Schott worked as an instructor at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) from 1985 until around 1986, and at Texas Lutheran College for an indeterminate amount of time, apparently beginning in 1986. She earned a B.A. in History and German from Baylor University in 1979, an M.A. in History at Stanford University in 1981, and a joint Ph.D. in History and Humanities from Stanford University, with a major in United States history and minor in modern European history, in 1985. While pursuing her doctoral degree at Stanford University, Schott taught classes in literature, history, and the humanities.
Schott is the author of
Reconstructing Women's Thoughts:
the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom before World War II (Stanford University Press, 1997).
Scope and Content NoteThe collection comprises one accession, which chiefly includes writings and teaching materials, with some personal items. Writings include Schott's dissertation,
Women Against War: Pacifism, Feminism, and Social Justice in the United States, 1915-1941, as well as numerous scholarly articles and a book manuscript pertaining to American history, with an emphasis on women's history. Accompanying writings are research materials, including materials relating to primary source research (finding aids, photocopy requests, and photocopies of archival material). Also accompanying writings are revised drafts, related correspondence from reviewers, and Schott's notes.
Teaching materials primarily document Schott's positions at Texas Lutheran University and Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University). Teaching materials include Schott's notes, syllabi, articles, and information regarding the General Education Curriculum (GEC) at Texas Lutheran University. Also included are subject files on a variety of topics in the areas of literature, history, and the humanities.
Personal materials comprise personal correspondence, class papers and notebooks, elementary school papers, and various newspapers and newspaper clippings.
Organization of Collection
- Original Deposit of June 2001 (Acc. 2001-019), 1950s-1990s
Access Restrictions
This collection is housed at UTSA's HemisFair Park Campus and must be accessed via the Institute of Texan Cultures reading room. To request access, please use the Collections Request Form.
Usage Restrictions
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright,
property, and libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
Materials relating to Linda Schott's work at UTSA may be found in the UTSA Center for the Study of Women and Gender Records (UA 13.01).
Acquisition Information
Received as a gift from Linda Schott in June 2001
(Acc. 2001-019).
Processing Information
The collection is in one accession, 2001-019, and has been encoded by Angela McClendon. More detailed processing is not anticipated at this time.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Linda Schott Papers, MS 162, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
Index Terms
Personal Names
Schott, Linda.
Organizations
Southwest Texas State University.
Texas Lutheran University.
University of Texas at San Antonio. Center for the Study of Women and Gender.
Subjects
College teachers--Texas.
History students--California.
Genres/Formats
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Articles.
Inventory of the Linda Schott Papers
Original Deposit of June 2001 (Acc. 2001-019), 1950s-1990s
(6 Boxes)
Chiefly includes writings and teaching materials, with some personal items. Writings include Schott's dissertation,
Women Against War: Pacifism, Feminism, and Social Justice in the United States, 1915-1941, as well as numerous scholarly articles and a book manuscript pertaining to American history, with an emphasis on women's history. Accompanying writings are research materials, including materials relating to primary source research (finding aids, photocopy requests, and photocopies of archival material). Also accompanying writings are revised drafts, related correspondence from reviewers, and Schott's notes.
Teaching materials primarily document Schott's positions at Texas Lutheran University and Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University). Teaching materials include Schott's notes, syllabi, articles, and information regarding the General Education Curriculum (GEC) at Texas Lutheran University. Also included are subject files on a variety of topics in the areas of literature, history, and the humanities.
Personal materials comprise personal correspondence, class papers and notebooks, elementary school papers, and various newspapers and newspaper clippings.
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Class papers
1
Western Culture faculty symposium V,
1984
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Journal,
1977-1983
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Assignment book
1
18th century Theory and Controversy,
1982-1983
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Eight spiral-bound class notebooks
1
Class notes
1
Personal letters
2
Dissertation papers
3
Elementary school papers
3
Cards and correspondence
3
Newspapers and newspaper clippings
4
1Dissertation: Women Against War: Pacifism, Feminism, and Social Justice in the United States, 1915-1941,
1985
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2Dr. Schott file
4
3Engendered Philosophical Perspectives: Jane Addams and William James on Alternatives to War
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4Middle of the Road Pacifists: Carrie Chapman Catt and the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War
4
5Xerox on WILPF [Women's International League for Peace and Freedom], NCCCW [National Conference on Cause and Cure of War], WPP documents
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6Biographical information - appendix for book revision
4
7Reviewers' comments
4
8Preface and Introduction
4
9Chapter 1: Building the Philosophical Foundations of Peace Work, 1898-1915
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10Chapter 2: The Illusion of Women's Unity, 1915
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11Chapter 3: The Reality of Women's Differences, 1915-1919
4
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Chapter 4: Making Peace with the Next Women's Issue, 1919-1924
Note: Chapter title was subsequently changed to
Unity Within Diversity
4
13
Chapter 5: Pacifist Philosophy and Program
Note: Chapter title inside folder is
Nuturing and Nonresistance, 1919-1941
4
14
Chapter 6: Work for Social Justice
Note: Chapter title inside folder is
A Response to the Brother We Have Seen
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15
Conclusion
4
16
Book outline
4
17
Assorted papers
5
Four envelopes of book drafts
5
Other professors' syllabi and reading lists
5
1
UTSA stationery
5
2
Cherished memorabilia and correspondence
5
3
Grant application
5
4
Cover letters and curriculum vitae, 1985-1986 and undated
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5
Why Women Oppose War: Ideas of the Woman's Peace Party, 1915-1919 (drafts of paper)
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6
An Unbroken Thread: The Ideology of Women's Work for Peace and Social Reform (drafts of paper)
5
7
The Substitution of Nurture for Warfare (paper for lecture)
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8
Chapter 1: Introduction
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9
Dissertation chapter 2: Why Women Oppose War
5
10
Chapter 3: Women Working with Women for Peace the World Over - draft
5
11
Chapter 3: Women Working with Women for Peace the World Over - revision
5
12
Chapter 4 - draft
5
13
Chapter 5: The Inherent Violence of Inequality
5
14
Duquesne History Forum - proposal
5
15
AHA [American Historical Association] paper 1985
5
16
Frontiers article (Why Women Oppose War)
5
17
Assorted papers
5
18
Binder of various articles
6
1
GEC 134 [Exploring the Arts and Sciences] Final Exam, Fall '88
Note: GEC stands for General Education Curriculum
6
2
GEC 134 - general education aids
6
3
General Education Curriculum - general information
6
4
GEC 134 - syllabus
6
5
GEC 134 - paper topics
6
6
A.C. Greene
6
7
Laura Furman - Stories from The Glass House
6
8
GEC 134 - Demetria Martinez - Visiting Writer, Fall '88
6
9
GEC 134 - Spring 1987 - RAB
6
10
GEC 134 - canon
6
11
Exploring Arts and Sciences - Exam 1
6
12
Exploring Arts and Sciences - Exam 2
6
13
GEC 134 - Exam 3
6
14
GEC final exam
6
15
GEC 134 syllabi - Fall '88
6
16
GEC 134 - Richmond, TLC Objectives, Cheney
6
17
GEC 134 - Cousins, Fitzgerald
6
18
Cisneros, House on Mango Street
6
19
Plato, Apology, Allegory of the Cave
6
20
Whitecloud, Blue Winds Dancing
6
21
Steinem, Sisterhood
6
22
Genesis and Freud, The Psychical Apparatus
6
23
Dante
6
24
Darwin
6
25
Dostoyevsky - utilitarianism
6
26
Euripides, Thucydides
6
27
Enlightenment
6
28
Freud
6
29
Goethe
6
30
Hebrew Bible - Genesis, Exodus (Hesiod)
6
31
Iliad
6
32
Martin Luther
6
33
Machiavelli, The Prince
6
34
Marie de France
6
35
Christopher Marlowe
6
36
Marx
6
37
Moliere
6
38
Montaigne
6
39
Thomas More, Utopia
6
40
New Testament
6
41
Odyssey
6
42
Plato
6
43
Rousseau
6
44
Shakespeare
6
45
Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
6
46
Sophocles
6
47
Virgil
6
48
Voltaire, Candide
6
49
Humanities 61 Seminar, Th 3-5
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50
Humanities 61 Seminar, Wed. 7-9
6
51
Medieval and Renaissance - intro and syllabus
6
52
Humanities 62 Seminar, Wed 7-9
6
53
Humanities 63 Seminar, Th 3-5
6
54
Humanities 63: general information
6
55
Fromm, The Save Society
6
56
Breisach, Intro to Modern Existentialism
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57
Shakespeare, The Tempest
6
58
Huxley, Brave New World
6
59
Gould, Women's Brains
6
60
Asimov and Weinberg
6
61
Badash, How Scientific Theories are Developed and Applied
6
62
Brecht, Galileo, Galileo, The Bible is Not...
6
63
GEC 134 - Heath, Scaling - The Physics of Lilliput
6
64
Rifkin, Declaration of a Heretic
6
Various papers, articles, student writings
6
GEC 134 - Exploring the Arts & Sciences (Texas Lutheran College), 1987-88
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GEC 134 - Exploring the Arts & Sciences (Texas Lutheran College), 1988-89
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65
Augustine
6
66
Aquinas
6
67
Aristotle
6
68
Boethius
6
69
Cervantes
6
70
Cicero, Epictetus, Virgil
6
Evaluation sheets
6
71
Heilbroner, What Has Posterity Ever Done for Me?
6
72
Sam Keen and Sigmund Freud
6
73
Bronowski and Mills
6
74
de Beauvoir and Sojourner Truth
6
75
Dvorkin, Reflections: On Manhood
6
76
Verburg, Observations: Looking at Ourselves
6
77-78
Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail
6
79
Plato, Crito
6
80
Tuchman, History as Mirror
6
81
Tavris and Wade, The Longest War
6
82
Boulding, The Social Sciences and the Social System
6
83
Humanities - Stanford / Humanities - teaching information
6
84
Minnich - feminist perspective on excellence
6
85
Historical and philosophical background - Roman Period
6
86
Sappho
6
87
Aeschylus, The Oresteia