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This accession includes records documenting women and minority membership in the American Society of Zoologists (ASZ). The material consists of publications, meeting records, and membership minutes pertaining to women and minority involvement in the ASZ; statistical information; and a paper by Elizabeth B. Conant, titled "Early Women in the ASZ: Challenges of Archival Research," which she presented at the ASZ Centennial Meeting in 1989.

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• Women and Minority Members, 1989
• Membership: Historical Record, 1988-1989
• Boston Centennial Meeting of the American Society of Zoologists (ASZ): "Early Women in the ASZ - Challenges of Archival Research" (1989) by Elizabeth B. Conant
• Presentation Folder (historical publications):
  • American Society of Zoologists (1906)
  • American Society of Zoologists (1909)
  • American Society of Zoologists (1912)
  • American Society of Zoologists (1914)
• "The Beginnings of the American Society of Zoologists" (1979) by Br. Edward C. Quinn [reprint]
• "Ancestry and Beginnings: The Early History of the American Society of Zoologists" (1982) by Br. Edward C. Quinn [reprint].
• "The American Society of Zoologists, 1889-1999: A Century of Investigating the Biological Sciences" (1989) by Keith R. Benson and Br. Edward C. Quinn [reprint]
• Women and the ASZ, 1989
• Women Holding Office at the AZA (McLaughlin)
• ASZ and Its Forerunners: 1890-1919 Membership Minutes [copies]
• ASZ Membership: 1916-1956 Meeting Records [copies]

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