Women’s Bureau Historic Documents: Research Methods

Due to the time frame of the publications and the internal record systems of USU libraries prior to 1976, most of the Women's Bureau collection is not cataloged. There is a shelf-list available for the physical documents present in the collection. 

The Government Publishing Office distributes documents in a variety of ways. USU has collected Women's Bureau documents in the following formats.

• Print Sources
• Microfiche
• Online (digitized print material)

The print materials are part of the circulating collection and can be checked out at the Circulation Desk. 

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This guide was created in collaboration with USU's ENGL 5400 course, Technology and Activism. The class, under the direction of Dr. Avery Edenfield, examined the role of ethics and social justice in technology use and facilitated independent research projects centered on investigating those relationships. This research guide was designed to explore the communication and language of the Women's Bureau documents within their historic period as well as their modern implications. 

Nicole Hurst has undergraduate degrees in English, with an emphasis in Technical Communications and Rhetoric, and Economics from Utah State University. During her time at USU, she was a student staff member of the Government Information Collection, part of Special Collections & Archives at the Merrill-Cazier Library. 

Vanessa Garcia Vazquez has undergraduate degrees in English, with an emphasis in Technical Communications and Rhetoric, and Criminal Justice from Utah State University. During her time at USU, she was a student staff member of the Government Information Collection, part of Special Collections & Archives at the Merrill-Cazier Library.