Abstract The Affirmative Action Advisory Board supports, advises and assists the Affirmative Action Office (AAO) by providing campus outreach and serving as liaison between AAO and the campus community, functions as a central clearinghouse for concerns, ideas, and information related to affirmative action at the university, and develops policy and practice recommendations. The collection contains board meeting agendas and minutes, memoranda, working papers, and affirmative action related reports and...

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The Affirmative Action Compliance Committee was formed at the request of Harry J. Wolf, Director of Affirmative Action, to develop compliance procedures, data gathering and analysis. The collection consists of general correspondence and memorandums, 1972-1975; committee minutes, 1975; an undated statistical chart listing total staff race, salary, and position; and affirmative action program guidelines and policies.

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The Affirmative Action Office is responsible for coordinating all compliance efforts, for investigating complaints, and for receiving grievances from students, faculty, and staff in matters dealing with discrimination. The collection consists of annual university affirmative action plans, correspondence, compliance and institutional analysis reports, committee records, and miscellaneous materials related to activities of the office.

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The Commission on the Status of Women Records consist of Affirmative Action material, correspondence, membership rosters, minutes, federal guidelines, an Intercollegiate Athletic Programs for Women position paper about Title IX, and other reports. There is also the Proceedings of Two Workshop Conferences: “Training Women to Meet the Challenge of Today’s New Dimensions,” sponsored by the Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women (June 1969), and miscellaneous publications.

Abstract The University's Committee on the Status of Women was formed in the fall of 1981, consisting of faculty, staff, students and community members. Its original purpose was to communicate with and educate people interested in women's issues at the University and in the broader community, and to investigate or research, as appropriate, timely issues of University import. Collection consist of committee agendas and minutes as well as other administrative materials, issues and special events led...

Abstract The Committee on Equal Opportunity, also known as the Equal Opportunity Board, was the 1975 merger of the Human Relations Commission, the Commission on the Status of Women, and the Affirmative Action Compliance Committee. The goal was to study and propose policies to ensure equitable treatment of all members of the University of Nevada community and to consult with the Affirmative Action Officer and President of the University. The collection contains committee records including minutes and...

Abstract The Human Relations Action Council, as stated in its first interim report, was formed in 1968 as a direct response to a national crisis in human relations symbolized by the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King. At its first meeting, the Council charged itself with the responsibility of gathering information about the social inequities that affect the educational and other opportunities of Nevada citizens, publication of this information, and the active fostering of university and community...

Abstract The Human Relations Commission was formed in June 1968 by university president N. Edd Miller, when called upon by the Human Relations Action Council to publicly affirm the university's opposition to all attitudes and practices which would discourage members of minority groups from applying or remaining at the University. The first meeting was held in September and was charged by Miller with a ten-point program which covered all the major proposals recommended by the Human Relations Action...

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Nevada Commission on Equal Rights of Citizens was a statutory agency of the state of Nevada which mediated complaints of unlawful discrimination and denial or limitation of service by places of public accommodation. These materials, gathered by Commissioner Robert Gorrell, include minutes, reports, complaints, and correspondence. Material between 1965-1966.