Kimberly E. Charlton papers

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Identifier: 37-5-3217

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Team schedules, brochures, captain?s letters, newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera from the Cornell Varsity Fencing team from 1990-1997. Includes press releases, correspondence, and newspaper clippings about the Title IX lawsuit brought against Cornell University by members of the Women?s Fencing and Gymnastics teams.

Dates

1990-1997.

Creator

Charlton, Kimberly E., 1972- (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Member of the Class of 1994. Member of the Cornell Fencing Team, 1990-1994; Captain, 1992-1994; Assistant Coach, 1994-1995. One of nine female athletes to bring a Title IX lawsuit against Cornell in 1993 after the Women's Fencing and Gymnastics teams were cut. The teams were reinstated in December 1993.

Extent

.2 cubic feet. (.2 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Cornell Fencing memorablia and clippings collected by Kim Charlton, a member of the team. Materials cover the Title IX lawsuit brought against Cornell University by the Women's Fencing and Gymnastics teams.

Physical Description

Correspondence, schedules, brochures, memorabilia, newspaper clippings.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: Kim Bedetti
Date completed:: June 2002
EAD encoding:: Kim Bedetti, June 2002