Holly Peters papers (Addition 1)

Containers:

Box 1, Folder 1

Creator:

Peters, Holly

Extent:

0.03 Cubic Feet Two pamphlets, one invitation, two newspaper clippings, one photograph

Scope and content:

This addition 1 to the Coeducation at the University of Virginia collection contains the papers of Holly Peters. Peters was part of the first class of women attending the University of Virginia, graduating in 1974 with a B.A. in English and Religious Studies.

Peters's papers document her work on the Counselors Committee on Human Sexuality. Content includes a 1974 Commencement Exercises invitation, a 1974 photograph of the committee, "An Ounce of Prevention" pamphlet from 1973, "An Ounce of Prevention" pamphlet from 1975, a broadside for a March 1974 lecture by sexuality scholars Masters and Johnson, and an April 1973 Richmond News Leader page discussing coeducational dormitories at Virginia's public universities.

After graduating, Peters worked in Memphis at the Women's Resource Center, a United Methodist Church project. She was Director of the ACLU of Tennessee for three years before attending law school. After law school, Peters worked at the Legal Aid Society in Roanoke, where she remained as a lawyer until her retirement.

Language:

English

Acquisition information:

This collection was a gift from Holly Peters to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on19 December 2024.

Subjects:

University of Virginia -- Alumni
Sex instruction
Women in higher education

Names:

Peters, Holly
Peters, Holly

Places:

University of Virginia -- Co-education
Student life

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