Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Freeman, Pamela W.
- Abstract:
- Pamela W. Freeman was the Associate Dean of Students and former Director of the Office of Student Ethics and Anti-harassment Programs at Indiana University Bloomington (1985-2011). This collection holds papers relating exclusively to Freeman's involvement with the Lambda 10 Project National Clearinghouse for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Greek issues and two of its resulting publications.
- Extent:
- 4.6 Cubic Feet (4 rc; 1 dc and 1 small dc)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Pamela W. Freeman papers, C675, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Pamela W. Freeman began working at Indiana University Bloomington in 1985 and retired in 2011. She held many different positions throughout her tenure, including Assistant Dean of Students, Director of the Office of Student Ethics and Anti-harassment programs, co-chair of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Anti-harassment Team and Racial Incidents Team, and chair of the University Commission on Multicultural Understanding.
She was actively involved in the Lambda 10 Project National Clearinghouse for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Greek program, which was founded in the fall of 1995 at Indiana University. Created in order to "heighten the visibility of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) members of the college fraternity and sororities" through the publication of "educational resources and educational materials related to sexual orientation and gender identity/expression as it pertains to the fraternity/sorority experience." Freeman served as co-editor for Lambda 10's first two publications, Out on Fraternity Row: Personal Accounts of Being Gay in a College Fraternity (1998) and Secret Sisters: Stories of Being Lesbian and Bisexual in a College Sorority (2000), both released by Alyson Publications, Inc.
- Scope and Content:
Organized into three series, this collection holds papers that relate exclusively to Freeman's involvement with the Lambda 10 Project National Clearinghouse for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Greek program. Founded in the fall of 1995 at Indiana University, the project created the first educational resources solely dedicated to this topic.
The first series, Lambda 10 Project Files (1996-2002) consists of general correspondence, agreements, advertising, and research notes relating to the project as a whole and to the projects' two resulting publications.
The second and third series relate to two publications that resulted from the Lambda 10 Project. These series are Out on Fraternity Row (spans 1996-1998) and Secret Sisters (spans 1996-1998). These series are both organized into two subseries. The Submission files subseries consist entirely of stories submitted for inclusion in the final publication. Those submissions appearing in the final edited volume include permission forms and a small amount of correspondence, while those not selected only include the story and some related correspondence. The Manuscripts and publication subseries consist of numerous drafts of the final publication.
- Acquisition information:
- Accession 2011/019.
- Custodial history:
Transferred from the LGBTQ + Culture Center to the University Archives in February 2011.
- Processing information:
Processed by Richard Brewer, October 2017. Finding aid prepared for ArchivesSpace by John Knight, April 2023.
- Arrangement:
Collection is organized into three series: Lambda 10 Project Files, Out on Fraternity Row, and Secret Sisters. The Out on Fraternity Row series and Secret Sisters series are both further arranged into two subseries each: Submission files, and Manuscripts and publication. All series and subseries are arranged alphabetically by file title.
- Rules or conventions:
- DACS-Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Select files closed to researchers. Advance notice required for access to collection.
Two series in this collection have additional Conditions Governing Access: Out on Fraternity Row and Secret Sisters. Submission files containing signed Agreements of Confidentiality are open for research. Any submission files that do not contain signed agreements, or contain signed agreements with limitations, are restricted. Advance notice is required to access these series.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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The Indiana University Archives respects the intellectual property rights of others and does not claim any copyrights for non-university records, materials in the public domain, or materials for which we do not hold a Deed of Gift. Responsibility for the determination of the copyright status of these materials rests with those persons wishing to reuse the materials. Researchers are responsible for securing permission from copyright owners and any other rights holders for any reuse of these materials that extends beyond fair use or other statutory limitations.
Digital reproductions of archival materials from the Indiana University Archives are made available for noncommercial educational and research purposes only. If you are the copyright holder for any of the digitized materials and have questions about its inclusion on our site, please contact the Indiana University Archivist.
Copyright interests for this collection have not been transferred to the Trustees of Indiana University. For more information, contact the Indiana University Archivist.
Two series in this collection have additional Conditions Governing Use: Out on Fraternity Row and Secret Sisters. Submitted texts for which the authors have signed complete Statements of Publishing and Agreements of Confidentiality are appropriate for certain limited research uses (for information or as a fair use). The Statements of Publishing and Agreements of Confidentiality do not permit further publication of the submitted texts by others not affiliated with the Lambda 10 Project.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Pamela W. Freeman papers, C675, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Herman B Wells Library E4601320 East Tenth StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-7000, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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812-855-1127archives@indiana.edu