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RELATED COLLECTIONS: Ellen S. Overton Papers
Biographical Note
Irene Tinker was born in 1927 and received her B.A. from Radcliff College in political philosophy and comparative government and her PhD. from the London School of Economics and Political Science in comparative government and development. She married Millidge Walker in 1952, with whom she had three children. Irene Tinker became a leading academic and activist in field of women in international development specifically the gender impact of development. She served on the faculties of the University of Maryland, Howard University, 17吃瓜在线, and University of California-Berkeley, where she spent the majority of her teaching years. She taught courses covering women studies, city and regional planning and development, among other topics. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Nepal and Sri Lanka (1987-1989) and a fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center in Italy (March-April 1994). 听
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of biographical materials; correspondence; conference materials; government, NGO, and organizational reports and newsletters, including many from the World Bank and the United Nations; interview notes and transcripts; manuscripts; newspaper, magazine and journal articles; research notes; teaching materials; and working papers. The collection includes chapter notes, drafts and correspondence from the book she edited and published in 2004, Developing Power: How Women Transformed International Development.
The bulk of this collection is comprised of materials relating to international development and especially the role of women and non-governmental organizations. Much of which relates to the informal economy and her work on Street Foods, a 15 year research project investigating ways to improve vendor income and food safety. Other major topics include Indonesia and the passage and implementation of the 1973 Percy Amendment, which required U.S. bilateral aid programs to explicitly address the role of women in developing countries鈥 economies.
The collection also includes a few three-dimensional objects, including pins, buttons, t-shirts and tote bags from conferences and events Tinker attended.
Provenance
Irene Tinker donated her papers to 17吃瓜在线 Library in four installments (2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010).
Processing Note
As this collection came in multiple installments, the archivist had to identify and combine related documents. The materials for Irene Tinker鈥檚 book, Developing Power: How Women Transformed International Development, were arranged alphabetically by the name of the author of each chapter and include drafts, comments and correspondence.
In organizing the subject files within this collection, the archivist used the categories assigned by Irene Tinker whenever possible. Additional categories were created as needed. The archivist placed material in the category 鈥淕ender鈥 when it related to the relationship between men and women in development, or the material focused on men. The term 鈥淲omen鈥 was used when materials related specifically to the role of women. In the cases where there was not enough 鈥済ender鈥 material to warrant its own folder, these materials were categorized with 鈥渨omen鈥 and vice versa.
Box and Folder Listing
Box 1
Biographical Materials
Certificate, 1957
Curriculum Vitae, n.d.
Correspondence [2 folders], 1960-2007
Expense/Travel Reports, 2003-2004
Clippings
听1957-1963, n.d.
听AFL-CIO, 1962, n.d.
听Civil Rights Movement, 1963-1964, n.d.
听Tjibantjet, 1957-1958
Magazines
听Radditudes, 1946-1947
听Signature, 1947-1949
Millidge Walker, 1970-1983, n.d.
听Shanghai American School [3 folders], 1940-1999, n.d.
听Newsletters [2 folders], 1989-1999
Notes, 1960-1961, n.d. 听
Photographs, 1961, n.d.
Travel Permits, 1961, n.d.
Teaching Materials
University of Maryland- Women and World Development, Summer 1981
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听Comparative Urbanization Project, 1972-1990, n.d.
听International Development Courses, 1986-1989
Berkeley
听CP115: Urbanization in Developing Countries, Spring 1995
听CP117: Gender & Planning, Fall 1995
听CP270
听Regional and Urban Development in Third World Countries
听Fall 1989
听Fall 1990
听Regional and Urban Development Strategies, 1992
听Global Trends and Local Actions, Spring 1993
听Regional and Urban Development Strategies
听Fall 1994
听1996
听Regional and Urban Development Strategies in Low Income Countries
听Spring 1998
听CRP284B
听Topics in City and Metropolitan Planning- Informal Sector, Spring 1990
听Economic Development and the Informal Economy, Spring 1991
听Semester at Sea, Spring 1997
听WS14: Contemporary Global Issues for Women
听Spring 1991
听1992-1994
听Spring 1995
听Spring 1996
听WS24: Woman Organizing, Fall 1992
听WS141/241: Women and World Development
听1990-1992
听Fall 1995
听Fall 1996
听Fall 1997
Box 2
Developing Power: How Women Transformed International Development
听Intro
听Antrobus
听Bruce
听Chaney
听Cloud
听Colombo
听Derryck
听Flora
听Fraser
听Gachukia
听Gulhati
听Haslegrave
听Hoskins
听Hussein
听Jain
听Jaquette
听Knowles
听Lewis
听Lycklama
听Pitanguy
听Portugal
听Rowan-Campbell
听Scott
听Shahani
听Smith
听Snyder
听Staudt
听Timothy
听Walker
听Walsh
Subject Files
Archival Project, 1992-2003, n.d.
Abortion, 1991-1996, n.d.
Affirmative Action, 1989=1998, n.d.
Aging, 1990-1995
Agriculture [2 folders], 1973-1993
Box 3
Subject Files (continued)
Agriculture [2 folders], 1994-2009
Women, 1984-1995
Child Welfare, 1991-2000, n.d.
Development [5 folders], 1978-2003, n.d.
听Democratization, 1986-1997, n.d.
听Asia, 1990-1991
Box 4
Subject Files (continued)
Development (continued)
听Democratization (continued)
听Asia (continued) [2 folders], 1992-1994, n.d.
听Latin America, 1991-2000
听Economics, 1956, 1992-1996
听Foreign Aid, 1979-2008
Gender [3 folders], 1989-2009, n.d.
听Asia, 1990-2009
听Grassroots Development [2 folders], 1988-1996, n.d.
听Grassroots Development [3 folders], 1977-1998
听Millennium Development Goals, 2002-2004
Box 5
Subject Files (continued)
Development (continued)
听Regional
听Africa, 1989-1992, n.d.
听Asia, 1988-1995, n.d.
听Indonesia [6 folders], 1968-1996, n.d.
听Rural Development [2 folders], 1976-1997, n.d.
听Women, 1982-1996
听Sustainable Development [3 folders], 1984-2006, n.d.
听Resource Management, 1996-1998
Box 6
Subject Files (continued)
Development (continued)
听Women [4 folders], 1975-2008, n.d.
听Association for Women鈥檚 Rights in Development, 1995-2004
听Coalition for Women in International Development, 1978-1979
听International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) - Promoting Women in Development (PROWID) [2 folders], 1996-1999
听International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) [2 folders], 1989-1997
听Percy Amendment [2 folders], 1973-1984, n.d.
听Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA), 1977-1985
听Theory, 1982-1998, n.d.
听USAID, 1977-1996, n.d.
听World Bank, 1975-1989
Box 7
Subject Files (continued)
Economics [2 folders], 1970-2001, n.d.
听鈥淒oing Business鈥 {re: comparative regulatory measures}, 2008
听Equal Means: Women Organizing Economic Solutions, 1992-1995
听Gender [2 folders], 1987-2006
听Globalization, 1994-2002
听Homeworking [2 folders], 1982-2008, n.d.
听Home Net, 1998-2001
Box 8
Subject Files (continued)
Economics (continued)
听Informal Economy, 2003-2004
听Informal Sector [2 folders], 1978-2001, n.d.
听Africa, 1984-2000, n.d.
听Asia, 1987-2002, n.d,
听Latin America, 1983-1998
听Street Vendors, 1995
听Women [2 folders], 1981-2002, n.d.
听International Monetary Fund, 1990-2002
听Labor, 1984-2000, n.d
听Gender, 1991-2000, n.d.
听Local Government Financing, 1987, n.d.
听Microfinance [4 folders], 1990-2003, n.d.
听Accion International, 1989-1998, n.d.
听Aspen Institute [2 folders], 1993-2004
听Portland Microenterprise Summit, 1999
听Microfinance, Risk Management and Poverty, 2000-2001, n.d.
听Regional
听Africa, 1984-2007, n.d.
听Africa- 1997 Trip
Box 9
Subject Files (continued)
Economics (continued)
听Microfinance (continued)
听Regional (continued)
听Asia, 1984-2001, n.d.
听Bangladesh, 1978-2002, n.d.
听India, 1993-2001, n.d.
听Vietnam, 1996-1998
听Latin America, 1990-2002, n.d.
听United Nations, 1990-2002
听Women [2 folders], 1980-2003, n.d.
听Self Employed Women鈥檚 Association, 1987-2001, n.d.
听Social Capital, 1996-2002
听Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa, 2000
听Structural Adjustment [3 folders], 1979-2006, n.d.
听Trade [2 folders], 1990-2002, n.d.
听Women, 1971-2002
听Africa, 1988-2002, n.d.
听Asia, 1987-1999
Box 10
Subject Files (continued)
Economics (continued)
听Women (continued)
听Asia, 2000-2007, n.d.
听Latin America, 1985-1998, n.d.
听World Bank, 1994-2007, n.d.
听World Bank Papers, 2001-2004
Education, 1987-2000, n.d.
听Women [2 folders], 1971-2005, n.d.
Elites, 1973-1979
Environment [3 folders], 1988-2008, n.d.
听Climate Change, 1983-1995, n.d.
听Energy, 1976-2009, n.d.
听Energia News [2 folders], 1998-2010
听Forestry [2 folders], 1988-1999, n.d. 听
听Women, 1984-2001
Box 11
Subject Files (continued)
Environment (continued)
听Regional
听Asia, 1990-1997, n.d.
听Mexico, 1990-1996
听Sustainability [2 folders], 1988-2000
听Water Resources, 1986-2002
听Women [2 folders], 1987-1998, n.d.
Food [4 folders], 1978-2003
听Cook Stove Technology, 1993-1998
听Food Aid, 1990-1998
听Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1995-2003, n.d.
听Food Chain: A Journal about Small-Scale Food Processing, 1992 -2002
听Food Security, 1990-2000, n.d.
听Gender, 1985-1996
听Hunger Notes (Publication of World Hunger Education Services) [2 folders],1979-2000
Box 12
Subject Files (continued)
Food (continued)
听International Food Policy Research Institute, 1992-2009
听20/20 Vision, 1995-2007, n.d.
听Regional
听Africa, 1992-2004, n.d.
听Asia, 1989-1995
听Latin America, 1996-2008, n.d.
听Street Food [2 folders], 1980-2004, n.d.
听Bangladesh, 1984, n.d.
听Indonesia [2 folders], 1983-1992
听Philippines, 1983-1999, n.d.
听Senegal, 1982-1983
听Vietnam, 1998
听Urban Agriculture: Food, Jobs, and Sustainable Cities, 1996
听Urban Food Production [5 folders], 1976-2003, n.d.
听Urban Issues, 1991-2000, n.d.
Box 13
Subject Files (continued)
Housing [3 folders], 1972-2005, n.d.
听Asia [2 folders], 1990-2007, n.d.
听Gender Perspectives, 1992-2001 听
听Habitat Debate, 1996-2000
听Habitat International Coalition Women and Shelter Network, 1989-1993
听Self-made Housing, 1980-1996
听Women [3 folders], 1984-2002, n.d.
听World Habitat Day, 1992-1997
Human Rights, 1983-2000
Human Security, 2002-2003
Land [2 folders], 1986-2003, n.d.
听Gender Perspectives, 1996-2008, n.d.
听Women鈥檚 Property Rights, 1992-1997
Box 14
Subject Files (continued)
Land (continued)
听Women鈥檚 Property Rights (continued) [2 folders], 1998-2007, n.d.
Law, 1990-2006
Men鈥檚 Movement, 1991-2008, n.d.
Migration, 1989-2005, n.d.
Non-Alignment n.d.
Non-Governmental Organizations [3 folders], 1987-2007, n.d.
听Aspen Institute Project [3 folders] 1994-1999, n.d.
听Bellagio Conference, 1994, n.d.
听Development [3 folders], 1982-1998, n.d.
听India 1994-2001, n.d.
听Funding, 1992-2001
Box 15
Subject Files (continued)
Non-Governmental Organizations (continued)
听NGO Networker, 1988-1995
听NGO & State Relations [2 folders], 1985-2002
听NGO & UN Relations, 1990-1996
听NGO & World Bank Relations, 1987-1996, n.d.
听Public Participation, 1987-1994, n.d.
听Regional
听Africa, 1982-2002
听Asia, 1989-1996, n.d.
听Indonesia [3 folders], 1982-1997, n.d.
听Nepal, 1987
听Philippines [2 folders], 1986-1996
听Thailand, 1993-1997
听Vietnam [3 folders], 1992-1998, n.d.
听Australia, 1991
Box 16
Subject Files (continued)
Non-Governmental Organizations (continued)
听Regional (continued)
听Central America, 1989-1998
听Europe, 1992-1998, n.d.
听Latin America [2 folders], 1987-1997
听Middle East, 2000
听Women, 1989-2002
Non-Profit Organizations [2 folders], 1992-2002, n.d.
Politics [3 folders], 1970-2005, n.d.
听Civil Society [3 folders], 1987-2001, n.d.
听Civil Society & Democracy, 1988-1994
听Decentralization, 1988-1989, n.d.
听Democratization [4 folders], 1963-2008, n.d.
Box 17
Subject Files (continued)
Politics (continued)
听Elections, 1997-2005, n.d.
听Indonesia, 1948
听Independence, 1963-1971
听Local Governance, 1973-1998, n.d.
听Regional
听Africa, 1955-2006, n.d.
听Asia, 1967-1999
听Latin America, 2005-2008
Box 17 (continued)
Subject Files (continued)
Politics (continued)
听Women [2 folders], 1970-2007, n.d.
听Civil Society, 1993-2007
听Democratization [2 folders], 1990-2004, n.d.
听Institute for Women鈥檚 Policy Research, 2000-2002
听Leadership and Representation [2 folders], 1993-2008, n.d.
听Peace-building, 1999-2003, n.d.
听Political Participation [4 folders], 1975-2008, n.d.
听Africa, 1996-2007, n.d.
Box 18
Subject Files (continued)
Politics (continued)
听Women (continued)
听Political Participation (continued)
听Asia [2 folders], 2000-2003, n.d.
听India, 1992-2000, n.d.
听Pakistan, 1999
听Europe, 1992-2003, n.d.
听Latin America, 1995-2003
听Regional
听Africa, 2006-2008, n.d.
听Asia, 2005, n.d.
听Latin America [2 folders], 1996-2010, n.d.
Population [2 folders], 1959- 2007, n.d.
听Birth Control, 1963-1996, n.d.
听Family Planning and Reproductive Health [2 folders], 1984-2004
听Population Briefs, 1998-2003
Poverty [2 folders], 1962-2007, n.d.
听Africa, 1998-2003, n.d.
听Asia, 1978-2001
听United States, 1964-1999, n.d.
听Women, 1977-2008
Prostitution, 1990-2008
Publications
听Connexions, 1993-1994
听Field Forum, 2001-2002
Box 19
Subject Files (continued)
Publications (continued)
听Institute of Current World Affairs (ICWA) Letters, 1995-2007
听Inter-American Foundation, 1995-1996
听The New Internationalist, 1990-1996
听Snapshots, 2001-2003
听World Watch, 1991-1996
Race, 1976-1991, n.d.
Refugees, 1991-2001, n.d.
Regional
听Africa, 1989-1999
听Asia [3 folders], 1954-2005, n.d
听Indonesia [4 folders], 1967-2003, n.d.
听Papua New Guinea, 1990
听Latin America [2 folders], 1991-2000, n.d.
听Middle East, 2000, n.d.
Religion, 1983-2009, n.d.
Science, 1976-1993
Social Capital, 1996-2003, n.d.
Sports, 1990-1995
Box 20
Subject Files (continued)
Transportation, 1982-1991
United Nations [2 folders], 1973-1996, n.d.
听Interviews, 1983, n.d.
听UNRISD News, 1999-2001
听Women, 1972-1999, n.d.
Urbanization, [5 folders], 1969-2006, n.d.
听Africa, 1986-1995
听Environmental Management, 1995, n.d.
听Gender [2 folders] 1991-2001, n.d.
听Mega-Cities, 1989-1992
听Urban Age, 1998-2000
听Urban Agriculture, 2000-2002
听The Urban Governance Initiative Urban Links [2 folders], 2001-2004
听Urban Poor [2 folders], 1969-1993, n.d.
Box 21
Subject Files (continued)
Urbanization (continued)
听Urban Poor (continued) [2 folders], 1993-2000, n.d.
Welfare, 1995-1999, n.d.
Women [3 folders], 1974-2006, n.d.
听AIDS, 2000, n.d.
听Conferences, 1975-1981
听Cairo Conference, 1995-1999
听Nairobi Conference, 1986-1991
听United Nations 4th World Conference on Women (Beijing) [3 folders],1995-2007, n.d.
听Empowerment [3 folders], 1995-2006, n.d.
听Equality, 1989-2002
听Gender Equality [2 folders]1996-2007, n.d.
听50-50 Gender Balance, 2009
听Family, 1971-1989
Box 22
Subject Files (continued)
Women (continued)
听Family (continued) [3 folders], 1989-2003, n.d.
听Economics [3 folders], 1987-2007
听Female Headed Households [2 folders], 1978-1997, n.d.
听Feminism [3 folders], 1977-2004, n.d.
听Health, 1977-1998, n.d.
听History , 1998-2001, n.d.
听Human Rights [3 folders]1989-2007, n.d.
听International Women鈥檚 Year, 1973-1976
听Mainstreaming [2 folders], 1993-2005 n.d.
听Marriage, 1979-1989, n.d.
Box 23
Subject Files (continued)
Women (continued)
听Notes, 1974-1975, n.d.
听Organizations, 1960-1979 n.d.
听International Women鈥檚 Rights Action Watch, 1986-2000
听Maryland Commission for Women, 1976-1978
听Women鈥檚 Environment & Development Organization, 1995
听Regional
听Africa, 1987-2002 n.d.
听East Africa, 1975-1999, n.d.
听North Africa, 1981-2002, n.d.
听South Africa, 1993-2005, n.d.
听West Africa/Sahel, 1988-1996, n.d.
听Asia, 1982-2006, n.d.
听Bangladesh, 1989-1996, n.d.
听China, 1987-1997, n.d.
听India [2 folders], 1979-2002, n.d.
听Indonesia [2 folders], 1973-1999, n.d.
听Nepal, 1981-2002, n.d.
听Pakistan, 1998-1999, n.d.
听Singapore, 1990-1993, n.d.
听Sri Lanka, 1988-1994
听Turkey, 1989-2007
听Vietnam, 1994-2000, n.d.
听Europe
听Eastern Europe, 1990-1999, n.d.
听Russia, 1992-1995, n.d.
听Western Europe, 1988-1996, n.d.
听Latin America [2 folders], 1985-1997
Box 24
Subject Files (continued)
Women (continued)
听Regional (continued)
听Latin America (continued), 1999, n.d.
听Middle East, 1997-2007
听United States, 1984-2002, n.d.
听Reproductive Health [2 folders], 1975-2001, n.d.
听Technology, 1982-1997
听Violence, 1979-2001, n.d.
听Female Genital Mutilation, 1992-2001, n.d.
听Voices of Women: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally (VHS)
听Work [3 folders], 1977-2005, n.d.
听Asia, 1985-1999, n.d.
听鈥淭he World鈥檚 Women: Trends and Statistics鈥 1970-1995
听Women鈥檚 Studies, 1987-1996, n.d.
听World Bank 1988-1995, n.d.
听Participatory Development Workshop [3 folders] 1987-1995
听World Bank Policy Research Bulletin, 1994
听Youth, 2006
Box 25
Hillary Clinton Campaign disk
International Women鈥檚 Year t-shirt
Political buttons
Scarf
Tote Bags (2)
Women in Development pins
Women in Development t-shirt