Series consists of records created and used by the BC Women's Studies Association, the "foremother" of the Women's Research Centre. Series consists, predominately, of interdisciplinary manuscripts written by BC Women Studies Association student members on various subjects specific to the interests of the Women's Research Centre. Such research topics include capitalism and society, marriage, state bureaucracy, family violence, social relationships and community ideology, creation of a woman's centre, motherhood, suffrage, sexism, schools and society, women and education, and women's oppression. Many of the papers had been previously presented at conferences and seminars across Canada. In addition, series consists of guide books for establishing a Women's Studies Programme, newsletters, memorandum, handwritten and typed notes, extensive numbers of manuscripts and abstracts from student members of the BC Women's Studies Association, the BC Women's Studies Association proposed act and constitution, proposed by-laws, Manpower and Immigration Guide to Applicants - Canada Works, correspondence, various guidelines, meeting minutes, mailing lists, receipts, booklets, press releases, BC Women's Studies Association membership applications, newspapers, questionnaires, handbooks, seminar announcements, news clippings, brochures, various drafts and completed copies of reports, project proposals, grant requests, television transcripts, television programs, course outlines, statistics, bibliographies, workshop outlines, educational material related to the British Columbia School Trustees Association (BCSTA) , lists of recommended books, articles, magazines, purchase orders, requisitions for cheques, and cashed cheques.