Title: Assistant to the Chancellor Records
Inclusive Dates: 1966-1977

Creator:

• University of Wisconsin - Parkside

Call Number: UWP Archives Collection 17

Quantity: 3.2 cubic feet (8 archives boxes)

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Parkside Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Locations:

UW-Parkside Library / Parkside Area Research Ctr. (Map)

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Abstract:

Subject files and correspondence of Assistant to the Chancellor Rita Tallent Picken, dating from 1966 to 1977. This series contains a considerable amount of material pertaining to Affirmative Action and equity.

Language: English

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Rita Tallent Picken came to Kenosha in 1948 when her husband, Bernard Tallent, was appointed Dean of the UW- Kenosha Extension Center, and she shared in her husband's efforts to obtain a four-year campus in Kenosha. An alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mrs. Tallent taught English in the UW Center System in Wausau and Kenosha. After her husband's death in 1965, Mrs. Tallent studied at California State College of Los Angeles receiving a Master's degree in Guidance and Counseling. In 1968 she returned to Parkside as Director of School and Campus Relations and subsequently held a variety of posts in the administration. In 1971, she was appointed Special Assistant to the Chancellor and Coordinator of Community Services at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. In that capacity, Mrs. Tallent served as anagent of the Chancellor on special community related projects and activities and at various meetings both on and off campus. In 1972, she was appointed to serve on the UW system-wide Committee on Affirmative Action for Women and worked closely with the Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Affirmative Action at Parkside in developing and implementing an affirmative action policy. She was also a member of the Educational Assistance Committee of the larger Racine Environmental Committee Inc. and supervised the academic activities of students enrolled at Parkside through the program.

As a member of St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing, Mrs. Tallent functioned as Parkside's coordinator for student nurses. Lastly, Mrs. Tallent was the university's major program advisor, coordinating several workshops and special events annually, which ranged from conferences on women's issues to community ethnic fairs. Mrs. Tallent, as Special Assistant to the Chancellor, handled a variety of tasks. She resigned in 1977 and was cited at the Commencement Exercises of that year for her twenty-nine years of service to higher education in Southeastern Wisconsin.

This material reflects Rita Tallent Picken's major responsibilities and interests while affiliated with the University, documented by correspondence and subject files. and includes several audio recordings. This series also includes UW-Parkside's Affirmative Action materials prior to 1974.

The files are organized alphabetically and then chronologically within each subject.

UWP Archives Collection 015, Office of Equity and Diversity Records, contains Affirmative Action material after 1974.

See the UWP Libraries' Archives Department Citation Guide for Primary Sources

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Processing Information

Originally processed as Series 28, Assistant to the Chancellor: Rita Tallent Picken. Rebecca Robbennolt deaccessioned 1.6 cubic feet of material in July 2018.

	Chronological correspondence, 1969-1977
Box   8 Folder   10	1969-1971
Box   8 Folder   9	1972 August-December
Box   8 Folder   1-2	1973
Box   8 Folder   3-4	1974
Box   8 Folder   5-6	1975
Box   8 Folder   7	1976 January-May
Box   8 Folder   8	1976 August-1977 May
	Subject file, 1966-1977
Box   1 Folder   1	Academic support services for minority and disadvantaged students, 1973
Box   1 Folder   2	Advisory Committee, 1974-1976
	Affirmative Action
Box   1 Folder   3	Career guidelines for classified women staff, 1971-1975
Box   1 Folder   4	Guide, UW System, 1974-1975
Box   1 Folder   5	Guidelines, UW System, 1973-1974
Box   1 Folder   6	Guidelines, UWP appendices A-C, 1973
Box   2 Folder   1	Status analysis of staff, 1975
Box   2 Folder   2	Update, 1976-1977
Box   2 Folder   3	Swoboda correspondence, 1973-1974
Box   2 Folder   4	UWP, 1973-1975
	Affirmative Action Plan (UWP)
Box   1 Folder   7	Components A-D, 1972-1973
Box   1 Folder   8	Utilization analysis, 1973
Box   1 Folder   9	Accretion potential, chart A, 1975
Box   1 Folder   10	Availability estimates, chart B, undated
Box   1 Folder   11	Representation analysis, 1973
Box   1 Folder   12	Status analysis narrative, undated
Box   1 Folder   13	Components E-J, 1973-1975
Box   1 Folder   14	Affirmative Action Program Report to the President, 1970-1971
Box   2 Folder   5	Alumni Club, 1971-1975
Box   2 Folder   6	American Association of University Women, 1969-1977
Box   2 Folder   7	American Ethnic Studies inventory, 1974
Box   2 Folder   8	American host program, 1968
Box   2 Folder   9	Atlantic City Convention Program (ACPA) women's seminar, 1970
Box   5 Folder   24	Brico, Antonia
Box   2 Folder   10	Chancellor Otto Bauer minority student report, 1972-1975
Box   2 Folder   11	Capsule College, 1972-1977
Box   2 Folder   12	Career Day “Fix on the Future,” 1973-1974
Box   2 Folder   13	Center System faculty at Parkside, 1973
Box   2 Folder   14	Citizen's Advisory Committee, 1971
Box   2 Folder   15	Classified Staff Day, 1974-1977
Box   2 Folder   16	Comparison of Parkside and National Center for Education Statistics, 1975
Box   2 Folder   17	Conference on Counseling Services for Women in the University of Wisconsin System, 1974
Box   3 Folder   1	Council on Prospective Student Policy, 1968-1970
Box   3 Folder   2	Counselor's handbook, 1971
Box   3 Folder   3	All campuses, undated
Box   3 Folder   4	Correspondence, 1971
Box   3 Folder   5	Counselor's workshop, 1972
Box   3 Folder   6	Course inventory, Ethnic and Women's Studies, 1973
Box   3 Folder   7	Drive-In Workshops, 1967-1969
Box   3 Folder   8	Drive-In Workshops, 1970-1971
Box   3 Folder   9	Eastern Folklore Day, 1974-1976
Box   3 Folder   10	Economic Development Seminar, 1974
Box   3 Folder   11	Economic Historians of Wisconsin Seminar, 1974
Box   4 Folder   1	Employee Relations Committee, University Extension, 1974
Box   4 Folder   2	Employment Information Data Report, 1971 October 15
Box   4 Folder   3	Employment Information Data Report, 1972-1973
Box   4 Folder   4	4-H Recognition Dinner, 1969-1973
Box   4 Folder   5	Fiesta Folklorico, 1976
Box   4 Folder   6	Finance forum, 1973
Box   4 Folder   7	Folk dance workshop, 1976
Box   4 Folder   8	Gateway, 1972
Box   4 Folder   9	Goode, Malvin, 1972
Box   4 Folder   10	Governer's aircade, 1973 August 29
Box   4 Folder   11	Governor's Inquiry on Use of University Facilities for Functions not directly related to its educational mission, 1974
Box   4 Folder   12	Guskin Convention, 1975
Box   4 Folder   13	High school and college relations, 1971-1972
Box   4 Folder   14	Increasing the utilization of women in faculty positions, 1972
Box   4 Folder   15	Information Center, 1970
Box   4 Folder   16	International Hosts of Kenosha, 1974
Box   4 Folder   17	International Women's Year, 1974-1975
Box   4 Folder   18	Italian-Scandinavian Festival, 1977
Box   4 Folder   19	Jefferson Festival, 1976
Box   5 Folder   1	Kenosha County Fair booth, 1971
Box   5 Folder   2	Kenosha-Racine Symphony Concert with Eugene Fodor and Antonia Brico, 1977 May 14
Box   5 Folder   3	“Kenosha Seminar: Projected Developments in the 1970's for Kenosha County” / presented by the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 1971 January 29
Box   5 Folder   4	Legislators briefing, 1973-1977
Box   5 Folder   5	Mailing lists, policies governing procedure, 1974
Box   5 Folder   6	May, Al, retirement reception, 1974
Box   5 Folder   7	Minorities, 1972
Box   5 Folder   8	Human Rights Committee, 1972
Box   5 Folder   9	Statistics, 1971-1972
Box   5 Folder   11	RPT: Spanish Speaking, 1971-1972
Box   5 Folder   12	RPT: Affirmative Action Program, 1970-1973
Box   5 Folder   13	Spicer Report, 1973-1975
Box   5 Folder   14	Regent Subcommittee, 1972-1973
Box   5 Folder   15	Latinos, 1972-1973
Box   5 Folder   10	Minority group information, 1972
Box   5 Folder   16	Minority Women's Conference, 1974
Box   5 Folder   17	Parkside Women for Affirmative Action, 1974
Box   5 Folder   18	Personnel Industrial Relations Association of Wisconsin Inc., 1976
Box   5 Folder   19	Pike River Project, 1971
Box   5 Folder   20	“Possibilities of Student Involvement in Urban Problems” / by Martin Andersen, 1973 January
Box   5 Folder   21	Pre-Release Center, 1973
Box   5 Folder   22	Preserve Parkside Committee members party, 1971 November 2
Box   5 Folder   23	Profile of an Opportunity Campus, circa 1970
Box   6 Folder   1	Project Re-Entry, 1975
Box   6 Folder   2	Public Information, Wyllie appearance on WKRS, 1970
Box   6 Folder   3	Racine Campus, 1970-1971
Box   6 Folder   4	Racine Campus Dedication, undated
Box   6 Folder   5	Racine Environmental Committee (REC), 1969-1971
Box   6 Folder   8	Pilot program in Urban Education Summer, 1970
Box   6 Folder   6	Statistical Reports, 1971-1973
Box   6 Folder   7	Racine Planning Council, 1972-1973
Box   6 Folder   9	Recruiting women faculty, 1971-1974
Box   6 Folder   10	School of Modern Industry restoration of funding, 1973
Box   6 Folder   11	Special Parkside briefing, 1970 September 14
Box   6 Folder   12	Shannon, Lyle, 1969-1974
Box   6 Folder   13	Spanish UMOS, 1972
Box   6 Folder   14	Spicer, Edward M., 1972-1973
Box   6 Folder   15	Statewide Extension Education Network and Educational Telephone Network, 1975-1976
Box   6 Folder   16	Status analysis of staff, 1974
Box   6 Folder   17	Status analysis of staff, 1975
Box   6 Folder   18	Status of women, 1971-1972
Box   6 Folder   19	Three Women / Victory Garden Theater, 1976
Box   7 Folder   1	University tea and reception, 1971
Box   7 Folder   2	UWP open house, 1966-1970
Box   7 Folder   3	UWP women's equity, 1974
Box   7 Folder   4	University Women, 1974
Box   7 Folder   5	Waukesha curricula guidelines, 1970-1972
Box   7 Folder   14	Wisconsin Coordinating Council of Women in Higher Education, 1972
Box   7 Folder   6	Wisconsin Women in the Arts grants, 1975
Box   7 Folder   7	Wolfenbuttel's Visit to Parkside, 1976 July
Box   7 Folder   8	Women and the Arts Conference, 1973 September 14
Box   7 Folder   9	Women's education resources, UWEX, 1975
Box   7 Folder   10	Women's Studies, 1976-1977
Box   7 Folder   11	Workshop for Educators and Counselors in Southeast Wisconsin, 1973
Box   7 Folder   12	Wyllie Fund, 1974-1976
Box   7 Folder   13	Women's Studies, 1974-1975