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Greeting cards

File consists of a birthday card and going-away card addressed to Rock.

GWS (York)

File consists of records pertaining to the Graduate Women's Studies Programme at York University. These records include e-mail correspondence, meeting notes from the GWS Graduate Study Committee, reports on the Graduate Women's Seminar Series, guidelines for MRP/MA thesis and PhD dissertation proposals, Graduate Women's Studies seminar series schedules, committee reports, meeting agendas, curriculum proposals, and Graduate Women's Studies course lists.

Interview with John Kirejczyk, Toronto, Ontario

Item is a text translated from Polish of an interview conducted by Jozef Kurdybelski with a Polish immigrant to Canada, John Kirejczyk, in Toronto on 20 January 1972. The interview details Kirejczyk's decision to leave Poland and his experience in Canada.

Invoice for will preparation

File consists of a lawyer's invoice for preparation of Rock's will and includes newspaper clippings on funeral planning and donating one's body to science.

Jagiellonian University 1364-1964 : doctorates honoris causa

Item is a publication produced for a ceremony issuing honorary doctorates from Jagiellonian University's Academy of Medicine and College of Agriculture on the occasion of the university's 600th anniversary. It consists of letters addressed to each recipient of a honorary degree, written in English. Included is an invitation to the event, written in Latin.

John Steinbeck's visit to Poland : letter and newspaper clippings

File consists of a letter sent to Rock pertaining to arrangements for the visits of John Steinbeck and Edward Albee to Krakow and Warsaw in Poland. Included are Polish newspaper clippings pertaining to Steinbeck's visit, including one featuring a photograph of Rock with Steinbeck.

Kartoniki : z obrazami liczbowymi

Item is an educational card game designed to teach children how to count, accompanied by an instruction booklet written in Polish and a handwritten note written in English explaining how to use the game. Cards feature illustrations of acorns, squirrels, houses, cats, balls of yarn, rabbits, carrots, green circles and dogs.

Krakow 1

File consists of photographs taken by Rock in Krakow, Poland. Included are photographs of the Rynek Glowny, St. Mary's Church, Slowacki Theatre, the town hall, the old wall and other street scenes.

Letter from Robert L. Phillips

Item is a letter sent to Rock pertaining to her membership in the Society for the Study of Southern Literature and the possibility of her writing a book review for Mississippi Quarterly.

Letter from Virginia Rock en route to Poland

Item is a carbon copy of an unaddressed letter written by Rock while sailing from the United States to Copenhagen, on her way to Poland. The letter consists of Rock's detailed descriptions of life on the ship and the people she encountered. It is likely that this is a letter to her parents, as she addresses her father in the body of the letter.

"Living their age: how three American feminists challenge the myths of growing old" : drafts, research materials and correspondence

File consists of draft versions of this paper written by Rock for the 2004 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, as well as e-mail correspondence from Esther Shannon, Wendy Robbins and Thelma McCormack regarding the death of Carolyn Heilbrun and e-mail exchanged between Rock and Janice Newton about the abstract for this paper. Included in the file is a paper by Thelma McCormack entitled "Feminism after fifty" (1993), an untitled paper, handwritten notes, and articles about Carolyn Heilbrun.

Newspaper articles about Virginia Rock

File consists of clippings of newspaper articles about or featuring Rock, including articles about her return to the United States after teaching in Poland and a notice pertaining to the awarding of her honorary doctorate from York University in 1994.

Photograph of Jerzy Beres and art show programme

File consists of a photograph of Jerzy Beres with one of his sculptures, taken by Rock, as well as a programme for his show held at Galeria Krzysztofory in Krakow in 1964. Photograph annotated in pen by Rock on verso: "Jerzy Beres in his apt. His design. (An American sculptor introduced me)."

Photographs of John Steinbeck in Krakow

File consists of photographs of John Steinbeck while visiting Jagiellonian University in Krakow, a visit partly coordinated by Rock, who can be seen in the corner of one photograph.

Photographs taken in Poland

File consists of photographs of Rock while living in Poland and teaching at the Jagiellonian University between 1962 and 1964. Photographs mainly depict Rock, friends and colleagues at social gatherings, as well as city scenes and buildings in Krakow. Some items in this file have been annotated on verso by Rock to identify people and/or events depicted in the image.

"Place vs. region in the Southern imagination : the Southern Agrarians" : correspondence and annotated drafts

File pertains to Rock's participation in a panel discussion entitled "Place vs. region in the Southern imagination", part of the American Studies Association conference held in Memphis, Tennessee, in October 1981. Included in the file is correspondence exchanged between Rock, the panel chair Sarah M. Howell, Peter W. Dowell, Robert White and Elizabeth Evans, and numerous annotated versions of her conference paper and related notes. A copy of Robert White's conference paper is also included in the file as well as an overview of the panel's subject matter.

Poland

File consists of photographs taken by Rock in Poland. Included are photographs of street scenes in Krakow, the Wawel Castle, the Jewish cemetery in Krakow, a Juvenalia student celebration and parade (1963), the Lajokonik (May 1964), 600th anniversary celebrations at Jagiellonian University, Robert Kennedy visiting Jagiellonian University in 1964, the American Embassy, and buildings in Warsaw.

Poland : scenic views

File consists of photographs taken by Rock in Poland. Included are photographs from Rock's passage from New York to Copenhagen on the Gripsholm and views of the Polish countryside and the Krakow botanical gardens.

Polish stamps

File consists of first-day covers featuring cachets and stamps issued by the Polish government, collected by Rock. Also included in the file are extra copies of unused stamps, including some featuring illustrations of cats by Janusz Grabianski (1964).

Postcards from Poland

File consists of blank postcards collected by Rock while living in Poland. Many of these postcards consist of photographs depicting scenery and architecture from around the country, as well as images of artwork.

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