This series is based on the oral history project a part of the Loda Mae Davis's Oral History Project which began in 1987 Loda Mae Davis was interviewed. Two graduate students Ms. Jennifer Fisher and Jeff Friedman recorded women in academia associated with Loda Mae Davis and processed the collection until 1999. The materials in the series pertain to each individual that was interviewed, with subjects a part of the interview process separated out. Many of the women's information contains letters of agreement for the interview, response to questionnaires, draft and edited transcripts of the interviews, publicatiions, and research on the women's background.

Most of the women who were interviewed also have a tape or floppy disk recording of their interview. These are located in boxes 11-14.