Center for Writing

Record Group — Multiple Containers

Identifier: RG14-13

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This collection contains two series. Series 1 contains records pertaining to Writing Across the Curriculum while Series 2 holds the Center for Writing records. This series is broken down into the following files: General Records and Writer’s Workshop. The collection is mostly arranged chronologically within each series.

Dates

Creation: 1975-2015
Creation: 2024

Creator

College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Mass.). Center for Writing (Organization)

Conditions Governing Use

Materials believed to be under copyright or other restrictions are available for limited noncommercial, educational and personal use only, or for fair use as defined by United States copyright law and with proper citation. Please note that the College of the Holy Cross may not hold the rights to all items in this collection. Users assume responsibility for identifying all copyright holders and for determining whether permission is needed to make any use of the content. For permission under rights held by the College, please contact archives@holycross.edu.

Historical Note

The Writer’s Workshop and the Writing Across the Curriculum Collaborative (WACC) programs were both founded in 1982 by Professor Patricia Bizzel. Bizzel was the director of both programs early on, until new directors were selected. The programs operated outside of the English Department, having their own established budget and reporting to the Provost’s Office. However, many directors were also a part of the English Department faculty and handling both positions proved difficult. Therefore in the early 1990s it was decided that a Writing Center should be established to oversee the programs, overseen by a single director.

Since 2015, the Center for Writing has been led by director Laurie Ann Britt-Smith. In 2021, Gabriel Morrison was hired as the Interim Assistant Director of the Center for Writing.