Records include planning, grant application materials and other resources relating to the organization of the Northwest Women's Studies Association's 1984 conference in Bellingham, Washington. The conference was entitled "Holding Our Own and Breaking New Ground." The collection also contains reference materials regarding women's issues, and informational resources from Western Washington University's Women's Studies program.

A large portion of the records appear to have been generated by conference organizers Chris Pastorino and Kathryn Anderson. These records include agendas for planning meetings, a budget for the conference, information relating to speakers and performers, and other related planning material. The collection also contains applications for grants to fund the conference and a pre-conference symposium for the Western States Project on Women in Curriculum.

Exhibit and resource materials comprise newsletters, catalogs, and other printed material relating to feminism and women's studies. It appears that many of these materials were on display at the conference as informational resources. There are also résumés and curriculum vitae for speakers and performers at the conference, including Catharine Stimpson, Margaret Benston, LaDonna Harris, Linda Allen, Donna Langston, Rebecca Meloy, and Kate Jobe-Withner.

The collection also contains a small amount of material related to the Women's Studies program at Fairhaven College and Western Washington University. Included among these documents is a budget for 1983/1984, an article by Chris Pastorino, and a request for information about the school to publish in a Northwest Women's Report article on women's studies programs in the Northwest. There are also materials related to the National Women's Studies Association conference attended by Chris Pastorino in 1983.