Series III. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN JUDGES, 1979-2012 (#24.9-51.4, 53F+B.1m-53F+B.3m, 54.1-54.4, E.1-E.2)
Scope and Contents
Series III, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN JUDGES, 1979-2012 (#24.9-51.4, 53F+B.1m-53F+B.3m, 54.1-54.4, E.1-E.2), includes by-laws, resolutions, reports, and minutes of board of directors annual and mid-year meetings; administrative manuals; records of the executive, international outreach, nominating, and resolutions committees; membership directories, and presidents and officers' correspondence. Also included are several judicial education programs, co-sponsored with the National Judicial Education Program that contains print and audiovisual curriculum guides. The bulk of the records relate to annual conferences that address the complex issues encountered by judges in the courtroom, including domestic violence, feminism and jurisprudence, immigration, and the changing definition of family. Past presenters included Sandra Day O'Connor, Tom Brokaw, Sonia Sotomayor, Lani Guinier, Marian Wright Edelman, former Vice President Al Gore and others. Included are memoranda, correspondence, and logistical planning notes; pre-conference fund-raising and registration materials; program brochures, agendas, and flyers; invitations to award ceremonies, fund raising events, and other special activities; financial records detailing conference registration fees, donations of "seed money" to support the initial phase of conference organizing, and contributions from silent auctions. Receipts related to travel reimbursements have been removed. Also included are materials related to the membership, conferences, and judicial training of affiliate organizations, including the International Women Judges Association, founded by the Association in 1991; and correspondence, clippings, brochures, reports, program flyers, and invitations related to the Association's regional district offices. See Series IV for related audiovisual material. Newsletters of the Association were removed and transferred to the Schlesinger Library periodicals collection; consult the Library's catalog for holdings. The series is arranged alphabetically with conferences arranged chronologically therein.
Dates
- Creation: 1966-2012
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Unrestricted. An appointment is necessary to use any audiovisual material.
Extent
23 linear feet ((51 file boxes, 2 half file boxes, 1 folio+ box) plus 4 photograph folders, 1 folio photograph folder, 94 audiotapes, 7 videotapes, 3 DVDs, 2 archived web sites, and electronic records.)Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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