Scope and Contents
Series III, CONFERENCES, 1966-1999 (#21.1-27.79, 205.1-205.11), contains records relating to NOW's national and regional membership conferences. With the exceptions of 1969 and 1972, NOW's national conference has convened annually since the 1966 organizing conference. This series contains the planning records of these national membership meetings, as well as passed resolutions and post-conference evaluations; it also contains records relating to national conferences on feminist topics (international feminism, abortion, lesbian rights), and records relating to regional conferences and conventions. It is divided into four subseries.
See Series XII for materials relating to planning and revenue for NOW's national conferences in 1968, 1971, and 1973. See Series XVI (Subseries D) for Gene Boyer's correspondence and printed materials relating to conference workshops and seminars. Audiorecordings of some national conference speeches and workshops are available in National Organization for Women Audiotapes (T-29).
Dates
- Creation: 1959-2002
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1966-1998
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
TERMS OF USE
Access. The majority of the collection is unrestricted.
Access to folders #103.3-103.4 requires the written permission of NOW until January 1, 2017. Access to folders #67.13 and 87.58 requires the written permission of NOW until January 1, 2018. Access to folders #67.8-67.9 requires the written permission of NOW until January 1, 2019. Access to folder #108.36 requires written permission of NOW until January 1, 2020.
Grievance files and financial records are closed for 50 years. Certain confidential records are closed to all research use for specified periods; included are individual documents access to which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Time limits for closure of NOW Foundation records (Series XXII, #88.1-88.11) will be determined by mutual agreement between NOW and the Schlesinger Library at a future date; the finding aid notes that such records are closed pending negotiations.
As of December 2015, written permission of the National Organization for Women is required only for documents 20 years old or less.
Extent
206.27 linear feet ((185 cartons, 23 file boxes, 8 half file boxes, 14 file card boxes, 3 folio+ boxes) plus 10 folio folders, 5 folio+ folders, 3 oversize folders, 1 supersize folder, 136 photograph folders, 2 folio photograph folders, slides, 9 reels microfilm (M-152), and electronic records)Creator
- From the Collection: National Organization for Women (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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