Subseries D. Membership records, 1966-1975
Scope and Contents
Subseries D, Membership records, 1966-1975 (#9.10-9.24, 10.1-15.157, card file boxes 19-20, 189.1-190.28, 204.45), contains correspondence with members and prospective members, chapter officers, and the general public; and chapter records. The chapter and membership correspondence overlaps. Records containing names of members are closed for 50 years from the date of creation. Membership fund transmittal forms (#12.1-15.157) list members' names, addresses, and dues payments; they often include correspondence and applications that include information on occupations. (Applications containing only names and addresses were discarded since they duplicated information on the transmittals.) Transmittals are organized alphabetically by state, and within states, by chapter name. For additional membership records, see also Series XII (Subseries H) and Series XVI (Subseries E); for analysis of a membership recruitment drive based on a right-to-choose campaign, see Series XI (#98.16-98.22).
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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