Scope and Contents
Subseries E, Lobbying, 1970-1981 (#54.39-55.36), includes general information about lobbying, lobbying kits, and files on the office's efforts on legislation not related to the Right to Choose campaign. After the first general folders on lobbying, this subseries is arranged alphabetically by topic. Included are files relating to NOW's "Desexing the Federal Code" project; members wrote letters and suggested revisions to Federal Code to include women. Mailings about specific issues (such as education, ERA, Title IX) are not duplicated in the chronological mailings in Subseries B.
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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