Records of the Massachusetts Coordinating Committee for the National Observance of International Women's Year (1977), 1977-1978
Overview
Programs, reports, photographs, etc., of the Massachusetts Coordinating Committee for the National Observance of International Women's Year.
Dates
- Creation: 1977-1978
Creator
- Massachusetts Coordinating Committee for the National Observance of International Women's Year (1977) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Unrestricted.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the records created by the Massachusetts Coordinating Committee for the National Observance of International Women's Year is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College for the Schlesinger Library. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
1 linear feet ((1 carton) plus 1 folio+ folder, 1 oversize folder, 1 supersize folder, 7 photograph folders, 285 slides)Reports, programs, correspondence, brochures, clippings, photographs and slides. Contains the original and a copy of Governor Dukakis' proclamation declaring June 1977 International Women's month. Also papers of the Massachusetts Nominating Committee to send delegates to Houston.
Photographs in this collection were re-processed in May 2016. All other files remain in the same order.
HISTORY
The Massachusetts Coordinating Committee was organized to choose delegates to the International Women's Year Conference held in Houston, Texas in November 1977 and to discuss issues to be considered in Houston.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 78-M227, 78-M222, 78-M210
Processing Information
Preliminary folder list: December 4, 1978
By: Bert Hartry
Updated: May 2016
By: Lillianne Keaney
This collection was previously cataloged as 78-M227--78-M210.
- Title
- Massachusetts Coordinating Committee for the National Observance of International Women's Year (1977). Records of the Massachusetts Coordinating Committee for the National Observance of International Women's Year (1977), 1977-1978: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00307
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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