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COLLECTION Identifier: T-345

Politics of the equal rights amendment audiotape collection, 1974

Overview

Audiotaped interviews by Janet K. Boles with state legislators and groups of supporters and opponents in Texas, Illinois, and Georgia.

Dates

  • Creation: 1974

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions:

Access. An appointment is necessary to use any audiovisual material.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Janet K. Boles 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

.42 linear feet (1 file box)

Collection consists of 26 audiotapes with interviews conducted by Janet K. Boles between January and May 1974 with state legislators and groups of supporters and opponents in Texas, Illinois, and Georgia.

BIOGRAPHY

Janet K. Boles is the author of The Politics of the Equal Rights Amendment: Conflict and the Decision Process (1979), one of the first books to examine state ratification of the ERA.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession number: 2009-M11

This audiotape collection of Janet K. Boles was given to the Schlesinger Library by Janet K. Boles in January 2009.

Processing Information

Container list: January 2009

By: Janet K. Boles

Title
Boles, Janet K., 1944- . Politics of the equal rights amendment audiotape collection, 1974: A Container List
Author
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Language of description
eng
EAD ID
sch01228

Repository Details

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