Records of the National Organization for Women Cape Ann/North Shore Chapter, 1971-2013
Overview
Cape Ann/North Shore Chapter of the National Organization for Women membership and financial records, meeting announcements and agendas, and flyers, fact sheets, and other mailings from Massachusetts NOW and the National Organization for Women.
Dates
- Creation: 1971-2013
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research, with the exception of #2.1-2.6, 3.8-3.9, 4FB.1-4FB.5, and F+D.1, which contain membership records and are closed for 50 years from the date of creation.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by the Cape Ann/North Shore Chapter of the National Organization for Women 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. Records may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
2.21 linear feet ((3 file boxes, 1 folio box) plus 1 folio+ folder, 1 supersize folder, 2 objects)The records of the Cape Ann/North Shore Chapter of the National Organization for Women includes membership and financial records; meeting announcements and agendas; phone messages; flyers, fact sheets, and other mailings from Massachusetts NOW and the National Organization for Women; a t-shirt, bag, and a button; and an audiocassette. Files are arranged alphabetically.
History
The Cape Ann/North Shore Chapter of the National Organization for Women works on issues such as reproductive rights, violence against women, women in Afghanistan, and the Equal Rights Amendment.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers: 2017-M160, 2020-M139, 2021-M182, 2023-M32, 2023-M61
The records of the Cape Ann/North Shore Chapter of the National Organization for Women were given to the Schlesinger Library by Bonnie Howard between 2017 and 2023.
Processing Information
Processed: January 2022
By: Johanna Carll
Updated and additional material added: June 2023
By: Johanna Carll
The Schlesinger Library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. Finding aids may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Title
- National Organization for Women. Cape Ann/North Shore Chapter. Records of the National Organization for Women Cape Ann/North Shore Chapter, 1971-2013: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was made possible by the Alice Jeannette Ward Fund.
- EAD ID
- sch02132
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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