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COLLECTION Identifier: MC 1226

New York Coalition of 100 Black Women collection of Doris E. Chambers, 1979-1985

Overview

New York Coalition of 100 Black Women event calendars, meeting agendas, committee reports, by-laws, mailings, and printed materials collected by Doris E. Chambers.

Dates

  • Creation: 1979-1985

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions:

Access. Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by the New York Coalition of 100 Black Women as well as 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

.21 linear feet (1/2 file box)

The collection contains New York Coalition of 100 Black Women event calendars, meeting agendas, committee reports, by-laws, mailings, and printed materials collected by Doris E. Chambers. Printed materials include New York chapter newsletters and two National Coalition of 100 Black Women publications, The Directory (1980), a "bound index to minority small businesses," mostly located in New York City, and Our First Decade (ca.1980), a booklet detailing the Coalition's history and accomplishments.

BIOGRAPHY

Doris E. Chambers (1927-2005) was an African American model who appeared in Jet magazine and in a mid-1960s Pall Mall cigarettes advertising campaign. She won several beauty pageants, including the Miss Beaux Arts Pageant in 1961 and the Miss Schaefer Beer contest in Harlem in 1962. In 1962 she appeared as "Girl" in Sidney Kingsley's Broadway play Night Life. Chambers was a member of the New York Coalition of 100 Black Women, an organization formed to act as an advocate for Black women and to promote leadership development and gender equity in the areas of health, education, and economic empowerment.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession number: 2022-M188

The New York Coalition of 100 Black Women collection of Doris E. Chambers was acquired from Between the Covers Rare Books in October 2022.

Processing Information

Processed: March 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
Chambers, Doris E., 1927-2005. New York Coalition of 100 Black Women collection of Doris E. Chambers, 1979-1985: 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
sch02201

Repository Details

Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository

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