Preliminary Inventory of the Elizabeth C. Alden Papers, 1970s-2000s
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleElizabeth C. Alden Papers, 1970s-2000s
Creator
Alden, Elizabeth C.
Extent
3.4 Linear Feet,
1344 Items
Repository
1344 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection is open for research.
However, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this
collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Elizabeth C. Alden Papers, 1970s-1980s, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The items in this collection were transferred to the Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Special Collections Library at Duke from Perkins Library in 1983 as part of a project to cull the library's backlog of pamphlets.
Processing Information
Processed by Marion Hirsch
Completed August 19, 1998
Encoded by Don Sechler
Finding aid updated by Meghan Lyon, July 2009
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This collection is unprocessed: materials have not been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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Biographical Note
Alden holds degrees from Duke University and Colorado College, as well as advanced degrees from Indiana University, and the SMU Perkins School of Theology. She is currently (1998) Coordinator for Service-Learning for the Kenan Ethics Program.
[top]Collection Overview
This unprocessed accession is comprised primarily of published materials (magazines, newsletters, and photocopies and clippings of newspaper and magazine articles) and of a few manuscript items related to women's employment, religious, legal, and domestic issues. The papers document Rev. Alden's feminist activism during the 1970s and early 1980s while she was living in Texas. Rev. Alden's folder titles and original arrangement of items were maintained. This collection is open for use.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Alden, Elizabeth C.
- Activists--Texas.
- Women's rights--Religious aspects.
- Women's rights and spiritualism--United States--History--20th century.
- Feminism--United States--History--20th century.
- Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century.
- Domestic relations--United States--History--20th century.
- Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States--History--20th century.
 | List of Series in Collection | |||||||
 |  | Accession (1998-0018) | ||||||
 | | Accession (2005-0043) | ||||||
| | Accession (2006-0072) | ||||||
 | | Accession (2009-0166) | ||||||
Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection
Accession (1998-0018)
Liberation Movement
Women's Liberation
Resources
Vacation
Cosrow, Minutes, 1977,
1979
Cosrow, 1978-1980
Women in the Church (Ministry and Lay)
Commission on the Status and Role of Women
Women in Media
Women in Media: Shaping Our Future, 1981, May 31
Women: Worship
Miscellaneous
Marriage
Marriage: Services and Contracts
Miscellaneous '70s article on women
Children
Youth: Colloquy
Youth: Creative Workshop; Culture and Education
Youth
Parenting
Family
"Daughters of Sarah" and Ecumenical Women's Center Publications
Sexist Language in the Church
Feminist Theology
Feminism and the Bible
Ministry Mystique: Notes for Women's Forum
Clergy Women: Sexual Harrassment Consultation, 1978-1979
Women in the Church: Issues; Lang.--Role Stereotypes
Abortion and Birth Control
Women: Ads
The Ann Landers Encyclopedia
Battered Women and Children
Black Women
COSROW
Box 2
Women Clergy (and Church Women)
Displaced Homemakers
Divorce
ERA
Equal Rights
Equal Times, 1978
Everywoman Center
Family Place
Famous Women
Feminism
Film & Drama & Adventure
Husbands
I Want a Wife
Women's Images
JEW--Escape
Living Together
Accession (2005-0043)
(1 box)
Addition (05-043) (200 items, 0.6 lin. ft.; dated 1970-1994) is comprised of subject files pertaining to homophobia, abortion, and a women's church conference held April 16-18, 1993, in Albuquerque, NM; also includes notes, brochures, articles, and clippings. This accession is closed to researchers.
Accession (2006-0072)
(1 box)
Addition (06-072) (44 items, 0.2 lin. ft.; dated 1985-1993) consists of clippings, newsletters, and periodicals related to women's issues, feminism, and religion.
Accession (2009-0166)
(1 box)
Addition (2009-0166) (200 items; 0.6 lin. ft.; dated 1970-2007) includes pamphlets, programs, and publications from Alden's work with the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights and other women's and clergy groups.
Box 1
Programs and pamphlets, 1998-2007
Peace conference, Dallas, 8 August 1988
RCAR (Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights), 1991
Sexual abuse in the clergy
New Mexico Women's Foundation, 1991
Iowa Clergy Consultation Service on Problem Pregnancy, Adoption, and Abortion, 1970-1971
"Males and the Feminist Movements,"
1977
Church Women United
Divinity School women's center
"Hot Flash,"
1992
Women clergy: articles, brochures, pamphlets, 1970s-1990s
