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Inventory of the Judith Hennessee Papers, 1950s-1999

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Descriptive Summary

Title
Judith Hennessee Papers, 1950s-1999
Creator
Hennessee, Judith Adler
Extent
3.5 Linear Feet
2140 Items
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Researchers may not attribute quotations from transcripts designated "Off" or "Off the record."
All or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in the Duke University 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], Judith Hennessee Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Judith Hennessee Papers were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a purchase in 2000.
Processing Information
Processed by Shayla C. Nunnally
Completed June 21, 2000
Reprocessed by Cat Saleeby
Completed October 4, 2002
Encoded by Walt Evans and Cat Saleeby
Updated by Jodi Berkowitz, July 2008
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
            

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Biographical Note

Biographer of feminist Betty Friedan and member of the National Organization for Women.

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Collection Overview

The collection primarily contains materials related to Hennessee's writing career and her participation in the National Organization for Women (NOW). Most of the NOW materials concern its 1972 petition to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny renewal of WABC-TV's license due to alleged discrimination against women in programming and employment. Included are legal documents; information related to NOW's monitoring study of WABC; reports pertaining to ABC and other television networks; and materials concerning the portrayal of women in the broadcast and print media, including several issues of the Media Report to Women newsletter. Other feminist materials include clippings, reports, political buttons and stickers, publications, and printed material, including several issues of the feminist literary magazine aphra and various women's organizations' newsletters. The collection also includes interview transcripts and other research materials for, correspondence about, and both a typescript and a published copy of Hennessee's biography Betty Friedan: Her life. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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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.
  • Hennessee, Judith Adler.
  • Friedan, Betty.
  • Friedan, Betty--Biography.
  • National Organization for Women.
  • National Organization for Women--Trials, litigation, etc.
  • National Organization for Women--History.
  • American Broadcasting Company.
  • United States. Federal Communications Commission.
  • Feminists--United States.
  • Feminism--United States.
  • Feminism--United States--Periodicals.
  • Television broadcasting policy--United States.
  • Television broadcasting--Social aspects--United States.
  • Television--Law and legislation--United States.
  • Women in television broadcasting--United States.
  • Women on television--United States.
  • Clippings.
  • Aphra.
  • Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
List of Series in Collection
Judith Hennessee Papers, 1950s-1999
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Detailed Description of Collection

Judith Hennessee Papers, 1950s-1999

Box 1
NOW petition to deny renewal of WABC-TV's FCC license, 1970s
Box 2
Analyses of and reports on gender and the media, including WABC-TV, 1970s
[Oversize materials removed to Box 6.]
Box 3
Clippings, 1970s
[Oversize materials removed to Box 6.]
Clippings: Betty Friedan, 1980s-1990s
Reviews of Betty Friedan: Her Life, 1999
Various feminist publications, 1970s
Box 4
NOW publications, 1971
NY Radical Feminists Conference on Rape, 1971
Feminist buttons and stickers
Typescript of Betty Friedan
Clippings: articles by and about Betty Friedan, 1950s-1990s (bulk 1970s)
[Oversize materials removed to Box 6.]
Correspondence regarding Betty Friedan, 1998
Transcripts of phone interviews, 1994-1997  (Folders 1-2 of 5)
[Researchers may not attribute quotations from transcripts designated "Off" or "Off the record."]
Box 5
Transcripts of phone interviews, 1994-1997  (Folders 3-5 of 5)
[Researchers may not attribute quotations from transcripts designated "Off" or "Off the record."]
Box 6
Analysis of WABC-TV Responses (Removed from Box 2)
Articles about Betty Friedan (Removed from Box 3-4)