Preliminary Inventory of the Miriam Slifkin papers, 1970-1994

Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University

Slifkin, Miriam

Miriam Slifkin papers, 1970-1994

Material in English

7.5 Linear Feet

5,000 Items

Women's rights activist in Chapel Hill who started and was president of the Chapel Hill chapter of North Carolina-National Organization of Women (NOW).

Collection primarily contains operational files for the National Organization for Women (NOW) including correspondence, newsletters, chapter organization, speeches, fundraising, budget files, files on related organizations, and files related to sexual discrimination and sexual discrimination lawsuits. Also included are materials for courses on Women's Studies and other educational materials, handbooks, personal files, issues of Spokeswoman, NCC-Law newsletters, and two audiocassettes of an interview of Slifkin, 1994. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

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[Identification of item], Miriam Slifkin papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.

The Miriam Slifkin papers were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a gift in 2007.

Processed by John Mayrose, April 2007

Encoded by John Mayrose, May 2007

This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

This collection primarily contains operational files for NOW including correspondence, newsletters, chapter organization, speeches, fundraising, budget files, files on related organizations, and files related to sexual discrimination and sexual discrimination lawsuits. Also included are materials for courses on Women's Studies and other educational materials, handbooks, personal files, issues of Spokeswoman, NCC-Law newsletters, and two audiocassettes of an interview of Slifkin, 1994. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.