Inventory of the Miriam Slifkin Papers, 1961-1994

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

Miriam Slifkin

Miriam Slifkin Papers, 1961-1994

Material in English

7.5 Linear Feet

5000 Items

Miriam Slifkin was a feminist leader in Chapel Hill who was active from the 1960's-2000's.

Miriam Slifkin founded the Chapel Hill chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. This collection contains NOW operational files including correspondence, newsletters, chapter organization records, speeches, fund raising, budget files, files on related organizations, and files related to sexual discrimination and sexual discrimination lawsuits. Other materials document the founding and early history of the Orange County Rape Crisis Center and her work on the Board of the Orange County Human Relations Commission. Slifkin's work to make the Morehead Scholarships at the University of North Carolina coeducational are also documented. 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 Megan E. Lewis, July 2009

Encoded by Megan E. Lewis, August 2009

Accession 2007-0017 is described in this finding aid.

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This collection contains NOW operational files including correspondence, newsletters, chapter organization records, speeches, fund raising, budget files, files on related organizations, and files related to sexual discrimination and sexual discrimination lawsuits. Other materials document the founding and early history of the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. Slifkin's work to make the Morehead Scholarships at the University of North Carolina coeducational are also documented. 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 from 1994. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

This collection has been reboxed for preservation, but the creator's original arrangement has been retained. Materials are mostly alphabetical, with NOW and ERA materials at the beginning of the collection.

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