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Preliminary Inventory of the Veteran Feminists of America Records, 1972-2008

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Descriptive Summary

Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Creator
Veteran Feminists of America.
Title
Veteran Feminists of America Records, 1972-2008
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Extent
19,789 items

(28.1 lin. ft.)
Abstract
Veteran Feminists of America (VFA) is a nonprofit organization for veterans of the Second Wave of the feminist movement. It was founded by Jacqueline Ceballos and held its first feminist reunion in 1993. The organization continues to operate today, sponsoring reunions, programs, and publications honoring feminists throughout the United States.
The accession (2008-0286) includes administrative files, program and reunion materials, obituaries, correspondence, financial information, newsletters, periodicals, and photographs relating to the activities and programs of the Veteran Feminists of America. Special media formats include DVDs, floppy disks, and CDs, some of which have been withdrawn for electronic preservation. There are also medals and other ephemera. The addition (2008-0254) consists of DVDs of VFA events and interviews. Addition (2009-0131) includes administrative files, events files, and other organizational information.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
However, collection may contain materials to which the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibilities and Privacy Rights form applies. Patrons must sign this 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.
Copyright Notice
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], in the Veteran Feminists of America Records, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
Purchase, 2008 (2008-0286), 25.1 lin. ft.
Purchase, 2008 (2008-0254), 1.2 lin. ft.
Gift, 2009 (2009-0131), 1.8 lin. ft.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed; cataloged from accession records.
Encoded by: Meghan Lyon
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2008-0286, 2008-0254, 2009-0131
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical / Historical Note

Veteran Feminists of America (VFA) is a nonprofit organization for veterans of the Second Wave of the feminist movement. It was founded by Jacqueline Ceballos and held its first feminist reunion in 1993. The organization continues to operate today, sponsoring reunions, programs, and publications honoring feminists throughout the United States.

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Collection Overview

The collection (2008-0286) includes administrative files, program and reunion materials, obituaries, correspondence, financial information, newsletters, periodicals, and photographs relating to the activities and programs of the Veteran Feminists of America. Special media formats include DVDs, floppy disks, and CDs, some of which have been withdrawn for electronic preservation. There are also medals and other ephemera. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
The addition (2008-0254) (64 items; 1.2 lin. ft.) consists of DVDs of VFA events and interviews.
The addition (2009-0131) (900 items; 1.8 lin. ft., dated 2001-2008) consists of board minutes, administrative materials, program files, some correspondence, and publicity. Program files include reunions, special presentations, conferences on feminist history and issues, and other educational and commemorative events. In particular, the accession includes materials from the Salute to Feminist Lawyers event put on in June 2008 at the Harvard Club in New York.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
List of Series in Collection
Accession (2008-0286), 1972-2008
Addition (2008-0254)
Accession (2009-0131)
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Detailed Description of Collection

Accession (2008-0286), 1972-2008

18 Boxes
The accession (2008-0286) includes administrative files, program and reunion materials, obituaries, correspondence, financial information, newsletters, periodicals, and photographs relating to the activities and programs of the Veteran Feminists of America. Special media formats include DVDs, floppy disks, and CDs, some of which have been withdrawn for electronic preservation. There are also medals and other ephemera. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
This is a preliminary finding aid for an unprocessed collection. Materials have been reboxed for preservation but no further arrangement or description has been completed at this time. Folder lists reflect the original descriptions from the creator and the content of those folders has not been confirmed. Please see Research Services with questions.
Box 1
Newsletters, 1992-2008  (24 folders)
Checkbook registers   (1 folder)
Financial information, 1995-2003  (22 folders)
Foam mounted book covers
Box 2
4 coffee mugs: Bella, Gloria, Kate, Betty
Chicago, 2004
Website, 2004
Joanne Kantrowitz, 2004
Committees, 2004
Seneca Falls, 2005
Betty Newcomb, 2005
Ali G, Borat, 2005
2005
Dell event, 2005
2005 Feb.
2006
NOW Albany Conference, 2006
Ali G, Borat, 2006
Betty, 2006
Betty's death, 2006
Betty memorials, emails
Reddy press, programs
2006 Aug. 26   (3 folders)
WR/HR
Kate's eulogy
First Mothers, 2006
Tickets, seats, 2006
Barbara's talk, 2006
More, 2006
NYC, 2006
Misc., 2006
PR FWCA
Muriel's Preplanning, 2006
After Nov. 13
2006 Dec.
Florida, 2006
Box 3
Florida board meeting, 2006
General emails, 2006
Newsletters, 2006 Jan.-April
VFA Board
Gilmore's mail
2006 Mar.-April
American Biological interview, 2006
Women's Demo Club, 2006
Organizations for August, 2006
Los Angeles, 2006 May   (2 folders)
Karen DeCrow
LA Caterer, 2006
Helen Reddy program, 2006 May
Miscellaneous, 2003
Expo, 2000
Correspondence, 2000
2003
Barbara Love, Feminists who changed America, 1998
Susan B. Anthony Center
Publications, 1980-2005   (9 magazines)
Lilith
Ms. Magazine
On the Issues
D.C., 2000 Apr.
Kappie Spencer
Karline Tierney
Caterers, 2000 Apr.
D.C. event notes, 2000
D.C. tickets sold, 2000
D.C. press, 2000
Invitations sent, 2000
La. Transcripts, 2001 Mar.
Louisiana, 2001
Isadora evening, 2002 Apr.
Guests, final count
Writers names, 2002
Writers, 2002
Title IX Conference, 2002
Bios and letters, Title IX, 2002
Box 4
Betty Newcomb, 2002
Town Bloody Hall, 2004   (5 folders)
Massachusetts, 2004
Connecticutt, 2005
Helen Reddy, 2006
Guests, 2006 May 1
FWCA Barnard, 2006 Nov.
D.C. Area Pioneers, 2007 Oct. 30  (2 folders)
Fund letter, 1998
Fund letter, 1999
Donors, 1998-1999
Donors, 1999-2000
Fund letter, 2000
Fund letter, 2001
Fund letter, 2003  (3 folders)
Fund returns, 2004
MBRS, 2004
Fund letter, 2005
Original letters, 1990
Artists
Azara
Helene Aylon
Susan Schwalb, Mass.
Suzanne Benton
Marilyn Cohen
Gloria Orenstein
Susan Faludi
Shulia Firestone
Marilyn Heins
Ann Forer
Estelle Freedman
Dan Horowitz
Joan Hull
Nan Johnson
Regina Litman
Box 5
Robbi Madden
Susan Maurer
Kate Millett
Nesaule
Barbara Newall
Joyce Nower
Helen Pearl
Naomi Penner
Louise Raggio
Sandy Rapp
Trina Robbins
Kali Rost
Ruth Rosen
Doris Sassower
Kathy Sarachild
Charlotte Schwab
Arlie Scott
Sara Child
Lynne Shapiro
Elizabeth Shepard
Elayne Snyder
Virginia Artrip Snyder
Serena Italians
Ellie Smeal
Jane Sorluser
Maura Stark
Steinem
Charlene Suneson
Anne Sutherland Harris
Helen Thomas
Sheila Tobias
Joan Tobin
Anne Turpeau
Bede Urich
Mary Vasiliades
Winnie Wackwitz
Dennis Wainwright
Barbara G. Walker
Betsy Warrior
Sandy Warshaw
Virginia Watkins
Diane Watts
Grace Walch
Naomi Weisstein
Elaine Werner
Bonnie Wheeler
V. Whitehall
Dell Williams
Leslie Wolfe, Center for Women Policy Studies
Zalmar
Sandy Zwerling
Pioneer feminists: miscellaneous short bios
Biographies
Florida
Male feminists
National Women's Political Caucus
VFA Press releases
Publicity, VFA extras
Media
Feminist articles
Gallery books  (5 booklets)
AWE, 2005
Poets
June Blum: Portraits, Betty Friedan
Box 6
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund annual report, 2000
NOW Conference, 2000
Feminist Expo, 2000
VFA Board, 2000
2000  (3 folders)
Young feminists, 2000
2001
Speakers Bureau, 2001
Miscellaneous, 2002
Barbara Love, 2002
2002  (5 folders)
Hall of Fame, 2003
Michigan, 2003
Emails, 2003
Board and administrative files, 2003  (9 folders)
Mass., 2004
Emails, 2004
Website, 2004
Member mail
Midwest P.R., 2004
Virgin Atlantic, 2004
Dues, 2004
Endowment
Administrative files, 2004  (10 folders)
Author's salute, 2004
Unfinished Business
Box 7
Catherine East, 1993
Flo Kennedy, 1993 Dec.
D.C., 1994
Bella Abzug, 1994
Marriage/Family, Spring 1995
Gloria, Fall 1995
30th Anniversary of the Women's Movement, 1996
Women's Liberation Movement, 1997
Gerda Lerner, 1998 Apr.
Kate Millett, 1998 Nov.
Guests, 1999
Chart, 1999 May
Program, 1999 May
Donna Allen, 1999
Caroline Bird
Eliz. Boyer
June Chewning
Flora Crater
Allie Hixson
Tina Hobson
Marian Norby
Louise Raggio
Dusty Roads
Ruth Shinn
Carmen Delgado
Correspondence for 1999 May
Reunion, Spring 1999
Honoring Betty Friedan, 1999 Nov.  (9 folders)
Catherine Adamsky, 2000
Kathryn Avery
Ruth McLean Bowers
Evelyn Dubrow
Minnette Doderer
Arienne Fraser
Vera Glaser
Dorothy Haegele
Stephanie Gilmore
Strike, 1970 (30th Anniversary)  (3 folders)
Louisiana Pioneer Feminists March, 2001  (2 folders)
Women's Studies, 2001 June
Feminist Florida, 2002
Dinner with Isadora, 2002
Title IX 30th Anniversary, 2002
Isadora report
Art event, 2003  (9 folders)
Box 8
History of abortion in the USA
VFA writings
VFA, 1993
Battered women
By interest and profession
Intergenerational
The F word, 2004
3rd wave feminism, 2002
Dads and daughters
Foam mounted copies of book covers  (5 covers)
Biographies for Barbara Love book, A-K
Box 9
Biographies for Barbara Love book, L-R
Foam mounted copies of book covers  (13 covers)
Obituaries, A-R  (63 folders)
Box 10
Obituaries, R-Z  (16 folders)
1990-1997  (2 folders)
Videos, 1993-2000  (3 folders)
NOW 30th, 1996
Betty Friedan event, 1999
Renewals, 1994-1995
Future honorees
Biographies, radical women, 1997
Information sent, 1994
Unfoldered material
Anti-Defamation League, 2000
Texas, members and prospective, 1993-1996
Women Leaders Online Summit, 1999
Kim Gandy, 1991
Letter to VFW Board, 1992
Wonderful 1st letters
Correspondence, 1992-1996  (8 folders)
NOW Resolution re: VFA, 1996
Box 11
Tickets, 1993-2000  (10 envelopes)
Articles/projects
Books
1998 Event
FWCA, Barbara's book
Women's Liberation Event, 1997
Mother Daughter Revolution
Biographies, photographs
Publications
Binder: Female Studies, 1970
Binder: Feminist Educators Attending Dinner, 2001
Binder: 1994
Binder: Catherine East, 1993
World March, 2000
West Coast Reunion
NOW 30th, 1996
Marriage/Divorce
Seneca Falls, 75th Suffrage
Box 12
Grant, 1996
Correspondence, 1996-1998  (3 folders)
Applications, 1995-1998
Correspondence, 1998  (2 folders)
Celebrate, 1998
Step by Step, 1999
Administrative, funding, program files, 1996-1999  (15 folders)
Letter to Betty Friedan, 2000
Dues/Contributions, 2000
Barnard Conference, 2001 June  (9 folders)
Florida NOW Conference, 2002
Artists, 2003  (3 folders)
Box 13
Boston event, 2007
Emails, 2007  (4 folders)
Dues, 2007
Webpage, 2007  (2 folders)
Artists, 2007
Fund letter, 2007
Smith Barney VFA, 2007
Phoenix event, 2007
New members, 2007
E-Newsletters, 2007
California events, Feminists Who Changed America
Bella, Houston, 2007
D.C. and New York City, 2007
NOW Conference, 2007
Letters, emails, etc., 2000-2006
Women make movies
Boca event, 2007
ERA news
National Women's Hall of Fame  (2 folders)
Cartoons
T shirts, medal, 1993
Biographies, 1970 group
Patricia Hill Burnett, 2002
Newcomb's invitation, 2001
NWSA Conference, 2003
Women's Rights Park, 1999
New members, 2003-2004  (2 folders)
Invitations (copies)
Future newsletters
Files by State, C-K
Box 14
Files by State, L-W
Catherine East, 1993
Dennis Wainstock interview, 2002
Loose materials
Women's Studies, 2001
Biographies, writers
LDEF
Newsletters
Periodicals, 1977-2006  (3 folders)
VHS cassettes  (6 tapes)
Women-owned businesses
Jewish feminists
Grey Panthers
Michigan, 1998
Binder: Bella Abzug event, 1994
Binder: Gloria Steinem event, 1995
Box 15
Binder: Women's Liberation 30th Anniversary, 1997  (2 folders)
Binder: Ruth Loyd Miller
Binder: NOW 30th, 1996  (2 folders)
Photographs
Photographs in envelopes
Expo, Baltimore, 2000
NOW Conference, Miami, 2000
California, 2002  (2 envelopes)
L.A., 2002
St. Paul, 2002
NOW Conference, Florida, 2002
Connecticutt, 2005
Photos of demonstrations, send by Lee Perkins, Virginia
New Orleans, 2001
Women's Studies, Barnard, 2001
Catherine, 1993  (2 folders)
Boca Raton, 2002
Writers, Barnard, 2002
Baltimore, 2002
Art Event, 2003
Newton, Mass., 2004
Chicago, 2004-2005   (2 envelopes)
San Diego, 2002
Berkeley, 2002
Pro-Choice March, D.C., 1992  (4 albums)
April 1998
Kate, 1998
D.C., 1994
Bella, 1994
Marriage and Divorce, Irvington, NY, 1995
NOW reunion, 1996
Cocktail Party, 1994
VFA Reunion, 2002
San Francisco, 1999
August 1999
Betty event, 1999  (3 envelopes)
VHS cassettes  (3 tapes)
Bag of political campaign buttons
Bag of VFA medals and pins
Box 16
Miscellaneous papers
Broward
Barbara Foreman Scott
Gene: Organizing as a Business
Posters, photos
Photos New Orleans, 2001
Elizabeth Sackler
Bylaws, 1997-1999
Copyright VFA
Miscellanous files  (5 folders)
Binder: VFA Photographs "Kate," 1990-1999  (2 folders)
Katrina help, 2005
Women Make Movies catalog, 2002
Forum 1998
ERA, 2004-2005
African American feminists
California Women's Agenda, 1997
Miscellaneous materials
Louisiana
Miscellaneous materials
Periodicals  (3 folders)
Box 17
Periodicals
National Women's History Project
Unfinished Business
Photo album of Ida Martinez
Photographs  (7 envelopes)
Box 18
San Diego Feminists photo album and autographs, 2002
World March of Women poster, 2000
Foam posters  (2 items)

Addition (2008-0254)

2 Boxes
The addition (2008-0254) (64 items; 1.2 lin. ft.) consists of DVDs of VFA events and interviews. For more detailed information about the events and activities, please see the donor-generated descriptions housed in the Collection Control File.
Box 19
Salute to Catherine East, 1993
Salute to Pioneer Feminists, 1994
Salute to Family Justice Lawyers, Judges, and Activists, 1995
Two-Day Celebration of NOW 30th Anniversary, 1996   (3 DVDs)
Thirtieth Anniversary of Women's Liberation, 1997   (2 DVDs)
Honors Dinner, 1998  (2 DVDs)
Salute to Kate Millett, 1998  (2 DVDs)
Salute to ERA Activists and Other Major Leaders, 1999  (2 DVDs)
Salute to Betty Friedan, 1999  (2 DVDs)
Thirtieth Anniversary of Aug. 26, 1970 Strike for Equality, 2000   (2 DVDs)
Salute to Feminist Educators and Women's Studies Founders, 2001   (2 DVDs)
Honoring Florida Feminists, 2002
Salute to Feminist Writers, 2002   (3 DVDs)
Honoring Those Who Made Title IX Happen, 2002   (4 DVDs)
Salute to Feminists in the Arts, 2003   (2 of 4 DVDs)
Box 20
Salute to Feminists in the Arts, 2003   (2 of 4 DVDs)
Equal Pay and Job Opportunities: A Conference Celebrating 40 Years of Title VII, 2004   (9 DVDs)
Unfinished Business of the Women's Movement: Conference and Dinner Honoring Midwest Feminists, 2004  (5 DVDs)
Feminism and its Values, an Intergenerational Dialogue, 2005   (2 DVDs)
Honoring Helen Reddy, 2006
Awards Dinner for Los Angeles Feminists, 2006   (4 DVDs)
Publication Debut of "Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975," 2006   (7 DVDs)
Salute to Arizona Feminists, 2007  (not shipped because of poor DVD quality)
Salute to Arizona Feminists II, 2007   (2 DVDs)
Salute to Feminist Lawyers, 2008   (3 DVDs, to arrive late 2008)

Accession (2009-0131)

2 boxes
The addition (2009-0131) (900 items; 1.2 lin. ft., dated 2001-2008) consists of board minutes, administrative materials, program files, some correspondence, and publicity. Program files include reunions, special presentations, conferences on feminist history and issues, and other educational and commemorative events. In particular, this accession includes materials from the VFA Salute to Feminist Lawyers program held in June 2008.
Box 21
Board minutes and files, 2003-2008
Administrative files, 2002-2006
Voting policies
Reports
Membership
Finances
Committees
Correspondence
Events and program files
Box 22
Events and program files
Helen Reddy, 2006
Barnard College, 2001
Title VII conference, 2004
Title IX conference, 2002
Louisiana event, 2001
Publicity and publications
Miscellaneous files
Box 23
Salute to Feminist Lawyers event, June 2008
Advisory Committee
Correspondence with advisors, 2007-2008
Advisory Committee addresses
Law event
Database (includes CD), 2007
Invitation
Guests
Honorees
Correspondence with honorees, 2008
Honorees originals, 2007-2008
Honorees current list, 2008
Honorees addresses
Pauli Murray
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Tributes
Correspondence
Ginsburg biography
Printed program
Vera Glaser program
Biographies
Historic
Legal advocacy groups
Tobias introduction
In memorium
Layout
Photographs
Day program
Current legal issues
Panel 1: Changing the Law
Event
Videographer
VFA website
Poster
Registration form
Registrants
Budget
Handouts (possible)
Attendees
Press release
Donors
Booklets
VFA Salutes Feminist Lawyers tote bag