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slifkinm Inventory of the Miriam Slifkin Papers, 1961-1994 Processed by: Megan E. Lewis; machine-readable finding aid created by: Megan E. Lewis David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 003849737

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: July 2009Processed by Megan E. Lewis, July 2009; finding aid encoded by Megan E. Lewis, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, August 2009 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Miriam Slifkin Papers, 1961-1994 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Slifkin, Miriam. Miriam Slifkin Papers, 1961-1994 Material in English 7.5 Linear Feet 5000 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. 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. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Miriam Slifkin Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University

Provenance

The Miriam Slifkin Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2007.

Processing Information

Processed by Megan E. Lewis, July 2009

Encoded by Megan E. Lewis, August 2009

Accession 2007-0017 is described in this finding aid.

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

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Biographical Note

Miriam Slifkin is a women's rights activist in Chapel Hill who founded and was president of the Chapel Hill chapter of the National Organization of Women (NOW). She also helped found the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. She received a Ph.D. in Botany from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1968 and worked in that field for some time before dedicating herself to women's rights activism.

Collection Overview

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.

Collection Arrangement

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.

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.

Slifkin, Miriam. John Motley Morehead Foundation. Chapel Hill-Carrboro Rape Crisis Center (N.C.) National Organization for Women. Orange County Rape Crisis Center (N.C.) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Women students. Feminists--North Carolina--Chapel Hill. Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--North Carolina. Women--Violence against--North Carolina. Women in higher education--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--Social conditions. Women in science--United States--Social conditions. Women's rights--North Carolina. Audiocassettes. Newsletters. Contents of Collection Miriam Slifkin papers, 1961-2007(12 boxes) 1NOW Newsletters, 1973-1979 NOW Minutes, 1973-1974 NOW, 1971-1976 NOW Correspondence, 1971-1975 NOW and Feminist Correspondence, 1976-1981 NOW Business, 1972-1978 NC NOW, 1975-1981 ERA Boycott, 1978-1979 ERA Correspondence and Clippings, 1971-1975 NC NOW Correspondence, 1979-1980 ERA Caravan, 1978-1979 ERA Carter, 1976-1980 ERA Correspondence and Clippings, 1978-1980 ERA General, 1972-1982 2ERA Materials, 1973-1987 ERA Opposition, 1973-1979 ERA Publications, 1971-1977 ERA Fundraising, 1976-1977 ERA States, 1976-1980 Women's Studies Course Outline, undated AAO Job Application, 1980 Abortion, 1974-1985 ACLU, 1977-1985 3ACLU, 1982-1986 Athletics in Public Schools, 1974-1976 Apter Case, 1972-1974 Athletics, 1972-1980 AWIS, 1985-1988 Battered Women, 1976-1990 Books, Lollipop and Buddies, 1975-1990 Clippings, General, 1973-1993 Complaints, 1971-1975 Contacts, 1979-1985 Comparable Worth, 1984-1985 Community Dinner, 2000-2001 Cook Campaign, 1981 Consulting, 1974-1976 Correspondence, 1977-1978 Correspondence, 1979 4Correspondence, 1980 Correspondence, 1981-1982 Correspondence, 1983 Correspondence, 1984 Credit, 1972-1976 Walter Cronkite, 1971-2007 Democratic Party, 1982 Domicile, 1970s EEOC, 1978-1982 EEOC Suit, 1978-1982 EEOC Suit, 1973-1975 EEOC Suit, 1974-1978 Envioronment and Women, 1980 Education, 1973-1974 Elected Officials, 1971-1982 Employment, 1972-1983 5Equal Pay Act, 1978 England, 1972-1976 Ethics in Public Policy, 2000 Europe, 1975-1976 Executive Order 11246, 1971-1975 Family Archives, 1980 Federation for Progress, North Carolina, 1982 Faculty Women's Case, 1977-1983 Foreign Women, General, 1978-1979 France, 1976-1980 Gaulden, Jean, 1971-1989 GE Boycott, 1976-1977 Government Employed Women, 1971-1979 Government Guidelines, 1971-1972 Golden Fleece, 1980-2002 Graduation, Ph.D., 1968 Grant Proposal, 1975 Grifton Flood, 1979 Grievance Committee, 1976-1978 Women's Health Resources, 1986-1990 6NC Human Relations Committee, 1990-1993 Hadassah Membership Lists, 1978-2005 HERS, Brown University, 1974-1975 Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration Committee, 1985 Homosexual Relations, 1971-1974 Anti-Helms, 1974-1982 History, 1974-1977 Honors, 1974-1988 Homemakers, 1976 Hobby, Wilbur, 1981 Hyde Amendment, 1977 Insurance, 1974-1976 Insurance, 1974-1978 Interfaith Council for Social Service, 2000-2005 International Women's Year, 1977 International Women's Year, 1977 International Women's Year, 1976-1977 7Jewish Battered Women, 1996-1998 Jewish Feminists, 1973-1987 Job Hunt, 1970-1979 Job Applications, 1971-1974 Job Applications, 1973-1974 Job Correspondence, 1967-1973 Johnson, Sonia, 1980 Labor, 1977-1981 Language, 1974 Laws, 1972 Letters to the Editor, 1973-1981 Little, Joann, 1972-1975 Marriage and Divorce, 1970-1974 Interacting with Males, 1973-1981 Correspondence, 1977-2005 Men's Problems, 1974 Misc., 1972-1994 Morehead Campaign, 1973-1989 Morehead Campaign, 1974 Morehead Campaign, 1972-1988 Morehead Campaign, 1973-1975 8Membership Info., 1976-1977 Mycological Research, 1961-1972 NC Coalition Against Sexual Assault, 1997 NCCLU, 1982-1985 NC NOW, 1979 Nepotism, 1973-1974 NC School of Science and Math, 1983 Name Change, 1974 NIEHS Complaint, 1972 Orange County Human Resources Commission, 1989-1993 OCHRC Correspondence, etc., 1987-1994 OCHRC Minutes, 1988-1994 OCHRC Pauli Murray Award, 1990-1993 OCHRC Publicity, 1988-1993 Proposals, 1974-1975 Philosophy, 1976 Poverty & Welfare, 1973 Parliamentary Procedures, undated Political Caucus, undated PEER, 1979-1982 Project on Status of Women, 1973-1975 PROSE Law Newsletters, 1974 Psychological Problems, 1970-1974 President's Advisory Committee on Women, 1979 Pregnancy, 1973-1974 Quest, a Feminist Quarterly, 1974 RCC Grievances, 1988-1993 Rape, 1974-1989 Rape Crisis Association, 1975-1978 Rape Crisis Center, 1974-2006 Rape Crisis Center, 1987-1994 9Rape Crisis Center Clippings, 1974-1978 Rape, Sexual Assault Laws, 1973-1985 Rape Crisis Center Brochures, 1992 and undated Rape Crisis Center, undated Rape Material, 1975-1990 Recommendations, 1972-1973 Resumes, undated Religion, 1972-1979 Role Playing, Consciousness Raising, 1972 Save our Democracy Committee, 1980-1981 Sayings and Language, undated Schools, 1971-1973 Science, Women in, 1973-1989 Scientific Work, 1950-1965 Secretaries, 1977 Sexism in Education, 1975 Sexism and Education, 1973-1976 Sex Roles, 1969-1971 Sexist Statement Cartoons, 1974 SHE Publication, 1973-1978 Smoking, 1977 Social Security Laws, 1974-1980 Songs, 1973-1981 State Government, 1973-1977 Status & Education of Women, 1974 Stewart ERA Campaign, 1977-1980 Student Interviews, 2006 10Speeches, 1972-1978 Statistics, 1975-1978 State Laws, 1972 Carl Stewart, 1980 State and Southern Region NOW, 1973-1974 Support Systems, 1978-1981 Support Systems, 1981-1982 Surveys & Statistics, 1973-1980 Textbook Study, 1973-1974 Textbook Guidelines, 1974 Title IX Residency, 1974-1975 Treasury, NOW, 1970-1972 UNC Discussion, 1977 UNC Discrimination, 1971-1977 UWAA, 1973-1977 University Meeting, 1973-1977 UN, 1980 Universities, 1970-1974 11Village Companies Foundation, 1981-1987 Vocational Education, 1974 Violence Against Women, 1997-2000 Wage and Hour, 1975 Welfare, 1973-1978 Westminster Alley, 1986 Who's Who, 1979 Ella May Wiggins, 1975-2004 Women's Center, 1974-1999 Women's Equity Action League, 1975-1977 Women's Health Resources Center, 1987-1988 Women's Studies Course, 1974 Work, 1972-1975 Women's Groups, 1973 Spokeswoman, 1978-1979 Spokeswoman, 1980-1981 12NCC-LAW, 1983-1988 Memoirs, 2007 NIEHS, 1971-1974 Cassette tape of Student Interview, 1994 "An Intelligent Woman's Guide to Dirty Words," 1973 OCRCC Board Packet, 1991-1992 New Pioneers, 1980