Margot Winchester Women In Film Foundation files, 1997-2003
PASC.0349
Finding aid prepared by UCLA Arts Library Special Collections staff, 2007; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline
Cubé.
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Online finding aid last updated 28 August 2017.
Title: Margot Winchester Women In Film Foundation files
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0349
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1997-2003
Abstract: Margot Winchester is a producer, developer/writer, and consultant in the entertainment industry. She was one of a few women
who started the Women In Film Foundation. The collection consists of files related to Margot Winchester's tenure as chair
of the Women in Film Foundation in the 1990s.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Creator:
Winchester, Margot
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Margot Winchester, 2007.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Margot Winchester Women In Film Foundation Files (Collection PASC 349). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
Margot Winchester is a producer, developer/writer, and consultant in the entertainment industry. She holds a BA from Boston
University, and attended Graduate School of Film at New York University. She has had a diversified career in television, syndication,
video, interactive media and has developed and produced projects in both fictional and documentary television since the 1970s.
She was one the women in the 1980s who started the Women In Film Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Women In Film, and served
as chair of the Foundation in the 1990s.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of files related to Margot Winchester's tenure as chair of the Women in Film Foundation (WIFF) in
the 1990s. Included are files related to WIFF By-Laws, business meeting retreats, fund raising, and Women in Transition Workshops.
Organization and Arrangement
There is no specific arrangment to the collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Winchester, Margot -- Archives
Women in Film (Organization). -- Archives
Box 1
Film Finishing Project
2001
General note
Winner lists for 1985-1998 and memos.
Box 1
History Project
1997-2001
Box 1
Outreach (WIT 1 T. Rainer) - participant surveys and workshop flier
2000 June
General note
Women in Transition Workshop: Career and Jobs A Journal Workshop.
Box 2
Outreach Addiction - flier drafts
2001
General note
Women in Transition Workshop.
Box 2
Outreach Financial seminar - participant surveys, newletter promotion, and articles
2000
General note
Women in Transition Workshop: Creating Your Financial Freedom.
Box 2
Outreach Legal Mistakes - participant surveys
2001
Box 2
Outreach Old New Technology - internet search results and flier for workshop
2001
General note
Women in Transition Workshop.
Box 1
Outreach Stress Management - flier and invoice
2001
General note
Women in Transition Workshop.
Box 1
Outreach WIT 2 Parker Harris - participant surveys and newsletter promotion
2000
General note
Women in Transition Workshop - Get Unstuck A Business Plan for Healing.
Box 2
PR Material and Fundraising
2001
Box 1
Reel News - Articles, etc.
2001 May-Oct
Box 1
Reel News and Calendars
1999-2000
General note
6 Reel News publications and other mailers.
Box 1
Signature Series
1998-2001
General note
Mostly email correspondence and memos. With WIFF 1999 Retreat/Business meeting minutes. Re
Box 2
Transition help Career Counseling information, schools, etc - BigSteps worksheets
no date
Box 1
Women in Film Advisory Council - contact list and outreach letter
2001
Box 1
Women in Film By-Laws
2000
Box 1
Women in Film Retreat
2000
Box 2
Women in Film Foundation Board program information
no date
Box 1
Women in Film Foundation Fundraising
1999-2000
General note
1999 and 2000 Retreat business meeting spiral bound agenda and attachments.
Box 2
Women in Film Foundation Fundraising
2003
Box 2
Women in Film Foundation General
2002
General note
With WIFF 2001 Retreat Business Meeting [agenda?].
Box 2
Women in Film Foundation Grant
2002
Box 1
Women in Film Foundation Scholarships - correspondence
2001
