Finding Aid for the Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) collection, 1964-1994

Box 3

Filmex Leafletting 1976, March

Physical Description: 1 folder

Series 1. Administrative Files 1975-1988

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, and 15

Scope and Content Note

Coverage of the group's activities, formation, and operation as a grassroots organization, including: Articles of Incorporation of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW); documentation of WAVAW's organizational structure (national office in Los Angeles); financial records; human resources; grants; advertising; mailing lists and WAVAW Activist Training Workshops.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Dani Adams 1982-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1 and 2

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes, notes, position paper drafts and internal memos generated by Dani Adams, Executive Director for Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), and related correspondence.

Box 1

Billed hours 1982, Dec

Physical Description: 1 folder

Advertising 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2 and 10

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Directory listings for Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), solicitations from potential advertisers, copies of WAVAW advertisements/directory listings, WAVAW logo/artwork and related correspondence.

Box 1

Directory advertising opportunities 1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Directory listings with WAVAW's name and advertising solicitations.

Dani Adams 1982-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1 and 2

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes, notes, position paper drafts and internal memos generated by Dani Adams, Executive Director for Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), and related correspondence.

Box 1

Flyers/fundraisers 1982-1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Mailing lists 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 8, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Original sign-up sheets and mailing lists generated by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) for distribution of WAVAW newsletters, form letters, publicity materials and requests from WAVAW for financial support; WAVAW membership lists; other groups' mailing lists; directories listings for other women's crisis organizations; WAVAW's subscriptions and memberships to organizations/coalitions and contact lists for consumer related agencies, media resources and Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG's).

Box 1

Mailed Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) newsletters 1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Dani Adams 1982-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1 and 2

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes, notes, position paper drafts and internal memos generated by Dani Adams, Executive Director for Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), and related correspondence.

Box 1

Notes 1982-1985, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 6 folders

Scope and Content Note

Topics include: WAVAW Board and phone tree, WAVAW orientation/training, slideshows and Coordinating Committee.

Box 1

Phone calls 1982, Nov-1983, Aug

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten log of phone calls made and messages left by Dani Adams.

Financial Records 1977-1987

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 10, 13 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Accounts Payable/Receivable, bank and brokerage statements, proposed budgets, United Way Charities distributions and related correspondence.

Box 1

Proposed 1983 budget [1982]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Mailing lists 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 8, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Original sign-up sheets and mailing lists generated by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) for distribution of WAVAW newsletters, form letters, publicity materials and requests from WAVAW for financial support; WAVAW membership lists; other groups' mailing lists; directories listings for other women's crisis organizations; WAVAW's subscriptions and memberships to organizations/coalitions and contact lists for consumer related agencies, media resources and Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG's).

Box 1

Sign-ups/renewals 1983, May-Sept

Physical Description: 1 folder

Forms and form letters 1976-1986, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 7 and 14

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Master copies/originals of forms and form letters, membership forms and press releases relating to the Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI) campaign, Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) activist training workshops and WAVAW slideshows; internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution and related correspondence.

Box 1

Statistics on Violence Against Women 1986

Physical Description: 1 folder

Financial Records 1977-1987

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 10, 13 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Accounts Payable/Receivable, bank and brokerage statements, proposed budgets, United Way Charities distributions and related correspondence.

Box 1

Welfare exemption forms 1982

Physical Description: 1 folder

Mailing lists 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 8, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Original sign-up sheets and mailing lists generated by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) for distribution of WAVAW newsletters, form letters, publicity materials and requests from WAVAW for financial support; WAVAW membership lists; other groups' mailing lists; directories listings for other women's crisis organizations; WAVAW's subscriptions and memberships to organizations/coalitions and contact lists for consumer related agencies, media resources and Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG's).

Box 1

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) membership list 1983, Jan

Physical Description: 1 folder

Grants 1976-1984, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Background research into potential funding resources and Women Against Women Against Violence (WAVAW) grant proposals to Liberty Hill and Apple Computer.

Box 2

Apple Computer grant proposal 1983, March

Physical Description: 1 folder

Bibliographies 1975-1982, n.d.

Physical Description: Box 2

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Bibliographies produced by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) and organizations other than WAVAW covering media portrayals of pornography, violence or abuse of women, domestic violence, child abuse and sexual deviations.

Box 2

Bibliographies (other than WAVAW) 1975-1982

Physical Description: 1 folder

Mailing lists 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 8, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Original sign-up sheets and mailing lists generated by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) for distribution of WAVAW newsletters, form letters, publicity materials and requests from WAVAW for financial support; WAVAW membership lists; other groups' mailing lists; directories listings for other women's crisis organizations; WAVAW's subscriptions and memberships to organizations/coalitions and contact lists for consumer related agencies, media resources and Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG's).

Box 2

Bulk mail permit/info 1977-1982

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 2

Directory of Los Angeles and Orange County newspapers 1978

Physical Description: 1 folder

Grants 1976-1984, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Background research into potential funding resources and Women Against Women Against Violence (WAVAW) grant proposals to Liberty Hill and Apple Computer.

Box 2

Grantmakers 1978-1980

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

First four chapters of "Grantseekers Guide" and grant application instructions for United Thank Offering grant requests.

Box 2

Liberty Hill grant proposal 1983, Jan

Physical Description: 1 folder

Dani Adams 1982-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1 and 2

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes, notes, position paper drafts and internal memos generated by Dani Adams, Executive Director for Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), and related correspondence.

Box 2

Notes [1982-1983]

Physical Description: 2 folders

Forms and form letters 1976-1986, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 7 and 14

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Master copies/originals of forms and form letters, membership forms and press releases relating to the Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI) campaign, Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) activist training workshops and WAVAW slideshows; internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution and related correspondence.

Box 2

Originals 1977-1984

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Master copies of form letters, forms and press releases relating to the Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI) campaign, slideshows and WAVAW activist training workshops; internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution and related correspondence.

Mailing lists 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 8, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Original sign-up sheets and mailing lists generated by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) for distribution of WAVAW newsletters, form letters, publicity materials and requests from WAVAW for financial support; WAVAW membership lists; other groups' mailing lists; directories listings for other women's crisis organizations; WAVAW's subscriptions and memberships to organizations/coalitions and contact lists for consumer related agencies, media resources and Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG's).

Box 2

Other groups' mailing lists [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 2

Subscriptions and memberships to organizations/coalitions 1981-1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Forms and form letters 1976-1986, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 7 and 14

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Master copies/originals of forms and form letters, membership forms and press releases relating to the Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI) campaign, Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) activist training workshops and WAVAW slideshows; internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution and related correspondence.

Box 2

T-shirt Order Forms 1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

National WAVAW 1977-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 6, 10, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) chapter mailing lists, internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution, meeting minutes and agendas and related correspondence. Of particular interest are the 1980 Draft Proposal for National Structure and meeting minutes and related correspondence from the first National Meeting held in New York City in September, 1978 and the second National Meeting held in Los Angeles in June, 1980. WAVAW's first national meeting in New York City led to the establishment of the National Coordinating Committee and defined the organizational structure of WAVAW (national office in Los Angeles, related to and accountable to local/regional chapters via the National Coordinating Committee).

Box 2

Updated mailing list 1981-1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Updates to WAVAW chapter mailing lists and correspondence relating to disbanding national structure.

Human Resources 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3, 10 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Resumes, volunteers/work study, job descriptions and California Employment & Training Advisory (County CETA Office) signed job contracts between Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) as the employer and Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center as the contractor.

Box 2

Volunteers 1982-1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Advertising 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2 and 10

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Directory listings for Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), solicitations from potential advertisers, copies of WAVAW advertisements/directory listings, WAVAW logo/artwork and related correspondence.

Box 2

WAVAW advertisements 1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Copies of WAVAW advertisements/listings, advertising opportunities and related correspondence.

Box 2

WAVAW logo/artwork [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Forms and form letters 1976-1986, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 7 and 14

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Master copies/originals of forms and form letters, membership forms and press releases relating to the Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI) campaign, Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) activist training workshops and WAVAW slideshows; internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution and related correspondence.

Box 2

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) letterhead [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 2

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) membership form 1977, n.d.

Physical Description: 1 folder

Bibliographies 1975-1982, n.d.

Physical Description: Box 2

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Bibliographies produced by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) and organizations other than WAVAW covering media portrayals of pornography, violence or abuse of women, domestic violence, child abuse and sexual deviations.

Box 2

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Bibliographies n.d.

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Mailing lists 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 8, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Original sign-up sheets and mailing lists generated by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) for distribution of WAVAW newsletters, form letters, publicity materials and requests from WAVAW for financial support; WAVAW membership lists; other groups' mailing lists; directories listings for other women's crisis organizations; WAVAW's subscriptions and memberships to organizations/coalitions and contact lists for consumer related agencies, media resources and Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG's).

Box 2

Women's crisis organizations in California 1980-1983

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Directories/mailing lists, booklets, newsletters and related correspondence.

Financial Records 1977-1987

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 10, 13 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Accounts Payable/Receivable, bank and brokerage statements, proposed budgets, United Way Charities distributions and related correspondence.

Box 2

Xerox copy machine billing/repair 1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence answered/received from WCCH tenant agencies re Xerox copy machine billing/repair.

Founding documentation 1976-1979

Physical Description: Box 3

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Documentation to establish the Los Angeles chapter (national office) of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) and other national chapters of WAVAW formally.

Box 3

Articles of Incorporation 1974, Aug - 1979, Feb

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Articles of Incorporation of Pacific Coast Media Center (WAVAW's corporate parent) and Articles of Incorporation of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW); copy of the letter whereby Pacific Coast Media Center (PCMC) established WAVAW as a PCMC project, copy of the letter from the IRS establishing PCMC as a nonprofit educational organization and correspondence authorizing various WAVAW chapters to establish WAVAW offices.

Box 3

City of Los Angeles Resolution 1977, Jan

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 3

Correspondence with City Council and City Attorney 1976, Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Founding document re first action that gets Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) organized.

Box 3

Internal memos 1977, June

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Finances/affiliation with other groups, individuals working with women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW).

Human Resources 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3, 10 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Resumes, volunteers/work study, job descriptions and California Employment & Training Advisory (County CETA Office) signed job contracts between Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) as the employer and Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center as the contractor.

Box 3

Job Descriptions [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Duties and Liabilities of Directors for Non Profit Corporation

Mailing lists 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 8, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Original sign-up sheets and mailing lists generated by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) for distribution of WAVAW newsletters, form letters, publicity materials and requests from WAVAW for financial support; WAVAW membership lists; other groups' mailing lists; directories listings for other women's crisis organizations; WAVAW's subscriptions and memberships to organizations/coalitions and contact lists for consumer related agencies, media resources and Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG's).

Box 3

Media contacts 1979, May, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Contact lists for consumer related agencies, media resources and Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG's).

Human Resources 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3, 10 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Resumes, volunteers/work study, job descriptions and California Employment & Training Advisory (County CETA Office) signed job contracts between Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) as the employer and Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center as the contractor.

Box 3

Resumes [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Includes resume for Dani Adams, the Director of WAVAW.

Grants 1976-1984, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Background research into potential funding resources and Women Against Women Against Violence (WAVAW) grant proposals to Liberty Hill and Apple Computer.

Box 3

WAVAW grant proposal 1976, Sept. 15

Physical Description: 1 folder

Note

Funding organization not identified.

Founding documentation 1976-1979

Physical Description: Box 3

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Documentation to establish the Los Angeles chapter (national office) of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) and other national chapters of WAVAW formally.

Box 3

What is WAVAW? 1976-1977

Physical Description: 1 folder

Grants 1976-1984, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Background research into potential funding resources and Women Against Women Against Violence (WAVAW) grant proposals to Liberty Hill and Apple Computer.

Box 3

Women's Legal Services Project 1984, Oct.

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Proposed project entitled "Women's and Children's Emergency Legal Services and Domestic Law Project."

National WAVAW 1977-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 6, 10, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) chapter mailing lists, internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution, meeting minutes and agendas and related correspondence. Of particular interest are the 1980 Draft Proposal for National Structure and meeting minutes and related correspondence from the first National Meeting held in New York City in September, 1978 and the second National Meeting held in Los Angeles in June, 1980. WAVAW's first national meeting in New York City led to the establishment of the National Coordinating Committee and defined the organizational structure of WAVAW (national office in Los Angeles, related to and accountable to local/regional chapters via the National Coordinating Committee).

Box 6

Internal memos 1978, July-Sept

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution re the Sept 1978 WAVAW national meeting in New York.

Forms and form letters 1976-1986, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 7 and 14

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Master copies/originals of forms and form letters, membership forms and press releases relating to the Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI) campaign, Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) activist training workshops and WAVAW slideshows; internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution and related correspondence.

Box 7

Drafts/revisions 1976-1977

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Notes, draft of testimony to be presented to the Los Angeles City Commission on the Status of Women, drafts of slideshow script and drafts of other forms and form letters.

Box 7

WAVAW membership form 1977, Apr

Physical Description: 1 folder

Mailing lists 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 8, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Original sign-up sheets and mailing lists generated by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) for distribution of WAVAW newsletters, form letters, publicity materials and requests from WAVAW for financial support; WAVAW membership lists; other groups' mailing lists; directories listings for other women's crisis organizations; WAVAW's subscriptions and memberships to organizations/coalitions and contact lists for consumer related agencies, media resources and Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG's).

Box 8

Sign-ups cards [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Financial Records 1977-1987

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 10, 13 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Accounts Payable/Receivable, bank and brokerage statements, proposed budgets, United Way Charities distributions and related correspondence.

Box 10

Accounts Payable 1977-1979

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 10

Accounts Receivable 1978-1979

Physical Description: 1 folder

Human Resources 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3, 10 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Resumes, volunteers/work study, job descriptions and California Employment & Training Advisory (County CETA Office) signed job contracts between Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) as the employer and Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center as the contractor.

Box 10

California Employment & Training Advisory (County CETA Office) signed job contracts 1980, Oct

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Signed California Employment & Training Advisory (County CETA Office) job contract between the Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center as the contractor and Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) as the employer

Financial Records 1977-1987

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 10, 13 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Accounts Payable/Receivable, bank and brokerage statements, proposed budgets, United Way Charities distributions and related correspondence.

Box 10

Financial statements 1977

Physical Description: 1 folder

Advertising 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2 and 10

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Directory listings for Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), solicitations from potential advertisers, copies of WAVAW advertisements/directory listings, WAVAW logo/artwork and related correspondence.

Box 10

FutureWorld Expo 1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Media kit.

Box 10

KPFK promotion for WAVAW [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Publicity flyers

National WAVAW 1977-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 6, 10, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) chapter mailing lists, internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution, meeting minutes and agendas and related correspondence. Of particular interest are the 1980 Draft Proposal for National Structure and meeting minutes and related correspondence from the first National Meeting held in New York City in September, 1978 and the second National Meeting held in Los Angeles in June, 1980. WAVAW's first national meeting in New York City led to the establishment of the National Coordinating Committee and defined the organizational structure of WAVAW (national office in Los Angeles, related to and accountable to local/regional chapters via the National Coordinating Committee).

Box 10

WAVAW chapters mailing list [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Financial Records 1977-1987

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 10, 13 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Accounts Payable/Receivable, bank and brokerage statements, proposed budgets, United Way Charities distributions and related correspondence.

Box 13

Bank statements 1985-1986

Physical Description: 1 folder

Note

Includes original checks.

Box 13

United Way Charities Distribution 1984-1987

Physical Description: 1 folder

National WAVAW 1977-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 6, 10, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) chapter mailing lists, internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution, meeting minutes and agendas and related correspondence. Of particular interest are the 1980 Draft Proposal for National Structure and meeting minutes and related correspondence from the first National Meeting held in New York City in September, 1978 and the second National Meeting held in Los Angeles in June, 1980. WAVAW's first national meeting in New York City led to the establishment of the National Coordinating Committee and defined the organizational structure of WAVAW (national office in Los Angeles, related to and accountable to local/regional chapters via the National Coordinating Committee).

Box 14

Chapter mailing lists and internal memos 1977-1982

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution. Covers the appointment of Joanne Parrent to the Woman's Building Board of Directors.

Box 14

Meeting minutes and agenda 1976, Apr

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Agenda and notes from national chapter meeting held on April 7, 1976.

Mailing lists 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 8, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Original sign-up sheets and mailing lists generated by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) for distribution of WAVAW newsletters, form letters, publicity materials and requests from WAVAW for financial support; WAVAW membership lists; other groups' mailing lists; directories listings for other women's crisis organizations; WAVAW's subscriptions and memberships to organizations/coalitions and contact lists for consumer related agencies, media resources and Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG's).

Box 14

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Sign-In Sheets 1976-1978

Physical Description: 1 folder

Financial Records 1977-1987

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 10, 13 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Accounts Payable/Receivable, bank and brokerage statements, proposed budgets, United Way Charities distributions and related correspondence.

Box 15

Brokerage statements 1981-1982

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

WAVAW shares of Warner Communications Inc (WCI)

Advertising 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2 and 10

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Directory listings for Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), solicitations from potential advertisers, copies of WAVAW advertisements/directory listings, WAVAW logo/artwork and related correspondence.

Box 15

Button sales 1979

Physical Description: 1 folder

Human Resources 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3, 10 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Resumes, volunteers/work study, job descriptions and California Employment & Training Advisory (County CETA Office) signed job contracts between Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) as the employer and Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center as the contractor.

Box 15

California Employment & Training Advisory (County CETA Office) 1979

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Job descriptions and signed California Employment & Training Advisory (County CETA Office) job contract between the Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center as the contractor and Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) as the employer and related correspondence.

National WAVAW 1977-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 6, 10, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) chapter mailing lists, internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution, meeting minutes and agendas and related correspondence. Of particular interest are the 1980 Draft Proposal for National Structure and meeting minutes and related correspondence from the first National Meeting held in New York City in September, 1978 and the second National Meeting held in Los Angeles in June, 1980. WAVAW's first national meeting in New York City led to the establishment of the National Coordinating Committee and defined the organizational structure of WAVAW (national office in Los Angeles, related to and accountable to local/regional chapters via the National Coordinating Committee).

Box 15

Draft Proposal for National Structure 1980

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence from Los Angeles chapter and other WAVAW chapters.

Financial Records 1977-1987

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 10, 13 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Accounts Payable/Receivable, bank and brokerage statements, proposed budgets, United Way Charities distributions and related correspondence.

Box 15

Finances 1980

Physical Description: 1 folder

National WAVAW 1977-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 6, 10, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) chapter mailing lists, internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution, meeting minutes and agendas and related correspondence. Of particular interest are the 1980 Draft Proposal for National Structure and meeting minutes and related correspondence from the first National Meeting held in New York City in September, 1978 and the second National Meeting held in Los Angeles in June, 1980. WAVAW's first national meeting in New York City led to the establishment of the National Coordinating Committee and defined the organizational structure of WAVAW (national office in Los Angeles, related to and accountable to local/regional chapters via the National Coordinating Committee).

Box 15

Internal memos 1977-1982

Physical Description: 4 folders

Scope and Content Note

Forms, form letters, progress reports and informational packets and related correspondence generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution. The vast majority relates to the WCI Campaign, WAVAW slideshows and the Sept 1978 WAVAW national meeting in New York.

Mailing lists 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 8, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Original sign-up sheets and mailing lists generated by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) for distribution of WAVAW newsletters, form letters, publicity materials and requests from WAVAW for financial support; WAVAW membership lists; other groups' mailing lists; directories listings for other women's crisis organizations; WAVAW's subscriptions and memberships to organizations/coalitions and contact lists for consumer related agencies, media resources and Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG's).

Box 15

Media contacts [1978]

Physical Description: 1 folder

National WAVAW 1977-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 6, 10, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) chapter mailing lists, internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution, meeting minutes and agendas and related correspondence. Of particular interest are the 1980 Draft Proposal for National Structure and meeting minutes and related correspondence from the first National Meeting held in New York City in September, 1978 and the second National Meeting held in Los Angeles in June, 1980. WAVAW's first national meeting in New York City led to the establishment of the National Coordinating Committee and defined the organizational structure of WAVAW (national office in Los Angeles, related to and accountable to local/regional chapters via the National Coordinating Committee).

Box 15

Meeting minutes and agendas 1980

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Agendas and notes from national chapter meetings.

Mailing lists 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 8, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Original sign-up sheets and mailing lists generated by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) for distribution of WAVAW newsletters, form letters, publicity materials and requests from WAVAW for financial support; WAVAW membership lists; other groups' mailing lists; directories listings for other women's crisis organizations; WAVAW's subscriptions and memberships to organizations/coalitions and contact lists for consumer related agencies, media resources and Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG's).

Box 15

Other groups' mailing lists 1977, Dec

Physical Description: 1 folder

Human Resources 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3, 10 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Resumes, volunteers/work study, job descriptions and California Employment & Training Advisory (County CETA Office) signed job contracts between Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) as the employer and Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center as the contractor.

Box 15

Resumes 1979-1982

Physical Description: 1 folder

Mailing lists 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 8, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Original sign-up sheets and mailing lists generated by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) for distribution of WAVAW newsletters, form letters, publicity materials and requests from WAVAW for financial support; WAVAW membership lists; other groups' mailing lists; directories listings for other women's crisis organizations; WAVAW's subscriptions and memberships to organizations/coalitions and contact lists for consumer related agencies, media resources and Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG's).

Box 15

Subscriptions and memberships to organizations/coalitions 1979, Nov - 1980, July

Physical Description: 1 folder

Human Resources 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3, 10 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Resumes, volunteers/work study, job descriptions and California Employment & Training Advisory (County CETA Office) signed job contracts between Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) as the employer and Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center as the contractor.

Box 15

Volunteers/work study 1980

Physical Description: 1 folder

National WAVAW 1977-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 6, 10, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) chapter mailing lists, internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution, meeting minutes and agendas and related correspondence. Of particular interest are the 1980 Draft Proposal for National Structure and meeting minutes and related correspondence from the first National Meeting held in New York City in September, 1978 and the second National Meeting held in Los Angeles in June, 1980. WAVAW's first national meeting in New York City led to the establishment of the National Coordinating Committee and defined the organizational structure of WAVAW (national office in Los Angeles, related to and accountable to local/regional chapters via the National Coordinating Committee).

Box 15

WAVAW chapters mailing list 1980, July

Physical Description: 1 folder

Grants 1976-1984, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Background research into potential funding resources and Women Against Women Against Violence (WAVAW) grant proposals to Liberty Hill and Apple Computer.

Box 15

WAVAW grant proposal draft [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Note

Funding organization not identified.

Advertising 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2 and 10

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Directory listings for Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), solicitations from potential advertisers, copies of WAVAW advertisements/directory listings, WAVAW logo/artwork and related correspondence.

Box 15

WAVAW logo [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Mailing lists 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 8, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Original sign-up sheets and mailing lists generated by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) for distribution of WAVAW newsletters, form letters, publicity materials and requests from WAVAW for financial support; WAVAW membership lists; other groups' mailing lists; directories listings for other women's crisis organizations; WAVAW's subscriptions and memberships to organizations/coalitions and contact lists for consumer related agencies, media resources and Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG's).

Box 15

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Sign-up Sheets 1979-1980

Physical Description: 2 folders

Series 2. Board of Directors 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 3 and 7

Scope and Content Note

List of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Board of Directors; meeting minutes and agendas; internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter of WAVAW for distribution to the WAVAW Board of Directors and related correspondence. Includes work files of Julia London, Joan Belknap and Dana Chalberg, who were part of the original WAVAW Board of Directors.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Board meetings 1977-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2 and 3

Scope and Content Note

List of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Board of Directors, meeting minutes and agendas, internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter of WAVAW for distribution to the WAVAW Board of Directors and related correspondence.

Box 1

Meeting minutes and agenda 1983, Feb

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 2

Correspondence 1983, Jan-Feb

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

List of Board of Directors, internal memos generated by the Los Angeles Chapter of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) for distribution to the WAVAW Board of Directors and tentative agenda for 1983, Feb Board of Directors Meeting.

Note

As of 1982, Apr, Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Board of Directors included: Susan Curtiss, UCLA adjunct assistant professor and co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of WAVAW; Patti Giggans, co-founder of Karate Women's School of Martial Arts and self-defense instructor at Santa Monica City College; Joan Howarth, deputy public defender (San Francisco), member WAVAW Coordinating Committee 1977-1980; Julia London, associate director, CALPRIG, Berkeley; co-founder WAVAW and Carol Nelson, director San Fernando Valley Rape Crisis Center, co-chair Southern California Rape Hotline Alliance.

Box 3

Meeting minutes 1982, Nov

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 3

Minutes for meeting to establish Board of Directors 1977, Jan

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Original Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Board of Directors included: Susan Bechaud, Joan Belknap, Nancy Fried, Dana Chalberg and Julia London, Associate Director, CALPRIG, Berkeley and co-founder WAVAW.

Julia London 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Box 7

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes, meeting notes, position paper drafts, lecture notes and correspondence generated by or relating to Julia London, Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Board member and founder.

Box 7

Correspondence 1976-1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 7

Notes 1976-1979, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 4 folders

Joan Belknap 1977-1980, n.d.

Physical Description: Box 7

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes, meeting notes, position paper drafts, lecture notes and correspondence generated by or relating to Joan Belknap, Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Board member.

Box 7

Notes 1977-1980, n.d.

Physical Description: 2 folders

Dana Chalberg 1978-1979

Physical Description: Box 7

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes, meeting notes, position paper drafts, lecture notes and correspondence generated by or relating to Dana Chalberg, Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Board member and administrative director of the Women's Center in Los Angeles.

Box 7

Notes and correspondence 1978-1979

Physical Description: 1 folder

Series 3. Committees 1977-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14 and 15

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes, agendas and related correspondence generated by the Coordinating Committee and National Office Committee of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) in Los Angeles for national chapter distribution.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Coordinating Committee 1977-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14 and 15

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes, agendas and related correspondence generated by the Coordinating Committee of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) in Los Angeles for national chapter distribution.

Box 1

Meeting minutes and agendas 1982, Oct-1983, Nov

Physical Description: 2 folders

Box 1

Presentation to Board 1983, Apr

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

1983, Apr Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Coordinating Committee presentation to Board of Advisors entitled "Who WAVAW is Today."

Box 2

Meeting minutes and agendas 1982-1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 3

Meeting minutes and agendas 1981-1983

Physical Description: 3 folders

Box 6

CC L.A. Meeting 1978, Feb-Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes and agenda, notes, clippings and related correspondence.

National Office Committee 1980

Physical Description: Box 6

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes and agendas, notes and related correspondence generated by the National Office Committee of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) in Los Angeles for national chapter distribution.

Box 6

Meeting minutes and agendas 1980

Physical Description: 1 folder

Coordinating Committee 1977-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14 and 15

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes, agendas and related correspondence generated by the Coordinating Committee of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) in Los Angeles for national chapter distribution.

Box 7

Meeting agenda 1980, May

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 7

Meeting minutes 1977, Apr-July

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Includes report from the 1977 Detroit NOW Convention

Box 14

Meeting minutes and agendas 1982, Apr-Sept

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 15

Meeting minutes and agendas 1977, Mar-Nov

Physical Description: 1 folder

Series 4. Campaigns 1974-1986, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 6, 9 and 14

Scope and Content Note

Coverage of the first action of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), the "Snuff" campaign, Spring 1976; WAVAW's second action, the "the Black and Blue" campaign, June 1976; WAVAW's major campaign/national boycott of Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI), 1976-1979 and local protests initiated by the Los Angeles chapter of WAVAW.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI) Boycott 1974-1982, n.d.

Physical Description: Box 6

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes, notes, position paper drafts, annual reports, articles and clippings, internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution, letters of protest and form letter responses, protest publicity fliers, press releases and related correspondence relating to WAVAW's major campaign-its national boycott of Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI), the parent company of Atlantic Records, responsible for the "Black and Blue" advertising campaign.

Box 6

1978 Holiday season campaign 1978, Oct - Dec

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence to WAVAW chapters and members and informational packets.

Box 6

Boycott action 1976, July

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Notes and Women's Action Alliance Directory

Box 6

Correspondence 1976-1979

Physical Description: 7 folders

Scope and Content Note

Letters of support from individuals and groups to WEA/WCI executives and form letter responses received from WEA/WCI executives.

Box 6

Correspondence with Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI) executives 1976-1979

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Mailgram from WAVAW to Ahmet Ertegun, president of Atlantic Records, in connection with WAVAW's effort to persuade Atlantic to cancel the "Black and Blue" advertising campaign; Form letter response from Ahmet Ertegun, chair of the board of Atlantic Records, responding to consumer inquiries about his company's lack of a policy regarding use of images of violence against women; correspondence between WAVAW/California NOW and Joe Smith, the chairman of the board of Elektra/Asylum; correspondence from WAVAW to David Horowitz, head of WCI's record division and correspondence with Bess Myerson, Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI) Board of Directors and Pam Brennan, WAVAW Board member and WCI shareholder, relating to WAVAW's attendance at the 1978 WCI shareholders' meeting in New York.

Box 6

Fact sheets [1976-1977]

Physical Description: 3 folders

Scope and Content Note

WEA Boycott-Letter Writing, List of Album Covers to be Boycotted and WAVAW-Sex Violence and Violence

Box 6

Forms and form letters 1976-1978, n.d.

Physical Description: 8 folders

Scope and Content Note

Drafts and originals of forms, form letters, internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution, and materials that were included in press and informational packets.

Box 6

Industry correspondence 1976, Aug

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 6

MCA Records 1974-1976

Physical Description: 2 folder

Scope and Content Note

MCA Records annual reports and correspondence to MCA Records executives and related notes.

Box 6

Meeting minutes 1978, May

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten notes from meeting between Bess Myerson, Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI) Board of Directors and Pam Brennan, Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Board member and WCI shareholder, relating to WAVAW's attendance at the 1978 WCI shareholders' meeting in New York.

Box 6

Notes 1976, Dec, n.d.

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 6

Petitions to CBS 1977, May

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 6

Policy statement re: violence: other groups 1979

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 6

Press releases 1976-1978

Physical Description: 8 folders

Scope and Content Note

1976, July press release mailed to 9000 organizations and individuals nationwide, asking for pressure to be put on the Recording Industry Association of America, No More Black and Blue, issued in response to Atlantic Records' "Black and Blue" advertising campaign; 1978 Holiday Season Campaign press release and WCI boycott press releases including "Joe Smith Meets NOW/WAVAW," "Record Companies Drag Their Feet;"and "Warner Acknowledges Problem but Refuses to Act."

Box 6

Publicity articles 1976-1977

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Copies of Disco DJ, NY Times and Daily Variety articles about or relating to WCI boycott.

Box 6

Publicity flyers 1976-1977

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

First WCI/WEA flyer and originals.

Box 6

Record industry correspondence 1976-1978

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 6

Victory campaign 1979, Nov

Physical Description: 3 folders

Scope and Content Note

Press releases and joint WAVAW and WCI press statements, victory press packets, publicity articles and notes re campaign victories/histories.

Box 6

Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI) form letter responses 1977, June-July

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Form letter response from Ahmet Ertegun, chair of the board of Atlantic Records, responding to consumer inquiries about his company's lack of a policy regarding use of images of violence against women; related internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution and related correspondence.

Box 6

WAVAW chapter mailings 1976, July - 1978, Dec

Physical Description: 3 folders

Scope and Content Note

Internal memos generated by the Los Angeles chapter for national chapter distribution; includes joint WAVAW/CALIF NOW action packets.

Box 6

WAVAW/CALIF NOW 1976-1977

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes and related notes.

Box 6

WAVAW/Houston Organization Against Sexism in Media 1976, Aug

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, publicity materials, signed petitions and notes.

Box 6

WCI corporate information 1975-1979

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence to WCI stockholders, 1977 album new releases and clippings and notes related to WCI executives, directors and board members.

Box 6

WCI Strategy 1977

Physical Description: 1 folder

Films 1976-1986

Physical Description: Box 9

Box 9

9 1/2 Weeks 1986

Physical Description: 1 folder

Adult video games 1982-1983

Physical Description: Box 9

Box 9

American Multiple Industries (AMI) Adult Video Games 1982-1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Letters of protest against adult video games such as "Custer's Revenge," "Bachelor Party," and "Beat'em and Eat'em" produced by American Multiple Industries (AMI), response letters from AMI, press releases and publicity articles.

Films 1976-1986

Physical Description: Box 9

Box 9

Beulah Land 1980, Apr - June

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 9

Bloodline 1979, June-July

Physical Description: 1 folder

Snuff 1976, Mar-May, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 9 and 14

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Cease and Desist, chronology of events, notes and correspondence, letters of protest and form letter responses, fact sheets, press releases and protest publicity flyers, clippings and publicity articles and victory campaign press packets relating to the first action of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), the "Snuff" campaign, Mar/Apr 1976.

Box 9

Cease and Desist 1976, Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 9

Chronology of Events 1976, Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 9

Comments and Miscellaneous strategies 1976, Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Films 1976-1986

Physical Description: Box 9

Box 9

Dressed to Kill 1980, July-Sept

Physical Description: 2 folders

Snuff 1976, Mar-May, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 9 and 14

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Cease and Desist, chronology of events, notes and correspondence, letters of protest and form letter responses, fact sheets, press releases and protest publicity flyers, clippings and publicity articles and victory campaign press packets relating to the first action of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), the "Snuff" campaign, Mar/Apr 1976.

Box 9

Endorsements 1976, Mar-May

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Letters of support, press releases and related correspondence from individuals, other organizations and City Attorney/City Council of Los Angeles.

Box 9

Enough Snuff 1976, Apr - May

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Press releases and publicity flyers

Media 1976-1983

Physical Description: Box 9

Box 9

Eye on L.A. 1982, Feb-Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Snuff 1976, Mar-May, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 9 and 14

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Cease and Desist, chronology of events, notes and correspondence, letters of protest and form letter responses, fact sheets, press releases and protest publicity flyers, clippings and publicity articles and victory campaign press packets relating to the first action of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), the "Snuff" campaign, Mar/Apr 1976.

Box 9

Fact sheets for demonstrators 1976, Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

When is "Snuff" Opening? Where is "Snuff" being Shown? and Fact Sheet on "Snuff"

Films 1976-1986

Physical Description: Box 9

Box 9

Film Industry Campaign 1981-1982

Physical Description: 1 folder

Media 1976-1983

Physical Description: Box 9

Box 9

Firehouse Rape, Tenn 1979, Oct - 1980, Jan

Physical Description: 2 folders

Box 9

Heaven Sent 1982, May - June

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 9

Hillside Strangler Memorial Event 1977

Physical Description: 1 folder

Snuff 1976, Mar-May, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 9 and 14

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Cease and Desist, chronology of events, notes and correspondence, letters of protest and form letter responses, fact sheets, press releases and protest publicity flyers, clippings and publicity articles and victory campaign press packets relating to the first action of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), the "Snuff" campaign, Mar/Apr 1976.

Box 9

Information for Demonstrators 1976, Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Films 1976-1986

Physical Description: Box 9

Box 9

Lipstick 1976, Apr - May

Physical Description: 1 folder

Media 1976-1983

Physical Description: Box 9

Box 9

Max Factor FTC Roybal 1978, Jan

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence between WAVAW, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Congressman Edward Roybal re the "Self-Defense" advertising campaign undertaken by Max Factor to promote a new line of cosmetics.

Snuff 1976, Mar-May, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 9 and 14

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Cease and Desist, chronology of events, notes and correspondence, letters of protest and form letter responses, fact sheets, press releases and protest publicity flyers, clippings and publicity articles and victory campaign press packets relating to the first action of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), the "Snuff" campaign, Mar/Apr 1976.

Box 9

Nat'l WAVAW demonstrations 1976, Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 9

Notes and correspondence 1976, Mar-1977, May

Physical Description: 3 folders

Scope and Content Note

Consists mostly of notes - some correspondence sent/received by WAVAW mostly relating to other women's groups' boycott efforts in southern California.

Films 1976-1986

Physical Description: Box 9

Box 9

Pieces 1983, Oct

Physical Description: 1 folder

Media 1976-1983

Physical Description: Box 9

Box 9

Playboy Awards 1979, June - 1982, Feb

Physical Description: 4 folders

Scope and Content Note

Press coverage of the Playboy sponsored Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Awards and press releases and statements for the "WAVAW Hugh Hefner Spirit of Playboy Awards," sponsored by WAVAW, Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM), and Women Against Pornography (WAP).

Snuff 1976, Mar-May, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 9 and 14

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Cease and Desist, chronology of events, notes and correspondence, letters of protest and form letter responses, fact sheets, press releases and protest publicity flyers, clippings and publicity articles and victory campaign press packets relating to the first action of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), the "Snuff" campaign, Mar/Apr 1976.

Box 9

Press releases 1976, Mar-Apr

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

"Boycott Mann!"; "Feminists Snuff "Snuff"; "Sadism is not Healthy for Women and Other Living Things" and other "Snuff"-related press releases.

Box 9

Publicity 1976, Apr - May

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Publicity articles and newspaper clippings including SNUFF advertisements and theater showtimes.

Note

Full-sized periodicals rehoused in oversized-boxes 16-17.

Box 9

Signed City of Los Angeles petitions 1976, Mar 12

Physical Description: 2 folders

Box 9

Signed Mann Theater petitions 1976, Mar 22

Physical Description: 2 folders

Films 1976-1986

Physical Description: Box 9

Box 9

Tattoo 1981, Sept - Nov

Physical Description: 5 folders

Media 1976-1983

Physical Description: Box 9

Box 9

The Eyes Have It 1983, July-Oct

Physical Description: 1 folder

Snuff 1976, Mar-May, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 9 and 14

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Cease and Desist, chronology of events, notes and correspondence, letters of protest and form letter responses, fact sheets, press releases and protest publicity flyers, clippings and publicity articles and victory campaign press packets relating to the first action of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), the "Snuff" campaign, Mar/Apr 1976.

Box 9

Theories re Why Snuff [1976, Mar]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 9

Victory campaign 1976, Apr

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Press releases and meeting announcement/agenda.

Box 9

Victory publicity packets 1976, Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Media 1976-1983

Physical Description: Box 9

Box 9

WAVAW Media Appearances 1982

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Notes

Films 1976-1986

Physical Description: Box 9

Box 9

Windows 1980, June

Physical Description: 1 folder

Snuff 1976, Mar-May, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 9 and 14

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Cease and Desist, chronology of events, notes and correspondence, letters of protest and form letter responses, fact sheets, press releases and protest publicity flyers, clippings and publicity articles and victory campaign press packets relating to the first action of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), the "Snuff" campaign, Mar/Apr 1976.

Box 14

Correspondence to Argentine Embassy 1976, Mar 12

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 14

Notes 1976, Mar-Apr

Physical Description: 6 folders

Scope and Content Note

Revisions to forms, form letters and internal memos including Chronology of Events and other women's group's actions.

Box 14

Notes and correspondence 1976-1978, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Consists mostly of notes - some correspondence sent/received by WAVAW mostly letters of solicitation from WAVAW to the media and various individuals and groups.

Box 14

Signed City of Los Angeles petitions 1976, Mar 12

Physical Description: 2 folders

Box 14

Signed Mann Theater petitions 1976, Mar 22

Physical Description: 1 folder

Series 5. Programs 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3, 8, 9 and 15

Scope and Content Note

All Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) non-campaign related events including fundraisers; slideshows, the presentation that chapter members showed to audiences nationwide and community events and conferences in which WAVAW participated or sponsored.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Slideshows 1977-1987, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2 and 3

Scope and Content Note

Versions of the script for the Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) slideshow, the presentation that chapter members showed to audiences nationwide and related correspondence. Slides include examples of Warner Communication, Inc.'s (WCI) subsidiary recording companies--Warner Bros., Elektra and Atlantic Records--and other record company album covers appealing to brutal and sadistic attitudes toward women, as well as other examples of abusive advertising. WAVAW's background and current tactics, position on corporate responsibility versus censorship, and its analysis of the marketing strategy represented by the slides are included in the accompanying slideshow script.

Box 2

Censorship/1st Amendment [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Notes

Community events 1976-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3, 8 and 9

Box 2

Events Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Participated in 1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Slideshows 1977-1987, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2 and 3

Scope and Content Note

Versions of the script for the Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) slideshow, the presentation that chapter members showed to audiences nationwide and related correspondence. Slides include examples of Warner Communication, Inc.'s (WCI) subsidiary recording companies--Warner Bros., Elektra and Atlantic Records--and other record company album covers appealing to brutal and sadistic attitudes toward women, as well as other examples of abusive advertising. WAVAW's background and current tactics, position on corporate responsibility versus censorship, and its analysis of the marketing strategy represented by the slides are included in the accompanying slideshow script.

Box 2

Forms and form letters 1977, June; 1982, Jan-Feb, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Order forms, slideshow check-list and order/payment forms.

Conferences 1977-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3 and 8

Scope and Content Note

Speaking engagements and/or attendance of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) at conferences which include National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)-sponsored conference "Law vs. Women"; American Public Health Association (APHA) annual conference; Barnard Conference, a 1982 academic conference on feminist perspectives on sexuality and the first National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas in Nov, 1977.

Box 2

National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) "Law vs. Women" 1983, Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Paper presented by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) at National Council of Jewish Women NCJW-sponsored conference "Law vs. Women" and related correspondence.

Slideshows 1977-1987, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2 and 3

Scope and Content Note

Versions of the script for the Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) slideshow, the presentation that chapter members showed to audiences nationwide and related correspondence. Slides include examples of Warner Communication, Inc.'s (WCI) subsidiary recording companies--Warner Bros., Elektra and Atlantic Records--and other record company album covers appealing to brutal and sadistic attitudes toward women, as well as other examples of abusive advertising. WAVAW's background and current tactics, position on corporate responsibility versus censorship, and its analysis of the marketing strategy represented by the slides are included in the accompanying slideshow script.

Box 2

Orders/Payments 1982-1983

Physical Description: 2 folders

Box 2

Slideshow script 1977-1982

Physical Description: 7 folders

Scope and Content Note

Drafts and originals of slideshow script, revisions, slide title lists/descriptions, notes and related correspondence.

Note

Includes Spanish version of slideshow script.

Box 2

Slideshow scripts (other than WAVAW) 1982, Apr, n.d.

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM) and Women Against Pornography Slideshow scripts.

Conferences 1977-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3 and 8

Scope and Content Note

Speaking engagements and/or attendance of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) at conferences which include National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)-sponsored conference "Law vs. Women"; American Public Health Association (APHA) annual conference; Barnard Conference, a 1982 academic conference on feminist perspectives on sexuality and the first National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas in Nov, 1977.

Box 3

American Public Health Association (APHA) annual conference 1982-1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

abstract for WAVAW panel on violence against women as a public health issue

Box 3

Barnard conference 1982, Jan

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Protest flyer produced by a coalition of radical feminists and lesbian feminists including WAVAW against Barnard Conference, a 1982 academic conference on feminist perspectives on sexuality.

Slideshows 1977-1987, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2 and 3

Scope and Content Note

Versions of the script for the Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) slideshow, the presentation that chapter members showed to audiences nationwide and related correspondence. Slides include examples of Warner Communication, Inc.'s (WCI) subsidiary recording companies--Warner Bros., Elektra and Atlantic Records--and other record company album covers appealing to brutal and sadistic attitudes toward women, as well as other examples of abusive advertising. WAVAW's background and current tactics, position on corporate responsibility versus censorship, and its analysis of the marketing strategy represented by the slides are included in the accompanying slideshow script.

Box 3

Calendar 1982

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 3

Data Sheets for Slide Show Presentations 1982-1984

Physical Description: 1 folder

Community events 1976-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3, 8 and 9

Box 3

Fight Back! 1982, June

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Publicity flyer for Fight Back! Feminist Resistance to Male Violence event sponsored by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) and Southern California Rape Hotline Alliance

Box 3

Filmex leafletting 1976, Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Fundraisers 1978-1982

Physical Description: Boxes 3 and 15

Scope and Content Note

Publicity announcements, media coverage and related correspondence for Holly Near benefit concert in March, 1980 Festival of Performing Arts fundraiser in May, 1982.

Box 3

Holly Near benefit concert 1980, March-Dec

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Publicity announcements and related correspondence for Holly Near benefit concert

Note

Includes correspondence re Lily Tomlin's pledge to match donations collected of up to $2,500.

Slideshows 1977-1987, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 2 and 3

Scope and Content Note

Versions of the script for the Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) slideshow, the presentation that chapter members showed to audiences nationwide and related correspondence. Slides include examples of Warner Communication, Inc.'s (WCI) subsidiary recording companies--Warner Bros., Elektra and Atlantic Records--and other record company album covers appealing to brutal and sadistic attitudes toward women, as well as other examples of abusive advertising. WAVAW's background and current tactics, position on corporate responsibility versus censorship, and its analysis of the marketing strategy represented by the slides are included in the accompanying slideshow script.

Box 3

Slides, rape statistics and related correspondence 1985, Jan

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 3

Slideshow script drafts/revisions 1987, Oct

Physical Description: 1 folder

Fundraisers 1978-1982

Physical Description: Boxes 3 and 15

Scope and Content Note

Publicity announcements, media coverage and related correspondence for Holly Near benefit concert in March, 1980 Festival of Performing Arts fundraiser in May, 1982.

Box 3

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Festival of Performing Arts 1982, May 21

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Publicity announcements and related correspondence.

Conferences 1977-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3 and 8

Scope and Content Note

Speaking engagements and/or attendance of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) at conferences which include National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)-sponsored conference "Law vs. Women"; American Public Health Association (APHA) annual conference; Barnard Conference, a 1982 academic conference on feminist perspectives on sexuality and the first National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas in Nov, 1977.

Box 8

National Women's Conference (Houston, TX) 1977, Nov

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Program from the first National Women's Conference "American Women on the Move" held in Houston in November, 1977.

Community events 1976-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 2, 3, 8 and 9

Box 8

Women Against Violence in Pornography & Media (WAVPM) Orientation/Training 1981, Oct

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Orientation packet.

Box 9

Kilbourne presentation re Killing Us Softly 1982, Jan

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Notes, publicity flyers, press releases, orbjectives and mailing labels re community education film Killing Us Softly - a film about the negative images of women in advertising.

Box 9

Kilbourne presentation re Killing Us Softly Pre-/Post-Tests 1982, Jan

Physical Description: 4 folders

Scope and Content Note

Includes test results and analysis.

Fundraisers 1978-1982

Physical Description: Boxes 3 and 15

Scope and Content Note

Publicity announcements, media coverage and related correspondence for Holly Near benefit concert in March, 1980 Festival of Performing Arts fundraiser in May, 1982.

Box 15

Holly Near benefit concert 1978-1980

Physical Description: 3 folders

Scope and Content Note

Publicity announcements and related correspondence, newspaper clippings, sheet music and concert tickets and receipts for Holly Near benefit concert

Series 6. Subject Files 1971-1985, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 3, 5a, 5b, 10, 14, 15 and 21

Scope and Content Note

Research material used by Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW). Included are articles, bibliographies, brochures, clippings, position papers, and newsletters relating to issues on battered women, boycotts, censorship, child sexual abuse, violence, television violence, the entertainment industry, the recording industry, pornography, rape, sadomasochism, and anti-pornography ordinances. Information concerning the Los Angeles Chapter's interaction with other women's organizations such as Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM), the Los Angeles Feminist Women's Health Center, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) are included in the Subject Files.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Pornography 1971-1985, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 5b and 21

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Box 1

L.A. anti-pornography ordinance 1985, Apr-Sept

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Press releases and statements issued by WAVAW and position paper drafts authored by Dani Adams, Executive Director of WAVAW, related to proposed L.A. anti-pornography civil rights law.

Box 3

Anorexia [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Music Industry 1976-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 3, 5a and 15

Box 3

WASP 1983, May

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Clippings and correspondence re band called "WASP" and reports of raw meat thrown into audience.

Organizations 1974-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 3, 14 and 15

Box 3

Women's organizations 1977, 1983, May

Physical Description: 3 folders

Scope and Content Note

Publicity materials for MOTHER RAGE, Women's Rand Action and YWCA and related correspondence. Includes WAVAW presentation to Pasadena YWCA Public Affairs Committee, May 16, 1977.

Music Industry 1976-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 3, 5a and 15

Box 5a

Articles on the music industry 1976-1978

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

July, 1977 and Sept, 1977 issues of Music Retailer magazine and various articles and newsletters pertaining to women and the music industry and the music industry more broadly.

Issues re: Media Violence 1976-1980

Physical Description: Box 5a

Box 5a

Audiovisual aids 1978-1982

Physical Description: 1 folder

Media Violence 1977-1978, n.d.

Physical Description: Box 5a

Box 5a

Durbin article: Pretty Poison 1977, May

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 5a

Feshbach/Malamuth article: Sex and Aggression 1978, Nov

Physical Description: 1 folder

Issues re: Media Violence 1976-1980

Physical Description: Box 5a

Box 5a

Hillside Strangler 1977, Dec

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Articles and press releases re rape-murders committed by the Hillside Strangler and memorial demonstration and related correspondence and notes.

Media Violence 1977-1978, n.d.

Physical Description: Box 5a

Box 5a

Kilbourne article: Images of Women in TV Commercials 1977

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 5a

Kilbourne, Jean Publicity [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Promotional materials for Kilbourne's slide presentation: The Naked Truth: The Cultural Conditioning of Women Via Advertising

Issues re: Media Violence 1976-1980

Physical Description: Box 5a

Box 5a

Men Against Sexist Violence 1979, Aug

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Articles, notes, resolutions and related correspondence.

Music Industry 1976-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 3, 5a and 15

Box 5a

NARM 1977, Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Music Retailer magazine's special section on the annual conference of the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM).

Box 5a

RIAA 1976, Apr

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Music Retailer magazine's special section on the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Issues re: Media Violence 1976-1980

Physical Description: Box 5a

Box 5a

Robber Bridegroom 1976, Aug

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Program for Mark Taper's theater production of The Robber Bridegroom, notes and articles.

Box 5a

SF Conference re: Violence Against Women 1976, Dec

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

San Francisco conference program, workshop descriptions, papers delivered, articles and notes.

Box 5a

Stack O Wheat Prints 1980, Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Articles, press releases and related correspondence re destruction of sex-violence photos, known as "The Incredible Case of the Stack O'Wheat Murders," in the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) library's Special Collections.

Box 5a

UCLA 1980 Seminar: Images of Women in Film 1980, Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Request for WAVAW's participation in UCLA Women's Film Festival seminar

Pornography 1971-1985, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 5b and 21

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Box 5b

Magazines: Hustler and Playboy 1977-1982

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Articles relating to Hustler Magazine publisher Larry Flynt and Christie Hefner, head of Playboy.

Box 5b

Misc. Articles re: Pornography 1971-1982, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 4 folders

Note

Oversized papers pulled and rehoused - NTFP News

Box 5b

Porn: preliminary source [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Notes and draft of WAVAW authored paper.

Box 5b

Pornography and censorship 1978, Dec

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Fact sheet and various articles.

Box 5b

Sado Masochism (S&M) 1977-1978

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 5b

Sexual harassment 1975-1982

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Brochures, guidelines, statistics, articles and sexual harassment legislation.

Box 5b

Television violence 1972-1980

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 5b

Violence 1972-1979

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 5b

WAVPM 1978, Dec

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Women Against Violence in Pornography & Media (WAVPM) Membership form letters, welcome packets, publicity flyers and articles.

Box 10

Rape 1979

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Notes re certain individual named Dick Miller.

Box 10

Sex therapy [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Notes

Organizations 1974-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 3, 14 and 15

Box 14

Feminist Economics Network (FEN) 1974-1976

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Articles about the dissolution of FEN, position paper of the Los Angeles Feminist Women's Health Center, analysis by WAVAW, minutes of the Feminist Women's City Club meeting and related correspondence.

Note

Full-sized newspapers housed in oversized box

Box 14

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) 1977, Jan

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Information about the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and its publications.

Box 14

Testimony to Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) 1977, June

Physical Description: 3 folders

Scope and Content Note

Complete script of Women Against Women Against Violence (WAVAW) testimony to Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR).

Music Industry 1976-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 3, 5a and 15

Box 15

NARM 1977, Mar-Apr

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Report prepared by three members of WAVAW, Julia London, Dana Chalberg and Joan Belknap, concerning Century City Plaza Hotel Incident during National Association of Recording Merchandizers (NARM) Convention.

Organizations 1974-1983

Physical Description: Boxes 3, 14 and 15

Box 15

Women's organizations 1979, Feb - Nov/Dec

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Article about the Los Angeles-based Woman's Building in Nov/Dec 1979 issue of Neworld and publicity announcement for first national conference of the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA).

Box 16

Sex roles/behavior 1977-1982

Physical Description: 1 folder

Note

Pull full-sized newspapers and rehouse in oversized box - Impact '79 and Together the Magazine of UCLA Women Sexism in Education

Pornography 1971-1985, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 5b and 21

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Box 21

L.A. anti-pornography ordinance 1984-1985

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Clippings, WAVAW-authored articles, notes and correspondence related to proposed L.A. anti-pornography civil rights law.

Series 7. Organizing 1976-1982

Physical Description: Box 4

Scope and Content Note

Background information and training materials covering ways to build an effective boycott; build grass-roots support; plan overall campaign strategy; generate media coverage and train organizers for Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) and speakers to present WAVAW's slide program. Includes examples of newsletter articles; questions frequently asked and their answers; fact sheets; bibliographies; publicity materials and sample activist packets and training materials from the National Organization for Women (NOW); the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW); the National Trust for Historic Preservation; the Califia Organizers Collective and Midwest Academy (MWA).

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Box 4

Califia Community 1976-1981

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Workshop materials, notes, Califia Community mailing lists and related correspondence.

Box 4

California National Organization for Women (NOW) Organizing Materials 1976 - 1977

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

California National Organization for Women (NOW) consciousness raising workshop materials, fact sheets and bibliographies.

Box 4

Guidelines: Working with Other Groups [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 4

Hassle Card: Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI) Boycott 1976, Dec

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 4

National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) Workshop 1981, Nov

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Training materials from National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Los Angeles Section, workshop on women and activism.

Box 4

National Trust for Historic Preservation 1980-1982

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 4

Organizing change 1973-1976

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Various pamphlets and booklets, articles, bibliographies and fact sheets.

Box 4

Organizing Collectives [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Notes from Califia Organizers Collective meeting

Box 4

Organizing/Mobilizing Notes 1976-1977

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 4

Picketing guidelines: Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI) Boycott 1976, Dec

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Leafletting Etiquette & Procedure

Box 4

Public Service Advertising (PSAs) 1976-1978

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Booklets, notes and WAVAW public service announcements

Box 4

Questions People Will Ask: Warner Communications, Inc. (WCI) Boycott 1976, Dec

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Questions asked during leafletting and proposed answers

Box 4

Resolutions 1977

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Proposed resolutions - 1977 NOW (National Organization for Women) National Conference

Box 4

Strategy Chart Midwest Academy (MWA) 1977, Dec

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Guidelines for planning an issue campaign from Midwest Academy (MWA)

Box 4

Training materials 1976-1980

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Drafts of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) slideshow script and WAVAW guidelines.

Box 4

UNO 1979, Jan

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Notes from East L.A.-based United Neighborhoods Organization (UNO) training session.

Box 4

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) Organizing [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Direct action tactics and strategies

Series 8. WAVAW Activist Training 1983, Feb

Physical Description: Box 2

Scope and Content Note

Publicity fliers, agenda and orientation/training packets used for Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) activist training workshops dealing with publicity, slideshow presentations, WAVAW's history, future campaigns, and the basics of staffing the WAVAW office. Topics included: effective methods of protesting abusive images of women in media, effective public and private speaking, effective letter-writing, overcoming personal barriers, and how to organize yourself and your group.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Box 2

Activist training forms 1983, Feb

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Publicity fliers, agenda and orientation/training packets used for WAVAW activist training workshops dealing with publicity, slideshow presentations, WAVAW's history, future campaigns, and the basics of staffing the WAVAW office. Topics included: effective methods of protesting abusive images of women in media, effective public and private speaking, effective letter-writing, overcoming personal barriers, and how to organize yourself and your group.

Series 9. Correspondence 1976-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 14 and 15

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Box 1

Received/Answered Correspondence 1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 2

Received Correspondence 1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence from individuals and organizations; includes publicity announcements, newsletters and brochures.

Box 3

Received Correspondence 1976, Oct

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence with United States Senate re rape legislation.

Box 7

National Organization for Women (NOW) correspondence 1978-1979

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 7

Received Correspondence 1976-1979

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 7

Received/Answered Correspondence 1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 7

Victimology article submission correspondence 1977, Oct - Nov

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 10

"In These Times" article correspondence 1979, Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Copy of letter sent to Ellen Willis, copy of record reviewer Bruce Dancis' "In These Times" article about WAVAW and copy of response from WAVAW that appeared in March 12, 1979 edition of "In These Times."

Box 10

Received/Answered Correspondence 1976-1982

Physical Description: 12 folders

Box 14

Feminist Alliance Against Rape Correspondence 1976-1977

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 14

Lesbian Tide correspondence 1976, Feb-Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Submissions and related correspondence.

Box 14

Letters of Solicitation 1976, Oct

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence from WAVAW to various organizations.

Box 14

NCARL internal memos 1977, Dec

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Briefings by the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation (NCARL) re criminal code reforms.

Box 14

Received Correspondence 1979, Feb - 1983

Physical Description: 5 folders

Scope and Content Note

Includes press releases from various feminist and women's organizations. Also includes correspondence with with the California Senate re abortion legislation.

Box 14

Received/Answered Correspondence 1976, Oct - 1978, Dec

Physical Description: 6 folders

Note

1976, Dec - 1977, Jan correspondence covers dispute between WAVAW and Women's Building.

Box 15

Correspondence Received 1977-1980

Physical Description: 4 folders

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence relating to Julia London article "Cultural Sanction of Violence"

Box 15

Correspondence Received/Answered 1977-1980

Physical Description: 2 folders

Series 10. Audio-Visual materials 1978-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 6, 8, 11, 15, 18 and 20

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Photos 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 3, 6, 8 and 20

Box 6

"Nine to Five" 1980

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photo signed by Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton

Long playing (LP) record albums 1978, n.d.

Physical Description: Box 8

Box 8

(i'm the) Hillside Strangler (the Child Molesters) 1978

Physical Description: 1 long playing (LP) record album

Photos 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 3, 6, 8 and 20

Box 8

Battered woman n.d.

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Facial profile of battered woman

Note

Subject not identified

Long playing (LP) record albums 1978, n.d.

Physical Description: Box 8

Box 8

Free from the Fear/Ivory Tower (Sugar and Spite) [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 long playing (LP) record album

Note

Album dedicated to victims of violence against women.

Box 8

Hillside Strangler! (the Hollywood Squares) [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 long playing (LP) record album

Photos 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 3, 6, 8 and 20

Box 8

Record album covers [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Tape Reels 1978, Feb

Physical Description: Box 11

Box 11

Album cover art 1978, February

Physical Description: 1 tape reel

Scope and Content Note

20 minute tape reel recording by ABC

Tape cassettes n.d.

Physical Description: Box 15

Box 14

Music n.d.

Physical Description: 9 tape cassettes

Scope and Content Note

A miscellany of dubbed tape cassettes by musicians such as Holly Near, Alix Dobkin and the Berkeley Women's Music Collective.

Box 14

Roe vs. Wade n.d.

Physical Description: 1 tape cassette

Scope and Content Note

Nine minute sound recording by Dani Adams.

Video cassettes n.d.

Physical Description: Box 18

Box 18

In Mourning & Rage [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 video cassette

Box 18

Record Companies Drag Their Feet [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 video cassette

Photos 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 3, 6, 8 and 20

Box 20

Negatives [n.d.]

Slides 1979-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: Box 20

Box 20

Slides 1979-1983, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 4 slide storage boxes

Scope and Content Note

Subjects include: WAVAW slideshows; WAVAW's Bloodline protest; billboards; store displays; Roe vs. Wade (Dani Adams) and bible passages/headlines.

Note

Some slides not identified.

Series 11. Ephemera 1977-1982, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 6, 8, and 19

Scope and Content Note

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) t-shirts, buttons, stickers, rubber stamps and signs. Also includes a plaque for an award presented to WAVAW and a tablecloth used for an event.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Box 6

Slogans and stickers [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

bumper sticker white with red, color-imprinted lettering that reads "Don't Agonize: Organize!" and stickers with WCI campaign-specific slogans.

Box 8

Stickers [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

pink with black, color-imprinted lettering that reads "THIS IS OFFENSIVE AND DEGRADING TO WOMEN."

Box 19

Buttons [n.d.]

Box 19

Plaque 1982, July 29

Physical Description: 1 plaque

Scope and Content Note

wooden, with white, color-imprinted plate lettering announcing award presented to WAVAW presented by the National Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

Box 19

Rubber stamp [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 stamp

Scope and Content Note

WAVAW's mailing address

Box 19

Sign [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 sign

Scope and Content Note

white poster board with black lettering spelling out "Women Against Violence Against Women."

Box 19

Table cloth 1977, Jan 30

Scope and Content Note

yellow with red felt lettering spelling out: "Sisterhood Revival January 30, 1977."

Box 19

T-shirts [n.d.]

Physical Description: 4 t-shirts

Scope and Content Note

black t-shirts with white, color-imprinted WAVAW logo and yellow t-shirts with blue, color-imprinted WAVAW logo.

Box 19

WAVPM stickers [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 roll

Scope and Content Note

orange with black, color-imprinted lettering that reads "Pornography is a Lie About Women" and spells out full name for WAVPM: Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media.

Series 12. Publicity and Publications, n.d. 1969-1981

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 3, 5, 5a, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27

Scope and Content Note

Clippings and reprints of articles related to Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), WAVAW-authored articles, articles about WAVAW, books, annual reports, directories, federal, state and local government publications, newspapers, newsletters, periodicals and work diaries. Includes full run of the national newsletters produced by the Los Angeles chapter of WAVAW.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title or publication title, and then chronologically by date.

Newspapers 1975-1994

Physical Description: Oversized boxes 16-18

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by publication title, and then chronologically by date.

Los Angeles Times 1983-1985

Scope and Content Note

Extensive collection of full-sized issues of the Los Angeles Times was removed from the collection. Keyword search terms for these discarded issues include: abortion, abortion clinic, anti-pornography ordinance, at-home mother, child-care advocacy, child-care subsidy, child killer, child molestation, civil rights, crime, discrimination, ERA, Hugh Hefner, Hustler magazine, Jerry Falwel, kidnapping, Larry Flynt, mental health, murder, National Council of Jewish Women, NCJW, Playboy, pornography, radical feminism, rape, rapist, Reagan Administration, robbery, Roe vs. Wade, sadomasochism, sex films, sex offender, sex slave, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment, Snuff film, teen pregnancy, violence and voyeur dining.

Articles 1971-1991

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 14 and 15

Box 1

Clippings 1979 -1991

Physical Description: 3 folders

Scope and Content Note

Topics include: antipornography ordinance, discrimination against children, heterosexuality, anarchism, and rape.

Reports 1970-1984

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 3, 10, 11, 14, 25, 26 and 27

Box 1

Fact sheets and brochures 1981-1983, n.d.

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Topics include: sexism, women's education, racism, deafness, disability, sex bias in schools, children's anger, children with learning disabilities and parenting.

Books 1965-1990

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 10, 11, 20 and 25

Box 1

I Wish the Hitting Would Stop a Workbook for Children Living in Violent Homes 1987-1990

Physical Description: 1 folder

Note

Includes 1987 version and 1990 revision which includes Facilitator's Guide

Directories 1974-1990

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 4, 13 and 25

Box 1

Record World Annual Directory and Awards Issue 1979, July

Physical Description: 1 issue

Work diaries 1977, 1985, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 13 and 14

Box 1

Work diary for Dani Adams 1985

Physical Description: 2 folders

Articles 1971-1991

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 14 and 15

Box 2

Clippings 1977, 1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Topics include: violence against women, child abuse and learning disabilities

Reports 1970-1984

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 3, 10, 11, 14, 25, 26 and 27

Box 3

Feminization of Poverty 1983, May

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Los Angeles Feminization of Poverty Hearing

Articles 1971-1991

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 14 and 15

Box 4

Clippings 1971-1986

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Topics include: First Amendment, maternity leave, abortion, radical-feminist movement, feminism and sexuality, women in the military, prostitution, rape, sexual stereotypes and single mothers.

Directories 1974-1990

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 4, 13 and 25

Box 4

L.A. (Area) Women's Yellow Pages 1979

Physical Description: 1 folder

Note

2nd Edition

Periodicals 1966-1993

Physical Description: Boxes 5a, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23 and 24

Box 5a

Neworld 1978

Physical Description: 1 issue

Scope and Content Note

Article entitled "Images of Women in Rock."

Articles 1971-1991

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 14 and 15

Box 7

Clippings 1972-1982

Physical Description: 2 folders

Note

Some article reprints included.

Box 8

Articles about WAVAW 1972-1982

Physical Description: 2 folders

Box 8

Industry Press 1976-1978, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 2 folders

Box 8

Movement Press 1976-1979

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 8

Straight Press 1976-1978

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 8

WAVAW-authored 1977-1978

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Victimology 1978 article and Cultural Sanction for Violence by Julia London.

Newsletters 1974-1993

Physical Description: Boxes 8, 10, 14 and 21

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Complete run of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) newsletters produced by the Los Angeles chapter, partial run of Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM) newsletters, partial run of Feminist Alliance Against Rape newsletters and other newsletters produced by various women's and feminist organizations and women's crisis centers.

Box 8

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) chapter newsletters 1980-1981

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Newsletters of the Minneapolis chapter of WAVAW.

Box 8

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) newsletters 1977, May - 1983, Feb

Physical Description: 3 folders

Scope and Content Note

Full run of the national newsletters produced by the Los Angeles chapter of WAVAW.

Box 8

Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM) newsletters 1977-1983

Physical Description: 3 folders

Reports 1970-1984

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 3, 10, 11, 14, 25, 26 and 27

Box 10

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Report 1979, July

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

"The Politics of Rights: Civil Liberties in the 95th Congress."

Box 10

California Mental Health Plan 1980-1983

Physical Description: 2 folders

Articles 1971-1991

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 14 and 15

Box 10

Clippings 1977-1980

Physical Description: 6 folders

Scope and Content Note

Topics include: pornography, rape, domestic violence, violence against women, First Amendment, and courts and corporations.

Note

Some articles about WAVAW included.

Newsletters 1974-1993

Physical Description: Boxes 8, 10, 14 and 21

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Complete run of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) newsletters produced by the Los Angeles chapter, partial run of Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM) newsletters, partial run of Feminist Alliance Against Rape newsletters and other newsletters produced by various women's and feminist organizations and women's crisis centers.

Box 10

Feminist Alliance Against Rape newsletters 1974-1978

Physical Description: 2 folders

Reports 1970-1984

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 3, 10, 11, 14, 25, 26 and 27

Box 10

Legal pamphlets 1970-1978

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Topics include: child abuse, The Television Code, women's rights and class power in Los Angeles.

Periodicals 1966-1993

Physical Description: Boxes 5a, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23 and 24

Box 10

New West The Magazine of California 1981, Jan

Physical Description: 1 issue

Newsletters 1974-1993

Physical Description: Boxes 8, 10, 14 and 21

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Complete run of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) newsletters produced by the Los Angeles chapter, partial run of Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM) newsletters, partial run of Feminist Alliance Against Rape newsletters and other newsletters produced by various women's and feminist organizations and women's crisis centers.

Box 10

Newsletters (other than WAVAW) 1976-1981, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 5 folders

Scope and Content Note

Topics include: rape, domestic violence, violence against women, martial arts/self defense and reproductive rights.

Books 1965-1990

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 10, 11, 20 and 25

Box 10

Publicity for new book releases 1978

Physical Description: 1 folder

Periodicals 1966-1993

Physical Description: Boxes 5a, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23 and 24

Box 11

Chrysalis, a quarterly magazine of women's culture 1977, 1979

Physical Description: 2 issues

Box 11

Civil Liberties Review 1978, Jan/Feb

Physical Description: 1 issue

Scope and Content Note

Article on censorship and the women's movement.

Books 1965-1990

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 10, 11, 20 and 25

Box 11

Comic book 1987, July

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

El Libro Policiaco de Color New York Central Park Police Station

Periodicals 1966-1993

Physical Description: Boxes 5a, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23 and 24

Box 11

Connexions, An International Women's Quarterly 1981, May

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 11

Eros 1981, Dec

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 11

Journal of Communication 1981, Spring

Physical Description: 1 issue

Note

Cult Film Audience

Box 11

Ms. 1976, Nov; 1982, June/Aug; 1983, Jan

Physical Description: 4 issues

Reports 1970-1984

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 3, 10, 11, 14, 25, 26 and 27

Box 11

Programs 1981-1983

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

The Last ERA Walk Women's Equality Day and The First Decade Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Woman's Building

Box 11

Report of the Task Force on Women in Public Broadcasting 1975, Oct

Physical Description: 1 folder

Note

Published by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Periodicals 1966-1993

Physical Description: Boxes 5a, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23 and 24

Box 11

Savvy 1984, Sept

Physical Description: 1 issue

Books 1965-1990

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 10, 11, 20 and 25

Box 11

The Not-So-Helpless Female 1973

Physical Description: 1 book

Note

by Tish Sommers

Publicity binders 1969-1981

Physical Description: Boxes 12 and 13

Scope and Content Note

Newspaper clippings relating to WAVAW and WAVAW-related issues formerly housed in binders.

Box 12

Child abuse 1969, 1979-1980

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 12

Domestic violence against women 1977, Jan - 1980, Aug

Physical Description: 2 folders

Box 12

Incest 1979-1980

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 12

Rape 1976, Nov - 1980, Aug

Physical Description: 7 folders

Box 12

Rape, domestic violence and violence against women 1990, Sept - 1981, Apr

Physical Description: 5 folders

Box 12

Sexual harrassment 1978, Aug - 1980, Mar

Physical Description: 1 folder

Directories 1974-1990

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 4, 13 and 25

Box 13

Annotated Index/Directory of Women's Media 1977-1981

Physical Description: 2 folders

Publicity binders 1969-1981

Physical Description: Boxes 12 and 13

Scope and Content Note

Newspaper clippings relating to WAVAW and WAVAW-related issues formerly housed in binders.

Box 13

Entertainment industry 1976, Nov - 1980, Aug

Physical Description: 1 folder

Directories 1974-1990

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 4, 13 and 25

Box 13

Guide to Women's Resources 1990, Fall

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 13

Human Rights Organizations & Periodicals Directory 1975

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 13

National Television Advertisers 1977-1978

Physical Description: 1 folder

Publicity binders 1969-1981

Physical Description: Boxes 12 and 13

Scope and Content Note

Newspaper clippings relating to WAVAW and WAVAW-related issues formerly housed in binders.

Box 13

Recording industry 1976, Aug - 1979, Dec

Physical Description: 2 folders

Box 13

Television industry/television violence 1975, Mar - 1980, Jan

Physical Description: 2 folders

Box 13

WAVAW 1976-1980

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Articles about WAVAW, press releases, publicity flyers, notes and form letters

Work diaries 1977, 1985, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 13 and 14

Box 13

Work diary for Julia London 1977

Physical Description: 2 folders

Reports 1970-1984

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 3, 10, 11, 14, 25, 26 and 27

Box 14

Amnesty International publications 1978, Nov

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Human rights violations in Ethiopia.

Articles 1971-1991

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 14 and 15

Box 14

Articles by WAVAW 1976, Apr; 1981, Fall

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Organizational Analysis and the Call for Consultation by Tamar Kraut and WAVAW-authored sex education article.

Box 14

Clippings 1977-1978

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Topics include: free enterprise in schools; TV sex; TV violence; violence against women in the media; motherhood; battered women and victimization and unisex writing.

Reports 1970-1984

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 3, 10, 11, 14, 25, 26 and 27

Box 14

Female Sexual Mutilations: The Facts and Proposals for Action 1980, May

Physical Description: 1 folder

Note

Published by Women's International Network News

Box 14

L.A. Commission on Status of Women 1976, Oct-Dec

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Curriculum proposal and class outline for self defense for women proposed by subcommittee on rape and related correspondence

Box 14

LACAAW Survivor Packet 1982, Nov

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women's sexual assault Survivor's Packet

Box 14

National Coalition Against Sexual Assault 1982

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

10 year anniversary publication titled "Ten Years: 1972-1982 Working Against Sexual Assault."

Newsletters 1974-1993

Physical Description: Boxes 8, 10, 14 and 21

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Complete run of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) newsletters produced by the Los Angeles chapter, partial run of Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM) newsletters, partial run of Feminist Alliance Against Rape newsletters and other newsletters produced by various women's and feminist organizations and women's crisis centers.

Box 14

Newsletters (other than WAVAW) 1976-1982

Physical Description: 3 folders

Scope and Content Note

Newsletters from various women's, feminist, grassroots and women's crisis organizations and related correspondence.

Work diaries 1977, 1985, n.d.

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 13 and 14

Box 14

Phone log [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Articles 1971-1991

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 14 and 15

Box 15

"The Most Powerful Women in L.A." 1976, Sept

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 15

Article by WAVAW 1977, July

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Music Retailer 1977 article by Julia London and Susan Bechard.

Box 15

Articles about WAVAW 1978

Physical Description: 1 folder

Box 15

Clippings 1976-1982

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Content Note

Topics include: Pornography, police-intelligence gathering activities, rednecks and the feminist movement, mental health for sexual minorities and rape

Newspapers 1975-1994

Physical Description: Oversized boxes 16-18

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by publication title, and then chronologically by date.

Box 16

Big Mama Rag (Denver, CO) 1975, Nov

Physical Description: 1 issue

Scope and Content Note

Includes article about "snuff films"

Box 16

Daily Trojan (University of Southern California) 1982, Mar

Physical Description: 1 issue

Scope and Content Note

Article about WAVAW

Box 16

EveryWoman/L.A. (Los Angeles Section, National Council of Jewish Women) 1983, May/June

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 16

Filmex 1976, Mar-April

Physical Description: 1 issue

Scope and Content Note

Insert for Los Angeles International Film Exposition March 21-April 4.

Box 16

FREE VENICE BEACHHEAD 1982, Sept

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 16

Glendale News-Press 1978, May

Physical Description: 1 issue

Scope and Content Note

Includes article profiling Julia London and WAVAW.

Box 16

Her-Self 1976, May

Physical Description: 1 issue

Scope and Content Note

Editorial by WAVAW re Snuff boycott.

Box 16

Houston Breakthrough 1976, Aug-Sept

Physical Description: 1 issue

Scope and Content Note

Article about WAVAW's "Black and Blue" campaign.

Note

rehoused in oversized box

Box 16

Impact '79 (Journal of the Institute for Family Research and Education) 1979, Oct

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 16

Lesbian News 1983, May; 1994, Aug, 1991, Feb

Physical Description: 3 issues

Box 16

Los Angeles Loyolan (Loyola Marymount University) 1979, Feb

Physical Description: 1 issue

Scope and Content Note

Article about WAVAW's "Black and Blue" campaign.

Box 16

Majority Report (The Women's Newspaper) 1977, Apr-Sept

Physical Description: 3 issues

Scope and Content Note

Articles about WAVAW's "Black and Blue" campaign, Sadism Masochism and COYOTE.

Box 16

New Women's Times 1976, Dec

Physical Description: 1 issue

Scope and Content Note

Articles about Snuff.

Box 16

Ocean Park Perspective (Santa Monica, CA) 1982, May-June

Physical Description: 1 issue

Scope and Content Note

Article about WAVAW re Dressed to Kill campaign.

Box 16

Plexus Bay Area Women's Newspaper 1976, Oct; 1977, Jan

Physical Description: 2 issues

Scope and Content Note

Articles about the dissolution of Feminist Economics Network (FEN) and the Conference on Violence Against Women held in San Francisco, Dec. 4th and 5th, 1977.

Box 16

Reader (Los Angeles's Free Weekly) 1983, May 13

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 16

Sister Advocate 1978, Aug

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 16

Sister Courage (Greater Boston's Independent Feminist Newsjournal) 1976, Apr; 1978, June

Physical Description: 2 issues

Scope and Content Note

Editorial criticizing boycotting strategies against Snuff and article about WAVAW's WCI boycott.

Box 16

Sister Source (A Midwest Lesbian/Feminist Newspaper) 1982, June

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 16

The California NOW ACTIVIST 1983, Winter

Physical Description: 1 issue

Note

rehoused in oversized box

Box 16

The NOW Times 1981, Oct, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 2 issues

Box 16

Together (The magazine of UCLA women) 1976, May; 1978, Nov; 1985, May

Physical Description: 3 issues

Scope and Content Note

Special issues: Sexism in Education and Women's Survival Guide.

Box 16

University of Washington Daily 1977, March

Physical Description: 1 issue

Scope and Content Note

Article about WAVAW's "Black and Blue" campaign.

Box 17

Off Our Backs (A Women's News Journal) 1971-1994

Physical Description: 24 issues

Box 18

BodyPolitic (A Magazine for Gay Liberation) 1981, Mar

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 18

Detroit Women's Press 1974

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 18

FagRag (Boston, Mass) 1974, Winter-Spring

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 18

Fifth Estate (Detroit, MI) 1974, Feb/Mar

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 18

Hagborn (A Radical Feminist Newsjournal) 1981, Spring

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 18

Jump Cut (A Review of Contemporary Cinema) 1981, Mar

Physical Description: 1 issue

Scope and Content Note

Special Section: Lesbians and Film

Box 18

LA Star (An Unauthorized Newspaper) 1976, July

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 18

Lavender Woman (Chicago, IL) 1974, May

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 18

Lesbian Contradiction (A Journal of Irreverent Feminism) 1983, Fall

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 18

The Radical Therapist/Rough Times (Somerville, MA) 1972-1975

Physical Description: 7 issues

Books 1965-1990

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 10, 11, 20 and 25

Box 20

Story of O 1965

Physical Description: 1 book

Note

by Pauline Reage

Periodicals 1966-1993

Physical Description: Boxes 5a, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23 and 24

Box 21

Mother Jones 1976, 1981

Physical Description: 3 issues

Box 21

Ms. 1990, Sept; 1992, Jan/Feb; 1992, July/Aug; 1993, Mar/Apr

Physical Description: 4 issues

Newsletters 1974-1993

Physical Description: Boxes 8, 10, 14 and 21

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title, and then chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Complete run of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) newsletters produced by the Los Angeles chapter, partial run of Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM) newsletters, partial run of Feminist Alliance Against Rape newsletters and other newsletters produced by various women's and feminist organizations and women's crisis centers.

Box 21

Newsletters (other than WAVAW) 1974, 1991, 1993

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Includes partial run of Lesbian Newsletter New Zealand (1993-1994) and newsletters related to women's health services

Periodicals 1966-1993

Physical Description: Boxes 5a, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23 and 24

Box 21

Swedish Women's Magazine "Q" 1982, Jan

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 21

The New Republic 1966, Nov

Physical Description: 1 issue

Reports 1970-1984

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 3, 10, 11, 14, 25, 26 and 27

Box 21

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Brief 1984

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Brief on pornography

Periodicals 1966-1993

Physical Description: Boxes 5a, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23 and 24

Box 22

Amazon Milwaukee's Feminist Press 1980, Aug/Sept

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 22

Breakthrough (San Francisco, CA) 1985, May

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 22

Christopher Street (New York, NY) 1977-1978

Physical Description: 4 issues

Scope and Content Note

1977, Feb; 1978, Mar; 1979, Feb; 1979, Mar

Box 22

Commonground Magazine (Glendale, CA) 1983, Apr

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 22

Communities Journal of Cooperation (Stelle, IL) 1984/5, Winter

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 22

Country Women (San Francisco, CA) 1973, June-Oct

Physical Description: 2 issues

Box 22

Dyke Review (San Francisco, CA) 1992, Summer

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 22

FUSE (Toronto, Ontario, CA) 1991, Fall

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 22

Graffiti (New York, NY) 1968

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 22

Heresies (New York, NY) 1978, 1980

Physical Description: 2 issues

Scope and Content Note

Issue #6 On Women and Violence and Issue #10 Women and Music

Box 22

Issues in Radical Therapy (Springfield, IL) 1987

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 22

Journal of Communication 1981, Spring; 1981, Autumn

Physical Description: 2 issues

Note

Cult Film Audience

Box 22

Law for the People (New York, NY) 1979-1980

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 23

Lesbian Tide (Los Angeles, CA) 1980, May/June

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 23

Liberation (New York, NY) 1972-1973

Physical Description: 2 issues

Box 23

Moving Out (Detroit, MI) 1973-1974

Physical Description: 2 issues

Box 23

National Lampoon (New York, NY) 1971, July

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 23

No More Cages Women's Prison Newsletter (Brooklyn, NY) [1984]

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 23

Notes From the Second Year: Radical Feminism (New York, NY) 1970

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 23

NYQ (New York, NY) 1992, Apr

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 23

OUT/LOOK National Lesbian & Gay Quarterly (San Francisco, CA) 1988-1992

Physical Description: 7 issues

Box 24

OutWeek (New York, NY) 1990, Aug, Dec

Physical Description: 2 issues

Box 24

Quest a feminist quarterly 1977, Spring

Physical Description: 1 issue

Scope and Content Note

Race, class & culture

Box 24

Radical America 1979, Sept-Oct

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 24

Ramparts (Berkeley, CA) 1971, Sept

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 24

Scanlan's Monthly 1970, Mar

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 24

Spare Rib (London) 1981, June

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 24

State and Mind (Boston, MA) 1977

Physical Description: 2 issues

Box 24

The Tide (Los Angeles, CA) 1974, Apr

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 24

Trouble & Strife (Norwich, Britain) 1991, Spring

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 24

Up from Under (New York, NY) 1970, May/June

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 24

Visibilities (New York, NY) 1988, Sept/Oct

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 24

Woman of Power (Cambridge, MA) 1990, Summer

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 24

Women & Film (Santa Monica, CA) 1972

Physical Description: 1 issue

Box 24

Women A Journal of Liberation (Baltimore, MD) 1970-1972

Physical Description: 3 issues

Scope and Content Note

1970, Spring; 1972, vol. 3 no. 1-2

Box 24

WorkForce (Canyon, CA) 1972-1974

Physical Description: 3 issues

Scope and Content Note

1972, July-Aug: Vocations for Social Change; 1973, May-June: Research and 1974, Nov: Resource Guide

Reports 1970-1984

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 3, 10, 11, 14, 25, 26 and 27

Box 25

Annual reports 1977-1979

Physical Description: 5 folders

Scope and Content Note

Arthur Andersen & Co., and Warner Communications Inc.

Directories 1974-1990

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 4, 13 and 25

Box 25

Catalogs 1974-1978

Physical Description: 4 folders

Scope and Content Note

Film-Makers' Cooperative Catalogue No. 6, Mecanorma Graphic Products, New College of California School of Law and Tactype.

Books 1965-1990

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 10, 11, 20 and 25

Box 25

Civil Rights Issues of Euro-Ethnic Americans in the United States: Opportunities and Challenges 1979, Dec

Physical Description: 1 book

Scope and Content Note

A Consultation Sponsored by the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Chicago, Illinois

Box 25

Clive Inside the Record Business 1975

Physical Description: 1 book

Note

by Clive Davis with James Willwerth

Box 25

Free Fire Zone Short Stories by Vietnam Veterans 1973

Physical Description: 1 book

Note

edited by Wayne Karlin; Basil T. Paquet and Larry Rottmann

Reports 1970-1984

Physical Description: Boxes 1, 3, 10, 11, 14, 25, 26 and 27

Box 26

Booklets 1976, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Content Note

Topics include: citizen committees, public service advertising and press coverage.

Box 26

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights publications 1977-1981

Physical Description: 8 folders

Scope and Content Note

Topics include: women and minorities in television, civil rights, Title IX, affirmative action, fair housing, immigration, and disabled people.

Box 27

Conferences 1977-1981

Physical Description: 3 folders

Scope and Content Note

Conference on Women & the Law, WAVPM proposed conference "Feminist Perspectives on Pornography," and "Women Helping Women the Path to Leadership."

Box 27

Consumerism at the Crossroads 1977

Physical Description: 1 folder

Note

Commissioned by Sentry Insurance

Box 27

Government and NGO reports 1974-1980

Physical Description: 6 folders

Scope and Content Note

Commissioned by American Association of University Women, State of California Department of Justice, San Diego County Chapter, National Organization for Women, City of Los Angeles Commission on the Status of Women, and the U.S. Public Health Service.

Box 27

Manuals 1977-1981

Physical Description: 4 folders

Scope and Content Note

"A Shareholders' Manual for Church Committees on Social Responsibility in Investments" and NCJW "Building a Solution: Practical Guide for Establishing Crime Victim Service Agencies."

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