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Finding Aid for the Elizabeth Snyder Collection of Material about Women's Rights, 1975-1980
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  • Administrative Information
  • Biography
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  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Elizabeth Snyder Collection of Material about Women's Rights,
    Date (inclusive): 1975-1980
    Collection number: 1268
    Creator: Snyder, Elizabeth, 1914-
    Extent: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
    Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
    Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
    Abstract: Elizabeth Snyder (1914- ) was the first woman chairman of the California State Democratic Committee (1954-56). The collection consists of books, pamphlets, reports, clippings, and other printed material related to women's rights.
    Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

    Restrictions on Access

    COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Elizabeth Snyder, 1980.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Elizabeth Snyder Collection of Material about Women's Rights (Collection 1268). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 2976946 

    Biography

    Snyder was born as Elizabeth Ingrid Louise Carlson on April 8, 1914, in Minneapolis, Minnesota; AB, UCLA, 1935; campaign worker for Jerry Voorhis, 1936; national committeewoman, Young Democrats, 1938-42; first woman chairman, California State Democratic Committee, 1954-56; married Nathan H. Snyder, a Los Angeles attorney.

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of books, pamphlets, reports, clippings, and other printed material related to women's rights. Includes materials on the Equal Rights Amendment and the National Women's Conference in Texas in 1977.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Snyder, Elizabeth, 1914- --Archives.
    Women political activists--California--Archival resources.
    Women's rights--United States--History--20th century--Sources.