Finding Aid for the Elizabeth Snyder Collection of Material about Women's Rights, 1975-1980
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Finding Aid for the Elizabeth Snyder Collection of Material about Women's Rights, 1975-1980
Collection number: 1268
UCLA Library, Department of Special CollectionsManuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
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© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Elizabeth Snyder, 1980.
[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:
2976946
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.
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.
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.
Note
Description derived from in-house card file.
Papers. v.p., 1980
Creator/Collector: Snyder, Elizabeth
Physical Description: (4 boxes)
Scope and Content Note
Comprises books, pamphlets, reports, clippings and other printed material relating to the Equal Rights Emendment, the National
Women's Conference in Texas, 1977, and women's rights generally.