Inventory of the Molly Martin Tradeswomen Collection SPC.2018.061
Immediate Source of Acquisition
- Series I: Personal Papers, 1982-2017
- Series II: Tradeswomen, Inc. Papers, 1980-2017; undated
- Series III: City and County of San Francisco, Commission on the Status of Women , 1988-1990
- Series IV: Tradeswomen Organizations and Related Groups, 1974-2018; undated
- Series V: Career Development in the Trades, 1978-2015; undated
- Subseries A: Tradeswomen Related Programs and Projects , 1980s-2002; undated
- Subseries B: Workshops, Events, Meetings, and Conferences , 1988-2015
- Sub-Series C: enTrade Materials , 1991-1996; undated
- Series VI: Subject Files , 1971-2009; undated
- Series VII: Photographs , June 1988; May 1989; December 1991; undated
- Series VIII: Moving Images and Audio Files, 1989, 1994, undated
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Series I: Personal Papers 1982-2018
Series II: Tradeswomen, Inc. Papers 1980-2017; undated
organizational charts, history, articles of incorporation, by-laws, history 2001; November 2003; 2006-2007; undated
financial records- financial committee reports, agendas, income and expenses 1983-1988
financial records- income and expenses; invoices; reports 1995-2004
first meeting agendas, report, notes, correspondence 1980
proposals; meeting minutes; notes 1988-1998
notes; proposals; evaluation summary; retreat minutes and planning draft; board meeting minutes; agendas; apprenticeship programs and local union lists 2001-2015; undated
Tradeswomen Magazine- index to volumes 1-12; correspondence; budget information; subscription information 1983-1999; undated
memorandums and correspondence 1995-2017
Volunteers- lists, correspondence, sign-up sheets 1992, 1996, undated
Tradeswomen v. Jae Min Lee settlement agreement August 2001
Executive Director- job description, evaluation, resumes 2008, 2010, undated
recruitment; position descriptions; support services and curriculum June 1979; 1993; September 2005; undated
Researcher Bios and Research Summaries March 2018
"Board Binder"- material given to new board members; "Board of Directors and Friends of the Board"; "Responsibilities of Board Members" 1994-1995; 2006-2007; undated
stickers, letterhead, postcards, and other ephemera 2006; 2009; undated
Tradeswomen Litigation Committee- agendas, correspondence, survey, and other documents 2001-2002
ISTEA and ISTEA II materials January-April 1993; 1994-1998
Celebrating Tradeswomen Inc.- Programs, invitations, and brochures 2004-2013
"Hard Hatted Women" postcards 1981-1986
Tradeswomen Inc. Records inventory; Labor Archives and Research Center SFSU undated
Tradeswomen Magazine- Donna Allegra Simms essay [unpublished] July 1993
Series III: City and County of San Francisco, Commission on the Status of Women 1988-1990
Correspondence; reports; and documents related to sexual harassment, discrimination, women in the workforce, and affirmative action 1988-1990
Human Rights Commission- Correspondence to Molly Martin October-December 1989
Series IV: Tradeswomen Organizations and Related Groups 1974-2018; undated
Firefighters- United Fire Service Women; SFFD Women; Local 798; and International Association of Black Professional Firefighters bylaws, correspondence, memos, clippings, newsletters, and other documents 1985-2001
Great Lakes Tradeswomen Alliance- "Drafting the Blueprint: A Planning Guide to Achieving Workforce Diversity and Equity in Construction" written by Nancy D. Nakkoul with Lauren Sugerman, Chicago Women in Trades 1999
Ironworker Women calendar; stickers 2013; 2018; undated
European Tradeswomen Network [booklet] circa late 1990s
London Women and Manual Trades- "European Newsletter for Tradeswomen" circa 1993-1994
London Women and Manual Trades- newsletters, reports 1997-1998
National Tradeswomen Network- brochure, meeting minutes, correspondence, and other documents 1990-1991
Non-Traditional Employment for Women (NEW)- correspondence, notes, flyers, program 1978; undated
Northeast Women in Transportation (NEWIT)- documents regarding Federal Highway Administration; OJT program undated
San Francisco Women in the Trades- correspondence, memorandums, testimony overview, newsletter, and other documents 1985-1991
San Francisco Women in Trades correspondence 1986-1991
Servicepunt Vrouwen in de Bouw- brochures, articles, report 1994-1998
Tradeswomen of Purpose/Women in Non-Traditional Work Inc. (TOP/WIN, Inc.)- activities, program description, articles, and other documents 1994
Tradeswomen Now and Tomorrow (TNT) and NTN- meeting list; brochures; notes; coordinating committee conference call; proposed by-laws; and other documents related to creation of a national tradeswomen network 2001-2003; undated
Women Empowering Women- draft of personnel guidelines; balance sheet; by-laws 1993
Women in Trades- newsletter; program; notes; workshop flyers; affirmative action notes 1978-1980
Women Work!- tip sheets; brochure circa July 2002
Wonder Women Electric Inc.- photograph, correspondence 1978, 1980, undated
meeting notes related to N.E.W., W.I.T, and Union WAGE June 1978; circa 1978
Newsletters from Tradeswomen organizations- Boston Tradeswomen Network (BTN); Pride and a Paycheck; Oregon Tradeswomen; New Opportunities for Women (NOW);Women's Project, Association for Union Democracy; and Women's Maritime Association 1998-2010
Tradeswomen lists and directories 1989; 2001-2002
Union WAGE; Women in Apprenticeship Programs, Inc.; Coalition of Labor Union Women; NOW; Tradeswomen Monitoring Network; and other tradeswomen related organizations- brochures, essays, and other documents 1974, 1977, 1978, undated
ephemera- illustrations, commercial photographs, "Shipping Out: the Story of America's Women Seafarers" and "Hammering it Out" documentary flyers; postcards; ruler; stickers; buttons undated
Series V: Career Development in the Trades 1978-2015; undated
Apprenticeship- documents related to programs, occupation lists, flyers 2001-2002
Apprenticeship- Department of Industrial Relations California Apprenticeship Council proposed changes; informational material for recruitment of women into apprenticeship; plans for Equal Opportunity; "Apprenticeship 2000: The Public Speaks" U.S. Department of Labor 1978-1979; August 1988
Bay Area Construction Sector Intervention Collaborative (BACSIC)- overview; statistics; brochure; tour and luncheon May 2002
"Exemplary Nontraditional Opportunities for Girls and Women", program application packet sponsored by Connecticut Employment and Training Commission Ad Hoc NTO Advisory Committee 1995
Construction Training Inc. Skilled Trades Apprenticeship Readiness Training (S.T.A.R.T)- program brochure and flyers undated
GAIN Training Program- notes; Tradeswomen Inc budgets; and other documents 1989
Hard Hatted Women, "New Cleveland Courthouse Affirmative Action Contract" and supplemental documents 1998-2002
Local 6 Tradeswoman's Excellence Training- draft outline; correspondence February 2006
Rocky Mountain Tradeswomen Network Conference; Women Unlimited Project; "Worksite 2000" report; and other documents related to affirmative action, gender equality in employment, and apprenticeship 1992-1995, 2000
STEP-UP for Women- A Building Trades Pre-Apprenticeship Program brochures; "Encouraging Women to Enter the Skilled Trades: How to Adapt a Full Time Technical Vocational Education Program to a Part Time Evening Model for Recruiting Women" [report] circa 1980s; undated
Tradeswomen Building Trades Task Force- proposal and other documents 1999
Tradeswomen timeline [oversized, easel paper] undated
Women in Nontraditional Careers, "WINC Curriculum Guide" Prepared by Rosalind Hamar, Andrea Hunter, Madeline Moore. Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory under contract with The Department of Labor- Women's Bureau 1981
Tradeswomen's Roundtable Working Group- materials compiled for meeting; agenda; list of participants 1989, 1999-2000
"Women in Transportation Project" submitted by Women Unlimited July 29, 1992
Subseries B: Workshops, Events, Meetings, and Conferences 1988-2015
California Working Families Policy Summit packet February 25, 2010
Equal Rights Advocates- meeting minutes and supplemental documents 1993
Exploring Today's Nontraditional Careers: From Construction to Technology, packet October 17, 2000
"The Future of Tradeswomen" conference material. Includes study entitled "Living on the Edge: Women Working and Providing for Families in the Maine Economy, 1979-1993" 1994-1995
National Tradeswomen Conference- work plan, agenda draft, notes, directory, and other documents 1989; 2001
Northern New England Tradeswomen Conference- copy of Molly Martin's speech; and correspondence April 1988
material related to November 28-29 meeting regarding increasing poor women's access to nontraditional training, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund November 2001-January 2002
Rosie the Riveter Memorial- press packet; memorandums; flyers October 2000
Sex and Power Issues in the Workplace Conference- correspondence; agendas 1990-1991
Southeast Women's Employment Coalition 1989 Regional Conference- correspondence; memorandums 1989
Tradeswomen Conference Program Committee Volunteer List 2004
Women Building California and the Nation- flyers, slides, programs, agendas, brochures, correspondence 2001-2015
flyers and programs for conferences, meetings, and workshops 2001-2015
enTrade- "Notes from August 1991 Retreat of Tradeswomen, Inc. and Women Empowering Women" August 1991
enTrade brochures; and documents related to Women's TASC (Training and Support Center) advisory board and Women Empowering Women/enTrade budgets 1993-1996
enTrade: FileMaker Pro Database Project Draft October 6, 1994
enTrade Training Program- informational packet 1994
enTrade cost/benefit analysis; Women in the Building Trades Youth Project summary; Graduate Student Status Report June 7, 1995; undated
enTrade- correspondence, agreement, and microcassette recording regarding dissolution 1995-1996
Series VI: Subject Files 1971-2009; undated
material related to affirmative action, employment for women, Issues of "Hard Hat Construction" magazine sent to Martin from National Commission on Working Women of Wider Opportunities for Women 1971-1995
articles and clippings regarding tradeswomen 1978-2017
"Second Class, Working Class: An International Women's Reader" November 1979
Clara Fraser vs. Seattle City Lights- clippings January-March 1980
resources related to sexual harassment 1981-1988
Affirmative Action- clippings, reports, pamphlets, and other documents 1981-1991
"Blue Dollars" Associated Women Consultants, Bobbie Jeanne Deister, Ph.D. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, under the auspices of the Women's Educational Equity Act 1983
Affirmative Action- City of San Francisco 1983-1996
"Women Can: A Collection of Biographies of Women in Non-Traditional Occupations" final project Career Development Graduate Program John F. Kennedy University by Marcelle A. Brashear, et al. 1986
"Affirmative Action- State of California". Contains "California's Apprenticeship Program"; "Hearing on Women-in-Trades and the Program Alternatives for Tradeswomen Hiring (PATH) project" May 1984; February 1989
"Joe Hogan- Employment Coalition". Contains Community Employment Coalition of the Bay Area material related to Chinese for Affirmative Action; letters to Senator Marks; Letters relating to Project Quick February-March 1990
material related to Little Hoover Commission Hearing on Division of Apprenticeship Standards 1991
"Building a Strong Workforce: An Employers Guide to Recruiting and Retaining Women in Nontraditional Occupations" June 1992
"Journeyworker Jones". A script developed for educational purposes within the construction trades 1992
"Manual for Survival for Women in Nontraditional Employment" written by NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund and Association for Union Democracy, Women's Project 1993
Female Building Inspectors- correspondence, lists, and other documents 1993, 1995
Equal Rights Advocates packet- material related to affirmative action 1994-1995
Oakland Base Reuse Authority- memorandums, agendas, minutes, and other documents 1997-1998
union news- Local 100 article; "Union Democracy Review", No. 132; "The Smoke Eaters' Gazette" issues 18, 21, 22, 25; SEIU Local 790 "The Gurney Gazette", Vol. 1, No. 6; Plumbers and Fitters Local 393 articles re: U.S. aid to Colombia 2000-2002
"The Apprenticeship", California Division of Apprenticeship Standards Spring 2001
AB 1309 status and history 2001
National Women's Law Center- "Petition for Compliance Review of High School Vocational and Technical Programs by the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, San Francisco Office"; and other material related to Title IX August 29, 2002; undated
"Talking Points on the FTAA" (Free Trade Area of the Americas) Henning Center for International Labor Relations, Center for Labor Research and Education, UC Berkeley March 2003
"Responsibilities of the Board, The CompassPoint Board Model for Governance and Support" from "The Best of the Board Cafe" 2003
Discrimination Research Center- board meeting minutes; report "Proposition 209 and the Decline of Women in the Construction Trades" produced by The Discrimination Research Center and Equal Rights Advocates; "Racial Preferences: The Treatment of White and African American Job Applicants by Temporary Employment Agencies in California" May 23, 2001; December 2003; June 14, 2004
"Names Make a Difference: The Screening of Resumes by Temporary Employment Agencies in California" A report by the Discrimination Research Center, a program of The Impact Fund October 2004
women in the trades and women firefighters surveys for personal protective equipment; State of California, Department of Industrial Relations, Department of Health Services circa 2004
"A Vision Fulfilled? The Impact of Proposition 209 on Equal Opportunity for Women Business Enterprises" Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, University of California Berkeley School of Law September 2007
"Recruitment of Women in Non-Traditional Fields" City and County of San Francisco Department on the Status of Women July 2009
"OFCCP Compliance Assistance Working to Build the 21st Century Workforce"; "OFCCP: Making EEO and Affirmative Action Work", United States Department of Labor September 1993; circa 2009
United States Department of Labor- Women's Bureau Region 9 "Good Jobs for Every Women-Initiatives" fact sheet undated
"U.S. Imperialism" by Gilbert & Loud reprinted by Campus Moratorium undated
TASC planning (draft) undated
Series VII: Photographs June 1988; May 1989; December 1991; undated
"Occupation: Union Electrician" 1989
"Women in Construction", KGO Television October 23, 1994
"Consider a Non-Traditional Job" A Project of Missoula Montana NET Leadership Team undated
"Fran and Mary Saturday" January 15, 1994
KPFA Interview of Naomi Friedman and Bobbie Tracy January 24, 1994