mnsss530 Guida West Papers, 1946-2006 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Maida Goodwin. Processing of the Guida West Papers was made possible by the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities and Smith College Program for the Study of Women and Gender Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College Northampton, MA
2013 Finding aid encoded in NoteTab Pro. Encoded by Jeanne Lowrey. 2013-06-06 Finding aid written in English Collection Overview West Guida Guida West Papers 1946-2006 MS 555 98 boxes (51.25 linear ft. ) English , Portugese , Spanish Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College Northampton, MA
Political sociologist, Political activist, Researcher, Author. The bulk of the papers date from 1962 to 2006 and focus on West's activism, research, professional activities, speeches, and writings related to welfare rights and economic justice. Because the subject of West's research was the structure and strategies of local, regional, and national welfare rights organizations and their supporting Friends organizations, she assembled all of the documentation she could obtain, subscribed to many mailing lists, and kept very detailed notes on conversations, meetings, public events, and conferences. Her extensive working files are a treasure trove of information about individuals and organizations working for civil rights, welfare rights, and related social movements from the 1960s to the early 2000s. Her notes on conversations and annotations on meeting minutes provide a behind-the-scenes "you were there" sense of events as they unfolded with after-the-fact analysis supplied by files related to her speeches and writings. Organizations represented include the Montclair Welfare Rights and Friends of Welfare Rights, National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO) , New Jersey Friends of Welfare Rights, the United Church of Christ's Welfare Priority Team, the United Presbyterian Church, Synod of New Jersey, Committee on Church and Society and Commission on Religion and Race (SynCORR), the Women's Committee of One Hundred, and the Welfare Made a Difference National Campaign (WMAD). Extensive files on leaders in the welfare rights movement include tape recorded and transcribed interviews done in the mid-1970s and mid-1980s. Biographical Note

Guida West and her children Paul, and Laurie, 1961 (copyright unknown)

Margarida "Guida" Pyles and her twin sister Yolanda Thereza were born November 9, 1927 in Sao Paulo, Brazil to Richard Milton and Etelvina Pacheco e Silva Pyles. Richard M. Pyles, an electrical engineer, descended from an Irish immigrant who emigrated from Mississippi to Americana, Brazil after the U.S. Civil War. Guida was graduated from Escola Graduada in 1944 and Colegio MacKenzie in Sao Paulo in 1945, then went to work as a bilingual secretary for General Motors de Brasil.

Finding that American institutions were eager for foreign students, Pyles applied and was accepted at sixteen U.S. colleges. She chose to attend Barnard College beginning in the fall of 1946 and completed an AB in mathematics in 1950. Unable to find a job in mathematics, she went to work in September 1950 as an executive bilingual secretary at the Brazilian Mission to the United Nations. When Hugo Gouthier, her boss at the U.N., changed jobs, she continued as his private secretary from 1953 until the Fall of 1958 while also pursuing graduate study in sociology at Columbia University. An important influence on her later work was a seminar with Paul Lazarsfeld concerning the impact of McCarthyism on racism in southern schools. She completed her M.A. in 1959.

Guida Pyles married John Maurice West, a chemical engineer, on February 3, 1951. After she suffered several miscarriages, the Wests adopted a daughter, Laura, in the spring of 1960. West later gave birth to a son, Paul [1962?]

Though a contemporary curriculum vita lists her occupation as "fulltime caregiver to two children" for the years 1960-70, West became intensely involved in the civil rights and welfare rights movements during these years. West described her motivation in an interview:

I suppose for me it began as a young child in Brazil. We had a servant who was the son of a slave. He had almost no opportunity for formal schooling, but he was a brilliant man. As I grew older, and my respect for his ability increased, it seemed a terrible thing to me that this sickness in our society could cause us to lose the talent of such a man. (from "Local Brotherhood Award Winner Is a 'Do-Gooder' In the Best Sense," by Louise Saul, The Recorder, Metuchen, NJ, 17 Feb 1966)

Some of her earliest efforts were related to fair housing, developing a "Covenant of Open Occupancy" for Metuchen. She was also a charter member and "pioneer" of the Metuchen-Edison Racial Relations Council, which awarded her its first Brotherhood Award in 1966. She also served on the Montclair Council for Community Action, Essex County Legal Services, the Task Force to Support the Kilmer Job Corps, and the Montclair Interracial Council.

In a speech to the local NAACP in 1966, West recalled the day she became a U.S. citizen in 1961: "…that morning-as a new American-it was difficult for me to repeat the last six words of the pledge-'with liberty and justice for all.' For in our group there stood persons of minority groups to whom I knew liberty and justice are in reality just beautiful words and part of the unfulfilled American dream."

Convinced that the struggle for human rights, which she called "the struggle of our generation," must begin in the church, West organized a Church and Society Committee in her own parish, the First Presbyterian Church in Metuchen in 1961. "As a Presbyterian, I was told to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable," she explained in a 1999 speech. This work led to her appointment in 1965 to the Commission on Religion and Race of the Presbyterian Synod of New Jersey (SynCORR).

When the Wests moved in 1966, they tested the town's new "Covenant of Open Occupancy" and sold their house to an African-American family. This resulted in a "campaign of harassment" that included angry phone calls, and letters, a rift with John's parents, and the posting of a lawn sign saying, "Nigger Lovers, Niggers, Block-Busters Keep Out."

In the spring of 1967 West and Nel Van Dijk, both members of the Presbyterian Synod of New Jersey's Church and Society Committee, indicated that they would like to see the Committee address "the new welfare reform." The Committee responded by asking the two women to prepare a report on the issue. "Still No Room at the Inn: A Report on Public Assistance," completed in October of 1967, provided the basis of West's life's work. Though she began with "all the stereotypes" about people on public assistance, West later said she was "transformed by the study." The "immorality of the existence of poverty in such an affluent society as ours" turned her from a "do gooder" to understanding the issue as a matter of "self interest."

The summer 1967 riots in Newark added urgency to her work for racial and economic justice. As a Ford Foundation Urban Fellow, 1967-68, West served as chair and organizer for Seminars on the Urban Crisis for the Urban Training Institute of Essex County in 1969, The Right To Live Conference in 1969, the New Jersey Mobilization Against Hunger in 1971, and co-chair of the Public Welfare Seminar sponsored by the New Jersey Council of Churches in 1968.

As West's interest in welfare grew, she soon got involved in local welfare rights work, serving on Welfare Task Forces in her church, in Essex County, and for the Urban Training Institute. West helped to organize a New Jersey Friends of Welfare Rights Organization in Newark. The group met for the first time in February of 1970.

In a draft statement, possibly for a graduate school application, West wrote that involvement with civil rights and welfare rights as a volunteer prompted her to realize the inadequacy of her background…"even with my own personal continuous study." She wrote, "a volunteer does not carry the power or the influence that a professional does…. I want to use my available working years the most efficiently and effectively possible." To that end, she entered a Ph.D. program in sociology at Rutgers University in the fall of 1970.

Fascinated by the unique structure, strategies, and goals of the welfare rights movement, West decided to make it the subject of her thesis research. The National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO) worked to establish the concept of a minimum standard of living as a citizenship right and a human right, continuing and extending the civil rights movement's "right to live" concept to include economic justice. Welfare recipients could join local Welfare Rights Organizations (WRO) which were affiliated with state, regional, and the national group. Supporters could join Friends of Welfare Rights Organizations (FWRO) to provide financial and other support, but could not dictate policy or strategy. This "twin track" structure of WROs and FWROs became the focus of West's research.

West's decision to study the movement necessitated a change in role for her from that of "participant-observer" to "participant-observer" as of July 1971. She kept very detailed field notes; joined mailing lists; collected flyers, publications, and clippings; attended conferences and meetings; and interviewed more than fifty key participants in the welfare rights movement.

With the women's movement of the 1970s, West began to recognize obstacles she faced as a woman activist. Though she was driven by the principles of tolerance, caring, and responsibility ("my understanding of Christian principles") ingrained by her father, she realized that she had not been socialized for conflict or to be assertive. She found it personally difficult to let go of the traditional wife and mother role, and the work she chose resulted in the loss of friends, conflict with family members, and threats to her children. Yet, she explained, "the women I worked with became my sisters," like a new family, "I cared deeply what happened to them."

While working on her thesis, West served as consultant sociologist to the newly-established Welfare Priority Team of the United Church of Christ from 1971 until the NWRO disbanded in 1974.

West earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Rutgers in 1978. Her thesis, "The National Welfare Rights Movement: Social Protest of Welfare Women (1966-1976)," became her first book, The National Welfare Rights Movement: The Social Protest of Poor Women, which was published by Praeger in 1981. West described her work as an exploration of the question, "How do you bring about change?"

In the author's preface, West reflects that the work taught her "a great deal about my own paternalistic behavior and attitudes as well as the institutional racism prevalent in our society."

In her "Commentary" for West's book, the NWRO's Johnnie Tillmon wrote: "Guida West's story of the National Welfare Rights movement tells it like it was and how it came to be…. It is important because it is the history of poor women - especially poor Black women and poor White women and poor Hispanic women - in the United States. This is a history that is not often, if ever written about. Anyone who cares to understand about being poor in this country will learn much about our struggle in these pages."

After completing her Ph.D., West held various posts at Rutgers University between 1974 and 1987, including Coordinator of Continuing Education for Women in the Extension Division (1974-80), Assistant Professor of Sociology (1978-87), and Special Projects Administrator in the Institute for Research on Women (1987-89). She developed and supervised The New Jersey Project on Inclusive Scholarship, Curriculum and Teaching (the first statewide, state-funded gender and multi-cultural scholarship and curriculum project in the U.S.), obtained grant funding to establish the Training Institute for Sex Desegregation of the Public Schools in 1975, and developed and implemented policy/action conferences on Displaced Homemakers and Adolescent Pregnancy prevention. She also helped to found the Rutgers Women's Center, the Rutgers Institute for Research on Women, the Rutgers Women's Studies Program, and the Begin Again (B.A.) Program for Women.

In 1983, West initiated a research project to study the "patterns of change in the political behavior and ideology" of a sample of national welfare rights leaders from their early years through the heyday of the welfare rights movement and into the early 1980s. The end result was intended to be a book, originally titled "Welfare Rights Leaders in a Becalmed Movement" and later, "Protest Leadership Outcomes: Welfare Rights Leaders a Decade Later." Though the book was never completed, West presented the research (including extensive interviews with NWRO leaders) in a number of conference papers beginning in 1984.

After being denied tenure at Rutgers, West went to work in 1989 as Director of Policy, Advocacy and Research for the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Inc. (FPWA). In this capacity she gave testimony, and represented FPWA on various committees and boards associated with welfare and economic justice.

West and Rhoda Lois Blumberg compiled an anthology of essays, Women and Social Protest, about women's involvement in social change. Published by Oxford University Press in 1990, the book included articles by sociologists, political scientists, historians, and experts in women's studies. West authored a chapter titled "Women in the Welfare Rights Movement."

Beginning in 1990 she co-founded and co-directed the Welfare Reform Network (WRN) of New York City "to mobilize advocates and clients to influence welfare and poverty issues." The early 1990s brought Republican "Contract With America" efforts to change welfare, combined with Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign pledge to "reform welfare as we know it." In 1995, as federal legislation began to take shape, West was instrumental in forming the Women's Committee of One Hundred (WC100), a coalition of welfare recipients, social welfare professionals, activists, poverty lawyers, and others. WC100, which saw the reform effort as an attack on women's sexual and economic autonomy, worked to influence public opinion and counteract the prevailing narrative about welfare.

After her retirement from FPWA in December of 1994, West continued as a consultant to FPWA on poverty, income security, and welfare reform. She remained an involved activist for economic justice until advancing age and failing eyesight curtailed her activities.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Guida West Papers consist of 51.25 linear ft. dating from 1946 to 2006. Types of materials include correspondence, minutes, notes, photographs, press releases, reports, interviews, journal and newspaper articles, photographs, publications, speeches, writings, audiotapes, and memorabilia.

The bulk of the papers date from 1962 to 2006 and focus on West's activism, research, professional activities, speeches, and writings related to welfare rights and economic justice. Because the subject of West's research was the structure and strategies of local, regional, and national welfare rights organizations and their supporting Friends organizations, she assembled all of the documentation she could obtain, subscribed to many mailing lists, and kept very detailed notes on conversations, meetings, public events, and conferences. Her extensive working files are a treasure trove of information about individuals and organizations working for civil rights, welfare rights, and related social movements from the 1960s to the early 2000s.

Her notes on conversations and annotations on meeting minutes provide a behind-the-scenes "you were there" sense of events as they unfolded with after-the-fact analysis supplied by files related to her speeches and writings.

Files related to the Women's Committee of One Hundred (WC100) include candid personal communications and notes on the group's strategy sessions. Their communications provide a rare look into the strategic thinking and highly fraught debates these allies of poor women were engaged in, especially in their ongoing conflicts with conservative Republicans, a Democratic president and congress facing tough re-election campaigns, and with some white second-wave feminists who insisted that ending welfare supported feminist goals.

The papers contain only a minimal amount of personal information.

ACRONYMS:

AFDC = Aid to Families with Dependent Children

ARC = Applied Research Center

BHM = [United Church of Christ] Board for Homeland Ministries

BOB Coalition = Building Opportunities Bonus Coalition, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund

CLASP = Center for Law and Social Policy

E&RJPT = Economic and Racial Justice Priority Team of the UCBFHM

EITC = Earned Income Tax Credit

FPWA = Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies

FRAC = Food Research Action Center/Council

FWRO = Friends of Welfare Rights Organization

IFCO = Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization

IRW = Institute for Research on Women, Rutgers University

IWPR = Institute for Women's Policy Research

JOBS = Job Opportunity and Basic Skills Program

JSAC = Joint Strategy and Action Committee, Inc.

KWRU = Kensington Welfare Rights Union

MEJ = Movement for Economic Justice

MERRC = Metuchen-Edison Race Relations Council

MFWR = Montclair Friends of Welfare Rights

MMR = Montclair Mothers' Rights

NAHC = National Anti-Hunger Coalition

NCC = National Council of Churches

NCCP = National Center for Children in Poverty

NWRO = National Welfare Rights Organization

NWRU = National Welfare Rights Union

NWSA = National Women's Studies Association

REACH= Resources for Education to Assist Children (NJ)

SCAN = Social Concerns Action Network

SynCORR = Synod of New Jersey Commission on Religion and Race

TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

TISD = Training Institute for Sex Desegregation

TOP = Trenton Office Program, New Jersey Conference of Churches

UCBHM = United Church [of Christ] Board For Homeland Ministries

UCC = United Church of Christ

WISC = Washington Interreligious Staff Community

WMAD = Welfare Made a Difference National Campaign

WPT = Welfare Priority Team of the United Church of Christ

WRI = Welfare Rights Initiative

WRISC = Welfare Rights Information and Support Community

WRO = Welfare Rights Organization

WRN = Welfare Reform Network of New York City

 Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into eleven series:

I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS (1946-2006, n.d.) II. CORRESPONDENCE (1954-2005, n.d.) III. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (1954-2003, n.d.) IV. CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS (1968-2004) V. INDIVIDUALS (1966-2001, n.d.) VI. ORGANIZATION FILES (1961-2006, n.d.) VII. SPEECHES AND TESTIMONY (1965-2001, n.d.) VIII. WRITINGS (1971-2000, n.d.) IX. SUBJECT FILES (1971-2000, n.d.) X. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS AND COMPUTER MEDIA (1971-2002, n.d.) XI. ARTIFACTS ( 1968-95, n.d.) OVERSIZE MATERIALS

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Processed by Maida Goodwin, 2012

 Afro-American women-History--20th century-Sources Christianity and politics-Presbyterian Church-United States-History-20th century Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century-Sources Displaced homemakers Feminism--United States--History-Sources National Welfare Rights Organization (U.S.) New Jersey Friends of Welfare Rights Poor women--United States--History--Sources Poverty--United States--History--Sources Public welfare--United States--History--Sources Race relations--United States--History--20th century-Sources Social justice-History-20th century Tillmon, Johnnie United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. Race Relations Dept. United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of New Jersey Welfare Made A Difference National Campaign Welfare rights movement-New Jersey Welfare rights movement--United States--History--Sources Welfare recipients--Employment--New Jersey--History-Sources West, Guida Women in the Presbyterian Church-United States--History Women--Employment--United States--History-Sources Women's Committee of One Hundred Women's studies--History--Sources APPENDIX: Digital Audio Files Made from Standard Audio Cassettes

These digital files are available for research use. Please consult the reference staff about access.

Digital filenames

wes_001: National Welfare Rights Organization Conference, 30 Jul 1971

wes_002: United Church of Christ, Welfare Priority Team meeting, 3 Feb 1972

wes_003: United Church of Christ [WPT mtg ?], 3 Feb 1972

wes_004: Welfare Rights Organization Meeting, Montclair, 7 Feb 1972

wes_005: Conf Health Session, 8 Mar 1972

wes_006a: United Church of Christ, Welfare Priority Team #3 side 2, 17 Mar 1972

wes_006b: Banquet Awards etc. "no good" side 10

wes_007a: United Church of Christ, Welfare Priority Team #1, side 6, 17 May 1972

wes_007b: United Church of Christ, Welfare Priority Team #2, Panel H&W Chicago side 5, 17 May 1972

wes_008a: United Church of Christ, Welfare Priority Team, #1, Welfare Rights, side 7, 17 May 1972

wes_008b: United Church of Christ, Welfare Priority Team, Shinn side 8, 17 May 1972

wes_009a: Welfare Council Planning Meeting 5/25/72 side 1, 25 May 1972

wes_009b: Welfare Council Planning Meeting 5/25/72 side 2

National Welfare Rights Organization, Conference, Miami Beach 1972

wes_010a: [#1]; A.M. session, G. Wiley and Church Caucus Bob O'Donnell leading," 6 Jul 1972

wes_010b: [#1]; Church Caucus, 6 Jul 1972

wes_011a: #2, 6 Jul 1972

wes_011b: #2, 6 Jul 1972

wes_012a: #3; Plenary, 7 Jul 1972

wes_012b: #3; Coalition Workshops, 7 Jul 1972

wes_013a: #4; Coalition(?), 7 Jul 1972

wes_013b: #4; Church Caucus II, 8 Jul 1972

wes_014a: #5; Church plenary, 8 Jul 1972

wes_014b: #5; CPSDT, Jul 1972

wes_015: George Wiley interviewed by Paul Sherry, "Always on Sunday " radio show, 15 Apr 1973

wes_016: NWRO Convention 1973 Friends Meeting, 1973

wes_017: Paul Sherry interview, United Church of Christ, 5 Jul 1974

wes_018: Robert Langer interview, Health and Welfare Council of Metropolitan St. Louis, 11 Jul 1974

wes_019: Tim Sampson interview, 12 Jul 1974

wes_020: Welfare Rights Information and Support Community, 1974

wes_021: "UCC WPT/WRISC St Louis [side B didn't record]" tape recording of television program, New York Illustrated, "Welcome to Welfare," narrated by Ruby Dee, 18 Oct

wes_022: WRISC Workshop [side B "practically empty"], 1974

National Welfare Rights Organization Conference, 1974

wes_023a: #2; Mayor St. Louis, Frankie Jeter, Beulah Sanders, Jul 1974

wes_023b: #2; Johnnie Tillmon, Jul 1974

wes_024a: #3; Morning plenary, National Caucus on Black Aged, 12 Jul 1974

wes_024b: #3; Gray Panthers, 12 Jul 1974

wes_025: #4; a.m. workshop, WRO Mothers Speak-Ethel Mae Matthews from Atlanta "Excellent," 12 Jul 1974

wes_026a: #6; Bert de Leeuw speech, 13 Jul 1974

wes_026b: #6; Plenary afternoon, 12 Jul 1974

wes_027: Bert de Leeuw tape #2 29 Jul 1974 [may have been taped over with "Helen W." [Webber] 1 Oct 1974, NYC [leftover bit of Bert de Leeuw starts at minute 40]

wes_028: Joe Merchant, WPT [taped over Bert de Leeuw] side B says "half tape didn't come out" 26 Sep 1974 at UCC

wes_029: Johnnie Tillmon, 30 Jul 1974

wes_030: Tape # 2 J. Tillmon 30 Jul 1974[may be taped over]/Hulbert James, 26 Sep 1974

wes_031: "Always on Sunday" radio show with Paul Sherry of UCC, Helen Webber, Beulah Sanders, Richard Cloward, a week after the death of George Wiley "very good on coalitions, HW, accomplish. of mov. MEJ rationale," 8 Aug 1973

wes_032a: Faith Evans of NWRO interview in NYC, 11 Sep 1974

wes_032b: Frances Fox Piven [Faith Evans crossed out], 13 Sep 1974

wes_033: March 4 Drugs &Abortion, side 13 and 14, 4 Mar

wes_034: Speech by Anne McGrew Bennett "Women in a New Society," undated

wes_035a: United Church of Christ group discussion re New York state abortion law, undated

wes_035b: United Church of Christ group discussion re New York state abortion law,undated

wes_036: Guida West, some views on legal services and the historical development of the Legal Services Corporation [side B blank, I think], 3 Mar 1979

wes_037: Madeline Adamson #1 [side B blank, I think], 30 Jan 1984

wes_038: Madeline Adamson 2nd part, Rafe Pomerance [side B blank, I think], 30 Jan 1984

wes_039: Bobbie Bennett, NWSA, 26 Jun 1984

wes_040: Barbara Brown, Camden, NJ, 4 Jun 1984

wes_041: Joyce Burson, Washington DC, 16 Jun 1984

wes_042: Catherine Dandridge cont'd &Rosie Lee, Chicago "very poor tape, erased 20 minutes by accident", 12 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 126]

wes_043: Maud Davis tape #1, Larry Richardson on tape also, Newark, 16 Mar 1984

wes_044: Maud Davies tape #2, Larry Richardson on tape also, Newark, 16 Mar 1984

wes_045: Bert De Leeuw [says "copy" but we don't seem to have an original], 31 Jan 1984

wes_046: Ruby Duncan, Nevada, 29 Feb 1984

wes_047: Faith Evans [#1] "side #1 didn't come out," 18 Jan 1984

wes_048: Faith Evans sides 3 &4, 18 Jan 1984

wes_049a: Jim Evans "error taped over V. Evans" B side includes end of V. Evans, 31 Jan 1984

wes_049b: Jim Evans "error taped over V. Evans" with end of V. Evans, 31 Jan 1984

wes_050: Theresa Funicello tape # 1, 29 Oct 1983

wes_051: Theresa Funicello tape # 2, Brooklyn, 29 Oct 1983

wes_052: Tom Glynn, Boston, 21 Jun 1984 [see also microcassette 127]

wes_053: Ruby Grace tape # 1, Newark, 6 Dec 1983

wes_054: Ruby Grace tape #2, 6 Dec 1983

wes_055: Roberta Grant #1, Boston, 20 Jun 1984 [see also microcassette 128]

wes_056a: Roberta Grant #2, 20 Jun 1984 [see also microcassette 129]

wes_056b: Roberta Grant #2, also Sue B?,20 Jun 1984 [see also microcassette 130]

wes_057: Mamie Hall, NYC, 15 Jun 1984 [see also microcassette 131]

wes_058: Catherine Hamer tape # 1, 28 Nov 1983

wes_059: Catherine Hamer tape #2 "about ¼ of beg. is end of Catherine Hamer," 28 Nov 1983

wes_060: Marcia Henry # 1, San Francisco "one side only I think", 3 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 133]

wes_061: Kay Hurley, Boston, 21 Jun 1984 [see also microcassette 135]

wes_062: Espinola Jackson, San Francisco, 14 Jun 1984 [see also microcassette 136]

wes_063: Claradine James # 1, Roxbury, 20 Jun 1984 [see also microcassette 137]

wes_064: Claradine James # 2, Roxbury, 20 Jun 1984 [see also microcassette 138]

wes_065: Hulbert James, NYC, 29 Nov 1983

wes_066: Catherine Jermany #1, sides 1 &2, undated [see also microcassette 139]

wes_067: Catherine Jermany #2, sides 3 &4, undated [see also microcassette 140 ]

wes_068: Catherine Jermany #3, side 5, undated [see also microcassette 141]

wes_069: Frankie Jeter, WROAC, 24 Jun 1984 [see also microcassette 142 or 143]

wes_070: Dee Johnson, ANC Mothers, Los Angeles, 2 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 144]

wes_071: Marian Kidd [tape #1], 10 Dec 1983

wes_072: Marion Kidd tape #2, 10 Dec 1983

wes_073: Marian Kramer (cont.), Detroit, Michigan, 16 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 146]

wes_074: Andrea Kydd, 1 Feb 1984

wes_075: Rhoda Linton, 25 Jun 1984 [see also microcassette 148 or 149]

wes_076: Pauline London, Philadelphia, 24 Jul 1984 [see also microcassette 148 or 149]

wes_077: Ethel Mae Matthews, Atlanta, 11 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 151 or 152]

wes_078a: Ethel Mae Matthews tape #2 ½; (other half) Catherine Dandridge, Chicago, 12 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 153]

wes_078b: Catherine Dandridge, Chicago, 12 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 126]

wes_079: Bobbie McMahon #1, Washington DC "side B stuck, continued on side A tape #2," 30 Jan 1984

wes_080: Bobbie McMahon #2, Washington DC, 30 Jan 1984

wes_081: Shirley McNeill, Baltimore [tape #1], 6 Jun 1984 [see also microcassette 126]

wes_082: Shirley McNeill tape #2, Baltimore, 6 Jun 1984 [see also microcassette 155]

wes_083: Sarah McPherson, Washington DC, 27 Jan 1984

wes_084: Bill Pastereich, Hyannis, Mass., 20 Jun 1984 [see also microcassette 157]

wes_085: Elizabeth Perry, Washington DC, 27 Jan 1984

wes_086: Yvonne Perry tape # 1, 26 Jan 1984

wes_087: Yvonne Perry tape # 2, 26 Jan 1984

wes_088: Jackie Pierce, 1 Dec 1983

wes_089: Jackie Pope, New York, 20 Oct 1983

wes_090: Wade Rathke, New Orleans, 6 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 158]

wes_091: Margaret Rose, Montclair, NJ, 15 Nov 1983

wes_092: Audrey Rowe, 31 Jan 1984

wes_093: Timothy Sampson tape # 1, San Francisco, 3 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 159 and 160]

wes_094: Timothy Sampson tape #2, San Francisco [see also microcassette 159 and 160] Apr 1984

wes_095: Beulah Sanders and unknown,9 Jul 1983 [see also microcassette 161]

wes_096: Bernardine Saulsberry tape # 1, Seattle and Hal Nelson [see also microcassette 16--copy of this cassette], 9 Apr 1984

wes_097: Coretha Saxon tape # 1, N.J., 1 Dec 1983

wes_098: Coretha Saxon tape # 2, N.J., 1 Dec 1983

wes_099: Juanita Serrano, Cleveland, 13 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 164]

wes_100: Annie Smart, Baton Rouge, LA, 7 Apr 1984 [see also microcassettes 165, 166, or 167]

wes_101: Dottie Stevens # 1, Massachusetts, 21 Jun 1984

wes_102: Dottie Stevens # 2, Massachusetts, 21 Jun 1984

wes_103: Bruce Thomas #1, San Francisco, 4 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 168]

wes_104a: Bruce Thomas songs beginning 4/4 "Soon and Very Soon"; Moiece Palladino 4/5 [begins at minute 3:30], 4-5 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 156]

wes_104b: Moiece Palladino, San Francisco, 5 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 156]

wes_105: Johnnie Tillmon and Margaret Hayes in Washington DC, 17 Jun 1983

wes_106a: Johnnie Tillmon in Washington DC {German dialogue to 6.45}; Margaret Hayes, 17 Jun 1983 [see also microcassette 132]

wes_106b: Johnnie Tillmon; Margaret Hayes "see small tape on continuation of Mgt Hayes", 17 Jun 1983 [see also microcassette 132]

wes_107a: Johnnie Tillmon tape # 1 "stopped side 2 broken", 2 Apr 1984 ANC Office, Los Angeles [see also microcassette 169]

wes_107b: Johnnie Tillmon and women in ANC Office Los Angeles "Stopped # 2 See Other Tape", 2 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 170]

wes_108: Johnnie Tillmon "Side 2 over side broke", 2 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 171]

wes_109: Mel Turner, Washington DC, 30 Jan 1984

wes_110: Jeannette Washington tape # 1, NYC, 1 Jun 1984 [see also microcassettes 172-174]

wes_111: Jeannette Washington tape # 2, 1 Jun 1984 [see also microcassettes 172-174]

wes_112a: Mabel Watley, Cleveland, 13 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 175]

wes_112b: Mabel Watley (cont) and beginning of Juanita Saddler, 13 Apr 1984

wes_113: Joanne Williams, Washington DC, 1 Feb 1984

wes_114: Margaret Willis, Columbus, OH, 14 Apr 1984 [see also microcassettes 176-178]

wes_115: Nezzie Willis, Illinois [tape # 1], 19 Jan 1984

wes_116: Nezzie Willis 2nd tape, 19 Jan 1984

wes_117a: Marian Kramer "error taped over Shirley Smith Peoples and others in Columbus, a mess!", 14 Apr 1984 [see also microcassettes 145-146, 178]

wes_117b: Marian Kramer, Detroit "Start with side B", 14 Apr 1984 [see also microcassettes 145-146]

wes_118: Celebration of George Wiley, Washington, DC, 16 Jun 1983

wes_119a: Celebration of Edward Sparer, NYU Law School, Sylvia Law, Sharon Hunt Downtown Welfare Advocacy Center, Hulbert James, 29 Nov 1983

wes_119b: Celebration of Edward Sparer, NYU Law School, Hulbert James, 29 Nov 1983

wes_120: 18th Anniversary of WRO, Columbus, OH, Margaret Willis &Colleen Shillington, 30 Jun 1984

wes_121: Memorial Service for Bruce Thomas, Port Chester, NY, 15 Jul 1985

wes_122a: Side # 3 of Bernardine Saulsberry &Hal Nelson, Seattle; Side #1 of Leola Wofford, [begins at minute 22], undated, 9 Apr 1984?

wes_122b: Side #2 Leola Wofford, Mary Louise Williams, Helen Joyce Greenwood undated, 9 Apr 1984? [see also microcassettes 179-181]

wes_123: Group interview, Seattle, [tape #3] Mary Louise Williams, Helen Joyce Greenwood, Leola Wofford, 9 Apr 1984 [see also microcassettes 179-181]

wes_124: Group interview, Seattle [tape #2], Mary Louise Williams, Helen Joyce Greenwood, Leola Wofford, 9 Apr 1984 [see also microcassettes 179-181]

Digital audio files made from microcassettes

wes_125: Bertha Brown, Camden, NJ, 4 Jun 1984

wes_126: Catherine Dandridge, Chicago [same as 042], 12 Apr 1984?

wes_127: Tom Glynn [Boston], 21 Jun 1984?

wes_128: Roberta Grant # 1, 20 Jun 1984

wes_129: Roberta Grant # 2, 20 Jun 1984

wes_130: Roberta Grant # 3, 20 Jun 1984

wes_131: Mamie Hall "poor quality," NYC , 15 Jun 1984

wes_132: Margaret Hayes, Washington DC, 17 Jun 1983 [see also 105-106]

wes_133: Marcia Henry [# 1, San Francisco], 3 Apr 1984

wes_134: Marcia Henry [# 2, San Francisco], 3 Apr 1984

wes_135: Kay Hurley, Boston, 21 Jun 1984

wes_136: Espinola Jackson [San Francisco], 14 Jun 1984

wes_137: Claradine James # 1, Roxbury, 26 Jun 1984

wes_138: Claradine James # 2, Roxbury, 26 Jun 1984

wes_139: Catherine Jermany #1, undated

wes_140: Catherine Jermany #2, undated

wes_141: Catherine Jermany #3, undated

wes_142: Frankie Jeter # 1, undated

wes_143: Frankie Jeter # 2, undated

wes_144: Dee Johnson, Los Angeles, 2 Apr 1984

wes_145: Marian Kramer, Detroit [begins at 8:03], 16 Apr 1984

wes_146: Marian Kramer, Detroit, 16 Apr 1984

wes_147: Rosie Lee, Chicago, 12 Apr 1984

wes_148: Rhoda Linton # 1, 25 Jun 1984

wes_149: Rhoda Linton # 2, 25 Jun1984

wes_150: Pauline London, 24 Jul 1984

wes_151: Ethel Mae Matthews # 1, Atlanta, 11 Apr 1984

wes_152: Ethel Mae Matthews # 2, 11 Apr 1984

wes_153: Ethel Mae Matthews # 3, 11 Apr 1984

wes_154: Shirley McNeill [says O'Neill] #1, Baltimore, 6 Jun 1984

wes_155: Shirley McNeill #2, 6 Jun 1984

wes_156: Moiece Palladino, San Francisco, 5 Apr 1984 [see also microcassette 104]

wes_157: Bill Pastereich, 20 Jun 1984

wes_158: Wade Rathke, New Orleans, 6 Apr 1984

wes_159: Timothy Sampson [#1], San Francisco, Apr 1984

wes_160: Timothy Sampson [#2], Apr 1984

wes_161: Beulah Sanders, 9 Jul 1983

wes_162: Bernardine Saulsberry # 1, Seattle, 9 Apr 1984

wes_163: Bernardine Saulsberry # 2, 9 Apr 1984

wes_164: Juanita Serrano, Cleveland [see also cassette 099], 13 Apr [1984]

wes_165: Annie Smart [# 1], Baton Rouge, LA, 7 Apr 1984

wes_166: Annie Smart [# 2], 7 Apr 1984--[no file tape blank]

wes_167: Annie Smart [# 3], 7 Apr 1984

wes_168: Bruce Thomas, San Francisco, 4 Apr 1984 [see also 103]

wes_169: Johnnie Tillmon #1, Interview in car on way to ANC Office, Los Angeles, 2 Apr 1984

wes_170: Johnnie Tillmon #2, 2 Apr 1984

wes_171: Johnnie Tillmon #3, 2 Apr 1984

wes_172: Jeannette Washington #1, 1 Jun 1984 [see also cassettes 110-111]

wes_173: Jeannette Washington #2, 1 Jun 1984 [see also cassettes 110-111]

wes_174: Jeannette Washington #3, 1 Jun 1984 [see also cassettes 110-111]

wes_175: Mabel Watley, Cleveland, 13 Apr 1984

wes_176: Margaret Willis #1, Columbus, 14 Apr 1984 [see also cassette #114]

wes_177: Margaret Willis #2, 14 Apr 1984

wes_178: [Margaret Willis] Columbus group # 3, 14 Apr 1984

wes_179: Seattle Group Interview #1: Bernardine Saulsberry, Leola Wofford, 9 Apr 1984

wes_180: Seattle Group Interview #2, 9 Apr 1984

wes_181: Seattle Group Interview #4, 9 Apr 1984

United Church of Christ, Economic Justice for Women Who Are Poor Consultation, Washington, DC, Jan 1984

wes_182a: Coalition Building and Faith Evans workshop, 25 Jan 1984

wes_182b: Welfare Rights Caucus, 24 Jan 1984

wes_183a: Thelma Adair, President, United Church Women B/W went W/J Jackson 24 Jan 1984 [1 side] 60

wes_183b: Roxanne Jones Welfare Rights, 24 Jan 1984

wes_184a: Yvonne Delk, 24 Jan 1984

wes_184b: Adelle Blong, Inc. Maint Wkshop, 24 Jan 1984

wes_185a: Pat Schroeder a.m. panel, 25 Jan 1984

wes_185b: Lunch panel, 25 Jan 1984

wes_186a: Shirley Chisholm and Yvonne Delk, 25 Jan 1984

wes_186b: Final Day Welfare Rights Caucus Report, 26 Jan 1984

wes_187a: [unidentified meeting or conference] 8/29 session 47, 29 Aug

wes_187b: [unidentified meeting or conference] session 55, 29 Aug

Related materials can be found in the Sophia Smith Collection in the Papers of Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward, and the Records of Arise for Social Justice, Survivors, Inc., and the New Jersey Project.

Related materials in other archives include:

The Records of the National Assembly for Social Policy and Development and of the Downtown Welfare Advocate Center in the Social Welfare History Archives at the University of Minnesota and the George Wiley Papers at the Wisconsin Historical Society.

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS (1946-2006, n.d.) .5 linear ft.

This series contains correspondence, curriculum vitae, memorabilia, news clippings, photographs, and other materials related to Guida West and the Pyles family.

 CORRESPONDENCE (1954-2005, n.d.) .25 linear ft.

This series consists of a small amount of personal and professional correspondence. Correspondence from family and friends in Brazil is in Portuguese and English.

 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (1954-2003, n.d.) .5 linear ft.

Files are arranged alphabetically by employer.

This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, and notes related to Guida West's paid employment, commission, and advisory work.

CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS (1968-2004) 1.25 linear ft.

The files are arranged chronologically.

This series consists of correspondence, publications, proceedings, and conference packets from conferences organized by multi-organization coalitions, and by entities and organizations in which Guida West did not have an ongoing interest.

Materials about conferences mounted by organizations in which West had an ongoing interest are filed in SERIES VI. ORGANIZATIONS. Materials related to speeches and other presentations made at conferences by Guida West are in SERIES VII. SPEECHES AND TESTIMONY.

 INDIVIDUALS (1966-2001, n.d.) 3.5 linear ft.

The files are arranged alphabetically.

This series consists of working files on leaders in welfare rights and friends of welfare rights organizations and related social movements at the local, regional, and national level. There are also files on individuals working in government agencies (mostly in New Jersey) charged with administering welfare programs.

Materials include correspondence; flyers; interview guides, notes, and transcripts of interviews; news clippings; notes; newsletters; and writings.

Some of the materials were assembled and/or created by West as part of her activism in the movement, others were collected and/or created as part of her research, writing, and professional activities.

West's 1983-84 interviews with welfare rights leaders are especially rich and detailed, providing insight into life histories, factors which lead to the narrators' activism, details about the movement, and reflections on its impact.

Audiotapes of many of the interviews can be found in SERIES X. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS. Materials produced by related organizations can be found in SERIES VI. ORGANIZATIONS.

 ORGANIZATION FILES (1961-2006, n.d.) 18 linear ft.

The materials are arranged alphabetically.

This series consists of working files on local, regional, and national welfare rights and friends of welfare rights organizations, other organizations working on civil rights, issues related to poverty and for low-income people, and agencies that administer welfare programs. Materials include correspondence, minutes, news clippings, newsletters, notes, publications, and reports. Extensive field notes by West on meetings, conversations, conferences, and conventions. Materials related to the following organizations are especially rich: Montclair Welfare Rights and Friends of Welfare Rights, National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO) , New Jersey Friends of Welfare Rights, the United Church of Christ's Welfare Priority Team, the United Presbyterian Church, Synod of New Jersey, Committee on Church and Society and Commission on Religion and Race (SynCORR), the Women's Committee of One Hundred, and the Welfare Made a Difference National Campaign (WMAD).

Additional information about many individuals involved in these organizations can be found in SERIES V. INDIVIDUALS.

 SPEECHES AND TESTIMONY (1965-2001, n.d.) 1 linear ft.

The materials are arranged chronologically.

This series consists of texts and notes related to speeches, conference papers, and testimony given to a wide variety of audiences by Guida West. Conference papers that underwent significant revisions for potential publication, but were not ultimately published are included in this series.

Papers that were ultimately published can be found in SERIES VIII. WRITINGS

 WRITINGS (1971-2000, n.d.) 5 linear ft.

Writing projects are arranged alphabetically by title.

This series consists of correspondence, drafts, notes, typescripts, and final versions of West's published and unpublished writing on welfare rights and women and social movements, 1971-1996. The earliest materials are papers written for graduate school courses.

Materials originally generated for specific writing projects, such as interviews with welfare rights leaders, were interfiled in West's working files on individuals, organizations, and subjects that she used over the years in her writing and many different projects. These can be found in SERIES V. INDIVIDUALS, SERIES VI. ORGANIZATIONS, and SERIES VII. SUBJECTS.

 SUBJECT FILES (1971-2000, n.d.) 10 linear ft.

The materials are filed alphabetically using West's subject headings.

This series consists of academic papers, brochures, circular letters, clippings, conference packets, fact sheets, flyers, manuals, newsletters, notes, publications, press releases, and reports. Most are related to economic justice and welfare. To reduce the bulk of the collection, only those clippings and publications that were heavily underlined and annotated were saved in their entirety. In other instances, title pages of published works readily available elsewhere were retained to give a sense of the range of sources used by West.

 AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS AND COMPUTER MEDIA (1971-2002, n.d.) 10 linear ft.

In general, the sound quality of the standard audiocassettes (tapes and digital files numbered 001-124) is better than the microcassettes (tapes and digital files numbered 125-187).

Original audiovisual materials are closed to research use. Digital copies are available for most of the audiocassettes (see Appendix). Audiotapes not reformatted consist of copyrighted materials purchased by West. Consult SSC staff for more information. Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual materials for which there is no use copy should contact the Sophia Smith Collection to discuss options.

This series consists primarily of audiotaped interviews for Guida West's thesis research (1971-74) and interviews done in 1983-84 as part of the research for her proposed book on welfare rights leaders a decade after the demise of NWRO. There are also audiotapes of some meetings, conference sessions, and radio and television programs related to the welfare rights movement and its leaders.

During interviews, West often used two tape recorders (either two standard cassette recorders or a standard cassette recorder and a microcassette recorder), as insurance against failure of one recorder or other technical problems. While this often resulted in duplicate copies of the interview, there are also instances where West inadvertently taped over interviews or portions of interviews in one format, but not the other. As a result, researchers interested in hearing complete interviews may need to listen to both copies.

In most cases, full transcripts of these interviews and meetings can be found in SERIES V. INDIVIDUALS or SERIES VI. ORGANIZATIONS

 ARTIFACTS (1968-95, n.d.) .5 linear ft.

This series consists of buttons, stickers, badges, tickets, and an NWRO pendant and t-shirt.

 OVERSIZE MATERIALS (1965-2004, n.d.) .75 linear ft.

Oversize materials include posters, flyers, signs, and other memorabilia from conferences and organizations, newsletters published by various organizations (including many issues of NWRO's The Welfare Fighter), and some oversize charts and flip chart notes.

SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS 1 1 General, 1946-2000, n.d. 1 2 Curriculum vitae, 1978-91 1 Awards 1 3 General, 1985-98 1 4 Metuchen-Edison Racial Relations Council Brotherhood Award, 1966 1 5 Ohio State Consumers Education Association/Welfare Rights Organization, 1984-85, 1995 1 6 Welfare Reform Network, 2006 1 7 "The Bride's Notebook," 1951 1 8 Carlton and Pyles families, 1952-79 1 9 Controversy re: sale of house in Metuchen to African-American family, 1966 1 Education 1 Columbia University 1 10 General, 1954-59 1 11 Paper, "The Negro in Brazil," Sociology 174, 1954 1 12 Rutgers University, 1959-78 1 13 Adlai Stevenson, 1952 1 Photographs 1 14 Guida West and family, 1961-66 1 15-16 Civil rights and welfare rights, 1969-2001, n.d. SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE 1 General 1 17-19 1954-89 2 1-2 1990-2005, n.d. 2 Family 2 3-10 General, 1951-59 2 11-12 Stevensons, 1954-61, n.d. SERIES III. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES 2 13 Blackside, Inc.: Advisor to series "America's War on Poverty," 1994 2 14 Brazilian Consulate, 1954-61 2 Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) 2 15-17 General, 1988-2003, n.d. 2 18-19 Directory of New York City Public Officials, 1997, 1999 2 20 Georgetown Journal of Fighting Poverty, Board of Advisors, 1992-94 3 1-2 New Jersey Rehabilitation Commission: Welfare Rehabilitation Institute, 1971 3 Rutgers University 3 3 General, 1977-86 3 4 Training Institute for Sex Desegregation, 1975-80, n.d. 3 Lecture notes 3 5 "First day of class," n.d. 3 6 Film, "Killing Us Softly," and advertising images, n.d. 3 7 Film, "The Fear That Binds Us," 1988, n.d. 3 8 Film "Rosie the Riveter," 1987-88, n.d. 3 9 "Lectures on Social Movements," 1985-89 3 10 "Organizing class on gender in protest of rape of a classmate," 1983 3 11 Skylight Pictures: advisor to film, "Poverty Outlaw," 1997 3 12 Vision Quest Film and Video Productions: participation in film, "Welfare Warriors," 1997 3 13 Miscellaneous, 1985, 1995 SERIES IV. CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS 3

[see also SERIES VI. ORGANIZATIONS]

 3 14-15 Churchmen's Seminar on "The Public Welfare Crisis," Greater Newark Council of Churches and New Jersey Council of Churches, 24 Feb 1968 3 New Jersey Welfare Week and " Right to Live" Conference, 16-23 Nov 1969 3 16-17 General, Jul-Dec 1969, n.d. 3 18 Notebook 3 19 Resources 4 1 "The Right to Live," a conference on Public Welfare, Rutgers University and Middle Atlantic District of the National Council of Jewish Women, 29 Apr 1970 4 "Fall Mobilization Against Hunger" 1971 4 2-3 General, 1971-72, n.d. 4 4-5 Notebooks 4 6 Resources 4 7 "Children's March for Survival,"25 Mar 1972 4 "Interfaith Strategy Consultation on Welfare Reform," Washington Interreligious Staff Council,30-31 Jan 1973 4 8 General 4 9 Notebook 4 10 Regional Meeting for the New York, Pennsylvania & Central Atlantic Conferences on Welfare,1-2 May 1973 4 11 New Jersey Women's Meeting for the observance of International Women's Year, 17-19 Jun 1977 4 12 "Welfare Reform Seminar," National Assembly of National Voluntary Health and Social Welfare Organizations, 18 Nov 1977 4 13 Better Jobs and Income Conference, 16-17 Feb 1978 4 14 "The Displaced Homemaker: A Woman in Transition," 28 Sep 1978 5 1 "Caring/Sharing Conference," New Jersey Network for Displaced Homemakers, 19 Nov 1980 5 2 "A Critical Look at Welfare Reform: Strategies for Transforming the Debate," Jun 1987 5 3 "Women for Economic Justice," Framingham 5-7 Jun 1987 5 4 "Organizing for Welfare Rights in New York City," Office of City Council Member Ruth W. Messinger, 8 Mar and 11 Apr 1988 5 5 "Matriarchal Moments? New Perspectives on Women's Rebellions," Institute for Advance Study, 22 Apr 1989 5 6 National Survival Summit, "Up and Out of Poverty Now," [various locations?] 20-23 Jul 1989 5 7 Second National Survival Summit, 20-23 Aug 1992 5 8 "Wisdom From the Past, Visions For the Future," Institute for Policy Studies 30th Anniversary Conference and Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards Dinner, 2-3 Oct 1993 5 9 Emergency Meeting for Real Welfare Reform, 18 Jul 1994 5 10 "Expanding the Women's Activist Agenda: Uniting Activists, Researchers, Funders and Policymakers," 16-17 Oct 1995 5 11 New York State Welfare Breakfast, 14 Nov 1996 5 12 "Responding to Welfare Reform," Syracuse, NY, 26 Feb 1998 5 13 "Women Fighting Poverty" Conference V, "Winning Our Fair Share," New School for Social Research, New York, NY, 4 Apr 1998 5 14 "Welfare Reform and the College Option National Conference," 24-25 Sep 1999 5 15 "Re-Imagining the Welfare State," CUNY, 1 Mar 2004 5 16 Miscellaneous, 1971-2000 SERIES V. INDIVIDUALS 5

[see also Interview notes in SERIES VIII. WRITINGS and audio recordings of interviews in SERIES X. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS AND COMPUTER MEDIA]

 5 17 Nanette Adams, Newark, New Jersey [no interview], 1969, n.d. 5 Madeline Adamson 5

[see also Bert DeLeeuw]

 5 18 General, 1983-86 5 19 Correspondence and transcript, 1984 5 20 Muriel Ayers, Montclair, New Jersey: transcript, 1971 5 21 Judy Baldwin, FWRO of Morris County, New Jersey: transcript, 1971 5 22 Elayne Brodie, Rochester, New York [no interview], 1979 5 23 Louise Brookins, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [no transcript], 1983-84 5 Barbara Brown, Camden, New Jersey 5 24 General, 1983-87 5 25 Correspondence and transcript, 1983-84 6 1 Gail Ann Bruen, Family Services, Bloomfield, New Jersey: transcript 1971 6 2 Hobart Burch, UCC Welfare Priority Team: notes and transcript, 1974 6 3 Joyce Burson, WRO: correspondence and transcript, 1983-84 6 4 Bertha Cavanaugh, Rhode Island [no transcript], 1973-84 6 Richard Cloward 6

[see also Frances Fox Piven]

 6 5 General, 2000-02 6 6 Notes on conversation, 197(2)? 6 7 Bob Curvin, Bureau of Community Services, Newark, New Jersey: notes on interview, 1972 6 8 Catherine Dandridge, Chicago, Illinois, 1984 6 Maud Davis, Newark, New Jersey 6 9 General, 1987 6 10 Transcript, 1984 6 11 Shirley Davis and Doris McCrae, North Jersey Community Union, 1971 6 Bert DeLeeuw, 1984-87 6

[see also Madeline Adamson]

 6 12 General, 1984-90 6 13 Notes, correspondence, and transcript, 1974 6 14 Correspondence and transcript, 1984 6 15 Gary Delgado, Center for Third World Organizing, Oakland, California [no transcript], 1983-98 6 16-17 Ruby Duncan, Las Vegas, Nevada: general, 1983-89 6 18 Zella Emerson, Vermont [no interview], 1983 6 Faith Evans, UCBHM 6 19 General, 1976-96 6 20 Notes and transcript, 1974 7 1-2 Jim Evans, 1984-88 7 3 Virginia Evans, Washington, DC, 1983-84 7 Theresa Funicello, WRO 7

[see also Downtown Welfare Advocate Center and Social Agenda]

 7 4 General, 1976-2000, n.d. 7 5 Transcript, correspondence, and notes, 1983 7 6 Carol Glassman, 1971 7 7 Tom Glynn, Boston, Massachusetts: transcript and correspondence, 1984 7 Ruby Grace, Essex County Chapter National Clients Council, New Jersey WRO 7 8 General, 1972-98, n.d. 7 9 Transcript and correspondence, 1983 7 10 Juliet Grant, Newark, New Jersey: general and transcript, 1969-71 7 11 Roberta Grant, Boston, Massachusetts: transcript and correspondence, 1984 7 12 David Greene, WR Support Committee: General, 1989-90 7 13 Harriet Joyce Greenwood, Seattle, Washington: correspondence 1984 7

[see Wofford for transcript]

 7 14 Mamie Hall, Brooklyn, New York: correspondence, 1984 7 Catherine Hamer, Montclair WRO, New Jersey 7 15 General, 1982-87, n.d. 7 16 Transcript, correspondence, and interview guide, 1983 7 17 Rose Harris, Newark, New Jersey: notes, 1971 7 18 Glenn Hatfield, New Jersey FWRO, 1971 7 19 Margaret Hayes, WRO: partial transcript and correspondence, 1983 7 20 Florence Henderson, Morristown, New Jersey: correspondence, 1983 7 21 Marcia Henry, Oakland, California: transcript and correspondence, 1984 7 22 Etta Horn, Citywide Welfare Alliance, DC: notes on interview and clipping, 1970, 1983 7 23 Kay Hurley, Massachusetts: transcript and correspondence, 1984 7 24 Espinola Jackson, California: transcript and correspondence, 1984 7 25 Claradine James, Roxbury, Massachusetts: transcript and correspondence, 1984 7 Hulbert James, HumanSERVE Fund 8 1 General, 1985-97, n.d. 8 2 Transcript and notes, 1974 8 3 Transcript and correspondence, 1983 8 4 Kim Jefferson, Newark FWRO, New Jersey: transcript 1971 8 Catherine Jermany, San Francisco, California 8 5 General, 1971-85 8 6 Transcript and correspondence, 1984 8 Frankie Jeter, WRO of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 8 7 General, 1977-84 8 8 Transcript and correspondence, 1984 8 9 Dee Johnson, California: transcript and correspondence, 1984 8 10 Jean Jones, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: correspondence, 1983-84 8 Roxanne Jones, Philadelphia Citizens in Action 8 11 General, 1984-96 8 12 Notes on interview and correspondence, 1984 8 Marion Kidd, Newark WRO, New Jersey 8 13 General, 1970, 1986 8 14 Notes, 1971-72 8 15 Transcript and correspondence, 1983 8 16 Gwyn Kirk: general, 1988, n.d. 8 Marian Kramer, Michigan WRO, NWRU, Michigan Network to Abolish Workfare 8 17 General, 1988-93 8 18 Transcript and notes, 1984 8 Andrea Kydd, Michigan WRO, National Network to Abolish Workfare 9 1 General, 1986, 1989 9 2 Transcript and correspondence, 1984 9 3 Robert Langer, Health and Welfare Council of Metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, 1974 9 4 Rosie Lee, Chicago WRO, Illinois: correspondence 1984 9

[see also Dandridge]

 9 Rhoda Linton 9 5 General, 1984-85 9 6 Transcript and notes, 1984 9 7 Pauline London, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: transcript and notes, 1984 9 8 David Ludlow, New Jersey FWRO: notes and partial transcript, 1974 9 9 Ginger Mack, Chicago, Illinois: correspondence, 1984 9 10 Rudell Martin: correspondence, 1984 9 11 Ethel Mae Matthews, Atlanta, Georgia Poverty Rights Office: transcript and correspondence, 1984 9 12 John Mayer, National Farmworkers Ministry: notes on telephone conversation, 1974 9 Doris McCrae 9

[see Shirley Davis]

 9 Bobbie McMahan, Southwest Community House, DC 9 13 General, 1969-80, n.d. 9 14 Transcript and correspondence, 1983-84 9 Shirley McNeill, Baltimore, Maryland 9 15 General, 1970, n.d. 9 16 Transcript and correspondence, 1983-84 9 17 Sarah McPherson, DC: correspondence and interview guide, 1983-84 9 18 Joe Merchant, UCC Welfare Priority Team: notes and transcript, 1974 9 19 Yvonne Perry Myles, Virginia: transcript, correspondence, and interview guide, 1984 9 Hal Nelson 9

[see Saulsberry]

 9 20 Tony O'Flaherty, Essex County Welfare Department, New Jersey: transcript, 1971 9 21 Moiece Palladino, San Rafael, California: transcript, correspondence, and notes, 1984 9 Bill Pastereich, ACORN, MassWRO, Boston 9 22 General, 1983-88 9 23 Transcript and correspondence, 1984 10 1 James Pawley, Newark Urban League, New Jersey: notes, 1972 10 2 Shirley Smith Peoples, Columbus, Ohio: correspondence, 1984 10 3 Brenda Perry, Newark WRO, New Jersey: notes on telephone conversation, 1972 10 4 Elizabeth Perry, DC: transcript, correspondence, and interview guide, 1984 10 5 Jackie Pierce, Camden, New Jersey: transcript and interview guide, 1983 10 Frances Fox Piven 10

[see also Richard Cloward]

 10 6 General, 1966-91 10 7 Interview notes, 1974 10 8 Rafe Pomerance: transcript and correspondence, 1984 10 Jackie Pope, WRO 10 9 General, 1983-87 10 10 Transcript and correspondence, 1983 10 Wade Rathke, ACORN, New Orleans, Louisiana 10 11 General, 1979-82, n.d. 10 12 Transcript and correspondence, 1984 10 Margaret Rose, Montclair WRO, New Jersey 10 13 General, 1979-87 10 14 Transcript, 1971 10 15 Transcript and interview guide, 1983 10 Audrey Rowe, DC 10 16 General, 1987-94 10 17 Transcript and correspondence, 1984 10 Timothy Sampson, WRISC, Citizens Action League, Oakland, California 10 18 General, 1972-2001 10 19 Questions for interview and correspondence, 1974 10 20 Transcript and correspondence, 1984 10 Beulah Sanders, Citywide WRO, New York City, NWRO 11 1 General, 1970-84 11 2 Transcript and notes, 1983 11 Bernardine Saulsberry, Operational Emergency Center, Seattle, Washington 11 3 General, 1982, n.d. 11 4 Transcript and correspondence, 1983-84 [with Hal Nelson] 11 5 Coretha Saxon, National Clients Council, Camden, New Jersey: transcript, correspondence, and interview guide, 1983 11 6 Pat Scott, Oregon, California: correspondence, 1984 11 7 Juanita Serrano, Greater Cleveland WRO, Ohio: transcript and correspondence, 1984 11 Paul Sherry, United Church of Christ 11 8 General, 1971-72 11 9 Notes and transcript, 1974 11 Colleen Buckley Shillington, Ohio 11 10 General, 1986-99, n.d. 11 11 Interview notes and correspondence, circa 1984 11 Annie Smart, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, National Anti-Hunger Coalition, Annie Smart Leadership Development Institute 11 12 General, 1987, 1993, n.d. 11 13 Transcript, correspondence, and notes, 1984 11 14 Lee Staples: notes, 1985 11 Dottie Stevens, Survivors Inc., Mass. WR Union, ARMS, Boston, Massachusetts 11 15 General, 1984-2001 11 16 Transcript, 1984 11 17 Maureen Taylor, Michigan WRO: general 2001 11 Bruce Thomas, San Francisco California (Bernard Eugene "Bruce") 11 18 General, 1982-85 11 19 Transcript and correspondence, 1984 11 Johnnie Tillmon, ANC Mothers Anonymous, Los Angeles, California, NWRO 11 20 General, 1983-96 11 21 Notes and transcript, 1974 11 22 Transcript, 1983, and correspondence 1984 11 23 Elizabeth Turner, Iowa, 1971 12 1 Mel Turner, Maryland: transcript and correspondence, 1984 12 2 Lucius Walker, Jr., HOME: notes and general, 1974 12 Jeannette Washington, New Alliance Party, New York City 12 3 General, 1983-84, n.d. 12 4 Transcript, 1984 12 5 Mabel Watley, Greater Cleveland WRO, Ohio: general, transcript, and correspondence, 1984 12 6 Helen Webber, WPT: notes and transcript, 1974 12 7 Mrs. Bruce Wells, Newark Housing Authority, New Jersey: notes, n.d. 12 George Wiley, NWRO 12 8 General, 1969-83 12 9 Notes on Paul Sherry interview, 1973 12 10 Gwenda Williams, Montclair WRO, New Jersey: notes, 1971 12 11 Joanne Williams: general, 1984, 1987, n.d. 12 12 Marjorie Williams, Newark WRO, New Jersey: notes, 1971 12 13 Mary Louise Williams, Seattle, Washington: general, 1982-88 12

[see Wofford]

 12 Margaret Willis, Ohio WRO 12

[see also Johnnie Tillmon]

 12 14 General, 1984-89 12 15 Transcript, 1984 12 16 Nezzie Willis, Chicago, Illinois: transcript, correspondence, interview guide, and notes, 1983-84 12 17 Leola Wofford, Seattle, Washington: correspondence, 1984 12 18 Leslie Wolfe: general, 1978, 2000 SERIES VI. ORGANIZATION FILES 12 19 Advocacy Resources for Modern Survival (ARMS)[Dottie Stevens], Boston, Massachusetts, 1984 12 20 Alliance for Displaced Homemakers (national), 1977-78 12 21 American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, 1969, 1976 12 22 American Jewish Committee, 1969, n.d. 12 23 ANC [Aid to Needy Children] Mothers Anonymous [Johnnie Tillmon], Los Angeles, California, n.d. 12 24 Annie Smart Leadership Development Institute, 1993, n.d. 12 25 Applied Research Center, 2000 12 26 Arkansas Welfare Rights Organization, 1970 12 27 Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)[Wade Rathke], 1980-88, 2001 12 28 Bergen County (NJ) Mobilization Against Hunger Committee, circa 1969 12 29 Black Women United For Action, Inc., 1998 12 30 Black Women's Agenda, 1987 13 1 Boston Industrial Mission, n.d. 13 2 Campaign for Adequate Welfare Reform Now, 1971-72 13 3 Center for Community Change (CCC), 1973-76 13 4 Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), 2000-02 13 5 Center for Third World Organizing[Gary Delgado], 1983, 1991, n.d. 13 6 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 1995, 2000-02 13 Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law/Welfare Law Center/National Center for Law and Economic Justice 13 7-15 1972-Jul 1979 14 1-5 Aug 1979-2006, n.d. 14 Central Presbyterian Church, Montclair, New Jersey 14 6-8 General, 1967-71, n.d. 14 9 Task Force on the Urban Crisis, 1967-68 14 10 Central United Presbyterian Church, Newark, New Jersey, 1968-69 14 11 Chicago Friends of Welfare Rights Organizations, 1970-71, n.d. 14 12 Chicago Welfare Rights Organization [Rosie Lee], 1984-85 14 13 Children's March for Survival, 1972 14 14 Citizens Action League (CAL), 1984 14 15 Citywide Coordinating Committee of Welfare Groups, New York City, n.d. 14 16 Clark County Welfare Rights Organization, Nevada, 1974, n.d. 14 17 Coalition for Basic Human Needs (CBHN), 1980, 1989 14 18 Coalition For Human Needs and Budget Priorities, 1973, n.d. 14 19 Coalition of Grassroots Women (NYC), 1977 15 1 Coalition on Human Needs, 1994-2002 15 2 Coalition on National Priorities and Military Spending, 1971 15 3 Collingswood Welfare Rights Organization (Camden, NJ), 1970-73, n.d. 15 4 Commission on Religion in Appalachia (CORA), n.d. 15 5 Committee of Concern (Newark, New Jersey), 1968 15 6-8 Common Cause, 1971-75, n.d. 15 9 Community Action Committee, Waterbury, CT, circa 1970 15 10 Community Crisis Intervention Project, Crisis and Change newsletter, 1972, n.d. 15 11 Community Food Resource Center, 1997-99, n.d. 15 12 Community Voices Heard, 2005, n.d. 15 13 Consumers Buyers Club [Marion Kidd], Newark, NJ, 1971-72 15 14 Council of Presidents (COP) Task Force on Economic Security, 1995-97

[see also National Council of Women's Organizations]

 15 Crusade Against Hunger 15

[see OVERSIZE MATERIALS]

 15 15 Detroit/Wayne County Homeless Action Network, 2000 15 16-17 Displaced Homemakers Network, Inc., 1978-82, n.d. 15 18 Downtown Welfare Advocate Center (DWAC) [Theresa Funicello], New York City, 1975-79, n.d. 15

[see also Social Agenda below]

 15 19 Education Center for Community Organizing, 1989-95, n.d. 15 20 Empire State Economic Security Campaign (ES2), 2000 15 21 Essex County (NJ) Legal Services Corporation, 1969-70 15 22 Essex County (NJ) Welfare Board, 1968-75 15 23 Essex-Newark Legal Services, 1983 15 Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies 15

[see Professional Activities]

 15 First Presbyterian Church, Metuchen, New Jersey 15 24 Covenant of Open Occupancy, 1966 15 Church and Society Committee 15 General 15 25-26 1961-65 16 1 1966, n.d. 16 2 Notebooks, 1964-66 16 3-4 Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), 1971-76, 1978-79, n.d. 16 5 Friends Committee on National Legislation, 1972 16 6 Friends of Welfare Rights of Essex County (NJ), 1968-72, n.d. 16 7 Georgia Department of Family and Children's Services, 1970 16 8 Greater Cleveland Welfare Rights Organization (Ohio), 1970-84, n.d. 16 9 Greater Newark Council of Churches, 1965-68, n.d. 16 10 Greater Newark Urban Coalition, 1968-72, n.d. 16 11 Houston Legal Foundation, 1974 16 12 Houston Metropolitan Ministries, 1974 16 13 Houston Welfare Rights Organization (Texas), 1977, 1983 16 Human Service Employees Registration, Voting and Education Campaign (HumanSERVE) 16 14 General, 1983-85 16 15 Agency-Based Voter Registration Kit, 1984 16 16 Hunger Action Network, 1999-2004, n.d. 16 17 IMPACT Interreligious Network (national and New Jersey), 1975-78, n.d. 16 18 Indian Welfare Rights Organizations, 1970-73 16 19 Institute for Policy Studies, 1987 17 1 Institute for Social Justice, 1979-83 17 2 Institute of Social Relations, Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, 1974 17 Institute for Women's Policy Research 17 3-5 General, 1995-2006, n.d. 17 6 Conference "Women and Welfare Reform: Women's Poverty, Women's Opportunities, and Women's Welfare," 23 Oct 1993 17 Welfare Reform Research Coordinating Meeting, 11-12 Jul 1997 17 7-10 Briefing book 17 11 Notes 17 Welfare Reform Research Coordinating Meeting, 8-9 Nov 1997 17 12 General 17 13-14 Briefing book 18 1-2 Briefing book (cont'd) 18 3 Speaker and participant packet 18 4-5 Inter-Faith Task Force for Public Assistance Reform in Ohio, 1970-72, n.d. 18 6-8 Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), 1969-75, n.d. 18 Jobs for the Future 18

[see OVERSIZE MATERIALS]

 18 9 Joint Center for Poverty Research (JCPR), 2000-02 18 10-12 Joint Strategy and Action Committee (JSAC), 1968-80, n.d. 18 13 Justice, Economic Development and Independence for Women (JEDI Women), 1993 18 14 Kansas City Welfare Rights Organization, 1970 18 15-18 Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KWRU), 1992-2003 19 1 League of Women Voters of New Jersey, 1970-73 19 2 League of Women Voters of the United States, 1968-83, n.d. 19 3 League of Women Voters, miscellaneous state and local groups, 1964-71 19 4 Legal Aid Society, 1998-2003, n.d. 19 5 Legal Momentum, 2004-2005 19 6-7 Legal Services of New Jersey, 1978-83 19 8 Maryland Welfare Rights Organization, 1969-72 19 9 Massachusetts Welfare Rights Organization, 1974-75, n.d. 19 10 Massachusetts Welfare Rights Union, 1994-96 19 11 Memorial West United Presbyterian Church, Newark, 1967 19 12 Metropolitan Associates of Philadelphia, 1968 19 13 Metropolitan Detroit Welfare Reform Coalition, 1977 19 14 Metropolitan Ecumenical Ministry (MEM), 1970 19 15 Metropolitan-Urban Service Training (MUST), 1965-67, n.d. 19 16-18 Metuchen-Edison Community Service Committee for the Kilmer Job Corps Center, 1965-66, n.d. 19 19-20 Metuchen-Edison Racial Relations Council, 1962-66, n.d. 20 1 Miami Valley (Ohio) Unemployed Council, 1995-96 20 2 Michigan Network to Abolish Workfare, 1984, n.d. 20 3 Michigan Welfare Rights Organization [Marian Kramer], 1988-2001, n.d. 20 4 Middlesex County College, Displaced Homemakers Center (New Jersey), 1980-82, n.d. 20 5 Ministry of Metropolitan Mission, St. Louis, 1974 20 6 Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action, 1997 20 7 Mobilization For Enough to Live On, 1978 20 8 Monmouth County Welfare Board (New Jersey), 1971, n.d. 20 9 Monroe County (NY) Coalition for Welfare Justice, 1972 20 10 Montclair Bureau of Public Welfare, 1959-64 20 11-12 Montclair Fair Housing Committee (New Jersey), 1965-68, n.d. 20 Montclair Friends of Welfare Rights (FWRO) 20 13-15 General, 1969-72, n.d. 20 16 Notebooks, 1969, n.d. 20 Montclair Welfare Rights and Friends of Welfare Rights 20 17-18 General, 1970-72, n.d. 20 19-22 Binder, 1968-71 21 1-3 Notebooks, 1972 21 4 Funding proposals, 1971, n.d. 21 5 Interview and other notes, Nov 1971 21 Montclair Mothers' Rights [WRO] 21 6-10 General, 1968-75, n.d. 21 11 Notebook, Aug-Nov 1971 21 Montclair Parent Advisory Council (PAC) for Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) 21 12 General, 1968-71, n.d. 21 13 Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law conference, 11 Sep 1971 21 14-16 Notebooks, 1971 21 17 Morris County (NJ) Friends of Welfare Rights Organization, 1972-73 22 1 Mount Vernon (NY) Self-Help Project, Inc., 1972 22 Movement for Economic Justice/Jobs and Justice 22 2-8 General, 1973-80, n.d. 22 9-14 Just Economics newsletter, 1973-80 23 1 National Anti-Hunger Coalition (NAHC) [Annie Smart], 1986-90, n.d. 23 2-4 National Assembly for Social Policy and Development, 1964-75 23 5 National Assembly of National Voluntary Health and Social Welfare Organizations, Inc., 1975-77 23 6 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1975-79 23 7 National Association of Black Social Workers, 1995 23 8 National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 1971-2000, n.d. 23 9 National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support, 2001 23 National Caucus of Labor Committees 23

[see OVERSIZE MATERIALS]

 23 10 National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), 2002 23 11 National Clients Council, national and Essex County Chapter (NJ) [Ruby Grace], 1979-83, n.d. 23 12 National Coalition on Women, Work, and Welfare Reform, 1987 23 13 National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, n.d. 23 14 National Committee on Employment of Youth, 1966 23 15 National Committee on Tithing in Investment, 1965, n.d. 23 16 National Conference on Social Welfare, 1966-67 23 National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC) 23 17-18 General, 1958-2001 23 19 Memo From the Washington Office, 1964-68 23 20 Crusade Against Hunger, 1970-71 23 21 Convocation of Conscience, 9-11 May 1973 23 22 Luncheon with National Welfare Rights Organization, 5 Oct 1973 23 23 National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), 1996 23 24 National Council of Negro Women, Newark Section, 1969 23 National Council of Women's Organizations 23

[see also Council of Presidents]

 23 General 23 25 1999 24 1 2000-2002 24 2 Domestic Priorities Task Force, 2000 24 3 National Council on Women, Work, and Welfare, 1978-79 24 4 National Farm Worker Ministry, 1971-73 24 5 National Jobs For All Coalition, 1996-2002, n.d. 24 6 National Network to Abolish Workfare, 1984 24 National Organization for Women (NOW) 24 7 General, 1976-2001, n.d. 24 Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDEF) 24 8-11 General, 1992, 1995-2003, n.d. 24 12-13 BOB Coalition (Building Opportunities Bonus), 1998-2001, n.d. 24 14 Conference, "To Promote the General Welfare: Ending Women's Poverty," 6-7 Mar 2000 24 15 Leadership Summit "The Link Between Violence and Poverty," 28 Apr 1995 24 16 Working Group on Domestic Violence and Welfare, 1997 24 17 Task Force on Older Women, 1976 25 1 New Jersey, 1976-79 25 2 New York City Chapter, 1997 25 3 National Organizers Alliance, 1996 25 4 National Right To Work Committee, 1975 25 5 National Tenants Organization, 1971 25 National Unemployed and Welfare Rights Organization 25

[see OVERSIZE MATERIALS]

 25 6 National Urban League, 1972-75, n.d. 25 7 National Welfare Monitoring and Advocacy Partnership, 2000 25 8 National Welfare Rights and Reform Union, 1988-91, n.d. 25 National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO) 25 General 25 9-17 1967-71 26 1-6 1972-76, 1996, n.d. 26 Conventions and conferences 26 7 Action Conference, Chicago, 22-25 Aug 1968 26 8 National Conference, Pittsburgh, 22-26 Jul 1970 26 9 Eastern Regional Conference, Waterbury, CT, 27-28 Nov 1970 26 National Conference, Providence, RI, 28 Jul-1 Aug 1971 26 10 General 26 11 Church-Related Friends of Welfare Rights meeting, 28-30 Jul 26 12 Notebook 26 13 Eastern Regional Conference, New York Theological Seminary, 25 Feb 1972 26 14 Eastern Regional Survival Conference, Albany, NY, 9-11 Jun 1972 26 National Conference, Miami Beach, 5-9 Jul 1972 26 15 Pre-conference materials 26 16 General 27 1 Coalition of Church-Related Friends of Welfare Rights Organizations meetings 27 2 Notes 27 3 Eastern Regional Conference, Baltimore, 11 Nov 1972 27 National Convention, Washington, DC, 11-15 Jul 1973 27 4 Pre-convention materials 27 5 General 27 6 Notes 27 National Convention, St. Louis, MO, 11-14 Jul 1974 27 7 Pre-convention materials 27 8 General 27 9 Notes 27 10 National Convention, Los Angeles, CA, 17-19 Jul 1975 27 National Convention, Little Rock, AR, 4-6 Aug 1977 27 11 General 27 12 Notes 27 Publications 27 13 Miscellaneous, 1969-72, n.d. 27 14 "Adequate Income Plan," 1968-71, n.d. 27 15 Membership materials 27 16 "New Food Stamp Bill of Rights," circa 1971 27 Organizing kits 28 1 General, 1969-72 28 2 Don't Buy Sears, 1969 28 3 Food rights, 1969 28 4 Live on a Welfare Budget, 1969 28 5 School breakfast and lunch, 1970-72 28 6 Utility rights, 1969-71 28 7 "Supplemental Security Income Program Advocates Manual," n.d. 28 8 Title I, 1971, n.d. 28 9 "Welfare Bill of Rights" and "Bill of Welfare Rights," n.d. 28 10 The Welfare Fighter, 1974 28

[see OVERSIZE MATERIALS for 1969-73]

 28 11 "Your Rights in WIN-Talmadge," 1972 28 NWRO/Friends of NWRO 28 12 Notebook, 1971 28 13 Notebook "Oct 1971," Oct-Dec 1971 28 14 Notebook "Jan Feb 1972" 28 15 Notes, 1972-75 28 National Welfare Rights Union (NWRU) 28 16-19 General: 1987-91, 1994-2000, n.d. 29 1-1A First Annual Convention, "Up and Out of Poverty," Detroit, 3-5 Sep 1988 29 2 National Woman's Party, 1983 29 3 National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC), 1973-77 29 4 New American Movement, circa 1972 29 5 New Jersey Community Action Training Institute, 1967 29 New Jersey Council of Churches 29 6-13 General, 1965-70, n.d. 29 14 Task Force on Welfare, 1969-78, n.d. 29 15 New Jersey Displaced Homemakers Task Force, 1976-82, n.d. 29 16 New Jersey Family Planning, 1977 29 New Jersey Friends of Welfare Rights 29 17-20 General, 1967-73, 1977, n.d. 30 1 Notebook, Aug-Sep 1971 30 2 New Jersey Friends of Welfare Rights/Welfare Rights Organization: notebook, Mar 1971 30 3 New Jersey Welfare Rights Organization, 1969-83, n.d. 30 New Jersey Interreligious Legislative Council 30

[see IMPACT]

 30 4 New Jersey Network on Adolescent Pregnancy, Exchanges (ed. by Guida), 1980, 1985 30 5 New Jersey Standard of Need Advisory Committee, 1989, n.d. 30 6-7 New Jersey Welfare Council, 1967-74 30 8 New Jersey Welfare Reform Working Group, 1989 30 9 New Priorities Movement, 1974-76, n.d. 30 10 New York Urban Coalition, 1977 30 11 Newark Clients Council, [Ruby Grace] 1978-79 30 12 Newark and Essex County Legal Services Projects Joint Board of Trustees, 1970-71 30 13 Newark Essex CORE, n.d. 30 14 Newark Welfare Rights Organization/Friends of Welfare Rights Organization, 1971-74 30 15 Newark Youth Opportunity Center, 1966 30 16 Occupational Emergency Center, Seattle [Bernardine Saulsberry], 1982, n.d. 30 17 Ohio Empowerment Coalition, Cincinnati, n.d. 30 Ohio Welfare Rights Organization/Ohio State Consumers Education Association [Margaret Willis & Colleen Shillington] 30 18-20 General, 1970, 1983-89 30 21 Convention, 1984 30 22 Annual Conference, 1985 31 1 Older Women's League, 1978-80 31 2 Paterson (NJ) Welfare Rights Organization/Friends of Welfare Rights Organization, 1972, n.d. 31 3 Philadelphia Citizens in Action, 1982-83 31 Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization 31 4 General, 1978 31 5 October/I Am on Welfare Program, 1969 31 6 Poor People's Development Foundation, 1972 31 7 Poverty/Rights Action Center, n.d. 31 8-10 Poverty Rights Office (Atlanta, GA), Poor People's Newsletter [EthelMaeMatthews], 1984-93 31 Presbyterian Synod of New Jersey 31

[see United Presbyterian Church, Synod of New Jersey]

 31 Presbytery of Newark 31

[see United Presbyterian Church, Synod of New Jersey]

 31 11 Priests for Equality, 1977, n.d. 31 12 Project Equality of New Jersey, Inc., 1971, n.d. 31 13 Public Assistance Coalition, Wisconsin Council of Churches, 1970-73, n.d. 31 14 Public Interest Projects, Inc., 1996 31 15 RAP Inc., circa 1972 31 16 Reform Organization on Welfare (ROWEL), 1973-74, n.d. 31 17 Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, 1974-80, n.d. 31 18 Research for Education to Assist Children (REACH), 1969, n.d. 31 19-20 RESULTS (Responsibility for Ending Starvation Using Legislation, Trimtabbing and Support"), 2000-01, n.d. 31 21 Rhode Island Fair, Welfare Rights Organization [Bertha Cavanagh], 1966-72, n.d. 31 22 Rochester Action for Welfare Rights [NY], 1972-73 31 23 Rural Advancement Fund, 1971, 1975 32 1-2 Rutgers University, 1969-73, 1980, n.d. 32 3 SANE, A Citizen's Organization for a Sane World, 1967-74, n.d. 32 4 Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality (SEDFRE), 1969 32 Social Agenda [Theresa Funicello] 32

[see also Downtown Welfare Advocate Center]

 32 5 General, 1984-87, n.d. 32 6 Conference: "Social Policy and the Current Economic Crisis," 29 Nov 1984 32 Social Concerns Action Network (SCAN) 32 7-12 General, 1972-78, n.d. 32 13 Conference on Poverty and the Federal Priorities, 12 May 1973 32 14 Sojourners, 1978, 1999, n.d. 32 15 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 1977-78 32 16 Survivors, Inc. [Dottie Stevens], 1996-2005 32 17 United Black Workers, Ford Mahwah Assembly Plantation, Mahwah, NJ, 1973 33 United Church of Christ 33 1-3 General, 1966-2001, n.d. 33 United Church Board for Homeland Ministries (UCBHM) 33 4 General 33 Deering Conference 33 National Economic Priorities, 17-22 Jul 1972 33 5 General 33 6 Notebook 33 Planning for Social Change, 22-27 Jul 1973 33 7 General 33 8 Notebook 33 9 Deering Conference on National Health Insurance and Occupational Health, 15-19 Jul 1974 33 10 Economic and Racial Justice Priority Team, 1976, n.d. 33 11 "Economic Justice" newsletter, 1978-83 33 12 Family Planning and Abortion Program, 1973-74 33 Journal of Current Social Issues 33 13-14 1968, 1973, 1974, 1976 spr and fall 34 1 1976 winter, 1978 34 2 Shalom Curriculum, "Shalom is Economic Justice," 1973 34 Welfare Priority Team 34

[see also NWRO/FWRO]

 34 General 34 3-12 1970-Sep 1972 35 1-11 Oct 1972-74 35 12 Notes on NWRO/WPT directions, 1972 35 13 Welfare Issues mailings, 1970-74, n.d. 36 1 United Community Corporation, Newark, 1966, 1971 36 2 United Farm Workers, 1972-75, n.d. 36 United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. 36 3 General, 1964-72, n.d. 36 4 Board of National Missions, Church and Race Memo, 1970 36 5-6 Commission on Religion and Race, Religion and Race Memo, 1964-68 36 Committee on Church and Society 36 7 General, 1967-72 36 8 Dialogue Program, 1964-65 36 9 "Still No Room at the Inn: a report on Public Assistance," by Nel Van Dijk and Guida West: notes, correspondence, drafts, 1966-67 36 Commission on Religion and Race (SynCORR) 36 10-17 1964-Apr 1967 37 1-5 May 1967-68, n.d. 37 6 Presbytery of Newark, 1968-72, n.d. 37 7 United Presbyterian Women, 1968 37 8 United Welfare Groups of Essex County (NJ), 1967-69 37 9 United Welfare Mothers of Hayes Homes, Newark, NJ, 1970 37 10 United Workers Organization, 1978 37 11 Urban Coalition, 1969-74, n.d. 37 12 Urban Justice Center, 1999, n.d. 37 13 Urban League of Essex County (NJ), n.d. 37 14 Urban Training Institute of Essex County (NJ), 1968-74, n.d. 37 15 Virginia Welfare Rights Organization, 1971, n.d. 37 16 Wages For Housework Campaign/International Wages for Housework Campaign, 1988-2002, n.d. 37 17 Washington Interreligious Staff Council (WISC), 1973 37 18 Washington Research Project Action Council, n.d. 37 19 Washington Welfare Rights Organization (Seattle), 1969-71, n.d. 37 Welfare Made a Difference National Campaign (WMAD) 37 20-21 General, 2000 37 National Day of Action, 14 Sep 2000 38 1 General 38 2 Lobbying 38 3 Press conference 38 4-5 General, 2001 38 6-7 Lobby trip, May 2001, Oct 2001 38 8 General, 2002, n.d. 38 9-10 Lobby trip, Feb 2002, May 2002 38 11 Booklets, n.d. 38 12 Booklet drafts and correspondence, 2000 38 13-14 Policy papers, 2000-01 39 1-2 Policy papers source material, 1996, 2000-01, n.d. 39 3-4 Research: women's stories, 1994, 1999-2001, n.d. 39 5 Video, "Once Upon A Time & Welfare Made a Difference," 2003 39

[see also Series X. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS]

 39 6-11 Welfare Reform Information Service Community (WRISC), 1973-75 39 Welfare Reform Network (WRN) 39 12 General, 1993-2002, n.d. 39 13-14 Meetings, 1995-99 40 1-4 Flyers, circular letters, and alerts, 1991-2005, n.d. 40 5 HandsNet online network, 1996-2000 40 6 Mailing list, 1995 40 7 College Task Force, 1996-99, n.d. 40 8 New York State "Jobs First" policy, 1994 40 9 Federal Issues Committee, 2000-01 40 Task Force on Women and Welfare 40 10 General, 1997 40 "Women's Response to 'So-Called' Welfare Reform," May-Jun 1997 41 1 Drafts 41 2 Authorization forms 41 3-5 Newsletter, WRNews, 1991-2003 41 6 Welfare Rights Advocacy Project, Hackensack, NJ, n.d. 41 7 Welfare Rights Initiative, Hunter College Center for the Study of Family Policy, 1995-2000 41

[see also SERIES VII. SPEECHES AND TESTIMONY]

 41 Welfare Rights Organizations-Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) [WROAC] 41 8 General, 1969-79, n.d. 41 9 Friends group, 1969 41 Newsletter The Welfare Righter 41 10-13 1975-82 42 1-2 1983-85 42 3 Welfare Rights Eastern Leadership Conference, Pittsburgh, 15-17 Aug 1975 42 4 Welfare Rights Organizing Committee (Brooklyn, NY), 1989 42 5 Welfare Warriors (Milwaukee, WI), 1987-97 42 6 Wolfe County (KY) Rights and Information Center, 1972-73 42 7 Women of Color Resource Center, 1994-95 42 8 Women, Work, and Welfare (Minneapolis, MN), 1987-90, n.d. 42 9 Women's Action Alliance (WAA), 1978 42 10 Women's Agenda of New Jersey, 1987-90, n.d. 42 11 Women's Campaign for Jobs and Economic Justice, 1982, n.d. 42 Women's Committee of One Hundred (WC100) 42 12 General, 1995-2010, n.d. 42 13 News clippings, 1995-2002 42 Administrative 42 General 42 14-18 1995 43 1-12 1996-97. n.d. 43 13-17 Financial, 1995-2002, n.d. 43 Correspondence 43 Steering Committee 44 1-21 1995-Feb 1996 45 1-22 Mar 1996-1999 46 1-15 2000-05, n.d. 46 General 46 16-21 Jan-Jun 1995 47 1-7 Jul 1995-2001, n.d. 47 Events 47 8-10 Vigil for a Veto, 1995 47 11-14 Lobbying Day, 1995 47 15-18 Teach-Ins, 1996, n.d. 47 Meetings and conference calls 47 19-21 General, 1995-2001 47 Other organizations 47 22 Sep-Oct 1995 48 1 Dec 1995-96 48 Notes 48 2 General, 1997, 1999, n.d. 48 3 Pad, n.d. 48 4 Notebook 1, 1995 48 5-10 Notebook 2, 1995 48 11-14 Publications, 1995-2002, n.d. 48 15 Women's Educational Equity Communications Network (WEECN), 1977-80, n.d. 48 16 Women's Equity Action League (WEAL), 1975-78, n.d. 48 17 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), 1971-75, n.d. 48 18 Women's Washington Representative, 1977 48 19 Women's National Abortion Action Coalition (WONNAC), 1973 48 20 Workers Action Movement (WAM), 1972, n.d. 48 21 Young Women's Christian Association of Omaha, Displaced Homemakers Program, 1978-79 48 22 Miscellaneous, 1965-99, n.d. SERIES VII. SPEECHES AND TESTIMONY 49 1 "Racial Justice and Freedom," United Presbyterian Women, Metuchen, New Jersey, 24 Mar 1965 49 2 Speech to United Presbyterian Women, Woodbridge, 16 Sep 1965 49 3 Speech before Deacons re: Covenant of Open Occupancy, 5 Apr 1966 49 4 "With liberty and justice for all," Metuchen-Edison National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Freedom Fund Dinner, 23 Apr 1966 49 5 "The Twentieth Century Good Samaritan," Montclair, 6 Nov 1967 49 6 Re: New Jersey Friends of Welfare Rights, Central Presbyterian Church, Montclair, 14 Jun 1970 49 7 Welfare, Bridgewater League of Women Voters, 22 Sep 1970 49 8 "The Welfare Crisis," Trenton, New Jersey, 16 Feb 1971 49 9 "The Right To Live," Trenton Education Association Seminar for Teachers, 20 Apr 1971 49 10 Welfare Reform, Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of the Somerville Area, 18 Sep 1977 49 11 "The Social Protest of Poor Women: A Case Study of the National Welfare Rights Movement," Symposium on Women and Society, St. Michael's College, VT, 24 Mar 1979 49 12 Statement for the Hearings on "The Coming Decade: American Women and Human Resources Policies and Programs," U.S. Senate Committee on Human Relations, 9 Apr 1979 49 13 Unidentified speech, 1 Oct 1980 49 14-15 "Welfare Politics: Women in Welfare Reform Hearings, 1935-1980," Society for the Study of Social Problems, 30 Aug 1983 49 16 "The Political Aging of Welfare Rights Women Leaders," Research Today and Tomorrow: A Multidisciplinary Conference on Women, Culture and Aging, 7 Apr 1984 49 "The Political Aging of Welfare Rights Women Leaders," NJ Research Conference on Women, Rutgers, 22 May 1984 49 17 Drafts and notes 49 18 Typescript with comments for rewrite 49 "Politics and Economics: Career Paths of Women Leaders in the Welfare Rights Movement," Nat'l Women's Studies Assn Annual Conference, 25 Jun 1984 49 19 Typescript 49 20 Notes and drafts 49 21 Revised versions, Sep-Oct 1984 49 "Religion and Protest: An Analysis of Welfare Rights Women Leaders," NJ Research Conference on Women, 21 May 1985 50 1 Typescripts 50 2 Correspondence, drafts, and notes 50 3 Testimony at Essex County Courthouse on the effectiveness of child support enforcement in general and in New Jersey, 20 Jul 1985 50 4 Keynote at 19th Annual Welfare Rights Conference, Ohio State Welfare Rights Organization, 28 Jun 1985 50 "National Welfare Rights Leaders One Decade Later: Gender, Race and Class Analysis" (aka "Profiles of Protest of NWRO Leaders: One Decade Later, A Gender, Race and Class Analysis"), American Sociological Association, 30 Aug 1985 50 Typescripts 50 5 Pre-conference version with reviewers' notes, Jan-Feb 50 6 Conference version, Aug 50 7-8 Revised versions, Sep 50 9-11 Drafts and notes 50 "Gender, Social Support and Participation in Protest Movements," Eastern Sociological Society 56th Annual Meeting, 4 Apr 1986 50 12 Typescript 50 13 Drafts and notes 50 14 Statement on New Jersey's proposed welfare reform initiative before the Essex County Human Services Council and Essex County Division on Welfare, 7 Nov 1986 50 15 Speech to League of Women Voters, 29 Apr 1987(?) 51 1 "Women in the Pol. Arena," Sociology Department, Rutgers University, 1987 51 "Cooperation and Conflict Among Women in the Welfare Rights Movement," National Women's Studies Association, 23 Jun 1988 51 2-4 Typescripts, Jun and Jul 51 Notes 51 5 General 51 6 on interviews 51 7 "Women Activists in the North: The Case of the Metuchen-Edison Race Relations Council," Conference: Women and Civil Rights Movement: Trailblazers and Torchbearers, 1941-1965, Atlanta, GA, Oct 1988 51 8 "Women in the Civil Rights and Welfare Rights Movement: Reform or Revolution?" Women and Revolution: Thinking About Women Seminar Series, Rutgers University, 2 Feb 1989 51 9 "Feminist Transformations of Political Theory: 'The Iron Law of Patriarchy' in Social Protest," National Women's Studies Association Convention, Jan 1989 51 10 "Women and Men and the Welfare Rights Movement," Center for American Women and Politics, 20 Feb 1989 51 11 "En/Gendering Social Protest: A Women-Centered Perspective," with Rhoda Lois Blumberg, American Sociological Association, Aug 1989 51 12 Testimony on the Welfare Reform and Begin Program, Committee on General Welfare of the City Council of New York, 9 Mar 1990 51 13 "Welfare Rights Support Committee," at '"Rising Up Angry:' The Growing Struggle of the Organized Poor" CUNY Law School, 10 Mar 1989 51 14 The Family Support Act, Jobs For Youth, 13 Mar 1990 51 15 "A Historical View of Welfare Reform: 1930s-1990s," Conference: Charting a New Course: Progressive Policies for New York City, 24 Mar 1990 51 16 "The National Welfare Rights Movement: The Social Protest of Poor Women," Hunter College School of Social Work (Mimi Abramovitz's class), 24 Apr 1990 51 17 Fourth International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Jun 1990 proposal only? 51 18 Comments on Panel "Reclaiming Feminist Politics: Women's Community Activism, Twentieth Century," Eighth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, 9 Jun 1990 51 19 History of the Welfare Rights Movement, National Welfare Rights Union, 27 Oct 1990 51 20 Women and Welfare Reform, National Displaced Homemakers Network Region II Annual Conference, 14 Nov 1991 51 21 Welfare reform, District Council 1707 of American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, 18 Mar 1992 51 22 "Workfare in New York State," testimony at the Joint Hearing of the Senate Committee on Social Services and the Senate Committee on Cities, 16 Oct 1992 52 1 "Creating a Just and Humane Public Assistance System," testimony before the public hearing of the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Forces and State Senator Pedro Espada, Jr., 18 Mar 1994 52 2 "Welfare Reform in the 1990s: What Women Can Expect and Why," Barnard College Form: The Scholar and the Feminist XX, 23 Apr 1994 52 3 "The Welfare Rights Movement and Understanding Welfare Reform," Ohio Welfare Rights Organization, 3 Nov 1994 52 4 National Organization for Women Legal Defense and Education Fund, 3 Mar 1995 52 5 "The National Welfare Rights Movement," Welfare Rights Initiative Community Leadership Seminar, 19 Sep 1995 52 6 My Story, Scarsdale Congregational Church, 14 Nov 1995 52 7 "The National Welfare Rights Movement," Welfare Rights Initiative Community Leadership Seminar, 24 Sep 1996 52 8 "Welfare Advocacy and Welfare 'Reform,'" Social Action Network Fifth Annual Teach-In, 7 Apr 1997 52 9 "The National Welfare Rights Movement: Social Protest of Poor Women," Ruth Brandwein's class, SUNY-Stony Brook School of Social Work, 29 Apr 1997 52 10 "Partnerships for Welfare Reform: The Welfare Reform Network of New York City," Institute for Women's Policy Research, Jul 1997 52 11 "The National Welfare Rights Movement," Welfare Rights Initiative Community Leadership Seminar, 16 Sep 1997 52 12 My experience as an activist, East Hampton Presbyterian Women's Group, 16 Apr 1999 52 13 The National Welfare Rights Movement, Hunter College, 14 Sep 1999 52 14 "The National Welfare Rights Movement," Welfare Rights Initiative Community Leadership Seminar, 26 Sep 2000 52 15 "The National Welfare Rights Movement," Welfare Rights Initiative Community Leadership Seminar, 25 Sep 2001 52 16 "Women Organizers Make History" session, Lessons Across the Generations: A Conference For Women Organizers and Activists, Education Center for Community Organizing, Hunter College School of Social Work, 1-2 May 2003 52 17 "The Plight of the Welfare Client," n.d. 52 18 Correspondence, 1972, 1990-99 52 Miscellaneous 52 19 General, 1970, 1988 52 20 Notes, 1969-97, n.d. 52 21 "Feminist perspective on social protest, ex. WRts Movement," 1988-1992 SERIES VIII. WRITINGS 52 "Coalitions in the Welfare Rights Movement: Local Level: Newark, N.J.," Nov 1972 paper for Joseph Conforti course, Rutgers, University 52 22 Draft 52 23 Typescript 52 24 "Cooperation and Conflict among Women in the Welfare Rights Movement," in Bridges of Power: Women's Multicultural Alliances edited by Albrecht and Brewer, 1990 52 25 "The Legacy of Welfare Rights," unfinished, 1988 52 "The National Welfare Rights Movement: Social Protest of Welfare Women (1966-1976)," PhD thesis, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, 1978 53 1 General and proposal, 1974 53 2-15 Typescript 53 Interview notes 53

[see also SERIES V. INDIVIDUALS]

 53 16 General, 1972-74, n.d. 53 Newark WRO/FWRO 54 1 Notebook [#1], 1971 54 2 Notebook 2, 1971-72 54 3 Nannette Adams, Shirley Lacy, and Gladys Thomas, Newark WRO and SEDFRE, 27 Dec 1971 54 Notes 54 4 Miscellaneous 54 5 "Notes for dissertation research," notebook, n.d. 54 6 "Always on Sunday" radio program re: George Wiley: transcript and notes, 8 Aug 1973 54 The National Welfare Rights Movement: The Social Protest of Poor Women, Praeger Publishers, 1981 54 7 Book 54 8 General and reviews, 1981-84 54 9 Correspondence, 1978-81 54 10 Notes and misc, 1978-79 54 11 Royalty statements, 1982-84 54 12 Inquiries re. republication, 1996, 2000 55 1 "A Twin-Track Coalition: The National Welfare Rights Organization and the Friends of Welfare Rights," Jan 1972 55 2 "Twin-Track Coalitions," Jul 1971 55 3 "Twin-Track Coalitions: A Case Study of the Newark Welfare Rights Organization," course paper for Sociology 621, Joseph Conforti, fall 1971: proposal and notes 55 4 "Twin-Track Coalitions: A Case Study-Urban WRO/FWRO," [Newark] fall 1972 55 5 "Twin-Track Coalitions: A Case Study: WRO/FWRO in a Suburban Setting," An observation for Dr. Nelson, Nov 1971 55 6 "Twin-Track Coalitions: A New Approach in Black-White Coalitions," course paper for Dr. Nelson, fall 1971 55 7 "Twin Track Coalitions in the Black Power Movement," in Interracial Bonds, 1979 55 "Welfare Rights Leaders in a Becalmed Movement"/"Protest Leadership Outcomes: Welfare Rights Leaders a Decade Later" [research project/proposed book] 55 8 Correspondence, 1982-87 55 9-14 Research proposals, 1983-84, n.d. 56 1 Research grants, 1982-84, n.d. 56 2 Research budget, 1983 56 3 Potential publishers: notes and correspondence, 1983-84, n.d. 56 Drafts 56 4 Book summary and contents, 1984 56 5 Package sent to publishers, 1983-84 56 6 Package compiled after contract with Praeger Publishers, 1985 56 7-8 1984-85 56 Interviews, 1983-84 56

[see also SERIES V. INDIVIDUALS for correspondence and transcripts]

 56 Potential interviews 56 9 Lists and notes 56 10-12 Card file 56 Correspondence 56 13 No answers 56 14 Not located 56 15 Sampling frame 56 16-18 Completed interviews: lists and general notes 56 Interview notes/notebooks 56 19 Maud Davis 56 20 Bert DeLeeuw 56 21 Book #5: Marian Kramer, Detroit, 16 Apr 1984 56 22 Pauline London, Philadelphia, 24 Jul 1984 57 1 Bobbie McMahon, Sarah McPherson 57 2 Elizabeth Perry 57 3 Jeannette Washington, 1 Jun 1984 57 4 Funicello, Hamer, Evans, Willis, and Myles 57 5 Evans, Rowe, Kydd, and J. Williams 57 6 Duncan, Linton, and Davis 57 7 Book #3, Atlanta: Matthews (cont'd), Dandridge, Lee, Watley, Serrano, and Willis, Apr 1984 57 8 #1 Trip, Book #1: Tillmon, Johnson, Sampson, Henry, Palladino, Rathke, Saulsberry, Nelson, Wooford 57 9 Book #2: Jackson, Jermany, B. Thomas, Smart, Williams (cont'd), Matthews 57 10 Brown, McNeil, Hal, Stevens, Hurley, Glynn, Jun 1984 57 11 Jeter and Jones (cont'd) 57 12 Book #4: Columbus and Detroit: B. Young, Smith, Snyder, Peck, Willis "not taped? just notes" 57 13 Pastereich, Grant, and James, 20 Jun 1984 57 Interview guide 57 14-15 Drafts 57 16 Research 57 Research trips 57 17 General notes 57 18 1984 Calendar 58 1 Apr 1984 trip notes 58 2 Summer 1984 trip notes 58 Data analysis 58 3-4 General notes 58 5-9 Coding scheme: notes and drafts 58 Poor women's views of President Carter's Welfare Reform Proposal "Better Jobs and Income Program" 58 10 Transcript of testimony, Sep-Nov 1977 58 11-12 Notes 58 Notes, general 58 13-14 Miscellaneous 58 15 Bibliography 58 16-17 Conclusion 59 1-2 Conclusion (cont'd) 59 3 Introduction 59 Leaders 59 4 Off track 59 5 On track 59 6 Side-tracked 59 7 Switched track 59 8-9 Method 59 10 My hypothesis/theory 59 11 Preface 59 12 Theoretical questions 59 13 Wording 59 Notes on theory 59 14 Class 59 15 Leadership 59 Political activism 59 16 General/origins 59 17 Age/generational cohort 59 18 Changes/contradictions 59 19 Education 59 20 Family 59 21 Health 59 22 Power 59 Political behavior 60 1 General 60 2 Participation 60 3 Race 60 4 Theory and evidence 60 5 Time 1 60 Political behavior (cont'd) 60 6 Time 2 60 7 Time 3 60 Political ideology 60 8 General 60 9 Political attitudes/orientation toward protest 60 10 Political integration 60 11 Political outcomes 60 12 Political socialization 60 13 Social control 60 14-15 Social supports 60 Studies 61 1 Blumberg and Goldstein, 1976-82 61 2 Casenave and Leon, 1985 61 3 Orum et al, 1974 61 4 Pizzorno, n.d. 61 5-7 Braungart and Braungart, 1980, 1984-85 61 8 Foner, 1974 61 9 Whalen and Flacks, 1980 61 10 Thompson, 1971 61 11 Isaac et al, 1980 61 12 Demerath, 1971 61 Women and Social Protest edited by Guida West and Rhoda Lois Blumberg, 1990 61 13 Correspondence, 1985-91 61 14 Reviews, 1992-93 61 Resources 61 15-17 General and miscellaneous 61 18 Economic justice 61 19 Environmental movement 61 International 61 20 General 62 1 Africa 62 2 Latin America 62 3 Middle East 62 4 Miscellaneous countries 62 5 Labor movement 62 6 Peace/disarmament 62 United States 62 7 African-American women 62 8 Civil Rights movement 62 9 Conservative women 62 10 Hispanas 62 11 Women of color 62 12 Women's movement: March for Women's Equality/Women's Lives, 2004 62 13 Violence 62 14 "Women in the Welfare Rights Movement: Reform or Revolution?" Dialectical Anthropology 15: 141-149, 1990 62 15 "Workfare is Unfair," Georgetown Journal on Fighting Poverty, Vol. 1 No. 1, 1993 62 16 Miscellaneous, 1972-96 SERIES IX. SUBJECT FILES 62 Abortion 63 1 General, 1969-80, n.d. 63 2 New Jersey, 1974-80, n.d 63 Adequate income 63 3-6 General, 1979-2002, n.d 63 7 Clippings, 2000 63 Affirmative action 63 8 General, 1975-76 63 9 Clippings, 1975 63 10 Aging, 1974-85, n.d. 63 11 Birth control, n.d. 63 Blacks 63 12-13 General, 1965-79, 1992-95, n.d. 63 14 Clippings, 1971-2005 63 15 Women, 1968-76, 1992, n.d. 63 16 Socialism, n.d. 63 17 Solidarity, 1970-78, n.d. 63 18 Sources of racial problems, 1975, n.d. 64 1-2 Child care, 1972, 1997-2002, n.d. 64 3 Child support, 1992, 2000 64 4 Children, 1972-99 64 Church 64 5-8 General, 1962-2002, n.d. 64 9 Catholic, 1969-79 64 10 Jewish, 1967-74, .n.d. 64 11 Methodist, 1965 64 12 Religious involvement, 1961-85, n.d 64 13 Coalitions, 1971-75, n.d. 64 Competing movements 64 14 General, 1970-75, n.d. 64 15 Environment, 1970-74, n.d. 64 16 Labor, 1971-77 65 1-2 Displaced homemakers, 1975-90, n.d. 65 Domestic violence 65 3-7 General, 1993-2001, n.d. 65 8 Prostitution, 2001-02 66 Economic security, 1966-2002 66 Economy, 1975-2001, n.d. 66 Education and training, 1976-2006, n.d. 67 1-3 Family, 1976-2003, n.d. 67 4 Fatherhood, 1970-2001, n.d. 67 5-8 Food/hunger, 1968-2003, n.d. 67 9 Farm subsidies, 1935, 36, 1969-73, n.d. 67 Health 67 10 General, 1971, 2001-04, n.d. 67 11 Disabilities, 2001 67 5-6 Housing 67 1973-99 68 1 2000-05, n.d. 68 2 Household employment, 1970-71, n.d. 68 3 Immigration, 1969-2001, n.d. 68 4 Individual, 1967-78 68 5 Intellectuals, 1973-75, n.d. 68 Judiciary 68 6 General, 1971-72 68 7-12 Supreme Court, 1963-2005, n.d. 69 1 Failure of "Right to Welfare," 1965, 1972-74 69 2 Labor, 1966-76, n.d. 69 Legal services 69 3 General, 1969-73, 1983, 2001, n.d. 69 4 Clippings, 1970-83 69 5 Rights, 1964, 1970-73, n.d. 69 Media 69 6-7 General, 1968-76, n.d. 69 8 New York Times Index, 1966, 68, 71, 73 69 9-10 Networking, 1971-84, n.d. 69 New Jersey 70 1-3 General, 1964-80, n.d. 70 4 Division on Civil Rights, 1965-68 70 Welfare 70 5 General, 1967-78, n.d. 70 6 Statistics, 1978 70 Division of Public Welfare 70 7 General, 1966-67 70 8 "Narrative Report of the Expanded Study of Assistance Standards and Allowances in the ADC Program," 1972 70 9-11 "Public Assistance Manual," 1974-78 71 1 Governor's Select Commission on Civil Disorders, 1967-71 71 2-4 Governor's Task Force on Welfare Management, 1966-71 71 5 Governor's Welfare Study Commission, 1971 71 6 Welfare Rehabilitation Institute, 1971 71 7 Montclair, 1967-74, n.d. 71 8 New Jersey Graduated Work Incentive Experiment, 1973 71 9 Newark, 1966-68, 71-72, 78, n.d. 71 10 Plainfield, 1964-65, n.d. 72 1-2 New York, 1968-2001 72 3 Philanthropy, 1980, 2000-01 72 Political activism 72 4 General, 1971-77 72 5 Consequences, n.d. 72 6 Economics, 1982-86, n.d. 72 7 Religion, 1973-86 72 Political climate 72 8-9 General, 1964-2001, n.d. 72 10 Heritage Foundation, n.d. 72 11 The Right, 1972-96 72 12 Sociopolitical climate, 1975-80, n.d. 72 Poverty 73 1-4 General, 1965-2004, n.d. 73 5 Feminization of poverty, 1972-2001 73 6-7 Women and children, 1973-2000, n.d. 73 8 Racism, 1975, 1989 73 Social support 73 9-10 1971-87 74 1 n.d. 74 2 Taxes, 1969-2001, n.d. 74 3-5 Unemployment insurance, 1971-2002, n.d. 74 United States Government 74 6 General, 1969-2001, n.d. 74 7-8 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: publications, 1964-75 75 1 Department of Labor, "Employment Opportunities Pilot Program: Welfare Reform Demonstration," 1978 75 Legislation 75 2-13 1935-75 76 1-6 1977-97 76 7 Reagan budget, 1983, n.d. 76 8 Urban crisis, 1968-80, n..d 76 Welfare 76 9-10 General, 1965-69 77 1-9 General, 1970-2006, n.d. 77 10-12 Clippings, 1967-2004, n.d. 78 1 Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 1975-76, 1992, n.d. 78 2 "The Anatomy of Welfare," ABC News transcript, 14 Apr 1971 78 3 Children, 2001 78 4 Data, 1969-90 78 5 Earned Income Tax Credit, 2000-01, n.d. 78 6-9 Education, 1989-2005, n.d. 78 10 Food stamps, 1974, 1983 78 Guaranteed income/income maintenance 78 11 General, 1967-74, n.d. 78 President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs 78 12 General, 1968-69 78 13-15 Final report, Nov 1969 79 1 International 79 2 Leavers, 1998-2004 79 3 Mothers, 1991-95, n.d. 79 4 Native Americans, 1970-73 79 Reform 79 5 1967-79 79 6-8 1980-2004, n.d. 79 9 Revenue sharing 79 10 Social Security, 1969-2005 79 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 79 General 79 11 1996-2000 80 1 2001, n.d. 80 2 "Five Years After Welfare Reform: An Agenda for Reauthorization" by Ron Haskins and Rebecca M. Blank, n.d. 80 3 Legislation, Mink-Wellstone, 2001 80 4 Time limits, 1986, 2000-01 80 Work 80 5-9 General, 1967-77, 1995-2002, n.d. 80 10 "Encouraging Work, Reducing Poverty: The Impact of Work Incentive Programs," Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, Mar 2000 80 11 "Women, Welfare and Enterprise," American Enterprise Institute, 1983 80 Women 80 General 80 12 1968-77 81 1 1978-2001, n.d. 81 2 Eleanor Smeal Report, 1983-84 81 3 Virginia Slims American Women's Opinion Poll, 1970-74 81 Work 81 General 81 4-8 1970-89 82 1-2 1990-99, n.d. 82 3-4 Non-traditional jobs, 1972-80, n.d. 82 5 Working mothers, 1970-2002, n.d. 82 Work 82 6-7 General, 1966-2001, n.d. 82 8 "Building a Ladder to Jobs and Higher Wages: A Report by the Working Group on New York City's Low-Wage Labor Market," Oct 2000 SERIES X. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS AND COMPUTER MEDIA

[Digital audio files can be made available on request-please consult the SSC staff. Original audiovisual materials are closed to research.]

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[Full transcripts of or detailed notes on many of these interviews, conferences, and meetings can be found in SERIES V. INDIVIDUALS, SERIES VI. ORGANIZATION FILES, and SERIES VIII. WRITINGS]

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[CLOSED--digital audio files are available. See Appendix]

 83-92 Tapes 1-187 83-92 Audiocassettes-not reformatted

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 83-92 Kergyma II, United Church of Christ Office of Communication [1 cassette], Jan 1973 83-92 "Talk of the Nation," National Public Radio program, series on Poverty in America [10 cassettes], 24-27 Feb 1992 83-92 "All Things Considered," National Public Radio program for 15 Nov 1995 with coverage of White House welfare rally (WC100) [2 cassettes] 83-92 Videotapes (VHS) 93 NewsTalk Televsion, Afternoon Edition, panel with teens and Rita Jensen, [1 VHS, copyright Multimedia Entertainment] 29 Sep 1996 93 No Exception: Welfare Made a Difference, [1 VHS] 2002 93 Welfare Made A Difference: Investing in People to End Poverty, Community Media Project, [1 VHS 6:30] n.d. 93 Computer disks 93 8" disks (6) transcripts of interviews with Welfare Rights leaders, 1984 93 5 ¼" disks (101): teaching materials from Rutgers, organization files, speeches, writings, research files, 1983-90 93 3 ½" disks (26): organization files, writings, 1995-2001 SERIES XI. ARTIFACTS 93 Buttons 94 1 "Child care not war fare" 94 Children's March for Survival, Washington, DC, 25 Mar [1972] 94 Housing First! Affordable Housing for All New Yorkers 94 Hunger Action Network of New York State, "End hunger now" 94 "I Vote to End Homelessness" 94 March on Washington, November 15, 1969 94 National Welfare Rights Organization 94 2 "Adequate income now" 94 "$5,500 or fight" 94 "People before politics, NWRO Conference, Miami Beach," 1972 94 "Welfare Rights NOW!" 94 National Welfare Rights Union, "Real jobs and benefits and guaranteed income now" button 94 New Jersey Fall Mobilization Against Hunger, "Welfare, not warfare" 94 "Nixon doesn't care" 94 3 "Poor People's Campaign," 1968 94 "Take the rich off welfare" 94 Women's Committee of One Hundred, "Veto the Welfare Bill" 94 Women, Work and Welfare, Housing Committee, May Day, No Housing! 94 No Peace! Up and Out of Poverty Now! [1990] 94 4 Conference tickets and badges, NWRO Convention, 1971, 1972 94 Name badge, Women's Committee of One Hundred 94 5 Pendant, broken chain link, NWRO 94 6 Postcard, "Welfare mothers are not born. They are made by unpaid child support and unfair wages." 94 Stickers 94

[see also OVERSIZE]

 94 7 Ferne Sales Company, "Women Power" 94 National Abortion Rights Action League, "I Vote Pro-Choice" 94 National Organization for Women 94 "Elect Women For a Change" 94 "Keep your laws off my body" 94 "Stop the War on the Poor" 94 National Welfare Rights Organization, "Stop the war on the poor". 94 Women's Agenda of New Jersey 94 Workers Association for Guaranteed Employment, "Jobs & Justice" 95 Address stamp, Women's Committee of One Hundred 95 T-shirt, NWRO, "Link up the struggles" OVERSIZE MATERIALS SERIES III. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 96 1 Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies: poster drafted by Guida West for Joint Federations Public Policy Partnership ("We Believe…"), Oct 1990 SERIES IV. CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS 96 2 "Interfaith Strategy Consultation on Welfare Reform," Washington Interrelgious Staff Council, 30-31 Jan 1973: Vantage Point 96 3 New Jersey Women's Meeting for the Observance of International Women's Year, 17-19 Jun 1977: conference folder and bumper stickers 96 4 Miscellaneous conference posters, 1988, n.d. SERIES V. INDIVIDUALS 96 5 Duncan, Ruby: printout of transcript of 1984 interview with notes for transcript editing style 96 6 Stevens, Dottie: Stevens for Governor poster, 1990 SERIES VI. ORGANIZATIONS FILES 96 7 Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) : newsletter, USA (United States of ACORN), 1984-87 96 8 Clark County (NV) Welfare Rights Organization: newsletter, Community Press, Jun 1974 96 9 Coalition for Basic Human Needs: CBHN Newsletter, Jan 1980 96 10 Crusade Against Hunger: newsletter, The Crusader, fall 1971 96 11 HumanServe Fund: Update, spring 1984 96 Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) 96 12-14 Newsletter, IFCO News [incomplete], 1972-74 96 15 Akwesasne Notes, Vol 7, No. 5, joint issue with IFCO News, early winter, 1975 96 16 Jobs For the Future: newsletter, Making A Difference, Issue 2, summer 1989 96 17 Metuchen-Edison Community Service Committee for the Kilmer Job Corps Center: Jobs Corps newsletter The Corpsman, 1965-66 96 18 Movement for Economic Justice: sign and press release from 11 May 1978 Day of Action 96 19 National Caucus of Labor Committees: newsletter, New Solidarity, Oct-Nov 1972 96 20 National Council of Churches: newsletters, The Interchurch News, Mar 1968; Tempo, 1 Feb 1969; EcuLink, summer 2000 97 1 National Unemployed and Welfare Rights Organization: The Organizer, Aug 1973 97 National Welfare Rights Organization 97 2 Posters and advertisements, 1969-70, n.d. 97 3-7 Publications, The Welfare Fighter [incomplete], 1969-73 98 1 National Welfare Rights Union/Women's International League for Peace and Freedom/Health Care-We Gotta Have It!: "Who Gets Welfare?" posters, Oct 1995 98 2 New York Urban Coalition: newsletter, Urban Rights, 1971 98 3 Rutgers University, Extension Division: Urban New Jersey: A Digest of Urban Problems, No. 2-4, 1969-71 98 4 United Church of Christ, United Church Board for Homeland Missions, Welfare Priority Team: chart comparing 1971 Federal welfare reform proposals, Apr 1971 98 5 Welfare Warriors: newsletter, Welfare Mothers Voice, 1988-89 98 6 Women, Work and Welfare: newsletter, Up and Out of Poverty, Vol 2, # 2, spr 1990 98 7 Women's Committee of One Hundred: "Why Every Woman in America Should Beware of Welfare Cuts," New York Times advertisement, 8 Aug 1995 SERIES VIII. WRITINGS 98 8 The National Welfare Rights Movement: The Social Protest of Poor Women: list of NWRO supporters, n.d. SERIES IX. SUBJECT FILES 98 9 Daily World, [miscellaneous issues] 1971-72 98 10 The Militant [women's conference launches national abortion campaign], 30 Jul 1971 MISCELLANEOUS 98 11 "Somethin' botherin' you friends…?" campaign literature against George Wallace, National Coordinating Committee for Trade Union Action & Democracy, circa 1972 98 12 No Turkeys "Retire Reagan Vote Mondale Ferraro" bumper sticker, 1984; "If he told the truth, he wouldn't be President" campaign literature against George W. Bush, 2004 98 13 "Indian Power!" bumper sticker, United Native Americans, n.d. SERIES IV. CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS Drawer 37 "Carrying the Torch: Women in the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1965" Oct 1988: poster SERIES VI. ORGANIZATIONS FILES Drawer 37 Crusade Against Hunger: poster for National School Lunch Week, 1970 Drawer 37 Movement for Economic Justice: poster from Tax Justice Project, "Fair Taxation or New Representation," [2 copies] n.d Drawer 37 National Welfare Rights Organization Drawer 37 "Live Like a Dog December 1-7, test President Nixon's Welfare Plan": poster [2 copies],1969? Drawer 37 "How an American Child dies" NY Times advertisement, 21 Dec 1969 Drawer 37 "Strategies for Survival" Convention 1973: poster Drawer 37 New York Coalition for Children's Survival: series of four posters, n.d. Drawer 37 United Community Corporation: The Crusader!, Newark's Voice for Community Action, first issue, Nov 1966 Drawer 37 Welfare Rights Organization: Twenty Years of Struggle: two posters, 1986 MISCELLANEOUS Drawer 37 Emergency Campaign to Protect America's Children, Parents, Families: New York Times advertisement, 11 Dec 1995 Drawer 37 Flip chart pages for meeting about welfare administration in New Jersey, n.d. Drawer 37 Conselho Estudial de Condição Feminina (Council on the Status of Women), Sao Paolo, Brazil: 2 posters, 1984, n.d. Drawer 37 Conselho Nacional Dos Direitos Da Mulher (National Council on the Rights of Women), Brazil: 2 posters, n.d. Drawer 37 Asociacion de Mujeres de El Salvador (AMES): poster for first Congress, 1984 Drawer 37 "Urban Crisis" banner