Scope and Contents

This collection contains clippings about the campaign to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in Louisiana. The material was loaned to UAAMC by Francine Merritt for microfilming. The originals are housed at the Center for Women and Government, Ellender Library, Nicholls State University, Thibodeaux, LA.

Scope and Contents He collected a large amount of secondary and primary material on the history of Louisiana. The primary material includes copies of items related to Acadian vigilante committees and the business records of William Wyatt of Vernon, Louisiana. Much of the secondary material was removed from the collection since it duplicated items already cataloged in the Louisiana Room. (A list of the removed items is appended to the inventory.) Fletcher gathered much information on agriculture and industrial...

Scope and Contents The papers reflect Osborne's activities in the women's movement and her career in advertising. There are several scrapbooks concerning her years in New York. The largest series contains League of Women Voters records of the local and state levels. The collection includes memos, correspondence, publicity materials (a great interest of Osborne's) and, often, photographs. Her photographs of delegates to the 1973 Constitutional Convention are probably one of the better visual sources on its...

Scope and Contents

This collection contains mainly working files of Equal Rights Amendment advocate who gave many speeches on the subject. There is also material on other topics important to women’s rights advocates.