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Society for Women in Philosophy collection (Ms.2015.014)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Inventory

Series 1. National Society for Women in Philosophy, 1971-2010

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 "Addresses of interest to the Society for Women in Philosophy members"
 n.d.
Box 1, Folder 2 Business meeting agendas
 1975
Box 1, Folder 3 Buttons
 n.d.
Box 1, Folder 4 Conference programs
 1972-1973, n.d.
Box 1, Folder 5 Conferences file: "History of the Society for Women in Philosophy conferences"
 n.d.
Box 1, Folder 6 Constitution and tax exempt correspondence addressed to "gentlemen"
 1974-1975
Box 1, Folder 7 Contacts
 n.d.
Box 1, Folder 8 Correspondence
 1971-1994, n.d.
Box 1, Folder 9 Correspondence re: new translation of "The Second Sex" by Simone de Beauvoir
 2009-2010
Box 1, Folder 10 Employment notices
 1975-1978
Box 1, Folder 11 Flyers, correspondence, and booklets re: related organizations such as the Federation of organizations for Professional Women, the Radical Philosophy Association, and the American Philosophical Association
 1975, 1983, 1985
Box 1, Folder 12 Hypatia files: 25th anniversary conference materials; includes draft talk by Alison Bailey
 2009
Box 1, Folder 13 Hypatia files: correspondence re: editing, the editorial board, and meetings
 1976-1984
Box 1, Folder 14 Hypatia files: correspondence re: the editorial board and the inaugural issue; includes correspondence to Ann garry
 1982-1985, 2005, 2009
Box 1, Folder 15 Hypatia files: correspondence re: finances
 1990-1995
Box 1, Folder 16 Hypatia files: correspondence re: relocating the editorial office
 1984
Box 1, Folder 17 Hypatia files: correspondence re: resignation of Azizah al-Hibri as editor and promotion of Margaret Simons to editor
 1984-1985
Box 1, Folder 18 Hypatia files: correspondence to and from Kathryn Addelson re: publishing, membership, and meetings
 1982-1985
Box 1, Folder 19 Hypatia files: correspondence to and from Kathryn Addelson re: publishing, membership, and meetings; includes handwritten notes and meeting minutes
 1985-1986
Box 1, Folder 20 Listserv digests
 2000-2003
Box 1, Folder 21 Listserv digests
 2004-2008
Box 1, Folder 22 Listserv digests collected by Marcella Tarozzi Goldsmith
 2008-2009
Box 1, Folder 23 Listserv digests collected by Marcella Tarozzi Goldsmith
 2009
Box 1, Folder 24 Listserv digests collected by Marcella Tarozzi Goldsmith
 2010
Box 1, Folder 25 Newsletters
 1971-1972
Box 1, Folder 26 Newsletters
 1975-1977
Box 1, Folder 27 Newsletters
 1978
Box 1, Folder 28 Newsletters
 1979-1980
Box 1, Folder 29 Newsletters
 1981-1984
Box 1, Folder 30 Newsletters
 1985-1989
Box 1, Folder 31 Newsletters
 1990
Box 1, Folder 32 Newsletters
 1990-1994
Box 1, Folder 33 Newsletters
 1995-1999
Box 1, Folder 34 Newsletters
 2000-2007
Box 1, Folder 35 Newsletters catalog
 1973-1978
Box 1, Folder 36 Newsletters and correspondence re: The Society of the Study of Women Philosophers
 2002, 2005, 2006
Box 1, Folder 37 Organizational history: "Society for Women in Philosophy history" by Kathryn Addelson
 n.d.
Box 1, Folder 38 Reports on women in philosophy
 circa 1970-1975
Box 9, Item 2 Slides
English.
 n.d.
Box 2, Folder 1 Stamp
 n.d.
Box 2, Folder 2 Statement on "Woman: An Existential Approach"
 n.d.
Box 9, Item 3 VHS, untitled
English.
 n.d.

Series 2. Eastern Society for Women in Philosophy, 1972-2007

Container Description Date
Box 2, Folder 3 Bank statements
 1988-1992
Box 2, Folder 4 Bank statements
 1993-2003
Box 2, Folder 5 Bank statements
 2003-2007
Box 2, Folder 6 Bylaws and constitution
 1975
Box 2, Folder 7 Cassette tape: "Feminist Theorizing and Ethnocentrism"
 1976
Box 2, Folder 8 Clippings of Virginia Held
 1996-1997, 2004
Box 2, Folder 9 "Conference host guide"
 1980
Box 2, Folder 10 Conference notes of Virginia Held
 n.d.
Box 2, Folder 11 Conference materials
 1972, 1974-1977
Box 2, Folder 12 Conference materials
 1977-1983
Box 2, Folder 13 Conference materials
 1985-2003
Box 2, Folder 14 Correspondence re: 10th anniversary meeting
 1981-1982
Box 2, Folder 15 Correspondence re: 10th anniversary video
 1982
Box 2, Folder 16 Correspondence re: 10th anniversary video
 1982
Box 2, Folder 17 Correspondence re: 1980 American Philosophical Association/Society for Women in Philosophy, feminism and scientific inquiry convention session
 1980
Box 2, Folder 18 Correspondence re: banking and finances
 1976-1981
Box 2, Folder 19 Correspondence re: banking and finances
 1991-1994
Box 2, Folder 20 Correspondence re: banking and finances
 1995-2005
Box 2, Folder 21 Correspondence re: boycotting states that have not passed the Equal Rights Amendment
 1978
Box 2, Folder 22 Correspondence re: business meetings and the newsletter
 1974-1976
Box 2, Folder 23 Correspondence re: Coalition for Women in the Humanities and Social Sciences
 1978
Box 2, Folder 24 Correspondence re: collaboration with other organizations
 1981-1982, 1993, 1997
Box 2, Folder 25 Correspondence re: conferences, business meetings, and the newsletter
1976-1978, 1981-1984
Box 2, Folder 26 Correspondence re: death and memorial of Eunice Belgum and Jane English
 1977-1982
Box 2, Folder 27 Correspondence re: employment of women philosophers
 1972, 1975, 1977-1978, 1981-1984, 1986, 1992
Box 2, Folder 28 Correspondence re: membership
 1979-1996
Box 2, Folder 29 Correspondence re: program planning and donations
 1976-1983
Box 2, Folder 30 Correspondence re: program planning and donations
 1985-1986, 1994-1995
Box 2, Folder 31 Correspondence re: study groups
 1984-1985
Box 2, Folder 32 Correspondence to Jessica Miller re: membership and finances
 2000
Box 3, Folder 1 Correspondence to and from Adele Laslie; topics include conferences, meetings, and presentations
 1977-1978
Box 3, Folder 2 Correspondence to and from Joan O'Sullivan re: executive secretary work
 1983-1984
Box 3, Folder 3 Correspondence to and from Kathryn Addelson; topics include conferences, papers, and presentations
 1979-1985
Box 3, Folder 4 Correspondence to and from Susan Peterson; topics include papers and meetings
 1975-1976
Box 3, Folder 5 Correspondence to and from Virginia Held; topics include dues, officers, and conference panels
 1982, 1998, 2002-2003, 2009
Box 9, Item 1 DVD: "Tenth anniversary meeting"
English.
 n.d.
Box 3, Folder 6 Handwritten notes of Kathryn Addelson
 circa 1982
Box 3, Folder 7 Handwritten notes of Virginia Held
 circa 1986
Box 3, Folder 8 Ledger
 1986-2000, 2003-2007
Box 3, Folder 9 Listserv digest
 1992
Box 3, Folder 10 Mailing list
 August 2, 1984
Box 3, Folder 11 Motion to condemn tenure denial of State University of Stony Brook Professor Ernest Dube
 1985
Box 3, Folder 12 Newsletters
 1975-1986
Box 3, Folder 13 Photographs
 1978-1982
Box 3, Folder 14 Photographs and negatives
 October 1982
Box 3, Folder 15 Questionnaire re: members' interest in participation; includes report on returned questionnaires and related correspondence
 1985
Box 3, Folder 16 Reel to reel tape: "recorded at Hampshire College
 October 16, 1976
Box 3, Folder 17 "Registration material"
 n.d.
Box 3, Folder 18 Slides
 October 1982
Box 3, Folder 19 Writings: "23 working papers from the 10th anniversary meetings"
 1982
Box 3, Folder 20 Writings: "23 working papers from the 10th anniversary meetings"
 1982
Box 3, Folder 21 Writings: bibliography
 n.d.
Box 3, Folder 22 Writings: conference papers
 circa 1981
Box 3, Folder 23 Writings: conference papers
 1984-1985
Box 3, Folder 24 Writings: "Guidelines for Nonsexist use of Language" by Virginia Warren and Mary Varney Rorty
 1983
Box 3, Folder 25 Writings: "How to Stop Nuclear War: A New Plan for Peace" by Frederic Clair
 circa 1985
Box 3, Folder 26 Writings: "Philosophy and Feminism: Recent Papers"
 1976
Box 3, Folder 27 Writings: "Tribute to Virginia Held" by Diana Meyers
 n.d.
Box 3, Folder 28 Writings: "What the Society for Women in Philosophy has meant to me"
 circa 1982

Series 3. Midwest Society for Women in Philosophy, 1971-2013

Container Description Date
Box 3, Folder 29 Conference files of Alison Bailey re: Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory
 2005-2009
Box 3, Folder 30 Conference file of Marilyn Frye; contains program, correspondence, and notes
 1977
Box 3, Folder 31 Conference notes of Marilyn Frye
 circa 1977
Box 3, Folder 32 Conference materials
 1971-1979
Box 3, Folder 33 Conference materials
 1980-1989
Box 3, Folder 34 Conference materials
 1990-1999
Box 4, Folder 1 Conference materials
 2000-2007, 2011-2013
Box 4, Folder 2 Correspondence and drafts re: Alison Bailey's research on white priviledge
1996-1997
Box 4, Folder 3 Correspondence and forms re: Alison Bailey attending and presenting at conferences
 1996-1997, 2009
Box 4, Folder 4 Correspondence and posters re: "streetwalker theorizing" and exercise plan for the Society for Women in Philosophy meeting
 1997
Box 4, Folder 5 Correspondence between Claudia Card and Jo Trigilo
 2002
Box 4, Folder 6 Correspondence of Marilyn Frye
 1977-1979
Box 4, Folder 7 Correspondence to Clare Bright
 1976
Box 4, Folder 8 Digital photographs; contains DVD-R from Alison Bailey
 1998
Box 4, Folder 9 Files of Ladelle McWhorter; contains correspondence, abstracts, and conference papers
 1986
Box 4, Folder 10 Files of Ladelle McWhorter; contains correspondence and conference papers
 1991
Box 4, Folder 11 Files of Ladelle McWhorter; contains correspondence and papers by McWhorter and others
 1987
Box 4, Folder 12 Meeting materials; includes minutes, agendas, and correspondence to Marilyn Frye
 1976-1978
Box 4, Folder 13 Newsletters
 1973, 1978-1982
Box 4, Folder 14 Publishing materials re: "Feminist Philosophy Reader;" includes contract, correspondence, and review questionnaires
 2005-2006

Series 4. New York Society for Women in Philosophy, 1993-2020

Container Description Date
Box 4, Folder 15 Conference materials; contains correspondence re: Society for Women in Philosophy shop
 2009-2013
Box 4, Folder 16 Conference materials; includes correspondence
 2002-2013
Box 4, Folder 17 Conferences in honor of Ezorsky Weinberg
 2010-2011
Box 4, Folder 18 Correspondence; includes correspondence with Marcella Tarozzi Goldsmith
 2000-2012
Box 10, Folder 1 Correspondence re: 2020 donation of materials
 December 7, 2020
Box 10, Folder 2 Correspondence to the membership
 1996-2009
Box 4, Folder 19 Correspondence and notes re: study groups
 1995-2012
Box 4, Folder 20 Digital photographs; includes CD-ROM
 2003
Box 10, Folder 3 Flyers
 1995-2009
Box 10, Folder 4 History of the Society for Women in Philosophy New York Chapter
 1993
Box 4, Folder 21 Meeting materials; includes agendas and correspondence
 1994-2011
Box 4, Folder 22 Newsletters and event notices
 1994-2012
Box 10, Folder 5 Newsletters
 2000-2003
Box 10, Folder 6 Program lists
 1993-2019
Box 10, Folder 7 Secretary's minutes
 1994
Box 4, Folder 23 Writings: contains writing by Marcella Tarozzi Goldsmith
 n.d.

Series 5. Pacific Society for Women in Philosophy, 1973-2003

Container Description Date
Box 4, Folder 24 Conference materials
 1975-2003
Box 4, Folder 25 Conference materials
 1977-2000
Box 4, Folder 26 Correspondence to and from Ann Garry; topics include Hypatia, membership, and meetings
 1976-1987
Box 4, Folder 27 Mailing lists
 1979-1982
Box 4, Folder 28 Newsletters
 1973-1989

Series 6. Southeastern Society for Women in Philosophy, 1982-1983

Container Description Date
Box 4, Folder 29 Correspondence re: organizing and meeting agenda
 1982-1983

Series 7. Southern Society for Women in Philosophy, circa 1978

Container Description Date
Box 4, Folder 30 Conference agenda
 circa 1978

Series 8. Southwestern Society for Women in Philosophy, 1978-1982

Container Description Date
Box 4, Folder 31 Newsletters
 1978-1982

Series 9. Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy, 1978-1979

Container Description Date
Box 4, Folder 32 Conference packet
 September 30 - October 1, 1978
Box 4, Folder 33 Correspondence re: current state and plan for future
 February 2, 1979
Box 4, Folder 34 Flyer
 n.d.

Series 10. Restricted Materials, 1977-1999

Container Description Date
Box 6, Folder 1 RESTRICTED: National Swip membership
 1977
Box 6, Folder 2 RESTRICTED: National SWIP membership
 1982
Box 6, Folder 3 RESTRICTED: National SWIP membership
 1982
Box 6, Folder 4 RESTRICTED: National SWIP membership, Newsletters
 1982-1983
Box 6, Folder 5 RESTRICTED: National SWIP membership
 1983
Box 6, Folder 7 RESTRICTED: Eastern SWIP membership
 1978-1979
Box 6, Folder 8 RESTRICTED: Eastern SWIP membership
 1982-1984
Box 6, Folder 9 RESTRICTED: Eastern SWIP membership
 1983-1984
Box 6, Folder 10 RESTRICTED: Pacific SWIP membership
 circa 1978-1985
Box 7 RESTRICTED: Eastern SWIP membership
 1977-1981
Box 8 RESTRICTED: Eastern SWIP membership
 1982-1999
Box 8 RESTRICTED: Eastern SWIP membership "active list"
 circa 1984
Box 8 RESTRICTED: Eastern SWIP Membership list
 circa 1984