Mindy Milam Collection

Mindy Milam Collection

1976 – 1979

MINDY MILAM COLLECTION

Collection: NAC 284-285

Size: 2 cubic feet

Accession Number:

Location: NCCROW

SOURCE OF ACQUISITION:

Donation by Mindy Milam

RESTRICTIONS:

None

PROCESSOR:

Amanda N. Sheldon, Newcomb Class of 2003

Last Updated: Fall 2000

ORGANIZTION AND ARRANGEMENT:

The material has been arranged in two storage boxes that correspond to the boxes in which the material was originally received. For the most part, the original subject headings have been maintained. All attempts have been made to preserve the original order. All papers have been unfolded and laid flat, and some metal fasteners have been removed.

FINDING AIDS:

Inventory with folder descriptions is available in the repository.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE:

Mindy Milam served as President of the Jefferson Parish Chapter of the National Organization for Women during the later half of the 1970s. The majority of Mindy’s women’s rights activism took place in the greater New Orleans area. There, she helped to change Parish laws and procedures regarding rape and violence against women. She was also active at the NOW state and national level. She was a strong advocate of the ERA, and served as a liaison for Jefferson Parish to the National Conference on Women in 1977 and the NOW National Conference in 1978.

SCOPE AND CONTENT:

This collection contains materials relating to Mindy Milam’s presidency of the Jefferson Parish Chapter of the National Organization for Women during the years of1976 and 1979. The bulk of this collection consists of personal correspondences, newspaper clippings, and organizational documents from Mindy Milam’s NOW involvements. Also included in this collection are publications from the national and state chapters of NOW. This collection would be of particular interest to those researching the activities of NOW in the greater New Orleans area during the late 1970s.

 

Mindy Milam Collection

Box 1 of 2 NAC-284

NOW Assorted Materials (Speech about NOW, Jefferson Parish NOW Membership List,"How to Visit Your Legislator," etc) [ca. 1978]

Abortion

Art Work

By-Laws

Feminist Literature

I.W.Y. (International Women’s Year)

Legislation

Magazine Articles

Media List

National Correspondence

New Orleans NOW and State Newsletters

Jefferson NOW Newsletters

Seminars

Sexism in Education

State Correspondence

Newspaper Articles

August 27 Festival, 1978

Box 2 of 2 NAC-285

Newsletter of the National Gay Task Force (October 1978); "Women’s Political Times" (Summer 1978); Ladies Home Journal (May 1976)

Humanities – Jefferson NOW – Grant 1979

References for Rape Report

Booklets

References

Newspaper Clippings [ca. 1976-1977]

National Women’s Conference (1979) and Louisiana Governor’s Conference on Women (1976)

6th Annual Louisiana NOW State Conference, March 1978

National NOW Conference, 1978

National NOW Newsletters (2 folders)

"The Equalizer" – Jefferson Parish NOW Newsletter

Newspaper Articles on the ERA [ca. 1978] (2 folders)

Personal Correspondences and Misc. Jefferson Parish NPW documents