| Series 1: Biographical information on Brenda Eichelberger |
| Box 1 |
| Box |
Folder |
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1 |
Biographical sketch: Eichelberger, Brenda [n.d.] |
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2 |
Resume/vita: Eichelberger, Brenda [n.d.] |
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3 |
Certificates/awards - Eichelberger, Brenda [1977] |
| 1 |
4 |
Speaker’s agreements - Eichelberger, Brenda [1976-1979] |
| 1 |
5 |
Membership card - American Federation of Teachers, Chicago Black Caucus [1978] |
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Series 2: Historical documents from NABF |
| 1 |
6 |
Historical sketch: National Alliance of Black Feminists [n.d.] |
| 1 |
7 |
Press releases [1976-1981] |
| 1 |
8 |
Newspaper clippings [1976-1981] |
| 1 |
9 |
Tax/financial records [1980-1983] |
| 1 |
10 |
Annual reports [n.d.] |
| 1 |
11 |
Minutes of NABF meetings [1974-1981?] |
| 1 |
12 |
Board members list/information [n.d.] |
| 1 |
13 |
Membership letter [July-August, 1979] |
| 1 |
14 |
Membership roster [n.d.] |
| 1 |
15 |
Calendar of events [1976-1979] |
| 1 |
16 |
List of NABF speakers/writer’s topics [n.d.] |
| 1 |
17 |
NABF stationery [n.d.] |
| 1 |
18 |
Agreement: Advisory board/consultants of NABF [n.d.] |
| 1 |
19 |
NABF promotional brochure [n.d.] |
| 1 |
20 |
Promotional brochure-Alternative School Program [winter/spring 1979] |
| 1 |
21 |
Promotional brochure-National Black Women’s Conference [1977] |
| 1 |
22 |
Resolutions-National Black Women’s Conference [1977] |
| 1 |
23 |
Promotional flyers: conferences/meetings attended by NABF [1975-80] |
| 1 |
24 |
Conference materials: NABF Child care conferences [1981] |
| Box 2 |
| 2 |
1 |
Articles of Incorporation: Black Women’s speaker’s Bureau [n.d.] |
| 2 |
2 |
Articles of Incorporation: Black Women’s Arts Alliance (BWAA) n.d. |
| 2 |
3 |
By-laws: Black Women’s Arts Alliance [n.d.] |
| 2 |
4 |
Handout: Purposes of the Black Women’s Arts Alliance [n.d.] |
| 2 |
5 |
Handout: Activities of the Black Women’s Arts Alliance [n.d.] |
| 2 |
6 |
Handout: Rationale for establishing a relationship between NABF; BWAA and Artemesia [n.d.] |
| 2 |
7 |
Minutes: Black Women’s Arts Alliance meetings [1981-1982] |
| 2 |
8 |
Mailing list: Black Women’s Arts Alliance [n.d.] |
| 2 |
9 |
Biographical information – Select Black Women’s Art Alliance members |
| 2 |
10 |
By-laws: Chicago Council on Crimes Against Women [n.d.] |
| 2 |
11 |
Application submitted by NABF to Lawyers for the Creative Arts, 1981 |
| 2 |
12 |
Grant proposal: submitted to Illinois Humanities Council for Northern Illinois University Conference, “Focus on Sexuality”, February, 1977 |
| 2 |
13 |
Grant proposal: submitted to Illinois Arts Council for NABF arts programs, 1980-1982 |
| 2 |
14 |
Grant proposal: submitted to the Crossroads Fund for NABF Child Care Conference, 1981 |
| 2 |
15 |
Grant proposal: submitted to Chicago Council on fine Arts for W.O.M.A.N. arts internship, 1982 |
| 2 |
16 |
Booklets: Proposal/grant writing materials,1978-1980 |
| Box 3 |
| 3 |
1 |
NABF Correspondence, 1976 |
| 3 |
2 |
NABF Correspondence, 1977 |
| 3 |
3 |
NABF Correspondence, 1978 |
| 3 |
4 |
NABF Correspondence, 1979 |
| 3 |
5 |
NABF Correspondence, 1980 |
| 3 |
6 |
NABF Correspondence, 1981-1982 |
| 3 |
7 |
NABF Correspondence, 1983 |
| 3 |
8 |
NABF Correspondence, 1985 |
| 3 |
9 |
NABF Correspondence, 1986-1987 |
| 3 |
10 |
NABF Correspondence, 1997 |
| 3 |
11 |
NABF Correspondence, [n.d.] |
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Series 3: Unpublished manuscripts by Brenda Eichelberger |
| Box 4 |
| 4 |
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“Black Feminism: Is it necessary?” A critique of eight Black feminist Interviews, 1/20/1977 |
| 4 |
2 |
“Black Feminism: Is it necessary?” interview with Monica Stewart, 1977 |
| 4 |
3 |
“Black Feminism: Is it necessary?” interview with Marion Fisher, 1977 |
| 4 |
4 |
“Black Feminism: Is it necessary?” interview with Bonita Kelly, 1977 |
| 4 |
5 |
“Black Feminism: Is it necessary?” interview with Rose Diggs, 1977 |
| 4 |
6 |
“Black Feminism: Is it necessary?” interview with Cozetta Milton, 1977 |
| 4 |
7 |
“Black Feminism: Is it necessary?” interview with Marta White, 1977 |
| 4 |
8 |
“Black Feminism: Is it necessary?” interview with Donna Stutts, 1977 |
| 4 |
9 |
“Black Feminism: Is it necessary?” interview with Michelle Gautreaux, 1977 |
| 4 |
10 |
“Black Motherhood: madonna or matriarch?” draft [n.d.] |
| 4 |
11 |
Black Studies topics [n.d.] |
| 4 |
12 |
“Male and female communication,” draft [n.d.] |
| Box 5 |
| 5 |
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“Myths about Black Feminism” (drafts), 1978 |
| 5 |
2 |
“Missing Link to ERA Passage,” 1980 |
| 5 |
3 |
“Organized ERA Opposition,” 1977 |
| 5 |
4 |
“Precede to Myths about Black Feminism: Parts I and II,” 1978 |
| 5 |
5 |
“Precede to Myths about Black Feminism: Parts I and III,” 1978 |
| 5 |
6 |
“Real Opposition to ERA,” 1977 |
| 5 |
7 |
“Several common myths about rape; resources for rape victims,” [n.d.] |
| 5 |
8 |
“War and the post-war years,” (draft), [n.d.] |
| 5 |
9 |
“Wallace’s myths: A Feminist Perspective,” 1979 |
| 5 |
10 |
“What is Anglogynophobia?,” 1977-78 |
| 5 |
11 |
“Why are few black women in the women’s movement?,” 1977 |
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Series 4: Collection of journals, magazines and newsletters |
| Box 6 |
| 6 |
1 |
AIM for racial harmony and peace, v.5, no. 4, July/August, 1978 |
| 6 |
2 |
Allegheny Feminist, v.2, no. 5, June, 1978 |
| 6 |
3 |
Chicago Defender, [scattered issues] March 27, 1978-August 17, 1981 |
| 6 |
4 |
Chicago Journal, v. 2, no. 46, August 2, 1978 |
| 6 |
5 |
Club Date, v. 1, no. 1, Spring, 1978 |
| 6 |
6 |
Club News, v. 4, no. 2, Summer, 1978 |
| 6 |
7 |
Community, v. 36, no. 1, Fall, 1976 |
| 6 |
8 |
Diplomat magazine, v.1, no. 1, April 10, 1981 |
| 6 |
9 |
Essence, v. 9, no. 7, November, 1978 |
| 6 |
10 |
International Socialist Review, March 1977 |
| 6 |
11 |
Jet, March 2, 1978 |
| 6 |
12 |
Militant, v. 41, no. 17, May 6, 1977 |
| 6 |
13 |
Moving Mountain: A Feminist Quarterly, v.2, no. 2, Winter, 1977 |
| 6 |
14 |
Moving On, August/September, 1979 |
| 6 |
15 |
New Crusader, July 4, 1981 |
| 6 |
16 |
Now magazine, v.2, no. 4, 1978 |
| 6 |
17 |
Observer, v. 14, no. 29, July 22, 1978 |
| 6 |
18 |
Off Our Backs, [scattered issues] June, 1978- March, 1979 |
| 6 |
19 |
Reader, v.8, no. 35, June 1, 1979 |
| Box 7 |
| 7 |
1 |
Rumble, no. 35, January, 1980 |
| 7 |
2 |
Scene, v. 8, no. 1, Fall, 1975 |
| 7 |
3 |
Westchester Woman, v. 6, no. 4, March, 1979 |
| 7 |
4 |
Women Organizing: A socialist feminist bulletin, v. 3, no. 7 |
| 7 |
5 |
Women’s Collection Newsletter (Special Collections, Northwestern University Library, no. 3, June, 1975—Spring, 1989 |
| 7 |
6 |
Women’s Liberation, News and Letters Committees, May, 1978 |
| 7 |
7 |
WREE View, v. 6, no. 2, March-April, 1981 |
| 7 |
8 |
Women’s News…For a change, April, 1977 |
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Series 5: Clipping Files from newspapers, magazines and pamphlets |
| Box 8 |
| 8 |
1 |
Newspaper clippings on feminist topics, 1974-1981 |
| 8 |
2 |
“The African contribution, part II,” John M. Weatherwax, 1968 |
| 8 |
3 |
“Appendix 4: By-laws of Arts Groups, Inc.” [n.d.] |
| 8 |
4 |
“Black Feminism: A new mandate,” MS, May, 1974. |
| 8 |
5 |
“Black feminists and the Equal Rights Amendment,” Sepia, October, 1979 |
| 8 |
6 |
“Black History: collecting alternative images,” Mary Teal Coleman, MS, November, 1979 |
| 8 |
7 |
“Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman,” Michelle Wallace, MS, January, 1979 |
| 8 |
8 |
“Black Women’s Liberation,” Bernette Golden, Essence, February, 1974 |
| 8 |
9 |
“Black Women’s Struggle for Equality,” Willie Mae Reid, Pathfinder Press, 1976 |
| 8 |
10 |
“Brenda Verner examines Liberated Sisters, Encore, April, 1974 |
| 8 |
11 |
“A critical examination of Ellen Willis’ ‘Rape on Trial’,” Amelia Laverne Bennett, April 17, 1976 |
| 8 |
12 |
“Feminists argue for job parity, Brenda Eichelberger, Chicago Defender, May 8, 1978 |
| 8 |
13 |
“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Revolution When Poetry is Not Enough,” Salim Muwakkil, The Reader, February, 1978 |
| 8 |
14 |
“Getting Together: how to start a Women’s Liberation group,” Jane Freeman and Marge Piercy, [n.d.] |
| 8 |
15 |
“In Defense of Feminism,” Brenda Verner, Encore, July 1974 |
| 8 |
16 |
“Lesbian Feminist Theory,” Charlotte Bunch, [n.d.] |
| 8 |
17 |
“Missing Link to Passage of the ERA,” NABF position paper, 1980 |
| 8 |
18 |
“My God, the Doctor!”, Judy Lerner, [n.d.] |
| 8 |
19 |
“Myths About Feminism,” AIM for Racial Harmony & Peace, July/August, 1978 |
| 8 |
20 |
“Myths About Feminism,” Essence, November, 1978 |
| 8 |
21 |
“Narrative of Sojourner Truth: Part 1,” Olive Gilbert and Frances W. Titus, 1964(?) |
| 8 |
22 |
“New Myths for Old: Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman,” Moving On, [n.d.] |
| 8 |
23 |
“Plan for the Implementation of the Provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Related to Integration of Facilities,” Chicago Public Schools, May 31, 1977 |
| 8 |
24 |
“Racism isn’t Just…,” Black Industrial Mission, Summer, 1971 |
| 8 |
25 |
“Reflections and Perspectives on the Women’s Movement in 1976: The ERA,” Jacqueline St. John, Vital Speeches of the Day, 1977(?) |
| 8 |
26 |
“Sharing the Power and the Glory,” Patsy G. Fulcher, Contact Magazine, Fall, 1974 |
| 8 |
27 |
“Should We Genderspeak? Words and Women calls for an end to male-dominated language,” More, October, 1976 |
| 8 |
28 |
“Testimony of Frankie M. Freeman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, May 19, 1978 |
| 8 |
29 |
“The Mother Fucker and the Original Mother Fucker,” Frances Cress Welsing, [n.d.] |
| 8 |
30 |
“Thirty-six Black women’s organizations,” Black Collegian, May/June, 1979 |
| 8 |
31 |
“Voices on Black Feminism,” Quest, Spring, 1977 |
| 8 |
33 |
“Who will revere the Black Woman?”, case study, Dixie Lee Baker-Young, 1979 |
| 8 |
34 |
“War between the Sexes,” Ebony, June, 1979 |
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Series 6: NABF Workshop and conference materials |
| 9 |
1 |
Promotional flyers from NABF assertiveness workshops, 1979-1980 |
| 9 |
2 |
Handout: “What is Assertiveness Training?”, 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
3 |
Application: NABF Assertiveness workshop, 1978 |
| 9 |
4 |
Outline: NABF Assertiveness course, 1978 |
| 9 |
5 |
Handout: Assertiveness inventory, 1978 |
| 9 |
6 |
Manual: “Facilitating Assertiveness Training Groups, Counseling Center Southern Illinois University, 1974 |
| 9 |
7 |
Handout: “Every woman’s bill of rights,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
8 |
Handout: “Assertively coping with the Great Manipulator,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
9 |
Handout: “Handling criticism,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
10 |
Handout: “Broken record,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
11 |
Handout: “Games women play to avoid asserting themselves,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
12 |
Handout: “When I may be acting non-assertively,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
13 |
Handout: “Characterological lifechart of people we all know,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
14 |
Handout: “Comparing non-assertive, aggressive and assertive behaviors and their consequences,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
15 |
Description of the Consciousness-raising workshop, 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
16 |
Handout: “Consciousness-raising guidelines,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
17 |
Handout: “Men’s consciousness-raising guidelines,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
18 |
Handout: “Introduction to consciousness-raising,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
19 |
Handout: “Consciousness-raising small groups for women,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
20 |
Handout: “Consciousness-raising guidelines,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
21 |
Handout: “Consciousness-raising—a dead end,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
22 |
Handout: “Topics on consciousness-raising,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
23 |
Handout: “Woman’s body, woman’s mind, a guide to consciousness-Raising,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
24 |
Handout: “Rapping in small groups,” 1978-1980 |
| 9 |
25 |
Handout: “On females,” 1978-1980 |
| Box 10 |
| 10 |
1 |
Brochures from feminist organizations [n.d.] |
| 10 |
2 |
Brochures and holdings information: Midwest Women’s Historical Collection, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1977 |
| 10 |
3 |
Conference materials: First scholarly research conference on Black Women’s History, National Council of Negro Women, Washington, D.C., 1979 |
| 10 |
4 |
Conference materials: “Black Women in the Middle West, A Documentary Heritage Project,” Chicago Historical Society, 1984 |
| 10 |
5 |
Conference materials: “1980 General conference on Equal Rights of Women and Men,” United Methodist Church, 1980 |
| 10 |
6 |
Conference materials: “Feminist Conference,” Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, 1979 |
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Series 7: Memorabilia |
| Box 11 |
| 11 |
1 |
Souvenir program and reviews: “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow was Enuf,” Ntozake Shange, 1978 |
| 11 |
2 |
Poster: “Honoring a Commitment to the People of America—Presidential Appointees,” 1979 |
| 11 |
3 |
Galley proofs: “The Missing Link to Passage of the ERA,” NABF Position Paper, Chicago, November, 1980 |
