Newcomb Archives
Brylski, Cheron Addendum
2007-16
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Newcomb Archives
- Creator - Creator
- Brylski, Cheron
- Title
- Cheron Brylski Addendum
- ID
- 2007-16
- Date [inclusive]
- Between late 1970s and late 1980s
- Extent
- 2.0 Cubic feet 2 Boxes
- Language
- English
Biographical/Historical note
Cheron Brylski was born in 1958. She graduated summa cum laude from Loyola University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism and Political Science. Then she earned her Master’s Degree in Political Science from the University of New Orleans (magna cum laude) in 1983. She began her career as a reporter for the New Orleans "Vieux Carre Courier," working under Editor William Faulkner Ruston and Publisher Philip Carter. A series of stories on poor Louisiana Native American women, written with guidance by Mr. Ruston, earned Ms. Brylski the attention of Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader. Nader invited her to work with him on a project called Congress Watch in Washington, D.C. At the height of the Oil Crisis Ms. Brylski returned to Louisiana with Mr. Nader to begin a project designed to unseat U.S. Senator Russell Long. At this time Loyola University recommended her to newly elected Mayor Ernest N. Morial, who was looking for a good writer. Mayor Morial was the city's first African American Mayor, but he directed Cheron to focus her growing political and media experience on helping women further their presence in politics and the workplace. While working for Dutch Morial, she was appointed to head a chartered city department, the Office of Public Information. She was the first woman and youngest person ever to head such a department. She served as Dutch Morial's chief speechwriter and press liaison until his death in 1989. Upon leaving city government in 1986, Cheron started her own business. Eventually, it grew into a media consulting firm specializing in government, political, and non-profit clients. Then State Representative Mary Landrieu hired Cheron in 1987 to help her become the first women elected to a state wide office. Cheron solidified her involvement in Louisiana's women's movement by taking Landrieu as a client.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of many different materials amassed by Cheron during her time with the Louisiana's Women's Network, which later became the Louisiana's Women's Lobbying Network. Collected are bank statements, correspondance, and a few samples of ground work of the many ideas that came out of the LWN and later the LWLN. The collection ranges from the late 1970s to the late 1980s.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials have been arranged in two boxes with several folders in chronological order.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Newcomb Archives
Newcomb Center for Research on WomenSeltzer-Gerard Reading Room
62 Newcomb Place
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118
504 865 5762
vorhoff@tulane.edu
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Louisiana Women's Lobbying Network.
Occupation(s)
- Activists
Personal Name(s)
- Brylski, Cheron
- Landrieu, Mary
- Morial, Ernest N.
- Nader, Ralph
Subject(s)
- Politics
Collection Inventory
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Box 1 of 2 1.0 Cubic feet 1 Box General noteIndex: Louisiana Women's Network Divorce Papers: 1988 Loose bank statements, checks from Sugarland State Bank in Jeanerette, LA Membership lists First Brown Accordion File: -LA Women's Network bylaws -LWLN me, 1987 Developments -Minutes 197 LWN Second Brown Accordion File - LWN Inc. 501 C3 1986: -Dixie 501 C savings -Copied checks -Contracts LWLN Third Brown Accordion File - LWLN 501 C 4 1986: -SMITA/SRDC Joint Letter 12/30/87 -IRS 1985-1990 LWLN, Inc. -LWLN 1987 Board of Directors Minutes -Miscellaneous Folder -Development LWLN, Inc. -LA Women's Network: Revenue Generating Ideas 6/18/83 -NWLN Inc. Third Party Documentation -Correspondence -Reports and Backing Documents Forth Brown Accordion File - Original Louisiana's Women's Network to Louisiana Women's Lobby Network, Inc.: -LA Women's Network -Contracts/Notes -LA Women's Network Correspondence -Woodstock Briefing -Envelope from Ms. Foundation for Women -Envelope from Ofice of the System VP of SU -Envelope from Coalition for Human Dignity -Envelope from Blue Cross Blue Shield -National Association of Social Workers -Miscellaneous papers -Minutes -Miscellaneous Letters and papers -Charter and Arts of MC Lorna's Old Files Ollie Osborne and AAUW LWN Inc 1988 IRS Long Side Folders: -Member affiliations -Louisiana Women's Network Minutes |
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Box 2 of 2 1.0 Cubic feet 1 Box General noteProblem Folder, Louisiana Women's Network Louisiana Women's Network: Binder 1 Folder 2 LWN: Binder 2 Newspaper articles Letters from Contributors Correspondence: 1985 1990 January Letter Women's Lobby Network: 1989 January Letter- Ticket Information; 1989 Legislative Session: July Letter 1989 Legislative Session: May Letter 1989 Proposed Legislative Session: March 31, 1989 1988 January Letter: Tickets 1988 Legislative Action: July Letter 1988 Legislative Session: May Letter 1988 Proposed Legislative Packet: April 1, 1988 January 28, 1987 Letter 1987 Legislative Session: May 11 Letter 1987 Proposed Legislation: April 9, 1987 1987 Legislative Session: July Letter 1986 Legislative Session: May 8, 1986 August 4, 1986 Letter 1986 Proposed Legislation: February 27, 1986 December 29, 1988: Letter to Southern Research 1986 Legislative Session: July 19, 1986 1984 Legislative Sessions 1985 Proposed Legislative Session 1985 Legislative Session: July - Final Louisiana Coalition for Adoption Logos Addresses and Phone Numbers Correspondence Specific LWN Material Publications Surveys Membership Information Sign in Roster Women's Groups: -Sex. Harassment, PC -Women's Network -Blank Paper with Header -Statement of Purpose -LWN Articles -Brylski LWN -Brylski Tires -Oral History Association |
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