Harris, Julie Schwam
87-002

Summary Information

Repository
Newcomb Archives
Title
Harris, Julie Schwam
ID
87-002
Date [inclusive]
1970-2000
Extent
5.0 Cubic feet
Language
English

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Biographical/Historical note

Julie Schwam Harris was extremely active in the Pro-Choice movement in Louisiana. In the years following Roe v. Wade there were many attempts in many parts of the country to ignore its dictates with respect to a woman’s control of her body.

Louisiana was among those where the Legislature sought to effectively overturn Roe by passing many restrictions to make it virtually impossible for a woman to terminate a pregnancy with a medical procedure..

Operation Rescue, a national group firmly opposed to pregnancy termination, targeted Louisiana to protest at the Women’s Health Centers they suspected of performing abortions. They had extremely aggressive tactics and physically harassed center staff and, in some cases, the pregnant women. At least one person was murdered by someone professing to be Pro-Life.

Harris saved accounts of Pro-Choice and Pro-Life activities from all over the country. There is a treasure chest of newspaper and magazine articles in these files.

The legislative activities in Louisiana are also thoroughly documented and include the many bills proposed and voting records.

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Organization and Arrangement

The files have been arranged roughly chronologically and topically. The collection fills four cartons and one flat box.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Newcomb Archives

Newcomb Center for Research on Women
Seltzer-Gerard Reading Room
62 Newcomb Place
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118
504 865 5762
vorhoff@tulane.edu

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Controlled Access Headings

Occupation(s)

  • Activists

Personal Name(s)

  • Harris, Julie Schwam

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Collection Inventory

Box 1 of 5 

General note

1. 5/89 – 12/89: Clips

3. 1/90, 2/90: Clips

4. 3/90 – 4/90: Clips

5. 5/90 – 6/90: Clips

6. 7/90: Clips

7. 8/90: Clips

8. 9/90: Clips

9. 10/90: Clips

10. 11/90: Clips

11. 12/90: Clips

12. 1991: Clips – Louisiana

13. 1991: Clips – elsewhere

14. 1992: Clips – LA re: Choice, STDs, etc.

15. 1992: Clips – elsewhere

16. 7/92: Anti-Operation Rescue

17. 7/92: The Catholic Church and the Politics of Abortion

18. ’93 clips – General (Sex Ed., RU 486, Political Policy)

19. ’93 clips – Louisiana and Mississippi

20. 3/93: Violent Activism

21. 1/94 – 6/94: Clips

22. 7/94 – 12/94: Clips

23. 1995 clips

24. 1996 clips

25. ~1990: Pulse on Choice

26. Mobilize for Women’s Lives

27. 7/89 – 12/90: CPF (Citizens for Personal Freedom )

28. 1990: PF PR Materials

29. 1/91 – 5/91: CPF

30. ’90 – ’94: Miscellaneous

31. 1995: Roe v. Wade anniversary

32. 1997: Literature re: Notification

33. 198? – 1989: LA Choice

34. FY ’89 ; LA Choice Annual Plan

35. 1990: LA Choice

36. ‘90 – ’91: LA Choice Misc. Materials

37. 1991: LA Choice

38. ’92 – ’93: LA Choice Misc. Materials

39. LA Choice: Tactics and Strategy

40. ’89-’92: LA Choice Newsletter

41. NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League) publications

42. ‘92 NARAL Bulletins

43. ’90 – ’91: Voter Telephone Polls

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Box 2 of 5 

General note

1. ’73: Roe v. Wade: Supreme Court Documentation

2. 7/92: LIFE: Pro-Choice v. Operation Rescue

3. ’91: LA Law Review re: Roe v. Wade and Louisiana

4. ’91: Catholics for a Free Choice

5. ’93 – ’98: Pro-Choice literature. Includes By-Laws for ALICE’s List (All Louisianians Interested in Choice Elections); NCJW (National Council of Jewish Women) journal – Summer ’98; FL NOW newsletter 4/7/93; Welfare Reform Update 1999

6. 1993 Reproductive Health literature from the Alan Guttmacher Institute.

7. Choice in the Media (Catholic Publications, ~1993)

8. 1/01: LA Lawyers for Life (ad)

9. 1997 publications of the National Abortion Federation

10. Reproductive Freedom News: 1/10/95 – 7/12/96

11. Sum. ’96 – Spr. ’00: Of Counsel (Center for Reproductive Law and Policy)

12. 1993: Challenging the Religious Right (The Activists’ Handbook)

13. ’91 – ’96: Pro-Choice Resource Center publications

14. ’96 - ’01: Pro-Choice Resource Center publications

15. ’82 – ’90 ; Correspondence with legislators

16. 1986: D. Schwam-Baird: Evaluating Restrictive Abortion Procedure

17. 1992 Reproductive Freedom News (4 issues)

18. 1993 Reproductive Freedom News (20 issues)

19. 1994 Reproductive Freedom News (23 issues)

20. 1995 Reproductive Freedom News (20 issues

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Box 3 of 5 

General note

1. AAUW (American Association of University Women)

2. Arts

3. Baton Rouge Lists

4. Black Fraternities and Sororities

5. Black Physicians in Louisiana

6. Black Professional Organizations

7. Black Social/Philanthropic Clubs (mostly female)

8. Blacks @ Universities: Dillard, Southern, LSU, UNO

9. Blacks @ Universities: Delgado, Xavier

10. Miscellaneous Church Rosters ’87 – ‘91

11. N. O. Churches by neighborhood

12. Junior League – provisional and active members

13. Junior League sustaining members League of Women Voters ’91 – ‘92

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Box 4 of 5 

General note

1. ’83 – ’93: RCAR – Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights

2. ’85: Covenant and Caring (covenant of Caring and Life Commission)

3. 11/85 – 3/91: Miscellaneous Information

4. 1980s and ‘90s: Planned Parenthood

5. 5/86-10/90: Fact Sheets by the National Abortion Federation anad Planned Parenthood

6. ’87 – ’91: Non-Profit Guidelines

7. 1988: Republicans for Choice

8. ~1989: Lists of University contacts

9. 1989: Freedom of Choice Act

10. 1989: “Choice” vote in LA

11. 1989 – “Denied Abortion” studies

12. 1989: Post-Webster Abortion miscellany

13. ’88 - ’91: Legislative Activity

14. ’89 –’92: NARAL Info sheets re: Congress and Courts

15. ~1989 – 90: New Orleans NOW

16. ’89 – ’92: “Facts of Life” in LA miscellany

17. ’89 – ’93: League of Women Voters

18. 3/27/90: Testimony re: Abortion in Romania

19. 5/90: LA Polls

20. ’90: HB 1331 – “Battery of Abortion”

21. ’90 ; LA House and Senate Bills re: Rape, Abortion

22. ~1990: Catholics for a Free Choice

23. ~1990: Abortion in LA: Legal Info

24. ’90 Legislative Session re: Choice

25. ’90: Votes on HB 1637 – Choice

26. ’90: Abortion and Women’s Health (Guttmacher Institute)

27. WomanElect 2000

28. ’90 – ’92: Birth Control and Sex Ed

29. ’90 – ’92: Vote Pro-Choice PAC

30. ’90 – ’97: Guttmacher Institute Literature

31. ~1990: Pro and Con Miscellany

32. ~1991: Phone Lists of Volunteers

33. ’91: Governor’s conference on Women’s Issues

34. ‘91: Briefing Package re: Abortion

35. 1991 Legislative Session – Choice bills etc.

36. ’91: Summary of Choice votes

37. ’92: Bills re: Sec and Health Ed. In schools

38. ’92: Senate Bills and Committees

39. ’92: Activism for Reproductive Freedom

40. 1991 – 92: LA Miscellany

41. ’91 – ’92: Supreme Court Clips

42. 8/92 – Committee of 21

43. 12/92 issue of Political Woman

44. 1992 LA Governor’s Conference on Women

45. 1993 LA Governor’s Conference on Women

46. 1993 Fall Conference of the Women’s Commission of SW Louisiana

47. 1993 LA HCR 302 (anti-choice)

48. 1994: “Choice” and Federal Funding

49. ~’95: New Orleans NOW re: Abortion

50. “99 – ’00: Miscellaneous Newsletters

51. Miscellaneous Info (undated)

52. Assorted Political Buttons and Doubloons

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Box 5 of 5 

General note

(Flat Box)

This box contains 23 issues of Equal Opportunity Forum (formerly National Black Register), dated from 5/76 to 9/78.

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