Lansing, Elizabeth
2007-77

Summary Information

Repository
Newcomb Archives
Creator - Author
Lansing, Elizabeth
Title
Elizabeth Lansing Collection
ID
2007-77
Date [inclusive]
Between 1950 and 1990
Extent
0.5 Cubic feet 1 box
Language
English

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Biographical/Historical note

Elizabeth Lansing, raised and educated in New Orleans, graduated from Newcomb in 1934 with a B.A. in Greek and a minor in Philosophy. The following year she proceeded her graduated studies in Mills College in California, where she received an M.A. in Philosophy. Then followed two decades of moving about: she moved to Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New York City while involved in various occupations. In 1955 she made a final move to North Carolina, where she completed an M.A. in Zoology at Duke University in 1960. Her last years of employment were spent in the Rare Book Collection of the University of North Carolina Library. She was employed there until in 1985, when she had reached the state's mandatory age limit and was forced into retirement. Ms. Lansing has been a strong advocate for women's issues, particularly abortion rights, health care, and education.

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Scope and Contents note

This collection spans from the early 1950s to the mid 1990s. Most of the material consists of correspondence from Ms. Lansing addressed to personal friends and acquaintances. Ms. Lansing has dedicated significant amounts of time to abortion-rights groups and she often combines in her correspondence personal news with literature from these activities. Included are also notes from her Newcomb class reunion in 1984 for their 50th anniversary and from her trips to the U.S.S.R. and Greece. As Ms. Lansing indicates in one of her letters, she has been "realistically concerned for public, egalitarian education, health care, and civil liberties."

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Organization and Arrangement

This series, consisting mainly of correspondence, was organized and arranged by Ms. Lansing herself. Arranged according to decade, all material has been refoldered and some metal fasteners have been removed. Original order has been preserved.

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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

Conditions Governing Access note

Missing/Incomplete: Letter from October 16, 1992. Consult repository for details.

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Controlled Access Headings

Occupation(s)

  • Activists

Personal Name(s)

  • Lansing, Elizabeth

Subject(s)

  • Abortion Rights
  • Politics
  • Travel

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Collection Inventory

Folder listings 

Folder listings

1. Processor’s Notes

2. Articles (April 1952 - May 1975)

3. Articles (May 1975 - 1984)

4. Articles (1985 - February 1995)

5. Correspondence (Winter 1952 - December 1959)

6. Correspondence (December 1960 - June 1968)

7. Correspondence (April 1970 - September 1979)

8. Correspondence (October 1980 - October 1986)

9. Correspondence (June 1991 - May 1995)

10. Memory of Miss Susan Tew (June 1997)

Articles

Lansing articles 1950s-1983:

Written for / Date / Pages / Topic / Published

Independent Woman / April 1952 / 3 / "What More do Women Want? / Yes;

The Indian Rationalist / Sept. 1953 / 3 / "The Rationalist Among His Allies" / Yes;

The Indian Rationalist / Jan. 1955 / 3 / "A Rationalist View of Family Planning" / Yes;

The Indian Rationalist / April 1955 / 3 / "Family Planning and Religion" / Yes;

The Duke Chronicle (Durham) / Jan. 6, 1960 / 1 / Catholicism - Intolerance / Yes;

Library Notes Duke U. (Durham) / April 1964 / 1 / "Opuscoli" / Yes;

Mobile Home Journal (New York) / Nov. 1964 / 3 / "Why I Chose Mobile Home Living" / Yes;

The Bookmark UNC (Chapel Hill) / Sept. 1971 / 5 / "The Landlord is the Guelf Party" / Yes;

The Bookmark / Sept. 1972 / 12 / "The Story of Unfulfilled Promise" / Yes;

Library Notes, UNC Staff / Feb. 16, 1973 / 1 / Theodore Gaza Manuscript / Yes;

The Humanist Amherst / May 8, 1973 / 1 / Death with Dignity Concem : Hemenway clip / Yes;

Morning Herald (Durham) / Mar. 13, 1974 / 1 / Jesse Helms on Abortion / Yes;

Morning Herald / July 27, 1974 / 1 / 'Ms.' / Yes;

The Bookmark / Oct. 1974 / 23 / "A Perspective on the Manuscripts in the Rare Book Collection" / Yes;

Morning Herald / May 9, 1975 / 1 / Pro-choice stand / ?;

Library Staff Newsletter (UNC) / May 15, 1975 / 1 / Euripides / Yes;

Library Staff Newsletter (UNC) / 1982 / 1 / An Aldine Index (tr.) / Yes;

To several senators / July 25, 1975 / 1 / Support Roe v. Wade / Not submitted for publication;

Chapel Hill Newspaper / Oct. 17, 1976 / 1 / Abortion Concem: Arthur Jones / Yes;

Daily News (Greensboro) / Oct. 21, 1976 / 2 / Public money for abortion / ?;

The Sentinel (Winston-Salem) / May 24, 1977 / 1 / Joe Felmet (candidate for Senate) / Yes;

News and Observer (Raleigh) / Jan. 15, 1979 / 1 / Anti-choice ploys / ?;

The Sentinel / Jan. 23, 1979 / 1 / Cruelty of enforced pregnancy / ?;

Charlotte News / Feb. 5, 1979 / 1 / Public funds for abortion / ?;

For people posting notices of NARAL-NC meetings / 1980 / 2 / Coping with opponents / Not submitted for publication;

Tar Heel Humanist (pub. Asheville) / 1981 / 1 / Establishing NC RCAR - Charge of genocide / Yes;

Tar Heel Humanist / Feb. 1981 / 2 / Creation myths - Diffusion / Yes;

Library Staff / 1982? / 1 / Loud talking Concom Picture / Yes;

Chapel Hill Newspaper / 1983 / 1 / Illegal abortion continuing / Yes;

Tried Ms. only Rejected after 16 months. Sent to a few friends. / 8.23.83 / 1+17+4 . "Beyond Abortion-Rights Activism" / No;

The Humanist / 1984 / 3 / Abortion-rights groups / ?;

Request for experiences with abortion/1985? / 6 / Accounts—personal response/ Not submitted for publication;

Tar Heel Humanist/ Jan and Feb. 1985/ 1/ Welfare/ Yes;

News and Observer (Raleigh)/ May 1985/ 1/ Humanism/ Yes;

Southeastern Humanist/ June 1985/ 2/ Semantics/ ?;

Tar Heel Humanist/ 1986 or 1987 /1/ Judeo-Christian Ethics/ ?;

Personal communication /Feb 15,1986 /3/ Humanism /Not submitted for publication;

Citizen News- Record (Aberdeen)/ Jan 20, 1986 and Feb 5, 1986/ 1/ Attack on Humanism Concom: Cook, Reply/ Yes;

News and Observer/ Mar 10, 1986/ 1 /Population for Business Advantage /Yes;

Daily News (Jacksonville) /Mar 8, 1987/ 1 /Scheidler in Jacksonville. Concom: Biro Feb. 28, 1987 /Yes;

Handout for Talk/ 1988 /4 /Update on Abortion Rights/ Not submitted for publication;

Daily News (Jacksonville) /Feb. 21, 1988 /1/ Lifers oppose death with dignity /Yes;

Washington Post National Weekly /June 11, 1988/ 1/ Reagan on Human Rights/ No;

News and Observer/ Sept 7, 1988 /1/ Rape and incest /Yes;

Journal (Winston- Salem)/ Jan. 28, 1989/ 1 /Abortion rights Concem: Bruce Bedinger/ Yes;

Herald (Sanford) /Feb 1, 1989/ 1/ Pledge-a- Picket/ Yes;

Free Mind /Mar/-Apr 1989 /1 /Write to press/ Yes;

The Speedy Bee (Jessup, GA)/ 1990/ 1/Bees /Yes;

The Pilot (Southern Pines) /Aug 20, 1990 Aug 27?/ 1/ Deaths from illegal abortion Concom.: Editorial reproduced from the Fayetteville Times /Yes;

Tar Heel Humanist /Jan 28, 1991/ 1/ Corporal punishment /Yes;

Washington Post National Weekly/ Jan 28, 1991/ 3 items total /Anti- choice ad/ No;

General Letter/ Jan 29, 1991/ The 1/28 letter and ad were sent as enclosures in the 1/29 letter, which is actually general, not submitted for publication;

Chatham Record Reprinted in Free Mind /Mar and Apr 1991/ 1 /Informed voting /Yes;

Western Wake Herald/ Aug 12, 1991 /1 /Death with Dignity/?;

Times (Fayetteville) /Oct 21, 1991/ 1 /Thomas, candidate for Supreme Court Justice/ Perhaps;

Feminist Caucus American Humanist Assn./ Spring 1992 /1/ Boycott Louisiana’s festivities. Concom.: Downey /Yes;

Human Quest/ Jan- Feb 1995/ 1 /a) Segregation b) Review: Ancient Futures /.