Newcomb Archives
Harriet Swift Collection
2007-112
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Newcomb Archives
- Creator - Author
- Swift, Harriet
- Title
- Harriet Swift Collection
- ID
- 2007-112
- Date [inclusive]
- Between 1970 and 1999
- Extent
- 2.0 Cubic feet 2 boxes
- Language
- English
Biographical/Historical note
Harriet Swift is a journalist who has written for the San Francisco Chronicle and a number of other newspapers. She is the author of The Virago Woman's Travel Guide to San Francisco (Book Passage Press).
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of articles and materials that assisted Harriet Swift in her time as a journalist. The majority of the articles collected are on modeling and beauty pageants. Other topics include married life, feminism, civil rights, and a few recipes. Most of the articles collected are from the 1980s, with a few from the 1970s and 1990s.
Organization and Arrangement
This collection has been organized into two boxes with several folders in alphabetical 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
Occupation(s)
- Journalists
Personal Name(s)
- Swift, Harriet
Subject(s)
- Beauty Pageants
- Civil Rights
- Feminism
- Women's Studies.
General note
Listing of contents in finding aid is only available for Box 1.
Collection Inventory
NAC-364 Box 1 of 2 1.0 Cubic feet 1 box General noteAnti-Pageants: Information regarding "Miss or Myth" a short film exposing the Miss America Pageant: Anti-Pageants Newspaper Articles: --Copies of several articles, dates ranging from 1986-1988 --Original clippings of above article Books on Women's Sexuality: --"Lily: A Shocking Sexual Odyssey" By Sandrine Forge --"Real Women Only Want One Thing!" By Peter Devine --"Woman's Sexual Life" Brightleaf -- A Southern Review of Books: Vol 1 No 2 January/February 1998 The Brontes: Articles on the Bronte Sisters Calendars: --In Praise of Women Artists (1979 & 1980) --Mississippi Writers II (1995) Civil Rights: --The Unfulfilled Promise of Vocational Education --A Look at Sex and Race Equity in Georgia (Handbooks) Demi Moore - Vanity Fair: Demi Moore on the covers of Vanity Fair dates: --August 1991 --August 1992 Elite: --Modeling school information packets from 1986 --Elite alumni at Metamorphosis V 1986 Employment: Instructions for women on how to get a job Esquire: How We Lived 1933-1983" June 1983 Farm Journal: The Magazine of American Agriculture December 1968 Feminism/Women's Issues: --New Books by Virago Press Feb-August 1995 --NOW Application --Pamphlets: ----On NOW origins ----On abortion ----On the ERA LIFE magazine, "Women Arise, 50 year celebration of suffrage" September 4, 1970 The Atlantic Magazine "Women Against Men - Special Issue" March 1970 Feminism/Women's Issues Newspaper Articles: --Copies: Of articles from The Southern Patriot --Originals Harper's Bazar: --May 1984 --May 1983 --July 1982 --March 1982 --December 1981 --October 1980 --February 1979 Horse and Hound: Magazine, "Top of the World" August 4th 1994 International Pageants: Two pictures of international pageant winners International Pageants Newspaper Articles: --Copies: Two articles on international pageant winners --Originals: Of above two articles James Dines: --Biographical sketch of James Dines, of Metamorphosis --Article on James Dines Ledger of Mrs. Julius Loeffler: Two pages LIFE: --"The New Youth" Fall 1977 --"The Year in Pictures" January 1982 --August 1989 --"Life Remembers: The Year in Pictures" January 1994 Mademoiselle: Magazine- "The College Issue" August 1973 Married Life: --Article: "Partners in Living" --Little Blue Book: "What Every Married Woman Should Know" --Pamphlets: on domestic violence shelter Metamorphosis: --Model Center --Press Releases on Metamorphosis VII and VIII, 1988 and 1989 Mirabella: --November/December 1996 #80 --February 1995 #69 Miss America/Miss USA: Magazine articles on Miss America and Miss USA pageants from 1988-1993 Miss America/Miss USA Newspaper Articles: --Copies: More articles concerning pageants, spanning from 1988-1993 --Originals: Of above articles Miss America Scandals: Articles on Vanessa Williams and Michelle Anderson, mostly from 1984 Models Misc: Articles and advertisements for models spanning 1987-1993 Models Misc Newspaper Articles: --Copies --Originals The New Yorker: January 9 1995 Misc Pageantry: Articles, news releases, and fliers from 1985-1988 Misc Pageantry Newspaper Articles: --Copies --Originals People Weekly: August 14 1978 Quilting: --Pamphlet on freedom quilting bee --Quilts across America Recipes: Two recipes from the New York Times Rocky Mountain Magazine: Fashion issue - September/October 1981 Southern Magazine: July and September 1987 Talk: Premier Issue September 1999 Virginia Slims Book of Days 1983 Vista Volunteer: Special Recruitment Issue Vogue: June 1979 The Washington Post: Wednesday January 19, 1977 What Happens to Miss America After the Pageants?: Letters and articles on former Miss Americas up to 1988 WWD Paris: Vol 135 No 17 Tuesday July 26 1977 |
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