Harriet Swift Collection
2007-112

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

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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).

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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.

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Organization and Arrangement

This collection has been organized into two boxes with several folders in alphabetical order.

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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)

  • Journalists

Personal Name(s)

  • Swift, Harriet

Subject(s)

  • Beauty Pageants
  • Civil Rights
  • Feminism
  • Women's Studies.

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General note

Listing of contents in finding aid is only available for Box 1.

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Collection Inventory

 NAC-364 Box 1 of 2   1.0 Cubic feet 1 box

General note

Anti-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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