Women in the Mainstream
2007-125

Summary Information

Repository
Newcomb Archives
Title
Women in the Mainstream
ID
2007-125
Date [bulk]
Bulk, 1982-1984
Date [inclusive]
Between 1970 and 1985
Extent
30.0 Linear feet
Language
English

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Organizational History

This collection contains the papers of several individuals who worked within an organization formed for a specific goal: to produce the Women’s Pavilion for the Louisiana World Exposition of 1984. The Exposition featured many pavilions constructed by several countries, focusing on special topics, etc. WITM was organized to raise funds, design, and coordinate a pavilion in the last world’s fair. The 1984 women’s pavilion was planned to have several sections, including a celebration of specific women of achievement in the world and in Louisiana, an art exhibit, and a changing exhibit/multipurpose room. The art exhibit was expanded to be both invitational and juried exhibits, managed by another organization, the Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA).

The organization’s final efforts were substantially reduced from their initial plans. Well-documented internal quarreling within every area of the organization led to much fractioning and resentment. Ultimately, WCA withdrew all support of the art exhibit.

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Scope and Contents note

Spanning the years from 1970 to 1985, with the bulk of the material dating after 1982, this collection offers several first-hand perspectives of events. Two of the participants kept detailed journals concerning their thoughts and feeling about the organization, the other individuals involved, and specific interactions. One of the individuals whose papers are collected here is Dorothy Furlong-Gardner, who acted as the liaison between WCA and WITM. After handling the agreement between the two groups, she then was placed on the Executive Board as WITM’s Exhibit Committee chair. However, as time passed Furlong-Gardner grew more upset with WITM’s handling of the Art Exhibit, the lack of promised fund-raising success, and the amount of time and stress her job required. She requested WITM to pay her a retainer, which they apparently agreed to do, but evidently did not pay. She also expressed her discontent with WITM’s handling of the artist’s work and the change of plans without the consulting WCA. Ultimately, Furlong-Gardner and WCA withdrew all support of the WITM art exhibit.

Another donor of files is Ernestine Thurman-Swartzwelder, who coordinated the Women of Achievement project. The project entailed many people nominating individual women throughout history for the title, reviewing biographical data, and organizing voting. Much of the original nominating and reviewing material is here, along with some personal files. Importantly, Thurman leaves us another personal journal, containing her notes on the daily arguments and happenings within the WITM office.

Linda Perret and Martha Owens, donors of small quantities of files, acted as the Chair of the Committee of the Multipurpose Room for WITM. This section featured changing exhibits throughout the Exposition. However, the files contain little personal or non-duplicate material.

The importance of this collection lies in its documentation of an organization entirely of women, formed to celebrate women, and how that organization functioned. It also details the interaction between two entirely different organizations, the WITM and the WCA, which maintain entirely different foci and goals. Unfortunately, not all records of the production of the Women’s Pavillion are here. Significant materials missing include architectural details and other information concerning the final dispensation.

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Organization and Arrangement

The material has been arranged within individual collections.

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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

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

There is some confusion as to the precise donors of material represented in this collection. While several individuals were recorded as "presenting" files, not all of these individuals apparently have material represented in this collection. Also within the original file is a note recording the removal of several boxes of material from this collection, which at that time was in storage at the NCCROW. It is not noted if these items were returned. However, it is known that the bulk of this material comes from two sources: Ernestine Thurman-Swartzwelder and Dorothy Furlong-Gardner. Other sources are Linda Perret and Martha Owens.

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Related Materials

Separated Materials note

One box was lost during Hurricane Katrina. Belfor notes say "newspapers."

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Controlled Access Headings

Occupation(s)

  • Artists

Personal Name(s)

  • Furlong-Gardner, Dorothy
  • Owens, Martha
  • Perret, Linda
  • Thurman-Schwartzwelder, Ernestine, Dr.

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General note

A chronology of events has been constructed in an effort to assist research and retrieval; see finding aids for a chronological recording of dates and minutes.

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Collection Series Description

I. Office Files: general files, including a date book which appears to have been added to by many different people (NAC-146-154)

II. Dorothy-Furlong-Gardner Papers: These papers document Furlong Gardner’s interaction with WITM and WCA. Much of the material was brought to the archives placed in colored folders by topic (NAC-149-154):

A. Personal Journals: frequent notes concerning Gardner’s feelings and activities concerning the WCA/WITM project

B. Project notebooks: notebooks devoted to particular tasks and subjects (i.e. “finances”); also includes correspondence with artists and others

III. Martha Owens: general files, mostly material regarding general management of the office, including membership lists, financial information, etc. (NAC-155)

IV. Linda Perret: general files, mostly general WITM/LWE information as well as some correspondence and advertising packets gathered in regard to the changing exhibits room (NAC-156)

V. Ernestine Thurman-Swarzwelder Papers: These papers, produced by a noted etymologist ca. 1970-1986, contain materials accumulated during the WITM, as well as many clippings, organized topically, constructed from ca. 1970-1979, and ca. 1980-1986.

A. Women of Achievement Files:

1. General/Miscellaneous Women of Achievement files (NAC-157-161) includes files created on WITM/LWE general topics of biographical packets prepared for voting on Women’s Achievement, nomination forms, miscellaneous clippings on LWE

2. Review of Candidates: biographical information about Women of Achievement “losers”:

--a. Women of Louisiana (NAC-162)

--b. Women of the World (NAC-163)

3. Material for the opening ceremony; letters and certificates to the recipients of the award (NAC-166)

4. Geographical files: clippings and articles concerning women, divided by region, used to organize nomination material (NAC-165):

--a. United States

--b. Other

5. Occupational Files: contains clippings articles, and other information concerning women as a group and individual women within professions, used to organize nomination material (NAC-166):

--a. General

--b. Science, medical professions

--c. Arts

--d. Public figures

6. Final Descriptions of Women of Achievement “winners”: includes nomination form(s), biographical information, etc.

--a. Women of Louisiana-file headings listed (NAC-167)

--b. Women of the World-file headings listed (NAC-168):

1.) Nobel Prize Winners

2.) National Women’s Hall of Fame

3.) Astronauts

4.) Sports

B. Personal journal of the WITM experience (NAB-041)

C. Subject files:

1. ca. 1970-1979-file headings listed (NAC-169-170) 2. ca. 1980-1986-(NAC 171)

D. General personal files: includes files on Zonta, a videotape of the Mother/Daughter

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Collection Inventory

WITH: Thurman-Swartzwelder Papers   1 box

Women of Louisiana- Women's Pavilion, Folder Headings

Women of Louisiana -- Women's Pavilion, Folder headings

Box 1 of 1 NAC-167:

--Thurman-Swartzwelder, Ernestine, Ph.D

--Armstrong, Eileen Ratterree, M.A.

--Barrett, Patsy Porter, B.S.

--Benerito, Ruth Rogan, Ph.D. (Newcomb graduate)

--Benton, Emma Chaffe Cockerham, B.S. (1 file, 8 folders)

--Blakeman, Mamie "Pete" Ada

--Boggs, Corrine Claiborne "Lindy", B.A. (N'35)

--Boutte, Thelma Coffey, M.D.

--Browder, Margaret Darden, B.A.

--Cahn, Gladys Freeman

--Campbell, Marie DcDowell Pilkington, B.A. (N'25)

--Carter, Betty Werlein, B.A., LLD (N'31)

--Chargois, Louise Judice

--Cohen, Elizabeth D.A., M.D.

--Correjolles, Coralie Marie Philomeme

--Dickmann, Mary Ethel, Ph.D (N'35)

--Day, Eudora Slaugther

--Dixon, Margaret Richardson, B.A.

--Drexel, (Mary) Katherine, Mother

--Durieux, Caroline Wogan, M.A. (Newcomb graduate)

--Emery, Lin

--Foster, Sarah Dennis

--Francis, Muriel Bultman

--Goldsmith, Grace Arabell, M.D.

--Gordon, Helen Bridger, Ed.D

--Gordon, Jean Margaret & Kate Mary (two sisters)

--Grimaldi, Alice Heine

--Gregory, Angela, M.A. (N'25)

--Herbery, Madeline Sophie Wielmina, Sister, M.A. M.A. Ed

--Hood, Marian, Ph.D

--Hunt, Elaya, J.D.

--Kohlmeyer, Ida Rittenberg, M.F.A. (N'33)

--Lane, Pinkie Gordon, Ph.D

--Lastrapes, Blanca Judy, M.A.

--Lutcher, Nellie

--McBurney, Elizabeth Innes, M.D.

--McMain, Eleanor Laura

--Miller, Ruth Lloys, B.A.

--Moore, Ellen Bryan, M.A. (The Honorable)

--Moss, Emma Sadler, M.D.

--Richardson, Rupert Florence, M.Ed

--Prestage, Jewel Limar, Ph.D

--Proctoer, Bernadine Brothers, B.A.

--Seebold, Nettie Kinney

--Shaw, Phyllis L.T, B.S.

--Shepard, Nancy B.M., Ed

--Sheridan, Genevieve W., R.N.

--Smith, Margaret H.D., M.D.

--Spencer, Rowena, M.D.

--Stern, Edith Rosenwald

--Sternberg, Lea Knurr

--Sytz, Florence

--Treuting, Edna Gannon, Dr. P.H., B.S.N.

--Walsh, Laurentia, R.N., B.S., C.N.A., Sister

--Werlein, Elizabether Marie Thomas

--Wilson, Mercedes, arzu, L.L.D. (Hon.)

--Wisner, Elizabeth, Ph.D. L.L.D. (N'14)

--Wright, Sophie Bell

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Women of the World -- Women's Pavilion, Folder headings   1 box

General note

Women of the World -- Women's Pavilion, Folder Headings Box 1 of 1, NAC-168 (Yellow Labels):

--Abdellah, Fay G. Ed.D., R.N.

--Angelica, Mother Mary

--Baker, Sara Josephine, M.D. Dr.P.H.

--Booth, Evangeline Cory, Gen., Salvation Army

--Bunting, Mary Ingraham, Ph.D

--Breckenridge, Mary, R.N., Midwifery

--Cabrini, Mother Frances Xavier

--Caldwell, Sarah

--Caraway, Hattie Wyatt, B.A., U.S. Senate

--Chicago, Judy, M.A.

--Eddy, Mary Baker

--Escobar, Marie Isabel, M.D.

--Evans, Alice, M.D., D.Sc.

--Finnbogadottir, Bigdis, Pres. of Iceland

--Gandhi, Shrimati Indira, Prime Minister of India

--Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, Ph.D

--Good, Mary Lowe, Ph.D

--Graham, Martha

--Hepburn, Katharine

--Jordan, Barbara, LLD, U.S. Congresswoman

--King, Coretta Scott

--Luce, Clare Boothe, U.S. Congresswoman

--McCormick, Anne O'Hare, Hon. degrees, Pulitzer Prize for Journalism

--Mahidol, Sangwan, R.N., Her Royal Highness Princess Mother Mahidol

--Meir, Gold Mabovitch, Prime Minister, Israel (1969-1974)

--O'Connor, Sandra Day, Asso. Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

--Peabody, Elizabeth, Founder, Kindergartens, U.S.A.

--Quimby, Harriet, first licensed woman air pilot in USA (1911)

--Ross, Nellie Taylor, first woman elected Governor & inaugurated in USA

--El-Sadat, Jehan, first lady of Egypt

--Scribner, Rose Marie, Indian (Amer.) Princess, Penobscot Nation

--Seibert, Florence, Ph.D., Sc.D., Tuberculosis Research

--Steinem, Gloria, Fdr., Nat'l Political Caucus, Leader of Women's Rights

--Szold, Henrietta, Humanitarian, WWII Erra Fdr., Hadassah

--Thatcher, Margaret, B.Sc., Prime Minister, Great Britain

--Walker, Alice, B.A., Pulitzer Prize, Fiction; multitalented Black Author

--Welty, Eudora, B.A., Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Southern author

--Williams, Anna Wessels, M.D., D.T.M. & H+ Bacteriologist

--Williams, Cecily Delphine, M.D., first woman to attend Medical School in England

Women of the World -- Women's Pavilion -- Nobel Prize Winners (Orange Labels):

--Addams, Jane

--Balch, Emily Green

--Buck, Pearl

--Cori, Gerty T., M.D.

--Curie, Marie (Madam)

--Deledda, Grazia

--Goeppert- Mayers, Maria, Ph.D.

--Hodgkin, Dorothy M.

--Joliot-Curie, Irene, Sc.D.

--Lagerlof, Selma

--McClintock, Barbara, Ph.D.

--Maguire, Miread Corrigan

--Mistral, Gabriela

--Myrdal, Alva, D.D. (The Honorable)

--Sachs, Nelly

--Von Suttner, Bertha (Baroness)

--Mother Teresa, (Born: Agnese Gonha Bejaxhiu)

--Undset, Sigrid

--Williams, Betty Smythe

--Yalow, Rosalyn S., M.D.

Women of the World -- Women's Pavilion -- National Women's Hall of Fame (Blue Labels):

--Addams, Jane

--Anderson, Marian Fischer

--Anthony, Susan Brownell

--Barton, Clara Harlowe

--Bethune, Mary McLeod

--Blackwell, Elizabeth, M.D.

--Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker

--Carson, Rachel Louise, A.M. +

--Cassatt, Mary

--Catt, Carrie Lane Chapman, B.S.

--Dickinson, Emily Elizabeth

--Dix, Dorothea Lynde

--Earhart, Amelia Mary

--Hamilton, Alice, M.D.

--Hayes, Helen

--Keller, Helen, B.A. +

--Lockwood, Belva Anna Bennett McN., LLB.

--Low, Juliette Gordon ("Daisy")

--Mead, Margaret, Ph.D.

--Paul, Alice, Ph.D., M.S., L.L.B. +

--Perkins, Frances, A.M.

--Roosevelt, (Anna) Eleanor

--Sabin, Florence Rena, M.D.

--Sanger, Margaret Higgins, R.N.

--Smith, Margaret Chase, U.S. Sen. (R) +

--Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

--Taussig, Helen Brooke, M.D.

--Tubman, Harriet

--Zaharias, "Babe" Mildred E. Didrikson

Women of the World -- Women's Pavilion -- Astronauts (Yellow Labels):

--Ride, Sally, Ph.D.

--Tershikova, Valentina

Women of the World -- Women's Pavilion -- Sports (Blue Labels):

--Bleibtrey, Ethelda

--Bundy, May Sutton

--Evert-Lloyd, Christine M.

--Fraser, Dawn

--Gibson, Althea, B.S.

--Henie, Sonja

--King, Billie Jean M.

--Korbut, Olga

--Latymina, Laura

--Navratilova, Martina

--Rudolph, Wilma G.

--Verona, Donna

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Subject files, ca. 1970-1977, Folder headings Between 1970 and 1977   2 Boxes

Box 1 of 2, NAC-169

Box 1 of 2, NAC-169:

--Abortion

--Adoption/Foster Care

--Advertising/Sexism in

--Aging

--Anti-Nukes

--Armed forces

--Arts

--Assertiveness training

--Battered women

--Birth control

--Black women --Blue collar work, employment

--Business, women in

--Child Abuse

--Children/Childrearing/Mothering

--Commentary/General

--Communications/Media

--Consumers

--Cosmetics

--Credit/Finance

--Crimes against women

--Crime/Prisons

--Education

--Entertainers/Celebrities

--EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

--Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

--European women

--Fashion/Style

--Fat women/dieting

--Film

--Gay women

--Girl scouts/teenage women

--Government/women in

--Health issues

--History

--Homemaking/Housework

--Household workers

Box 2 of 2 NAC-170

Box 2 of 2 NAC-170:

--Houston National Women's Conference 1977

--Incest (inter-family rape)

--Individual women unique

--Insurance

--International women's day March 8

--International women's decade '76-'86

--International women's year 1975

--Joan Little trial

--Labor unions

--Latin women, Am. Indians

--Legislation/Courts

--Marriage/Divorce

--Men's liberation

--Miscellany

--Music

--National N.O.W.

--Non parents

--Nutrition/Food

--Organizations/Clubs

--Palimony/Living together

--Patty Hearst case

--Peace

--Politics/Politicians

--Political issues, groups

--Pornography (Take Back the Night)

--Prostitution

--Radicals/Revolutionaries

--Rape

--Religion/Women in

--Reverse discrimination

--Scandals

--Science, Space exploration

--Sexist toys and books

--Sex objects, Beauty pageants

--Sexuality/Therapy

--Single women

--Sociology of Sex

--Soviet women

--Sports

--Television, Radio

--Theater

--Third world women

--Transexuals/Sex change

--Welfare/Food stamps

--Widowhood

--Women's Institute for Freedom of Press

--WREE Women for Racial and Economic Equality

--Writing/Books

--Women's World Congress

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Chronology of Events 

General note

Chronology of Events

Note: This chronology of events was created by the Archivist during the initial processing of the collection in an effort to understand the pertinent events of the time. It is included here as a service to researchers. An effort has been made to document the source for each detailing of events. "MINUTES" refers to Executive Meeting Minutes, found in several places; "EHT notes" refers to the personal notes of Thurman-Swartzwelder papers; "GARDNER" refers to the Furlong-Gardner papers; "PERRET" refers to Linda Perret's papers. Some common abbreviations used within quotes include:

Lambert: Betsy Bussoff-Lambert

Gardner: Dorothy Furlong-Gardner

K.W.: Kathy Willingham

M.O.: Martha Owens

WCA: Women's Caucas for Art

WITM or wtms: Women in the Mainstream

B.R.: Baton Rouge

July-August 1982

MINUTES: fund raising, sites, high salaries for executive director, and administrative assistant design competition

November-December 1982

MINUTES: getting budget, bylaws, and other plans together

January 1983

18- MINUTES: WCA proposes handling art exhibit/juring, with WITM handling fundraising; Martha Dempsey executive director; professional firm (Ackerman) doing marketing research

April 1983

24- PERRET files: letter from Dot Waldrup to Danae Columbus (vice president in charge of resource development) threatening with move for removal, for "refusal to perform work responsibilities" and "continuing breach of confidence of the committee and statements made which damage the image of the corporation"

26- PERRET files: Columbus resigns, complaining of lack of communication and improper methods of WITM

28- PERRET files: certified letter Waldrup to Columbus saying WITM will consider removal

27- MINUTES: Dot Waldrup notes as president, called for voting members of committee to remain for an executive session

May 1983

3- PERRET files: letter from Columbus to WITM of confusion and pain

12- OWENS files - notarized document delineating agreement between Columbus, Waldrup, and WITM, stating that there is a disagreement between the two "concerning the proper and effective management of WITM, Inc." and both resign, promising never to be associated with the organization again [note: Columbus later is involved with WITM]

31- EHT notes: "Betty Burnside new [now?] President, wtms"; "-nomination committee. Trying to fill seven positions on Board - Too many women originally on the Board are not really participating = need to remove them-" * sometime in here Waldrup stopped being president, Lambert, originally vice president, promoted.

June 1983

8- Martha Dempsy, executive director, resigns

8- MINUTES: WITM and WCA negotiations complete; no Waldrup, but "president" still recorded as being present

10- EHT notes: "Martha Dempsey resigned last night after Board Meeting - ... Tremendous loss to have Martha Dempsey leave"

22- MINUTES: "Voss", in administrator's report: 35 Board members yes to staying on Board, 29 no.

22- EHT notes: "Bettyane Lambert-Bussoff, now President. Dot Waldrup resigned with Dempsey"

July 1983

27- MINUTES waters/gala exhibit designers

August 1983

10- MINUTES: Perret sent out multipurpose room guidelines to organizations

24- MINUTES: art prospectus developed

September 1983

2- MINUTES: Willingham and Owens hired on contractual basis for fund-raising and operations, respectively

PERRET files: notes in letter that loss of president and executive director over last six months have contributed to confusion in WITM

October 1983

17- MINUTES: Public Relations firm hired

10- EHT notes: "Willingham has new secretary. Willingham does not have the academic background nor degree she needs for corporate fund-raising - Martha worked in the office to 12:30 p.m. last night"

11- EHT notes: "M.O. upset - new male who is trying to take over office --- more than corp. fund raising - "

13- EHT notes: "Willingham taking over the office - Dominican - Trying to be Executive Director!"

14- EHT notes: "Willingham had walls put up around her desk to separate herself from the personnel in the office - she phoned Betsy Lambert and took off to speak in person - ... Too much tension in office Willingham and her secretary are too aggressive and not capable enough -"

23- GARDNER to Bussoff-Lambert: asks for $500/month retainer

28- Gloria Steinem breakfast

26- MINUTES: exhibition space notes as 2000ft

30- EHT notes: "Willingham had politicked to get herself promoted to Executive Director in order to accomplish her Corp. fund raising - action taken by B.R. committee members, not by the Board of Directors and they asked Martha to continue on as a volunteer and coordinator - She declined, of course."

31- MINUTES: Kathy Willingham executive director

31- EHT notes: EHT did not discuss the charge with Willingham who insists on having a private office for herself and her secretary, Donna - Plans to hire 'new talent' for second secretary, new designer and fund raisers - Plans to put all volunteers on stairway landing and in the hall!!"

November 1983

3-9- EHT notes: Day by day, hour by hour description of Willingham, her secretary, Donna, EHThurman, Owen, Proud, and volunteers. Role confusion, power plays by Willingham and pettiness by all decayed into shouting matches, the turning away of volunteers, all workers other than Willingham and her secretary being moved out onto the stairwell, a tug of war with files, Willingham changing the lock on the office door. Ultimately, Lambert asked Martha Owens to take over again.

15- EHT notes: "Martha explained [to Mary Gehman] that there was not any way to chance K.W. being Executive Director -"

21- EHT notes: "Donna had goofed with large mailing recently and did not pay enough postage. Four large bags are being held in P.O. downtown."

29- MINUTES: GARDNER reported as having difficulty with mailing prospectus due to "diminished volunteer effort at Dominican office" Gardner wrote in margins: "polite way of covering of my report of mail bag sabotage"

December 1983

1- EHT note: office closed for two weeks. No one supposed to go in without KW being there.

2- EHT notes: article in "Times Picayune", which detailed infighting in WITM, referred to as "the Truth" being published

6- GARDNER to WITM wants $500/month retainer (11/83-5/84) or will resign chair of exhibition committee on 12/15/83

9- EHT notes: "Still no money raised - not even the original companies Avon etc - will support women pavilion now"

16- GARDNER: note to Lambert: written confirmation of conversation of 12/15/83 outlining duties and agreement on reatiner of $500/mth dec1-june30

January 1984

26- MINUTES: discussion of scaling down of Pavilion

23- EHT notes: resigned: Everett, Basile, Harris, Bournett

February 1984

27- MINUTES: motion of if Pavilion having to be scrapped, would still go ahead with art show carried; raffle

5- GARDNER resignation to WITM, will continue as dir of national women's art exhibition cosponsored by WITM and WCA. requests $500/mth for feb-may 28 - EHT notes: "K.W. must decide today to resign today (effective 2/29) or agree to stay day-to-day until March 10th - She doesn't work well with Patsy Barnes and so far has not followed instructions from anyone but Betsy Lambert..."

March 1984 1- EHT notes: "Kathy W. - Fair officials afraid to stop WITM - Barnes is type to go on TV in BR [Baton Rouge] & blame Fair for failure of Women's Pavilion - ..."

3- GARDNER letter to artists: opening reception delayed temp

20- EHT notes: "Dr. Anna Crawford resigned today as Treasurer of WITM (lack of proper documentation of expenditures) Martha Owen at Executive Committee last night asking for her loan of $2,000 to be repaid."

28- EHT notes: "Dot Gardner in, asking for $500/mo honorarium from WITM - she expects to take over my desk when I am finished with it!! Dot thinks K. Proud is either FBI or CIA. Dot says Patsy Barnes, Bette Bornside, and Betsy Lambert interviewed K. Willingham!! There is not an application or resume from K.W. in the files - " [note: K. Proud was the archivist for WITM]

April 1984

GARDNER blue invitational artist folder, note on Hannah Wilke corresp.: Hannah Wilke's art (showed by invitation), on arrival at Dominican College office, was opened by several members of WITM, who decided several photos (of Wilke and her mother after breast surgery) were "offensive". They retracted and returned them. "Self-appointed jurors" Gardner calls them.

4- EHT notebook: Fight between EHT and P. Barnes

5- EHT notebook: B.R. acting contrary to Board's vote to close operations on March 15 if $60,000 were not raised & pd. to LWE - "

5- EHT notebook: Barnes resigned as Operations Manager

6- EHT notebook: state trooper to pick up data on women; sending to B.R.?; EHT says "'Damn it - one person cannot do all B.R. directs-...I've had enough!'"; Eileen Armstrong operations manager.

9- EHT notes: "Eileen blasted Lucy because Lucy left office at 3 p.m. Friday"

10- EHT notes: " male sheriff in E.B.R parish evaluated higher than Madame Curie!!" in Women of Achievement vote 11 - EHT notes: Lambert wants to keep EHT's name off list and out of press. Others try to get Executive Committee to change this.

16- EHT notes: "Jes demanding I stop WITM now!"

18- EHT notes: Big changes. Lambert to be full time paid (hourly 60$ or $80/hr) for a month, other paid staff changes, including Martha Owen back as organizer, Melowae as secretary and Lucy. B.R. women still pushing for operation headquarters to be moved there. Bornside threatening to resign

23- EHT notes: Lucy reluctant to talk with EHT about plans for exhibit

29- EHT notes: "Bornside told EHT that Betsy was trying to get rid of Shirley Marvin from Exec Committee - while Shirley has moved that Betsy be forced to resign as President of WITM -"

GARDNER: notifies artists of cancellations of women's pavilion

May 1984

GARDNER: Lambert to Gardner release

GARDNER letter to artist: opening reception delayed indefinitely, WITM no space. Invitational to be shown at Pavilion and juried show at Contemporary Arts Center

GARDNER: by then, several invitational artists say no or pull out because of short notice, etc.

6- GARDNER to WITM management committee: received $500 in jan, now wants $2000 due by 14th

8- EHT notes: "Lucy offered Exec. Dir. of WITM" ... later Lucy is telling everyone that EHT "really goofed" over something

14- GARDNER note to Lucy Fedorkowicz: have put into writing that WCA no longer endorses exhibit, due to default by WITM

15- GARDNER note in daily journal: "today must make decision... no amount of money can make up the losses I've suffered. I have a difficult time communicating with WITM... my career, my marriage, and my health are being threatened..."

22- GARDNER proposal to WITM: trying to get artist's work shown fairly, and be compensated

30- EHT notes: Lambert upset over write ups

June 1984 4- EHT notes; Lucy "spoke with Betsy (apparently about EHT resigning...")

5- EHT notes: confusion and hurt feelings over Exec. Committee. (esp Lambert) wish to not honor elected women of achievement if they work with WITM

6- GARDNER: sent WITM bill $2100 due

25- EHT notes: 2pm appointment - Danae Columbus, Sandra Miller. "Call to Betsy for authorization to provide data from files to them - OK per [?] Betsy...Files not to leave office - Files to be available to historians, etc - except for confidential data, e.g. Scores of achievement -"

27- EHT notes: "M.E. drafted letter-" concerning the refusal of honorees voted on by panelists "needs charter...to determine authority of Exec. Committee to override Board -"

GARDNER: opening canceled and juried exhibit shown half at a time at pavilion; Gardner and jurors outraged: Josiene: "go back to playing bridge and shopping"

28- GARDNER journal: notes abused art at fair

30- GARDNER journal: ribbon cutting ceremony: "I am sick and full of shame for the way the artists and their work have been so mistreated"

July 1984

EHT notes: confusion of who should be honored, especially if EHT should be included as a Woman of Achievement

2- Owens files: letter from EHT to exec committee of their eliminating honoree (inc EHT); Lambert signed contract with Danae Columbus for merchandizing 11- EHT notes: "Lucy resigned last night... Betsy refused to attend any more Exec. Committee meetings - can't take that any longer -... Betsy probably will resign too... Carmen resigning from Exec. Committee..." refers to letter sent to Lambertt, and reports that Exec. Committee is now trying to censor the art judges selections of the paintings -"

12- "EHT called Martha - not to send letter to Gula - keep it private - I hope it stay that way"

GARDNER: noWCA to WITM: want catalogue of exhibit, as promised to artists

August 1984

1- EHT notes: "B.R. wants all files to be sent to B.R. 'for posterity' - Carman told Lucy the Women of Achievement files would have to go to BR. Lucy objected - N.O. is the location of the International office and files should be kept in N.O. also, EHT did the work on W of A and paid for almost all costs - supplies and duplicating -"

8- EHT notes: Lucy's last day

10- "Sandra Miller gave up on trying to raise funds - BR women refused to sign her contract" "Files of WITM are at Newcomb for storage"

13- EHT notes: Willinger's number, and "Newcomb very interested - yes, bring files of WITM for storage"

14- EHT notes: "'Carmen is now Project Director - Lucy wanted too much money about $3000/month - So she went to Honduras'"

28- EHT notes: "EHT possibly director of Programs on Newcomb faculty" interested in research fellowship at NCCROW

September 1984

19: GARDNER to juried artists: "due to unsuccessful fundraising, WITM has been unable to produce the pavilion as planned" politely says WITM screwed up, WCA is cutting themselves off from WITM officially, Gardner will try to keep control over the funds she has control over to use it for shipping. Advises artists to write WITM for information about the location and disposition of their art

October 1984

5- EHT notes: "Eileen and (Polly Williams?) to be at Newcomb today to search files for records on paying Gula-"

18- Fraces Cox to GARDNER: demanding copy of letter to artists, accusing Gardner of not completing obligations, Gardner responds nicely, reminding them that she resigned last May

31- EHT notes: "Carmen asked about what was at Newcomb -- files - EHT insisted everything should go there for after the 11th - A large bag is to be constructed to house memorabilia for the Fair - in BR or New Orleans. Newcomb has space, accurity [?], space for display, air conditioning and plans for International Hall of Fame (1987-) EHT has been asked to work in organizing the materials - Some volunteers have offered to help -"

November 1984

March 1986

26- EHT files, NC 10th Anniversary: EHT, Martha Owens, Linda Perrett, and Danae Columbus presenting files. EHT "2 boxes of files of data on the 160 women of accomplishment who were honored in the Women's Pavilion, In the storage area here there are two boxes of files concerning the finalists and other nominees. There are six more boxes of data which I have collected on women from 93 countries."

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