Neighborhood Women

mnsss78 National Congress of Neighborhood Women Records, 1974-1999 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Margaret Jessup. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Northampton, MA

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Collection Overview National Congress of Neighborhood Women National Congress of Neighborhood Women Records1974-1999 MS 322 144 boxes (58 linear ft.) Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Feminist grassroots network. The primary goal of this organization was to empower poor and working-class women to become community leaders. The collection offers valuable source material for the study of working-class feminist organizing; urban studies; and women in community development. Also documented are the inner workings of grassroots organizing, with all of the personal and political dynamics that come with incorporating a feminist consciousness into an organization, where issues of class, race and ethnicity are acknowledged and openly discussed. Material includes correspondence, publications, funding proposals, photographs and audiovisual material. English. Historical Note

Neighborhood scene in Brooklyn, New York, circa 1980. Photograph by Janie Eisenberg.

The National Congress of Neighborhood Women (NCNW) is a support network for grassroots women's organizations and community leaders dedicated to empowering, and providing a voice for, poor and working-class women working to improve their communities and their own status in low-income urban and rural areas on local, national, and international levels. The history of NCNW begins with the remarkable vision and energy of Jan Peterson, co-founder and long-time director of NCNW, as well as the spirit and commitment of the neighborhood women in the Williamsburg-Greenpoint area of Brooklyn, New York.

Jan Peterson had recently arrived in New York City in 1969 when she joined the Conselyea Street Block Association with neighborhood women of Williamsburg-Greenpoint, a predominantly working-class and mixed ethnic (Italian, Polish, Irish, Hispanic, and African American) area of Brooklyn. Inspired by the community activists of the civil rights movement she had worked with as a volunteer for CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) in Harlem, as well as the burgeoning anti-poverty and feminist movements, she had a vision of creating an inter-racial, multi-ethnic community organization within a poor and working-class neighborhood, similar to the one in which she'd grown up in Wisconsin.

In 1973, at a meeting sponsored by the National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs, Jan Peterson got together with other grassroots leaders and professional women to plan a national conference of working-class women in Washington D.C. for 1974. It was at their second conference in 1975, that "the first national federation of blue collar, neighborhood women" (National Committee letter, 1977) was founded, with an office established in Williamsburg-Greenpoint. The Brooklyn office would administer both national and local programs in Williamsburg-Greenpoint, serving as a "laboratory" and model for other community organizations. Their primary goal was to empower poor and working-class women to become community leaders -- to give them a voice, and to raise their consciousness of their own power so they would be better able to define and solve problems facing their communities. They aimed to accomplish this through education, as well as job skills and leadership training, always with an emphasis on preserving family and community cohesiveness. In addition, NCNW had a vision of developing a national network of grassroots women to share resources, experiences, and knowledge.

NCNW's flagship program was their community-based higher education program, begun in 1975. Developed in collaboration with local community colleges and with input from the students, courses were designed especially for mature women, most already active in their communities, who had a desire to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to become effective community leaders. Closely tied to NCNW's first employment program, Project Open Doors, courses were supplemented by apprenticeship experience in women's and community organizations throughout New York City. In the 1980s, NCNW expanded its education program to include pre-College adult education courses in literacy, math, English as a second language, and preparation for the high school equivalency degree (G.E.D.). In 1986, NCNW opened the "You Can" Community School, an alternative education, pre-employment and leadership training program for youth.

Another one of NCNW's core programs is the Leadership Training and Support Program, of which an integral part is the Leadership Support Process (LSP) developed by Lisel Burns. Begun as part of the College Program, leadership training and support groups were soon offered as workshops in regional and national conferences, and incorporated into affiliated organizations across the country. The support groups include consciousness-raising to allow neighborhood women to develop an awareness of how oppression based on class, ethnicity, race or gender might impede their sense of empowerment as leaders. For more information on NCNW's programs, see "Series Descriptions" below.

In the early and mid-1980s, NCNW underwent restructuring of its organization in order to expand its national program and lend more support to grassroots women leaders around the country. In 1986, the Neighborhood Women of Williamsburg/Greenpoint (NWWG), an independent but affiliated organization was created to administer the local programs including the education programs, employment training, leadership support, and public housing tenant training and organizing. The national office continued to network with, and offer training and technical support to, other grassroots women's organizations ("affiliates") across the country, in urban as well as rural areas, including Appalachia, the Pacific Northwest, and the Dakota Nation. Members exchange information and experiences including tenant organizing, the formation of rural land trusts, reforming public schools, and creating leadership support groups.

In 1985, NCNW members attended the UN Third World Conference on Women in Kenya, where they noticed a lack of involvement by poor and working-class women. With other grassroots women from developed and developing countries, they created a network called GROOTS International (Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood). NCNW is the North American representative. GROOTS was successful at bringing grassroots women's representation to the UN's Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. NCNW also has gained consultative status with the United Nations and has opened an office there, enabling them to more easily disseminate information and resources to policy makers and grassroots community leaders and to ensure that low-income women have a voice in community development policies around the world.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The National Congress of Neighborhood Women Records consist of 58 linear feet, dating from 1974-1999, and document the early history of the organization, the growth of its local and national programs, and the development of a national and international network of poor and working-class grassroots women over a 20 year period.

Types of material include correspondence, memoranda, records of the administrative boards and committees, annual reports, material from national conferences and planning meetings, funding proposals, program descriptions and reports, writings on the history and programs of NCNW, publications, articles, research papers, files on affiliated organizations, printed material, photographs, and audiovisual materials.

Since this is a continuing collection of an existing organization, it is necessarily incomplete, with many gaps in the records, particularly those documenting programs still active. The bulk of the material in this processed portion dates from 1975 to 1990. Focusing on the years before the split between the national and local administrations, these records document the formation of core programs in education, employment, and leadership support, as well as the development of a national community development agenda. Also well represented are local housing and tenant programs of the 1980s, the Resource Center, and networking and involvement in the early years of the international women and development movement. In SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION, there is only a small amount of documentation of NCNW's local affiliate, the Neighborhood Women of Williamsburg/Greenpoint. However, their involvement in local programs from 1986 to the early 1990s is represented within SERIES II. PROGRAMS.

It offers a rich source of material on the formation of a successful national organization based on feminist principles and with a grassroots, working-class base. It also offers a fascinating view of its inner workings, with all of the personal and political dynamics that come with incorporating a feminist consciousness into an organization, and where issues of class, race and ethnicity are acknowledged and openly discussed. Through personal stories, shared in workshops, support groups, conferences, meetings, and writings, we are offered a unique perspective on the women's movement.

In addition, there is a treasure trove of subject files on women's issues, grassroots organizing, and community development. Included are numerous published and unpublished writings by NCNW members and others on topics such as class, working-class feminism, ethnicity, female poverty, and women and community development. There are also files on women's and community activist organizations, many in the New York City area, as well as NCNW affiliates nationwide, and international organizations.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into five series:

I. Administration II. Programs III. Organizations IV. Photographs V. Audiovisual Material Arrangement of the Collection

The inter-relatedness and continuing evolution of the NCNW programs creates a challenge in attempting to organize the records in our typical hierarchical arrangement. The programs of NCNW are best viewed as a web, not distinct projects. The community and economic development vision/agenda of NCNW, for example, influenced projects in many program areas, including leadership and employment training, housing projects, and of course, international programs in community development. Identifying where one project ends and another begins can be problematic, changes in funding often affected the name of the project, as well as its staffing and scope. Wherever possible, the original organization of records has been retained. For example, in SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION, the Central Chronological File and the Development files have been kept intact. But for the most part, records were received in various states of order, in which case the archivist imposed an organization that seemed to be consistent with the original provenance of the records.

Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

The processed portion of the records is open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection, with the following restriction: Researchers must sign an Access Agreement Form agreeing to not identify individuals who are still living without their written permission.

Unprocessed accessions are closed.

The Sophia Smith Collection owns copyright to the records of NCNW. Copyright to materials created by others may be owned by those individuals or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission must be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use."

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

National Congress of Neighborhood Women Records, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

Additional Formats

Selections from the National Congress of Neighborhood Women Records can be viewed in the Web exhibit Agents of Social Change: New Resources on 20th-century Women's Activism .

Additions to the Collection

Periodic additions to collection are expected and are not reflected in this record.

History of the Collection

The National Congress of Neighborhood Women began donating its records to the Sophia Smith Collection in 1986.

Recent additions to this collection are unprocessed and are not reflected in the finding aid.

Processed by Margaret Jessup, 2000.

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A number of articles have been published on the history of NCNW and its programs and many are included in this collection. Below are a few of the more comprehensive articles:

Belenky, Mary F., "The National Congress of Neighborhood Women," in A Tradition That Has No Name (NY: BasicBooks, 1997)

Haywoode, Terry L., "Neighborhood Women Keeping it Together," City Limits, April 1985

Haywoode, Terry L. and Laura Polla Scanlon, "World of Our Mothers: College for Neighborhood Women," Women's Studies Quarterly 1993: 3&4, pp. 133-141.

SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION (1974-1996) 24 linear ft.

This series is arranged in 16 subseries: General; Corporate Board of Directors; National Advisory Board; National Steering Committee; Task forces; National meetings and conferences; National meetings and conferences; Local; Staff; Individuals; Buildings; Public relations; Membership; Central chronological file; General correspondence; Subject files; and Development.

This series documents the founding and early planning of NCNW; funding of its programs; as well as the inner workings and interpersonal relations within the organization. Since its founding in 1975, the national programs have been administered by NCNW's Corporate Board of Directors and National Advisory Board; later the National Steering Committee (which replaced the NAB in 1982). These bodies are made up of members representing affiliated organizations across the country. Jan Peterson has been Executive Director of the National office in Brooklyn since the founding, except from October 1977 to January 1980 when Christine Noschese took over, and from 1983 to 1985 when Alice Quinn and Jan Peterson served as co-Directors. A Local Advisory Board and Local Director administer the Brooklyn programs (under the Neighborhood Women of Williamsburg/Greenpoint since 1986).

The General files include official documents; records documenting the NCNW's organizational structure, including the re-structuring in 1982, and the separation of local and national operations in 1985-86; and annual reports, circa 1975-84. For additional reports, see the Executive Directors' reports under Individuals; Corporate Board of Directors; and reports on programs in SERIES II. The records of these national administrative bodies (the Corporate Board of Directors; National Advisory Board; and the National Steering Committee) include correspondence; meeting minutes; biographical information on members; reports; and committee files. These records offer valuable insight into the founding, planning, and development of NCNW. Notable Board members and Steering Committee members represented here include Maryland Congresswoman Barbara Mikulski; St. Louis Housing activist, Bertha Gilkey [see also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Housing and tenants]; Eleanor Holmes Norton; Crystal Lee Sutton (the "real Norma Rae"); author Nancy Seifer; Rona Feit, founder of the National Women's Political Caucus; and Marie Cirillo, founder of the Woodland Community Trust in Tennessee. For more information on these and other members, see Individuals. The National meetings and conferences subseries includes the first planning meetings held in Washington, 1974-75, as well as NCNW-sponsored national conferences and conventions held thereafter. These files include additional material on several Board and Steering Committee meetings that took place at the national conferences. Types of material include correspondence, programs, agendas, minutes, membership information, notes, and printed material [see also SERIES. IV. PHOTOGRAPHS, and SERIES V. AUDIOVISUAL]. For other conferences sponsored by NCNW, see SERIES II. PROGRAMS - Miscellaneous projects and events; and conferences under specific programs. With the restructuring of operations in 1986, the local affiliate, Neighborhood Women of Williamsburg/Greenpoint, was created to administer the programs in Brooklyn. The subseries Local - NWW/G includes documentation of the early planning before the split [see also General-Restructuring]; administrative correspondence; the Local Advisory Board records; and funding material. Of particular interest is a detailed interview of NWW/G staff by author Mary Belenky done in 1992. These are administrative records only. Records on specific local programs are filed in SERIES II.

The Staff subseries includes staff logs, meetings, files on training, office procedures, personnel policies, and other documents related to the inner workings of the Brooklyn office. Sensitive personnel material such as evaluations and salary information has been removed and is closed to research. The Individuals subseries contains files on staff, administrators, members, and others affiliated with NCNW. These include biographical information as well as working files on a variety of projects and topics. Types of material include correspondence, reports, papers, drafts, notes, clippings and printed material. There is a substantial amount of material for each of the Executive Directors (Jan Peterson, Christine Noschese, and Alice Quinn) as well as for Lisel Burns, Leadership coordinator. Additional working files for individuals are filed under specific programs in SERIES II. PROGRAMS. Additional biographical information can be found in this series under Membership, National Corporate Board, National Advisory Board, and National Steering Committee.

Public relations includes administrative files of the PR coordinator; press releases, clippings, and other publicity by and about NCNW; files related to the production of NCNW's newsletter, and other publications; and general descriptions of NCNW, primarily untitled excerpts that were probably used for funding proposals and reports. [See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Resource Center which includes records on outreach and networking efforts through "Project Interchange."] For more writings about NCNW and its programs, see Development-Proposals; and SERIES II. PROGRAMS-publicity, reports, papers, and proposals under each program. Additional documentation of NCNW's networking can be found in the Membership subseries which includes lists and completed membership forms of NCNW affiliates, providing interesting background information on community activists and organizations. Additional material on NCNW affiliates can be found in SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS.

The Central chronological file dates from 1973 to 1989 and include most of the outgoing correspondence, publicity, minutes, agendas, internal memoranda, reports, and papers, produced by the NCNW national office during that period. Much of the material here is duplicated elsewhere in the collection, but this file provides the most comprehensive overview of the organization and its day-to-day administration. Of particular interest is the internal memoranda which reveal the inner workings of the NCNW office, the interpersonal relations, as well as the infinite challenges and constraints involved in running a grassroots organization. The General correspondence contains incoming correspondence, dating from 1976 to 1985. Additional administrative correspondence can be found in the Subject files that include administrative correspondence, minutes, draft reports, printed material, and notes. Topics include local, state, and national political contacts; meetings with local community leaders; and legal matters. Additional administrative files can be found under Individuals and in SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS.

The Development subseries documents the history of funding efforts for NCNW and includes administrative files, proposals for general operational funding; and files on funding agencies arranged alphabetically. This section includes important material on many of NCNW's programs. Additional funding information for specific projects can be found in SERIES II. PROGRAMS, but since funds from one source were often shared by more than one project, those files are found here under the funding agency. For instance, under New York City-Department of Employment, is material related to CETA (Comprehensive Employment Training Act) funding for several of NCNW's employment programs. Included are records on the legal battle which ensued when the city tried to cut the programs' funding. [See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS - Employment - Project Open Doors; and SERIES IV. PHOTOGRAPHS.] Files related to the funding for curriculum development for the education program as well as for leadership training are under the Women's Education Equity Act Program (WEEA).

SERIES II. PROGRAMS (1975-1996) 28 linear ft.

These series documents local, national and international programs administered by NCNW. It is arranged alphabetically (after Support services) by program area, as defined by NCNW for the most part, although some projects are filed together under areas created by the archivist (such as the Community and economic development, International, and Youth). Under each program area, individual projects are arranged chronologically from date of inception. Many NCNW projects are interrelated as changes in funding often required shifting program parameters and staffing. These relationships are explained in the descriptions below, and cross-references appear throughout the folder list. Types of material include program descriptions and publicity; administrative records such as correspondence, reports, proposals, minutes, and funding information [see also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Development]; surveys; training materials; conference materials; resource files including articles and papers by NCNW members; and files on participating organizations and individuals. Some Program participants' files containing sensitive personal information have been removed and are currently closed to research. These include counselors' intake forms; applications; questionnaires; student evaluations, and some personal correspondence.

The Support services subseries includes administrative records on the childcare, counseling and referral services which NCNW offered to participants in most of their local programs. Although sensitive material has been removed, there are interesting discussions on counseling sessions in the counselor's meeting minutes and social work interns' reports where the subjects are not named. Related counseling material can be found in under Education-College program, and in the job counseling files under Employment-Job development. There is also related material on support groups and the Leadership Support Process (LSP) filed under Leadership. Related material on childcare services can be found under Employment-World of Work-Childcare training and Youth programs which offered childcare instruction and services for teenage mothers.

The Community and economic development subseries documents NCNW projects which aimed to create a network with other grassroots leaders to research and dialogue on issues of female poverty and community development, and to formulate a cohesive strategy to influence public policy at state and national levels. The projects documented here are central to the principles and vision of NCNW and overarch of most other programs. Material related to a survey conducted for the Women in Neighborhoods Project (1979-80), NCNW's first project with a national scope, is included in this section. Its survey of thirty neighborhood organizations was an effort to analyze the role of women in community activism. Results showed that although neighborhood women initiated many community development projects, once funding was received, women were usually excluded from the planning and execution of the programs. The survey solicited important information from a geographically, racially, and ethnically diverse population of low-income women. The records include the published report of the project, Neighborhood Women: Putting it Together.

Other projects documented here include the Women in Poverty Project (1980-82) which identified community resources benefiting impoverished women through a series of questionnaires, and conducted leadership training sessions held throughout the region [see also Leadership]; the National Resource and Policy Analysis Center in Washington, D.C. (1981-82) which aimed to collect information on federal programs and policies affecting poor and working-class women and to disseminate that information to women leaders and organizations. The Dialogues on Community Development and Female Poverty (1983-) as well as NCNW's annual Community Development Institute (1990-) have served to bring together a diverse group of grassroots activists and scholars for networking and strategizing. The 1986 conference on "Women in Community Development: Forging a National Alliance with International Linkages," co-sponsored by the Overseas Education Fund, reflects NCNW's beginnings in the growing international Women and Development Movement [see also International]. The Subject files at end of this subseries include articles and papers that outline NCNW's community and economic development agenda.

The Education subseries documents its flagship projects, the community-based College Program, as well as its adult education program. The College Program (1975- ), originally funded by the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, was started to provide "interdisciplinary course work augmented with apprenticeship in the community" for women in Williamsburg-Greenpoint. In collaboration with area community colleges, courses leading toward an Associates degree focused on neighborhood studies and community development and gave students the necessary knowledge and skills to become more effective leaders in their communities. In 1982, a Bachelor's degree program was added. As the first program of its kind, the College program has served as model for similar programs elsewhere in the country. Materials included here document the administrative and planning of the program, and curriculum development. Also included are papers written by students, publicity, and conference material.

Recognizing that many single mothers and other low-income women lacked sufficient education to enter their College program and job training programs, NCNW, in conjunction with New York City's Board of Education, introduced pre-College adult education courses in the 1980s. These include classes in literacy, math, English as a second language, and preparation for the high school equivalency degree (G.E.D.). Classes were also offered for women at public housing sites, in conjunction with employment and leadership training [see also Housing and tenants], and in 1986, NCNW opened the "You Can" Community School, an alternative program for young high school dropouts. [See also Youth.]

The Employment subseries documents NCNW's local projects that provide job skills training, job development, counseling and job placement for low-income women. After the General administrative files, the projects are arranged chronologically from the date of inception. The first, Project Open Doors (P.O.D.) was started by the Women's Funding Coalition of over thirty community and women's organizations in New York City, and funded by New York's Department of Employment under the Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA). [See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Development.] NCNW was the administrator of the project and provided support services through its Job Development program. Hundreds of low-income women were placed in apprenticeship positions with the participating organizations which included women's shelters, health clinics, rape crisis centers, and other community agencies. [For additional files on these organizations, including the Women's Funding Coalition, see SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS]. The Job Development Program, concurrent with P.O.D., offered career counseling, skills assessment and referrals to jobs and remedial education courses. [See also Education program.] In addition, NCNW offered workshops in resume preparation, job searching, networking, and work place issues such as stress management, sexual harassment, childcare, and unions. Included here are questionnaires and a report from a neighborhood "job analysis" done by NCNW. Based on this employment needs assessment NCNW developed a more intensive Employment and Training program in 1982, offering job skills training in computer repair, programming, and word processing. Beginning in 1985, NCNW also offered an employment orientation course, "World of Work," with workshops on interviewing techniques, resume writing, and job search skills. Additional material on World of Work and job training can be found under Women's Public Works, Housing and tenants, and Youth.

The Housing and tenant subseries is arranged in two sections: the first focuses on grassroots efforts to create affordable housing for women on local, national and international levels; and second documents NCNW's training and support programs for public housing tenants in the New York City area. The Housing section includes a project of the Greenpoint Renaissance Enterprise Corporation (GREC), co-founded by NCNW, to convert an abandoned hospital complex into affordable inter-generational housing designed by a feminist architectural firm in the 1980s. [See also SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS-St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corporation; and the Williamsburg-Greenpoint Community Planning Board.] This section also includes material on the international conference, "Housing Options for Women" organized by NCNW and U.N. HABITAT, as part of the United Nations International Year of the Shelter for the Homeless (IYSH) in 1987. At the end of the Housing section are subject files that include writings by NCNW members and others on women and housing.

NCNW's comprehensive education and employment training program for public housing tenants provided job orientation, skills training and job placement, leadership training, and adult education. It also offered support and technical assistance to newly formed tenant associations. Once established, the tenant associations joined the Williamsburg/Greenpoint Federation of Public Housing Developments, coordinated by NCNW's local affiliate, Neighborhood Women of Williamsburg/Greenpoint. Records of the public housing tenant program include general administration files of the New York City Housing Authority and the Community Service Society, which provided both funding and administrative assistance to the tenant training program [see also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Development]; and the files of Bertha Gilkey, NCNW National Steering Committee member who helped develop NCNW's tenant program, based on her highly successful work organizing tenants at Cochran Gardens, a public housing development in St. Louis. Also included are the administrative files of the Williamsburg/Greenpoint Federation of Public Housing Developments; and files on various tenant associations the New York City area.

The International subseries documents NCNW's participation in the international Women and Community Development movement. In 1985, NCNW and other grassroots women leaders formed the international grassroots network, GROOTS (Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood), for which NCNW is the North American representative. The section on GROOTS in this subseries includes correspondence, minutes, conference material and publicity for the the early organizing of GROOTS, as well as their efforts to ensure grassroots women's participation in several international women's conferences, including the U.N.'s Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. In the late 1980s, NCNW achieved consultative status with the United Nations' Economic and Social Council (UNESCO). As an official Non-governmental organization (NGO), NCNW recently opened an office at the United Nations where it works to provide practical assistance and advocates for low-income women around the world who are working to improve their communities. The United Nations files document NCNW's and GROOTS' participation in the international conferences on women sponsored by the U.N. Other organizations and projects represented in this subseries include HABITAT International [see also Housing and tenants], the Overseas Education Fund, which funds economic development projects for poor women (Jan Peterson was elected to serve on Board of O.E.F. in 1985); and the German Marshall Fund, a supporter of research projects on community women's leadership. [See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Development.]

The Leadership program is another core program of NCNW that aims to develop and support leadership qualities among women active in their communities. IT offers leadership training at national and regional conferences, and in conjunction with its local Employment, Education, and Tenant training programs. Support groups are integral to the Leadership Program and include consciousness-raising sessions to allow neighborhood women to develop an awareness of how oppression based on class, ethnicity, race or gender might impede their sense of empowerment as leaders. This sub-series is divided into five sections: Administration, Local training, Support groups, National training, and Subject files. For related material, see SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Individuals-Lisel Burns (Leadership coordinator).

NCNW's Resource Center, located at the Brooklyn office, serves as an information and referral center for individuals and grassroots organizations. The Resource Center has provided, at various times, technical assistance, education and training materials, a Speaker's Bureau, and workshops on a variety of topics. [See also Miscellaneous projects, and conferences or events.] In the late 1970's, the Resource Center was part of "Proje-ct Interchange," a program designed to encompass all of NCNW's outreach and networking activities, as well as administering research and documentation projects in the community. Eventually the public relations, networking, and membership activities were allocated to other administrative areas. [See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Membership; and Public relations.] This subseries includes administrative files of the Resource Center, such as project descriptions, proposals, meeting minutes, correspondence, and reports, as well as documentation on the early planning and implementation of Project Interchange. Also included here are files on NCNW's documentation projects, the Cultural Exchange Project, which involved oral histories of poor and working-class women of Williamsburg-Greenpoint in community leadership roles, and the production of the film "Metropolitan Avenue: Community Women in a Changing Urban Neighborhood," which documented NCNW's activities in Brooklyn. Both projects were administered by Christine Noschese. [See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Individuals-Christine Noschese; SERIES IV. PHOTOGRAPHS; and SERIES V. AUDIOVISUAL.]

Finally, the Resource Center library includes directories of local services, bulletin board notices, and subject files. The subject files include unpublished papers, many written by NCNW members, as well as articles, pamphlets, clippings, and other printed material. Topics include class, ethnicity, women's health, local history, grassroots organizing, women's rights, and NCNW itself. Note that the subject files were reconstructed by the archivist and may include files not originally from the Resource Center. There may also by files located in other series that were part of the Resource Center such as papers and articles on specific NCNW programs that can be found under those programs and files on organizations that are under SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS.

The Women's Public Works (WPW) project was also referred to as the Neighborhood Women's Mother Self-help Program, or the Minority Female Single Parent Program. A five-year program funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, WPW targeted low-income minority women heads of household, many of whom were receiving welfare benefits. Eligible women participated in NCNW's World of Work job orientation program then, depending on their education and job training needs, were referred to the education and/or employment training programs. These records include administrative files for the most part, such as publicity, proposals, reports, funding files, and correspondence. Since the participants took part in various NCNW programs, including Employment, Education, Leadership, and Support services, related material can be found under each of those programs.

Women's Survival Space (also called the Center for the Elimination of Violence in the Family) was a joint project of NCNW, the Mayor's Task Force on Rape, and the Brooklyn YWCA to provide shelter to abused women and their children, as well as to conduct research and provide community education on the issue of violence in the family. Opened in 1976, it was the first battered women's shelter in New York State and became a national prototype for developing safe space for women. The shelter was soon operating independently of NCNW, although NCNW program participants helped staff the shelter as interns. The records include early planning meetings, correspondence, funding files, project descriptions, reports, and resource files.

The Youth subseries includes records of NCNW's "You Can Stand on Your Own Two Feet" Community School which opened in 1986. Still in existence, the school offers an education and job-training alternative for high school dropouts, ages 16 to 21. The comprehensive program offers a basic curriculum leading towards a high school equivalency degree (G.E.D.), job preparation (through the "World of Work" course), job skills training, and personal development including leadership training, individual and peer counseling, and theater workshop. The "Four-Step Program" is a component of the school for young women, which includes pregnancy prevention education and childcare training. Other projects represented here include a Summer Youth Program of the mid-1970s that combined recreation and employment opportunities.

The subseries on Miscellaneous projects, conferences, and events include a few projects unrelated to any of the above programs. There is a small amount of material on the Brooklyn "Legal project" of the 1970s, which proposed a Neighborhood Law Center to fill gaps in existing legal services, including a law library, and workshops for community women on legal issues. It is not clear from the records whether this project was ever funded and implemented. There is material related to local women-run businesses sponsored by NCNW such as "The Corner Store" and the Cooperative for the Production of Hand-Woven Fabrics. Conferences sponsored by NCNW but not directly related to any program are also filed here. [See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-National meetings and conferences; and conferences under specific programs.] Conferences not sponsored by NCNW are in SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS. There is documentation of workshops on topics such as classism, self-improvement, and anti-rape. Some or all of these may have been workshops offered through the Resource Center. The miscellaneous events include fundraisers, film showings, "Neighborhood speak-outs," awards nights, and NCNW's open house and tenth anniversary.

SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS (1974-1991) 4.5 linear ft.

The series is arranged alphabetically by name of organization or conference.

This series consists of records of NCNW affiliates and resource files on many other local and national community and grassroots organizations. Files on conferences sponsored by other organizations are also included. There is a substantial amount of material on organizations with which NCNW worked closely or to which it belonged, such as the Williamsburg-Greenpoint Community Planning Board, the National Association of Neighborhoods, and the St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Project. The material on the Community Planning Board, a branch of the New York City's Area Policy Boards, documents neighborhood development projects such as the Williamsburg Coalition for Quality Housing, an innovative solution to deal the city's lack of affordable housing and severe homeless problem.

Numerous women's grassroots organizations represented in this series document the women's movement, including the planning committee for International Women's Year, the Summer Institute in Women's History, the Brooklyn College Women's Center, the Women's Action Alliance, the New York Women's Funding Coalition, Women of Many Voices, and Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Women.

Additional material on affiliated organizations can be found under SERIES II. PROGRAMS, in particular the organizations which participated in Project Open Doors filed under Employment; and tenant associations filed under Housing and tenants. Some international organizations are filed under SERIES II. PROGRAMS-International. For lists of NCNW affiliates, see SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Membership.

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-International]

SERIES IV. PHOTOGRAPHS (circa 1970s-1990s) .75 linear ft.

This series contains photographic prints, color photocopies of images, contact sheets, negatives, and slides documenting local, national and international NCNW events, conferences, and workshops, as well as neighborhood scenes, individuals and groups. Included are many images used in NCNW publications and in publicity for programs.

[See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Public relations] There are also photographs of the women's march on New York's City Hall to protest cuts in CETA funding in 1980. [See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION - Development.]

SERIES V. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS (circa 1976-1990s) 1 linear ft.

There are thirteen Audiotapes, including oral history interviews, discussion groups, and meetings of NCNW members. Most are recorded interviews and planning meetings for the Ethnic Heritage Film Project produced by Christine Noschese, circa 1979 [see also SERIES II. PROGRAMS--Resource Center] and are a unique source of "raw material," including discussions on topics such as ethnicity, class, women's leadership, Brooklyn history, and early NCNW history.

Four Videotapes document NCNW activities and the stories of women in affiliated organizations in East Harlem, New York and in the Northwest, including the documentary on NCNW produced by Christine Noschese, Metropolitan Avenue: Community Women in a Changing Urban Neighborhood. [See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Individuals-Christine Noschese.]

For more information on NCNW film projects, see SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Resource Center.

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Resource Center-Documentation projects]

SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION (1974-1996) General 1 1-2 Documents: By-laws, Certificate of incorporation, 1974-79, n.d. Organization structure and planning

[See also Local-Planning; and National meetings]

1 3 Organization charts, 1979-80, n.d. 1 4-6 Structure outlines, 1982-85 1 7-8 Goals, "Objectives and principles," n.d. 1 9 Consultants, 1980, n.d. Restructuring, 1979-82 1 10 Membership and Structure Committee: report, 1981 1 11-13 Task Force on Structure, 1979-82 1 14 Staff meeting on structure, 1979 Restructuring, 1986 1 15 Board decision and letter of agreement, 1986 1 16 National meetings, 1986 1 17 Structure Committee, 1986 1 18 Transition Task Force: report, 1986-87 1 19 Unit heads: meeting and questionnaire, 1986 1 20-28 Reports, 1975-84, n.d.

[See also National Corporate Board; Individuals; and reports under individual PROGRAMS]

National Corporate Board of Directors 2 1 General 2 2-5 Correspondence, 1975-85 2 6-18 Meetings, 1975-87, 1992

[See also National meetings; and SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Leadership development-National]

3 1-4 Members: biographical information and lists, 1976, 1992 3 5-7 Reports

[See also General; Individuals (Directors); and SERIES II. PROGRAMS-projects]

3 Miscellaneous 3 8 "Dialogue on the organization, goals, and needs of the NCNW" (interview of Director, Christine Noschese, by Board members): transcript, 1978 3 9 Unidentified drafts and notes, 1977-81 National Advisory Board 3 10-11 General: organization and resolutions, 1982 3 12 Correspondence, 1981 3 13-14 Meetings: minutes, agendas, notes, and printed material, 1978-82 3 15 Members: lists, n.d. Task forces 3 16 General: list, 1981 3 17 Communication, 1981 3 18 Economic development National Steering Committee 3 19-23 Correspondence, 1979-87 4 1-10 Meetings: minutes, agendas, notes, and printed material, 1974-87, n.d. Subjects 4 11 Budgets in pending proposals: memorandum, 1980 4 12 "Monthly check-in" form, n.d. 4 13-14 Personnel and salaries: printed material, 1979, n.d.

[See also Staff-Personnel]

4 15 Miscellaneous: notes and printed material, 1980, n.d. 4 16-18 National committee: memoranda, minutes, reports, and printed material, 1976-79 4 19 Miscellaneous task forces: list, 1984 National meetings and conferences

[See also Corporate Board; National Steering Committee, National Planning Committee; SERIES II. PROGRAMS - Leadership-National Training]

4 20 Planning meeting (founding), 1975

[See also SERIES V. AUDIOVISUAL - videotapes]

4 21 "Neighborhood Women: A Call to Action," 1976 4 22 "NCNW: A Working Conference," 1978 5 1 National planning conferences, 1979-80 5 2 National convention, 1982 5 3 Regional conference, Las Vegas, 1983 5 4 National planning conference, 1986 5 5 National planning meetings, 1987-88 Local - Neighborhood Women of Williamsburg/Greenpoint (NWWG) 5 6 General: brochure, and letterhead, letter of agreement with NCNW, 1986, n.d. Chronological files 5 7-13 1987-88 6 1-2 1989-92 Board of Directors 6 3 General, 1989-94, n.d. 6 4 Minutes and agendas, 1991, 1994 6 5 By-laws: drafts and final version, 1988, n.d. Consultants 6 6 Community Resource Exchange, 1992-96 6 7 Jan Peterson, 1990-91, n.d. 6 8 Contract contacts: lists and correspondence, 1989-93 6 9 Financial, 1989-95, n.d. 6 10 Mailing lists, 1988-94, n.d. Local Advisory Board 6 11-13 General, 1981-87, n.d. 6 14 Membership list, n.d. 6 15-17 Task Forces, 1983-85, n.d. 7 1 Local Planning Committee, 1986, n.d. 7 2-3 Neighborhood Women's Renaissance, 1990-93, n.d.

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS - Housing and tenants]

7 4 Policies and procedures, 1983, n.d. 7 5 Publicity contacts, 1986, 1993, n.d. 7 6 Staff, circa 1986-92, n.d. 7 7 Training, Institute of Cultural Affairs, 1984, n.d. Programs

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS]

7 8 General, 1989-94, n.d. 7 9-14 Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Program, 1989-94 7 15 WEEA: application, 1991 8 1 Resources: lists, 1986-92, n.d.

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Resource Center]

Miscellaneous, 1983-93, n.d. 8 2-3 Incoming correspondence and printed material, 1984-94, n.d. 8 4 Interviews with NWWG staff by Mary Belenky: transcript, 1992 8 5 Unidentified notes, 1983-94, n.d. Staff 8 6-9 Lists and biographical profiles 8 10 Correspondence and memoranda: general, 1978-88 n.d.

[See also General chronological file]

8 11-19 Logs and reports, 1979-80 Meetings 9 1-5 Administrative, 1977-87, n.d. 9 6-7 Coordinators, 1978-80 9 8 General assembly, 1978 9 9-17 Staff meetings, 1975-88, n.d. 9 18-22 Staff retreats, 1976-87 9 23 Miscellaneous 9 24 Office procedures, 1980-86 Personnel 10 1 Job descriptions 10 2-11 Personnel policies: minutes, memoranda, drafts, notes, and printed material

[See also National Steering Committee]

10 12-15 Salaries and benefits 11 1 Staff newsletter 11 2 Staff support group

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Leadership-Support groups]

11 3-7 Training and development workshops Individuals 11 8 Amigo, Lanny 11 9 Austermiller, Judy 11 10 Belenky, Mary

[See also Local-Miscellaneous for Interviews with NWWG staff by Mary Belenky]

Burns, Lisel (Leadership Coordinator) Subject files 11 11 Baltimore consultation 11 12 "Bringing HABITAT Home" campaign 11 13 Cambridge, MA 11 14 Chicago WES (Women for Economic Security) Conference 11 15 Cirillo, Marie 11 16 Citiworks meeting 11 17 Dissertation proposal 11 18 ECCO-Training resources 11 19 Florida 11 20 Ford project, 1991 11 21 Forums Set 1 1989-National Report 11 22 Fundraisers 11 23 Grailville 11 24 HERG overview 11 25 H.O.M.E. 11 26-27 Housing Options for Women (conference)

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Housing]

11 28 Institute for Living Democracy International

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-International]

12 1 Brooklyn Women's Speakout 12 2 Forging a National Alliance with International Linkages 12 3 Grameen Bank-USA-"Reciprocal Responsibility" 12 4 GROOTS - Owen 12 5 In Another Way 12 6 ICA materials 12 7 ICA Portugal trip- 1991 12 8 Ied Guinee 12 9 RREMA GOPALAN 12 10 Yolaine Armand-Haiti 12 11 Miscellaneous Leadership training

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Leadership]

12 12-16 General: correspondence, meetings, and notes 12 17-23 Training materials 13 1-8 Training sessions, 1988-96 13 9-18 Regional forums 14 1 Learning Alliance Forum 14 2 McLaughlin, Peggy 14 3 Martin, Terrence 14 4-6 Miscellaneous 14 7 Ms. Foundation NCNW 14 8 Events 14 9 National Planning Committee 14 10 Strategic plan 14 11 Miscellaneous 14 12 Northwest-Colorado 14 13 Staff meeting 14 14 Statistics USA, 1989 14 15 Stoneman, Dorothy 14 16 Stony Pt. Institute Planning Retreat, 1983 14 17 Unitarian Universalism Partners 14 18 Washington Delegates Meeting, 1989 14 19 Woman/Housing Conference 14 20 Women for Economic Security 14 21 Women's Community Development Institute 14 22 Women's International Day Platform 14 23 Woodland County Land Trust 14 24 Youthbuild Coalition 15 1 Charlop, Simone 15 2 Cincotta, Gail 15 3-7 Cirillo, Marie 15 8 Cooper, Lois 15 9 Edwards, Rita Morgan 15 10 Fava, Maria 15 11 Feit, Rona 15 12-16 Fisher, Sally 15 17 Frazier, Louise 15 18-20 Gilkey, Bertha

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Housing and tenants]

15 21-24 Giordano, Ann 16 1-2 Grey, Linda 16 3 Haywoode, Terry 16 4 Jonda, Judy 16 5 Jones¸Evelyn 16 6 Lowe, Sandy 16 7 Morelli, Gina 16 8 Moresco, Ginger 16 9 Mufson, Susan Noschese, Christine, Executive Director, 1977-79

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Resource Center-Documentaries]

Correspondence General 16 10-19 Oct 1974 - June 1978 17 1-13 July 1978 - May 1980 17 14-15 Fundraising Subject files 18 1 Channel 13 Ethnicity 18 2 "Ethnicity and the Media" by C. Noschese 18 3 Conference on the Educational and Occupational Needs of White Ethnic Women 18 4 Ethnic Studies Program 18 5 Miscellaneous 18 6 Family Protection Agenda 18 7 "Goat Story" by C. Noschese 18 8 Interview with C. Noschese: transcript, 1978 18 9 Italian-American Conference 18 10 Neighborhood Foundation 18 11 Newspaper 18 12-14 Miscellaneous: notes 18 15 Pennington, Ashley Peterson, Jan, Executive Director, 1975-77; 1980- 18 16 Biographical information Chronological file

[See also Central chronological file and SERIES II. PROGRAMS-International]

18 17-21 1976 - Dec 1980 19 1-8 undated (circa 1980) - Sep 1981 20 1-9 undated (circa 1981)- 1982 21 1-9 Jan 1983-14 Aug 1983 22 1-8 15 Aug 1983-18 Jan 1987 23 1-9 19 Jan 1987 - Oct 1990

(Jul 1987 - May 1989 missing)

24 1-4 Reports, 1980-86

[See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-General and National Corporate Board-Reports]

Subjects

[See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Subjects]

24 5 ACTION 24 6 Agenda for Dialogues 24 7 Battered women 24 8 Big Business Coalition 24 9 Bills - Vienna 24 10 Board and NSC 24 11 Calendar, 1984-85 24 12 Co-host - National Conference on Women and Housing 24 13 Columbia University 24 14 Community Gospel Church 24 15 Conselyea St. Block Association 24 16 Consultants 24 17 Emergency work 24 18 FYI 24 19 Greenpoint Hospital 24 20 Group dynamics course 24 21-22 Human Resources Administration (H.R.A.) 24 23 ICA 25 1-4 Miscellaneous 25 5 N.Y.C. Housing Authority 25 6 N.Y. State - Gail Shaffer 25 7 Needs assessments 25 8-9 Personal 25 10 Policy Advisory Council 25 11 Program goals - National 25 12 Program planning 25 13 Proposal 25 14 Receipts/records 25 15 Reports of staff 25 16 Speaking engagements, 1980 25 17 Testimony - J.P. legal correspondence 25 18 Travel arrangements 25 19 U.S. Department of Labor 25 20 Warwick Retreat 25 21 "Women on the Move in Neighborhoods" Quinn, Alice, co-Executive Director, 1983-85 Chronological file 25 22-24 1977 - Apr 1983 26 1-3 May 1983 - Jul 1984 26 4 Miscellaneous 26 5 Reed, Rosemarie 26 6 Scanlon, Laura 26 7-9 Schilen, Sandy 26 10 Springer, Edith 26 11 Staton, Rebecca 26 12 Strickland, Sharon 26 13 Sutton, Crystal Lee 26 14 Williams, Dorothy 27 1-5 Wooten, Wanda Building 27 6 General 27 7 Engineer's report, 1981-83 27 8 NY State Division of Housing and Urban Renewal, 1983 27 9-11 Heat policy/controversy, 1978 27 12 Telephones, 1978-79, 1986 27 13-14 Energy grants, 1988-90 28 1-5 Energy grants, 1988-90 (continued) Public relations

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Resource Center and publicity under specific programs]

28 6-9 Administration: correspondence and report, 1977-81 Publicity 28 10-11 Brochures and flyers 28 12 Articles

[See SERIES II. PROGRAMS - Resource Center - NCNW; also subject files under specific programs; and OVERSIZED MATERIAL]

28 13 Press releases 28 14 Radio 28 15-19 General descriptions of NCNW, 1975-88, n.d. Publications Newsletters (incomplete run)

[See also OVERSIZED MATERIAL]

29 1-3 General: correspondence, meetings, proposals, and reports, 1979-86 29 4 National Congress of Neighborhood Women Quarterly, 1976 29 5 Neighborhood Woman, 1977 29 6 Neighborhood Women, 1980 29 7-9 Neighborhood Women Network News, 1980-81 29 10 National Congress of Neighborhood Women Newsletter, 1983, 1985-86 29 11 Neighborhood Woman, 1990-91, 1995 29 12-17 Miscellaneous material for newsletters: clippings, artwork, drafts, and notes Miscellaneous publications 29 18 Holiday letter, 1995 29 19 "Remember Williamsburg-Greenpoint" 29 20 Training Sourcebook: flyer 29 21-30 Mailing lists Membership

[See also SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS]

30 1 Correspondence 30 2 Information packet and blank membership forms 30 3-5 Lists 30 6-17 Membership forms, completed 30 18 Miscellaneous: notes and receipts Central chronological file

[See also Local; Individuals; and SERIES II. PROGRAMS-International]

30 31 1973 - Jun 1980 30 32 Jun 1980 - Jan 1984 30 33 Feb - Oct 1984 30 34 Nov 1984-11 Apr 1986 30 35 18 Apr - Aug 1986 30 36 Sep - Nov 1986 30 37 Dec 1986-19 Feb 1987 30 38 20 Feb-8 Mar 1987 30 39 9 Apr - May 1987 30 40 Jun 1987 - May 1989 41 1-2 Jun - Jul 1989, n.d. 41 3-12 General correspondence, 1975-87, 1992 Subjects 42 1 Advocacy 42 2-3 Assemblymen 42 4 Board of Education 42 5-6 Breakfast meetings 42 7 Brooklyn Legal Services 42 8 Brooklyn Union Gas Company 42 9 Bulk mailing 42 10 Calendars 42 11 Certificates 42 12 Church 42 13-16 Church women luncheon 42 17 Community creativity 42 18 Community organizations 42 19 CONEXUS 42 20 Corporation proposal 42 21 Directions to NCNW 42 22 Documentation 42 23-25 Domestic/family violence 42 26 Eastern district 42 27 "ERA and Beyond" 42 28-29 Form letters 42 30 Greenpoint YMCA 42 31 Information requests 42 32 Interns 42 33 Italian-American Civil Rights League 42 34 J.P. Stevens 42 35 Koch goals 42 36 Local community issues 42 37 Local politicians 42 38-40 Miscellaneous 42 41 Miscellaneous meetings 42 42 National 43 1 National conference: Women organizers' discussion group, 1987 43 2 National Italian-American Foundation 43 3 National organizing letters 43 4 National women leaders 43 5 Needs assessment questionnaire 43 6 Neighborhood development 43 7 New York City 43 8-18 New York State 43 19 "Next Step" awards 43 20 "Outstationed letters" 43 21 Policy Plus decision making 43 22-25 Political 43 26 Politician's letters 43 27 Regional offices 43 28 Rutgers University 44 1 School Board Election 44 2 School Settlement Association 44 3 Small business development 44 4 Smith College (Archives list) 44 5 Sperry 44 6 Thank you letters 44 7 U.S. Department of Labor 44 8 U.S. Department of Labor - National Women's Bureau 44 9 United States Mission to the United Nations 44 10-11 White House 44 12 Williamsburg/Greenpoint: statistics and information 44 13 Williamsburg/Greenpoint Planning Committee 44 14 Women in Politics (L.A.B. Task Force) 44 15 Women torture victims 44 16 Women's delegation Development

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS for funding of specific projects]

General 45 1-4 Correspondence and memoranda 45 5-8 Fundraising 45 9 Reports, circa 1977-86 45 10-14 Funding history: lists of funding sources, 1975-88 45 15 Funding resources: lists and printed material Proposals 45 16 Guidelines 45 17-18 Profiles for rejected proposals General funding proposals 45 19-21 1977-78 46 1-19 1979-81 47 1-10 1982-86, n.d. 47 11-18 Attachments for proposals: organization and program descriptions, histories, reports, publicity, and statistics

[See also Public relations- General descriptions of NCNW]

Funding agencies 47 19-21 Action 48 1 ACLU

[See also Housing Conference and NY DOE - CETA]

48 2 Apple Computer, Inc. 48 3 Aspen Institute 48 4 Association for Community Based Education 48 5 Avon 48 6 BECA 48 7 Board of Global Ministries 48 8-13 Campaign for Human Development 48 14 Carnegie Foundation 48 15 CHAKRA Systems 48 16 Chemical Bank 48 17 Church Women United 48 18 City Project 48 19-25 Community Service Society

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Housing]

48 26 Consumer Farmers Foundation 48 27 Control Data Corporation 48 28 Coro Foundation 48 29 Dorf and Stanton Foundation 48 30 Eastman Foundation 48 31 Edna McConnell Clark Foundation 48 32 Eisenhower Foundation for the Prevention of Violence 48 33 Enterprise Foundation 48 34 Equitable Foundation 49 1 Environmental Education Project 49 2 Film Fund 49 3-4 Ford Foundation 49 5-6 Foundation Center 49 7 Fund for Human Dignity 49 8 Fund for the City of New York 49 9-14 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) 50 1-4 Fund for the Improvement (continued) 50 5 Gannett Foundation 50 6 German Marshall Fund

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-International]

50 7 Guggenheim Foundation 50 8 Hearst Foundation 50 9-11 Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 50 12 Irvine Foundation 50 13 J.M. Kaplan Foundation 50 14 Johnson Foundation 50 15 Joint Foundation 50 16 Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation 50 17-18 Levi Strauss 50 19 Lillia Babbitt Hyde Foundation 50 20 Metropolitan Life 50 21 Miller, Maya 50 22 Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland, Inc. 50 23 Ms. Foundation for Women 50 24 National Child Labor Committee 50 25 National Community Funds 51 1 National Endowment for the Humanities 51 2 National Women's Education Fund 51 3 New Jersey 51 4-23 New York City-Community Development Agency

[See also SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS-Williamsburg/Greenpoint Community Planning Board]

52 1-16 New York City-Community Services Administration

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Community and economic development; Resource Center; and SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS-Center for Community Change]

New York City-Department of Employment-Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA)

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Employment]

General Correspondence 52 17-19 1977-81 53 1 1982-83, n.d. 53 2 Contract, 1978 53 3-7 Proposals and applications 53 8 Appeals, 1979 Meetings 53 9-10 Community Council of Greater New York: correspondence, meetings, notes, and printed material, 1977-82, n.d. 53 11 NCNW task force on CETA legislation: memorandum, 1978 53 12 Task Force on CETA-CBO Coalition Building, 1980 53 13 Conference on CBO's and CETA, 1980 53 13-14 Reports 54 1-7 Miscellaneous Legal cases 54 8 New York City Unemployment and Welfare Council v. The NCNW and Project Open Doors, 1978-79 NCNW v. City of New York, 1979-80

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Employment-Project Open Doors]

54 9-10 Correspondence 55 1-8 Court documents, 1980-81 55 9-10 Transcripts, 1979-80 55 11 Publicity, 1975-80, n.d. 55 12 Letters requesting support, 1979-81 55 13 Demonstration: memoranda, notes, flyers, and songs, 1980

[See also SERIES IV. PHOTOGRAPHS]

55 14-15 Project Open Doors subcontractors: meetings, program descriptions, and correspondence, 1980, n.d. 55 16-17 Miscellaneous: printed material, 1979-80, n.d. Job Training Partnership Act (JPTA) 56 1-4 General: correspondence, meetings, and contracts, 1982-84 (including material re: transition from CETA) 56 5-6 Legal case: correspondence, publicity, and petition, 1987 Miscellaneous 56 7 Information Exchange workshop, 1984 56 8 Conference on Welfare Reform, 1987 56 9-10 Discretionary funds, 1988-89 56 11 New York Community Trust 56 12 New York Council for the Humanities 56 13 New York State Community Action Program (CAP) 56 14 New York State Council for the Arts 56 15 New York State CSBG 56 16-18 New York State-Department of Social Services (DSS) 57 1-3 New York State-DSS 57 4 New York Times Foundation 57 5 Norman Foundation 57 6 North Star 57 7 Office of Economic Opportunity 57 8 Pfizer Foundation 57 9 Playboy Foundation 57 10 Presbyterian Church 57 11 Rockefeller Brothers Fund 57 12 Rockefeller Foundation

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS]

57 13 Satellite Program Development Fund 57 14 Scherman Foundation 57 15 Scientists' Institute for Public Information 57 16 Skaggs Foundation 57 17 Stern Foundation 57 18 United States Department of Labor 57 19-26 United Way Emergency Food and Shelter Program (FEMA) 57 27 Urban Crime Prevention Program 58 1 Vincent Astor Foundation 58 2 VISTA 58 3 Volunteer Urban Consulting Group, Inc. 58 4 Volunteer Demonstration Program 58 5 Windum Fund 58 6-14 Women's Education Equity Act Program (WEEA), US Dept of HEW SERIES II. PROGRAMS (1975-1996) Support services 59 1 General: proposal, 1981 Childcare

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Education; Employment-Employment and Training Program- Family Child Care Provider Training; Youth programs-"You Can Community School"]

59 2 General: correspondence, lists, and printed material, 1980-87, n.d. 59 3 Proposal (Neighborhood Child Care Network), 1982 59 4 Edu-Care Center: correspondence, regulations, and form, 1991 59 5 Tot lot, 1984 Resources 59 6 NCNW Resource and Directory Guide, 1986 59 7 Childcare providers: lists 59 8 Child development and safety 59 9 Child abuse 59 10 Non-Sexist Child Development Project (Women's Action Alliance project) 59 11 Play Streets Counseling and referral

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Education-College Program; Employment-Job Development; and Leadership]

59 12-13 General: descriptions, and proposal, n.d. 59 14 Correspondence and memoranda, 1987 59 15 Meetings, 1988 59 16 Report, 1986 59 17-19 Procedures Social Work interns 59 20 General 59 21 Columbia University 59 22 Fordham 59 23 Hunter College 59 24-26 New York University 59 27-29 Stony Brook (SUNY) 59 30 Counselor training, 1979 Community and economic development Women in Neighborhoods Project 60 1-2 General: correspondence, memoranda, minutes, proposals, and printed material, 1979-87 Survey 60 3 Correspondence and notes 60 4 Questionnaires, forms, form letters, and project descriptions 60 5 List of survey participants Conference, Washington, D.C., 1979 60 6-9 Planning 60 10 Conference packet: program, memoranda, brochures, and printed material 60 11-13 Conference papers 60 14-22 Report ("Neighborhood Women: Putting It Together"): published report, brochure, summary, drafts, notes, and printed material, 1980 Women in Poverty Project Administration 61 1-5 General: proposals, brochure, project summaries, reports, timelines, and budget, 1980-82 61 6 Job descriptions 61 7 Correspondence, 1980-82, n.d. 61 8 Dutchess County primary contact list, 1980 61 9 Meetings: minutes, 1980-82, n.d. 61 10-11 Advisory board 61 12-13 Area policy board 61 14 Newspaper clippings, 1981 61 15 Reports, 1981 61 16 Articles, n.d. 61 17 Miscellaneous printed material 61 18 Unidentified notes, n.d. 61 19-21 Planning conferences: agendas, correspondence, publicity, and notes, 1981-82 61 22 Dutchess County Exit Audit Conference: minutes, 1980 Phase I (Information gathering) Questionnaires 61 23 Community Action Agencies (CAA): correspondence, drafts, and research material 61 24-26 Community Action Programs (C.A.P.): lists, correspondence, and responses 61 27-28 Training manual Phase II (Training) 62 1-4 General: conference summaries, planning, registration, and financial, 1982 Conferences: agendas, correspondence, invitations, contacts, registration, financial, lists, and notes, 1982 62 5-14 South Bronx 62 15-19 Rockland County 62 20-27 S.C.O.P.E., Glasboro College, N.J. 62 28 P.E.A.C.E., Syracuse 62 29-32 Essex County 62 33-34 Puerto Rico 62 35 Virgin Islands National Resource and Policy Analysis Center, Washington, D.C.

[See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Development-CSA]

63 1 General: histories, descriptions, and lease, 1980-81 63 2-3 Correspondence and memoranda, 1979-82 63 4-15 Planning: correspondence, meetings, notes, and miscellaneous, 1979-80, n.d. 63 16-19 Proposals, applications, and correspondence, 1980-81 64 1 Reports 64 4 Staff logs, n.d. 64 5 Workshop: flyer 64 6-8 Publications Subjects 64 9 Beacon College 64 10 Housing Task Force: Memoranda and report, 1981 64 11 Resources: A Neighborhood Compendium, 1982 64 12-14 Miscellaneous Community Development Institute 64 15-24 First Institute (Planning for "Dialogue") 65 1-3 Annual Institute proposal and drafts, 1990, n.d. 65 4-12 Annual Summer Institutes on Women and Community Development, Grailville, Ohio, 1992-95 65 13 Subject files: articles and printed material Dialogues on Community Development and Female Poverty 65 14-21 General: proposals, summaries, correspondence, printed material, and notes, 1983-84, n.d. New York State Dialogues 66 1-3 Pawling: program, forms, background, and follow-up correspondence, 1984 66 4-5 Syracuse: agenda, correspondence, publicity, and background, 1984-88, n.d. 66 6 Planning meetings, 1983-84 66 7 Local programs (demonstration district): correspondence, lists, and community objectives, 1985, n.d. 66 8 Community Services Block Grant Program, 1983-85 Feminization of Poverty Hearings, 1984

[See also Leadership - National training - Syracuse]

66 11-13 General: publicity, schedules, registration material, correspondence, and minutes, 1984 66 14-16 Hearings: transcripts, 1984 Background 66 17 Writings by NCNW, 1983-84, n.d. 66 18-19 NY State: reports and statistics, 1984, n.d. 66 20 National: reports and statistics, 1981-84, n.d. 66 21 Legislation pertaining to women, 1978, 1983-84 66 22-25 General : papers, reports, articles, clippings, printed material, and notes Conference: "Women in Community Development: Forging a National Alliance with International Linkages" (co-sponsored by Overseas Education Fund), 1986

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-International]

67 1 Overview 67 2-3 Planning: meetings and notes 67 4 Invitations: correspondence and mailing lists 67 5 Conference packet 67 6 Evaluations Subject files Community development 67 7 General: printed material 67 8 Women in community development: printed material Articles and papers 67 9 "Community Development: Visions and Strategies," by Susan Saegert 67 10 "The Emerging Women-in-Development Movement," by Rona F. Feit 67 11 "Factors Which Enhance the Participation of Women in Urban Neighborhood Social Life," by Sandra Schoenberg and Irene Dabrowski 67 12 "Mapping Community Capacity," by John. L. McKnight 67 13 "Organizing Women: Gender, Class and Community Organizations," by Susana T. Fried 67 14 "A Report of the Monitors: A Citizen's Panel Looks at HUD's Community Development Strategies Evaluation" 67 15 "Research Needs and Guidelines on Women's Issues: Planning, Housing and Community Development," by Jacqueline Leavitt Economic development 67 16 General: printed material Papers 67 17 "Economic Development as if Women Mattered," by Sara Gould 67 18 "The Economic Justice Issue: The Community Development Position of the NCNW" 67 19 "The Impact of the World Economic Crisis On Women in the U.S. Discussion Paper: The Social-Cultural Sector," by Rona F. Feit 67 20 "Neighborhood Women's Agenda for Economic Development in New York State," by Ronnie Feit 67 21 "Problems Poor and Working Class Women Have with 'Economic Development," by Ronnie Feit 67 22 "Recommendations for a Research Design to Study the Underground Economic Activities of Women in Williamsburg/Greenpoint," by Rachel B. Pfeffer 67 23 "Sustainable Human Development and Economic Growth," by Denis Benn 67 24 "Women and Enterprise," by June A. Sekera 67 25 "Women: The Fifth World," by Elise Boulding Female poverty Papers 67 26 "The Social Change Issue of Women and Poverty," by Karen Vanderborgh 67 27 "Welfare and Self-Employment," by Kathryn Keeley 67 28 "Welfare Mothers Earn Their Way," by Theresa Funiciello 67 29 "Women, Faith, and Economic Justice," edited by Jackie M. Smith 67 30 "Women in Poverty: A Challenge To CED," by Sara Gould Education General 68 1 Publicity: flyers, articles, and descriptions 68 2-4 Correspondence, 1978-88, n.d. 68 5-8 Education committee: correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, and agenda materials, 1977-79, n.d. 68 9 Education Project Board: correspondence, minutes, and notes, 1985 68 10-11 Coordinators, 1980-84, n.d. 68 12-14 Reports, 1975-86 68 15-25 Funding: correspondence, proposals, and budget, 1975-86 69 1-2 Job descriptions and resumes 69 3 Miscellaneous: notes and printed material 69 4-13 Curriculum development: correspondence, proposals, papers, minutes, schedules, course descriptions, and resources, 1975-87, n.d. 69 14-17 Course materials: syllabi, study guides, reading lists, and handouts, 1974-77, n.d. 69 18 Course evaluations, 1985-87, n.d. College Program General 69 19-22 Publicity: flyers, articles, newsletter, and miscellaneous descriptions, 1975-84, n.d. Papers 69 23 "College for Neighborhood Women," by Terry Haywoode, n.d. 69 24 "College Model," by Jan Peterson, n.d. 69 25 "College Program," by Laura Scanlon, 1977 69 26 "Planning to Meet the Needs of Women...," by Haywoode & Scanlon, n.d. 69 27 "Knowledge, Skill & Power:...," by Staton, Haywoode, Giordana, and Peterson, n.d. 69 28 Miscellaneous 69 29 Orientation Schools and programs 70 1-11 Carroll Gardens College Program: publicity, description, and questionnaire; correspondence, meetings, reports, contract, schedules, and notes, 1978-81, n.d.

[See also SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS]

70 12-13 Ridgewood/Bushwick: correspondence and description, 1979-86, n.d. 70 14 Pittsburgh Sister School, n.d. 70 15 Williamsburg-Greenpoint-Northside Colloquium: proposals and descriptions, n.d. 70 16 Women Studies College, 1974 70 17 Empire State College: correspondence, and program descriptions 70 18 Hunter College, 1978

[See also Counseling-Social Work interns]

LaGuardia Community College program 70 19 General: program descriptions and printed material, 1977 70 20 Correspondence, 1978-79 70 21 Curriculum, 1976 70 22 Policies "battle": correspondence, statements, and publicity, 1979 70 23 Meetings with coordinators of Off-Campus Programs: minutes and course proposal, 1980 70 24 Brooklyn Public Library: survey, report, and correspondence, 1979 70 25 Old Westbury (SUNY) 70 26-27 Association for Community Based Education (ACBE): correspondence and conference material, 1986-87 71 1-12 Students: commencements, reunion, student organizations, statistics, and lists, 1977-87 Adult Education

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Employment-World of Work; Housing and tenants-Public housing tenants training; and Youth-You Can School]

71 13 General: schedule, 1986 71 14 Board of Education: correspondence and printed material, 1985-87 Programs 71 15 Adult literacy, 1986-87, n.d. 71 16 ESL students, 1988-89, n.d. 71 17 GED, 1984-85 71 18-19 Community Education Resource Center (CERC): correspondence and printed material, 1985-87 Conferences 71 20 "Knowledge for Whom? Education as Culture Shock," 1976 National Training Institute 71 21-22 Correspondence and programs, 1979 72 1-16 Publicity, proposals, reports, lists, financial, and planning materials, 1979 Resources and subject files 72 17 Area colleges 72 18 Community Education Project 72 19 Literacy 73 1 Miscellaneous education resources 73 2 Training-writing 73 3-8 Training materials, general 73 9 Women in education Employment General 74 1 Meetings (early planning): minutes, notes, 1976 (includes Employment, Leadership, Counseling, and Education planning) Proposals 74 2 Community Job Assistance Project, 1982 74 3 Comprehensive Employment Opportunity Support Center, circa 1988 74 4 Women in Apprenticeship, circa 1977 74 5 Miscellaneous 74 6-14 School Settlement Association: correspondence, reports, subcontractors, personnel practices, and notes, 1976-79, n.d. Project Open Doors

[See also SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS-Women's Funding Coalition; and SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Development-NYC-CETA]

74 15-21 General: contract, correspondence, and financial, 1976-81 75 1-19 General (continued): meetings, reports, staff, and procedures, 1978-81, n.d. 75 20-26 Publicity and publications: correspondence, press statements, descriptions,brochure, articles, newsletters, and manuscript ("Those Women") Participating organizations (subcontractors)

[See also SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS]

76 1-6 General: lists, evaluations, field representatives, and form 76 7 Asian American Women's Communication Network 76 8 Bronx Household Technicians 76 9 Brooklyn in Touch 76 10 Brooklyn Women's Martial Arts 76 11 Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Women

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Education]

76 12 Committee to Aid Women in Crisis 76 13-15 Community Cable Center of Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble Hill 76 16 The Council of Asian American Women 76 17 Creative Women's Collective 76 18 Downtown Welfare Advocacy Center 77 1-2 Feminist Health Works 77 3-6 The Foundation for the Community of Artists 77 7-8 Graphic Help Project 77 9 Health Right 77 10 Hope for Youth 77 11 Jane Addams Center 77 12 Midmarch Associates 77 13 NCNW 77 14 National Gay Task Force 77 15-19 National Organization for Women 78 1 New York Feminist Federal Credit Union 78 2 New York Women Against Rape 78 3-6 Project Greenhope

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Employment and Training Program]

78 7 Publishing Training Institute for Women (Majority Report) 78 8 Scapegoat 78 9 Thirteenth Moon 78 10 Union Center for Women 78 11 Village Visiting Center 78 12 Women in the Trades 78 13 Women Make Movies 78 14 Women Office Workers 78 15 Women's Action Alliance 78 16 Women's Center, Brooklyn College 78 17 Women's Experimental Theatre 78 18 Women's Interart Center 78 19 Women's Liberation Center of New York 78 20 Women's Martial Arts Center 78 21 Women's Martial Arts Union 79 1 Women's Survival Space

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Women's Survival Space]

79 2 Youth Action Program Workshops and events 79 3-5 Alternatives for Women conference: agenda, publicity, correspondence, and evaluations, 1978-79 79 6 Job Assistance workshop: publicity, 1979 79 7 Job Fair: agenda and publicity, 1979 79 8-17 Women's Funding Course: descriptions, proposal, correspondence, registration, budget, questionnaires, evaluations, and course material, 1980

[See also SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS-Women's Funding Coalition]

79 18-21 World of Work conference: agenda, publicity, correspondence, and planning materials, 1980 80 1-5 World of Work conference (continued): questionnaires, registration, publicity, budget, handouts, and miscellaneous, 1980 80 6 P.O.D Reunion: publicity, budget, planning materials, 1980 80 7 Miscellaneous: certificates of appreciation, n.d. Job Development Program General 80 8-10 Correspondence, 1979-81

[See also Project Open Doors]

80 11 CETA contract 80 12 Financial: budget and expenses 80 13 Meetings, 1980-81 80 14-15 Proposals 81 1 Publicity: articles, statement, drafts for brochure and newsletter, business cards 81 2-3 Reports, 1980-81 81 4-23 Staff: lists, manual, and activity logs, 1979-81 81 24-29 Resources: forms, form letters, referrals, and printed material Projects and services 81 30-34 Job clubs (Self-initiative employment project): proposals, correspondence, report, notes, and article, circa 1980-81 82 1-9 Non-traditional Employment for Women (Women's Action Alliance program): proposal, correspondence, newsletter, printed material, workshop material, and resources, 1979-82, n.d. 10 VISTA Volunteers Recruitment Plan, 1979 Research 82 11-14 Neighborhood analysis: correspondence, memoranda, notes, publicity, report, questionnaires, and background, 1978-80, n.d. 82 15-16 Job Market analysis: report, notes, and statistics, circa 1979-85 Workshops and courses 83 1 General: questionnaire 83 2 Career planning course ("How to get the Job of your Dreams"), 1981 83 3-5 Census takers (recruitment and hiring), 1980-81 83 6 Fundraising workshop, Bank Street College, 1979 83 7 Fundraising workshop, n.d. 83 8 Job factory 83 9 Job Finding and Holding workshop, n.d. 83 10-20 Job Search workshop: correspondence, questionnaire, evaluation form, course outlines, handouts, forms, and notes, 1980-81 83 21 Postal workers training, 1981 83 22 Video workshop, 1981-82 Employment and Training Program 84 1-14 General: descriptions, correspondence, meetings, planning material, funding material, and reports, 1981-83, n.d.

[See also Job Development-General]

84 15 Publicity: flyers 84 16-19 Bus Shelters (Project Greenhope): correspondence and proposals, 1981-82

[See also Project Open Doors-Subcontractors]

Training programs 85 1-4 Childcare provider training: correspondence, proposals, notes, and course materials

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Support services]

85 5-8 Control Data Institute: correspondence, contract, proposal, policies, and printed material 85 9-10 Taylor Business Institute: correspondence, contract, policies, and printed material 85 World of Work

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Women's Public Works; and Public Housing Tenants Training]

85 11-16 General: publicity, descriptions, correspondence, reports, staff, and miscellaneous drafts and notes, 1985-87, n.d. 85 17-18 Course materials: agendas, forms, and handouts, 1985-86 Trainings 85 19-25 Bank Street School, 1985 85 26-28 Public Housing districts, 1985-86

[See also Housing and tenants-Public housing tenants training]

Resources

[See also Resource Center]

86 1 Job Club 86 2-4 Job development 86 5 N.O.W. NY 86 6 The Nuts and Bolts of N.T.O [ Non-Traditional Occupations] 86 7 N.Y.S. Department of Commerce 86 8 Recruitment and Training Program (RTP) 86 9 S.U.N.Y. 86 10 TAP Centers (testing and placement) 86 11-12 Training programs 86 13 United Neighborhood Houses - Job Development Program 86 14 Women's employment programs 86 15 WomanSpace-Career Counseling 86 16 Work in America Institute 87 1-7 Miscellaneous 87 8-10 Training materials and manuals Housing and tenants Housing Greenpoint Renaissance Enterprise Corporation-Neighborhood Women's Inter-generational Housing Project

[See also ORGANIZATIONS-St. Nicholas Preservation and Housing Rehabiliatation Corp.; and Williamsburg/Greenpoint Community Planning Board]

88 1 Publicity 88 2-17 Administration: proposals, reports, by-laws, contracts, finances, fundraising, regulations, 1984-1993, n.d. 88 18-25 Planning: correspondence, meetings, petitions, architects, construction, homeless, miscellaneous notes and drafts, 1983-91, n.d.

[See also OVERSIZED MATERIAL]

88 26 Resources and miscellaneous, 1983-90, n.d. 88 27-32 Habitat for Humanity: printed material, report, correspondence, meeting, and miscellaneous, 1985-86, n.d.

[See also International]

Conferences 89 1 Housing as a Tool for Economic Development, St. Louis, 1983

[See also Tenants-Bertha Gilkey]

Housing Options for Women (H.O.W.), Camden, NJ, 1987

[See also International-HABITAT; SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-National Planning Conference, 1986; and SERIES IV. PHOTOGRAPHS]

Planning 89 2-3 General: articles, reports, printed material, and correspondence, 1986-87 89 4-16 National Planning Committee: correspondence, meetings, finances, and miscellaneous, 1986-87 90 1-2 Conference Advisory Boards, 1987 90 3 International Planning Committee, 1987: correspondence, and meetings Organizations 90 4-5 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): correspondence, proposal, grant, and report 90 6 United Nations Center for Human Settlements (Habitat) - HOW 90 7 Camden Urban Women's Center 90 8 N. J. State Department of Community Affairs Women's Division 90 9 Meetings by Design - Linda Brouard 90 10-12 Participants: correspondence, application, lists, and miscellaneous information 90 13 Pre-conference mailing to participants 90 14-18 Publicity: goals, brochure, letterhead, and press releases 91 1-2 Publicity (continued): film plans, and PR consultant 91 3-5 Co-Sponsors : correspondence and application responses 91 6-8 Mailings: brochure, bio request, and forms 91 9-10 Local arrangements 91 11-13 Miscellaneous Conference 91 14 Conference packet 91 15 Keynote speakers 91 16 Entertainment: Sweet Honey in the Rock 92 1-2 Registration cards Follow-up 92 3-9 General: correspondence, meetings, mailings, reports, and drafts, 1987-88 92 10 "Count me in" mailings: replies and summary 92 11 Questionnaire 92 12-13 GROOTS: printed material and report, 1989 92 14 Film Documentary with Susan Hamoritch

[See also Publicity]

92 15 Models 92 16-22 Financial: correspondence, receipts, budgets, contributions, bills, and account information Subject files Papers (by NCNW staff and others) 93 1 "The Administration and the Older Tenant in Continued Occupancy," by Melvin Stepman 93 2 "At Home in the USA: Why Housing is Every Woman's Issue," by Leslie Kanes Weisman 93 3 "Background Paper on Single Parent Family Proposal," by Sharon Lauer 93 4 "Housing Displacement and Women," by Jean Peterman 93 5 "Housing, Business and Women's Organizations," by Joan Forrester Sprague 93 6 "Neighborhood Women Look at Housing," by Ronnie Feit and Jan Peterson 93 7 "Neighborhood Women's Agenda for Housing in New York State," by Ronnie Feit 93 7 "Neighborhood Women's Agenda for Economic Development in New York State," by Ronnie Feit 93 8 "Public Housing: What is Happening in Public Housing in the United States Today," author unknown 93 9 "Time for Action to Meet Women's Shelter Needs," by Ied Guinee 93 10 "Woman-Made America: The Case of Early Public Housing Policy," by Eugenie Ladder Birch 93 11 Brochure: "Our Practices: Women, Homes, and Community Super Coalition" (photocopy) 93 12 McAuley Institute: correspondence and printed material 93 13 Report: "Building and Dwelling on Women's Terms" 93 14 Report: "Problems of Homeless Women" 93 15 Summary: "Women and Housing: A Training Programme" 93 16 Testimony: "Women and Housing" 93 17 Clippings 93 18-20 Miscellaneous: printed material, and statistics Public housing tenant programs Administration 94 1-17 Community Service Society: organization, NCNW partnership, papers, printed material, proposals, contracts, and reports, 1984-88, n.d. 95 1-20 Community Service Society (continued): correspondence, meetings, finances, technical assistance, resources, and miscellaneous, 1985-89, n.d. New York City Housing Authority 96 1-10 General: history, status of projects, report, NCNW agreement, proposal, reports, correspondence, and financial, 1984-87, n.d. 96 11-15 Procedures and regulations, 1980-86, n.d. 96 16-19 Tenants and management: individual cases, tenant patrol, and tenant participation training manual 1983-87, n.d. 96 20 Miscellaneous, 1986-87, n.d. 96 21-22 Employment specialist, Jesus Lorenzo: correspondence, memoranda, notes, publicity, and miscellaneous, 1986-87, n.d. 96 23 Public housing reports, 1986 Tenant training and organizing

[See also Employment and Women's Public Works]

97 1-2 General: concept proposal, report, 1986, n.d. Bertha Gilkey 97 3-5 General: correspondence and proposals, 1984-88, n.d. 97 6 Training model, 1985-86, n.d. Model communities 97 7 Cochran Gardens (St. Louis), 1985, n.d. 97 8 Clarksdale (Louisville, Kentucky), 1985, n.d. 97 9 Lakeview Terrace (Ohio), 1984-85, n.d. 97 10 Miscellaneous notes, n.d. 97 11 Training schedules, 1985-86 97 12-20 Meetings: agendas, attendance, minutes, publicity, tenant association elections, training sessions, leases, survey, evaluations, and miscellaneous, 1984-85, n.d. 97 21 Public Housing Training Conference (Wash D.C.), 1986 97 22 Resources: printed material, 1986, n.d. 97 23 Miscellaneous, 1984-86, n.d. 98 1 Mildred Johnson (?): miscellaneous materials, 1983-85, n.d. 98 2-4 Education and job training (Education and Employment Readiness Training program and (Jobs for the Future), 1985-86, n.d. 98 5-9 Other trainings, 1984-86, n.d. Williamsburg/Greenpoint Federation of Public Housing Developments 98 10-16 General: correspondence, report, funding application, and by-laws, consultant, job descriptions, and memoranda, 1985-88, n.d. 98 17 Steering committee, 1985 98 18 Board of Directors, 1986 98 19-24 Melanie Beale (Coordinator): correspondence, contact lists, forms, newsletter, publicity, and notes, 1986-88, n.d. 99 1-15 Melanie Beale (continued): reports, students' work, time sheets and schedules, subject files, and miscellaneous, 1983-89, n.d. 99 16 Correspondence, 1985-88, n.d. Events 99 17 Awards Dinner, 1986 99 18 "Voices of Wisdom" Celebration and History of Five Black Women Leaders, 1988 99 19 Fundraising, 1987 99 20 Lists, 1986-88, n.d. 100 1-4 Meetings, 1985-88, n.d. Politics 100 5 Area Policy Board elections, 1987-88 100 6 Getting involved politically, n.d. 100 7 Legislation, 1986 100 8-9 Voter registration: correspondence, lists, minutes, and Board of Elections registrations, 1988 100 10-11 Tenant screening and NYCHA work requests, 1986-87, n.d. Tenant associations 101 1-4 Borinquen Plaza correspondence, lists, minutes, notes, and petitions, 1982-88, n.d. 101 5 Bushwick/Hylan, 1986-88 101 Cooper Park 101 6-8 General: map, newsletter, and clippings, 1986-87, n.d. 101 9-14 Administration: proposal, constitution, contracts, Executive Board, Advisory Committee, and finances, 1985-87, n.d. 101 15 Community Center, 1988, n.d. 101 16 Correspondence, 1983-88, n.d. 101 17 Employment, circa 1984 101 18 List, n.d. 101 19 Maintenance requests, 1985-86 101 20 Meetings, 1985-87 101 21 Petition, n.d. 101 22 Tenant Patrol and Welcome Wagon Committee, 1988, n.d. Workshops 101 23 General, 1985-86 101 24 Crack and Parents on Crack, 1988 101 25 Miscellaneous, n.d. 101 26 Independence House, 1986-89 101 27 Williamsburg Houses, 1982-88 East Harlem

[See also SERIES V. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL -Videotapes]

101 28 East River, 1985, n.d. 101 29 James Weldon Johnson, 1984-86, n.d. 101 30 Wagner House, 1986-87 Tenants Association Organization of East Harlem 101 31-39 General: project summary, applications, proposals, correspondence, and meetings, 1993-96, n.d. 101 40 Recognition awards night, circa 1996 Subject files 102 1 Community Outreach Partnership program, 1994-96 102 2 Contacts and organizations, n.d. 102 3 Day Care, n.d. 102 4 Earned Income Disregards, 1986 102 5 Form letters, 1984 102 6 Health, 1985 102 7 Housing court, 1986, n.d. 102 8 Housing unit staff initiatives, n.d. 102 9-11 H.U.D., 1978, 1995, n.d. 102 12 Institution for Mediation and Conflict Resolution 102 13 Newspaper clippings, n.d. 102 14 Office of Employment Services, 1988 102 15 Ownership transfer project, 1985 102 16 Proprietary lease, n.d. 102 17 Rent control, n.d. 102 18 Tenants rights, n.d. 102 19-20 Miscellaneous, 1983-93, n.d. International 102 21-22 General: descriptions, publicity, and correspondence, 1982-87, n.d. GROOTS (Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood) 102 23-24 Chronological file: correspondence, memoranda, agendas, minutes, and notes, 1989-90 102 25-26 Publicity: newsletter, articles, flyers, and memorabilia, 1989-96, n.d. 102 27 Reports, 1989-90 102 28 Planning Committee, 1989-90

[See also Madras, India conference, below]

GROOTS Task Force International (GTFI) (includes International Planning Committee for Madras conference) 102 29 Meetings: agendas and minutes, 1988 103 1-2 Outreach: correspondence, questionnaires, and mailing lists, 1988-90 103 3-6 International Women's Conference, Madras, India: publicity, report, correspondence, and planning committee, 1985-90 GROOTS "local country forums": reports, publicity, drafts 103 7 General 103 8 South Asia and South Pacific 103 9 Latin America 103 10 Canada 103 Planning for Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, 1995

[See also United Nations]

103 11 "Search for university" 103 12 "Platform for Action-USA GROOTS" (Caroline Pezzulo), 1994 103 13 "Women, Homes, and Community Building" (workshop), 1996 103 14 "Alt2-WID Meeting," 1995 103 15-16 "Economic Reform and Gender Analysis" (panel paper): correspondence, drafts, printed material, 1995 103 17 "TCDC proposal," 1994 103 18 Unidentified papers and drafts United Nations General 104 1-2 Chronological file: correspondence, memoranda, and printed material, 1982-91, n.d. 104 3-5 Application for consultative status, 1984-86 104 6-7 UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) UN Decade for Women 104 8 World Conference on the UN Decade for Women, 1980 104 9 New York Regional Conference for Women, 1980 104 10-20 New York City Symposium on Women and Development, Hunter College: program, background, proposal, goals, correspondence, meetings, registration and invitations, mailing lists, and printed material, 1985 UN Decade for Women Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 1985-86 105 1 Pre-Nairobi Strategy Conference, 1984 105 2-3 Pre-Conference Consultation on the 1985 Conference: reports, and correspondence, 1984-86 105 4-5 Preparation materials, 1975, 1984-85, n.d. 105 6-8 Nairobi Forum: reports, applications, publicity, applications, and miscellaneous, 1984-86 Conference follow-up 105 9 Beyond Nairobi (National Women's Conference Committee), 1985 105 10 NCNW follow-up, 1986 105 11 Equity 2000: Meeting the Nairobi Challenge, 1986 Miscellaneous 105 12 "International Women's Decade and Beyond (meeting): printed material, notes, and correspondence, 1984 105 13 UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women: printed material Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, 1995 105 14-15 General, 1995 105 16 NGO Planning Committee, 1994 105 17-18 Preparation materials, 1994 105 19-23 GROOTS and NCNW planning: general, task force, report, tent, and miscellaneous, 1994-95, n.d.

[See also GROOTS]

HABITAT International

[See also Housing-Conferences]

106 1-2 General: correspondence, reports, and publicity, 1985-86 106 3 "Bringing HABITAT Home" campaign 106 4-6 HABITAT II: report, and printed material, circa 1995 106 7 International Year of the Shelter for the Homeless, 1987 Miscellaneous meetings and conferences 106 8 Women and Power (5th National Women in Crisis Conference), 1984 106 9-10 Women and Shelter conference, Vienna, 1985 106 11 Women in Development meeting: notes, and printed material, n.d. 106 12 Miscellaneous printed material Subjects 106 13 Africa 106 14 Boulding, Elise: article 106 15-17 European study trips (Italy, Poland, Germany), 1980-84 107 1-3 German Marshall Fund

[See also Netherlands-Ied Guinee]

107 4 Grassroots Initiatives and Strategies (GRIS) conference, 1982 107 5-6 India (includes Working Women's Forum) 107 7-8 Israel 107 9 Japan 107 10 Latin America 107 11 Mobility International 107 12 National Conference on Women, The Economy and Public Policy, 1984 107 13-16 Netherlands (includes Ied Guinee) 107 17 Nicaragua 107 18 Operation Crossroads 107 19 Overseas Education Fund (OEF) 107 20 Percy Amendment 107 21 Philippines, n.d. 107 22 Posters

[See Oversized material]

107 23 Putamayo 107 24 Tree Project, 1983 107 25 Trickle Up Program, Inc., 1983 107 26 Tunisia, 1984 107 27 "Women in the City" (OECD conference), 1994 107 28 World Bank/IMF ("Fifty Years is Enough"), 1994 Leadership

[See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Individuals-Lisel Burns; and OVERSIZED MATERIAL]

General 108 1 Goals and objectives, 1983-84, n.d. 108 2 Interview with Jan Peterson and Bertha Gilkey, 1983 108 3 Publicity: printed material, drafts, and notes, 1981-83, n.d. Administration 108 4-13 Project abstracts and proposals, 1980-84, n.d. 108 14-22 Reports, 1981-87 109 1-9 Staff: job descriptions, profiles, meetings, work plans, lists, memoranda, notes, and questionnaires, n.d. 109 10 Affiliate leaders, 1980-84, n.d. 109 11 Financial, 1981-83, n.d. 109 12-18 Training materials: models, manual, guidelines, handouts, charts, drafts, printed material, and notes, 1983-93, n.d.

[See also Support groups]

Local training Leadership Training Course, New York City, 1979 110 1 General: correspondence, minutes, and memoranda 110 2-10 Workshops 110 11-13 Questionnaire 110 14-16 "Be Yourself and More" video project: draft script, budget, and release forms

[See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Development-WEEA]

110 17-18 Miscellaneous: printed material and drafts, 1979, n.d. Leadership Training, New York City, 1981-82 110 19-21 General: descriptive correspondence, meetings, applications (completed), and participant lists 110 23-26 Trainings: agendas, notes, handouts, and lists 110 27-28 City-wide leadership support group/network 110 29 Leadership Skills Training Series, 1982 Williamsburg-Greenpoint Neighborhood Women's annual leadership retreats 111 1-24 1982-84 112 1-7 1985 112 8 Neighborhood Women Spring Leadership Training Day, 1987 112 9 Miscellaneous: notes, drafts, and printed material, 1981-84, n.d. National training 112 10-11 General: description and meetings, 1981, n.d. 112 12 National Leadership Training Conference, 1981 112 13-22 National Leadership training and support group, 1981 112 23 Network/Leadership program, Rapid City, SD, 1981 112 24 National Leadership Conference, Washington, DC, 1982 112 25 Leadership training, Harlingen, TX, 1982 112 26-32 National Leadership Training Forum, Douglaston, NY, 1982 113 1-16 National Leadership Training Forum, Douglaston, NY (continued), 1982 113 17 Regional conferences, 1983-85 113 18-26 New York State Neighborhood Women's Leadership Training, Albany, 1983 114 1-15 New York State Neighborhood Women's Leadership Training, Albany (continued), 1983 114 16 Minneapolis training: agenda, 1984 114 17-23 Women Reshaping Communities conference, Syracuse, 1984-85

[See also Community and economic development]

114 24-28 National Leadership Training, Brooklyn, 1988 115 1-5 National Leadership Training, Brooklyn, NY (continued), 1988 115 6 Leadership Training Seminar, Vermont, 1993 115 7 International Leadership training: Institute, 1989 Leadership support groups 115 8-11 General, 1981, n.d. 115 12-14 Manuals and guidelines, 1981, n.d. 115 15 Handouts 115 16 Mentor circles questionnaire, n.d. 115 17-19 Williamsburg-Greenpoint Support Group, 1980-83 115 20 Miscellaneous, n.d. Subject files 115 21-25 General, 1976-84, n.d. 115 26-27 Workshops given by other organizations, 1980-84 Resource Center 116 1-5 General: publicity, descriptions, guide, brochures, lists, and proposals, circa 1978, n.d. 116 6-12 Administration: correspondence, meetings, reports, job descriptions, schedule, budget, and miscellaneous notes, circa 1978-81, n.d. Documentation projects

[See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION -Development-WEEA; Leadership video (funded by WEEA); and SERIES V. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS]

116 13 Douglass St. Productions (NCNW orientation tape): correspondence and budget, 1986 116 14-20 "Ethnic Women as Community Leaders" (Ethnic Heritage Project/Cultural Exchange Project): proposals, description, meetings, report, background, and notes, 1977-80, n.d. 116 21-23 "Metropolitan Avenue" film project: proposal, agreement, correspondence and flyer, 1979-85 116 24 "Working Class Women Changing Their World": description, 1976 116 25 Networking: affiliates form, n.d.

[See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Membership; and Public relations]

116 26 Speakers bureau: publicity, n.d. Library

[See also "Resources" under other programs]

116 27-29 Audiovisual material: list, guidelines, and resources

[See also SERIES V. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL]

116 30 Bibliographies 117 1-3 Bulletin board: flyers and posters 117 4-5 Community service directories (local) Resources and subject files: clippings, articles, printed material, and unpublished papers 117 6 "Baby M" case (surrogate motherhood) 117 7-10 Battered women

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS - Women's Survival Space]

117 11 Black History Month 117 12-14 Brooklyn: facts, figures, local history, and maps 117 15 Budgeting (workshop) Business Management 117 16-18 General 117 19 "Your Community as Marketplace¼" by NCNW 118 1-2 Childcare

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Support services]

Class

[See also NCNW]

118 3 "Expanding Working Class Participation in Women's Conferences" by Shelley Messing 118 4 "Women Against Women: Middle-Class Bias in Feminist Literature" by Terry L. Haywoode 118 5 Untitled by Maria Giordano 118 Community development

[See SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Community and Economic development-Subjects]

118 6 Disability: "A Few Words on Being Blind" by Charlotte Singer Diversity 118 7 Dialogue on Diversity: A New Agenda for American Women, 1976 118 8 "Women in Planning: Do the Numbers Really Matter?" by Jacqueline Leavitt 118 Economic development

[See SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Community and economic development-Subjects]

118 Education

[See SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Education-Resources]

118 9-15 Employment

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Employment-Resources and subject files]

Ethnicity 118 16 "Changing Needs of Ethnic Women in Higher Education," by Laura Polla Scanlon 118 17 "Dancing the Giglio: An Italian- American Tradition Viewed by Two Generations of Women" 118 18 "Ethnic Women and the Media," by Christine Noschese 118 19 "Irish, Italian, and Jewish Women at the Grassroots Level: An Historical and Sociological Perspective," by Kathleen McCourt 118 20 "Moving Out While Staying Put: Poor Irish Women's Perspectives on Personal Change and Transformation," by Anne T. Rath 118 21 Family: articles by Elise Boulding and others 118 22-24 Grassroots fundraising Grassroots organizing 118 25 "Direct Action Organizing: A Handbook for Women" 118 26 "A Guide on Networking and Interchange for Grassroots Women," by Barbara B. Stern 118 27 "How to Include Women Effectively in Your Efforts To Revitalize Neighborhoods," flyer by NCNW 119 1 Health 119 2 Homemakers: "The Martha Movement" 119 Housing

[See SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Housing and tenants--Subject files]

119 3 Immigrants 119 Leadership

[See SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Leadership-Resources and Subject files]

119 4 Legal rights

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Miscellaneous projects-Legal project]

119 5-6 Library manuals Miscellaneous 119 7 Clippings and flyers 119 8 "Paper: untitled," by Ied Guinee 119 9 "The Systems," a story by Darlene McCullough 119 10 Mothers and daughters: "The Parable of the Mothers and Daughters," by Florence Rush NCNW [See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Public relations; and SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Community and economic development-Subjects] 119 11 "The Development of Working-Class Feminism as a Social Movement as Exemplified by the National Congress of Neighborhood Women" 119 12 The Economic Justice Issue, The Community Development Position of the NCNW

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Community and Economic development- Subject files]

119 13 "I Fight for Everything I Get, And Everything I Get I Fight For...," by Catherine Herman and Marie Leanza 119 14 "National Congress of Neighborhood Women: Community Uplift Through the Emerging Voice of Women in Poverty," by Janice Peterson and Anne E. Hunter 119 15 "Women and Neighborhoods: A Case History," by Maria Fava 119 16 "The Women of Williamsburg: A Report on the National Congress of Neighborhood Women," by Carol Brightman 119 17-18 New York City: clipping and report New York State

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Community and economic development-Dialogues; and Hearings]

120 1 General: printed material 120 2 Economic development 120 3 State Assembly Task Force on Women's Issues 120 4 NYS Division for Women 120 5 Women's Issues Task Force, United Way Politics 120 6 General: printed material 120 7 NYC politics: clippings 120 8 "Women's Politics: A Wholistic View" 120 9 "The Women's Vote Project: An Evaluation," by Ethel Klein Poverty and welfare

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS - Community and Economic development-Subject files]

120 10 General: clippings 120 11 "Building Bridges: Women and Economic Justice" (conference) 120 12 "Public assistance notes" 120 13 Senior citizens information booklet by NCNW 120 14 Sexual assault: "Research and Public Hearings Report," NYS Assembly, 1986 120 15 Songs 120 16 Statistics on women 120 Tenants

[See SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Housing and tenants--Subject files]

120 17 Volunteers 120 18 Women and philanthropy 120 19 Women's Fair: "Fact Sheets" on women's resources Women's rights 120 20 General: clippings and printed material 120 21 "ERA and Beyond," flyer by NCNW 120 22 National Women's Conference, Houston, 1977 120 23 "National Women's and Women's Rights Organizations," by US Commission on Civil Rights 120 24 "An Overview of the Women's Movement," by Gloria Steinem 120 25 "The Women's Movement Must Reclaim the Lost Terrain of Life," by Rasa Gustaitis 120 26 "Women's Movements and Social Transformations in the Twentieth Century," by Elise Boulding 120 Working class women

[See Class issues]

Women's Public Works General 121 1 Publicity: newsletter, 1985 121 2-3 Background and goals, 1982-85 121 4 Orientation, 1985, n.d. 121 5-9 Correspondence, 1982-87 121 10-14 Abt Associates: correspondence, meetings, and miscellaneous, 1982-86 121 15-16 Management Information Services (MIS): correspondence and printed material 122 1-6 Forms, form letters, instructions, and flyers 122 7-8 Meetings, 1983-84 122 9-16 Proposals and background material 122 17 Work plan and revised budget, 1982 Reports 123 1-8 NCNW to Rockefeller Foundation, 1983-86 123 9-13 Management Information Systems (Abt Associates), 1983-85 124 1-3 Management Information Systems (continued): form count and monthly status reports, and miscellaneous, 1984-86, n.d. 124 4 Manpower 124 5 Consultant (Simone Charlop) 124 6 Staff: job descriptions 124 7 Miscellaneous Women's Survival Space (Center for the Elimination of Violence in the Family) 125 1 General and miscellaneous, 1977-79, n.d. 125 2 Correspondence, 1977-79 125 3 Board: correspondence, meetings, and lists, 1977-79, n.d. 125 4 Early planning/Mayor's Task Forces, 1976-77 125 5 By-laws, n.d. 125 6 Policies and procedures, 1979, n.d. 125 7 Reports, 1977-78, n.d. 125 8 Staff, 1977-79 125 9 Building, 1976-78 125 10 Fundraising, 1977, n.d. 125 11 New York State Dept. of Social Services: application for state approval, 1978 125 12 Resources, 1977, n.d. Youth Programs 126 1 Multi-cultural Youth Action program: paper, 1987 126 2-4 North Brooklyn Consortium for Adolescent Services, 1985 126 5 "Raising Children is a Community Thing," Lisel Burns, 1991-92 Summer Youth programs 126 6-8 Summer Youth Fun, 1975 126 9-10 Summer Youth Employment Program (Youth Corps) 126 11-12 Teen Pregnancy program (PRIMA): proposals, 1978-79

[See also You Can School]

You Can Stand on Your Own Two Feet Community School, 1986-

[See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Local/NWWG; Development - NYC DOE-JPTA]

126 13 General: publicity, and newspaper clippings 126 14 Application 126 15 Correspondence 126 16 Meeting 126 17 Curriculum planning and schedules Courses 126 18 Starting Fresh with the Environmental Education, 1993 126 19 Teen pregnancy prevention, 1988 126 20 Theatre Company, n.d. 126 21 Database project, n.d. 126 23-25 Four Step Program (S.T.E.P.: Summer Training and Education Program) 126 26 Resources: articles on youth employment Miscellaneous projects 127 1 The Corner Store: report, correspondence, forms, and miscellaneous, 1983 127 2-5 Displaced homemakers project, 1970-81 127 6-12 Legal Project, 1972-77 127 13 Worker-owned Cooperative for the Production of Hand-woven Fabrics: proposals, correspondence, printed material, and notes, 1983-84 Miscellaneous conferences

[See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Annual meetings and conferences; conferences under specific PROGRAMS; and [SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS]

127 14 General: conference and workshop schedule, 1985 127 15 Community-Based Alternatives and Women in the Eighties (with Women's School of Planning and Architecture), 1980 127 16 Educational and Occupational Concerns of White Ethnic Women, n.d. 127 17 Housework Conference, n.d. 127 18 Neighborhood Platform Conference for Community Women, 1979 127 19 Neighborhood "Speakout": Women's Changing Roles in the Family and Community, n.d. 127 20 Women's Empowerment: Creating Economic Opportunities for Low-Income Women, Chicago, 1990 127 21 Women's Organizing Conference, 1980 Miscellaneous workshops 127 22 Anti-rape workshop, n.d. 127 23 Business and marketing course, 1981 127 24 Classism, n.d. 127 25 Self-assessment, 1982, n.d. 127 26 Self-improvement, 1975, n.d. 127 27 Miscellaneous: flyers, 1980-82, n.d. Miscellaneous events 128 1 Bicentennial celebration, 1976 128 2-4 Dinner dance awards nights, 1977, 1979 128 5 Film screenings, 1980-82, n.d. 128 6 Housewarming party, 1982 128 7 Labor Theatre, 1980

[See also Oversized material]

128 8 New York Stars basketball game, 1979-80 128 9 Open House: guestbook, 1975 128 10 10th Anniversary: "Resolution¼," by NY State Legislature, 1985 128 11-12 General: event planning information and flyers, 1978-80 SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS (1974-1991) 129 1 Ad Hoc Coalition on Neighborhoods: printed material, 1980 129 2 Alternatives for Women: printed material, 1981 129 3 American Association of University Women, Families and Work Project: journal, memo, and printed material, 1982-83 129 4 American Friends Service Committee ("Women in the Work Force"): printed material, and newsletter, 1980 129 5 American Planning Association: correspondence, newsletters, clippings, and pamphlets, 1980 129 6 Amnesty International USA, Guatemala Coordination Group: correspondence, 1986 129 7 Association of Junior Leagues: correspondence, newsletters, and printed material, 1980-81 129 8 Association of Neighborhood Housing: correspondence, 1976 129 9 Barnard College Women's Center: correspondence, 1984 129 10 Bank Street College of Education: newsletters and correspondence, 1977-78 129 11 Be Concern Project: printed material, n.d. 129 12 Bio-Regionalists: meeting notes, 1984 129 13 Bronx Neighborhood Women, 1993 Brooklyn College Women's Center, 1974-84, n.d. 129 14 General: correspondence, article, newsletter, printed material, and minutes 129 15 Crisis Center: correspondence and proposal 129 16 Peer counseling: proposal 129 17 Conference: "Women, Culture, and Change: Bridge to a New Era": printed material, reports, miscellaneous, and flyers 129 18 Brooklyn Community Board Conference: correspondence, article, program, and printed material, 1976-79

[See also Williamsburg-Greenpoint Community Planning Board]

129 19 Brooklyn Educational & Cultural Alliance (BECA): correspondence, clippings, and printed material, 1985-86, n.d. 129 20 Brooklyn in Touch: bills, budgets, contracts, correspondence, notes, and printed material, 1980-90, n.d.

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Employment-Project Open Doors]

129 21-22 Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation: minutes, financial, reports, memoranda, and printed material, 1982-89

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Miscellaneous projects-Legal project; SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Subject files]

129 23 Brooklyn Women's Network: correspondence, members list, and minutes, 1980-81 130 1 Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Women: correspondence, form, news article, and printed material, 1984-86

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Education-College Program; and Employment-POD]

130 2 Catholic Guardian Society: annual reports, brochure, and correspondence, 1982-84 130 3 Center for Community Change: correspondence, forms, memos, and printed material, 1980-81 130 4 Center for Neighborhood Technology: brochure, 1985 130 5 Center for Population Activities: printed material, 1981 130 6 Center for Public Advocacy Research, City Women for City Service Project: report, 1984 130 7 Center for Self-Reliant Education: correspondence, 1981 130 8 Center for the Study of Women and Society: flyer, 1984 130 9 Center for Women Policy Studies: notes and printed material, 1979-81 130 10 Child Care, Inc.: correspondence, newsletters, and printed material, 1984-86, n.d. 130 11 Clearwater: correspondence and newsletters, 1980-81 130 12 Coalition on Women's Health and Sexuality: conference programs, n.d. 130 13 Colorado Women's Agenda: newsletter, brochures, and correspondence, 1990-91 130 14 "Comadres: Women Empowering Women Through Support and Social Action": flyer, n.d. 130 15 Community Development Credit Unions: advertisements, handbooks, clippings, notes, drafts, and printed material, 1983-84, n.d. 130 16 Community Renewal Society: correspondence, 1984 Conselyea Street Block Association (and Education Action Center): 1974-90 130 17 General: cards, meeting announcement, minutes, notes, programs, and report 130 18 Project Giant Step: applications, drafts, forms, flyers, and printed material 130 19 Consumer Law Training Center: brochure, correspondence, and flyer, 1976-78 130 20 The Council of Churches of the City of New York, "Repairing the Breach, 1984 ": correspondence and printed material, 1984 130 21 Dolci Task Force: correspondence, flyers, newsletters, and printed material, 1983-84 130 22 Eastern Women's Center: flyer, n.d. 130 23 Education Center for Community Organizing: budgets, correspondence, flyers, minutes, notes, and report, 1983-84, n.d. 130 24 Emergency Alliance for Homeless Families and Children: correspondence, 1986 130 25 Families for Action: correspondence and articles, 1978, n.d. 130 26 Family Focus Conference, "National Family Resource Forum": brochures, journals, newsletters, and printed materials, 1981 130 27 Friends of Woodhull: correspondence, 1981 131 1 Girl Scouts of America Conference, "Women are History: Minority Women, Past, Present, Future": correspondence and printed material, 1983 131 2 "The Governor's Conference on Families": flyer, 1980 131 3 Greater Ridgewood Historical Society: printed material, n.d. 131 4-7 Green Party-Institute for Social Ecology conference: brochures, correspondence, journals, meeting notes, newsletters, paper drafts, and printed material, 1983-85, n.d. Greenpoint-Williamsburg Coalition of Community Organizations

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Employment-General-School Settlement Association]

131 8 General: correspondence, flyers, notes, and printed material, 1977-84, n.d. 131 9 Women's Caucus: memo and membership list, n.d. 131 10 Greenpoint-Williamsburg District Cabinet (Office of Neighborhood Services, City of New York): meeting notes, 1975 131 11 Guernsey Street Block Association: correspondence, flyers, meeting notes, and printed material, 1983 131 12-13 HealthRight: correspondence, project reports, and printed material, 1978

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Employment-POD]

131 14 Holistic Conscientious Center: correspondence proposals, surveys, and printed material, 1982, n.d. 131 15 Human Services Forum: correspondence and printed material, 1982 131 16 In Our Own Way: correspondence and printed material, 1986 131 17 Institute for Community Economics: correspondence, clippings, newsletters, and printed material, 1984-86 132 1-3 International Women's Year (IWY) (includes New York State Women's Meeting), 1977-84 132 4 Jewel Street Neighbors Block Association: correspondence and printed material, 1981 132 5 Learning Alliance - Options for Education and Action: meetings, 1986

[See also SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION-Individuals -Lisel Burns]

132 6 Lutheran Settlement House: brochures, correspondence, reports, and printed material, circa 1978-86 132 7 Manhattan Coalition of Area Policy Boards: printed material, 1980-81

[See also Williamsburg-Greenpoint Community Planning Board No. 1]

132 8 Mass Transit Street Theater: correspondence, 1985 132 9 Mayor's Task Force on Rape: articles, brochures, correspondence, meetings, notes, and printed material, 1974-79

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Women's Survival Center]

132 10 Mountain Women's Exchange: correspondence, and printed material, 1984-86 132 11 Ms. "Decade of Women": printed material, 1979 132 12 National Advisory Committee on Women (for National Women's Conference, Houston, 1977): correspondence and report, 1978

[See also National Women's Conference Committee]

132 13 National Alliance of Community Based Organizations (NACBO): brochure, 1981 National Association of Neighborhoods: 1977-83 133 1-4 General: correspondence, meeting notes and minutes, newsletters, proposals, reports, speeches, and printed material, 1977-83, n.d. 133 5 5th National Conference, Pittsburgh: notes, resolutions, and printed material, Apr. 1977 133 6 6th National Conference, Chicago: correspondence, meeting notes, reports, proposals, and printed material, October 1977 133 7 Women's Caucus: correspondence, news article, and notes, 1980 133 8 National Displacement Committee: correspondence and printed material, 1980 133 9 Financial: budgets, correspondence, and printed material 133 10 Mailing lists 133 11 Bulletins, 1977-80 134 1 National Association of Social Workers: correspondence and printed material, 1981 134 2 National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise: correspondence, 1986 134 3 National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs: correspondence, 1978 134 4 National Citizen's Coalition for the Windfall Profits Tax: correspondence, n.d. 134 5 National Coalition of Organizations Committed to Neighborhoods: minutes, 1979 134 6 National Commission on Neighborhoods: correspondence, drafts, papers, and printed material, 1977-78, n.d. 134 7 National Committee on United States-China Relations, Inc.: printed material, 1979 134 8 "National Conference for Developing Local Private-Public Enterprises": correspondence and printed material, 1978 134 9-10 "National Conference on Citizen Participation," 1983-84 134 11 National Consultation on Economic Justice for Women Who Are Poor": newsletters, notes, and printed material, 1983-85 134 12 National Council for Research on Women: printed material, n.d. 134 13 National Forum on the Black Family, "From Our Strengths": report, 1986 134 14 National Hispanic Women's Network: directory, 1982 134 15 National Italian American Foundation: correspondence, 1978 134 16 National Low Income Housing Coalition: correspondence, newsletters, photograph, and printed material, 1978-80, n.d. 134 17 National Neighborhood Coalition: agenda, correspondence, clippings, notes, proposals, and printed material, 1979-86 134 18 National Organization for Women: correspondence and flyers, 1979, n.d.

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Employment-P.O.D.]

134 19 The National Urban Coalition: news article, 1986 134 20 National Women's Agenda Coalition (Women's Action Alliance): budgets, meeting notes, and papers, 1976-77 135 1-2 National Women's Conference Committee, 1977-87

[See also National Advisory Committee]

135 3 National Women's Political Caucus: correspondence, newsletter, and printed material, 1985-87, n.d. 135 4 Neighborhoods and Communities Political Action Committee: correspondence and printed material, 1984, n.d. 135 5 Network, The Monthly for Utah's Working Women: newspaper, 1979 135 6 New Jersey State Division on Women: brochures, correspondence, and printed material, 1985-87, n.d. 135 7 New York City Commission on the Status of Women: correspondence, flyers, newsletters, notes, programs, reports, and printed material, 1977-85 135 8 New York Feminist Federal Credit Union: minutes, 1977

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Employment- POD]

135 9 New York Network: correspondence and printed material, 1983 135 10 New York State Campaign for Abortion Rights: brochures, notes, and printed material, 1981-82, n.d. 135 11 New York State Division for Women: correspondence, 1984 135 12 New York State Task Force on Women's Issues: report, 1984 135 13 New York State Tenant and Neighborhood Coalition: correspondence and article 1989 135 14 New York Women's Coalition: minutes, notes, and survey, 1977, n.d.

[See also Women's Funding Coalition; and SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Employment-P.O.D.]

135 15 North Brooklyn Arts Council: flyers, program, and printed material, 1981, n.d. 135 16 Not In Our Name: flyer, 1984 135 17 Ohio Women, Inc.: printed material, n.d. 135 18 People for Ethnic Action and Cultural Exchange (PEACE)/McCarren Park Multi-Ethnic Festival: correspondence and printed material, 1974-76, n.d. 135 19 People's Firehouse: correspondence, flyers, clippings, newsletters, proposals, and printed material, 1978-88, n.d. 135 20 Pittsburgh Neighborhood Alliance: printed material, n.d. 135 21 Queens Women Advocates: flyer, 1980 135 22 Redistribute America Movement: articles, notes, printed material, and correspondence, 1981-82, n.d. 135 23 Rural Development Leadership Network: printed material, n.d. St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation and Housing Rehabilitation Corporation

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Housing]

135 24 Correspondence, 1980-87 135 25 Monthly reports, 1984-85, n.d. 136 1 Annual Reports, 1979-85 136 2 Housing Staff Meetings, 1984-85, n.d. 136 3 "Red Lining," n.d. 136 4-5 Greenline: newspapers and other materials, 1978-85, n.d. 136 6 Miscellaneous: notes, programs, proposals, and printed material, 1977-85, n.d. 136 7 Summer Institute in Women's History for Leaders of Women's Organizations: correspondence and printed material, 1979 136 8 TRANET: correspondence and printed material, n.d. 136 9 Tucson Women's Collective: flyer, n.d. 136 10 United Tradeswomen: draft by-laws, 1983 136 11 Urban Women Society, Inc: flyer, 1990 136 12 Westside Women's Center: correspondence, 1986 136 13 Wider Opportunities for Women, Inc.: correspondence, 1984 136 14 Williamsburg Community Corporation: monthly reports, 1976 136 15 Williamsburg Council of Services Agencies: correspondence, minutes, newsletters, and printed material, 1976-77, n.d. Williamsburg-Greenpoint Community Planning Board No. 1 (City of New York) General 136 16 Description, n.d. 136 17 Correspondence, 1985-89 136 18 Board meetings, 1980-91 136 19 Public hearings, 1979-88 136 20 District manager, 1987-88 136 21 Jan Peterson's applications for reappointment, 1985-87 136 22 "Participation and representation in NYC's Community Board System" (report), n.d. 136 23 Financial: Budget committee and miscellaneous, 1984-89 136 24 Miscellaneous: memoranda, printed material and lists, 1987, n.d. Committees 137 1 Attendance committee: report 137 2 By-Laws Committee: report, by-laws, and miscellaneous 137 3 Education committee: correspondence 137 4 Greenpoint Hospital Homeless Shelter Select Committee: correspondence, resolution, and printed material, 1986-87

[See also SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Housing]

137 5 Manhattan/Nassau Avenues Reconstruction Ad Hoc Committee Parks and Recreation 137 6-10 General: correspondence, meetings, reports, notes, financial material, printed material, and miscellaneous Projects 137 11 Operation Greenthumb / Street-tree planting 137 12 Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Reconstruction Project

[See also Oversized material]

137 13 Bushwick Pools 137 14 Friends of Cooper Park

[See also Oversized material]

137 15 Friends of De Diego Park 137 16 Father Papieluszko Square 138 1 Friends of La Cabana Plaza 138 2 Lindsay Park 138 3 Marcy Playground 138 4-5 Friends of McCarren Park 138 6 McGoldrick Park 138 7 Friends of Met Pool 138 8 Site 5 138 9 Friends of Washington Square 138 10 Friends of Williamsburg Bridge Playground 138 11 Zindale Park 138 12 U.L.U.R.P. Committee: 1985-88 138 13 Waterfront Committee 138 14 Women's Caucus 138 15 Youth Services Planning Committee 138 16-17 Williamsburg Coalition for Quality Housing (formerly Ad Hoc Committee for La Cabana Housing) 138 18-19 Area Policy Board 139 1-7 Williamsburg-Greenpoint Women's Political Action Alliance: correspondence, printed material, notes, photographs, meetings, mailing lists, and financial material, 1986-90 139 8 Women, Inc.: printed material, n.d. 139 9 Women and Employment, Inc.: correspondence, mailing list, newsletter, and printed material, 1983, n.d. 139 10 Women and Mortgage Credit Project: correspondence, brochure, flyer, and printed material, 1980, n.d. 139 11 Women Employed "Salute to Working Women": program, 1978 139 12 Women in Community Advocacy: manual, n.d. 139 13 Women in Crisis ("Dialogue on Pay Equity"), 1983 139 14 Women of Many Voices: correspondence and mailing list, 1982-85, n.d. 139 15 Women Office Workers: printed material, n.d. 139 16 Women Pro Se, Inc.: flyers, misc., notes, poems, papers, reports, songs, and printed material, 1978-81, n.d. 139 17 Women United for a Better Chicago ("Women Safe Shelter" conference), 1986 139 18 Women's Action Alliance: articles, correspondence, and notes, 1979-86, n.d.

[See also National Women's Agenda Coalition; and SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Employment-P.O.D.]

140 1 Women's Development Corporation: correspondence, newsletters, memo, and printed material, 1979-80, n.d. 140 2-3 Women's Funding Coalition: correspondence, minutes, printed material, 1977-89

[See also New York Women's Coalition; and SERIES II. PROGRAMS-Employment-P.O.D.]

140 4 Women's Housing Coalition: correspondence and printed material, 1986 140 5 Women's Political Caucus of Brooklyn: correspondence, flyers, reports, and printed material, 1975-84, n.d. 140 6 Women's Project & Productions: newsletter, program, and printed material, 1991, n.d. 140 7 Working Women's Forum (India): greeting card, n.d. 140 8 Youth Action Program: correspondence, 1991 SERIES IV. PHOTOGRAPHS (circa 1970s-1990s) 141 1 Individuals and groups (Includes Jan Peterson, Bertha Gilkey, Rosemary Jackson, Maria Rivera, and others) 141 2 Unidentified individuals NCNW conferences and workshops 141 3 Alternatives for Women, NY (photos by Patricia Garrett) 141 4 National Training Institute (College Program conference), 1979 141 5 Leadership Development and Support Training Program, 1981 141 6 Neighborhood Women National leadership forum, 1982 141 7 "Neighborhood Women Putting it Together": contact sheets, 1979 Miscellaneous events, sites and scenes CETA fight - march on Town Hall, March 7, 1980

[See also Development-DOE, NYC]

141 8 Photographs 141 9 Contact sheets and negatives 141 10 Ethnic Heritage Festival (?): contact sheets and negatives, circa 1970s 141 11 Battered Women's Center; Carroll Gardens: contact sheets, circa 1970s 141 12 Neighborhood scenes and Swinging Sixties senior center: contact sheets and negatives, circa 1970s 141 13 You Can School graduation, 1998 141 14 UN meetings with PNG, Kenya and NYC Institute/Exchange, 1999 141 15 Unidentified events: contact sheets and negatives 141 16 Miscellaneous 142 1 Photographs used in NCNW publication, Neighborhood Women Putting it Together, 1980 Photographs reproduced from Jan Peterson's albums 142 2-3 Album #1 includes "Brooklyn scenes, early NWWG and NCNW and family" 142 4 Album #2 includes "early international work, exchanges, and people such as Geraldine Miller, Sandy Schilen, Caroline Pezzulla, and others" UNICEF, women working in Ethiopa, n.d. 142 5 Stock photographs 142 6 Slides and descriptions SERIES V. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS (circa 1976-1990s) Audiocassette tapes [Research copies] 143 1 "Rosalie Wysoboski," interview, part 1 {Founder, Italian American Women's Council} 143 2 "Rosalie Wysoboski," interview, part 2 (side A) 143 "Elizabeth Sporanza," interview (side B) 143 3 "Elizabeth Sporanza's House - Film Meeting" {discussion of Ethnic Heritage film, senior citizen housing, daycare-Parent Advisory Committee, Cooper Park; cuts off on second side} 143 4 "Ethnic Heritage pre-production Meeting -Rosemary, Joan, Michael, Christine," 24 Feb 1979 143 5 "Ethnic Heritage Pre-production Meeting" {continued} 143 6 "Ethnic Heritage film ideas: Land Game - Victor Menkin, 'What people have done to make their living environments better,' ethnicity ad, STARS and GRASSHOPPER, discussion of Woodstock" (side A) 143 "NCNW Board" meeting (side B) 143 7 "Film ideas / NCNW Board" (side A) 143 "NCNW Board Stuff" (side B) 143 8 "Ethnic Heritage - Cooper Park Women Tape #1" 143 9 "Cooper Park Meeting #2" (side A) {continuation of discussion on tape 8} 143 Discussion on leadership (side B) 143 10 "Ethnic Heritage Cooper Park - Neighborhood Conference: Women & Men, women and Community Work, Dianet-Moslem, Religion, Bordomuti Community Work, New Organization, 'What Did Community Work do for you'" (side A) 143 "Film Ideas / Conference on Neighborhoods: Sally at NCLE GOUG conference, BANNER - Italian American Demonstration, Miton Futler, Christine, Mollie Koff" (side B) 143 11 "Ethnic Heritage - Italian Women" 143 12 "Cooper Park Women's tape" {many faded parts} 143 13 Employment, 10/27 144 Original tapes

[Please use research copies]

Videocassette tapes

[Please use research copies]

145 1 "Metropolitan Avenue" (documentary on Williamburg-Greenpoint neighborhood women), 1985

[original and research copy]

145 2 "Partnership in East Harlem: James Weldon Johnson Houses and National Congress of Neighborhood Women," n.d.

[original and research copy]

145 3 "Voices from the Summit: Neighborhood Women Tell their Stories" (Oregon Women's Summit, NCNW affiliate), 1997

[original and research copy]

145 4 "Working-Class Women Changing Their World" (first NCNW national conference), 1975

[original and research copy]

OVERSIZED MATERIALS SERIES I. ADMINISTRATION Flat file National meetings: poster, 1976 Flat file Public relations: article and NCNW newspapers - originals (copies in collection) SERIES II. PROGRAMS Housing and tenants Flat file G.R.E.C.-Neighborhood Women's Inter-generational Housing project: plans International Flat file GROOTS: "GROOTS goals" (handwritten cardboard poster) Subjects: miscellaneous posters Flat file Foundation for the Support of Women's Work, Istanbul, Turkey, 1986 Flat file Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action, Bombay, India, 1988 Flat file People's Dialogue on Land and Shelter, Cape Town & Johannesburg, S.A., 1991 Flat file World Habitat Day, Oct. 7, 1991 {in Spanish} Leadership Flat file National Leadership Training Forum for Neighborhood Women: poster, 1982 Flat file Leadership Evaluation Workshop: flip chart, 1981 Miscellaneous conferences, workshops, and events Flat file Workshops: handwritten notes from flip chart for unidentified workshop, 1981 Flat file Events: Labor Theater poster SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS Williamsburg-Greenpoint Community Planning Board No. 1 Flat file Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Reconstruction Project: plans, 1987 Flat file Friends of Cooper Park: plans