SCOPE AND CONTENT

The New York Women's Anthropology Conference and the International Women's Anthropology Conference records portray the development of a unique feminist anthropologist organization from 1972 to 2000. The records document the challenges and successes of a women's organization that engaged in activities intended to bridge the gap between the academy and the international women's movement.

The records include: meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondences, membership lists, funding proposals, scholarly papers, audio-visual material such as photographs, and compact discs of 14 oral history interviews and 3 written responses in which individual anthropologists recall what NYWAC and IWAC meant to them. Note: Material without dates is filed after all dated material within each folder. The records are arranged in five series. The kinds of information contained in each follows.

	Series I - NYWAC Records, 1972-1979, Box 1 The NYWAC series consists of 5 linear inches. Series 1 includes general information about NYWAC, meeting minutes, and correspondences. Folders are arranged chronologically. Numerous mimeograph copies were photocopied onto a more stable base.
	Series II - IWAC Administration and Publications, 1976-2000, Boxes 2-3 The IWAC administrative series measures 10 linear inches and includes general information about NYWAC, membership forms, mailing lists, meeting minutes and notes, correspondences, IWAC interns at the UN,newsletters, and publications. Within each folder the material is organized chronologically. Box 2 contains primarily administrative documents, mailing lists, and correspondences. Box 3 contains IWAC's Newsletters and two volumes edited by Constance Sutton and published by the Association for Feminist Anthropologists in collaboration with IWAC. IWAC's Newsletters provide detailed accounts of IWAC's activities and will provide considerable material of interest to researchers.
	Series III - IWAC Conferences, Panels, Symposium, 1985-2000, Boxes 4-7 Includes conference reports, papers given at conferences, correspondences concerning conferences, brochures, photographs, and notes. Folders arranged chronologically.
	Series IV - Other Organizations, 1980-2001, Boxes 8-9 Includes possible funding sources and related organizations' newsletters and publications. Folders arranged chronologically.
	Series V - Audio (cassette tapes and compact dics) and Written Interview Material with NYWAC/IWAC members, 2001-2002, Box 10 Includes oral history interviews with Linda Basch, A. Lynn Bolles, Eva Friedlander, Angela Gilliam, Faye Harrison, Eve Hochwald, Gail Lerner, Johanna Lessinger, Susan Makiesky Barrow, Joan Mencher, Fran Rothstein, Helen Safa, Barbara Schroder, and Constance Sutton. Each interview is close to one hour long, with the exception of Constance Sutton's interview. There is written material from Christine Gailey, Donna Keren, June Nash, and a written addendum from Faye Harrison.