Title: Betty Walker Smith Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1938-2000

Creator:

• Smith, Betty Walker, 1918-2008

Call Number: M2010-136

Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (3 record center cartons) and 9 tape recordings (1 cassette box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Betty Walker Smith, 1938-2000, a former city of Madison (Wisconsin) Republican alder and longtime advocate for civil rights, women's rights and children's day care. Married to Bill Smith, a Madison lawyer and alder, and appointed to the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, Betty Smith's political life began before she herself was elected to council. Her papers reflect that involvement through her husband's campaign, fair housing, and other issues. Personal reminiscences can be found interspersed in the General and Political Files. The Political Files also relate to her successful alder campaigns in the 19th Ward (1973-1979), her unsuccessful run for mayor of Madison in 1979, and her work with the city council on the Civic Center and State Street Mall. The Senate Files contain materials from her state Senate campaigns in 1972 and 1976, including press releases, political addresses, notes for speeches and issue stances.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2010136

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Janet Whitaker, Silver Bay, New York, 2010. Accession Number: M2010-136

M2010-136 Box   1 Folder   1-14	General, 1960-1990s
Box   2 Folder   1-12	Political, 1961-1979
Box   2 Folder   13-14	Senate, 1972-1976
	Subject files
Box   3 Folder   1	Abortion Coalition
Box   3 Folder   2	Auditorium
Box   3 Folder   3	Bill Smith letters, 1966
Box   3 Folder   4	Bill Smith's life, 1967-1995
Box   3 Folder   5	Boyer
Box   3 Folder   6	Civic Center, 1980
Box   3 Folder   7	Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Box   3 Folder   8	Extension Bulletins
Box   3 Folder   9	Family Planning
Box   3 Folder   10	Governor's Commission on the Status of Women
Box   3 Folder   11	Hill Farms
Box   3 Folder   12	Interstate Association, 2007 June
Box   3 Folder   13	Knowles Gov[ernor?] Comm[unity?] Inter[views?]
Box   3 Folder   14	Master's Thesis (DayCare), 1974
Box   3 Folder   15	Mayoral Campaign, 1978-1979
Box   3 Folder   16	Monona Terrace
Box   3 Folder   17	National Women's Political Caucus
Box   3 Folder   18	Robert (Brad) Smith Papers
Box   3 Folder   18	Senior Center, 2000s
Box   3 Folder   20	Sex Discrimination
Box   3 Folder   21	Status, Lists, History, Constitution, 1970
Box   3 Folder   21	Washington Newsletter for Women, 1970
Box   3 Folder   23	Wisconsin Women
Box   3 Folder   24	Wisconsin Women's Political Caucus
Box   3 Folder   25	Women Employees, 1970s
Box   3 Folder   26	Women at University of Wisconsin
Box   3 Folder   27	Women's Movement
Box   3 Folder   28	Miscellaneous, 1938-1971
Box   3 Folder   29	Miscellaneous, loose
	Audio Recordings Physical Description: Cassette tapes
Box   4	Betty Day Care, 1998 May
Box   4	Diana Summers, WTSO
Box   4	Mayor Soglin Speech, 1991 March 4
Box   4	Midge, NWPC, 1990 February 1 Physical Description: 3 cassette tapes
Box   4	Save History
Box   4	1990 April 5