Gene Boyer Papers, 1925-2002

Contents List

Container Title
M2004-229
Series: Biographical and Personal Files
Box   1
Folder   1
Biographies for reference books
Box   1
Folder   2
[Professional résumés and information sheets]
Box   1
Folder   3
Speaker's information kit
Box   1
Folder   4
History collection--papers, oral histories
Box   1
Folder   5
“One of Ten,” typescript of autobiography by Renee Cohen [Gene Boyer's mother]
Oversize Folder  
Wisconsin NOW Conference Woman of the Year award--album, 1979
Box   1
Folder   6-11
U.S. Small Business Administration National Women-in-Business Advocate of the Year, 1985
Box   1
Folder   12
Gene Boyer and Associates
Box   1
Folder   13-15
Academy of Entrepreneurship (division of Gene Boyer and Associates)
Box   1
Folder   16
Memorabilia
Box   1
Folder   17-21
Clippings, 1966-2002
Box   29
Date books, 1965-1984, 1986-1996, 1998, 2000-2001; Address/telephone books
Physical Description: 10 address/telephone books 
Series: Tully-Crenshaw Feminist Oral History Project, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College
Box   1
Folder   22-23
General
Box   1
Folder   24-26
Advisory Council
Interviews by Gene Boyer
Box   1
Folder   27
Patricia Burnett
Box   1
Folder   28
Dorothy Haener
Box   1
Folder   29
Judith Lightfoot Cormack
Box   1
Folder   30
Ken Bean slide collection
Box   1
Folder   31-32
Background materials
Box   35
“The 'split' in NOW, 1972-1975+”
Access Restrictions: The materials in this box are closed until processed.
Series: General Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   33-37
Alphabetical
Legislative
Box   2
Folder   1
National
Box   2
Folder   2
State
Box   2
Folder   3
Miscellaneous
Box   2
Folder   4-11
Political
Box   2
Folder   12-13
Personal
Box   2
Folder   14
Roster of qualified women
Box   2
Folder   15-20
[Miscellaneous, 1970-1999]
Address card files
Box   30
National Women's Conference Committee/National Women's Conference Center
Box   31
National Women's Conference Committee/National Women's Conference Center (continued); Personal network
Box   32
Veteran Feminists of America
Box   33-34
Wisconsin Women's Network
Series: Organizations
Local--Beaver Dam (BD)
Box   2
Folder   21
Be Your Own Boss Advisory Council, Moraine Park Technical Institute
Box   2
Folder   22-24
Central Business Development Corporation
Box   2
Folder   25-36
Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women
Box   3
Folder   1-8
Community Forum on Health Care
Box   3
Folder   9
Community leadership/economic development
Box   3
Folder   10-14
Chamber of Commerce chambermaids
Box   3
Folder   15
Economic development
Box   3
Folder   16
Housing Authority
Box   3
Folder   17
Human Relations Council
Box   3
Folder   18-23
Leaderquest, 1990-1993
Box   3
Folder   24
Migrant workers
Box   3
Folder   25
“Just Say 'Yes' to Beaver Dam,” 1993
Box   3
Folder   26-27
Ol' Girls Network
Box   3
Folder   28-29
Plan Commission, 1983-1986
Box   3
Folder   30
Small business incubator/Management Associates
Box   3
Folder   31
Women's Club calendar, 1991
Box   3
Folder   32
Women's Coordinating Council
State
Box   3
Folder   33
Friends of Forward
Box   3
Folder   34
Midwest Home Furnishings Association, 1982-1983
Box   4
Folder   1-19
Wisconsin Business Women's Coalition
Box   4
Folder   20-31
Wisconsin Equal Employment Opportunity Association
Box   5
Folder   1-36
Wisconsin National Organization of Women
Box   5
Folder   37-38
Wisconsin Retail Furniture Association
Box   5
Folder   39-41
Wisconsin Women Business Owners' Caucus
Box   5
Folder   42-46
Wisconsin Women's Council
Box   6
Folder   1-10
Wisconsin Women's Council (continued)
Box   6
Folder   11
Wisconsin Workforce Connection
Box   6
Folder   12-16
Women and Poverty Public Education Initiative, UW System Women's Studies Consortium Outreach Program
Box   6
Folder   17-37
Wisconsin Women's Network/Wisconsin Women's Education Fund
Box   7
Folder   1-13
Wisconsin Women's Network/Wisconsin Women's Education Fund (continued)
Box   7
Folder   14-18
Women Business Owners of Wisconsin
National
Box   7
Folder   19-24
Friends of the Israel Women's Network
Box   7
Folder   25-30
Jewish Women's Coalition
Note: Formerly NWCC Jewish Women's Caucus.
Box   8
Folder   1-5
National Association of Commissions for Women
Box   8
Folder   6-15
National Association of Women Business Owners
Box   8
Folder   16-17
Veteran Feminists of America
Box   8
Folder   18-31
National Organization of Women
Box   9
Folder   1-19
National Organization of Women (continued)
Box   9
Folder   20-34
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
National Women's Conference Committee/National Women's Conference Center (NWCC)
Box   10
Folder   1-36
Basic documents, administration, finances
Box   11
Folder   1-21
Basic documents (continued)
Box   11
Folder   22-32
Task forces, caucuses
“A New Day for ERA”
Box   12
Folder   1-107
State lists
Box   13
Folder   1-14
Other
Box   13
Folder   15-37
List maintenance
Box   14
Folder   1-30
Annual meetings
Box   15
Folder   1-35
4th World Conference on Women, Beijing
Box   16
Folder   1-20
Projects
Box   16
Folder   21-29
Council of Presidents
Box   16
Folder   30-46
Miscellaneous
Box   17
Folder   1-39
Jewish Women's Caucus
Series: Committees, Councils, Commissions
Box   18
Folder   1-2
State Job Training Coordinating Council
Box   18
Folder   3-4
Small Business Regulatory Process Task Force
Box   18
Folder   5-11
Wisconsin Strategic Development Commission
Box   18
Folder   12-17
Council on Small and Minority Business Opportunities, Wisconsin Department of Administration
Box   18
Folder   18-25
Governor's Commission on Status of Women
Box   19
Folder   1-4
Wisconsin International Women's Year Delegation, 1977-1978
Box   19
Folder   5-11
Wisconsin Business Owners Advisory Council, U.S. Small Business Administration
Box   19
Folder   12-15
Small Business Development Center Advisory Committee, University of Wisconsin Extension
Box   19
Folder   16
Committee to Formulate Guidelines on Discrimination in Employment, Wisconsin DILHR, 1971
Series: Conferences
Box   19
Folder   17-40
1968-1987
Box   20
Folder   1-28
1987 (continued)-1996
Box   21
Folder   1-5
1997-2000
Series: Leadership Training, Seminars, Workshops, Panels, Mini-Courses, Symposia, Task Forces, etc.
Box   21
Folder   6-40
1969-1988
Box   22
Folder   1-10
1988 (continued)-1999
Series: Subject Files
Box   22
Folder   11
Battered women
Box   22
Folder   12
Bibliography, Are women equal?
Box   22
Folder   13
Black women's agenda, 1987
Box   22
Folder   14
Caucuses, coalitions, compatible groups
Box   22
Folder   15
Child care--Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Box   22
Folder   16
Child care credit/public accommodations/international miscellaneous
Box   22
Folder   17
Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women
Box   22
Folder   18
Comparable worth
Box   22
Folder   19
Court cases--human rights for women
Box   22
Folder   20
Courts--women in
Box   22
Folder   21
Credit and capital
Box   22
Folder   22
Discrimination, fact sheets on
Box   22
Folder   23-24
(Displaced) homemakers
Box   22
Folder   25
Education--actions required under Title IX
Box   22
Folder   26
Economic development
Box   22
Folder   27
Economic development-Wisconsin
Box   22
Folder   28
Economic equity/insurance/pensions/taxes, including feminization of poverty
Box   22
Folder   29-30
Education
Box   22
Folder   31
Education, higher
Box   22
Folder   32
Employed women
Box   22
Folder   33-38
Employment
Box   23
Folder   1-10
Equal Rights Amendment
Box   23
Folder   11
Family law
Box   23
Folder   12
Family law, divorce
Box   23
Folder   13
Gilded Cage, The
Box   23
Folder   14
Glib lib and humor
Box   23
Folder   15
Global Campaign for Women's Human Rights
Box   23
Folder   16
Gruberg, Martin, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Box   23
Folder   17
Health
Box   23
Folder   18
Health/reproduction
Box   23
Folder   19
International
Box   23
Folder   20
Labor standards
Box   23
Folder   21
Leadership
Box   23
Folder   22
Leadership training for public life (NWPC)
Box   23
Folder   23
Legal status of homemakers in Wisconsin
Box   23
Folder   24
Manglish
Box   23
Folder   25
Marriage contracts
Box   23
Folder   26-35
Marital property reform
Box   24
Folder   1
Myths--facts
Box   24
Folder   2
Naming
Box   24
Folder   3
National Federation of Independent Businesses
Box   24
Folder   4
National Forum for Women--Woodstock, Illinois, Conference Center dedication, 1983
Box   24
Folder   5
Newsletters--significant historical
Box   24
Folder   6
Older women
Box   24
Folder   7
Parental leave--NOW/LDEF, NAWBO
Box   24
Folder   8
Pay equity/comparable worth
Box   24
Folder   9
Portrayal of women
Box   24
Folder   10
Position papers on women
Box   24
Folder   11
Positions/legislation
Box   24
Folder   12
Private “men only” clubs
Box   24
Folder   13
Professional women's caucus
Box   24
Folder   14
Public office
Box   24
Folder   15
Publications (lists)
Box   24
Folder   16
Psychology of women
Box   24
Folder   17
Remedies
Box   24
Folder   18-20
Reproductive choice
Box   24
Folder   21
Retirement--pension practices
Box   24
Folder   22
“The Revolution”
Box   24
Folder   23
Sex and Title VII
Box   24
Folder   24-27
Sexism
Box   24
Folder   28-32
Sexual harassment
Box   24
Folder   33
Social insurance--taxes
Box   24
Folder   34
State and national organizations, 1993-1994
Box   24
Folder   35
State Laws Review
Box   24
Folder   36
Strategies for women business owners
Box   24
Folder   37
Stresses/strains of the small (family) business
Box   24
Folder   38
Successful management for women
Box   24
Folder   39
Talk show/rap session
Box   24
Folder   40
Venture capital
Box   24
Folder   41
Violence
Box   24
Folder   42
Violence/pornography
Box   24
Folder   43
Wisconsin Equal Justice Task Force, 1989
Box   24
Folder   44
Women and spirituality
Box   24
Folder   45
Women and the economy
Box   24
Folder   46-48
Women and the law
Box   25
Folder   1-4
Women business owners advocacy
Box   25
Folder   5
Women in business
Box   25
Folder   6
Women in business/management
Box   25
Folder   7
Women in management
Box   25
Folder   8
Women in media
Box   25
Folder   9
Women in poverty
Box   25
Folder   10
Women: the last minority
Box   25
Folder   11
Women's Bureau
Box   25
Folder   12
Women's business ownership
Box   25
Folder   13
Women's centers
Box   25
Folder   14
Small business issues
Series: Speeches, Writings, Radio and Television Appearances
Speeches
Box   25
Folder   15-37
Chronological file, 1965-2002
Box   26
Folder   1-6
Speech materials and preparation
Title file
Box   26
Folder   7-42
A-K
Box   27
Folder   1-33
L-Z
Writings
Box   27
Folder   34
“Bella, Betty, Gloria, Letty...and Me,”
Note: Preliminary planning and writing for autobiography.
Box   27
Folder   35-41
“The Decorating Corner,” Beaver Dam Daily Citizen, 1958-1965
Box   27
Folder   42
Letters to the editor
Box   27
Folder   43-45
Articles
Box   27
Folder   46
Seminar in Leadership class paper, 1988
Radio
Box   27
Folder   47
Radio spots
Box   27
Folder   48
Women in business, WPR radio, 1985
Box   27
Folder   49
Television--Argee Productions tapes, 1985
Series: Books Inscribed by Authors to Gene Boyer
Box   28
Burnett, Patricia Hill, True Colors: An Artist's Journey from Beauty Queen to Feminist ( 1995)
Box   28
Friedan, Betty, It Changed My Life: Writings on the Women's Movement ( 1976)
Box   28
Friedan, Betty, The Second Stage ( 1981)
Box   28
Gaylor, Anne Nicol, Abortion is a Blessing ( 1975)
Box   28
Gold, Doris B. and Lisa Stein, From the Wise Women of Israel: Folklore and Memoirs ( 1993)
Box   28
Plitt, Jane R., Martha Matilda Harper and the American Dream: How One Woman Changed the Face of Modern Business ( 2000)
Sommers, Tish, The Not-So-Helpless Female ( 1973)
Box   28
Staab, Josephine Helen, Marriage as an Economic Partnership: How One State Made It Happen ( 1998)
Series: Photographs
Box   36
Folder   1
Formal portraits
Box   36
Folder   2
Personal photographs
Box   36
Folder   3
“Pioneer feminists”
Box   36
Folder   4
“Politicians, community leaders”
Box   36
Folder   5
National Women's Conference (IWY), 1977
Box   36
Folder   6
Party for Muriel Fox, 1978
Box   36
Folder   7
NOW national conferences, 1979-1981, 1984, 1992
Box   36
Folder   8
Women's Business Advocate Award, Beaver Dam, 1985
Box   36
Folder   9
WBWC conference, Milwaukee?, 1985?
Box   36
Folder   10
NOW founders' reunion, Washington, D.C., 1986 October
Box   36
Folder   11
Global Feminist Conference, Washington, D.C., 1992 January
Box   36
Folder   12
March for Women's Lives, 1992 April
Box   36
Folder   13
Stop Violence Against Women rally, Washington, D.C., 1995
Box   36
Folder   14
Veteran Feminists of America, 1996
Box   36
Folder   15
Stateswoman event, Madison, 1997 November
Box   36
Folder   16
Beaver Dam Commission on the Status of Women, undated
Box   36
Folder   17
Miscellany, 1960s-1990s, undated
Series: Slides
Box   37
Folder   1
NOW slide show #1, 1971
Note: Includes transcript.
Box   37
Folder   2
NOW slide show #2, “Badvertising,” 1971, 1974
Note: Includes transcript.
Box   37
Folder   3
International Feminist Conference--NOW board
Box   37
Folder   4
NOW, 1971-1975
Box   37
Folder   5
NOW national conferences/board meetings, 1973-1976, 1978-1983
Box   37
Folder   6
Bylaws conference, 1976 November
Box   37
Folder   7
Interstate Associations of Commissions on the Status of Women, St. Louis, 1972
Box   37
Folder   8
Women's Bureau, 55th Anniversary Conference, 1975 September
Series: Videotapes
Physical Description: VHS tapes 
Video   1
Gene Boyer, SBA dinner?, Beaver Dam, 1985 May 22
Video   2
Hannah Rosenthal roast, 1992 March 23
Video   3
Women in Business, BoW #1303; Dog-racing, BoW #1304
Video   4
Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, 1978?
Video   5
Gene Boyer, Florida television interview
Video   6
Small Business Development Center string-out edit, 1989 February 14
Video   7
Veteran Feminists of America awards, 1994 May 12
Video   8
“New Perspectives: The Changing Styles of Leadership,” Looking at Leadership, National Association of Bank Women Educational Foundation, 1982
Video   9
“Walking the Corporate Fine Line,” NOW/LDEF, 1987
Audio 1625A
Series: Audio Recordings
Arrangement of the Materials: Arranged in chronological order.
1625A/1
Midwestern Regional Conference, Kay Clarenbach, Ann Scott, Sylvia Roberts, 1971 March 29
1625A/2
Flo Kennedy, 1972 April 13
1625A/3
Feminist Society retreat, Alverno College, 1972 May
1625A/4
Fundraising workshop, 1972 March
1625A/74
“Women and the Law: the Struggle for Personhood,” Gene Boyer, C.O.A. University Forum, 1972 August 14
1625A/5
Wilma Scott Heide, Marquette University, 1973 March 3
1625A/6
Wilma Scott Heide, Marquette (continued); Madison, 1973 March
1625A/7
Wisconsin Equal Rights Amendment, ETN, 1973 March 8
1625A/8
Heather Booth--political organizing, ERA Conference, 1973 May 19
1625A/9
Norma Briggs--homemakers' disabilities, ERA “RAP” by States, 1973 May 18
1625A/10
Midwest Regional fundraising workshop, 1973 June 9
1625A/11
International Feminist Planning Conference, Libby Koontz and “Fish Bowl,” 1973 June
1625A/12
International Feminist Planning Conference, Wilma Scott Heide, Betty Friedan, 1973 June
1625A/13
Liberation from what?, Fond du Lac, AAUW (American Association of University Women), 1974 January
1625A/14
Women's rights legal panel: Ginsburg, Hilbert, Hughes, Rhyman, Carey, 1974 May
1625A/15
Homemakers' Conference, Alverno College, Esther Peterson, 1974 September
1625A/16
Homemakers' Conference, Alverno College, Gov. Patrick Lucey and Canadian economist, 1974 September
1625A/17
NOW Midwest regional conference, Betty Friedan, De Crow, 1974 October
1625A/18
NOW Midwest regional conference, Education workshop, 1974 October
1625A/19
NOW Midwest regional conference, Legal workshop, 1974 October
1625A/20-21
Directions of the women's movement, NAC, Wellesley, 1975 February
1625A/22
NOW convention, Philadelphia, 1975
1625A/23-26
Marital property, 1976 November
1625A/27
State of Emergency for ERA, NOW National Board meeting highlights, 1978 March
1625A/28
Betty Friedan at Jane Trahey's, 1978 Spring
1625A/29
National NOW Conference, Ellie Smeal, 1978 October 10
1625A/30
National NOW Conference, U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, 1978 October 10
1625A/31-32
Marital property reform, Linda Roberson, 1980 March 10
1625A/33-34
NOW Conference plenary sessions guest speakers, San Antonio, 1980
1625A/35
Marital property changes, Mary Lou Munts, 1980 April 16
1625A/36
Woman of the Year, 1980 June
1625A/37-38
NOW/LDEF (Legal Defense and Education Fund) leadership conference, Betty Friedan and Brian O'Connell, luncheon presentations, 1981 March
1625A/39
NOW/LDEF leadership conference, An Agenda for Leadership in America, Rosabeth Kanter, 1981 March
1625A/40-41
NOW convention, Insurance Discrimination
1625A/42-43
NOW convention, State ERAs, 1982
1625A/44
NOW convention, Mary Grace Stern, Ellie Smeal, 1982
1625A/45-48
NOW founders' meeting, Griffith, 1986 October 25
1625A/49-51
NOW founders' meeting, Reminiscences, 1986 October 25
1625A/52
Governor's Conference on Small Business, 1987
1625A/53
Wings newscast, 1991 October
1625A/54-55
NOW origins workshop, 25th anniversary, Global Feminism Conference, 1992 January
1625A/56
Entrepreneurs: Women for Economic Security [with Gene Boyer], NOW Conference, 1993
1625A/57
NOW Conference, #12, Sisterhood is Still Global, 1994
1625A/58
NOW Conference, #24, How Long Has This Been Going On, 1994
1625A/59-60
NOW origins
1625A/62
Wingspread Conference
1625A/63
Liberation Now and selected intervals/Faile on moratorium
1625A/64
Shirley Chisholm, etc.
1625A/65
The New Feminism, Boyer
1625A/66
ERA--Rabbi Herschel/Schafley and Schroeder
1625A/67
Women and the law, UW lecture
1625A/68
Women and the law, UW lecture, discussion period
1625A/69-71
Gene Boyer oral history
1625A/72
Gene Boyer and Roberson on Liberation
1625A/73
NOW/LDEF Equal Rights for Women Public Service Ad Campaign
Physical Description: Disc recording