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Correspondence: Elizabeth Meixell, 1989-1994
Correspondence: WHAM, undated
Correspondence: WHAM, 1989-1991
Correspondence: WHAM, 1992-1993
Correspondence: WHAM, 1994
Correspondence: WHAM Internal, 1990-1993
11th Hour Coalition, 1992
19th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, 1992
Action Tours (WHAM & ACT UP affinity group), 1991-1994
Baxandall, Rosalyn: Women and Abortion, 1992
Breast Cancer, 1989-1993
Buffalo Clinic Defense: Clippings, 1992
Buffalo United for Choice, 1992
Bush, President George: Zap Action, 1991
Centers for Disease Control: HIV/AIDS Protest, 1990-1991
Chant and Song Sheets, 1989-1991
Church Ladies for Choice, 1990-1993
Clinic Clients Survey, 1993
Clinic Defense, undated
Clinic Defense, 1989-1990
Clinic Defense, 1991-1993
Clinic Defense: Clinic Listings, 1990-1992
Clinic Defense: Clinic Surveys, undated
Clinic Defense: Phone Tree, undated
Clinic Defense Training Materials, 1990-1993
Clinic Information, 1991-1992
Community Family Planning Council (CFPC) Budget Cuts, 1990-1991
Covenant House Protest, 1989-1990
Daily, Bishop Thomas: Clinic Demonstrations, 1990-1993
Datebooks, 1989-1990
Democratic National Convention Clinic Defense, 1992
Dinkins, Mayor David, 1989
Direct Action Training, 1988
Domino's Pizza Boycott, 1988-1991
Dump D'Amato, 1992
Fake Clinics, 1990-1992, 1994
Finances, 1990-1992
Finances: Reports, 1990-1993
Fliers and Palmcards, 1990-1994
Freedom of Choice Act, 1990-1993
Fundraising: Benefits and Events, 1989-1993
Fundraising: Direct Mail Appeals, 1990-1991
Fundraising: Grant proposals and reports, 1991-1992
Haitian Refugees, 1990, 1992
Grant Proposals and Reports, 1991-1992
Herbally Aroused Gynecological Squad (HAGS) Working Group, 1989, 1992-1993
Holland Tunnel Civil Disobedience, 1992
Holland Tunnel Civil Disobedience: Legal Files, 1992
Informational Materials, undated
Jones, Sabrina: Illustrations and WHAM Coloring Book, undated
Lesbian Health Issues, undated
March for Women's Lives, Washington, D.C., 1992
Media Working Group, 1993
Meeting Minutes and Agendas, 1989-1992
Meixell, Elizabeth, 1994
Merchandise, 1994
Metropolitan New York Life Chain Counter Demonstration, 1991-1992
National Conference of Catholic Bishops: Hill & Knowlton Public Relations, 1990
National Health Care, 1991-1993
Net Worker, 1992
Networking Working Group, 1993
New Members Packet, 1991
New York City Board of Education, 1992-1993
New York City Council Budget Hearings, 1991
New York Clinic Defense Task Force, undated
New York Clinic Defense Task Force, 1990-1992
New York Clinic Defense Task Force, 1993
New York Clinic Defense Task Force, 1994
New York Clinic Defense Task Force: Finances, 1992-1994
New York Clinic Defense Task Force: Meeting Agendas and Calendars, 1992-1993
Not-for-Profit Status, undated
Notes: Elizabeth Meixell, 1990
October Outrage, 1991
O'Connor, John Cardinal Protests, 1987, 1990-1993
Operation Goliath: Dobbs Ferry Clinic Defense, 1990-1991, 1993
Operation Rescue/ "BORN" Blockades: WHAM Counter Demonstrations, 1989-1992
Operation Rescue's Capitol Project Protests, 1991-1992
Organizational Procedures and Forms, 1989-1992
Parental Leave Bill, undated
Phone Zaps, 1990, 1992
Police Policy for Women's Medical Facilities, 1990-1992
Press Releases, 1990-1993
Proposed Standards of Care for Longterm Care Facilities For People with AIDS, 1990-1992
Reproductive Health: Self-Help, 1972, 1981, 1991, 1994
Reproductive Rights Coalition, 1989-1991
Resisting Racism Working Group, 1992-1993
RU-486 Working Group, 1989-1992
Saint Patrick's Cathedral Protests, 1989-1991
Saint Patrick's Cathedral Protests: Legal Files, 1990, 1994
Slogans: Proposed, 1989-1990
Souter Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings, 1990-1991, 1993
Souter Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings: Leal Files, 1990
Souter Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings: Statements and Questionnaires, 1990
Speaking Engagements, 1992
Statue of Liberty Action, 1991
Storage Inventory, 1993
Sununu, John, 1991
Supreme Court: Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 1990-1992
Supreme Court: Webster v. Reproductive Health Services Protests, 1989-1990
Surveillance, undated
Susan B. Anthony Awards, 1990
Tax the Church, 1990
Terry, Randall, 1989-1993
Title X (Gag Rule) Protests, 1990-1992
Town Meetings, 1991-1993
United Nations: Appeal for Aid, 1991
United States Department of Health and Human Services Demonstration, 1990
Urban Herbalist, 1992-1993
Weekly Calendars and Contact Sheets, 1989-1994
WHAM Frontlines, 1990-1993
WHAM History, undated
WHAM Members: Other Activities and Interests, 1993-1994
WHAM: Other Chapters, 1990, 1996
WHAM: Stickers and Flyers, undated
WHAM-Y Awards, undated
Abortion: Access, 1989-1991
Abortion Clinic Bombings, 1987, 1990
Abortion: Elected Officials, 1989-1991
Abortion: Media Representation, 1989-1991
Abortion: History, 1990, 1992
Abortion: Religion, 1990-1991
ACT UP Women's Caucus: Women and AIDS Handbook, 1989
Adoption, 1989-1991
AIDS Drug Trials, Testing, and Treatment Glossary, 1988
American Bar Association: Abortion Stance, 1990
Anti-Abortion Activists, 1990-1993
Anti-Abortion Literature, 1990
AT&T: Abortion Stance, 1990
Boycott Handbook: Manuscript, 1991
Breast Implants, 1991-1992
Cervical Cancer, 1992
Challenging the Christian Right: The Activist's Handbook, 1992
Child Care, 1990-1991
Condom Distribution, 1991
Contraception, 1988, 1990-19993
Council of the City of New York: Access to Reproductive Services Act, 1994
Cuomo, Mario, 1990
Domestic Violence, 1983, 1990-1993
Fetal Rights: Clippings and Reports, 1986-1987, 1989
Fetal Rights: Clippings and Reports, 1990
Fetal Rights: Case Law Files (People of the State of California v. Pamela Rae Stewart), 1987-1989
Fetal Rights: Case Law Files, 1988-1989
Guam Abortion Law: Janet Benshoof Case, 1990
Helms, Jesse, 1990
HIV/AIDS: Women, 1988, 1990-1994
HIV/AIDS: Youth, 1990
Hodgson v. State of Minnesota, 1989
Holtzman, Elizabeth, 1988-1990
Idaho Abortion Law, 1990
International Women's Health Issues, 1990-1993
Lambs of Christ, undated
Lesbian Issues, 1991-1993
Louisiana Abortion Bill, 1990-1991
Maternal and Child Health: New York City, 1987, 1990-1991
Operation Rescue: Wichita Protests, 1991
Parental/Judicial Consent, 1990-1992
Rafsky, Robert, 1991-1993
Rape, 19,911,993
Religious Right, undated
Reproductive Rights: Art and video projects, 1991-1992
Safer Sex, undated
St. John's Rape Trial, 1991
Target City Hall: An AIDS Activist's Guide to New York City, 1989
Terry, Randall: Injunction, 1989-1993
United States Supreme Court: Rust v. Sullivan, 1991
Women of Color: Health Issues, 1993
Clippings: General, undated
Clippings: General, 1985, 1987-1989
Clippings: General, 1990
Clippings: General, 1990
Clippings: General, 1991
Clippings: General, 1992
Clippings: General, 1993
Clippings: General, 1994
Clippings: WHAM, 1989-1993
ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), undated
ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), 1989
ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), 1990
ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), 1991
ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), 1992
ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), 1993-1994
American Civil Liberties Union: Reproductive Rights, 1990-1994
Update, undated
Anti-Abortion Organizations, 1989-1994
Atlanta Pro-Choice Action Committee, undated
Bard College Student Action Collaborative, 1990
Bay Area Coalition Against Operation Rescue, 1990, 1993
Bi-State Operation Rescue Network (BORN), 1990-1992
Brooklyn Pro-Choice Network, 1989-1991
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, 1993
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy: Reproductive, 1992-1994
Freedom News, undated
Clinic Defense Organizations, 1990
Escorter, 1993
Feminist Majority Foundation, undated
Feminist Organizations: College Campuses, 1990
Feminists for Life, undated
Helpers of God's Precious Infants, 1990-1991, 1993
HIV/AIDS organizations, undated
Lesbian Avengers, 1993-1994
Lesbian Health Project: City of New York Department of Health, 1992
Manhattan Borough President's Reproductive Rights Task Force, 1990-1993
Men's Reproductive Rights Organizations, undated
Mobilization for Women's Lives, 1989
National Abortion Clinic Defense Conference, 1990
National Abortion Federation, 1990
National Abortion Rights Action League, 1990, 1993
National Abortion Rights Action League: New York State (NYS-NARAL), 1990-1994
National Center for the Pro Choice Majority, 1993
National Organization for Women, 1990-1992
National Organization for Women: Naussau Chapter, 1990-1991
National Organization for Women: New York City Chapter, 1989-1992
National Organization for Women: Project Stand Up for Women Now, 1990
National Women's Rights Organizing Coalition, 1990-1992
New York Pro-Choice Coalition, undated
Operation Rescue, 1990-1993
Operation Rescue: Restraining Orders, 1990, 1992
Planned Parenthood, 1989-1990
Pro-Choice Network, 1993-1994
Pro-Choice Organizations: National, 1992
Pro-Choice Organizations: New York Region, 1983, 1989-1990, 1994
Pro-Choice Organizations: Other areas, 1990
Radical Women's Groups, 1991
Refuse and Resist, 1989-1991, 1993
Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, 1990
Reprovision, 1990-1991
Sister Serpents, 1990
Society to Outlaw Planned Parenthood (STOPP), 1990, 1992
Stand Up for Choice Video Project, undated
Treatment Action Guerillas, 1991
Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force, 1990-1993
Women's Action Coalition (WAC), 1992
Women Against Racism and Rape in Out Rage (WARRIOR), 1991
Women's Health Education Project, 1994
Women's Health Summit, 1993
Women's Rights Organizations, undated
Youth Education Life Line (YELL), undated
WHAM V-01 (VHS) Comer, Stop the Church & KCET L.A.; Discussion from Ch. 13/NY, 1.5 hours, undated
WHAM V-02 (VHS) Sampler, This is NOT a Federal Reserve & Legal Selects (Injunction, prior arrests), September 6, 1990
WHAM V-03 (High 8) Abortion & Parental Consent, May 19, 1990
WHAM V-04 (VHS-C) Resisting Racism, 1st session, Tape 1, Setting ground rules for safe discussion, March 20, 1993
WHAM V-05 (VHS-C) Resisting Racism, 1st session, Tape 2, Small group discussion "How racism makes me feel", March 20, 1993
WHAM V-06 (VHS-C) Resisting Racism, 1st session, Tape 3, Small group feedback to larger group, homework, wrapup, March 20, 1993
WHAM V-07 (VHS-C) 2nd session, 1st tape, Thoughts on last session, homework, undated
WHAM V-08 (VHS-C) 2nd session, 2nd tape, Where the power is, undated
WHAM V-09 (VHS-C) 2nd session, 3rd tape, small group, What is Your race, ethnic background, sexual orientation, economic status, undated
WHAM V-10 (VHS-C) 2nd session, 4th tape, (contd) small group, report back of small groups, undated
WHAM V-11 (VHS-C) 2nd session, 5th tape (contd) report backs, wrap up, undated
WHAM V-12 (VHS-C) Session 3, Tape 1, April 3, 1993
WHAM V-13 (VHS-C) Session 3, Tape 2, April 3, 1993
WHAM V-14 (VHS-C) Session 3, Tape 3, small groups, report back, April 3, 1993
WHAM V-15 (VHS-C) Session 3, Tape 4, April 3, 1993
WHAM V-16 (VHS-C) Session 4, Tape 1 personal journey as activist, April 10, 1993
WHAM V-17 (VHS-C) Session 4, Tape 2, April 10, 1993
WHAM V-18 (VHS-C) Session 4, Tape 3, April 10, 1993
WHAM V-19 (VHS-C) Session 4, Tape 4, report back to group, April 10, 1993
WHAM V-20 (VHS-C) Family of Choice, Intro Session 5, Tape 1, undated
WHAM V-21 (VHS-C) Session 5, Tape 2, small group, family of choice, undated
WHAM V-22 (VHS-C) Session 5, Tape 3, report back to larger group and small group discussion, undated
WHAM V-23 (VHS-C) Session 5, Tape 4, undated
WHAM V-24 (VHS-C) Session 5, Tape 5, undated
WHAM V-25 (VHS-C) Session 6, Tape 1, Intro, discussion re March on Wash., WHAM! Organizational Setup, May 31, 1993
WHAM V-26 (VHS-C) Session 6, Tape 2, 1st (sexuality in WHAM!), May 31, 1993
WHAM V-27 (VHS-C) Session 6, Tape 3, 2nd fishbowl, beginning of Small group discussion, May 31, 1993
WHAM V-28 (VHS-C) Session 6, Tape 4, small group feedback to fishbowls/report back, May 31, 1993
WHAM V-29 (VHS-C) Session 6, Tape 5, May 31, 1993
WHAM V-30 (VHS-C) Session 7, Tape 1, May 8, 1993
WHAM V-31 (VHS-C) Session 7, Tape 2, May 8, 1993
WHAM V-32 (VHS-C) Session 7, Tape 3, May 8, 1993
WHAM V-33 (VHS-C) Session 7, Tape 4, May 8, 1993
WHAM V-34 (VHS-C) Session 7, Tape 5, May 8, 1993
WHAM V-35 (VHS-C) Session 7, Tape 6 [or tape 5?], May 8, 1993
WHAM V-36 (VHS-C) Last session, Tape 1, May 21, 1993
WHAM V-37 (VHS-C) Last session, Tape 2, May 21, 1993
WHAM V-38 (VHS) [published video] In Your Face with Amazing Grace: The Vatican is Burning, The Church Ladies for Choice, produced by Lake of Fire Productions, 1993
WHAM V-39 (VHS) [published video] For Yourself: A Guide to Breast Self-Examination, produced by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Guttman Diagnostic Center, 1996
WHAM V-40 (VHS) Clinic Escort and Defense, by Bay Area Coalition Against Operation Rescue, undated
WHAM V-41 (VHS) News clips, 3018 Anti-Abortion Polemic Introduced by Charlton Heston, Channel 55 (Long Island), early AM 10/29/1995, 1995
WHAM V-42 (VHS) Susan B. Anthony Awards; Diallo Street Arrests, by M. Jacquinot, 2000
WHAM V-43 (VHS) Pataki Demo, Channel 12 (Yonkers), 5/4/1996; Wall Street Demo; Abortion News Clips; Army of God; Funeral March for Matthew Shepard, 10/19/1998, 1996-1998
WHAM V-44 (VHS) [published video] Like A Prayer, produced By DIVA TV (Damned Interfering Video Activist Television, c/o ACT UP, 1991
WHAM V-45 (VHS) Arrest at Board of Education, Youth Education Life Line (YELL), by Janet Wentzy, undated
Scope and Contents
The YELL content ends at 4 min. The remainder of tape contains portions of a prerecorded video on managed care that the YELL video was recorded over.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: VHS, Duration: 14 min.
WHAM A-01 (Cassette) Clinic Defense Conference, Detroit Side A: Kass, from BACAOR (key note) Side B: BACAOR, Demonstration and dialogue on protecting door, March 23-24, 1990
WHAM A-02 (Micro) Skip [Robokoff?], Press Conference, April 19, 1990
WHAM A-03 (Micro) Elaine [Barthee?], 10:30 pm, May 5, 1990
WHAM A-04 (Micro) [Unlabeled], undated
WHAM A-05 (Micro) Donald Grove, June 16, 1996
WHAM A-06 (Micro) [Elaine, anti-abortion activist?], undated
WHAM A-07 (Cassette) Church Ladies for Choice Rehearsal, November 1, 1993
Subject Files, D-W (Stacy Mink donation), undated
Early 1990s records (Elizabeth Meixell and Tracy Morgan donations), circa 1990-1995
Scope and Contents note
This box includes committee minutes from 1990, materials related to Safe Sex 6 in 1991, materials related to Haiti and the Clinton transition in 1992, clippings, St. Patrick's legal documents, and checks.
Early 1990s records (Meixell), circa 1990-1995
Scope and Contents note
This box includes files from 1990, Church Ladies material from 1994, notebooks, slides, and materials related to the AIDS Cure Project in 1995 and the ACT UP Pataki Demonstration.
Early 1990s records (Meixell donation?), circa 1990-1995
Scope and Contents note
This box includes a photo album related to Statue of Liberty action, materials from the Clinic Defense Benefit in 1992, and general files from 1990.
Early 1990s records (Meixell donation?), circa 1990-1995
Scope and Contents note
This box includes files from 1990, clinic escort badges, WHAM Frontlines and ACT UP material, material realted to the ADAP Clinic Defense in 1993, and clippings.
Early 1990s records (Meixell donation), circa 1990-1995
Scope and Contents note
This box includes files from 1990 and St. Patrick's material.
Early 1990s records, circa 1990-1995
Scope and Contents note
This box includes files and clippings from 1992.
Early 1990s records (Meixell and Erica Blitz donations?), circa 1990-1995
Scope and Contents note
This box includes Frontlines material from 1992, Church Ladies/Clinic Defense materials from 1993, clippings, materials related to St. Patrick's action in 1995, and material on anti-abortion groups.
Early 1990s records (Mink donation), circa 1990-1995
Scope and Contents note
This box includes clippings from 1990-1991 and WHAM! posters
Early 1990s records (Mink and Blitz donations?), circa 1990-1995
Scope and Contents note
This box includes clinic escorter badges, general files from 1993-1994, materials related to the Women's Action Coalition and Clinic Defense, and the files of Erica Blitz, an urban herbalist.
Treasurer's Records (Shannon Cain donation), undated
Early 1990s records (Karen Ramspacher donation), circa 1990-1995
Clippings (Mink donation), undated
Recent Files (Meixell donation), 1996-1997
Scope and Contents note
This box includes materials related to Youth Education Life Line (YELL), Clinic Surveyor maps, and arrest records from an ACT UP Wall Street demonstration.
Recent Files (Meixell donation), 1996-1997
Scope and Contents note
This box includes binders on Clinic Defense and ACT UP 1996 materials.
Recent Files (Meixell donation), 1998-2003
Scope and Contents note
This box includes Fed Up Queers clippings and Church Ladies for Choice, anti-war, "corporate bureaucracy fans," and "WHAM has closed up shop" materials.
Recent Files (Meixell donation), 1998-2003
Protest signs, clinic escort garments, undated
Graphics, photographs, ephemera, 1989-1993, inclusive
No description, undated
No description, undated
Files pertaining to WHAM! and the New York Clinic Defense Task Force, which spun off from WHAM! in the run-up to the 1992 Democratic Convention., undated
Marsha Clark donation (2012), 1990, 1993, 2001, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This box contains a songbook from a Church Ladies for Choice concert in 2001, issues of pro-choice journal The Escorter and a small number of other publications, and flyers and organizing materials related to abortion advocacy, including opposition to pro-life organization Operation Rescue.
Marsha Clark donation (2012), circa 1970-2000, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This box contains a "Support the Equal Rights Amendment" t-shirt, two women's clinic escort aprons, and a t-shirt with "pro-choice" written in several different languages.
"Microbicides" Banner (Meixell donation 2014), undated
Political buttons (Clark donation 2012), circa 1970-2000, inclusive
Meixell donation (2014), circa 2000-2007, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This box includes signs from protests and other events, three posters on the topic of civil liberties, a "Nuns Having Fun" calendar, and a foam board cutout of a Susan B. Anthony coin given to Elizabeth Meixell by the Church Ladies for Choice.
Meixell donation (2014), 1992-2010, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This box mainly pertains to two distinct WHAM! campaigns: the Church Ladies for Choice group and WHAM!'s support of free vaginal microbicides as a form of HIV and STD prevention, particularly the Microbicide Development Act of 2003. These activities are documented in the form of Church Ladies song sheets; factsheets, form letters, reports, correspondence, and other work product of WHAM! and the WHAM! Microbicides Working Group; and news articles and fliers related to both campaigns. To a lesser extent, this box contains correspondence, surveys, and magazine drafts produced by the group Youth Education Life Line of ACT UP (YELL). Other assorted news articles, fliers, and correspondence concern various women's health issues, as well as causes not directly related to women's health. There are also a small number of photographs from various women's events.
Meixell donation (2014), circa 2000-2010, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This box contains posters and protest signs, mostly related to sexual health issues (namely AIDS and microbicides), though two posters have an anti-corporatism message.
Meixell donation (2014), circa 1980-2010, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This box contains WHAM! buttons and buttons for other women's and/or sexual health groups and causes, as well as four DVDs of a WHAM! forum that took place on October 15, 2005. This box also includes several artifacts: a pack of "Friendly Dictator" playing cards, a bar of soap with the message "Wash Your Ass!" (a tribute to civil and LGBT rights activist Bob Kohler), earrings in the form of "Family Planning" stamps, a keychain in the form of a pregnant woman.