Series III: Organizational Files, 1977-2002, inclusive
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
6 Linear Feet in 6 record cartons
Extent
24 videocassettes
Extent
5 DVDs
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of organizational files of the United Women Firefighters (UFW) from 1977-2002, and of Women in Fire Service (WFS), alternately known as Women in Fire Suppression, from 1983-1995.
Arrangement
This series is divided into two subseries by creating organization.
Subseries A: United Women Firefighters, 1977-2002, inclusive
Language of Materials
English.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries includes materials related to the founding and operation of the UWF, such as clippings, correspondence, organizational materials, press conferences, the FDNY physical exam, membership records, the FDNY's Special Advisory Committee on Women, informational videos, recordings of television programs about female firefighters, and materials related to the training course at John Jay College of Criminal Justice-CUNY.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by subject or document type.
Center for Women in Government -- Women in Uniformed Services, 1983-1985, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings, 1977-1991, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 11-25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings, 1992-2002, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 1-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Columbia University Survey -- "Women in the FDNY" and Report, "Gender Integration in the Fire Department of the City of New York", 1988-1989, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Conference -- "Women Tell the Truth", 1992 April 25, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Congress -- Committee on Education and Labor Hearings, 1991 March 5, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Constitution and By-Laws, undated, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1982-1988, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 11-19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1989-2002, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 1-15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Council of the City of New York -- Committee on Women, 1986-1993, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FDNY -- Physical Exam, Landy-Jacobs Contract, 1990, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FDNY -- Physical Exam, Research, 1983-1984, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FDNY -- Recruitment and Training Program, 1994-2000, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FDNY -- Recruitment and Training Program Exam Prep Materials, 1993, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FDNY -- Sexual Harrassment Training and Regulations, 1984, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FDNY -- Sexual Harrassment Training and Regulations, 1986, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FDNY -- Sexual Harrassment Training and Regulations, 1993, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FDNY -- Special Advisory Committee on Women, 1990-1992, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FDNY -- Special Advisory Committee on Women, 1993-1999, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
History, 1989-1993, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership, 1992, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Newsletter signed by Patricia Fitzgerald, 1983, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Fire Museum Exhibit -- "Fireworks: a Celebration of FDNY Civilian and Uniformed Women, 1865-1991", 1993 May 22 - 1993 September 25, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Organizations -- Police and Fire Departments, 1982-1985, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Video -- "100 Years of Women" A Lifetime Television Documentary, undated
Box: 13 (Material Type: video)
Video -- "A Second Look: War Opens the Door" KTVU, 2001 November 18, inclusive
Box: 12 (Material Type: video)
Video -- Blaze: Firecamp for Young Women, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, 2002 April 11, inclusive
Box: 12 (Material Type: video)
Video -- Channel 13 Program on Harassment, undated
Box: 12 (Material Type: video)
Video -- City Council Hearing on Fire Department Recruitment, 1999 September 20, inclusive
Box: 12 (Material Type: video)
Video -- Donohue Segment on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, 1992 September 10, inclusive
Box: 14 (Material Type: video)
Video -- FDNY Recruitment WNBC-TV, 2002 September 8, inclusive
Box: 13 (Material Type: video)
Video -- Female Firefighters "On the Job" (FDNY), undated, inclusive
Box: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Video -- Female Firefighters "On the Job" (FDNY), undated, inclusive
Box: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Video -- Fire Girl: The Fire Warrior -- Tokyo Fire Department, circa 2015, inclusive
Box: 12 (Material Type: video)
Video -- Fire Safety Education Fund NYWF Grantee, 1999, inclusive
Box: 12 (Material Type: video)
Video -- "Fireworks" Women's History Month Exhibit at the NYC Fire Museum, 1991 March, inclusive
Box: 12 (Material Type: video)
Video -- National Women's Law Center, undated
Box: 14 (Material Type: video)
Video -- "Our Heroes, Ourselves" -- Lifetime Original Special, 2002 May 16, inclusive
Box: 13 (Material Type: video)
Video -- Parade of Classes and Celebration Ceremony, undated
Box: 14 (Material Type: video)
Video -- Rocky's Promotion, 1999 June 24, inclusive
Box: 12 (Material Type: video)
Video -- Sex, Power and the Workplace, undated
Box: 14 (Material Type: video)
Video -- Singularity presents the United States Project Firework, 2000 November 11, inclusive
Box: 14 (Material Type: video)
Video -- Take Our Daughters to Work PSA: "SLAM" and "Hats for Girls" -- Ms. Foundation, undated
Box: 13 (Material Type: video)
Box: 11, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Video -- Take Your Daughter to Work Day, 1995 April - 2000 April, inclusive
Box: 13 (Material Type: video)
Video -- Take Your Daughter to Work / Walsh, 1996
Box: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Video -- Take Your Daughter to Work -- Walsh, 2001, inclusive
Box: 12 (Material Type: video)
Video -- "Test of Courage: The Making of a Firefighter", undated
Box: 12 (Material Type: video)
Box: 11, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Conditions Governing Use
This copy is preview use only -- it cannot be duplicated.
Video -- "Test of Courage: The Making of a Firefighter", undated
Box: 12 (Material Type: video)
Conditions Governing Use
This copy is preview use only -- it cannot be duplicated.
Video -- Women's Candidate Training Program (FDNY), 2000 April 20, inclusive
Box: 12 (Material Type: video)
Subseries B: Women in Fire Suppression/Fire Service, 1983-1999
Language of Materials
English.
Scope and Content Note
The subseries includes correspondence, materials related to the regional and national conferences on women in firefighting sponsored by the WFS, transcriptions of interviews with Brenda Berkman from a 1987-1988 oral history project, membership, and organizational materials.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by subject or document type.
Articles of Incorporation, 1983, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
By-Laws, 1990-1991, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings, 1986-1999, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Committees, 1991-1992, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Conferences -- Regional, Madison WI, 1986, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Conferences -- First National, Boulder, CO, 1985, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Conferences -- Second National, Seattle, WA, 1987, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Conferences -- Third National, Asheville, NC, 1989, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Conferences -- Fourth National, San Diego, CA, 1991, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Conferences -- Fifth National, Rockford, IL, 1993, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Conferences -- Other Organizations, 1988-1991, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1983-1991, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 19-25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1992-1999, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 1-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Financial, 1989-1994, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
History, 1980-1991, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership, 1991-1993, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Minutes -- Trustees Meetings, 1989-1995, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Oral History Project -- Interviews with Brenda Berkman (2) and Terese Floren, 1987-1988, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Policies, 1984-1991, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Publications -- Handbook on Women in Fire Fighting, 1992, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Survey of Women Firefighters, undated, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trustees, 1983-1995, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
