buttons (information artifacts)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Anne Olson papers
Collection
Identifier: W022
Abstract:
Anne Olson has had a long-standing interest in feminist and human rights issues: She has been an active participant in a number of community organizations, including the Dekalb League of Women Voters (1966-1968) and The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (1969-1972). The collection contains materials (pamphlets, flyers, clippings, memos and correspondence) related to Olson's interest in women's rights and support of ERA ratification, 1970-1982, her involvement in the Georgia Women's...
Dates:
1894-1938, circa 1965-1995
Found in:
Special Collections
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Anne Olson papers
Anne Tilden artifact collection
Collection
Identifier: W047
Abstract:
Anne Tilden was a staff member in the Georgia State University Library's Special Collections and Archives. The Anne Tilden Artifact Collection is comprised of two (2) National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) buttons.
Dates:
circa 2000, undated
Found in:
Special Collections
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Anne Tilden artifact collection
Beth S. Schapiro papers
Collection
Identifier: W002
Abstract:
Beth Schapiro has been active and held offices with several Georgia and national organizations including the Feminist Action Alliance, Inc., ERA Georgia, Inc. (formerly Georgia Council for the ERA), the Women's Political Caucus, and Women Business Owners, Inc. The Schapiro Papers are organized into seven series: (I) Organizations and issues; (II) Appointments, boards, and panels; (III) Subject files; (IV)Women political candidates; (V) General correspondence; (VI) Miscellaneous personal...
Dates:
circa 1970-1995
Found in:
Special Collections
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Beth S. Schapiro papers
Candy Carson artifact collection
Collection
Identifier: Q174
Abstract
Candy Carson graduated from Georgia State University in 1988 with a BS in education. Carson was a registrar at Georgia Tech until she retired in 2007. The Candy Carson Artifact Collection contains T-shirts and buttons relating to LGBT issues, including materials from various Atlanta’s gay bars, Atlanta Pride, and AIDS walks.
Dates:
1985-1995
Found in:
Special Collections
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Candy Carson artifact collection
Cathey W. Steinberg papers
Collection
Identifier: W042
Abstract:
Cathey W. Steinberg was recognized as a leader for consumer, family, and women's rights during her service in the Georgia House of Representatives (1977-1989) and Georgia Senate (1991-1993). Her papers consist of correspondence, newsclippings, legislation, printed materials, reports, speeches, and campaign materials, 1976-1994, that document her public service and political campaigns.
Dates:
1976-1994
Found in:
Special Collections
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Cathey W. Steinberg papers
Dorothy J. Tracy papers
Collection
Identifier: W014
Abstract:
Dorothy J. Tracy, activist, author, financial planner, and lobbyist, was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in 1920. The bulk of the Dorothy J. Tracy Papers, circa 1967-1995, focuses on Tracy's efforts to ratify the ERA in Georgia through such organizations as the League of Women Voters of Georgia and Atlanta/Fulton, Georgians for ERA, and ERA Georgia, Inc. [the former Georgia Council for ERA].
Dates:
circa 1967-1995
Found in:
Special Collections
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Dorothy J. Tracy papers
Elaine Hazleton Bolton papers
Collection
Identifier: W039
Abstract:
Elaine Hazleton Bolton worked as a political activist in support of ERA ratification and began her political activism in the late 1970s by working as a legislative aid to Senator Virginia Shapard. The Elaine Hazleton Bolton papers includes a file documenting the Polly Bergen/National Business Council for the Equal Rights campaign, a necklace, two pinback buttons, a t-shirt and two scarves.
Dates:
1980-1981
Found in:
Special Collections
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Elaine Hazleton Bolton papers
Georgia LGBTQ Archives Project records
Collection
Identifier: Q169
Abstract
Established in 2011 by archivists and members of the LGBTQ community, the Georgia LGBTQ Archives Project works to preserve LGBTQ history in the city of Atlanta and the state of Georgia before it is lost. The Georgia LGBTQ Archives Project records, 1985-2018, consist of meeting minutes, notes, periodicals, papers, draft bylaws, and artifacts. The collection consists of two series: Administrative Files and Public Library Materials.
Dates:
1985-2018
Georgians for Choice records
Collection
Identifier: W078
Abstract:
Formed in 1986, Georgians for Choice brought together a number of women's organizations in an effort to greater impact the protection and expansion of women's reproductive freedom in Georgia. The records consist of correspondence and printed material, as well as minutes and agendas, financial records, legal records, photographs, audio-visual records, and artifacts including textiles, that document the legislative, organizational, advocacy, and educational work of the organization.
Dates:
1974-2008; Majority of material found within 1982-2006
Found in:
Special Collections
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Georgians for Choice records
Janet Cukor papers
Collection
Identifier: W064
Abstract:
The papers document women's rights activist Janet Cukor's involvement in efforts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in the state of Georgia, and her participation in the National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas in November 1977, as well as her interest in other women-centered issues such as displaced homemakers, marriage and divorce legislation, and women in the workforce.
Dates:
1965-1996
Found in:
Special Collections
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Janet Cukor papers
Julia Marks Young Artifact collection
Collection
Identifier: W035
Abstract:
The Julia Marks Young Artifact Collection consists of one button promoting the Equal Rights Amendment.
Dates:
circa 1982
Karen Wagner Artifact collection
Collection
Identifier: W089
Abstract:
Former GSU subject librarian, Karen Wagner donated this small artifact collection containing buttons and a postcard supporting various feminist and leftist causes.
Dates:
circa 1980-1982, undated
Found in:
Special Collections
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Karen Wagner Artifact collection
LGBTQ Institute's Jim Allen papers
Collection
Identifier: Q149
Abstract
The LGBTQ Institute's Jim Allen papers, 1956-2016 (bulk 1989-1993), includes articles, clippings, correspondence, flyers, petitions, and protest ephemera and photographs of the many protests ACT UP organized in Atlanta. The materials relate to the many challenges posed to people with HIV during the height of the AIDS crisis.
Dates:
1956-2016; Majority of material found within 1989 - 1993
Linda Hallenborg Kurtz papers
Collection
Identifier: W024
Abstract:
Linda Hallenborg Kurtz was the founder and chair of the Georgia Women's Political Caucus (GWPC), an officer of the ERA GA, Inc., vice chair and member of the board of directors of the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC) and director of governmental affairs for Planned Parenthood of the Atlanta Area. The Linda Hallenborg Kurtz Papers, 1979-1995, document her involvement with the Georgia Women's Political Caucus (GWPC) and the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC).
Dates:
1979-1995
Found in:
Special Collections
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Linda Hallenborg Kurtz papers
Lorraine Fontana papers
Collection
Identifier: Q110
Abstract:
Lorraine Fontana is an activist for the LGBTQ community and has fought for social justice since her early college days. Her papers, 1947-2014 (bulk 1968-2010), include correspondence, conference materials, flyers, notes, programs and publications, representing her activities in Atlanta, New York, and elsewhere.
Dates:
1947-2014; Majority of material found within 1968 - 2010
Found in:
Special Collections
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Lorraine Fontana papers
Mary N. Long papers
Collection
Identifier: W062
Abstract:
Primarily correspondence, minutes and agendas, notes and writings, printed material including reports, and artifacts and ephemera make up the papers of nurse, administrator, and advocate Mary N. Long, 1957, 1965-2000. Materials relate to her employment at Grady Memorial Hospital and the Arthritis Foundation; to her service to the Georgia Nurses' Association, Georgia Nurses' Foundation, American Nurses Foundation, and other organizations; and to her work as an activist and community volunteer,...
Dates:
1957, 1965-2000
Found in:
Special Collections
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Mary N. Long papers
Maxine Turner papers
Collection
Identifier: W074
Abstract:
Born in 1935, Maxine Turner was a Georgia Institute of Technology professor of literature and communication, a technical writing consultant. The collection consists of a mailing list, two personal accounts, 17 photographs, three buttons, and seven picket signs related to a 1996 protest against the Episcopal Church's refusal to ordain women as ministers.
Dates:
1996, undated
Found in:
Special Collections
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Maxine Turner papers
Nancy Hall papers
Collection
Identifier: W065
Abstract:
Nancy Hall served as Interim Executive Director of Georgia Public Broadcasting from July 2004-2008. Prior to being appointed to the Interim position by the GPB Board of Directors, she was the Director of External Affairs and served as the liaison to the Georgia General Assembly and Georgia's Congressional delegation for GPB. She also serves as President of the Foundation for Public Broadcasting in Georgia. Active in several women's organizations, as well as education and children's...
Dates:
1977-2000
Found in:
Special Collections
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Nancy Hall papers
Pattern Makers' League of North America collection
Collection
Identifier: L1991-20
Abstract:
The Pattern Makers' National League of North America was established in 1887, and changed its name changed to Pattern Makers' League of North America in 1898. On October 1, 1991, it merged into the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Founded to promote interest in protecting the high standards of their workers' craft, the Pattern Makers' League was composed of associations of practical pattern makers, mold makers, model makers, fixture builders, allied craftsmen, and...
Dates:
1888-1991